The 1989–90 Primeira Divisão was the 56th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 20 August 1989 with a match between Chaves and Penafiel, and ended on 20 May 1990. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as the defending champions.

Porto qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup first round, Estrela da Amadora qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Benfica, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the 1990–91 UEFA Cup first round. Portimonense and Feirense were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Magnusson was the top scorer with 33 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Espinho Fafe Farense Leixões Académico de Viseu

Espinho, Fafe, Farense, Leixões and Académico de Viseu were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1988–89 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra União da Madeira Feirense Tirsense

The other five teams were replaced by União da Madeira, Feirense and Tirsense from the Liga de Honra, as the league dropped from 20 to 18 teams.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Head coach City Stadium1988–89 finish Beira-Mar Jean Thissen Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 15th Belenenses Hristo Mladenov Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 7th Benfica Sven-Göran Eriksson Lisbon Estádio da Luz 1st Boavista Raul Águas Porto Estádio do Bessa 3rd Braga Vítor Manuel Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 6th Chaves José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 13th Estrela da Amadora João Alves Amadora Estádio José Gomes 8th Feirense Henrique Nunes Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 2nd in Segunda Divisão Marítimo Quinito Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 12th Nacional Fernando Pires Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th Penafiel Carlos Alhinho Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 14th Portimonense José Torres Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 11th Porto Artur Jorge Porto Estádio das Antas 2nd Sporting Manuel José Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 4th Tirsense Prof. Neca Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 3rd in Segunda Divisão União da Madeira Rui Mâncio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 1st in Segunda Divisão Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Autuori Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 9th Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 5th

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Penafiel Carlos Alhinho 22 October 1989 18th José Augusto 23 October 1989 Belenenses Hristo Mladenov 29 October 1989 11th Moisés Andrade 5 November 1989 Boavista Raul Águas 5 November 1989 10th Manuel Barbosa 6 November 1989 Marítimo Quinito 5 November 1989 13th Ferreira da Costa 3 December 1989 Portimonense José Torres 19 November 1989 17th Quinito 20 November 1989 Nacional Fernando Pires 26 November 1989 18th Jair Picerni 4 December 1989 Sporting Manuel José 10 December 1989 4th Vítor Damas 11 December 1989 Sporting Vítor Damas 23 December 1989 4th Raul Águas 24 December 1989 Beira-Mar Jean Thissen 28 January 1990 12th Vítor Urbano 29 January 1990 Portimonense Quinito 4 March 1990 18th Manuel de Oliveira 5 March 1990 Penafiel José Augusto 14 April 1990 16th Joaquim Teixeira 15 April 1990 Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes 21 April 1990 5th Conhé 25 April 1990

League standings

Results

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Magnusson Benfica 33 2 Rui Águas Porto 18 3 Getov Portimonense 15 4 Madjer Porto 13 5 Ricky Estrela da Amadora 12 Isaías Boavista 7 Mladenov Vitória de Setúbal 11 Jorge Andrade Boavista Chiquinho Conde Belenenses Demol Porto Source:

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Porto 43,824 2 Benfica 40,588 3 Sporting 29,294 4 Vitória SC 15,412 5 Braga 12,588 6 Beira-Mar 12,294 7 Boavista 10,647 8 Vitória FC 10,412 9 Os Belenenses 8,794 10 Tirsense 8,471 11 Marítimo 8,265 12 Estrela da Amadora 7,471 13 Feirense 7,471 14 Penafiel 6,294 15 Portimonense 5,882 16 Chaves 5,765 17 CD Nacional 5,029 18 CF União 2,741

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Footnotes

External links Portugal 1989-90 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library