1956–57 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season1956–57
ChampionsBenfica
9th title
RelegatedCovilhã
Atlético
European CupBenfica
Matches played182
Goals scored681 (3.74 per match)

The 1956–57 Primeira Divisão was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

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Location of teams in the 1956–57 Liga

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 26 17 7 2 75 25 +50 41 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Porto 26 18 4 4 86 23 +63 40
3 Belenenses 26 13 7 6 74 50 +24 33
4 Sporting CP 26 12 7 7 62 28 +34 31
5 Lusitano de Évora 26 13 4 9 57 51 +6 30
6 Académica 26 12 4 10 45 33 +12 28
7 Torreense 26 10 4 12 44 50 −6 24
8 Oriental 26 8 7 11 27 44 −17 23
9 CUF Barreiro 26 9 3 14 35 69 −34 21
10 Vitória de Setúbal 26 8 4 14 40 59 −19 20
11 Barreirense 26 8 4 14 39 62 −23 20
12 Caldas 26 6 7 13 32 63 −31 19
13 Sporting da Covilhã (R) 26 7 4 15 33 62 −29 18 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14 Atlético CP (R) 26 6 4 16 32 62 −30 16
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ACA ACP BAR BEL BEN CAL CUF LUS ORI POR SCP SCO SCT VSE
Académica 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 8–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0
Atlético CP 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–5 2–2 4–1 3–7 0–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–0
Barreirense 2–3 3–3 2–1 2–4 4–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–2
Belenenses 3–2 4–2 4–0 2–2 5–0 5–1 5–0 5–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 6–2 5–1
Benfica 2–0 4–0 10–1 2–2 1–0 6–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 6–0 3–0 4–0
Caldas 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–7 3–2 3–1 3–5
CUF Barreiro 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 5–3 2–0 2–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Lusitano Évora 3–1 5–0 3–2 5–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 4–1
Oriental 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Porto 5–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 7–1 5–0 2–0 8–1 2–0 4–1
Sporting CP 1–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 6–0 8–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 7–1 3–1 4–0
Sporting da Covilhã 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 2–4 2–0
Torreense 2–1 1–0 3–2 6–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–4
Vitória de Setúbal 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–7 0–0 2–1 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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