# 1983–84 Primeira Divisão

The 1983–84 Primeira Divisão was the 50th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 86 | 22 | +64 | 52 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 9 | +56 | 49 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Braga | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 34 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Boavista | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Varzim | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 29 | |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Portimonense | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 26 | |
| 11 | Salgueiros | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 21 | |
| 12 | Farense | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 21 | |
| 13 | Penafiel | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 55 | −37 | 21 | |
| 14 | Estoril (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 51 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 15 | Águeda (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Espinho (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 17 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | BEN | BOA | BRA | ESP | EST | FAR | PEN | PTM | POR | RAV | SCP | SAL | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Águeda | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1–0 |
| Boavista | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Braga | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Espinho | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Estoril | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Farense | 0–1 | 2–7 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Penafiel | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Portimonense | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Porto | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 7–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Rio Ave | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Sporting CP | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Salgueiros | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Varzim | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–4 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nené | Benfica | 21 |
| 1 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 21 |
| 3 | Diamantino | Benfica | 18 |
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | 17 |
| 5 | Rui Jordão | Sporting | 16 |
| 6 | Jorge Silva | Boavista | 13 |
| 7 | Michael Manniche | Benfica | 12 |
| 7 | N'Habola | Rio Ave | 12 |
| 9 | José Rafael | Farense | 11 |
| 9 | Jorge Gomes | Braga | 11 |