1954–55 Primeira Divisão

The 1954–55 Primeira Divisão was the 21st season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1954–55
Champions	Benfica 8th title
Relegated	Vitória de Guimarães Boavista
European Cup	Sporting CP
Matches played	182
Goals scored	640 (3.52 per match)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Overview

 

 

Belenenses

 

Benfica

 

Sporting

 

Lusitano G.C.

 

Setúbal

 

Atlético

 

Porto

 

Barreirense

 

Boavista

 

Covilhã

 

Vitória S.C.

 

S.C. Braga

 

Académica de Coimbra

 

GD CUF

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Location of teams in the 1954–55 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	18	3	5	61	20	+41	39
2	Belenenses	26	17	5	4	63	28	+35	39
3	Sporting CP	26	15	7	4	73	27	+46	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
4	Porto	26	12	6	8	51	34	+17	30
5	Braga	26	12	5	9	52	42	+10	29
6	Académica	26	10	5	11	53	52	+1	25
7	CUF Barreiro	26	10	5	11	45	52	−7	25
8	Vitória de Setúbal	26	8	6	12	37	52	−15	22
9	Atlético CP	26	9	4	13	42	52	−10	22
10	Lusitano	26	9	3	14	40	70	−30	21
11	Barreirense	26	7	6	13	25	38	−13	20
12	Sporting da Covilhã	26	8	4	14	32	53	−21	20
13	Boavista (R)	26	7	4	15	33	71	−38	18	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Vitória de Guimarães (R)	26	5	7	14	33	49	−16	17

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CUF	LUS	POR	SCP	SCO	VGU	VSE
Académica		1–2	1–0	2–2	3–7	1–0	4–1	5–1	7–4	1–3	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1
Atlético CP	1–2		1–0	2–2	1–2	8–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Barreirense	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1
Belenenses	6–2	5–2	3–0		1–2	6–0	2–3	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–2
Benfica	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		11–0	0–1	1–1	7–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	5–0
Boavista	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–3		2–1	2–2	4–1	5–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1
Braga	4–1	4–2	4–0	2–3	0–1	1–0		2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–0
CUF Barreiro	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	0–1	5–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	4–3	2–1
Lusitano Évora	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Porto	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	9–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Sporting CP	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	5–2	6–0	9–1	5–1		4–0	2–0	7–2
Sporting da Covilhã	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–2		2–1	2–0
Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–3		6–3
Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–5	4–0	2–2

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

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