1934–35 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 1934–35
Champions Porto
Matches played 56
Goals scored 258 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win Porto 7-0 Académico do Porto
Belenenses 7-0 Académico do Porto
Biggest away win Académica de Coimbra 0-6 Sporting CP
Highest scoring Porto 7-4 União Lisboa

The 1934–35 Primeira Liga season was the first season of top-tier football in Portugal. Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, this was experimental competition and the winners of that competition were named "League champions". Despite that, a Portuguese Championship in a knock-out cup format was the most popular and defined the Portuguese champion.[1]

Overview

Location of teams in the 1934–35 Liga

For the tournament, there were invited 8 clubs from the 4 major Portuguese District Football Associations: 4 teams from AF Lisboa, 2 from AF Porto, 1 from AF Setúbal and 1 from AF Coimra. F.C. Porto won the championship. There wore not relegations neither promotions, since the qualification was based on the results of the Regional Championships.[2]

League standings

[3]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Porto (C) 14 10 2 2 43 19+24 22
2 Sporting CP 14 8 4 2 39 20+19 20
3 Benfica 14 8 3 3 41 23+18 19
4 Belenenses 14 8 2 4 45 20+25 18
5 Vitória de Setúbal 14 7 2 5 26 24+2 16
6 União Lisboa 14 3 2 9 30 4919 8
7 Académico 14 2 2 10 20 5434 6
8 Académica 14 1 1 12 14 4935 3
1934–35 I Liga Winners

FC Porto
1st Title

References