# 1990–91 Primeira Divisão

The 1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the 57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match between Farense and Nacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Benfica qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Salgueiros qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.

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

* Portimonense
* Feirense
Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1989-90 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Salgueiros
* Gil Vicente
* Farense
* Famalicão
The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1989–90 finish |
| Beira-Mar | Vítor Urbano | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 11th |
| Belenenses | Henri Depireux | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 6th |
| Benfica | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 2nd |
| Boavista | João Alves | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 8th |
| Braga | Raul Águas | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 12th |
| Chaves | Manuel Barbosa | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 5th |
| Estrela da Amadora | Manuel Fernandes | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 13th |
| Famalicão | Abel Braga | Vila Nova de Famalicão | Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho | 4th in Segunda Divisão |
| Farense | Paco Fortes | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 3rd in Segunda Divisão |
| Gil Vicente | Rodolfo Reis | Barcelos | Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo | 2nd in Segunda Divisão |
| Marítimo | Ferreira da Costa | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 10th |
| Nacional | Jair Picerni | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 14th |
| Penafiel | Joaquim Teixeira | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 15th |
| Porto | Artur Jorge | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 1st |
| Salgueiros | Zoran Filipovic | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 1st in Segunda Divisão |
| Sporting CP | Marinho Peres | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 3rd |
| Tirsense | Prof. Neca | Santo Tirso | Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo | 9th |
| União da Madeira | Rui Mâncio | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 16th |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 4th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Romão | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 7th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Autuori | 23 September 1990 | 13th | Pedro Rocha | 24 September 1990 |
| Marítimo | Ferreira da Costa | 23 September 1990 | 17th | Paulo Autuori | 24 September 1990 |
| Penafiel | Joaquim Teixeira | 30 September 1990 | 20th | Vítor Manuel | 1 October 1990 |
| Braga | Raul Águas | 28 October 1990 | 19th | Carlos Garcia | 29 October 1990 |
| Belenenses | Henri Depireux | 21 October 1990 | 19th | Antônio Lopes | 1 November 1990 |
| Boavista | João Alves | 14 November 1990 | 5th | Raul Águas | 9 December 1990 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Romão | 2 December 1990 | 19th | Quinito | 3 December 1990 |
| Chaves | Manuel Barbosa | 23 December 1990 | 18th | José Romão | 24 December 1990 |
| Belenenses | Antônio Lopes | 6 January 1991 | 18th | Moisés Andrade | 7 January 1991 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Pedro Rocha | 12 January 1991 | 12th | João Alves | 13 January 1991 |
| Estrela da Amadora | Manuel Fernandes | 27 January 1991 | 15th | Jesualdo Ferreira | 28 January 1991 |
| Nacional | Jair Picerni | 2 February 1991 | 17th | Manuel de Oliveira | 3 February 1991 |
| Nacional | Manuel de Oliveira | 14 April 1991 | 20th | Amaro Cavalcante | 15 April 1991 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 69 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 67 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Salgueiros | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Beira-Mar | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 | |
| 7 | Braga | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 34 | |
| 8 | Chaves | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | |
| 10 | Marítimo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Farense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 34 | |
| 12 | União da Madeira | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 33 | |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 33 | |
| 14 | Famalicão | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | |
| 15 | Penafiel | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 33 | |
| 16 | Tirsense (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Vitória de Setúbal (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 32 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Estrela da Amadora (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 19 | Belenenses (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 29 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 20 | Nacional (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 27 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

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

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rui Águas | Benfica | 25 |
| 2 | Domingos | Porto | 24 |
| 3 | Fernando Gomes | Sporting | 22 |
| 4 | Ricky | Estrela da Amadora | 15 |
| 5 | Yekini | Vitória de Setúbal | 13 |
| 5 | Jorge Andrade | Boavista | 13 |
| 7 | Geraldão | Porto | 12 |
| 7 | Curcic | Farense | 12 |
| 9 | Rudi | Chaves | 11 |
| 9 | Marlon Brandão | Boavista | 11 |
| 9 | Tozé | Salgueiros | 11 |
Source: Foradejogo