# 1997–98 Primeira Divisão

The 1997–98 Primeira Divisão was the 64th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1997 with a match between Varzim and Porto, and ended on 17 May 1998. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the second round. Braga qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and V. Guimarães, Sporting CP and Marítimo qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 26 goals.

## Promotion and relegation
### Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

* Espinho
* União de Leiria
* Gil Vicente
Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1996–97 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Campomaiorense
* Varzim
* Académica
The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1996–97 finish |
| Académica | Henrique Calisto | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |
| Belenenses | Mladenov | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 13th |
| Benfica | Manuel José | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 3rd |
| Boavista | Mário Reis | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 7th |
| Braga | Castro Santos | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 4th |
| Campomaiorense | Bernardino Pedroto | Campo Maior | Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| Chaves | José Romão | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 10th |
| Estrela da Amadora | Fernando Santos | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 9th |
| Farense | Paco Fortes | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 11th |
| Leça | Rodolfo Reis | Leça da Palmeira | Estádio do Leça FC | 14th |
| Marítimo | Augusto Inácio | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 8th |
| Porto | António Oliveira | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 1st |
| Rio Ave | Carlos Brito | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 15th |
| Salgueiros | Carlos Manuel | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 6th |
| Sporting | Octávio Machado | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 2nd |
| Varzim | Horácio Gonçalves | Póvoa de Varzim | Estádio do Varzim Sport Club | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Jaime Pacheco | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 5th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Manuel Fernandes | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 12th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Benfica | Manuel José | 20 September 1997 | 11th | Mário Wilson | 21 September 1997 |
| Leça | Rodolfo Reis | 28 September 1997 | 16th | Vítor Manuel | 29 September 1997 |
| Belenenses | Mladenov | 5 October 1997 | 17th | Manuel Cajuda | 6 October 1997 |
| Campomaiorense | Bernardino Pedroto | 19 October 1997 | 17th | João Alves | 20 October 1997 |
| Benfica | Mário Wilson | 1 November 1997 | 5th | Graeme Souness | 2 November 1997 |
| Sporting | Octávio Machado | 1 November 1997 | 4th | Francisco Vital | 2 November 1997 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Jaime Pacheco | 2 November 1997 | 3rd | Quinito | 3 November 1997 |
| Chaves | José Romão | 9 November 1997 | 18th | Manuel Correia | 10 November 1997 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Manuel Fernandes | 9 November 1997 | 14th | Barrios | 10 November 1997 |
| Sporting | Francisco Vital | 6 December 1997 | 5th | Vicente Cantatore | 7 December 1997 |
| Boavista | Mário Reis | 12 December 1997 | 15th | Jaime Pacheco | 13 December 1997 |
| Salgueiros | Carlos Manuel | 20 December 1997 | 6th | Dito | 21 December 1997 |
| Sporting | Vicente Cantatore | 21 December 1997 | 5th | Carlos Manuel | 22 December 1997 |
| Académica Coimbra | Henrique Calisto | 31 January 1997 | 15th | José Romão | 15 February 1998 |
| Chaves | Manuel Correia | 11 January 1998 | 17th | Álvaro Magalhães | 12 January 1998 |
| Braga | Castro Santos | 19 January 1998 | 10th | Alberto Pazos | 20 January 1998 |
| Varzim | Horácio Gonçalves | 22 March 1998 | 16th | António Miranda | 23 March 1998 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Barrios | 5 April 1998 | 13th | Carlos Cardoso | 6 April 1998 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup First round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup First round |
| 5 | Marítimo | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup First round |
| 6 | Boavista | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 55 | |
| 7 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Salgueiros | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 49 | |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 46 | |
| 10 | Braga | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 45 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Campomaiorense | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 40 | |
| 12 | Leça (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 13 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 37 | |
| 14 | Farense | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 37 | |
| 15 | Académica | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 36 | |
| 16 | Chaves | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 35 | |
| 17 | Varzim (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Belenenses (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
* ↑ Braga qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
* ↑ Leça was demoted administratively

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CPM | CHA | EST | FAR | LEÇ | MAR | POR | RAV | SAL | SCP | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Belenenses | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Benfica | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Boavista | 6–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Braga | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Campomaiorense | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Chaves | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Farense | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Leça | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Marítimo | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rio Ave | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Salgueiros | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Varzim | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 2–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mário Jardel | Porto | 26 |
| 2 | Nuno Gomes | Benfica | 18 |
| 3 | Ayew | Boavista | 16 |
| 4 | Isaías | Campomaiorense | 14 |
| 4 | Karoglan | Braga | 14 |
| 6 | Nandinho | Salgueirs | 13 |
| 7 | Gilmar | Vitória de Guimarães | 12 |
| 7 | Constantino Jardim | Leça | 12 |
| 7 | Artur Jorge Vicente | Braga | 12 |
| 10 | Vali Gasimov | Vitória de Setúbal | 11 |
| 10 | Alex Bunbury | Marítimo | 11 |
Source: Footballzz

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Teams". Footballzz.
* ↑ "Primeira Divisão 1997-98 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 22 May 2015.