The 1992–93 Primeira Divisão was the 59th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 30 August 1992 with a match between Vitória de Guimarães and Beira-Mar, and ended on 13 June 1993. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round, Benfica qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Jorge Cadete was the top scorer with 17 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Torreense Penafiel União da Madeira
Torreense, Penafiel, and União da Madeira were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1991-92 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Espinho Belenenses Tirsense
The other three teams were replaced by Espinho, Belenenses, and Tirsense from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1991–92 finish Beira-Mar Vítor Urbano Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 8th Belenenses Abel Braga Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 2nd in Divisão de Honra Benfica Tomislav Ivic Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 3rd Braga Vítor Manuel Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 11th Chaves Zdravkov Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 9th Espinho Quinito Espinho Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas 1st in Divisão de Honra Estoril Fernando Santos Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 10th Famalicão José Romão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 14th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 6th Gil Vicente Vítor Oliveira Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 13th Marítimo Paulo Autuori Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th Paços de Ferreira Prof. Neca Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 12th Porto Carlos Alberto Silva Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros Zoran Filipovic Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 15th Sporting Bobby Robson Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 4th Tirsense Rodolfo Reis Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 3rd in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Marinho Peres Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica Tomislav Ivic 25 October 1992 2nd Toni 26 October 1992 Chaves Zdravkov 1 November 1992 18th Henrique Calisto 15 November 1992 Paços de Ferreira Prof. Neca 27 December 1992 15th Jaime Pacheco 28 December 1992 Vitória de Guimarães Marinho Peres 1 January 1993 16th Bernardino Pedroto 2 January 1993 Braga Vítor Manuel 28 March 1993 15th António Oliveira 29 March 1993 Salgueiros Zoran Filipovic 28 March 1993 16th Mário Reis 29 March 1993
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jorge Cadete Sporting 17 2 Ricky Boavista 14 3 Artur Boavista 13 4 Timofte Porto 11 Edmilson Marítimo Balakov Sporting Jorge Andrade Marítimo 8 Jussiê Paços de Ferreira 10 Karoglan Chaves Drulovic Gil Vicente Source: Foradejogo
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Porto 26,529 2 Benfica 24,765 3 Sporting 22,000 4 Beira-Mar 10,647 5 Boavista 9,706 6 Braga 9,529 7 Vitória SC 9,118 8 Marítimo 8,941 9 Espinho 8,324 10 Farense 8,118 11 Famalicão 7,794 12 Gil Vicente 7,765 13 Os Belenenses 7,294 14 Paços de Ferreira 7,000 15 Salgueiros 6,588 16 Estoril Praia 5,765 17 Tirsense 5,047 18 Chaves 4,294Source:
Footnotes
External links Portugal 1992-93 – RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal – Table of Honor – Soccer Library