1956–57 Primeira Divisão

23rd season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

The 1956–57 Primeira Divisão was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

GD CUF class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1956–57 Liga

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	17	7	2	75	25	+50	41	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Porto	26	18	4	4	86	23	+63	40
3	Belenenses	26	13	7	6	74	50	+24	33
4	Sporting CP	26	12	7	7	62	28	+34	31
5	Lusitano de Évora	26	13	4	9	57	51	+6	30
6	Académica	26	12	4	10	45	33	+12	28
7	Torreense	26	10	4	12	44	50	−6	24
8	Oriental	26	8	7	11	27	44	−17	23
9	CUF Barreiro	26	9	3	14	35	69	−34	21
10	Vitória de Setúbal	26	8	4	14	40	59	−19	20
11	Barreirense	26	8	4	14	39	62	−23	20
12	Caldas	26	6	7	13	32	63	−31	19
13	Sporting da Covilhã (R)	26	7	4	15	33	62	−29	18	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Atlético CP (R)	26	6	4	16	32	62	−30	16	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	CAL	CUF	LUS	ORI	POR	SCP	SCO	SCT	VSE
Académica		2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	8–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–0
Atlético CP	1–0		2–2	2–4	0–5	2–2	4–1	3–7	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	3–0
Barreirense	2–3	3–3		2–1	2–4	4–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2
Belenenses	3–2	4–2	4–0		2–2	5–0	5–1	5–0	5–1	4–3	2–2	2–0	6–2	5–1
Benfica	2–0	4–0	10–1	2–2		1–0	6–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	6–0	3–0	4–0
Caldas	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4		2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–7	3–2	3–1	3–5
CUF Barreiro	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0		5–3	2–0	2–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1
Lusitano Évora	3–1	5–0	3–2	5–2	1–2	2–0	3–1		0–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–1
Oriental	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Porto	5–1	0–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	7–1	5–0		2–0	8–1	2–0	4–1
Sporting CP	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	6–0	8–0	1–1	3–1	2–1		7–1	3–1	4–0
Sporting da Covilhã	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–3		2–4	2–0
Torreense	2–1	1–0	3–2	6–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–0	5–0		1–4
Vitória de Setúbal	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–7	0–0	2–1	2–3

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
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 1956–57 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 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
« 1955–56 1957–58 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup