| Season | 1990–91 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Benfica 29th title |
| Relegated | Tirsense Vitória de Setúbal Estrela da Amadora Belenenses Nacional |
| European Cup | Benfica(first round) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Porto(first round) |
| UEFA Cup | Sporting CP(first round) Boavista(first round) Salgueiros(first round) |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 874 (2.3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rui Águas (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Chaves 6–0Beira-Mar (28 April 1991) |
| Biggest away win | Penafiel 2–5Sporting CP (26 August 1990) |
| Highest scoring | Tirsense 4–4Boavista (12 January 1991) Braga 6–2Nacional (2 February 1991) |
1991–92 → | |
The1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match betweenFarense andNacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs withPorto as the defending champions.
Benfica qualified for the1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, andSporting CP,Boavista andSalgueiros qualified for the1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite,Tirsense,Vitória de Setúbal,Estrela da Amadora,Belenenses andNacional were relegated to theLiga de Honra.Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in1989-90 season.
The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitória de Guimarães | 23 September 1990 | 13th | 24 September 1990 | ||
| Marítimo | 23 September 1990 | 17th | 24 September 1990 | ||
| Penafiel | 30 September 1990 | 20th | 1 October 1990 | ||
| Braga | 28 October 1990 | 19th | 29 October 1990 | ||
| Belenenses | 21 October 1990 | 19th | 1 November 1990 | ||
| Boavista | 14 November 1990 | 5th | 9 December 1990 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2 December 1990 | 19th | 3 December 1990 | ||
| Chaves | 23 December 1990 | 18th | 24 December 1990 | ||
| Belenenses | 6 January 1991 | 18th | 7 January 1991 | ||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 12 January 1991 | 12th | 13 January 1991 | ||
| Estrela da Amadora | 27 January 1991 | 15th | 28 January 1991 | ||
| Nacional | 2 February 1991 | 17th | 3 February 1991 | ||
| Nacional | 14 April 1991 | 20th | 15 April 1991 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica(C) | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 69 | Qualification toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 67 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 56 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | |
| 5 | Salgueiros | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 36 | |
| 6 | Beira-Mar | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 | |
| 7 | Braga | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 34 | |
| 8 | Chaves | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | |
| 10 | Marítimo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Farense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 34 | |
| 12 | União da Madeira | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 33 | |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 33 | |
| 14 | Famalicão | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | |
| 15 | Penafiel | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 33 | |
| 16 | Tirsense(R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 33 | Relegation toSegunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Vitória de Setúbal(R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 32 | |
| 18 | Estrela da Amadora(R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 32 | |
| 19 | Belenenses(R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 29 | |
| 20 | Nacional(R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | EST | FAM | FAR | GVI | MAR | NAC | PEN | POR | SAL | SCP | TIR | UNI | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beira-Mar | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Belenenses | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Benfica | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Boavista | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Braga | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Chaves | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Famalicão | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Farense | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Gil Vicente | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Marítimo | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Nacional | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Penafiel | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Porto | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | |
| Salgueiros | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Tirsense | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| União da Madeira | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 25 | |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | |
| 3 | Sporting | 22 | |
| 4 | Estrela da Amadora | 15 | |
| 5 | Vitória de Setúbal | 13 | |
| Boavista | |||
| 7 | Porto | 12 | |
| Farense | |||
| 9 | Chaves | 11 | |
| Boavista | |||
| Salgueiros |
Source: Foradejogo[2]