1982–83 Primeira Divisão

The 1982–83 Primeira Divisão was the 49th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1982–83
Champions	Benfica 25th title
Relegated	Marítimo Amora Alcobaça
European Cup	Benfica (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto (first round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round) Vitória de Guimarães (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	570 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Gomes (36 goals)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

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	7	1	67	13	+54	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	20	7	3	73	18	+55	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Sporting CP	30	18	6	6	48	25	+23	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	10	9	35	24	+11	32
5	Boavista	30	12	6	12	32	38	−6	30
6	Braga	30	13	3	14	41	43	−2	29
7	Vitória de Setúbal	30	12	5	13	29	33	−4	29
8	Rio Ave	30	13	3	14	43	45	−2	29
9	Portimonense	30	11	7	12	35	31	+4	29
10	Salgueiros	30	9	9	12	26	36	−10	27
11	Estoril	30	9	8	13	26	39	−13	26
12	Varzim	30	8	10	12	23	39	−16	26
13	Espinho	30	9	7	14	23	37	−14	25
14	Marítimo (R)	30	8	9	13	26	38	−12	25	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Amora (R)	30	6	6	18	23	55	−32	18
16	Alcobaça (R)	30	4	7	19	20	56	−36	15

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	ALC	AMO	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	EST	MAR	PTM	POR	RAV	SAL	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Alcobaça		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0
Amora	2–0		1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0
Benfica	8–1	4–2		3–0	6–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	8–0	1–0	1–1
Boavista	1–0	3–0	2–2		0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Braga	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–3		4–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	3–0
Espinho	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1		2–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Estoril	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–1
Marítimo	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1
Portimonense	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	6–0	3–0		1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Porto	2–1	4–0	0–0	6–0	5–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	2–0		4–0	5–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–0
Rio Ave	4–1	1–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	6–1	2–1	0–3		3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Salgueiros	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Sporting CP	4–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	6–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	4–2	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–0
Varzim	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1
Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	7–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1		3–0
Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1

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	36
2	Nené	Benfica	21
3	N'Habola	Rio Ave	20
4	Rui Jordão	Sporting	18
5	Mickey Walsh	Porto	15
6	Zoran Filipović	Benfica	14
7	António Oliveira	Sporting	11
8	Diamantino	Benfica	10
	Raul Águas	Portimonense
10	Vítor Madeira	Estoril	9
	Reinaldo	Boavista
	António Sousa	Porto