The 1991–92 Primeira Divisão was the 58th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 18 August 1991 with a match between Desp. Chaves and Estoril, and ended on 16 May 1992. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.
Porto qualified for the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League first round, Boavista qualified for the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Torreense, Penafiel and União da Madeira were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Ricky was the top scorer with 30 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Tirsense Vitória de Setúbal Estrela da Amadora Belenenses Nacional
Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1990-91 season where five teams were relegated due to the reduction of teams.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Paços de Ferreira Estoril Torreense
The other five teams were replaced by Paços de Ferreira, Estoril and Torreense from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1990–91 finish Beira-Mar Vítor Urbano Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 6th Benfica Sven-Göran Eriksson Lisbon Estádio da Luz 1st Boavista Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th Braga Carlos Garcia Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 11th Chaves José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 8th Estoril Fernando Santos Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 2nd in Divisão de Honra Famalicão Josip Skoblar Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 14th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 11th Gil Vicente António Oliveira Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 13th Marítimo Paulo Autuori Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th Paços de Ferreira Vítor Oliveira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 1st in Divisão de Honra Penafiel Vítor Manuel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 15th Porto Carlos Alberto Silva Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros Zoran Filipović Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 5th Sporting Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd Torreense Manuel Cajuda Torres Vedras Estádio Manuel Marques 3rd in Divisão de Honra União da Madeira Rui Mâncio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 12th Vitória de Guimarães João Alves Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 9th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Braga Carlos Garcia 8 December 1991 12th José Manuel Gouveia 9 December 1991 Sporting Marinho Peres 8 March 1992 3rd Dominguez 9 March 1992 Famalicão Josip Skoblar 8 March 1992 16th Prof. Neca 9 March 1992 Braga José Manuel Gouveia 29 March 1992 11th Vítor Manuel 30 March 1992 Penafiel Vítor Manuel 29 March 1992 16th Henrique Calisto 30 March 1992
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ricky Boavista 30 2 Jorge Cadete Sporting 25 3 Ziad Tlemçani Vitória de Guimarães 15 Chiquinho Conde Braga 5 Isaías Benfica 12 6 Djamel Menad Famalicão 11 Rosário Torreense 8 Nikola Spasov Paços de Ferreira 10 Edmilson Marítimo Tihomir Rudež Chaves Emil Kostadinov Porto Source: Foradejogo
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Porto 30,824 2 Sporting 29,941 3 Benfica 29,647 4 Vitória SC 13,176 5 Beira-Mar 11,118 6 Boavista 9,471 7 Braga 9,176 8 Estoril Praia 8,735 9 Farense 8,588 10 Torreense 8,471 11 Famalicão 8,265 12 Paços de Ferreira 7,824 13 Marítimo 7,471 14 Gil Vicente 7,059 15 Chaves 5,706 16 Salgueiros 5,088 17 Penafiel 5,029 18 CF União 1,894Source:
Footnotes
External links Portugal 1991-92 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library