1976–77 Primeira Divisão

The 1976–77 Primeira Divisão was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1976–77
Champions	Benfica 23rd title
Relegated	Beira-Mar Montijo Leixões Atlético CP
European Cup	Benfica
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP Boavista
Matches played	240
Goals scored	616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Gomes (26 goals)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	23	5	2	67	24	+43	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sporting CP	30	17	8	5	59	26	+33	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Porto	30	18	5	7	72	27	+45	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4	Boavista	30	13	8	9	41	33	+8	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Académica	30	14	6	10	29	25	+4	34
6	Vitória de Setúbal	30	13	6	11	47	46	+1	32
7	Varzim	30	10	11	9	36	36	0	31
8	Braga	30	10	9	11	36	36	0	29
9	Vitória de Guimarães	30	10	6	14	39	38	+1	26
10	Belenenses	30	7	12	11	29	40	−11	26
11	Estoril	30	6	13	11	26	36	−10	25
12	Portimonense	30	8	9	13	34	46	−12	25
13	Beira-Mar (R)	30	7	9	14	33	57	−24	23	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Montijo (R)	30	7	9	14	30	47	−17	23
15	Leixões (R)	30	4	15	11	15	31	−16	23
16	Atlético CP (R)	30	3	9	18	23	68	−45	15

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	EST	LEI	MON	PTM	POR	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Atlético CP	0–1		4–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–5
Beira-Mar	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Belenenses	1–0	2–1	3–0		2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Benfica	1–0	6–0	4–0	1–1		2–1	2–2	6–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Boavista	4–1	6–2	0–0	0–1	0–3		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–0
Braga	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	4–1	3–0
Estoril	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3
Leixões	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1
Montijo	0–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2
Portimonense	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0		0–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Porto	2–0	8–2	5–2	8–0	0–1	2–0	5–2	0–0	4–0	7–0	3–0		4–1	2–1	4–2	3–1
Sporting CP	2–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	5–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		1–1	3–2	6–1
Varzim	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	7–2	1–1	1–0	3–4		3–1	2–1
Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	5–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–0		3–2
Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	3–2	5–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	7–1	1–0

Source: ^[1][2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Fernando Gomes	Porto	26
2	Nené	Benfica	22
3	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	21
4	Mirobaldo	Vitória de Setúbal	15
5	Salif Keïta	Sporting	14
	Celso Pita	Boavista
7	Horácio de Faria	Varzim	13
	Joaquim Rocha	Académica de Coimbra
	Tito	Vitória de Guimarães
10	Jacinto João	Vitória de Setúbal	12
	Chico Bolota	Montijo