The 1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the 57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match between Farense and Nacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Benfica qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Salgueiros qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Portimonense Feirense
Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1989-90 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Salgueiros Gil Vicente Farense Famalicão
The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1989–90 finish Beira-Mar Vítor Urbano Aveiro Estádio Mário Duarte 11th Belenenses Henri Depireux Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 6th Benfica Sven-Göran Eriksson Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista João Alves Porto Estádio do Bessa 8th Braga Raul Águas Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 12th Chaves Manuel Barbosa Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 5th Estrela da Amadora Manuel Fernandes Amadora Estádio José Gomes 13th Famalicão Abel Braga Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 4th in Segunda Divisão Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 3rd in Segunda Divisão Gil Vicente Rodolfo Reis Barcelos Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo 2nd in Segunda Divisão Marítimo Ferreira da Costa Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th Nacional Jair Picerni Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 14th Penafiel Joaquim Teixeira Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 15th Porto Artur Jorge Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Salgueiros Zoran Filipovic Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 1st in Segunda Divisão Sporting CP Marinho Peres Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd Tirsense Prof. Neca Santo Tirso Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo 9th União da Madeira Rui Mâncio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 16th Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Autuori Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th Vitória de Setúbal José Romão Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 7th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Autuori 23 September 1990 13th Pedro Rocha 24 September 1990 Marítimo Ferreira da Costa 23 September 1990 17th Paulo Autuori 24 September 1990 Penafiel Joaquim Teixeira 30 September 1990 20th Vítor Manuel 1 October 1990 Braga Raul Águas 28 October 1990 19th Carlos Garcia 29 October 1990 Belenenses Henri Depireux 21 October 1990 19th Antônio Lopes 1 November 1990 Boavista João Alves 14 November 1990 5th Raul Águas 9 December 1990 Vitória de Setúbal José Romão 2 December 1990 19th Quinito 3 December 1990 Chaves Manuel Barbosa 23 December 1990 18th José Romão 24 December 1990 Belenenses Antônio Lopes 6 January 1991 18th Moisés Andrade 7 January 1991 Vitória de Guimarães Pedro Rocha 12 January 1991 12th João Alves 13 January 1991 Estrela da Amadora Manuel Fernandes 27 January 1991 15th Jesualdo Ferreira 28 January 1991 Nacional Jair Picerni 2 February 1991 17th Manuel de Oliveira 3 February 1991 Nacional Manuel de Oliveira 14 April 1991 20th Amaro Cavalcante 15 April 1991
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Rui Águas Benfica 25 2 Domingos Porto 24 3 Fernando Gomes Sporting 22 4 Ricky Estrela da Amadora 15 5 Yekini Vitória de Setúbal 13 Jorge Andrade Boavista 7 Geraldão Porto 12 Curcic Farense 9 Rudi Chaves 11 Marlon Brandão Boavista Tozé Salgueiros Source:
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Benfica 42,368 2 Porto 32,947 3 Sporting 30,368 4 Beira-Mar 11,605 5 Braga 10,368 6 Vitória SC 10,105 7 Boavista 10,000 8 Famalicão 9,842 9 Farense 9,553 10 Marítimo 8,842 11 Vitória FC 8,184 12 Estrela 8,026 13 Os Belenenses 7,658 14 Gil Vicente 7,368 15 Penafiel 7,316 16 Tirsense 6,132 17 Salgueiros 5,789 18 Chaves 5,737 19 CD Nacional 4,684 20 CF União 3,247
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References
External links Portugal 1990-91 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library