1986–87 Primeira Divisão

Primeira Liga
Season	1986–87
Champions	Benfica; 27th title
European Cup	Benfica; Porto (defending champions)
Cup Winners' Cup	Sporting CP (first round)
UEFA Cup	Vitória de Guimarães (first round); Chaves (first round); Belenenses (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paulinho Cascavel (22 goals)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Primeira Divisão was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica (C)	30	20	9	1	51	23	+28	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto^[a]	30	20	6	4	67	22	+45	46	Qualification to European Cup first round
3	Vitória de Guimarães	30	14	13	3	45	22	+23	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Sporting CP	30	15	8	7	52	28	+24	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Chaves	30	13	7	10	39	38	+1	33	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Belenenses	30	13	4	13	52	40	+12	30	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Varzim	30	8	13	9	24	29	−5	29
8	Boavista	30	9	9	12	34	36	−2	27
9	Braga	30	10	6	14	32	34	−2	26
10	Académica	30	7	12	11	22	34	−12	26
11	Portimonense	30	8	10	12	27	47	−20	26
12	Marítimo	30	9	7	14	34	49	−15	25
13	Rio Ave	30	8	9	13	33	40	−7	25
14	Salgueiros	30	6	12	12	22	40	−18	24
15	Farense	30	7	7	16	33	47	−14	21
16	O Elvas	30	3	8	19	16	54	−38	14

Source: RSSSF^[1] and footballzz.co.uk^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	FAR	MAR	ELV	PTM	POR	RAV	SAL	SCP	VAR	VGU
Académica		3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Belenenses	3–0		1–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	5–1	5–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–1
Benfica	2–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Boavista	0–0	3–1	0–2		1–0	1–3	0–0	5–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Braga	0–0	0–1	–^[a]	0–0		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1
Chaves	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–2		3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Farense	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0		2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–4
Marítimo	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0		5–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
O Elvas	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0
Portimonense	2–0	1–5	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Porto	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	8–3	1–0	6–0	5–0		3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Rio Ave	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2
Salgueiros	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–0
Sporting CP	1–1	4–2	7–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		3–0	1–1
Varzim	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Braga and Benfica was abandoned when the score was 1–1 and scored 0–3 loss for both teams.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	22
2	Fernando Gomes	Porto	21
3	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting	17
4	Raphael Meade	Sporting	15
4	Jorge Andrade	Farense	15
6	Richard Mapuata	Belenenses	14
7	Stoycho Mladenov	Belenenses	13
7	Rui Águas	Benfica	13
9	Radoslav Zdravkov	Chaves	11
9	Chico Faria	Rio Ave	11