1982–83 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1982–83
Champions	Benfica; 25th title
Relegated	Marítimo; Amora; Alcobaça
European Cup	Benfica (first round)
Cup Winners' Cup	F.C. Porto (first round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round); Vitória de Guimarães (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	570 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Gomes (36 goals)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Primeira Divisão was the 49th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	30	22	7	1	67	13	+54	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	30	20	7	3	73	18	+55	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Sporting CP	30	18	6	6	48	25	+23	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	30	11	10	9	35	24	+11	32	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Boavista	30	12	6	12	32	38	−6	30
6	Braga	30	13	3	14	41	43	−2	29
7	Vitória de Setúbal	30	12	5	13	29	33	−4	29
8	Rio Ave	30	13	3	14	43	45	−2	29
9	Portimonense	30	11	7	12	35	31	+4	29
10	Salgueiros	30	9	9	12	26	36	−10	27
11	Estoril	30	9	8	13	26	39	−13	26
12	Varzim	30	8	10	12	23	39	−16	26
13	Espinho	30	9	7	14	23	37	−14	25
14	Marítimo (R)	30	8	9	13	26	38	−12	25	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15	Amora (R)	30	6	6	18	23	55	−32	18
16	Alcobaça (R)	30	4	7	19	20	56	−36	15

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the other finalist, Benfica, had qualified for the European Cup.

Home \ Away	ALC	AMO	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	EST	MAR	PTM	POR	RAV	SAL	SCP	VAR	VGU	VSE
Alcobaça		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0
Amora	2–0		1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0
Benfica	8–1	4–2		3–0	6–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	8–0	1–0	1–1
Boavista	1–0	3–0	2–2		0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Braga	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–3		4–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	3–0
Espinho	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1		2–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Estoril	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–1
Marítimo	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1
Portimonense	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	6–0	3–0		1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Porto	2–1	4–0	0–0	6–0	5–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	2–0		4–0	5–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–0
Rio Ave	4–1	1–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	6–1	2–1	0–3		3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Salgueiros	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Sporting CP	4–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	6–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	4–2	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–0
Varzim	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1
Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	7–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1		3–0
Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Fernando Gomes	Porto	36
2	Nené	Benfica	21
3	N'Habola	Rio Ave	20
4	Rui Jordão	Sporting	18
5	Mickey Walsh	Porto	15
6	Zoran Filipović	Benfica	14
7	António Oliveira	Sporting	11
8	Diamantino	Benfica	10
8	Raul Águas	Portimonense	10
10	Vítor Madeira	Estoril	9
	Reinaldo	Boavista
	António Sousa	Porto

Top-level football seasons in Portugal
Campeonato da Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Primeira Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Primeira Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of champions Top scorers

1982–83 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup (Final)
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
« 1981–82 1983–84 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '82 '83 England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden '82 '83 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup