1980–81 Primeira Divisão

47th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Liga 1980–81 Benfica24th title VarzimMarítimoAcadémica European Cup Benfica Cup Winners' Cup Porto UEFA Cup Sporting CPBoavista 240 560 Nené (20 goals) 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 Primeira Divisão was the 47th season of top-tier football in Portugal. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 QR 2 BEN Benfica POR Porto SCP Sporting CP BOA Boavista VGU Vitória de Guimarães BRA Braga VSE Vitória de Setúbal PTM Portimonense SES Espinho PEN Penafiel BEL Belenenses AMO Amora AVI Académico de Viseu VAR Varzim MAR Marítimo ACA Académica 22 6 2 72 15 C 21 6 3 53 18 14 9 7 48 28 14 8 8 36 25 11 9 10 38 30 10 10 10 34 39 9 11 10 30 30 11 6 13 34 37 9 9 12 26 35 11 5 14 27 38 8 10 12 24 39 10 5 15 38 51 8 9 13 24 40 8 8 14 27 31 R 7 9 14 33 46 R 4 6 20 16 58 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the other finalist, Benfica, had qualified for the European Cup. UCWC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão R R R complete RSSSFPortugal 1980-81 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist198081.html 2012-04-25May 2026 Results main FBR grey ACA ACV AMO BEL BEN BOA BRA ESP MAR PEN PTM POR SCP VAR VGU VSE Benfica 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 4–0 Porto 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 6–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 7–0 Sporting CP 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 Boavista 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 Braga 0–3 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 Portimonense 1–5 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 Espinho 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 Penafiel 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 Belenenses 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Amora 0–2 1–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 Académico de Viseu 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 Varzim 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 5–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 Marítimo 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 5–3 1–1 3–1 Académica 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 complete May 2026 Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsMay 20261 POR Nené Benfica202 POR Jacques Braga173 IRL Mickey Walsh Porto14 POR Jorge Silva Amora POR Rui Jordão Sporting POR João Alves Benfica7 POR Júlio Carlos Boavista138 POR Folha Boavista129 BRA César Benfica10 POR António Oliveira Penafiel POR Manuel Fernandes Sporting References External links Portugal 1980-81 - 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 Category:1980–81 in Portuguese football Portugal