1988–89 Primeira Divisão

The 1988–89 Primeira Divisão was the 55th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Divisão

Season	1988–89
Champions	Benfica 28th title
Relegated	Fafe Espinho Farense Leixões Académico de Viseu
European Cup	Benfica (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Belenenses (first round)
UEFA Cup	F.C. Porto (first round) Boavista (first round) Sporting CP (first round)
Matches played	342
Goals scored	791 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vata (16 goals)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Overview

It was contested by 20 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)	38	27	9	2	60	15	+45	63	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	38	21	14	3	52	17	+35	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Boavista	38	19	11	8	56	29	+27	49
4	Sporting CP	38	18	9	11	50	33	+17	45
5	Vitória de Setúbal	38	15	12	11	44	37	+7	42
6	Braga	38	14	12	12	42	37	+5	40
7	Belenenses	38	13	14	11	44	35	+9	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Estrela da Amadora	38	13	13	12	33	41	−8	39
9	Vitória de Guimarães	38	14	10	14	39	33	+6	38
10	Nacional	38	12	12	14	43	49	−6	36
11	Portimonense	38	12	11	15	33	37	−4	35
12	Marítimo	38	10	15	13	40	41	−1	35
13	Chaves	38	12	10	16	37	41	−4	34
14	Penafiel	38	10	13	15	32	39	−7	33
15	Beira-Mar	38	10	13	15	29	36	−7	33
16	Fafe (R)	38	9	14	15	29	47	−18	32	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
17	Espinho (R)	38	12	8	18	45	57	−12	32
18	Farense (R)	38	10	11	17	34	51	−17	31
19	Leixões (R)	38	7	14	17	29	46	−17	28
20	Académico de Viseu (R)	38	5	9	24	20	70	−50	19

Source: foradejogo.net, RSSSF,^[1] footballzz.co.uk^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACV	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	ESP	EST	FAF	FAR	LEI	MAR	NAC	PEN	PTM	POR	SCP	VGU	VSE
Académico de Viseu		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Beira-Mar	2–1		1–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0
Belenenses	3–0	3–0		0–1	0–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0
Benfica	4–0	0–0	1–0		2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Boavista	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Braga	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2		0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Chaves	5–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1		3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1
Espinho	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–5
Estrela da Amadora	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1
Fafe	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	0–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Farense	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Leixões	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–0
Marítimo	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1		0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Nacional	5–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		3–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–4
Penafiel	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Portimonense	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0
Porto	5–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	0–1
Sporting CP	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–2		1–0	4–3
Vitória de Guimarães	5–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–0
Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Vata	Benfica	16
2	Jorge Silva	Marítimo	15
	Amâncio	Vitória de Setúbal
4	Rui Águas	Porto	13
5	Radoslav Zdravkov	Chaves	12
6	Aparício	Vitória de Setúbal	11
	Jorge Andrade	Boavista
	Ivan	Sporting de Espinho
	Paulinho Cascavel	Sporting CP
	Chiquinho Carlos	Vitória de Guimarães
	Rui Jordão	Vitória de Setúbal