# 1994–95 Primeira Divisão

The 1994–95 Primeira Divisão was the 61st edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 21 August 1994 with a match between Belenenses and Estrela da Amadora, and ended on 28 May 1995. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage, Sporting qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Vitória de Guimarães and Farense qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Hassan was the top scorer with 21 goals.
This was the final season in which two points were awarded for a win; going forward this changed to three points.

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

* Paços de Ferreira
* Famalicão
* Estoril-Praia
Paços de Ferreira, Famalicão and Estoril-Praia, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1993–94 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Tirsense
* União de Leiria
* Chaves
The other three teams were replaced by Tirsense, União de Leiria and Chaves from the Liga de Honra.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1993–94 finish |
| Beira-Mar | Rodolfo Reis | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 14th |
| Belenenses | José Romão | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 13th |
| Benfica | Artur Jorge | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 1st |
| Boavista | Manuel José | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 4th |
| Braga | Manuel Cajuda | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 15th |
| Chaves | Vítor Urbano | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |
| Estrela da Amadora | Acácio Casimiro | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 9th |
| Farense | Paco Fortes | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 8th |
| Gil Vicente | Vítor Oliveira | Barcelos | Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo | 10th |
| Marítimo | António Jesus | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 5th |
| Porto | Bobby Robson | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 2nd |
| Salgueiros | Mário Reis | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 11th |
| Sporting | Carlos Queiroz | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 3rd |
| Tirsense | Eurico Gomes | Santo Tirso | Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| União de Leiria | Vítor Manuel | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| União da Madeira | Ernesto Paulo | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 12th |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Quinito | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 7th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Raul Águas | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 6th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Raul Águas | 1 October 1994 | 18th | Diamantino Miranda | 2 October 1994 |
| Belenenses | José Romão | 1 October 1994 | 16th | João Alves | 2 October 1994 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Diamantino Miranda | 6 November 1994 | 18th | Abel Braga | 7 November 1994 |
| Estrela da Amadora | Acácio Casimiro | 20 November 1995 | 12th | Fernando Santos | 20 November 1995 |
| União da Madeira | Ernesto Paulo | 27 November 1995 | 17th | Arthur Bernardes | 28 November 1995 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Abel Braga | 25 February 1995 | 18th | Mourinho Félix | 26 February 1995 |
| Beira-Mar | Rodolfo Reis | 30 April 1995 | 17th | Acácio Barreto | 1 May 1995 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 15 | +58 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 55 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Farense | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | União de Leiria | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 36 | |
| 7 | Marítimo | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Tirsense | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 32 | |
| 10 | Braga | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
| 11 | Salgueiros | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 29 | |
| 12 | Belenenses | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 27 | |
| 14 | Chaves | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 27 | |
| 15 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 26 | |
| 16 | União da Madeira (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Beira-Mar (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Vitória de Setúbal (R) | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
* ↑ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | EST | FAR | GVI | MAR | POR | SAL | SCP | TIR | ULE | UNI | VGU | VSE |
| Beira-Mar | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Belenenses | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Boavista | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Braga | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Chaves | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Farense | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Gil Vicente | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Marítimo | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Porto | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Salgueiros | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Tirsense | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| União de Leiria | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| União da Madeira | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hassan | Farense | 21 |
| 2 | Domingos | Porto | 19 |
| 3 | Marcelo | Tirsense | 17 |
| 4 | Artur | Boavista | 16 |
| 5 | Edmilson | Salgueiros | 15 |
| 6 | Isaías | Benfica | 14 |
| 6 | Edinho | Chaves | 14 |
| 6 | Paulo Alves | Marítimo | 14 |
| 9 | Nélson Bertolazzi | Leiria | 12 |
| 10 | Alex Bunbury | Marítimo | 11 |
Source: Footballzz

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Teams". Footbalzz.
* ↑ "Primeira Divisão 1994-95 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 21 May 2015.