1970–71 Primeira Divisão

37th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Football league season

The 1970–71 Primeira Divisão was the 37th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	18	5	3	62	17	+45	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sporting CP	26	16	6	4	45	14	+31	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Porto	26	16	5	5	44	21	+23	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Setúbal	26	15	4	7	51	16	+35	34
5	Académica	26	13	7	6	38	24	+14	33
6	Boavista	26	9	4	13	18	38	−20	22
7	Belenenses	26	7	8	11	20	27	−7	22
8	CUF Barreiro	26	8	5	13	28	37	−9	21
9	Tirsense	26	6	8	12	24	45	−21	20
10	Barreirense	26	5	10	11	21	31	−10	20
11	Farense	26	7	6	13	15	33	−18	20
12	Vitória de Guimarães	26	4	11	11	15	27	−12	19
13	Leixões	26	7	5	14	22	44	−22	19
14	Varzim (R)	26	7	4	15	23	52	−29	18	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: RSSSF^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final

Home \ Away	ACA	BAR	BEL	BEN	BOA	CUF	FAR	LEI	POR	SCP	TIR	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–0
Barreirense	0–0		1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–4
Belenenses	0–2	0–0		1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Benfica	5–1	1–0	3–1		4–0	1–0	5–0	5–0	2–2	5–1	7–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Boavista	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3		3–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
CUF Barreiro	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–1		2–0	7–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–3
Farense	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Leixões	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–2	0–2	2–0	5–0	0–0	2–1
Porto	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1		2–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–1
Sporting CP	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	8–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1		2–0	5–1	4–0	1–0
Tirsense	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–0		1–1	2–2	0–0
Varzim	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–1		0–2	0–1
Vitória de Guimarães	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0		2–3
Vitória de Setúbal	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	6–1	3–0	2–0

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^{[citation needed]}
1	Artur Jorge	Benfica	23
2	Vítor Baptista	Vitória de Setúbal	22
3	Eusébio	Benfica	19
4	António Lemos	Porto	18
5	Félix Guerreiro	Vitória de Setúbal	12
6	Abel	Porto	11
7	Manuel António	Académica de Coimbra	10
8	António Jorge	Académica de Coimbra	8
	Esteves	Leixões
	Nunes Pinto	Varzim

v t e Top-level football seasons in Portugal
Campeonato da Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
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List of champions Top scorers

v t e 1970–71 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
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1970–71 in European football (UEFA)
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '70 '71 England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden '70 '71 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden 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 '70 '71 Mitropa Cup