1996–97 Primeira Divisão

63rd season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1996–97 Porto16th title EspinhoUnião de LeiriaGil 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) Mário Jardel (30 goals) Boavista 7–0 Gil Vicente(27 April 1997) Espinho 0–5 Porto(26 October 1996) 4–3 (3 times) 5–2 (2 times) 306 760 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Felgueiras Campomaiorense Tirsense Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995–96 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Rio Ave Vitória de Setúbal Espinho The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra. Teams April 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1996-97 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BelenensesBenficaSporting top Portugal 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela bottom Portugal 41.1305 -8.4027 Leça Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros left Portugal 41.533333 -8.616667 Gil Vicente left Portugal 41.0138 -8.6375 Espinho Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.35 -8.75 Rio Ave left Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães Portugal 41.733333 -7.466666 Chaves bottom Portugal 38.533333 -8.883333 V. Setúbal Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1996-97 (Madeira) 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo bottom Team Head coach City Stadium1995–96 finish Belenenses POR Quinito Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 6th Benfica BRA Paulo Autuori Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th Braga POR Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 8th Chaves POR José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 15th Espinho Brazil Zinho Espinho Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas 3rd in Divisão de Honra Estrela da Amadora POR Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 13th Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 10th Gil Vicente POR Bernardino Pedroto Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 11th Leça POR Rodolfo Reis Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 14th Marítimo Brazil Marinho Peres Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 9th Porto POR António Oliveira Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Rio Ave POR Henrique Calisto Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 1st in Divisão de Honra Salgueiros POR Carlos Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 12th Sporting BEL Robert Waseige Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd União de Leiria POR Vítor Manuel Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th Vitória de Guimarães POR Jaime Pacheco Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th Vitória de Setúbal POR Mário Reis Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 2nd in Divisão de Honra Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment União de Leiria POR Vítor Manuel 20 October 1996 17th POR Eurico Gomes 21 October 1996 Belenenses POR Quinito 27 October 1996 15th POR Vítor Manuel 28 October 1996 Marítimo Brazil Marinho Peres 17 November 1996 12th POR Manuel José 18 November 1996 Boavista Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic 19 November 1996 10th POR João Alves 20 November 1996 Gil Vicente POR Bernardino Pedroto 1 December 1996 17th POR Fernando Festas 2 December 1996 Sporting BEL Robert Waseige 12 December 1996 3rd POR Octávio Machado 20 December 1996 Rio Ave POR Henrique Calisto 22 December 1996 18th POR Carlos Brito 23 December 1996 Boavista POR João Alves 12 January 1997 10th POR Mário Reis 27 January 1997 União de Leiria POR Eurico Gomes 19 January 1997 16th POR Quinito 20 January 1997 Benfica BRA Paulo Autuori 19 January 1997 2nd MOZ Mário Wilson 20 January 1997 Marítimo POR Manuel José 26 January 1997 12th POR Rui Vieira 27 January 1997 Benfica MOZ Mário Wilson 26 January 1997 3rd POR Manuel José 27 January 1997 Vitória de Setúbal POR Mário Reis 26 January 1997 7th POR Mourinho Félix 27 January 1997 Marítimo POR Rui Vieira 16 February 1997 11th POR Augusto Inácio 17 February 1997 Vitória de Setúbal POR Mourinho Félix 10 March 1997 11th POR Manuel Fernandes 11 March 1997 Gil Vicente POR Fernando Festas 23 March 1997 18th BRA José Marconi 24 March 1997 Espinho Brazil Zinho 11 May 1996 16th Brazil Edmundo Duarte 12 May 1996 League table main WDL 5 QR POR Porto SCP Sporting CP BEN Benfica BRA Braga VGU Vitória de Guimarães SAL Salgueiros BOA Boavista MAR Marítimo EST Estrela da Amadora CHA Chaves FAR Farense VSE Vitória de Setúbal BEL Belenenses LEÇ Leça RAV Rio Ave ESP Espinho ULE União de Leiria GVI Gil Vicente 27 4 3 80 24 C 22 6 6 55 19 17 7 10 49 30 15 10 9 39 40 15 8 11 51 46 14 10 10 49 48 12 13 9 62 39 13 8 13 39 38 12 11 11 39 38 12 10 12 39 45 10 12 12 34 34 10 10 14 38 42 10 10 14 37 50 9 9 16 33 42 8 11 15 35 42 9 6 19 27 56 R 8 6 20 25 53 R 4 7 23 29 74 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Boavista qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners CWC1 red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra R R R complete 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average Primeira Divisão Results main FBR grey 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 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 BRA Mário Jardel Porto 30 2 NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Boavista 20 3 BRA Gaúcho Estrela da Amadora 16 4 POR Constantino Jardim Leça 15 POR Nuno Gomes Boavista 6 CRO Karoglan Braga 14 7 BRA Gilmar Vitória de Guimarães 13 8 BRA Edmilson Marítimo 12 9 BRA Edmilson Porto 11 10 BRA Marcos Severo Salgueiros 10 April 2026 Attendances # Club Average 1 Porto 27,765 2 Benfica 18,882 3 Sporting 16,765 4 Vitória SC 9,029 5 Braga 8,588 6 Farense 6,412 7 Vitória FC 5,882 8 Boavista 5,618 9 Marítimo 4,853 10 Rio Ave 4,618 11 União de Leiria 4,235 12 Salgueiros 4,176 13 Espinho 4,088 14 Chaves 3,676 15 Os Belenenses 3,529 16 Gil Vicente 3,421 17 Leça 3,176 18 Estrela da Amadora 3,088Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt97.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 26, 2026 Footnotes External links Portugal 1996-97 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library https://web.archive.org/web/20191010211315/http://soccerlibrary.free.fr/por_ft.pdf 2019-10-10 Category:Primeira Liga seasons Port Category:1996–97 in Portuguese football