1959–60 Primeira Divisão

The 1959–60 Primeira Divisão was the 26th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Divisão
Season1959–60
ChampionsBenfica
10th title
RelegatedVitória de Setúbal
Boavista
European CupBenfica
Sporting CP
Matches played182
Goals scored599 (3.29 per match)

Overview


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

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Benfica (C)2620517527+4845Qualified for the European Cup
2Sporting CP2619528220+6243
3Belenenses2615655825+3336
4Porto2613494836+1230
5CUF Barreiro26105113639−325
6Académica268994041−125
7Vitória de Guimarães2687114743+423
8Leixões2687114856−823
9Sporting da Covilhã2686123249−1722
10Lusitano de Évora2669113255−2321
11Atlético2677123446−1221
12Braga2668122439−1520
13Vitória de Setúbal (R)2658132652−2618Relegated to Segunda Divisão
14Boavista (R)2644182781−5412
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Académica1–00–50–26–20–00–28–11–11–02–25–10–00–0
Atlético CP2–21–10–44–01–02–24–23–10–01–14–03–32–0
Belenenses1–24–10–08–04–42–14–04–01–01–01–03–11–2
Benfica5–12–11–29–02–02–11–15–32–14–32–14–14–1
Boavista1–33–20–10–20–00–31–14–21–52–51–12–13–1
Braga2–00–01–40–33–11–51–00–00–00–23–05–01–1
CUF Barreiro1–11–01–01–51–02–01–31–12–00–11–21–13–1
Leixões1–12–01–11–24–22–03–12–12–21–26–01–15–0
Lusitano Évora1–04–12–22–31–00–02–13–20–32–20–01–01–1
Porto3–14–02–32–22–11–25–04–23–11–42–03–21–0
Sporting CP2–13–02–01–15–04–02–05–16–06–14–01–18–0
Sporting da Covilhã4–03–10–01–44–01–02–32–23–23–10–10–01–1
Vitória de Guimarães1–33–02–51–15–11–03–17–17–00–10–34–10–1
Vitória de Setúbal1–10–11–02–32–25–10–02–11–10–11–71–21–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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