1936–37 Campeonato da Liga

The 1936–37 Campeonato da Liga was the third season of top-tier football in Portugal. Although the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship, the Primeira Liga winners are considered the national champions.^[1]

Primeira Liga

Season	1936–37
Champions	Benfica 2nd title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	265 (4.73 per match)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Overview

 

 

Académica

 

 

 

Porto

 

Leixões

 

Setúbal

 

 

Belenenses

 

Carcavelinhos

 

Benfica

 

Sporting

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Location of teams in the 1936–37 Liga

It was contested by 8 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Benfica (C)	14	12	0	2	57	13	+44	24
2	Belenenses	14	11	1	2	46	17	+29	23
3	Sporting CP	14	9	2	3	54	25	+29	20
4	Porto	14	6	2	6	31	31	0	14
5	Académica	14	5	1	8	24	30	−6	11
6	Carcavelinhos	14	4	1	9	16	35	−19	9
7	Vitória de Setúbal	14	3	1	10	18	45	−27	7
8	Leixões	14	2	0	12	19	69	−50	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	CAR	LEI	POR	SCP	VSE
Académica		3–5	1–3	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–2	2–0
Belenenses	2–3		1–0	3–0	9–0	3–0	1–1	5–0
Benfica	2–1	2–0		5–1	10–2	6–0	5–1	8–1
Carcavelinhos	1–0	1–2	1–3		4–0	0–0	1–2	1–0
Leixões	0–3	3–5	0–6	4–1		0–5	2–7	5–1
Porto	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	6–1		2–2	7–0
Sporting CP	7–2	2–3	1–4	8–0	4–0	9–1		5–1
Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	1–5	1–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "FPF confirms: Sporting only has 18 national titles". Oservador. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.