1939–40 Primeira Divisão

6th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1939–40 F.C. Porto 3rd title 90 431 1938–39 1940–41 The 1939–40 Primeira Divisão season was the sixth season of top-tier football in Portugal. The season was marked by a controversy regarding the teams qualified from Porto FA Regional Championship.Tovar 2011 191 Due to an administrative battle between FC Porto and Académico do Porto regarding a Regional Championship game that ended with only 43 minutes after the start and later repeated (which FC Porto won) according to a Porto FA decision, the Portuguese Federation came out with a decision to satisfy both clubs, expanding Primeira Divisão to 10 teams (one more from Porto FA and another from Setúbal FA) and annulling the result from the repetition match. With this decision, FC Porto lost the Regional title and finished third; Leixões SC became the new regional champion, ahead second-placed Académico. All three teams qualified for the 1939–40 Primeira Divisão.Stadium Newspaper, 10 January 1940 Overview Portugal right 210 Location of teams in the 1939–40 Divisão Portugal 40.203333 -8.407778 Académica right Portugal 38.702778 -9.207778 Portugal 38.752678 -9.184681 Portugal 41.161758 -8.583933 Porto bottom Portugal 41.183969 -8.666919 Leixões left Portugal 38.533333 -8.883333 Setúbal bottom Portugal 41.161758 -8.583933 Académico Portugal 38.634445 -8.999999 Barreirense bottom Portugal 38.761194 -9.160783 Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.63 -9.21 Belenenses left Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.63 -9.21 Carcavelinhos Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.75 -9.18 Benfica left Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.88 -9.16 Sporting left It was contested by 10 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. League standings main WDL Q 2 POR Porto SCP Sporting CP BEL Belenenses BEN Benfica BAR Barreirense ACA Académica ACP Carcavelinhos ACO Académico LEI Leixões VIT Vitória de Setúbal 17 0 1 76 21 C 15 2 1 87 23 11 3 4 58 21 11 1 6 58 34 8 3 7 27 39 7 3 8 42 54 4 2 12 26 49 3 2 13 24 53 1 5 12 26 70 1 3 14 7 67 complete Results main complete ACA ACD BAR BEL BEN CAR LEI POR SCP VSE FBR grey Académica Académico Barreirense Belenenses Benfica Carcavelinhos Leixões Porto Sporting CP Vitória de Setúbal 5-2 5-1 2-2 5-4 2-2 3-1 0-2 2-5 5-0 8-2 0-1 2-3 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-2 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-2 0-1 1-0 4-1 2-3 0-0 3-1 5-0 6-1 6-0 2-0 1-0 9-0 0-1 0-0 8-0 4-1 1-0 5-1 4-2 3-2 7-2 2-3 1-3 9-1 0-4 3-2 2-3 1-5 1-3 5-2 2-3 2-5 0-0 3-3 1-2 0-1 1-3 3-3 4-1 2-5 2-9 1-1 6-0 6-1 5-1 3-2 4-2 6-0 5-1 4-2 11-0 6-1 11-2 7-3 4-1 3-1 4-0 8-1 4-3 12-0 1-2 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 1-1 0-4 0-3 References Sources Tovar Rui Almanaque do FC Porto 1893–2011 2011 Caderno Alfragide 9789892315430 pt Category:Primeira Liga seasons Category:1939–40 in Portuguese football Portugal