1986–87 Primeira Divisão

The 1986–87 Primeira Divisão was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1986–87
Champions	Benfica 27th title
European Cup	Benfica Porto (defending champions)
Cup Winners' Cup	Sporting CP (first round)
UEFA Cup	Vitória de Guimarães (first round) Chaves (first round) Belenenses (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paulinho Cascavel (22 goals)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

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
1	Benfica (C)	30	20	9	1	51	23	+28	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto[a]	30	20	6	4	67	22	+45	46
3	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	13	3	45	22	+23	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Sporting CP	30	15	8	7	52	28	+24	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Chaves	30	13	7	10	39	38	+1	33	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Belenenses	30	13	4	13	52	40	+12	30
7	Varzim	30	8	13	9	24	29	−5	29
8	Boavista	30	9	9	12	34	36	−2	27
9	Braga	30	10	6	14	32	34	−2	26
10	Académica	30	7	12	11	22	34	−12	26
11	Portimonense	30	8	10	12	27	47	−20	26
12	Marítimo	30	9	7	14	34	49	−15	25
13	Rio Ave	30	8	9	13	33	40	−7	25
14	Salgueiros	30	6	12	12	22	40	−18	24
15	Farense	30	7	7	16	33	47	−14	21
16	O Elvas	30	3	8	19	16	54	−38	14

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

1. Porto qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup as the 1986–87 European Cup defending champions.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	FAR	MAR	ELV	PTM	POR	RAV	SAL	SCP	VAR	VGU
Académica		3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Belenenses	3–0		1–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	5–1	5–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–1
Benfica	2–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Boavista	0–0	3–1	0–2		1–0	1–3	0–0	5–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Braga	0–0	0–1	–[a]	0–0		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1
Chaves	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–2		3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Farense	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0		2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–4
Marítimo	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0		5–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
O Elvas	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0
Portimonense	2–0	1–5	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Porto	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	8–3	1–0	6–0	5–0		3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Rio Ave	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2
Salgueiros	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–0
Sporting CP	1–1	4–2	7–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		3–0	1–1
Varzim	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1

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

1. The match between Braga and Benfica was abandoned when the score was 1–1 and scored 0–3 loss for both teams.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	22
2	Fernando Gomes	Porto	21
3	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	17
4	Raphael Meade	Sporting	15
	Jorge Andrade	Farense
6	Richard Mapuata	Belenenses	14
7	Stoycho Mladenov	Belenenses	13
	Rui Águas	Benfica
9	Radoslav Zdravkov	Chaves	11
	Chico Faria	Rio Ave

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[4]
1	SL Benfica	15	55,333
2	FC Porto	15	45,000
3	Sporting CP	15	34,333
4	Vitória SC	15	20,667
5	SC Braga	15	16,800
6	Os Belenenses	15	16,600
7	Varzim SC	15	14,367
8	Boavista FC	15	13,200
9	CS Marítimo	15	12,633
10	Académica de Coimbra	15	12,200
11	SC Farense	15	12,167
12	Rio Ave FC	15	11,867
13	GD Chaves	15	11,433
14	O Elvas	15	9,600
15	Portimonense	15	9,000
16	Salgueiros	15	8,600