| Competition: | Primeira Divisão |
| Season: | 1995–96 |
| Winners: | Porto 15th title |
| Relegated: | Felgueiras Campomaiorense Tirsense |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Porto (group stage) |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Benfica (first round) |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) V. Guimarães (first round) |
| League Topscorer: | Domingos (25 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Sporting CP 7–1 Campomaiorense (18 September 1995) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Leça 0–5 Belenenses (30 December 1995) |
| Highest Scoring: | Porto 6–3 Braga (3 March 1996) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 797 |
| Prevseason: | 1994–95 |
| Nextseason: | 1996–97 |
The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.
União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica | Artur Jorge | 9 September 1995 | 6th |  Mário Wilson | 10 September 1995 | |
| Leça | Fernando Festas | 1 October 1995 | 17th |  António Pinto | 2 October 1995 | |
| Chaves | 5 November 1995 | 17th | Joaquim Teixeira | 6 November 1995 | ||
| Campomaiorense | 19 November 1995 | 18th | Diamantino Miranda | 20 November 1995 | ||
| Vitória de Guimarães | Vítor Oliveira | 17 December 1995 | 6th | Manuel Machado | 23 December 1995 | |
| Tirsense | José Romão | 23 December 1995 | 18th | Eurico Gomes | 30 December 1995 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Manuel Machado | 13 January 1996 | 8th | Jaime Pacheco | 14 January 1996 | |
| Sporting | Carlos Queiroz | 17 February 1996 | 3rd | Fernando Mendes | 18 February 1996 | |
| Marítimo | Raul Águas | 10 March 1996 | 7th | Rui Vieira | 10 March 1996 | |
| Chaves | Joaquim Teixeira | 17 March 1996 | 17th | José Romão | 18 March 1996 | |
| Sporting | Fernando Mendes | 31 March 1996 | 4th | Octávio Machado | 1 April 1996 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domingos | Porto | 25 |
| 2 | João Pinto | Benfica | 18 |
| 3 |  Edinho | Guimarães | 15 |
| Constantino Jardim | Leça | ||
| Leonson Lewis | Felgueiras | ||
| 6 | Artur | Boavista | 14 |
| 7 | Maurício Cabedelo | Leiria | 13 |
| Edmilson | Porto | ||
| 9 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Campomaiorense | 12 |
| 10 | Paulo Alves | Sporting | 10 |
 Alex Bunbury | Marítimo |
