# 1976–77 Primeira Divisão

The 1976–77 Primeira Divisão was the 43rd 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 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 51 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Porto | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Académica | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 34 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Varzim | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | Braga | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 26 | |
| 10 | Belenenses | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 26 | |
| 11 | Estoril | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 25 | |
| 12 | Portimonense | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 25 | |
| 13 | Beira-Mar (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 23 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 14 | Montijo (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 23 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 15 | Leixões (R) | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 23 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Atlético CP (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 68 | −45 | 15 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
* ↑ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ACP | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | LEI | MON | PTM | POR | SCP | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Atlético CP | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
| Beira-Mar | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Benfica | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Boavista | 4–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Braga | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Estoril | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Leixões | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Montijo | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Portimonense | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Porto | 2–0 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Varzim | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 3–2 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 26 |
| 2 | Nené | Benfica | 22 |
| 3 | Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | 21 |
| 4 | Mirobaldo | Vitória de Setúbal | 15 |
| 5 | Salif Keïta | Sporting | 14 |
| 5 | Celso Pita | Boavista | 14 |
| 7 | Horácio de Faria | Varzim | 13 |
| 7 | Joaquim Rocha | Académica de Coimbra | 13 |
| 7 | Tito | Vitória de Guimarães | 13 |
| 10 | Jacinto João | Vitória de Setúbal | 12 |
| 10 | Chico Bolota | Montijo | 12 |