# 1992–93 Primeira Divisão

The 1992–93 Primeira Divisão was the 59th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 30 August 1992 with a match between Vitória de Guimarães and Beira-Mar, and ended on 13 June 1993. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round, Benfica qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Jorge Cadete was the top scorer with 17 goals.

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

* Torreense
* Penafiel
* União da Madeira
Torreense, Penafiel, and União da Madeira were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1991-92 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Espinho
* Belenenses
* Tirsense
The other three teams were replaced by Espinho, Belenenses, and Tirsense from the Liga de Honra.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1991–92 finish |
| Beira-Mar | Vítor Urbano | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 8th |
| Belenenses | Abel Braga | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| Benfica | Tomislav Ivic | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 2nd |
| Boavista | Manuel José | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 3rd |
| Braga | Vítor Manuel | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 11th |
| Chaves | Zdravkov | Chaves | Estádio Municipal de Chaves | 9th |
| Espinho | Quinito | Espinho | Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| Estoril | Fernando Santos | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 10th |
| Famalicão | José Romão | Vila Nova de Famalicão | Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho | 14th |
| Farense | Paco Fortes | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 6th |
| Gil Vicente | Vítor Oliveira | Barcelos | Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo | 13th |
| Marítimo | Paulo Autuori | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 7th |
| Paços de Ferreira | Prof. Neca | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 12th |
| Porto | Carlos Alberto Silva | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 1st |
| Salgueiros | Zoran Filipovic | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 15th |
| Sporting | Bobby Robson | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 4th |
| Tirsense | Rodolfo Reis | Santo Tirso | Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Marinho Peres | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 5th |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Benfica | Tomislav Ivic | 25 October 1992 | 2nd | Toni | 26 October 1992 |
| Chaves | Zdravkov | 1 November 1992 | 18th | Henrique Calisto | 15 November 1992 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Prof. Neca | 27 December 1992 | 15th | Jaime Pacheco | 28 December 1992 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Marinho Peres | 1 January 1993 | 16th | Bernardino Pedroto | 2 January 1993 |
| Braga | Vítor Manuel | 28 March 1993 | 15th | António Oliveira | 29 March 1993 |
| Salgueiros | Zoran Filipovic | 28 March 1993 | 16th | Mário Reis | 29 March 1993 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 52 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marítimo | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Farense | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 35 | |
| 7 | Belenenses | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 32 | |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 31 | |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 31 | |
| 11 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 31 | |
| 12 | Braga | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 30 | |
| 13 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Famalicão | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 30 | |
| 15 | Salgueiros | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 29 | |
| 16 | Tirsense (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 28 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Espinho (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Chaves (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 16 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
* ↑ Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | ESP | EST | FAM | FAR | GVI | MAR | PAÇ | POR | SAL | SCP | TIR | VGU |
| Beira-Mar | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Benfica | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Boavista | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Braga | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Chaves | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Espinho | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Estoril | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Famalicão | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Farense | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Gil Vicente | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Marítimo | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 7–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Salgueiros | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sporting CP | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Tirsense | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jorge Cadete | Sporting | 17 |
| 2 | Ricky | Boavista | 14 |
| 3 | Artur | Boavista | 13 |
| 4 | Timofte | Porto | 11 |
| 4 | Edmilson | Marítimo | 11 |
| 4 | Balakov | Sporting | 11 |
| 4 | Jorge Andrade | Marítimo | 11 |
| 8 | Jussiê | Paços de Ferreira | 10 |
| 8 | Karoglan | Chaves | 10 |
| 8 | Drulovic | Gil Vicente | 10 |
Source: Foradejogo

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Teams". Footballzz.
* ↑ "Primeira Divisão 1992-93 – Melhores Marcadores". foradejogo. Retrieved 19 May 2015.