# 1987–88 Primeira Divisão

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1987/1988 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 38 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 88 | 15 | +73 | 66 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Benfica | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Belenenses | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Boavista | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 46 | |
| 6 | Espinho | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 7 | Chaves | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 40 | |
| 8 | Vitória de Setúbal | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 40 | |
| 9 | Marítimo | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Penafiel | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 38 | |
| 11 | Braga | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 34 | |
| 12 | Farense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 34 | |
| 13 | Portimonense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 34 | |
| 14 | Vitória de Guimarães | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 33 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 15 | O Elvas (R) | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | Académica (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 17 | Varzim (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 30 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 18 | Rio Ave (R) | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 67 | −38 | 28 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 19 | Salgueiros (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 25 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 20 | Covilhã (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 70 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | CHA | ESP | FAR | MAR | ELV | PEN | PTM | POR | RAV | SAL | SCP | SCO | VAR | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Benfica | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Boavista | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Braga | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Chaves | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Espinho | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Farense | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Marítimo | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| O Elvas | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Penafiel | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Portimonense | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Rio Ave | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–7 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Salgueiros | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Sporting CP | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Varzim | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–3 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Paulinho Cascavel | Sporting | 23 |
| 2 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 21 |
| 2 | Radoslav Zdravkov | Chaves | 21 |
| 4 | Manuel Fernandes | Vitória de Setúbal | 16 |
| 4 | Aparício | Vitória de Setúbal | 16 |
| 6 | Ademir Alcântara | Vitória de Guimarães | 15 |
| 6 | César | Penafiel | 15 |
| 8 | Mats Magnusson | Benfica | 13 |
| 8 | Chico Faria | Belenenses | 13 |
| 10 | Rui Águas | Benfica | 12 |
| 10 | Rui Barros | Porto | 12 |
| 10 | António Sousa | Porto | 12 |
| 10 | Forbs | Portimonense | 12 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Portugal 1987-88 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* 1 2 "Portuguese League 1987/88 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
* ↑ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 20 April 2017.