1980–81 Primeira Divisão

The 1980–81 Primeira Divisão was the 47th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1980–81
Champions	Benfica 24th title
Relegated	Varzim Marítimo Académica
European Cup	Benfica
Cup Winners' Cup	Porto
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP Boavista
Matches played	240
Goals scored	560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nené (20 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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	22	6	2	72	15	+57	50	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	21	6	3	53	18	+35	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Sporting CP	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	30	14	8	8	36	25	+11	36
5	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	9	10	38	30	+8	31
6	Braga	30	10	10	10	34	39	−5	30
7	Vitória de Setúbal	30	9	11	10	30	30	0	29
8	Portimonense	30	11	6	13	34	37	−3	28
9	Espinho	30	9	9	12	26	35	−9	27
10	Penafiel	30	11	5	14	27	38	−11	27
11	Belenenses	30	8	10	12	24	39	−15	26
12	Amora	30	10	5	15	38	51	−13	25
13	Académico de Viseu	30	8	9	13	24	40	−16	25
14	Varzim (R)	30	8	8	14	27	31	−4	24	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Marítimo (R)	30	7	9	14	33	46	−13	23
16	Académica (R)	30	4	6	20	16	58	−42	14

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

1. Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the other finalist, Benfica, had qualified for the European Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACV	AMO	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	MAR	PEN	PTM	POR	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Académico de Viseu	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Amora	6–0	2–0		2–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Belenenses	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Benfica	4–0	3–0	4–1	4–1		3–0	3–1	2–1	6–1	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–1
Boavista	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1
Braga	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–0		0–1	4–2	3–1	4–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Espinho	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–1
Marítimo	3–1	5–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0
Penafiel	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1
Portimonense	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–5	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1
Porto	7–0	2–0	6–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Sporting CP	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		1–0	2–0	1–0
Varzim	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–4	0–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3		0–1	0–0
Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0		1–1
Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Nené	Benfica	20
2	Jacques	Braga	17
3	Mickey Walsh	Porto	14
	Jorge Silva	Amora
	Rui Jordão	Sporting
	João Alves	Benfica
7	Júlio Carlos	Boavista	13
8	Folha	Boavista	12
9	César	Benfica	10
	António Oliveira	Penafiel
	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting