1965–66 Primeira Divisão

32nd season of top-tier Portuguese football

Football league season

Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1965–66 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	26	18	6	2	70	21	+49	42	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Benfica	26	18	5	3	73	30	+43	41	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Porto	26	14	6	6	41	25	+16	34	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	26	14	5	7	58	47	+11	33
5	Vitória de Setúbal	26	11	7	8	51	36	+15	29	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Académica	26	9	8	9	58	48	+10	26
7	Belenenses	26	9	7	10	28	29	−1	25
8	Varzim	26	9	7	10	40	38	+2	25
9	CUF Barreiro	26	8	8	10	37	46	−9	24
10	Braga	26	7	7	12	39	64	−25	21	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Beira-Mar	26	6	6	14	31	65	−34	18
12	Leixões	26	7	4	15	28	39	−11	18
13	Lusitano de Évora (R)	26	4	6	16	27	60	−33	14	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Barreirense (R)	26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	14	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: RSSSF^[1]^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ACA	BAR	BEM	BEL	BEN	BRA	CUF	LEI	LUS	POR	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		2–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	7–2	4–1
Barreirense	2–2		1–1	0–1	1–7	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–1
Beira Mar	1–5	3–2		1–1	1–1	5–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	3–2	1–2	1–0
Belenenses	3–1	1–1	1–0		1–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1
Benfica	4–0	8–2	5–0	2–0		4–1	6–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–4	1–0	4–2	3–2
Braga	2–3	5–0	3–1	2–1	0–0		4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–5	3–2
CUF Barreiro	1–1	7–3	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1		3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–2
Leixões	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1		8–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Lusitano Évora	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	6–1	1–3	0–2		0–0	2–5	2–0	1–1	0–5
Porto	4–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0
Sporting CP	5–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–0	4–1	4–0	5–0	4–0		4–0	1–1	4–0
Varzim	1–2	4–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	4–3	2–0	3–2	3–2	6–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–1		4–1
Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	2–0	8–1	1–0	4–4	8–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2

Source: ^[1]^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

v t e Top-level football seasons in Portugal
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List of champions Top scorers

v t e 1965–66 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Fairs Cup
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup