1939–40 Primeira Divisão

The 1939–40 Primeira Divisão season was the sixth season of top-tier football in Portugal. The season was marked by a controversy regarding the teams qualified from Porto FA Regional Championship.[1]

Primeira Divisão
Season1939–40
ChampionsF.C. Porto
3rd title
Matches played90
Goals scored431 (4.79 per match)

Due to an administrative battle between FC Porto and Académico do Porto regarding a Regional Championship game that ended with only 43 minutes after the start and later repeated (which FC Porto won) according to a Porto FA decision, the Portuguese Federation came out with a decision to satisfy both clubs, expanding Primeira Divisão to 10 teams (one more from Porto FA and another from Setúbal FA) and annulling the result from the repetition match. With this decision, FC Porto lost the Regional title and finished third; Leixões SC became the new regional champion, ahead second-placed Académico. All three teams qualified for the 1939–40 Primeira Divisão.[2]

Overview
Location of teams in the 1939–40 Divisão

It was contested by 10 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Porto (C) 18 17 0 1 76 21 +55 34
2 Sporting CP 18 15 2 1 87 23 +64 32
3 Belenenses 18 11 3 4 58 21 +37 25
4 Benfica 18 11 1 6 58 34 +24 23
5 Barreirense 18 8 3 7 27 39 −12 19
6 Académica 18 7 3 8 42 54 −12 17
7 Carcavelinhos 18 4 2 12 26 49 −23 10
8 Académico 18 3 2 13 24 53 −29 8
9 Leixões 18 1 5 12 26 70 −44 7
10 Vitória de Setúbal 18 1 3 14 7 67 −60 5
Source:
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away ACA ACD BAR BEL BEN CAR LEI POR SCP VSE
Académica 5–2 5–1 2–2 5–4 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–5 5–0
Académico 8–2 0–1 2–3 1–5 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0
Barreirense 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 0–0 3–1
Belenenses 5–0 6–1 6–0 2–0 1–0 9–0 0–1 0–0 8–0
Benfica 4–1 1–0 5–1 4–2 3–2 7–2 2–3 1–3 9–1
Carcavelinhos 0–4 3–2 2–3 1–5 1–3 5–2 2–3 2–5 0–0
Leixões 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–3 4–1 2–5 2–9 1–1
Porto 6–0 6–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 6–0 5–1 4–2 11–0
Sporting CP 6–1 11–2 7–3 4–1 3–1 4–0 8–1 4–3 12–0
Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–4 0–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. Tovar 2011, p. 191.
  2. Stadium Newspaper, 10 January 1940

Sources
  • Tovar, Rui (2011). Almanaque do FC Porto 1893–2011 (in Portuguese). Alfragide: Caderno. ISBN 9789892315430.
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