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1960–61 Primeira Divisão

27th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Field	Value
competition	Primeira Divisão
season	1960–61
winners	Benfica
11th title
relegated	Braga
Barreirense
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	S.L. Benfica
Sporting CP
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Leixões
continentalcup3	Fairs Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Belenenses
matches	182
total goals	589
league topscorer	José Águas
(27 goals)
prevseason	1959–60
nextseason	1961–62

11th title Barreirense Sporting CP (27 goals) The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting CP to also qualify for the European Cup. Leixões S.C. qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and C.F. Os Belenenses for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The two lowest placed teams of the competition, S.C. Braga and F.C. Barreirense were relegated to the Segunda Divisão.

Details of participants

''Location of teams in 1960–61 Primeira Liga''

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:

Clubs	Seasons at this level	Settlements	Season joined league	Position in 1959–1960
Benfica	27 seasons	Lisbon	1934–1935	1
Sporting CP	27 seasons	Lisbon	1934–1935	2
Belenenses	27 seasons	Lisbon	1934–1935	3
Porto	27 seasons	Porto	1934–1935	4
Académica de Coimbra	26 seasons	Coimbra	1949–1950	6
Vitória de Guimarães	17 seasons	Guimarães	1958–1959	7
Atlético CP	15 seasons	Lisbon	1959–1960	11
Barreirense	14 seasons	Barreiro	1960–1961	Segunda Divisão
Sporting de Braga	13 seasons	Braga	1957–1958	12
Sporting da Covilhã	12 seasons	Covilhã	1958–1959	9
Lusitano de Évora	9 seasons	Évora	1952–1953	10
CUF Barreiro	8 seasons	Barreiro	1954–1955	5
Salgueiros	5 seasons	Porto	1960–1961	Segunda Divisão
Leixões	4 seasons	Matosinhos	1959–1960	8

League standings

Results

Top scorer

José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Águas	POR	S.L. Benfica

Promotion and relegation 1961–62

;Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Braga
Barreirense

;Promotion to Primeira Divisão

Olhanense
Beira Mar

References

"Portugal - Table of Honor - soccer library". soccer library.
(2001). "Portugal 1960-61 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)".
"Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero.

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