The 1994–95 Primeira Divisão was the 61st edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 21 August 1994 with a match between Belenenses and Estrela da Amadora, and ended on 28 May 1995. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage, Sporting qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Vitória de Guimarães and Farense qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Hassan was the top scorer with 21 goals.
This was the final season in which two points were awarded for a win; going forward this changed to three points.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Paços de Ferreira Famalicão Estoril-Praia
Paços de Ferreira, Famalicão and Estoril-Praia, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1993–94 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Tirsense União de Leiria Chaves
The other three teams were replaced by Tirsense, União de Leiria and Chaves from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1993–94 finish Beira-Mar Rodolfo Reis Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 14th Belenenses José Romão Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 13th Benfica Artur Jorge Lisbon Estádio da Luz 1st Boavista Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 4th Braga Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 15th Chaves Vítor Urbano Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 3rd in Divisão de Honra Estrela da Amadora Acácio Casimiro Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 8th Gil Vicente Vítor Oliveira Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 10th Marítimo António Jesus Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th Porto Bobby Robson Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd Salgueiros Mário Reis Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 11th Sporting Carlos Queiroz Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd Tirsense Eurico Gomes Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 1st in Divisão de Honra União de Leiria Vítor Manuel Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 2nd in Divisão de Honra União da Madeira Ernesto Paulo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 12th Vitória de Guimarães Quinito Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 7th Vitória de Setúbal Raul Águas Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 6th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Vitória de Setúbal Raul Águas 1 October 1994 18th Diamantino Miranda 2 October 1994 Belenenses José Romão 1 October 1994 16th João Alves 2 October 1994 Vitória de Setúbal Diamantino Miranda 6 November 1994 18th Abel Braga 7 November 1994 Estrela da Amadora Acácio Casimiro 20 November 1995 12th Fernando Santos 20 November 1995 União da Madeira Ernesto Paulo 27 November 1995 17th Arthur Bernardes 28 November 1995 Vitória de Setúbal Abel Braga 25 February 1995 18th Mourinho Félix 26 February 1995 Beira-Mar Rodolfo Reis 30 April 1995 17th Acácio Barreto 1 May 1995
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Hassan Farense 21 2 Domingos Porto 19 3 Marcelo Tirsense 17 4 Artur Boavista 16 5 Edmilson Salgueiros 156 Isaías Benfica 14 Edinho Chaves Paulo Alves Marítimo 9 Nélson Bertolazzi Leiria 12 10 Alex Bunbury Marítimo 11 Source:
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Porto 31,941 2 Sporting 30,059 3 Benfica 24,000 4 Marítimo 10,294 5 Vitória SC 10,235 6 Braga 8,353 7 Farense 7,235 8 Leiria 6,471 9 Vitória FC 6,382 10 Beira-Mar 5,941 11 Chaves 5,706 12 Os Belenenses 5,176 13 Salgueiros 4,765 14 Tirsense 4,765 15 Gil Vicente 4,588 16 Boavista 4,529 17 Estrela da Amadora 4,029 18 CF União 2,047Source:
Footnotes
External links Portugal 1994-95 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library