1983–84 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1983–84
Champions	Benfica; 26th title
European Cup	Benfica (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto (first round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round); Braga (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	599 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nené (21 goals)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Primeira Divisão was the 50th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview[edit]

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	24	4	2	86	22	+64	52	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	22	5	3	65	9	+56	49	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Sporting CP	30	19	4	7	58	24	+34	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Braga	30	15	7	8	40	32	+8	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Vitória de Setúbal	30	13	8	9	43	28	+15	34
6	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	3	13	41	41	0	31
7	Boavista	30	12	7	11	36	31	+5	31
8	Varzim	30	10	9	11	32	39	−7	29
9	Rio Ave	30	11	7	12	35	35	0	29
10	Portimonense	30	10	6	14	27	37	−10	26
11	Salgueiros	30	6	9	15	23	41	−18	21
12	Farense	30	5	11	14	29	54	−25	21
13	Penafiel	30	7	7	16	18	55	−37	21
14	Estoril (R)	30	6	9	15	22	51	−29	21	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Águeda (R)	30	7	5	18	25	55	−30	19
16	Espinho (R)	30	5	7	18	19	45	−26	17

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Home \ Away	ÁGU	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	EST	FAR	PEN	PTM	POR	RAV	SCP	SAL	VAR	VGU	VSE
Águeda		1–4	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Benfica	2–0		1–0	7–0	6–0	1–1	6–2	8–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	8–0	1–0
Boavista	4–1	1–2		0–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1
Braga	5–1	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Espinho	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–3		2–0	5–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	0–1
Estoril	0–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–3
Farense	0–1	2–7	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1		4–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Penafiel	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Portimonense	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–6	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0
Porto	6–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	8–0	7–1	8–1	2–0		3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Rio Ave	5–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Sporting CP	5–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	4–1		2–0	4–2	2–0	3–1
Salgueiros	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	6–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	3–3
Varzim	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	6–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0		3–4
Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Nené	Benfica	21
1	Fernando Gomes	Porto	21
3	Diamantino	Benfica	18
4	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	17
5	Rui Jordão	Sporting	16
6	Jorge Silva	Boavista	13
7	Michael Manniche	Benfica	12
7	N'Habola	Rio Ave	12
9	José Rafael	Farense	11
9	Jorge Gomes	Braga	11

v t e Top-level football seasons in Portugal
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v t e 1983–84 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1983–84 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup