1955–56 Primeira Divisão

22nd season of top-tier Portuguese football

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Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1955/1956 season.

Football league season

Overview

GD CUF class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1955–56 Liga

It was contested by 14 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	26	18	7	1	77	20	+57	43	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Benfica	26	19	5	2	76	31	+45	43
3	Belenenses	26	16	5	5	67	25	+42	37
4	Sporting CP	26	15	6	5	54	27	+27	36
5	Sporting da Covilhã	26	11	7	8	52	44	+8	29
6	Barreirense	26	8	7	11	40	60	−20	23
7	Torreense	26	7	8	11	32	42	−10	22
8	Lusitano de Évora	26	6	9	11	38	55	−17	21
9	Vitória de Setúbal	26	7	6	13	57	64	−7	20
10	CUF Barreiro	26	6	8	12	33	58	−25	20
11	Caldas	26	6	7	13	29	50	−21	19
12	Atlético CP	26	6	7	13	47	62	−15	19
13	Académica	26	8	3	15	36	52	−16	19
14	Braga (R)	26	5	3	18	36	84	−48	13	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	BRA	CAL	CUF	LUS	POR	SCP	SCO	SCT	VSE
Académica		2–1	3–1	0–5	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1
Atlético CP	4–2		3–2	1–1	1–4	4–0	1–1	7–2	3–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–1
Barreirense	3–1	3–2		1–0	2–4	7–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0
Belenenses	3–1	5–2	3–0		2–2	7–2	3–1	3–0	5–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	5–1	3–3
Benfica	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–0		7–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	5–1
Braga	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–3		4–1	4–1	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–0	4–2
Caldas	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0		3–0	3–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–1
CUF Barreiro	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–5	2–2	1–1		2–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–2
Lusitano Évora	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	4–3	7–3	1–1		0–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–2
Porto	3–0	2–0	10–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	5–0	3–1	4–1		3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1
Sporting CP	2–1	5–2	7–1	1–0	1–3	4–2	2–0	3–0	6–0	1–0		3–0	0–1	2–0
Sporting da Covilhã	3–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–4	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–1	7–1
Torreense	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–5	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–4		1–1
Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	9–2	2–3	0–4	3–5	6–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	3–3	3–1

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

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
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List of champions Top scorers

v t e 1955–56 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
« 1954–55 1956–57 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup