| Season | 1993–94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Benfica 30th title |
| Relegated | Paços de Ferreira Famalicão Estoril-Praia |
| Champions League | Benfica (group stage) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Porto (first round) |
| UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) Marítimo (first round) |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 750 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Yekini (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Benfica 8–0Famalicão (12 March 1994) |
| Biggest away win | Famalicão 0–5Porto (20 February 1994) |
| Highest scoring | Sporting CP 3–6Benfica (14 May 1994) |
1994–95 → | |
The1993–94 Primeira Divisão was the60th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 22 August 1993 with a match betweenEstoril-Praia andBeira-Mar, and ended on 2 June 1994. The league was contested by 18 clubs withPorto as the defending champions.
Benfica won their 30th league title and qualified for the1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto qualified for the1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, andSporting CP,Boavista andMarítimo qualified for the1994–95 UEFA Cup; in opposite,Paços de Ferreira,Famalicão andEstoril-Praia were relegated to theLiga de Honra.Yekini was the top scorer with 21 goals.
Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in1992-93 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, União da Madeira, Vitória de Setúbal from the Liga de Honra.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belenenses | 16 October 1993 | 9th | 24 October 1993 | ||
| Famalicão | 21 November 1993 | 17th | 28 November 1993 | ||
| Sporting | 30 November 1993 | 2nd | 5 December 1993 | ||
| Marítimo | 19 December 1993 | 6th | 30 December 1993 | ||
| Porto | 23 January 1994 | 3rd | 6 February 1994 | ||
| Belenenses | 23 January 1994 | 12th | 6 February 1994 | ||
| Paços de Ferreira | 6 March 1994 | 14th | 13 March 1994 | ||
| Braga | 13 March 1994 | 12th | 27 March 1994 | ||
| Paços de Ferreira | 8 May 1994 | 16th | 15 May 1994 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica(C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 54 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 52 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 51 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 38 | |
| 5 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 38 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 34 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Farense | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 33 | |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 31 | |
| 11 | Salgueiros | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | União da Madeira | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 31 | |
| 13 | Belenenses | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 29 | |
| 15 | Braga | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 28 | |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira(R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 26 | Relegation toSegunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Famalicão(R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 72 | −46 | 22 | |
| 18 | Estoril(R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | EdA | FAM | FAR | GVI | MAR | PAÇ | POR | SAL | SCP | UNI | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beira-Mar | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Belenenses | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Benfica | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Boavista | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Braga | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Estoril | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Famalicão | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Farense | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Marítimo | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Porto | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Salgueiros | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| União da Madeira | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitória Setúbal | 21 | |
| 2 | Gil Vicente / Porto | 18 | |
| 3 | Porto | 16 | |
| Farense | |||
| 5 | Sporting | 15 | |
| Vitória Setúbal | |||
| Benfica | |||
| 9 | Benfica | 12 | |
| 10 | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 | |
| Estrela Amadora | |||
| Marítimo | |||
| Salgueiros |
Source: Foradejogo[2]