Statistics of

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

in the 1961–62 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

won the championship.

Details of participants

Campeonato de Portugal de primeira divisao 1961-1962

Details of the 14 participants are provided below:

League standings

Results

Leading scorer

Azumir Veríssimo Azumir Luis Casimiro Veríssimo, or just Azumir (7 June 1935 – 2 December 2012) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Azumir was born in Rio de Janeiro. Heplayed in Brazil for Madureira Atlético Clube and ...

(

Futebol Clube do Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Port ...

) was the top scorer of the season with 23 goals.

Promotion and relegation 1962/1963

;Relegation to

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* Beira Mar *

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* Salgueiros ;Promotion to

Primeira Divisão The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga P ...

* Vitória Setúbal * Barreirense * Feirense

Footnotes

External links

Portugal 1961–62 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)

Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk

Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library
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