Primeira Divisão 1978/79

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Primeira Divisão 1978/79
master FC Porto
European Cup of
National Champions		 FC Porto
Uefa cup Benfica Lisbon
Sporting Lisbon
Cup winners Boavista Porto
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Boavista Porto
Relegated Académico de Viseu FC
Académica Coimbra
FC Barreirense
FC Famalicão
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 626  (ø 2.61 per game)
Top scorer Fernando Gomes
(FC Porto), 27 goals
← Primeira Divisão 1977/78

The Primeira Divisão 1978/79 was the 45th season of the top Portuguese division in men's football. It began on August 27, 1978 and ended on June 17, 1979.

Defending champions FC Porto became Portuguese champions for the seventh time. Of the four climbers, only SC Beira-Mar managed to stay in the league.

Attendees

Primeira Divisão 1978/79 (Portugal)
Portugal Madeira location map.svg
Funchal
Funchal
Lisbon
Lisbon
Académica
Académica
Boavista
Boavista
FC Porto
FC Porto
Braga
Braga
Varzim
Varzim
Estoril
Estoril
Setubal
Setubal
Vit. Guimarães
Vit. Guimarães
Viseu
Viseu
Barreirense
Barreirense
Beira-Mar
Beira-Mar
00└ → Famalicão
00└ → Famalicão
Clubs in Lisbon: Benfica Sporting Belenenses
Clubs in Lisbon:
Benfica
Sporting
Belenenses
Madeira
Madeira
Participant of the Primeira Divisão 1978/79

The 16 teams played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first and a second round.

Teams city
SL Benfica Lisbon (1960s) .svg Benfica Lisbon Lisbon
Sporting Clube de Portugal.svg Sporting Lisbon Lisbon
Belenenses Lisbon.svg Belenenses Lisbon Lisbon
FC Porto 1922-2005.svg FC Porto postage
Boavista Porto.svg Boavista Porto postage
Sporting Clube de Braga.svg Sporting Braga Braga
SC Beira-Mar Logo.svg SC Beira-Mar Aveiro
FC Barreirense.svg FC Barreirense Barreiro
Logo FC Famalicão.gif FC Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicao
Vitoria Guimaraes.svg Vitória Guimarães Guimarães
Vitória Setúbal.svg Vitória Setúbal Setubal
DG Estoril Praia.svg DG Estoril Praia Estoril
Logo Academica de Coimbra.svg Académica Coimbra Coimbra
Varzim SC Logo.svg Varzim SC Póvoa de Varzim
Académico de Viseu FC.png Académico de Viseu FC Viseu
Marítimo Funchal.svg Marítimo Funchal Funchal

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FC Porto (M)  30th  21st  8th  1 070:190 +51 50:10
 2. Benfica Lisbon  30th  23  3  4th 075:210 +54 49:11
 3. Sporting Lisbon (P)  30th  17th  8th  5 046:220 +24 42:18
 4th Sporting Braga  30th  16  5  9 049:350 +14 37:23
 5. Varzim SC  30th  11  10  9 030:290  +1 32:28
 6th Vitória Guimarães  30th  12  7th  11 044:380  +6 31:29
 7th Vitória Setúbal  30th  12  7th  11 038:380  ± 0 31:29
 8th. Belenenses Lisbon  30th  10  9  11 047:430  +4 29:31
 9. Boavista Porto  30th  12  3  15th 036:400  −4 27:33
10. Marítimo Funchal  30th  11  5  14th 036:370  −1 27:33
11. DG Estoril Praia  30th  8th  10  12 024:420 −18 26:34
12. SC Beira-Mar (N)  30th  11  2  17th 044:560 −12 24:36
13. FC Famalicao (N)  30th  9  5  16 030:450 −15 23:37
14th FC Barreirense (N)  30th  8th  6th  16 024:450 −21 22:38
15th Académica Coimbra  30th  5  8th  17th 020:410 −21 18:42
16. Académico de Viseu FC (N)  30th  5  1  24 013:750 −62 11:49

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

  • Portuguese champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup
  • Portuguese cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80
  • Descent into the Segunda Divisão
    • (M) reigning Portuguese champion
    (P) reigning Portuguese cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1978/79 FC Porto Sporting Lisbon Sporting Braga Varzim SC Vitória Guimarães Vitória Setúbal Belenenses Lisbon Boavista Porto Marítimo Funchal DG Estoril Praia SC Beira-Mar FC Famalicão FC Barreirense Académica Coimbra Académico de Viseu FC
    1. FC Porto 1-0 0-0 3: 2 3-0 1: 1 5: 1 4-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 6: 1 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 6: 1
    2. Benfica Lisbon 1: 1 5-0 2-0 3-0 3: 2 2-0 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 5: 1 5: 1 5: 3 1-0 6: 1 5-0
    3. Sporting Lisbon 0-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1 5: 1 2-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 2-0
    4th Sporting Braga 3: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 2 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0
    5. Varzim SC 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0
    6th Vitória Guimarães 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 5-0 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 3-0 1-0
    7th Vitória Setúbal 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 3 4: 1 0-0 2-0 2-0 3: 1 0-0 1-0 4: 1
    8th. Belenenses Lisbon 0-0 1-0 1: 1 7: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 4 3-0 1: 1 4-0 2-0 2: 3 2: 1 4-0
    9. Boavista Porto 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 1-0 4: 1 3-0 0: 3 1-0 5-0
    10. Marítimo Funchal 0: 1 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 4: 1 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 3-0 4-0 0-0 2-0
    11. DG Estoril Praia 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 4 3: 5 2-0 1-0 0-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0
    12. SC Beira-Mar 2: 3 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 4 2: 3 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 4-0
    13. FC Famalicão 0: 4 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 3-0
    14th FC Barreirense 1: 2 0: 4 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 4 3: 5 1-0 1-0
    15th Académica Coimbra 0: 3 0: 2 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 3 0-0 3-0 0: 2 2: 1 4-0
    16. Académico de Viseu FC 0: 5 2: 6 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 1 1-0 1-0

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Portugal 1978/79 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .