1990–91 Primeira Liga
| Season | 1990–91 |
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| Champions |
Benfica 29th title |
| Relegated |
Tirsense Vitória de Setúbal Estrela da Amadora Belenenses Nacional |
| European Cup | Benfica (First round) |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Porto (first round) |
| UEFA Cup |
Sporting CP (first round) Boavista (first round) Salgueiros (first round) |
| Matches played | 342 |
| Goals scored | 874 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rui Águas (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Chaves 6–0 Beira-Mar (28 April 1991) |
| Biggest away win |
Penafiel 2–5 Sporting CP (26 August 1990) |
| Highest scoring |
Tirsense 4–4 Boavista (12 January 1991) Braga 6–2 Nacional (2 February 1991) |
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The 1990–91 Primeira Divisão was the 57th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 1990 with a match between Farense and Nacional, and ended on 26 May 1991. The league was contested by 20 clubs with Porto as the defending champions.
Benfica qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup first round, Porto qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Salgueiros qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup first round; in opposite, Tirsense, Vitória de Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Belenenses and Nacional were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Rui Águas was the top scorer with 25 goals.
Portimonense and Feirense were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1989-90 season.
The other two teams were replaced by Salgueiros, Gil Vicente, Farense and Famalicão from the Liga de Honra, as the league increase from 18 to 20 teams.
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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