# 1979–80 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1979–80 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting CP (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 17 | +50 | 52 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 9 | +50 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Benfica | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 45 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Boavista | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Belenenses | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 34 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Espinho | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 28 | |
| 8 | Portimonense | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 26 | |
| 9 | Braga | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 26 | |
| 10 | Varzim | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 26 | |
| 11 | Marítimo | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 26 | |
| 12 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 23 | |
| 13 | União de Leiria (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 14 | Estoril (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 15 | Beira-Mar (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 20 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Rio Ave (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 61 | −39 | 13 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* ↑ Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1980 Taça de Portugal Final.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | ESP | EST | MAR | PTM | POR | RAV | SCP | ULE | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Beira-Mar | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Benfica | 5–0 | 8–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| Boavista | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Braga | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Espinho | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Estoril | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Marítimo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Portimonense | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Rio Ave | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| União de Leiria | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Varzim | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rui Jordão | Sporting | 31 |
| 2 | Nené | Benfica | 30 |
| 3 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 23 |
| 4 | Mundinho | Vitória de Guimarães | 16 |
| 5 | Reinaldo | Benfica | 15 |
| 6 | Júlio | Boavista | 12 |
| 6 | Manoel | Sporting | 12 |
| 8 | Mirobaldo | Portimonense | 11 |
| 9 | Chico Faria | Braga | 10 |
| 9 | Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | 10 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Portugal 1979-80 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* 1 2 "Portuguese League 1979/80 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* ↑ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.