- Overview
- League standings
- Details of participants
- League results
- Leading scorer
- Promotion and relegation 1962/1963
- Footnotes
- External links
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| competition = Primeira Liga
| season = 1961-62
| winners = Sporting CP
11th title
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| matches = 182
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| prevseason = 1960–61
| nextseason = 1962–63
}}Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1961/1962 season. OverviewIt was contested by 14 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship. League standings{{1961–62 Primeira Divisão table}}Details of participantsDetails of the 14 participants are provided below: | Clubs | Seasons at this level | Settlements | Season joined league | Position in 1960/1961 | | Benfica | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 1 | | Sporting | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 2 | | FC Porto | 28 seasons | Porto | 1934/1935 | 3 | | Belenenses | 28 seasons | Lisbon | 1934/1935 | 5 | | Académica | 27 seasons | Coimbra | 1949/1950 | 7 | | Vitória Guimarães | 18 seasons | Guimarães | 1958/1959 | 4 | | Atlético | 16 seasons | Lisbon | 1959/1960 | 10 | | Sporting Covilhã | 13 seasons | Covilhã | 1958/1959 | 9 | | Olhanense | 11 seasons | Olhão | 1961/1962 | Segunda Divisão | | Lusitano Évora | 10 seasons | Évora | 1952/1953 | 11 | | CUF | 9 seasons | Barreiro | 1954/1955 | 6 | | Salgueiros | 6 seasons | Porto | 1960/1961 | 12 | | Leixões | 5 seasons | Matosinhos | 1959/1960 | 8 | | Beira Mar | 1 season | Aveiro | 1961/1962 | Segunda Divisão |
League results | SP | PT | BF | CUF | BL | AT | LX | OL | VG | AC | BM | LE | SC | SG | | Sporting | | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | | FC Porto | 0-2 | | 2-1 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | Benfica | 3-3 | 1-1 | | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 7-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 8-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 8-1 | | CUF | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-3 | | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 6-2 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | | Belenenses | 0-1 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | | 0-2 | 6-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | | Atlético | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 7-0 | | Leixões | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | | 2-0 | 2-3 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 | | Olhanense | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | | 1-0 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | | Vitória Guimarães | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-0 | | 3-0 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 6-1 | | Académica | 0-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | | 7-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 8-1 | | Beira Mar | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | | Lusitano Évora | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 2-1 | | 3-0 | 2-1 | | Sporting Covilhã | 0-2 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1-2 | | 4-2 | | Salgueiros | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 1-1 | |
Leading scorerAzumir Veríssimo (Futebol Clube do Porto) was the top scorer of the season with 23 goals. | Rank | Player | Club | Goals | | 1 | Azumir | BRA}} | FC Porto | 23 |
Promotion and relegation 1962/1963- Relegation to
- //Segunda Divisão">Segunda Divisão
- Beira Mar
- Sporting Covilhã
- Salgueiros
- Promotion to
- //Primeira Divisão">Primeira Divisão
- Vitória Setúbal
- Barreirense
- Feirense
FootnotesExternal links- Portugal 1961-62 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
- [https://www.thefinalball.com/edicao.php?id_edicao=86 Portuguese League 1960/61 - footballzz.co.uk]
- Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library
{{Portuguese Liga seasons}}{{1961–62 in European football (UEFA)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1961-62 Primeira Divisao}} 3 : Primeira Liga seasons|1961–62 in Portuguese football|1961–62 in European association football leagues |