1983–84 Primeira Divisão

The 1983–84 Primeira Divisão was the 50th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1983–84
Champions	Benfica 26th title
European Cup	Benfica (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto (first round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round) Braga (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	599 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nené (21 goals)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

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	24	4	2	86	22	+64	52	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	22	5	3	65	9	+56	49	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Sporting CP	30	19	4	7	58	24	+34	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Braga	30	15	7	8	40	32	+8	37
5	Vitória de Setúbal	30	13	8	9	43	28	+15	34
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	3	13	41	41	0	31
7	Boavista	30	12	7	11	36	31	+5	31
8	Varzim	30	10	9	11	32	39	−7	29
9	Rio Ave	30	11	7	12	35	35	0	29
10	Portimonense	30	10	6	14	27	37	−10	26
11	Salgueiros	30	6	9	15	23	41	−18	21
12	Farense	30	5	11	14	29	54	−25	21
13	Penafiel	30	7	7	16	18	55	−37	21
14	Estoril (R)	30	6	9	15	22	51	−29	21	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Águeda (R)	30	7	5	18	25	55	−30	19
16	Espinho (R)	30	5	7	18	19	45	−26	17

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

1. Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	EST	FAR	PEN	PTM	POR	RAV	SCP	SAL	VAR	VGU	VSE
Águeda		1–4	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Benfica	2–0		1–0	7–0	6–0	1–1	6–2	8–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	8–0	1–0
Boavista	4–1	1–2		0–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1
Braga	5–1	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Espinho	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–3		2–0	5–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	0–1
Estoril	0–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–3
Farense	0–1	2–7	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1		4–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Penafiel	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Portimonense	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–6	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0
Porto	6–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	8–0	7–1	8–1	2–0		3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Rio Ave	5–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Sporting CP	5–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	4–1		2–0	4–2	2–0	3–1
Salgueiros	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	6–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	3–3
Varzim	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	6–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0		3–4
Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Nené	Benfica	21
	Fernando Gomes	Porto
3	Diamantino	Benfica	18
4	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	17
5	Rui Jordão	Sporting	16
6	Jorge Silva	Boavista	13
7	Michael Manniche	Benfica	12
	N'Habola	Rio Ave
9	José Rafael	Farense	11
	Jorge Gomes	Braga