1955–56 Primeira Divisão

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Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1955/1956 season.

Primeira Liga
Season	1955–56
Champions	FC Porto 4th title
Relegated	S.C. Braga
European Cup	FC Porto
Matches played	182
Goals scored	674 (3.7 per match)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Overview[]

Sporting

Porto

GD CUF

Location of teams in the 1955–56 Liga

It was contested by 14 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	26	18	7	1	77	20	+57	43	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Benfica	26	19	5	2	76	31	+45	43
3	Belenenses	26	16	5	5	67	25	+42	37
4	Sporting CP	26	15	6	5	54	27	+27	36
5	Sporting da Covilhã	26	11	7	8	52	44	+8	29
6	Barreirense	26	8	7	11	40	60	−20	23
7	Torreense	26	7	8	11	32	42	−10	22
8	Lusitano de Évora	26	6	9	11	38	55	−17	21
9	Vitória de Setúbal	26	7	6	13	57	64	−7	20
10	CUF Barreiro	26	6	8	12	33	58	−25	20
11	Caldas	26	6	7	13	29	50	−21	19
12	Atlético CP	26	6	7	13	47	62	−15	19
13	Académica	26	8	3	15	36	52	−16	19
14	Braga (R)	26	5	3	18	36	84	−48	13	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

References[]

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Campeonato da Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Primeira Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Primeira Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Top scorers

show v t 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
« 1954–55 1956–57 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Iceland Norway '55 '56 Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Wales
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup