# 1961–62 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1961–62 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.

## Details of participants

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:
| Clubs | Seasons at this level | Settlements | Season joined league | Position in 1960/1961 |
| Benfica | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 1 |
| Sporting | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 2 |
| FC Porto | 28 seasons | Porto | 1934/1935 | 3 |
| Belenenses | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 5 |
| Académica | 27 seasons | Coimbra | 1949/1950 | 7 |
| Vitória Guimarães | 18 seasons | Guimarães | 1958/1959 | 4 |
| Atlético | 16 seasons | Lisbon | 1959/1960 | 10 |
| Sporting Covilhã | 13 seasons | Covilhã | 1958/1959 | 9 |
| Olhanense | 11 seasons | Olhão | 1961/1962 | Segunda Divisão |
| Lusitano Évora | 10 seasons | Évora | 1952/1953 | 11 |
| CUF | 9 seasons | Barreiro | 1954/1955 | 6 |
| Salgueiros | 6 seasons | Porto | 1960/1961 | 12 |
| Leixões | 5 seasons | Matosinhos | 1959/1960 | 8 |
| Beira Mar | 1 season | Aveiro | 1961/1962 | Segunda Divisão |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting CP (C) | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 17 | +49 | 43 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Porto | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 41 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Benfica | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 36 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 4 | CUF Barreiro | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 33 | |
| 5 | Belenenses | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 31 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Atlético CP | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 26 | |
| 7 | Leixões | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 23 | |
| 8 | Olhanense | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 22 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 22 | |
| 10 | Académica de Coimbra | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 22 | |
| 11 | Beira-Mar (R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 21 | Relegated to Segunda Divisão |
| 12 | Lusitano de Évora | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 20 | |
| 13 | Sporting da Covilhã (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 17 | Relegated to Segunda Divisão |
| 14 | Salgueiros (R) | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 87 | −70 | 7 | Relegated to Segunda Divisão |
* ↑ Benfica qualified directly to the first round as title holders.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ACP | BEM | BEL | BEN | CUF | LEI | LUS | OLH | POR | SCP | SCO | SAL | VGU |
| Académica | | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 3–0 |
| Atlético CP | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–3 |
| Beira-Mar | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Belenenses | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 4–2 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 |
| CUF Barreiro | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Leixões | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 |
| Lusitano de Évora | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Olhanense | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Sporting CP | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| Salgueiros | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 6–1 | |

## Leading scorer

Azumir Veríssimo (Futebol Clube do Porto) was the top scorer of the season with 23 goals.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Azumir | FC Porto | 23 |

## Promotion and relegation 1962/1963
### Relegation to Segunda Divisão

* Beira Mar
* Sporting Covilhã
* Salgueiros

### Promotion to Primeira Divisão

* Vitória Setúbal
* Barreirense
* Feirense

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Portugal 1961-62 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
* 1 2 "Portuguese League 1961/62 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2021-11-08.