1977–78 Primeira Divisão

44th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Liga 1977-78 F.C. Porto 6th title PortimonenseEspinhoRiopeleFeirense European Cup F.C. Porto Cup Winners' Cup Sporting CP UEFA Cup BenficaBraga 240 585  Fernando Gomes (25 goals) 1976–77 1978–79 Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1977–78 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. This year was notable for the fact that S.L. Benfica came second despite never losing a match throughout the entire season. League standings main WDL 5 QR 2 1 0 POR Porto BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP BRA Braga BEL Belenenses VGU Vitória de Guimarães BOA Boavista ACA Académica VSE Vitória de Setúbal VAR Varzim EST Estoril MAR Marítimo PTM Portimonense SES Espinho RPL Riopele FEI Feirense 22 7 1 81 21 C 21 9 0 56 11 19 4 7 63 30 16 6 8 42 27 14 8 8 25 21 12 7 11 33 28 10 8 12 36 38 11 4 15 41 49 8 10 12 29 40 9 7 14 26 38 8 9 13 25 36 8 7 15 22 45 8 7 15 29 39 R 8 6 16 30 52 R 6 9 15 23 51 R 5 2 23 24 59 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final. UCWC red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão R R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. RSSSFPortugal 1977-78 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist197778.html 2012-04-25 Results main FBR grey ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA ESP EST FEI MAR PTM POR RPL SCP VAR VGU VSE Porto 1–1 3–0 4–0 6–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 5–1 5–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 6–0 6–1 Benfica 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 Sporting CP 2–3 1–1 5–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 Braga 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 6–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 Belenenses 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 Boavista 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 Académica 0–0 0–3 1–5 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 Vitória de Setúbal 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 Varzim 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 Estoril 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 Marítimo 1–3 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 Portimonense 0–0 0–3 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 Espinho 2–2 1–5 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 Riopele 0–2 1–4 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–1 Feirense 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 complete May 2026 Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsMay 20261 POR Fernando Gomes Porto252 POR Chico Gordo Braga203 POR António Oliveira Porto194 POR Rui Jordão Sporting15 POR Joaquim Rocha Académica de Coimbra6 BRA Mané Vitória de Guimarães14 BRA Serginho Feirense POR Manuel Fernandes Sporting9 BRA Manoel Sporting13 POR Albertino Pereira Boavista Footnotes External links Portugal 1977-78 - 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 Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1977/1978 Category:Primeira Liga seasons Category:1977–78 in Portuguese football Portugal