1938–39 Primeira Divisão

5th season of top-tier Portuguese football

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Football league season

Primeira Divisão
Season	1938–39
Champions	F.C. Porto 2nd title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	273 (4.88 per match)
← 1937–38 (Campeonato da Liga) 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 Primeira Divisão season was the fifth season of top-tier football in Portugal. The competition was renamed Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão (National Championship of the First Division) or Primeira Divisão for short.

Overview

Sporting class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1938–39 Liga

It was contested by 8 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Porto (C)	14	10	3	1	57	20	+37	23
2	Sporting CP	14	10	2	2	44	17	+27	22
3	Benfica	14	9	3	2	44	24	+20	21
4	Belenenses	14	6	1	7	38	29	+9	13
5	Académica	14	4	3	7	27	39	−12	11
6	Barreirense	14	4	2	8	21	27	−6	10
7	Académico	14	5	0	9	30	61	−31	10
8	Casa Pia	14	1	0	13	12	56	−44	2

Source:
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACD	BAR	BEL	BEN	CPI	POR	SCP
Académica		5–4	3–1	0–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	2–2
Académico	6–2		3–2	3–1	3–4	1–0	1–12	2–5
Barreirense	3–2	6–0		0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–3
Belenenses	8–1	7–2	1–2		2–3	7–1	1–3	0–2
Benfica	4–0	5–2	1–0	3–4		10–1	4–1	1–4
Casa Pia	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–3	0–1		1–2	2–4
Porto	3–1	4–0	6–1	5–2	3–3	10–0		2–1
Sporting CP	3–1	7–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	5–1	4–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

v t e Top-level football seasons in Portugal
Campeonato da Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Primeira Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Primeira Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of champions Top scorers

v t e 1938–39 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

v t e 1938–39 in European football
« 1937–38 1939–40 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39

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