1962–63 Primeira Divisão

29th season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

The 1962–63 Primeira Divisão was the 29th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	23	2	1	81	25	+56	48	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Porto	26	19	4	3	61	24	+37	42	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Sporting CP	26	18	2	6	71	31	+40	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Belenenses	26	16	4	6	47	30	+17	36	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Leixões	26	10	10	6	34	33	+1	30
6	Vitória de Guimarães	26	12	3	11	47	43	+4	27
7	Lusitano de Évora	26	9	5	12	33	41	−8	23
8	Olhanense	26	7	7	12	29	38	−9	21
9	Vitória de Setúbal	26	6	8	12	33	39	−6	20
10	Académica	26	8	3	15	49	50	−1	19
11	Barreirense	26	5	8	13	20	56	−36	18
12	CUF Barreiro	26	6	6	14	37	40	−3	18
13	Atlético CP (R)	26	8	1	17	33	65	−32	17	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Feirense (R)	26	3	1	22	21	81	−60	7	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: RSSSF and footballzz.co.uk
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	CUF	FEI	LEI	LUS	OLH	POR	SCP	VGU	VSE
Académica		6–0	8–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	8–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–1
Atlético CP	1–0		3–1	1–2	0–3	3–2	5–2	4–2	3–5	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–5	2–1
Barreirense	1–0	2–0		0–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–5	1–3	0–0
Belenenses	3–1	1–0	4–0		1–4	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	6–0	3–1
Benfica	5–1	2–0	8–1	1–0		3–1	6–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–3	6–2	3–2
CUF Barreiro	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–3		4–0	0–1	6–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
Feirense	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–6	0–2		0–4	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–2
Leixões	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Lusitano Évora	3–3	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–2		2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Olhanense	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0		3–3	1–1	2–0	0–0
Porto	3–1	5–0	3–0	5–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	4–0		1–3	2–1	3–2
Sporting CP	5–1	5–3	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–1	7–0	6–0	2–1	5–1	0–1		4–2	2–1
Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	1–2	5–0	1–2	3–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–1		3–0
Vitória de Setúbal	2–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	5–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3

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 1962–63 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup Fairs Cup
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1962–63 in European football (UEFA)
« 1961–62 1963–64 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '62 '63 England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Sweden '62 '63 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '62 '63 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup