1997–98 Primeira Divisão


The 1997–98 Primeira Divisão was the 64th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1997 with a match between Varzim and Porto, and ended on 17 May 1998. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the second round. Braga qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and V. Guimarães, Sporting CP and Marítimo qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 26 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [Liga de Honra]

Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1996–97 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHead CoachCityStadium1996–97 finish
Académica Henrique CalistoCoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra3rd in Divisão de Honra
Belenenses MladenovLisbonEstádio do Restelo13th
Benfica Manuel JoséLisbonEstádio da Luz3rd
Boavista Mário ReisPortoEstádio do Bessa7th
Braga Castro SantosBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio4th
Campomaiorense Bernardino PedrotoCampo MaiorEstádio Capitão Cesar Correia1st in Divisão de Honra
Chaves José RomãoChavesEstádio Municipal de Chaves10th
Estrela da Amadora Fernando SantosAmadoraEstádio José Gomes9th
Farense Paco FortesFaroEstádio de São Luís11th
Leça Rodolfo ReisLeça da PalmeiraEstádio do Leça FC14th
Marítimo Augusto InácioFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros8th
Porto António OliveiraPortoEstádio das Antas1st
Rio Ave Carlos BritoVila do CondeEstádio dos Arcos15th
Salgueiros Carlos ManuelPortoEstádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro6th
Sporting Octávio MachadoLisbonEstádio José Alvalade2nd
Varzim Horácio GonçalvesPóvoa de VarzimEstádio do Varzim Sport Club2nd in Divisão de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães Jaime PachecoGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques5th
Vitória de Setúbal Manuel FernandesSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim12th

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: Footballzz

Footnotes