The 1997–98 Primeira Divisão was the 64th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 1997 with a match between Varzim and Porto, and ended on 17 May 1998. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the second round. Braga qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, and V. Guimarães, Sporting CP and Marítimo qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Leça, Varzim and Belenenses were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Mário Jardel was the top scorer with 26 goals.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Espinho União de Leiria Gil Vicente
Espinho, União de Leiria and Gil Vicente, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1996–97 season.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Campomaiorense Varzim Académica
The other three teams were replaced by Campomaiorense, Varzim and Académica from the Liga de Honra.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Head coach City Stadium1996–97 finish Académica Henrique Calisto Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 3rd in Divisão de Honra Belenenses Mladenov Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 13th Benfica Manuel José Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd Boavista Mário Reis Porto Estádio do Bessa 7th Braga Castro Santos Braga Estádio Primeiro de Maio 4th Campomaiorense Bernardino Pedroto Campo Maior Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia 1st in Divisão de Honra Chaves José Romão Chaves Estádio Municipal de Chaves 10th Estrela da Amadora Fernando Santos Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th Farense Paco Fortes Faro Estádio de São Luís 11th Leça Rodolfo Reis Leça da Palmeira Estádio do Leça FC 14th Marítimo Augusto Inácio Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8th Porto António Oliveira Porto Estádio das Antas 1st Rio Ave Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 15th Salgueiros Carlos Manuel Porto Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro 6th Sporting Octávio Machado Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd Varzim Horácio Gonçalves Póvoa de Varzim Estádio do Varzim Sport Club 2nd in Divisão de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Jaime Pacheco Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 12th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Benfica Manuel José 20 September 1997 11th Mário Wilson 21 September 1997 Leça Rodolfo Reis 28 September 1997 16th Vítor Manuel 29 September 1997 Belenenses Mladenov 5 October 1997 17th Manuel Cajuda 6 October 1997 Campomaiorense Bernardino Pedroto 19 October 1997 17th João Alves 20 October 1997 Benfica Mário Wilson 1 November 1997 5th Graeme Souness 2 November 1997 Sporting Octávio Machado 1 November 1997 4th Francisco Vital 2 November 1997 Vitória de Guimarães Jaime Pacheco 2 November 1997 3rd Quinito 3 November 1997 Chaves José Romão 9 November 1997 18th Manuel Correia 10 November 1997 Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes 9 November 1997 14th Barrios 10 November 1997 Sporting Francisco Vital 6 December 1997 5th Vicente Cantatore 7 December 1997 Boavista Mário Reis 12 December 1997 15th Jaime Pacheco 13 December 1997 Salgueiros Carlos Manuel 20 December 1997 6th Dito 21 December 1997 Sporting Vicente Cantatore 21 December 1997 5th Carlos Manuel 22 December 1997 Académica Coimbra Henrique Calisto 31 January 1997 15th José Romão 15 February 1998 Chaves Manuel Correia 11 January 1998 17th Álvaro Magalhães 12 January 1998 Braga Castro Santos 19 January 1998 10th Alberto Pazos 20 January 1998 Varzim Horácio Gonçalves 22 March 1998 16th António Miranda 23 March 1998 Vitória de Setúbal Barrios 5 April 1998 13th Carlos Cardoso 6 April 1998
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mário Jardel Porto 26 2 Nuno Gomes Benfica 18 3 Ayew Boavista 16 4 Isaías Campomaiorense 14 Karoglan Braga 6 Nandinho Salgueirs 13 7 Gilmar Vitória de Guimarães 12 Constantino Jardim Leça Artur Jorge Vicente Braga 10 Vali Gasimov Vitória de Setúbal 11 Alex Bunbury Marítimo Source:
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Benfica 31,588 2 Porto 24,353 3 Sporting 15,176 4 Vitória SC 9,353 5 Braga 8,000 6 Académica 7,941 7 Farense 5,647 8 Boavista 5,588 9 Marítimo 5,353 10 Varzim 4,882 11 Vitória FC 4,765 12 Rio Ave 4,529 13 Campomaiorense 3,706 14 Chaves 3,647 15 Salgueiros 3,500 16 Os Belenenses 2,824 17 Leça 2,824 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,735Source:
References
External links Portugal 1997-98 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library