Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Porto 17th title |
Relegated | Leça Varzim Belenenses |
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) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 770 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mário Jardel (26 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benfica 7–1 Leça (17 May 1998) |
Biggest away win | 0–4 (3 times) |
Highest scoring | Porto 7–2 Salgueiros (10 May 1998) |
← 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
[edit]Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
[edit]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
[edit]The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Benfica | ![]() |
20 September 1997 | 11th | ![]() |
21 September 1997 |
Leça | ![]() |
28 September 1997 | 16th | ![]() |
29 September 1997 |
Belenenses | ![]() |
5 October 1997 | 17th | ![]() |
6 October 1997 |
Campomaiorense | ![]() |
19 October 1997 | 17th | ![]() |
20 October 1997 |
Benfica | ![]() |
1 November 1997 | 5th | ![]() |
2 November 1997 |
Sporting | ![]() |
1 November 1997 | 4th | ![]() |
2 November 1997 |
Vitória de Guimarães | ![]() |
2 November 1997 | 3rd | ![]() |
3 November 1997 |
Chaves | ![]() |
9 November 1997 | 18th | ![]() |
10 November 1997 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
9 November 1997 | 14th | ![]() |
10 November 1997 |
Sporting | ![]() |
6 December 1997 | 5th | ![]() |
7 December 1997 |
Boavista | ![]() |
12 December 1997 | 15th | ![]() |
13 December 1997 |
Salgueiros | ![]() |
20 December 1997 | 6th | ![]() |
21 December 1997 |
Sporting | ![]() |
21 December 1997 | 5th | ![]() |
22 December 1997 |
Académica Coimbra | ![]() |
31 January 1997 | 15th | ![]() |
15 February 1998 |
Chaves | ![]() |
11 January 1998 | 17th | ![]() |
12 January 1998 |
Braga | ![]() |
19 January 1998 | 10th | ![]() |
20 January 1998 |
Varzim | ![]() |
22 March 1998 | 16th | ![]() |
23 March 1998 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
5 April 1998 | 13th | ![]() |
6 April 1998 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Benfica | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup First round |
4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 56 | |
5 | Marítimo | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 56 | |
6 | Boavista | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 55 | |
7 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Salgueiros | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 49 | |
9 | Rio Ave | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 46 | |
10 | Braga | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 45 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
11 | Campomaiorense | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 40 | |
12 | Leça (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra[b] |
13 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 37 | |
14 | Farense | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 37 | |
15 | Académica | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 36 | |
16 | Chaves | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 35 | |
17 | Varzim (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
18 | Belenenses (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Braga qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
- ^ Leça was demoted administratively
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Porto | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Benfica | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Boavista | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Campomaiorense | 14 |
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Braga | ||
6 | ![]() |
Salgueirs | 13 |
7 | ![]() |
Vitória de Guimarães | 12 |
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Leça | ||
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Braga | ||
10 | ![]() |
Vitória de Setúbal | 11 |
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Marítimo |
Source: Footballzz[2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Divisão 1997-98 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.