The 1995–96 Primeira Divisão was the 62nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1995 with a match between União de Leiria and Marítimo, and ended on 12 May 1996. Starting from this season, Portugal implemented the three points for a win rule, after FIFA formally adopted the system. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group stage, Benfica qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and V. Guimarães qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup; in opposite, União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Domingos was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra União da Madeira Beira-Mar Vitória de Setúbal
União da Madeira, Beira-Mar and Vitória de Setúbal, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1994–95 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Leça Campomaiorense Felgueiras
The other three teams were replaced by Leça, Campomaiorense and Felgueiras from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1994–95 finish Belenenses João Alves Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 12th Benfica Artur Jorge Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd Boavista Manuel José Porto Estádio do Bessa 9th Braga Manuel Cajuda Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 10th Campomaiorense Manuel Fernandes Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 2nd in Divisão de Honra Chaves Vítor Urbano Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 14th Estrela da Amadora Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 15th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 5th Felgueiras Jorge Jesus Felgueiras Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos 3rd in Divisão de Honra Gil Vicente Bernardino Pedroto Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 13th Leça Fernando Festas Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 1st in Divisão de Honra Marítimo Raul Águas Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th Porto Bobby Robson Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros Mário Reis Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 11th Sporting Carlos Queiroz Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd Tirsense José Romão Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 8th União de Leiria Vítor Manuel Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 6th Vitória de Guimarães Vítor Oliveira Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica Artur Jorge 9 September 1995 6th Mário Wilson 10 September 1995 Leça Fernando Festas 1 October 1995 17th António Pinto 2 October 1995 Chaves Vítor Urbano 5 November 1995 17th Joaquim Teixeira 6 November 1995 Campomaiorense Manuel Fernandes 19 November 1995 18th Diamantino Miranda 20 November 1995 Vitória de Guimarães Vítor Oliveira 17 December 1995 6th Manuel Machado 23 December 1995 Tirsense José Romão 23 December 1995 18th Eurico Gomes 30 December 1995 Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado 13 January 1996 8th Jaime Pacheco 14 January 1996 Sporting Carlos Queiroz 17 February 1996 3rd Fernando Mendes 18 February 1996 Marítimo Raul Águas 10 March 1996 7th Rui Vieira 10 March 1996 Chaves Joaquim Teixeira 17 March 1996 17th José Romão 18 March 1996 Sporting Fernando Mendes 31 March 1996 4th Octávio Machado 1 April 1996
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Domingos Porto 25 2 João Pinto Benfica 18 3 Edinho Guimarães 15 Constantino Jardim Leça Leonson Lewis Felgueiras 6 Artur Boavista 147 Maurício Cabedelo Leiria 13 Edmilson Porto 9 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Campomaiorense 1210 Paulo Alves Sporting 10 Alex Bunbury Marítimo
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Porto 24,882 2 Sporting 15,029 3 Benfica 8,706 4 Marítimo 8,176 5 Vitória SC 7,412 6 Braga 6,676 7 Farense 6,412 8 Boavista 5,941 9 Felgueiras 5,588 10 Chaves 5,324 11 Os Belenenses 4,412 12 União de Leiria 4,088 13 Salgueiros 3,824 14 Gil Vicente 3,765 15 Campomaiorense 3,618 16 Tirsense 3,471 17 Leça 3,459 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,724Source:
References
External links Portugal 1995-96 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1995/1996