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1996–97 Primeira Divisão

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Primeira Divisão
Season1996–97
ChampionsPorto
16th title
RelegatedEspinho
União de Leiria
Gil Vicente
Champions LeaguePorto (group stage)
Sporting CP (second qualifying round)
Cup Winners' CupBoavista (first round)
UEFA CupBenfica (first round)
Braga (first round)
V. Guimarães (first round)
Matches played306
Goals scored721 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerMário Jardel (30 goals)
Biggest home winBoavista 7–0 Gil Vicente
(27 April 1997)
Biggest away winEspinho 0–5 Porto
(26 October 1996)
Highest scoring4–3
(3 times)
5–2
(2 times)

The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.

Promotion and relegation

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Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

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Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995–96 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

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The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1996-97 (Madeira)
Team Head Coach City Stadium 1995–96 finish
Belenenses Portugal Quinito Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 6th
Benfica Brazil Paulo Autuori Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd
Boavista Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th
Braga Portugal Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 8th
Chaves Portugal José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 15th
Espinho Brazil Zinho Espinho Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 13th
Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 10th
Gil Vicente Portugal Bernardino Pedroto Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 11th
Leça Portugal Rodolfo Reis Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 14th
Marítimo Brazil Marinho Peres Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 9th
Porto Portugal António Oliveira Porto Estádio das Antas 1st
Rio Ave Portugal Henrique Calisto Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 1st in Divisão de Honra
Salgueiros Portugal Carlos Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 12th
Sporting Belgium Robert Waseige Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd
União de Leiria Portugal Vítor Manuel Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Jaime Pacheco Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Mário Reis Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 2nd in Divisão de Honra

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
União de Leiria Portugal Vítor Manuel 20 October 1996 17th Portugal Eurico Gomes 21 October 1996
Belenenses Portugal Quinito 27 October 1996 15th Portugal Vítor Manuel 28 October 1996
Marítimo Brazil Marinho Peres 17 November 1996 12th Portugal Manuel José 18 November 1996
Boavista Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic 19 November 1996 10th Portugal João Alves 20 November 1996
Gil Vicente Portugal Bernardino Pedroto 1 December 1996 17th Portugal Fernando Festas 2 December 1996
Sporting Belgium Robert Waseige 12 December 1996 3rd Portugal Octávio Machado 20 December 1996
Rio Ave Portugal Henrique Calisto 22 December 1996 18th Portugal Carlos Brito 23 December 1996
Boavista Portugal João Alves 12 January 1997 10th Portugal Mário Reis 27 January 1997
União de Leiria Portugal Eurico Gomes 19 January 1997 16th Portugal Quinito 20 January 1997
Benfica Brazil Paulo Autuori 19 January 1997 2nd Mozambique Mário Wilson 20 January 1997
Marítimo Portugal Manuel José 26 January 1997 12th Portugal Rui Vieira 27 January 1997
Benfica Mozambique Mário Wilson 26 January 1997 3rd Portugal Manuel José 27 January 1997
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Mário Reis 26 January 1997 7th Portugal Mourinho Félix 27 January 1997
Marítimo Portugal Rui Vieira 16 February 1997 11th Portugal Augusto Inácio 17 February 1997
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Mourinho Félix 10 March 1997 11th Portugal Manuel Fernandes 11 March 1997
Gil Vicente Portugal Fernando Festas 23 March 1997 18th Brazil José Marconi 24 March 1997
Espinho Brazil Zinho 11 May 1996 16th Brazil Edmundo Duarte 12 May 1996

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 27 4 3 80 24 +56 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 34 22 6 6 55 19 +36 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Benfica 34 17 7 10 49 30 +19 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Braga 34 15 10 9 39 40 −1 55
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 15 8 11 51 46 +5 53
6 Salgueiros 34 14 10 10 49 48 +1 52
7 Boavista 34 12 13 9 62 39 +23 49 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8 Marítimo 34 13 8 13 39 38 +1 47
9 Estrela da Amadora 34 12 11 11 39 38 +1 47
10 Chaves 34 12 10 12 39 45 −6 46
11 Farense 34 10 12 12 34 34 0 42
12 Vitória de Setúbal 34 10 10 14 38 42 −4 40
13 Belenenses 34 10 10 14 37 50 −13 40
14 Leça 34 9 9 16 33 42 −9 36
15 Rio Ave 34 8 11 15 35 42 −7 35
16 Espinho (R) 34 9 6 19 27 56 −29 33 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra
17 União de Leiria (R) 34 8 6 20 25 53 −28 30
18 Gil Vicente (R) 34 4 7 23 29 74 −45 19
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BEN BOA BRA CHA ESP EST FAR GVI LEÇ MAR POR RAV SAL SCP ULE VGU VSE
Belenenses 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1
Benfica 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1
Boavista 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 7–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–0
Braga 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1
Chaves 2–2 3–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1
Espinho 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–5 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–4 0–3
Estrela da Amadora 2–2 1–1 2–5 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Farense 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–1
Gil Vicente 1–2 0–3 2–4 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–3 0–3 3–4 1–1 0–0
Leça 3–2 1–5 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2
Marítimo 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–2
Porto 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–2
Rio Ave 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–4 3–1 1–1 1–0
Salgueiros 1–2 0–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 3–0 0–0 3–2
Sporting CP 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 2–1
União de Leiria 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–0
Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 4–1 2–4 3–1 3–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 3–0
Vitória de Setúbal 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–0
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 30
2 Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Boavista 20
3 Brazil Gaúcho Estrela da Amadora 16
4 Portugal Constantino Jardim Leça 15
Portugal Nuno Gomes Boavista
6 Croatia Karoglan Braga 14
7 Brazil Gilmar Vitória de Guimarães 13
8 Brazil Edmilson Marítimo 12
9 Brazil Edmilson Porto 11
10 Brazil Marcos Severo Salgueiros 10

Source: Footballzz[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Teams". Footballzz. Retrieved 2019-01-22.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Primeira Divisão 1996-97 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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