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 record-extending 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
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Tirsense Espinho Chaves
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 Estrela da Amadora União da Madeira Vitória de Setúbal
The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, União da Madeira, Vitória de Setúbal from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1992–93 finish Beira-Mar Zoran Filipovic Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 8th Belenenses Abel Braga Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 7th Benfica Toni Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th Braga António Oliveira Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 12th Estoril Fernando Santos Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 13th Estrela da Amadora João Alves Amadora Estádio José Gomes 1st in Divisão de Honra Famalicão Piruta 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 9th Marítimo Edinho Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th Paços de Ferreira Vítor Urbano Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 10th Porto Tomislav Ivic Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros Mário Reis Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 15th Sporting Bobby Robson Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd União da Madeira Ernesto Paulo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 2nd in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Bernardino Pedroto Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 11th Vitória de Setúbal Raul Águas Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 3rd in Divisão de Honra
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Belenenses Abel Braga 16 October 1993 9th José António 24 October 1993 Famalicão Piruta 21 November 1993 17th Abel Braga 28 November 1993 Sporting Bobby Robson 30 November 1993 2nd Carlos Queiroz 5 December 1993 Marítimo Edinho 19 December 1993 6th Paulo Autuori 30 December 1993 Porto Tomislav Ivic 23 January 1994 3rd Bobby Robson 6 February 1994 Belenenses José António 23 January 1994 12th José Romão 6 February 1994 Paços de Ferreira Vítor Urbano 6 March 1994 14th Jaime Pacheco 13 March 1994 Braga António Oliveira 13 March 1994 12th Prof. Neca 27 March 1994 Paços de Ferreira Jaime Pacheco 8 May 1994 16th Carlos Padrão 15 May 1994
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Yekini Vitória Setúbal 21 2 Drulovic Gil Vicente / Porto 18 3 Kostadinov Porto 16 Hassan Farense 5 Balakov Sporting 15 Chiquinho Conde Vitória Setúbal João Pinto Benfica 9 Isaías Benfica 12 10 Ziad Vitória de Guimarães 11 Ricardo Lopes Estrela Amadora Jorge Andrade Marítimo Ricardo Sá Pinto Salgueiros Source: Foradejogo
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Benfica 31,294 2 Sporting 30,294 3 Porto 21,471 4 Marítimo 10,941 5 Vitória FC 10,176 6 Vitória SC 8,735 7 Boavista 8,088 8 Braga 8,088 9 Farense 7,441 10 Beira-Mar 6,265 11 Gil Vicente 6,147 12 Paços de Ferreira 5,382 13 Famalicão 5,265 14 Estrela da Amadora 5,147 15 Salgueiros 4,471 16 Os Belenenses 4,353 17 Estoril Praia 4,059 18 CF União 3,235 Source:
References
External links Portugal 1993-94 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library