# 1970–71 Primeira Divisão

The 1970–71 Primeira Divisão was the 37th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 17 | +45 | 41 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Porto | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vitória de Setúbal | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Académica | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 33 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Boavista | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 22 | |
| 7 | Belenenses | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 22 | |
| 8 | CUF Barreiro | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Tirsense | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 20 | |
| 10 | Barreirense | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 20 | |
| 11 | Farense | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 20 | |
| 12 | Vitória de Guimarães | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 19 | |
| 13 | Leixões | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 19 | |
| 14 | Varzim (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* ↑ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BAR | BEL | BEN | BOA | CUF | FAR | LEI | POR | SCP | TIR | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Barreirense | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Belenenses | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Benfica | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Boavista | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| CUF Barreiro | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Farense | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Leixões | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Porto | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Tirsense | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Varzim | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–3 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Artur Jorge | Benfica | 23 |
| 2 | Vítor Baptista | Vitória de Setúbal | 22 |
| 3 | Eusébio | Benfica | 19 |
| 4 | António Lemos | Porto | 18 |
| 5 | Félix Guerreiro | Vitória de Setúbal | 12 |
| 6 | Abel | Porto | 11 |
| 7 | Manuel António | Académica de Coimbra | 10 |
| 8 | António Jorge | Académica de Coimbra | 8 |
| 8 | Esteves | Leixões | 8 |
| 8 | Nunes Pinto | Varzim | 8 |