1980–81 Primeira Divisão

47th season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

The 1980–81 Primeira Divisão was the 47th 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	22	6	2	72	15	+57	50	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	21	6	3	53	18	+35	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Sporting CP	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	30	14	8	8	36	25	+11	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	9	10	38	30	+8	31
6	Braga	30	10	10	10	34	39	−5	30
7	Vitória de Setúbal	30	9	11	10	30	30	0	29
8	Portimonense	30	11	6	13	34	37	−3	28
9	Espinho	30	9	9	12	26	35	−9	27
10	Penafiel	30	11	5	14	27	38	−11	27
11	Belenenses	30	8	10	12	24	39	−15	26
12	Amora	30	10	5	15	38	51	−13	25
13	Académico de Viseu	30	8	9	13	24	40	−16	25
14	Varzim (R)	30	8	8	14	27	31	−4	24	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Marítimo (R)	30	7	9	14	33	46	−13	23
16	Académica (R)	30	4	6	20	16	58	−42	14

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

Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the other finalist, Benfica, had qualified for the European Cup.

Home \ Away	ACA	ACV	AMO	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	MAR	PEN	PTM	POR	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1
Académico de Viseu	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Amora	6–0	2–0		2–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Belenenses	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Benfica	4–0	3–0	4–1	4–1		3–0	3–1	2–1	6–1	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–1
Boavista	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1
Braga	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–0		0–1	4–2	3–1	4–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Espinho	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–1
Marítimo	3–1	5–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0
Penafiel	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1
Portimonense	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–5	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1
Porto	7–0	2–0	6–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Sporting CP	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		1–0	2–0	1–0
Varzim	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–4	0–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3		0–1	0–0
Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0		1–1
Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nené	Benfica	20
2	Jacques	Braga	17
3	Mickey Walsh	Porto	14
	Jorge Silva	Amora
	Rui Jordão	Sporting
	João Alves	Benfica
7	Júlio Carlos	Boavista	13
8	Folha	Boavista	12
9	César	Benfica	10
	António Oliveira	Penafiel
	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting

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 1980–81 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça de Portugal
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup