1936–37 Campeonato da Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	1936–37
Champions	Benfica 2nd title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	265 (4.73 per match)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 Campeonato da Liga was the third season of top-tier football in Portugal. Although the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship, the Primeira Liga winners are considered the national champions.^[1]

Overview

Location of teams in the 1936–37 Liga

It was contested by 8 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Benfica (C)	14	12	0	2	57	13	+44	24
2	Belenenses	14	11	1	2	46	17	+29	23
3	Sporting CP	14	9	2	3	54	25	+29	20
4	Porto	14	6	2	6	31	31	0	14
5	Académica	14	5	1	8	24	30	−6	11
6	Carcavelinhos	14	4	1	9	16	35	−19	9
7	Vitória de Setúbal	14	3	1	10	18	45	−27	7
8	Leixões	14	2	0	12	19	69	−50	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	CAR	LEI	POR	SCP	VSE
Académica		3–5	1–3	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–2	2–0
Belenenses	2–3		1–0	3–0	9–0	3–0	1–1	5–0
Benfica	2–1	2–0		5–1	10–2	6–0	5–1	8–1
Carcavelinhos	1–0	1–2	1–3		4–0	0–0	1–2	1–0
Leixões	0–3	3–5	0–6	4–1		0–5	2–7	5–1
Porto	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	6–1		2–2	7–0
Sporting CP	7–2	2–3	1–4	8–0	4–0	9–1		5–1
Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	1–5	1–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "FPF confirms: Sporting only has 18 national titles". Oservador. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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List of champions Top scorers

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Domestic leagues	Albania '36 '37 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '36 '37 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '36 '37 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37–'38 Lithuania '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Palestine Poland '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '36 '37 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '37) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria England France Germany '36 '37 Italy Latvia '36 '37 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '36 '37 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Spain '36 Soviet Union '36 '37 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '36 '37

v t e 1936–37 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Campeonato da Liga Segunda Liga
Domestic cups	Campeonato de Portugal (Final)