1993–94 Primeira Divisão
Season | 1993–94 |
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Champions | Benfica 30th title |
Relegated | Paços de Ferreira Famalicão Estoril-Praia |
Champions League | Benfica (group stage) |
Cup Winners' Cup | Porto (first round) |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) Marítimo (first round) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 750 (2.45 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yekini (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benfica 8–0 Famalicão (12 March 1994) |
Biggest away win | Famalicão 0–5 Porto (20 February 1994) |
Highest scoring | Sporting CP 3–6 Benfica (14 May 1994) |
← 1992–93 1994–95 → |
The 1993–94 Primeira Divisão was the 60th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 22 August 1993 with a match between Estoril-Praia and Beira-Mar, and ended on 2 June 1994. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Benfica won their 30th league title and qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto qualified for the 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Paços de Ferreira, Famalicão and Estoril-Praia were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Yekini was the top scorer with 21 goals.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
[edit]Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1992-93 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
[edit]The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, União da Madeira, Vitória de Setúbal from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Belenenses | 16 October 1993 | 9th | 24 October 1993 | ||
Famalicão | 21 November 1993 | 17th | 28 November 1993 | ||
Sporting | 30 November 1993 | 2nd | 5 December 1993 | ||
Marítimo | 19 December 1993 | 6th | 30 December 1993 | ||
Porto | 23 January 1994 | 3rd | 6 February 1994 | ||
Belenenses | 23 January 1994 | 12th | 6 February 1994 | ||
Paços de Ferreira | 6 March 1994 | 14th | 13 March 1994 | ||
Braga | 13 March 1994 | 12th | 27 March 1994 | ||
Paços de Ferreira | 8 May 1994 | 16th | 15 May 1994 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Porto | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 52 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Boavista | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 38 | |
5 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 38 | |
6 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 34 | |
7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 33 | |
8 | Farense | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 33 | |
9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 33 | |
10 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 31 | |
11 | Salgueiros | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 | |
12 | União da Madeira | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 31 | |
13 | Belenenses | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 30 | |
14 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 29 | |
15 | Braga | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 28 | |
16 | Paços de Ferreira (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
17 | Famalicão (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 72 | −46 | 22 | |
18 | Estoril (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Vitória Setúbal | 21 | |
2 | Gil Vicente / Porto | 18 | |
3 | Porto | 16 | |
Farense | |||
5 | Sporting | 15 | |
Vitória Setúbal | |||
Benfica | |||
9 | Benfica | 12 | |
10 | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 | |
Estrela Amadora | |||
Marítimo | |||
Salgueiros |
Source: Foradejogo[2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Footballzz. Retrieved 2019-01-22.[dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Divisão 1993-94 – Top Scorers". foradejogo. Retrieved 19 May 2015.