1956–57 Primeira Divisão

The 1956–57 Primeira Divisão was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga

Season	1956–57
Champions	Benfica 9th title
Relegated	Covilhã Atlético
European Cup	Benfica
Matches played	182
Goals scored	681 (3.74 per match)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Overview

Belenenses

Benfica

Sporting

Lusitano G.C.

Setúbal

Atlético

Porto

Barreirense

Covilhã

Caldas S.C.

S.C.U. Torreense

Oriental

Académica de Coimbra

GD CUF

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Location of teams in the 1956–57 Liga

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	17	7	2	75	25	+50	41	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Porto	26	18	4	4	86	23	+63	40
3	Belenenses	26	13	7	6	74	50	+24	33
4	Sporting CP	26	12	7	7	62	28	+34	31
5	Lusitano de Évora	26	13	4	9	57	51	+6	30
6	Académica	26	12	4	10	45	33	+12	28
7	Torreense	26	10	4	12	44	50	−6	24
8	Oriental	26	8	7	11	27	44	−17	23
9	CUF Barreiro	26	9	3	14	35	69	−34	21
10	Vitória de Setúbal	26	8	4	14	40	59	−19	20
11	Barreirense	26	8	4	14	39	62	−23	20
12	Caldas	26	6	7	13	32	63	−31	19
13	Sporting da Covilhã (R)	26	7	4	15	33	62	−29	18	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
14	Atlético CP (R)	26	6	4	16	32	62	−30	16

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

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ACP	BAR	BEL	BEN	CAL	CUF	LUS	ORI	POR	SCP	SCO	SCT	VSE
Académica		2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	8–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–0
Atlético CP	1–0		2–2	2–4	0–5	2–2	4–1	3–7	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	3–0
Barreirense	2–3	3–3		2–1	2–4	4–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2
Belenenses	3–2	4–2	4–0		2–2	5–0	5–1	5–0	5–1	4–3	2–2	2–0	6–2	5–1
Benfica	2–0	4–0	10–1	2–2		1–0	6–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	6–0	3–0	4–0
Caldas	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4		2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–7	3–2	3–1	3–5
CUF Barreiro	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0		5–3	2–0	2–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1
Lusitano Évora	3–1	5–0	3–2	5–2	1–2	2–0	3–1		0–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–1
Oriental	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1		0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Porto	5–1	0–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	7–1	5–0		2–0	8–1	2–0	4–1
Sporting CP	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	6–0	8–0	1–1	3–1	2–1		7–1	3–1	4–0
Sporting da Covilhã	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–3		2–4	2–0
Torreense	2–1	1–0	3–2	6–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–0	5–0		1–4
Vitória de Setúbal	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–7	0–0	2–1	2–3

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