# 1986–87 Primeira Divisão

The 1986–87 Primeira Divisão was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 3 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Chaves | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Belenenses | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Varzim | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 29 | |
| 8 | Boavista | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 27 | |
| 9 | Braga | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 26 | |
| 10 | Académica | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 26 | |
| 11 | Portimonense | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 26 | |
| 12 | Marítimo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 25 | |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 25 | |
| 14 | Salgueiros | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 24 | |
| 15 | Farense | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 21 | |
| 16 | O Elvas | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 14 | |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the 1987–88 European Cup as the 1986–87 European Cup defending champions.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | FAR | MAR | ELV | PTM | POR | RAV | SAL | SCP | VAR | VGU |
| Académica | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Belenenses | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Boavista | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Braga | 0–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Chaves | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Farense | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Marítimo | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| O Elvas | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Portimonense | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Porto | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 8–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Rio Ave | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Salgueiros | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sporting CP | 1–1 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Varzim | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The match between Braga and Benfica was abandoned when the score was 1–1 and scored 0–3 loss for both teams.

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Paulinho Cascavel | Vitória de Guimarães | 22 |
| 2 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 21 |
| 3 | Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | 17 |
| 4 | Raphael Meade | Sporting | 15 |
| 4 | Jorge Andrade | Farense | 15 |
| 6 | Richard Mapuata | Belenenses | 14 |
| 7 | Stoycho Mladenov | Belenenses | 13 |
| 7 | Rui Águas | Benfica | 13 |
| 9 | Radoslav Zdravkov | Chaves | 11 |
| 9 | Chico Faria | Rio Ave | 11 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | SL Benfica | 15 | 55,333 |
| 2 | FC Porto | 15 | 45,000 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 15 | 34,333 |
| 4 | Vitória SC | 15 | 20,667 |
| 5 | SC Braga | 15 | 16,800 |
| 6 | Os Belenenses | 15 | 16,600 |
| 7 | Varzim SC | 15 | 14,367 |
| 8 | Boavista FC | 15 | 13,200 |
| 9 | CS Marítimo | 15 | 12,633 |
| 10 | Académica de Coimbra | 15 | 12,200 |
| 11 | SC Farense | 15 | 12,167 |
| 12 | Rio Ave FC | 15 | 11,867 |
| 13 | GD Chaves | 15 | 11,433 |
| 14 | O Elvas | 15 | 9,600 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 15 | 9,000 |
| 16 | Salgueiros | 15 | 8,600 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Portugal 1986-87 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* 1 2 "Portuguese League 1986/87 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* ↑ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
* ↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt87.htm