1970–71 Primeira Divisão

37th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Liga 1970–71 Benfica18th title 182 426 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 Primeira Divisão was the 37th season of top-tier football in Portugal. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 QR 2 BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP POR Porto VSE Vitória de Setúbal ACA Académica BOA Boavista BEL Belenenses CUF CUF Barreiro TIR Tirsense BAR Barreirense FAR Farense VGU Vitória de Guimarães LEI Leixões VAR Varzim 18 5 3 62 17 C 16 6 4 45 14 16 5 5 44 21 15 4 7 51 16 13 7 6 38 24 9 4 13 18 38 7 8 11 20 27 8 5 13 28 37 6 8 12 24 45 5 10 11 21 31 7 6 13 15 33 4 11 11 15 27 7 5 14 22 44 7 4 15 23 52 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão R complete RSSSFPortugal 1970-71 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist197071.html 2012-04-25 Results main FBR grey ACA BAR BEL BEN BOA CUF FAR LEI POR SCP TIR VAR VGU VSE Benfica 5–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 7–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 Sporting CP 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 8–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 5–1 Porto 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 Vitória de Setúbal 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 6–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 Académica 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 Boavista 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 Belenenses 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 CUF Barreiro 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 7–1 2–0 Tirsense 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 Barreirense 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 Farense 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 Leixões 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 Varzim 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 complete May 2026 Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsMay 20261 POR Artur Jorge Benfica232 POR Vítor Baptista Vitória de Setúbal223 POR Eusébio Benfica194 POR António Lemos Porto185 POR Félix Guerreiro Vitória de Setúbal126 POR Abel Porto117 POR Manuel António Académica de Coimbra108 POR António Jorge Académica de Coimbra8 POR Esteves Leixões POR Nunes Pinto Varzim References External links Portugal 1970-71 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Category:Primeira Liga seasons Category:1970–71 in Portuguese football Portugal