# 1989–90 Primeira Divisão

The 1989–90 Primeira Divisão was the 56th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 20 August 1989 with a match between Chaves and Penafiel, and ended on 20 May 1990. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.
Porto qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup first round, Estrela da Amadora qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 1990–91 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Portimonense and Feirense were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Magnusson was the top scorer with 33 goals.

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

* Espinho
* Fafe
* Farense
* Leixões
* Académico de Viseu
Espinho, Fafe, Farense, Leixões and Académico de Viseu were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1988–89 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* União da Madeira
* Feirense
* Tirsense
The other five teams were replaced by União da Madeira, Feirense and Tirsense from the Liga de Honra, as the league dropped from 20 to 18 teams.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1988–89 finish |
| Beira-Mar | Jean Thissen | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 15th |
| Belenenses | Hristo Mladenov | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 7th |
| Benfica | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 1st |
| Boavista | Raul Águas | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 3rd |
| Braga | Vítor Manuel | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 6th |
| Chaves | José Romão | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 13th |
| Estrela da Amadora | João Alves | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 8th |
| Feirense | Henrique Nunes | Santa Maria da Feira | Estádio Marcolino de Castro | 2nd in Segunda Divisão |
| Marítimo | Quinito | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 12th |
| Nacional | Fernando Pires | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 10th |
| Penafiel | Carlos Alhinho | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 14th |
| Portimonense | José Torres | Portimão | Estádio Municipal de Portimão | 11th |
| Porto | Artur Jorge | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 2nd |
| Sporting | Manuel José | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 4th |
| Tirsense | Prof. Neca | Santo Tirso | Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo | 3rd in Segunda Divisão |
| União da Madeira | Rui Mâncio | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 1st in Segunda Divisão |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 9th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Manuel Fernandes | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 5th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Penafiel | Carlos Alhinho | 22 October 1989 | 18th | José Augusto | 23 October 1989 |
| Belenenses | Hristo Mladenov | 29 October 1989 | 11th | Moisés Andrade | 5 November 1989 |
| Boavista | Raul Águas | 5 November 1989 | 10th | Manuel Barbosa | 6 November 1989 |
| Marítimo | Quinito | 5 November 1989 | 13th | Ferreira da Costa | 3 December 1989 |
| Portimonense | José Torres | 19 November 1989 | 17th | Quinito | 20 November 1989 |
| Nacional | Fernando Pires | 26 November 1989 | 18th | Jair Picerni | 4 December 1989 |
| Sporting | Manuel José | 10 December 1989 | 4th | Vítor Damas | 11 December 1989 |
| Sporting | Vítor Damas | 23 December 1989 | 4th | Raul Águas | 24 December 1989 |
| Beira-Mar | Jean Thissen | 28 January 1990 | 12th | Vítor Urbano | 29 January 1990 |
| Portimonense | Quinito | 4 March 1990 | 18th | Manuel de Oliveira | 5 March 1990 |
| Penafiel | José Augusto | 14 April 1990 | 16th | Joaquim Teixeira | 15 April 1990 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Manuel Fernandes | 21 April 1990 | 5th | Conhé | 25 April 1990 |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 59 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 76 | 18 | +58 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Chaves | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 | |
| 6 | Belenenses | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 36 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Boavista | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 34 | |
| 9 | Tirsense | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | Marítimo | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 29 | |
| 11 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 29 | |
| 12 | Braga | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 28 | |
| 13 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 28 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 14 | Nacional | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 28 | |
| 15 | Penafiel | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 26 | |
| 16 | União da Madeira | 34 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 24 | |
| 17 | Portimonense (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Feirense (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
* ↑ Estrela da Amadora qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | EST | FEI | MAR | NAC | PEN | PTM | POR | SCP | TIR | UNI | VGU | VSE |
| Beira-Mar | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Benfica | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Boavista | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Braga | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Chaves | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Feirense | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Marítimo | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Nacional | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Penafiel | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Portimonense | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Porto | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Tirsense | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| União da Madeira | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Magnusson | Benfica | 33 |
| 2 | Rui Águas | Porto | 18 |
| 3 | Getov | Portimonense | 15 |
| 4 | Madjer | Porto | 13 |
| 5 | Ricky | Estrela da Amadora | 12 |
| 5 | Isaías | Boavista | 12 |
| 7 | Mladenov | Vitória de Setúbal | 11 |
| 7 | Jorge Andrade | Boavista | 11 |
| 7 | Chiquinho Conde | Belenenses | 11 |
| 7 | Demol | Porto | 11 |
Source: Foradejogo

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Teams". Footballzz.
* ↑ "Primeira Divisão 1989-90 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 7 June 2015.