1971–72 Primeira Divisão

38th season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

The 1971–72 Primeira Divisão was the 38th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	26	3	1	81	16	+65	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Vitória de Setúbal	30	17	11	2	62	16	+46	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Sporting CP	30	17	9	4	51	26	+25	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	CUF Barreiro	30	12	13	5	43	28	+15	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Porto	30	13	7	10	51	32	+19	33	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	8	11	49	47	+2	30
7	Belenenses	30	11	7	12	35	33	+2	29
8	Barreirense	30	11	5	14	34	46	−12	27
9	Farense	30	9	7	14	34	48	−14	25
10	Atlético CP	30	8	9	13	35	52	−17	25
11	Boavista	30	7	10	13	28	46	−18	24
12	União de Tomar	30	9	5	16	25	42	−17	23
13	Beira-Mar	30	7	9	14	29	51	−22	23
14	Leixões	30	7	7	16	26	51	−25	21
15	Académica (R)	30	7	7	16	29	38	−9	21	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
16	Tirsense (R)	30	6	7	17	26	66	−40	19	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

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

Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1972 Taça de Portugal Final, because Taça de Portugal winners, Benfica qualified for the European Cup.

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	CUF	FAR	LEI	POR	SCP	TIR	UTO	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–2
Atlético CP	1–1		1–0	2–3	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–2
Barreirense	1–0	2–1		4–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–1
Beira Mar	1–0	5–0	1–2		1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
Belenenses	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0		0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0
Benfica	3–1	5–1	5–1	2–1	1–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	7–0	3–0	3–0	0–0
Boavista	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
CUF Barreiro	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–1	0–2	2–0		2–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	5–3	2–2
Farense	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–5	1–1	2–2		4–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Leixões	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–3
Porto	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	6–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		0–0	6–0	1–1	1–2	0–1
Sporting CP	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–1		3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0
Tirsense	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–3	3–5		1–0	1–2	0–1
União de Tomar	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0		3–2	0–3
Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	5–1	3–2	0–4	1–2	7–1	2–0		1–1
Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	5–1	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	6–0	5–0	1–0

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Artur Jorge	Benfica	27
2	José Torres	Vitória de Setúbal	21
3	Abel	Porto	19
4	Eusébio	Benfica	18
4	Flávio Minuano	Porto	18
6	Jorge Gonçalves	Vitória de Guimarães	15
6	Tito	Vitória de Guimarães	15
8	Arcanjo	Vitória de Setúbal	12
	Manuel António	Académica de Coimbra
	José Monteiro	Fabril Barreiro
	Serafim	Barreirense

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 1971–72 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72