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1996–97 Primeira Divisão

63rd season of top-tier Portuguese football

Field	Value
competition	Primeira Divisão
season	1996–97
winners	Porto
16th title
relegated	Espinho
União de Leiria
Gil Vicente
continentalcup1	[Champions League](1997-98-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Porto (group stage)
Sporting CP (second qualifying round)
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Boavista (first round)
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1997-98-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Benfica (first round)
Braga (first round)
V. Guimarães (first round)
league topscorer	Mário Jardel (30 goals)
biggest home win	Boavista 7–0 Gil Vicente
(27 April 1997)
biggest away win	Espinho 0–5 Porto
(26 October 1996)
highest scoring	4–3
(3 times)
5–2
(2 times)
matches	306
total goals	721
prevseason	[1995–96](1995-96-primeira-divisao)
nextseason	[1997–98](1997-98-primeira-divisao)

16th title União de Leiria Gil Vicente Sporting CP (second qualifying round) Braga (first round) V. Guimarães (first round) (27 April 1997) (26 October 1996) (3 times) 5–2 (2 times) The 1996–97 Primeira Divisão was the 63rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1996 with a match between Benfica and Braga, and ended on 15 June 1997. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Porto won the league and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Sporting CP, who qualified for the second round, Boavista qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Braga and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 30 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [[Liga de Honra]]

Felgueiras
Campomaiorense
Tirsense Felgueiras, Campomaiorense and Tirsense, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1995–96 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Rio Ave
Vitória de Setúbal
Espinho

The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal and Espinho from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Head coach	City	Stadium	1995–96 finish
Belenenses	POR Quinito	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	6th
Benfica	BRA Paulo Autuori	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	2nd
Boavista	Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	4th
Braga	POR Manuel Cajuda	Braga	Estádio Primeiro de Maio	8th
Chaves	POR José Romão	Chaves	Estádio Municipal de Chaves	15th
Espinho	Brazil Zinho	Espinho	Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas	3rd in [Divisão de Honra](1995-96-segunda-divisao-de-honra)
Estrela da Amadora	POR Fernando Santos	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	13th
Farense	Spain Paco Fortes	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	10th
Gil Vicente	POR Bernardino Pedroto	Barcelos	Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo	11th
Leça	POR Rodolfo Reis	Leça da Palmeira	Estádio do Leça FC	14th
Marítimo	Brazil Marinho Peres	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	9th
Porto	POR António Oliveira	Porto	Estádio das Antas	1st
Rio Ave	POR Henrique Calisto	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	1st in [Divisão de Honra](1995-96-segunda-divisao-de-honra)
Salgueiros	POR Carlos Manuel	Porto	Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro	12th
Sporting	BEL Robert Waseige	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	3rd
União de Leiria	POR Vítor Manuel	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	7th
Vitória de Guimarães	POR Jaime Pacheco	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	5th
Vitória de Setúbal	POR Mário Reis	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	2nd in [Divisão de Honra](1995-96-segunda-divisao-de-honra)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
União de Leiria	POR Vítor Manuel	20 October 1996	17th	POR Eurico Gomes	21 October 1996
Belenenses	POR Quinito	27 October 1996	15th	POR Vítor Manuel	28 October 1996
Marítimo	Brazil Marinho Peres	17 November 1996	12th	POR Manuel José	18 November 1996
Boavista	Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Filipovic	19 November 1996	10th	POR João Alves	20 November 1996
Gil Vicente	POR Bernardino Pedroto	1 December 1996	17th	POR Fernando Festas	2 December 1996
Sporting	BEL Robert Waseige	12 December 1996	3rd	POR Octávio Machado	20 December 1996
Rio Ave	POR Henrique Calisto	22 December 1996	18th	POR Carlos Brito	23 December 1996
Boavista	POR João Alves	12 January 1997	10th	POR Mário Reis	27 January 1997
União de Leiria	POR Eurico Gomes	19 January 1997	16th	POR Quinito	20 January 1997
Benfica	BRA Paulo Autuori	19 January 1997	2nd	MOZ Mário Wilson	20 January 1997
Marítimo	POR Manuel José	26 January 1997	12th	POR Rui Vieira	27 January 1997
Benfica	MOZ Mário Wilson	26 January 1997	3rd	POR Manuel José	27 January 1997
Vitória de Setúbal	POR Mário Reis	26 January 1997	7th	POR Mourinho Félix	27 January 1997
Marítimo	POR Rui Vieira	16 February 1997	11th	POR Augusto Inácio	17 February 1997
Vitória de Setúbal	POR Mourinho Félix	10 March 1997	11th	POR Manuel Fernandes	11 March 1997
Gil Vicente	POR Fernando Festas	23 March 1997	18th	BRA José Marconi	24 March 1997
Espinho	Brazil Zinho	11 May 1996	16th	Brazil Edmundo Duarte	12 May 1996

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	BRA Mário Jardel	Porto	30
2	NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Boavista	20
3	BRA Gaúcho	Estrela da Amadora	16
4	POR Constantino Jardim	Leça	15
POR Nuno Gomes	Boavista
6	CRO Karoglan	Braga	14
7	BRA Gilmar	Vitória de Guimarães	13
8	BRA Edmilson	Marítimo	12
9	BRA Edmilson	Porto	11
10	BRA Marcos Severo	Salgueiros	10

Source: Footballzz

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Porto	27,765
2	Benfica	18,882
3	Sporting	16,765
4	Vitória SC	9,029
5	Braga	8,588
6	Farense	6,412
7	Vitória FC	5,882
8	Boavista	5,618
9	Marítimo	4,853
10	Rio Ave	4,618
11	União de Leiria	4,235
12	Salgueiros	4,176
13	Espinho	4,088
14	Chaves	3,676
15	Os Belenenses	3,529
16	Gil Vicente	3,421
17	Leça	3,176
18	Estrela da Amadora	3,088

Source:

Footnotes

References

(July 2020). "Teams". Footballzz.
"Primeira Divisão 1996-97 – Top Scorers". Footballzz.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt97.htm

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