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

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

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

TeamHead CoachCityStadium1989–90 finish
Beira-Mar Vítor UrbanoAveiroEstádio Mário Duarte11th
Belenenses Henri DepireuxLisbonEstádio do Restelo6th
Benfica Sven-Göran ErikssonLisbonEstádio da Luz2nd
Boavista João AlvesPortoEstádio do Bessa8th
Braga Raul ÁguasBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio12th
Chaves Manuel BarbosaChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves5th
Estrela da Amadora Manuel FernandesAmadoraEstádio José Gomes13th
Famalicão Abel BragaVila Nova de FamalicãoEstádio Municipal 22 de Junho4th in Segunda Divisão
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís3rd in Segunda Divisão
Gil Vicente Rodolfo ReisBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo2nd in Segunda Divisão
Marítimo Ferreira da CostaFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros10th
Nacional Jair PicerniFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros14th
Penafiel Joaquim TeixeiraPenafielEstádio Municipal 25 de Abril15th
Porto Artur JorgePortoEstádio das Antas1st
Salgueiros Zoran FilipovicPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro1st in Segunda Divisão
Sporting CP Marinho PeresLisbonEstádio José Alvalade3rd
Tirsense Prof. NecaSanto TirsoEstádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo9th
União da Madeira Rui MâncioFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros16th
Vitória de Guimarães Paulo AutuoriGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques4th
Vitória de Setúbal José RomãoSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim7th

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: Foradejogo