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The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.[1]
| Season | 1960–61 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Benfica 11th title |
| Relegated | Braga Barreirense |
| European Cup | S.L. Benfica Sporting CP |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Leixões |
| Fairs Cup | Belenenses |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 589 (3.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | José Águas (27 goals) |
← 1959–60 1961–62 → | |
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.[2][3]
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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 92 | 21 | +71 | 46 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Sporting CP[a] | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 42 | |
| 3 | Porto | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 33 | |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 30 | |
| 5 | Belenenses | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 28 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | CUF Barreiro | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 26 | |
| 7 | Académica | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Leixões | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 23 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Sporting da Covilhã | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 21 | |
| 10 | Atlético CP | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 21 | |
| 11 | Lusitano de Évora | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 21 | |
| 12 | Salgueiros | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 20 | |
| 13 | Braga (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 19 | Relegated to Segunda Divisão |
| 14 | Barreirense (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 8 |
- Sporting CP qualified because Benfica were title holders in the European Cup.
| Home \ Away | ACA | ACP | BAR | BEL | BEN | BRA | CUF | LEI | LUS | POR | SAL | SCP | SCO | VGU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Atlético CP | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Barreirense | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Belenenses | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Benfica | 4–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | |
| Braga | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| CUF Barreiro | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Leixões | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Lusitano de Évora | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Porto | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Salgueiros | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| Sporting da Covilhã | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.[1]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Águas |  |
S.L. Benfica | 27 |
- Relegation to Segunda Divisão
- Promotion to Primeira Divisão
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