Season 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Boavista (first round) Champion FC Porto Matches played 306 | Champions Porto
16th title Start date 1996 Goals scored 721 | |
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Champions League Porto (group stage)
Sporting CP (second qualifying round) UEFA Cup Benfica (first round)
Braga (first round)
V. Guimarães (first round) Top goalscorer Mário Jardel (30 goals) Relegated S.C. Espinho, U.D. Leiria, Gil Vicente F.C. People also search for 1997–98 Primeira Divisão | ||
The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Contents
- Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
- Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
- League table
- Results
- Top goalscorers
- References
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995-96 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.
League table
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: Footballzz