1991–92 Primeira Divisão Explained

Competition:Primeira Divisão
Season:1991–92
Winners:Porto
12th title
Relegated:Torreense
Penafiel
União da Madeira
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Porto (first round)
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Boavista (first round)
Continentalcup3:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Benfica (first round)
Sporting CP (first round)
Vitória de Guimarães (first round)
League Topscorer:Ricky (30 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Torreense 8–1 Estoril
(2 May 1992)
Biggest Away Win:União da Madeira 1–5 Sporting CP
(22 February 1992)
Highest Scoring:Torreense 8–1 Estoril
(2 May 1992)
Matches:306
Total Goals:692
Prevseason:1990–91
Nextseason:1992–93

The 1991–92 Primeira Divisão was the 58th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 18 August 1991 with a match between Desp. Chaves and Estoril, and ended on 16 May 1992. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.

Porto qualified for the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League first round, Boavista qualified for the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Torreense, Penafiel and União da Madeira were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Ricky was the top scorer with 30 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1990-91 season where five teams were relegated due to the reduction of teams.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other five teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Estoril and Torreense from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

TeamHead CoachCityStadiumdata-sort-type="number" 1990–91 finish
Beira-Mar Vítor UrbanoAveiroEstádio Mário Duarte6th
Benfica Sven-Göran ErikssonLisbonEstádio da Luz1st
Boavista Manuel JoséPortoEstádio do Bessa4th
Braga Carlos GarciaBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio11th
Chaves José RomãoChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves8th
Estoril Fernando SantosEstorilEstádio António Coimbra da Mota2nd in Divisão de Honra
Famalicão Josip SkoblarVila Nova de FamalicãoEstádio Municipal 22 de Junho14th
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís11th
Gil Vicente António OliveiraBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo13th
Marítimo Paulo AutuoriFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros10th
Paços de Ferreira Vítor OliveiraPaços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real1st in Divisão de Honra
Penafiel Vítor ManuelPenafielEstádio Municipal 25 de Abril15th
Porto Carlos Alberto SilvaPortoEstádio das Antas1st
Salgueiros Zoran FilipovićPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro5th
Sporting Marinho PeresLisbonEstádio José Alvalade3rd
Torreense Manuel CajudaTorres VedrasEstádio Manuel Marques3rd in Divisão de Honra
União da Madeira Rui MâncioFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros12th
Vitória de Guimarães João AlvesGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques9th

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Braga Carlos Garcia8 December 199112th José Manuel Gouveia9 December 1991
Sporting Marinho Peres8 March 19923rd Dominguez9 March 1992
Famalicão Josip Skoblar8 March 199216th Prof. Neca9 March 1992
Braga José Manuel Gouveia29 March 199211th Vítor Manuel30 March 1992
Penafiel Vítor Manuel29 March 199216th Henrique Calisto30 March 1992

League table

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 RickyBoavista30
2 Jorge CadeteSporting25
3 ZiadVitória de Guimarães15
Chiquinho CondeBraga
5 IsaíasBenfica12
6 MenadFamalicão11
RosárioTorreense
8 SpasovPaços de Ferreira10
EdmilsonMarítimo
RudiChaves
KostadinovPorto
Source: Foradejogo[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teams. Footballzz.
  2. Web site: Primeira Divisão 1991-92 – Melhores Marcadores . foradejogo . 2 June 2015.