The regional champions from the Algarve, Lisbon, Madeira, Porto FAs were invited to take part in this newly formed tournament.
Due to organizational and financial problems, the Algarve and Madeira FAs could not participate and, thus, the competition only fixtured two teams: the Lisbon champions, Sporting CP; and the Porto champions, FC Porto.
The winner of the inaugural Campeonato de Portugal was determined by a 'best-of-three' series.
Due to organizational and financial problems, the Algarve and Madeira FAs could not participate and, thus, the competition only fixtured two teams: Sporting CP, the Lisbon Champions, and FC Porto, the Porto champions.
After a 1–1 series tie, the third and final game took place at a neutral venue, the Campo do Bessa, where Porto defeated Sporting CP 3–1 to win the first Campeonato de Portugal.