1993–94 Primeira Divisão
# 1993–94 Primeira Divisão

The 1993–94 Primeira Divisão was the 60th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 22 August 1993 with a match between Estoril-Praia and Beira-Mar, and ended on 2 June 1994. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.

Benfica won their 30th league title and qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto qualified for the 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Paços de Ferreira, Famalicão and Estoril-Praia were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Yekini was the top scorer with 21 goals.

## Promotion and relegation

### Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

* Tirsense
* Espinho
* Chaves

Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1992-93 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Estrela da Amadora
* União da Madeira
* Vitória de Setúbal

The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, União da Madeira, Vitória de Setúbal from the Liga de Honra.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 1992–93 finish |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Beira-Mar | Zoran Filipovic | Aveiro | Estádio Mário Duarte | 8th |
| Belenenses | Abel Braga | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 7th |
| Benfica | Toni | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 2nd |
| Boavista | Manuel José | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 4th |
| Braga | António Oliveira | Braga | Estádio Primeiro de Maio | 12th |
| Estoril | Fernando Santos | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 13th |
| Estrela da Amadora | João Alves | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 1st in Divisão de Honra |
| Famalicão | Piruta | Vila Nova de Famalicão | Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho | 14th |
| Farense | Paco Fortes | Faro | Estádio de São Luís | 6th |
| Gil Vicente | Vítor Oliveira | Barcelos | Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo | 9th |
| Marítimo | Edinho | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 5th |
| Paços de Ferreira | Vítor Urbano | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 10th |
| Porto | Tomislav Ivic | Porto | Estádio das Antas | 1st |
| Salgueiros | Mário Reis | Porto | Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro | 15th |
| Sporting | Bobby Robson | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 3rd |
| União da Madeira | Ernesto Paulo | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 2nd in Divisão de Honra |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Bernardino Pedroto | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 11th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Raul Águas | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 3rd in Divisão de Honra |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belenenses | Abel Braga | 16 October 1993 | 9th | José António | 24 October 1993 |
| Famalicão | Piruta | 21 November 1993 | 17th | Abel Braga | 28 November 1993 |
| Sporting | Bobby Robson | 30 November 1993 | 2nd | Carlos Queiroz | 5 December 1993 |
| Marítimo | Edinho | 19 December 1993 | 6th | Paulo Autuori | 30 December 1993 |
| Porto | Tomislav Ivic | 23 January 1994 | 3rd | Bobby Robson | 6 February 1994 |
| Belenenses | José António | 23 January 1994 | 12th | José Romão | 6 February 1994 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Vítor Urbano | 6 March 1994 | 14th | Jaime Pacheco | 13 March 1994 |
| Braga | António Oliveira | 13 March 1994 | 12th | Prof. Neca | 27 March 1994 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Jaime Pacheco | 8 May 1994 | 16th | Carlos Padrão | 15 May 1994 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 52 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Boavista | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 34 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Farense | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 33 | |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 31 | |
| 11 | Salgueiros | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | União da Madeira | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 31 | |
| 13 | Belenenses | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 29 | |
| 15 | Braga | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 28 | |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 17 | Famalicão (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 72 | −46 | 22 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |
| 18 | Estoril (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 18 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão de Honra |

* ↑ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | EdA | FAM | FAR | GVI | MAR | PAÇ | POR | SAL | SCP | UNI | VGU | VSE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beira-Mar | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Belenenses | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Benfica | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Boavista | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Braga | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Estoril | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Famalicão | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Farense | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Marítimo | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Porto | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Salgueiros | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| União da Madeira | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yekini | Vitória Setúbal | 21 |
| 2 | Drulovic | Gil Vicente / Porto | 18 |
| 3 | Kostadinov | Porto | 16 |
| 3 | Hassan | Farense | 16 |
| 5 | Balakov | Sporting | 15 |
| 5 | Chiquinho Conde | Vitória Setúbal | 15 |
| 5 | João Pinto | Benfica | 15 |
| 9 | Isaías | Benfica | 12 |
| 10 | Ziad | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 |
| 10 | Ricardo Lopes | Estrela Amadora | 11 |
| 10 | Jorge Andrade | Marítimo | 11 |
| 10 | Ricardo Sá Pinto | Salgueiros | 11 |

Source: Foradejogo

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Teams". Footballzz. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
* ↑ "Primeira Divisão 1993-94 – Top Scorers". foradejogo. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
