1997–98 Primeira Divisão

64th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1997–98 Porto17th title LeçaVarzimBelenenses Champions League Porto (group stage) Benfica (second qualifying round) Cup Winners' Cup Braga (first round) UEFA Cup V. Guimarães (first round)Sporting CP (first round) Marítimo (first round) Intertoto Cup Estrela da Amadora (third round) Mário Jardel (26 goals) Benfica 7–1 Leça(17 May 1998) 0–4 (3 times) Porto 7–2 Salgueiros (10 May 1998) 306 770 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Primeira Divisão was the 64th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1997 with a match between Varzim and Porto, and ended on 17 May 1998. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Porto won the league and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the second round. Braga qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and V. Guimarães, Sporting CP and Marítimo qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 26 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Espinho União de Leiria Gil Vicente Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1996–97 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Campomaiorense Varzim Académica The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra. Teams March 2026 Stadia and locations Portugal Location of teams in Primeira Divisão 1997-98 (Mainland) right 250 Portugal 37.033333 -7.916667 Farense bottom Portugal 40.20333333 -8.407777778 Académica right Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BelenensesBenficaSporting top Portugal 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela bottom Portugal 38.998172 -7.149433 Campomaiorense left Portugal 41.1305 -8.4027 Leça Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavistaSalgueiros left Portugal 41.383333 -8.766667 Varzim 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 1997-98 (Madeira) 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo bottom Team Head coach City Stadium1996–97 finish Académica POR Henrique Calisto Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 3rd in Divisão de Honra Belenenses BUL Mladenov Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 13th Benfica POR Manuel José Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd Boavista POR Mário Reis Porto Estádio do Bessa 7th Braga ESP Castro Santos Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 4th Campomaiorense POR Bernardino Pedroto Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 1st in Divisão de Honra Chaves POR José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 10th Estrela da Amadora POR Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th Farense Spain Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 11th Leça POR Rodolfo Reis Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 14th Marítimo POR Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8th Porto POR António Oliveira Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Rio Ave POR Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 15th Salgueiros POR Carlos Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 6th Sporting POR Octávio Machado Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd Varzim POR Horácio Gonçalves Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim Sport Club 2nd in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães POR Jaime Pacheco Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th Vitória de Setúbal POR Manuel Fernandes Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 12th Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica POR Manuel José 20 September 1997 11th MOZ Mário Wilson 21 September 1997 Leça POR Rodolfo Reis 28 September 1997 16th POR Vítor Manuel 29 September 1997 Belenenses BUL Mladenov 5 October 1997 17th POR Manuel Cajuda 6 October 1997 Campomaiorense POR Bernardino Pedroto 19 October 1997 17th POR João Alves 20 October 1997 Benfica MOZ Mário Wilson 1 November 1997 5th SCO Graeme Souness 2 November 1997 Sporting POR Octávio Machado 1 November 1997 4th POR Francisco Vital 2 November 1997 Vitória de Guimarães POR Jaime Pacheco 2 November 1997 3rd POR Quinito 3 November 1997 Chaves POR José Romão 9 November 1997 18th POR Manuel Correia 10 November 1997 Vitória de Setúbal POR Manuel Fernandes 9 November 1997 14th ESP Barrios 10 November 1997 Sporting POR Francisco Vital 6 December 1997 5th ARG Vicente Cantatore 7 December 1997 Boavista POR Mário Reis 12 December 1997 15th POR Jaime Pacheco 13 December 1997 Salgueiros POR Carlos Manuel 20 December 1997 6th POR Dito 21 December 1997 Sporting ARG Vicente Cantatore 21 December 1997 5th POR Carlos Manuel 22 December 1997 Académica Coimbra POR Henrique Calisto 31 January 1997 15th POR José Romão 15 February 1998 Chaves POR Manuel Correia 11 January 1998 17th POR Álvaro Magalhães 12 January 1998 Braga ESP Castro Santos 19 January 1998 10th ESP Alberto Pazos 20 January 1998 Varzim POR Horácio Gonçalves 22 March 1998 16th POR António Miranda 23 March 1998 Vitória de Setúbal ESP Barrios 5 April 1998 13th POR Carlos Cardoso 6 April 1998 League table main WDL 5 QR POR Porto BEN Benfica VGU Vitória de Guimarães SCP Sporting CP MAR Marítimo BOA Boavista EST Estrela da Amadora SAL Salgueiros RAV Rio Ave BRA Braga CPM Campomaiorense LEÇ Leça VSE Vitória de Setúbal FAR Farense ACA Académica CHA Chaves VAR Varzim BEL Belenenses 24 5 5 75 38 C 20 8 6 62 29 17 8 9 42 25 15 11 8 45 33 16 8 10 44 35 15 10 9 54 31 14 8 12 42 41 13 10 11 48 44 12 10 12 43 43 11 12 11 48 49 11 7 16 53 58 10 8 16 29 52 R 10 7 17 38 43 8 13 13 41 50 8 12 14 27 41 10 5 19 31 55 6 11 17 26 51 R 5 9 20 22 52 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 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Braga qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up CWC1 Leça was demoted administratively 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 ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA CPM CHA EST FAR LEÇ MAR POR RAV SAL SCP VAR VGU VSE Académica 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 Belenenses 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 Benfica 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 7–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 Boavista 6–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–4 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 Braga 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 Campomaiorense 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–5 1–1 2–3 2–1 Chaves 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 Estrela da Amadora 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 Farense 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Leça 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 Marítimo 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 Porto 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 7–2 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 Rio Ave 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 Salgueiros 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 5–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 Sporting CP 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Varzim 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 complete Foradejogo pt Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 BRA Mário Jardel Porto 26 2 POR Nuno Gomes Benfica 18 3 GHA Ayew Boavista 16 4 BRA Isaías Campomaiorense 14 CRO Karoglan Braga 6 POR Nandinho Salgueirs 13 7 BRA Gilmar Vitória de Guimarães 12 POR Constantino Jardim Leça CPV Artur Jorge Vicente Braga 10 AZE Vali Gasimov Vitória de Setúbal 11 CAN Alex Bunbury Marítimo Source: March 2026 Attendances # Club Average 1 Benfica 31,588 2 Porto 24,353 3 Sporting 15,176 4 Vitória SC 9,353 5 Braga 8,000 6 Académica 7,941 7 Farense 5,647 8 Boavista 5,588 9 Marítimo 5,353 10 Varzim 4,882 11 Vitória FC 4,765 12 Rio Ave 4,529 13 Campomaiorense 3,706 14 Chaves 3,647 15 Salgueiros 3,500 16 Os Belenenses 2,824 17 Leça 2,824 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,735Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt98.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 23, 2026 References External links Portugal 1997-98 - 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:1997–98 in Portuguese football