1995–96 Primeira Divisão


The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [Liga de Honra]

União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHead coachCityStadium1994–95 finish
Belenenses

League table


Top goalscorers

Source: Footballzz

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Porto24,882
2Sporting15,029
3Benfica8,706
4Marítimo8,176
5Vitória SC7,412
6Braga6,676
7Farense6,412
8Boavista5,941
9Felgueiras5,588
10Chaves5,324
11Os Belenenses4,412
12União de Leiria4,088
13Salgueiros3,824
14Gil Vicente3,765
15Campomaiorense3,618
16Tirsense3,471
17Leça3,459
18Estrela da Amadora2,724

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