1954–55 Primeira Divisão

21st season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

Primeira Liga
Season	1954–55
Champions	Benfica 8th title
Relegated	Vitória de Guimarães Boavista
European Cup	Sporting CP
Matches played	182
Goals scored	640 (3.52 per match)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 Primeira Divisão was the 21st season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

GD CUF class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1954–55 Liga

It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	18	3	5	61	20	+41	39
2	Belenenses	26	17	5	4	63	28	+35	39
3	Sporting CP	26	15	7	4	73	27	+46	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
4	Porto	26	12	6	8	51	34	+17	30
5	Braga	26	12	5	9	52	42	+10	29
6	Académica	26	10	5	11	53	52	+1	25
7	CUF Barreiro	26	10	5	11	45	52	−7	25
8	Vitória de Setúbal	26	8	6	12	37	52	−15	22
9	Atlético CP	26	9	4	13	42	52	−10	22
10	Lusitano	26	9	3	14	40	70	−30	21
11	Barreirense	26	7	6	13	25	38	−13	20
12	Sporting da Covilhã	26	8	4	14	32	53	−21	20
13	Boavista (R)	26	7	4	15	33	71	−38	18	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Vitória de Guimarães (R)	26	5	7	14	33	49	−16	17	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CUF	LUS	POR	SCP	SCO	VGU	VSE
Académica		1–2	1–0	2–2	3–7	1–0	4–1	5–1	7–4	1–3	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1
Atlético CP	1–2		1–0	2–2	1–2	8–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Barreirense	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1
Belenenses	6–2	5–2	3–0		1–2	6–0	2–3	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–2
Benfica	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		11–0	0–1	1–1	7–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	5–0
Boavista	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–3		2–1	2–2	4–1	5–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1
Braga	4–1	4–2	4–0	2–3	0–1	1–0		2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–0
CUF Barreiro	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	0–1	5–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	4–3	2–1
Lusitano Évora	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–3		2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Porto	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	9–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Sporting CP	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	5–2	6–0	9–1	5–1		4–0	2–0	7–2
Sporting da Covilhã	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–2		2–1	2–0
Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–3		6–3
Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–5	4–0	2–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

v t e 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

v t e 1954–55 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)

v t e 1954–55 in European football (UEFA)
« 1953–54 1955–56 »
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