1960–61 Primeira Divisão

27th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Divisão 1960–61 Benfica11th title BragaBarreirense European Cup S.L. BenficaSporting CP Cup Winners' Cup Leixões Fairs Cup Belenenses 182 589 José Águas(27 goals) 1959–60 1961–62 The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.http://soccerlibrary.free.fr/por_ft.pdf Portugal - Table of Honor - soccer library soccer library 2012-04-20 Overview The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting CP to also qualify for the European Cup. Leixões S.C. qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and C.F. Os Belenenses for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The two lowest placed teams of the competition, S.C. Braga and F.C. Barreirense were relegated to the Segunda Divisão.May 2026 Details of participants thumb|right|300px|Location of teams in 1960–61 Primeira Liga Details of the 14 participants are provided below: ClubsSeasons at this levelSettlementsSeason joined leaguePosition in 1959–1960Benfica27 seasonsLisbon1934–19351Sporting CP27 seasonsLisbon1934–19352Belenenses27 seasonsLisbon1934–19353Porto27 seasonsPorto1934–19354Académica de Coimbra26 seasonsCoimbra1949–19506Vitória de Guimarães17 seasonsGuimarães1958–19597Atlético CP15 seasonsLisbon1959–196011Barreirense14 seasonsBarreiro1960–1961Segunda DivisãoSporting de Braga13 seasonsBraga1957–195812Sporting da Covilhã12 seasonsCovilhã1958–19599Lusitano de Évora9 seasonsÉvora1952–195310CUF Barreiro8 seasonsBarreiro1954–19555Salgueiros5 seasonsPorto1960–1961Segunda DivisãoLeixões4 seasonsMatosinhos1959–19608May 2026 League standings main WDL 5 QR 2 BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP POR Porto VGU Vitória de Guimarães BEL Belenenses GDF CUF Barreiro ACA Académica LEI Leixões SCO Sporting da Covilhã ATL Atlético CP LUS Lusitano de Évora SAL Salgueiros BRA Braga BAR Barreirense 22 2 2 92 21 C 19 4 3 61 19 14 5 7 51 28 14 2 10 48 44 12 4 10 45 37 10 6 10 38 28 10 6 10 31 29 10 3 13 38 44 8 5 13 27 55 8 5 13 35 54 9 3 14 29 51 8 4 14 34 64 8 3 15 41 62 R 3 2 21 26 60 R green1 Qualified for the European Cup Sporting CP qualified because Benfica were title holders in the European Cup. EC1 EC1 blue1 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ICFC yellow1 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup ECWC red1 Relegated to Segunda Divisão R R complete RSSSFPortugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist196061.html 2012-04-20 Results main FBR grey ACA ACP BAR BEL BEN BRA CUF LEI LUS POR SAL SCP SCO VGU Benfica 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 4–1 4–1 8–0 7–2 5–0 8–1 7–1 3–0 Sporting CP 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 6–1 4–0 Porto 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 5–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 Belenenses 0–4 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 8–1 2–1 4–0 CUF Barreiro 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 7–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 Académica 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 Leixões 0–3 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 Sporting da Covilhã 1–3 0–3 1–3 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 Atlético CP 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 Lusitano de Évora 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 Salgueiros 0–2 1–7 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 Braga 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 5–1 5–3 Barreirense 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 3–4 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–4 complete May 2026 Top scorer José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals. Rank Player ClubGoals 1 José Águas POR S.L. Benfica 27 Promotion and relegation 1961–62 Relegation to Segunda Divisão Braga BarreirenseMay 2026 Promotion to Primeira Divisão Olhanense Beira Mar References External links Portugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Category:Primeira Liga seasons Category:1960–61 in Portuguese football Portugal