1995–96 Primeira Divisão


The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [Liga de Honra]

União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHead CoachCityStadium1994–95 finish
Belenenses João AlvesLisbonEstádio do Restelo12th
Benfica Artur JorgeLisbonEstádio da Luz3rd
Boavista Manuel JoséPortoEstádio do Bessa9th
Braga Manuel CajudaBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio10th
Campomaiorense Manuel FernandesCampo MaiorEstádio Capitão Cesar Correia2nd in Divisão de Honra
Chaves Vítor UrbanoChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves14th
Estrela da Amadora Fernando SantosAmadoraEstádio José Gomes15th
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís5th
Felgueiras Jorge JesusFelgueirasEstádio Dr. Machado de Matos3rd in Divisão de Honra
Gil Vicente Bernardino PedrotoBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo13th
Leça Fernando FestasLeça da PalmeiraEstádio do Leça FC1st in Divisão de Honra
Marítimo Raul ÁguasFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros7th
Porto Bobby RobsonPortoEstádio das Antas1st
Salgueiros Mário ReisPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro11th
Sporting Carlos QueirozLisbonEstádio José Alvalade2nd
Tirsense José RomãoSanto TirsoEstádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo8th
União de Leiria Vítor ManuelLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa6th
Vitória de Guimarães Vítor OliveiraGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques4th

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: Footballzz

Footnotes