1985–86 Primeira Divisão

(Redirected from 1985–86 Primeira Liga) 52nd season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

Primeira Liga
Season	1985-86
Champions	F.C. Porto 9th title
Relegated	Desportivo dos Aves Vitória de Setúbal Penafiel Sporting de Covilhã
European Cup	F.C. Porto (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	Benfica (first round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round) Vitória de Guimarães (first round) Boavista (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	566 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Fernandes (30 goals)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1985/1986 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	22	5	3	64	20	+44	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Benfica	30	21	5	4	54	13	+41	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Sporting CP	30	20	6	4	64	20	+44	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	30	16	8	6	51	29	+22	40
5	Boavista	30	14	8	8	44	29	+15	36
6	Chaves	30	11	7	12	28	38	−10	29
7	Portimonense	30	11	6	13	29	32	−3	28
8	Belenenses	30	7	14	9	27	30	−3	28
9	Braga	30	9	8	13	34	47	−13	26
10	Académica	30	9	7	14	28	38	−10	25
11	Salgueiros	30	9	7	14	21	37	−16	25
12	Marítimo	30	8	6	16	26	50	−24	22
13	Desportivo das Aves (R)	30	7	8	15	25	42	−17	22	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Vitória de Setúbal (R)	30	7	8	15	32	42	−10	22
15	Penafiel (R)	30	4	10	16	16	38	−22	18
16	Sporting da Covilhã (R)	30	5	7	18	23	61	−38	17

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

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	DAV	MAR	PEN	PTM	POR	SAL	SCP	SCO	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–4	4–0	2–0	1–1
Belenenses	1–2		0–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2
Benfica	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	9–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Boavista	4–0	0–0	1–0		3–1	1–0	5–1	5–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1
Braga	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–2
Chaves	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	4–2
Desportivo das Aves	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–3		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0
Marítimo	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	1–0
Penafiel	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
Portimonense	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0
Porto	3–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	4–0		2–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	5–0
Salgueiros	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	0–2	0–3	1–0
Sporting CP	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	6–0	4–2	0–1	2–1		6–1	3–0	1–0
Sporting da Covilhã	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–5		0–0	1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	5–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–3	5–0		1–0
Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	30
2	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	25
3	Fernando Gomes	Porto	20
4	Armando	Salgueiros	14
4	Michael Manniche	Benfica	14
6	Serge Cadorin	Portimonense	13
7	Rabah Madjer	Porto	12
8	Rui Águas	Benfica	10
	César	Vitória de Setúbal
	Fernando Cruz	Vitória de Setúbal

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v t e 1985–86 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1985–86 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '85 '86 England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '85 '86 Spain Sweden '85 '86 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland '85 '86 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '85 '86 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '85 '86 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup