| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Porto 16th title |
| Relegated | Espinho União de Leiria Gil Vicente |
| Champions League | Porto(group stage) Sporting CP(second qualifying round) |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Boavista(first round) |
| UEFA Cup | Benfica(first round) Braga(first round) V. Guimarães(first round) |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 721 (2.36 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (30 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Boavista 7–0Gil Vicente (27 April 1997) |
| Biggest away win | Espinho 0–5Porto (26 October 1996) |
| Highest scoring | 4–3 (3 times) 5–2 (2 times) |
1997–98 → | |
The1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match betweenBenfica andBraga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs withPorto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along withSporting CP, who qualified for the second round,Boavista qualified for the1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga andV. Guimarães qualified for the1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite,Espinho,União de Leiria andGil Vicente were relegated to theLiga de Honra.Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.
Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in1995–96 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| União de Leiria | 20 October 1996 | 17th | 21 October 1996 | ||
| Belenenses | 27 October 1996 | 15th | 28 October 1996 | ||
| Marítimo | 17 November 1996 | 12th | 18 November 1996 | ||
| Boavista | 19 November 1996 | 10th | 20 November 1996 | ||
| Gil Vicente | 1 December 1996 | 17th | 2 December 1996 | ||
| Sporting | 12 December 1996 | 3rd | 20 December 1996 | ||
| Rio Ave | 22 December 1996 | 18th | 23 December 1996 | ||
| Boavista | 12 January 1997 | 10th | 27 January 1997 | ||
| União de Leiria | 19 January 1997 | 16th | 20 January 1997 | ||
| Benfica | 19 January 1997 | 2nd | 20 January 1997 | ||
| Marítimo | 26 January 1997 | 12th | 27 January 1997 | ||
| Benfica | 26 January 1997 | 3rd | 27 January 1997 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 26 January 1997 | 7th | 27 January 1997 | ||
| Marítimo | 16 February 1997 | 11th | 17 February 1997 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 10 March 1997 | 11th | 11 March 1997 | ||
| Gil Vicente | 23 March 1997 | 18th | 24 March 1997 | ||
| Espinho | 11 May 1996 | 16th | 12 May 1996 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto(C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 85 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 72 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 58 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 55 | |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 53 | |
| 6 | Salgueiros | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 52 | |
| 7 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 49 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 8 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 47 | |
| 9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 47 | |
| 10 | Chaves | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Farense | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
| 13 | Belenenses | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 40 | |
| 14 | Leça | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 36 | |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 35 | |
| 16 | Espinho(R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 33 | Relegation toSegunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | União de Leiria(R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 30 | |
| 18 | Gil Vicente(R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 74 | −45 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | ESP | EST | FAR | GVI | LEÇ | MAR | POR | RAV | SAL | SCP | ULE | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belenenses | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Benfica | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | |
| Boavista | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Braga | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Chaves | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Espinho | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Farense | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Gil Vicente | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Leça | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Marítimo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| Porto | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Rio Ave | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Salgueiros | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Sporting CP | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| União de Leiria | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 30 | |
| 2 | Boavista | 20 | |
| 3 | Estrela da Amadora | 16 | |
| 4 | Leça | 15 | |
| Boavista | |||
| 6 | Braga | 14 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 13 | |
| 8 | Marítimo | 12 | |
| 9 | Porto | 11 | |
| 10 | Salgueiros | 10 |
Source: Footballzz[2]