1937–38 Campeonato da Liga

The 1937–38 Campeonato da Liga was the fourth season of top-tier football in Portugal. Although the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship, the Primeira Liga winners are considered the national champions.^[1]

Primeira Liga

Season	1937–38
Champions	Benfica 3rd title
← 1936–37 1938–39 (Primeira Divisão) →

Overview

It was contested by 8 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Benfica (C)	14	10	3	1	34	16	+18	23
2	Porto	14	11	1	2	43	22	+21	23
3	Sporting CP	14	10	2	2	67	23	+44	22
4	Carcavelinhos	14	5	1	8	18	36	−18	11
5	Belenenses	14	5	0	9	29	28	+1	10
6	Académica	14	5	0	9	23	37	−14	10
7	Barreirense	14	2	4	8	18	34	−16	8
8	Académico	14	2	1	11	15	51	−36	5

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACD	BAR	BEL	BEN	CAR	POR	SCP
Académica		5–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–4
Académico	1–5		4–1	3–2	0–4	0–4	1–4	3–6
Barreirense	1–3	1–1		2–1	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–2
Belenenses	5–0	1–0	2–3		2–1	4–0	0–1	5–6
Benfica	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1		3–2	3–1	3–2
Carcavelinhos	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–4		0–1	1–3
Porto	5–1	7–2	3–1	5–2	2–2	3–1		2–1
Sporting CP	7–1	6–0	7–2	2–1	2–2	13–0	6–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.