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Primeira Liga
Organising body	Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP)
Founded	1934; 90 years ago
Country	Portugal
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18 (since 2014–15)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga Portugal 2
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Portugal; Supertaça
League cup(s)	Taça da Liga
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League; UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Sporting CP (20th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Benfica (38 titles)
Most appearances	Manuel Fernandes (486)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Peyroteo (332)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	ligaportugal.pt
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The Primeira Liga (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmɐjɾɐ ˈliɣɐ]), officially known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, it is contested by 18 teams since the 2014–15 season, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Liga Portugal 2 and replaced by the top-three non-reserve teams from this division.^[a]

Founded in 1934 as Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão, it was named Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão from 1938 until 1999, when it was changed to its current naming. Over 70 teams have competed in the Primeira Liga, but only five have been crowned champions. Among them, the "Big Three" teams – Benfica (38 wins), Porto (30) and Sporting CP (20) – have won all but two Primeira Liga titles; the other winners are Belenenses (1945–46) and Boavista (2000–01).^[2]

The Primeira Liga has increased its reputation in recent years, occupying the sixth place of UEFA's national league ranking, as of 2021. It broke into the top five for the first time in the 2011–12 season, passing the French Ligue 1, one of the historical "big five" European leagues, for the first time since 1990. The Primeira Liga also reached a world ranking of fourth according to IFFHS's 2011 ranking.^[3]

History[edit]

Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, a competition on a round-basis was already being held – the Primeira Liga (Premier League) and the winners of that competition were named "League champions". Despite that, a Championship of Portugal in a knock-out cup format was the most popular and defined the Portuguese champion, although the winners of this competition no longer count as Portuguese football champions.^{[citation needed]}

Then, with the reform, a round-robin basis competition was implemented as the most important of the calendar and began defining the Portuguese champion. From 1938 to 1999, the name Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão (National Championship of the First Division) or just Primeira Divisão (First Division), was used.^[4]

Porto won the inaugural edition of the new league championship and successfully defended the title in the next season. In 1939–40 the tournament was expanded from eight to ten clubs, due to an administrative battle between 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 Porto FA decision. FPF came out with a decision to satisfy both clubs, expanding the championship 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 in 3rd, Leixões SC became the new regional champion, while Académico was 2nd place. All 3 teams qualified for 1939–40 Primeira Divisão.^[5]

In the 1941–42 season, it was decided to expand the championship from eight to ten teams to admit Braga FA and Algarve FA champions (until this season only the top teams from Porto, Coimbra, Lisboa and Setúbal were admitted).^[6] Porto finished the regional championship in third place again, which did not grant entry into the Primeira Liga.^[7] However, a second expand (from 10 to 12) in the same season was decided, which allowed the club to participate.^[8]

After the 1945–46 season, the qualifying system based on regional championships was abandoned and adopted a pyramid system, with relegations and promotions between the 3 tiers. The clubs in Primeira Divisão, Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão no longer had to play their district championships on the same season as they had been doing since the first seasons of the Liga.^[6] Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;

8 clubs: 1934–1939
10 clubs: 1939–1940
8 clubs: 1940–1941
12 clubs: 1941–1942
10 clubs: 1942–1945
12 clubs: 1945–1946
14 clubs: 1946–1971
16 clubs: 1971–1987
20 clubs: 1987–1989
18 clubs: 1989–1990
20 clubs: 1990–1991
18 clubs: 1991–2006
16 clubs: 2006–2014
18 clubs: 2014–present

When the Portuguese League for Professional Football took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999, it was renamed "Primeira Liga" (Premier League).^{[citation needed]}

"Big Three" performance over the last 10 seasons
Season	Benfica	Porto	Sporting
2013–14	1	3	2
2014–15	1	2	3
2015–16	1	3	2
2016–17	1	2	3
2017–18	2	1	3
2018–19	1	2	3
2019–20	2	1	4
2020–21	3	2	1
2021–22	3	1	2
2022–23	1	2	4
2023–24	2		1

Big Three[edit]

"The Big Three" (Portuguese: Os Três Grandes) is a nickname for the three most powerful sports clubs in Portugal. With the exception of Belenenses in 1945–46 and Boavista in 2000–01, only three clubs have won the Primeira Liga title – Benfica (38 times), Porto (30) and Sporting CP (20). These three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions (thus, appearing more frequently in UEFA competitions) and are the only clubs to have played in every season of the competition.

These clubs dominate Portuguese football, and it has become typical for fans to support any of these teams as a "first club", with a local team probably coming afterwards, if at all. The "Big Three" have the highest average attendance ratings every season in Portugal, while many other teams, lacking support from the locals, have suffered from poor attendance. The lack of support for local teams is considered to be one of the main reasons why Portuguese Football registers one of the worst attendance ratings in European Football's best championships, alongside the broadcast of almost all the games on television. In other sports, the rivalry between the big clubs is also considerable and it usually leads to arguments between the fans and players.^[9]

Benfica is the club with most league, cup and league cup titles, as well as the most domestic titles (81) and overall titles won (83 or 84, if the Latin Cup is taken into account), including back-to-back European Cup trophies. Porto is the club with most Portuguese Super Cups and international titles won (7).

Sporting CP holds the third place when it comes to the most league and cup titles. Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have won two consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, reaching ten European finals: seven European Cups and three UEFA Cup/Europa League, and was runner-up in two Intercontinental Cups. Porto is the only Portuguese club since 1987 to have won any international competition (excluding the UEFA Intertoto Cup), gathering a total of two European Cup/UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues, one European Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cups and finished runner-up in one European Cup Winner's Cup and three UEFA Super Cups. Sporting won one European Cup Winner's Cup and was runner-up in one UEFA Cup. Apart from the big three, Braga won the last UEFA Intertoto Cup and was runner-up in one UEFA Europa League.^[10]^[11]

Official match ball[edit]

2002–2004: Adidas Fevernova
2004–2006: Adidas Roteiro
2006–2007: Adidas +Teamgeist
2008: Adidas Europass
2008–2009: Adidas Europass Portugal
2009–2010: Adidas Terrapass Liga Sagres
2010–2011: Adidas Jabulani
2011: Adidas Speedcell
2012: Adidas Tango 12
2013: Adidas Cafusa
2014: Adidas Brazuca
2015: Adidas Conext15^[15]
2016: Adidas Errejota^[16]
2016–18: Nike Ordem
2018–19: Nike Merlin
2019–20: Select Brillant Super TB
2020–21: Select Brillant Super TB
2021–22: Select Brillant Super TB
2023–24: Puma Orbita

Competition[edit]

Since the 2014–15 season, there are 18 clubs in the Primeira Liga, up from 16 in the previous seasons. During the course of a season, each club plays all teams twice – once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's stadium – for a total of 34 games. At the end of each season, the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Segunda Liga and the top two teams from Segunda Liga are promoted to the Primeira Liga.

Qualification for European competitions[edit]

The top teams in Primeira Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top two teams entering the group stage directly. The third placed team enters the playoffs for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League; if they fail to qualify, they enter the UEFA Europa League, along with the fourth placed team and the Taça de Portugal cup winners. If the Taça de Portugal cup winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League through league placing, the berth is given to the fifth placed team.

UEFA ranking[edit]

UEFA League Ranking as of the 2023–24 season:^[17]

Clubs[edit]

Lisbon

Lisbon teams:
Benfica
Casa Pia
Sporting CP

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga (Mainland)

Benfica

Sporting

Casa Pia

Est. Amadora

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga (Lisbon area)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022–23	1st season in Primeira Liga	No. of seasons in Primeira Liga	1st season of current spell	No. of seasons of current spell	League titles	Last title
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	5th	2013–14	7	2021–22	3	0	-
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st	1934–35	90	1934–35	90	38	2022–23
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	28,263	9th	1935–36	61	2014–15	10	1	2000–01
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	3rd	1947–48	68	1975–76	49	0	-
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Nacional^[18]	37,593	10th	1938–39	3	2022–23	2	0	-
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,400	7th	1985–86	18	2022–23	2	0	-
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,015	14th	1944–45	29	2021–22	3	0	-
Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	7,000	3rd (LP2)	1988–89	16	2023–24	1	0	-
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,307	8th	1946–47	10	2019–20	5	0	-
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	2nd (LP2)	1970–71	24	2023–24	1	0	-
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,504	13th	1990–91	22	2019–20	5	0	-
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	1st (LP2)	2002–03	12	2023–24	1	0	-
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,204	15th	1976–77	21	2017–18	7	0	-
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,033	2nd	1934–35	90	1934–35	90	30	2021–22
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	9,065	12th	1979–80	29	2022–23	2	0	-
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,095	4th	1934–35	90	1934–35	90	19	2020–21
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	6th	1941–42	79	2007–08	17	0	-
Vizela	Vizela	Estádio do FC Vizela	6,000	11th	1984–85	4	2021–22	3	0	-

Attendance[edit]

Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP. They have also the biggest stadiums in Portugal, with more than 50,000 seats. Other clubs, such as Vitória de Guimarães and Braga, also have good attendances. Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Setúbal, Boavista, Belenenses, and Marítimo are historical clubs, with more than 30 top-flight seasons, from the biggest Portuguese cities, and have also many supporters. However, they do not have big attendances nowadays. Their stadiums have between 10,000 and 30,000 seats.

The 2017–18 season saw the following average attendance by club:^[19]

	Club	Average	Stadium capacity	Attendance(%)	Accumulated	Stadium
1	Benfica	53,209	64,642	82.93%	904,553	Estádio da Luz
2	Sporting CP	43,623	50,044	87.16%	741,599	Estádio José Alvalade
3	Porto	42,674	50,431	85.29%	725,461	Estádio do Dragão
4	Vitória de Guimarães	16,015	30,008	53.37%	272,255	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
5	Braga	11,706	30,286	38.65%	198,998	Estádio Municipal de Braga
6	Marítimo	7,072	10,932	66.93%	120,216	Estádio dos Barreiros
7	Boavista	5,623	30,000	20.55%	95,585	Estádio do Bessa
8	Vitória de Setúbal	4,111	13,468	28.80%	69,890	Estádio do Bonfim
9	Feirense	3,907	5,600	71.69%	66,412	Estádio Marcolino de Castro
10	Rio Ave	3,889	9,065	43.42%	66,116	Estádio do Rio Ave FC
11	Chaves	3,627	9,000	40.89%	61,658	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira
12	Paços de Ferreira	3,507	6,404	38.63%	59,612	Estádio da Mata Real
13	Belenenses	3,344	19,856	22.27%	56,851	Estádio do Restelo
14	Portimonense	3,158	9,544	64.04%	53,693	Estádio Municipal de Portimão
15	Aves	2,635	5,441	44.69%	44,803	Estádio do CD Aves
16	Tondela	2,373	5,000	47.46%	40,344	Estádio João Cardoso
17	Estoril	2,275	8,000	28.83%	38,673	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
18	Moreirense	2,264	6,153	36.80%	38,494	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril

List of champions and top scorers[edit]

Clubs										Players
	Season	Champions	Points	Runners-up	Points	Third place	Points	Teams	Rounds	Bola de Prata (Top Scorer)	Club	Goals
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
	1934–35	Porto	22	Sporting CP	20	Benfica	19	8	14	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	14
	1935–36	Benfica	21	Porto	20	Sporting CP	18	8	14	Pinga	Porto	21
	1936–37	Benfica (2)	24	Belenenses	23	Sporting CP	19	8	14	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	24
	1937–38	Benfica (3)	23	Porto	23	Sporting CP	22	8	14	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	34
Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão
	1938–39	Porto (2)	23	Sporting CP	22	Benfica	21	8	14	Costuras	Porto	18
	1939–40	Porto (3)	34	Sporting CP	32	Belenenses	25	10	18	F. Peyroteo / S. Kodrnja	Sporting CP / Porto	29
	1940–41	Sporting CP	23	Porto	20	Belenenses	19	8	14	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	29
	1941–42	Benfica (4)	38	Sporting CP	34	Belenenses	30	12	22	Correia Dias	Porto	36
	1942–43	Benfica (5)	30	Sporting CP	29	Belenenses	28	10	18	Julinho	Benfica	24
	1943–44	Sporting CP (2)	31	Benfica	26	Atlético CP	24	10	18	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	28
	1944–45	Benfica (6)	30	Sporting CP	27	Belenenses	27	10	18	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	21
	1945–46	Belenenses	38	Benfica	37	Sporting CP	32	12	22	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	37
	1946–47	Sporting CP (3)	47	Benfica	41	Porto	33	14	26	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	43
	1947–48	Sporting CP (4)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	37	14	26	António Araújo	Porto	36
	1948–49	Sporting CP (5)	42	Benfica	37	Belenenses	35	14	26	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	40
	1949–50	Benfica (7)	45	Sporting CP	39	Atlético CP	30	14	26	Julinho	Benfica	29
	1950–51	Sporting CP (6)	45	Porto	34	Benfica	30	14	26	Manuel Vasques	Sporting CP	29
	1951–52	Sporting CP (7)	41	Benfica	40	Porto	36	14	26	José Águas	Benfica	28
	1952–53	Sporting CP (8)	43	Benfica	39	Belenenses	36	14	26	Matateu	Belenenses	29
	1953–54	Sporting CP (9)	43	Porto	36	Benfica	32	14	26	João Martins	Sporting CP	31
	1954–55	Benfica (8)	39	Belenenses	39	Sporting CP	37	14	26	Matateu	Belenenses	32
	1955–56	Porto (4)	43	Benfica	43	Belenenses	37	14	26	José Águas	Benfica	28
	1956–57	Benfica (9)	41	Porto	40	Belenenses	33	14	26	José Águas	Benfica	30
	1957–58	Sporting CP (10)	43	Porto	43	Benfica	36	14	26	Arsénio Duarte	CUF do Barreiro	23
	1958–59	Porto (5)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	38	14	26	José Águas	Benfica	26
	1959–60	Benfica (10)	45	Sporting CP	43	Belenenses	36	14	26	Edmur Ribeiro	Vitória de Guimarães	25
	1960–61	Benfica (11)	46	Sporting CP	42	Porto	33	14	26	José Águas	Benfica	27
	1961–62	Sporting CP (11)	43	Porto	41	Benfica	36	14	26	Veríssimo	Porto	23
	1962–63	Benfica (12)	48	Porto	42	Sporting CP	38	14	26	José Augusto Torres	Benfica	26
	1963–64	Benfica (13)	46	Porto	40	Sporting CP	34	14	26	Eusébio	Benfica	28
	1964–65	Benfica (14)	43	Porto	37	CUF do Barreiro	35	14	26	Eusébio	Benfica	28
	1965–66	Sporting CP (12)	42	Benfica	41	Porto	34	14	26	Eusébio / E. Figueiredo	Benfica / Sporting CP	25
	1966–67	Benfica (15)	43	Académica	40	Porto	39	14	26	Eusébio	Benfica	31
	1967–68	Benfica (16)	41	Sporting CP	37	Porto	36	14	26	Eusébio	Benfica	42
	1968–69	Benfica (17)	39	Porto	37	Vitória de Guimarães	36	14	26	Manuel António	Académica	19
	1969–70	Sporting CP (13)	46	Benfica	38	Vitória de Setúbal	36	14	26	Eusébio	Benfica	20
	1970–71	Benfica (18)	41	Sporting CP	38	Porto	37	14	26	Artur Jorge	Benfica	23
	1971–72	Benfica (19)	55	Vitória de Setúbal	45	Sporting CP	43	16	30	Artur Jorge	Benfica	27
	1972–73	Benfica (20)	58	Belenenses	40	Vitória de Setúbal	38	16	30	Eusébio	Benfica	40
	1973–74	Sporting CP (14)	49	Benfica	47	Vitória de Setúbal	45	16	30	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	46
	1974–75	Benfica (21)	49	Porto	44	Sporting CP	43	16	30	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	30
	1975–76	Benfica (22)	50	Boavista	48	Belenenses	40	16	30	Rui Jordão	Benfica	30
	1976–77	Benfica (23)	51	Sporting CP	42	Porto	41	16	30	Fernando Gomes	Porto	26
	1977–78	Porto (6)	51	Benfica	51	Sporting CP	42	16	30	Fernando Gomes	Porto	25
	1978–79	Porto (7)	50	Benfica	49	Sporting CP	42	16	30	Fernando Gomes	Porto	27
	1979–80	Sporting CP (15)	52	Porto	50	Benfica	45	16	30	Rui Jordão	Sporting CP	31
	1980–81	Benfica (24)	50	Porto	48	Sporting CP	37	16	30	Nené	Benfica	20
	1981–82	Sporting CP (16)	46	Benfica	44	Porto	43	16	30	Jacques Pereira	Porto	27
	1982–83	Benfica (25)	51	Porto	47	Sporting CP	42	16	30	Fernando Gomes	Porto	36
	1983–84	Benfica (26)	52	Porto	49	Sporting CP	42	16	30	Fernando Gomes / Nené	Porto / Benfica	21
	1984–85	Porto (8)	55	Sporting CP	47	Benfica	43	16	30	Fernando Gomes	Porto	39
	1985–86	Porto (9)	49	Benfica	47	Sporting CP	46	16	30	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting CP	30
	1986–87	Benfica (27)	48	Porto	46	Vitória de Guimarães	41	16	30	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	22
	1987–88	Porto (10)	66	Benfica	51	Belenenses	48	20	38	Paulinho Cascavel	Sporting CP	23
	1988–89	Benfica (28)	63	Porto	56	Boavista	49	20	38	Vata	Benfica	16
	1989–90	Porto (11)	59	Benfica	55	Sporting CP	46	18	34	Mats Magnusson	Benfica	33
	1990–91	Benfica (29)	69	Porto	67	Sporting CP	57	20	38	Rui Águas	Benfica	25
	1991–92	Porto (12)	56	Benfica	46	Boavista	44	18	34	Ricky	Boavista	30
	1992–93	Porto (13)	54	Benfica	52	Sporting CP	45	18	34	Jorge Cadete	Sporting CP	18
	1993–94	Benfica (30)	54	Porto	52	Sporting CP	51	18	34	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	21
	1994–95	Porto (14)	62	Sporting CP	53	Benfica	49	18	34	Hassan Nader	Farense	21
	1995–96	Porto (15)	84	Benfica	73	Sporting CP	67	18	34	Domingos Paciência	Porto	25
	1996–97	Porto (16)	85	Sporting CP	72	Benfica	58	18	34	Mário Jardel	Porto	30
	1997–98	Porto (17)	77	Benfica	68	Vitória de Guimarães	59	18	34	Mário Jardel	Porto	26
	1998–99	Porto (18)	79	Boavista	71	Benfica	65	18	34	Mário Jardel	Porto	36
Primeira Liga
	1999–2000	Sporting CP (17)	77	Porto	73	Benfica	69	18	34	Mário Jardel	Porto	37
	2000–01	Boavista	77	Porto	76	Sporting CP	62	18	34	Pena	Porto	22
	2001–02	Sporting CP (18)	75	Boavista	70	Porto	68	18	34	Mário Jardel	Sporting CP	42
	2002–03	Porto (19)	86	Benfica	75	Sporting CP	59	18	34	Fary Faye	Beira-Mar	18
	2003–04	Porto (20)	82	Benfica	74	Sporting CP	73	18	34	Benni McCarthy	Porto	20
	2004–05	Benfica (31)	65	Porto	62	Sporting CP	61	18	34	Liédson	Sporting CP	25
	2005–06	Porto (21)	79	Sporting CP	72	Benfica	67	18	34	Albert Meyong	Belenenses	17
	2006–07	Porto (22)	69	Sporting CP	68	Benfica	67	16	30	Liédson	Sporting CP	15
	2007–08	Porto (23)	75⁽¹⁾	Sporting CP	55	Vitória de Guimarães	53	16	30	Lisandro López	Porto	24
	2008–09	Porto (24)	70	Sporting CP	66	Benfica	59	16	30	Nenê	Nacional	20
	2009–10	Benfica (32)	76	Braga	71	Porto	68	16	30	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	26
	2010–11	Porto (25)	84	Benfica	63	Sporting CP	48	16	30	Hulk	Porto	23
	2011–12	Porto (26)	75	Benfica	69	Braga	62	16	30	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	20
	2012–13	Porto (27)	78	Benfica	77	Paços de Ferreira	54	16	30	Jackson Martínez	Porto	26
	2013–14	Benfica (33)	74	Sporting CP	67	Porto	61	16	30	Jackson Martínez	Porto	20
	2014–15	Benfica (34)	85	Porto	82	Sporting CP	76	18	34	Jackson Martínez	Porto	21
	2015–16	Benfica (35)	88	Sporting CP	86	Porto	73	18	34	Jonas	Benfica	32
	2016–17	Benfica (36)	82	Porto	76	Sporting CP	70	18	34	Bas Dost	Sporting CP	34
	2017–18	Porto (28)	88	Benfica	81	Sporting CP	78	18	34	Jonas	Benfica	34
	2018–19	Benfica (37)	87	Porto	85	Sporting CP	74	18	34	Haris Seferovic	Benfica	23
	2019–20	Porto (29)	82	Benfica	77	Braga	60	18	34	Carlos Vinícius	Benfica	18
	2020–21	Sporting CP (19)	85	Porto	80	Benfica	76	18	34	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting CP	23
	2021–22	Porto (30)	91	Sporting CP	85	Benfica	74	18	34	Darwin Núñez	Benfica	26
	2022–23	Benfica (38)	87	Porto	85	Braga	78	18	34	Mehdi Taremi	Porto	22
	2023–24	Sporting CP (20)		Benfica				18	34

Before 1995–96, the points were awarded in a format of two points for a win. In that season, Primeira Liga switched to the now standard three points for a win system.
(1) Porto saw six points subtracted for corruption allegations in the Apito Dourado,^[20] but they recovered those points in July 2017.

Performance by club[edit]

All Primeira Liga champions have come from either Lisbon or Porto.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Benfica	38	30	1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23	1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2023–24
Porto	30	29	1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22	1935–36, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23
Sporting CP	20	22	1940–41, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2020–21, 2023–24	1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1984–85, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2021–22
Boavista	01	03	2000–01	1975–76, 1998–99, 2001–02
Belenenses	01	03	1945–46	1936–37, 1954–55, 1972–73
Braga	00	01	—	2009–10
Vitória de Setúbal	00	01	—	1971–72
Académica	00	01	—	1966–67

All-time Primeira Liga table[edit]

The all-time Primeira Liga table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Primeira Liga since its inception in 1934. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2022–23 season.^[21] For comparison, older seasons have been calculated according to the three-points-per-win rule.

Pos	Team	S	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	T	Debut	Since/ Last App	Best	Notes
1	Benfica	89	5683	2534	1738	469	326	6111	2213	3898	38	29	17	4	–	1	89	1934–35	1934–35	1	^[A]
2	Porto	89	5570	2534	1705	455	380	5627	2222	3405	30	29	13	11	3	1	87	1934–35	1934–35	1	^[A]
3	Sporting CP	89	5255	2534	1577	524	433	5503	2395	3108	20	22	29	14	4	–	88	1934–35	1934–35	1	^[A]
4	Vitória de Guimarães	78	3263	2324	904	551	869	3257	3258	-1	–	–	4	10	13	14	41	1941–42	2007–08	3
5	Belenenses	77	3158	2146	877	527	742	3352	2745	607	1	3	14	9	8	8	43	1934–35	2017–18	1
6	Braga	67	2935	2058	818	481	759	2837	2798	39	–	1	3	16	6	3	29	1947–48	1975–76	2
7	Vitória de Setúbal	72	2590	2072	694	508	870	2794	3119	-325	–	1	3	2	9	6	21	1934–35	2019–20	2
8	Boavista	60	2550	1840	693	471	676	2385	2536	-151	1	3	2	10	4	5	25	1935–36	2014–15	1
9	Académica	64	1935	1704	516	387	801	2346	3003	-657	–	1	–	2	6	8	17	1934–35	2015–16	2
10	Marítimo	43	1760	1414	472	383	559	1573	1805	-232	–	–	–	–	6	5	11	1977–78	2022–23	5
11	Rio Ave	28	1091	908	278	257	373	951	1191	-240	–	–	–	–	3	2	5	1979–80	2022–23	5
12	Estoril	28	986	840	258	212	370	1113	1323	-210	–	–	–	2	3	–	5	1944–45	2021–22	4
13	Paços de Ferreira	24	923	784	234	221	329	839	1106	-267	–	–	1	–	1	2	4	1990–91	2022–23	3
14	Beira-Mar	27	896	858	218	242	398	883	1340	-457	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1961–62	2012–13	6
15	Farense	24	888	788	229	201	358	827	1141	-314	–	–	–	–	1	2	3	1970–71	2023–24	5
16	Gil Vicente	22	832	740	214	190	336	752	1007	-255	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	1990–91	2019–20	5
17	Nacional	20	802	656	210	172	274	773	917	-144	–	–	–	2	2	1	5	1988–89	2020–21	4
18	Salgueiros	24	774	740	197	183	360	804	1377	-573	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1943–44	2001–02	5
19	CUF Barreiro	23	769	610	207	148	255	828	1003	-175	–	–	1	2	2	1	6	1942–43	1975–76	3	^[B]
20	Portimonense	20	744	644	197	154	295	676	874	-198	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1976–77	2017–18	5
21	Leixões	25	713	670	183	164	323	750	1186	-436	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1936–37	2009–10	5
22	União de Leiria	18	711	584	184	159	241	620	771	-151	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	1979–80	2011–12	5
23	Atlético CP	24	710	632	192	134	306	976	1285	-309	–	–	2	1	1	3	7	1943–44	1976–77	3
24	Varzim	21	683	618	169	176	273	638	913	-275	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1963–64	2002–03	5
25	Chaves	17	679	582	172	163	247	643	813	-170	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	1985–86	2022–23	5
26	Barreirense	24	617	592	166	119	307	758	1195	-437	–	–	–	1	2	4	7	1937–38	1978–79	4
27	Estrela da Amadora	16	608	540	144	176	220	521	680	-159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1988–89	2023–24	7
28	Olhanense	20	565	516	147	124	245	800	1057	-257	–	–	–	1	2	2	5	1941–42	2013–14	4
29	Sporting da Covilhã	15	457	406	126	79	201	585	834	-249	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	1947–48	1987–88	5
30	Moreirense	12	454	404	112	118	174	419	559	-140	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2002–03	2023–24	6
31	Penafiel	14	435	434	106	117	211	351	625	-274	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1980–81	2014–15	10
32	Lusitano de Évora	14	412	364	116	64	184	494	722	-228	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1952–53	1965–66	5
33	Famalicão	10	384	272	99	87	146	382	543	-161	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1946–47	2019–20	6
34	Sporting de Espinho	11	379	354	96	91	167	336	523	-187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1974–75	1996–97	7
35	Santa Clara	8	296	272	73	77	112	293	384	-91	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1999–2000	2022–23	6
36	Tirsense	8	268	256	65	73	118	219	370	-151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1967–68	1995–96	8
37	Tondela	7	235	238	61	52	125	251	378	-127	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2015–16	2021–22	10
38	Arouca	6	230	200	59	53	88	200	278	-78	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	2013–14	2021–22	5
39	União da Madeira	6	206	208	48	62	98	177	300	-123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1989–90	2015–16	10	^[C]
40	Naval 1º de Maio	6	193	184	49	46	89	160	255	-95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2005–06	2010–11	8	^[D]
41	Oriental	7	187	190	50	37	103	224	438	-214	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1950–51	1974–75	5
42	Alverca	5	181	170	48	37	85	192	266	-74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1998–99	2003–04	11
43	Campomaiorense	5	178	170	48	34	88	186	287	-101	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1995–96	2000–01	11	^[E]
44	Feirense	7	175	222	44	43	135	187	403	-216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1962–63	2018–19	8
45	Torreense	6	163	164	44	31	89	183	316	-133	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1955–56	1991–92	7
46	União de Tomar	6	162	172	43	33	96	178	331	-153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1968–69	1975–76	10
47	Desportivo das Aves	6	160	196	40	40	116	173	320	-147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1985–86	2019–20	13
48	O Elvas	5	148	146	37	37	72	211	283	-72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1947–48	1987–88	8
49	B-SAD	4	144	136	33	45	58	117	195	-78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2018–19	2021–22	9
50	Leça	4	124	124	33	25	66	120	231	-111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1941–42	1997–98	12
51	Académico de Viseu	4	105	128	27	24	77	81	237	-156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1978–79	1988–89	13
52	Caldas	4	103	104	26	25	53	124	235	-111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1955–56	1958–59	10
53	Vizela	3	92	98	22	26	50	102	167	-65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1984–85	2021–22	11
54	Montijo	3	89	90	23	20	47	91	155	-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1972–73	1976–77	13	^[F]
55	Amora	3	89	90	22	23	45	90	143	-53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1980–81	1982–83	12
56	Lusitano VRSA	3	72	78	21	9	48	94	210	-116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1947–48	1949–50	12
57	Sanjoanense	4	70	104	16	22	66	86	249	-163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1946–47	1968–69	10
58	Carcavelinhos	5	69	82	19	12	51	103	223	-120	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1935–36	1941–42	4	^[G]
59	Unidos de Lisboa	3	62	54	18	8	28	151	145	6	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1940–41	1942–43	4	^[H]
60	Académico do Porto	5	60	82	18	6	58	137	300	-163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1934–35	1941–42	7	^[I]
61	Elvas	2	54	48	17	3	28	108	167	-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1945–46	1946–47	9	^[J]
62	Casa Pia	2	44	48	12	8	28	43	96	-53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1938–39	2022–23	8
63	Fafe	1	41	38	9	14	15	29	47	-18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1988–89	1988–89	16
64	Felgueiras	1	33	34	8	9	17	29	47	-18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1995–96	1995–96	16	^[K]
65	Seixal	2	29	52	7	8	37	44	150	-106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1963–64	1964–65	12
66	Riopele	1	27	30	6	9	15	23	51	-28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1977–78	1977–78	15	^[L]
67	Águeda	1	26	30	7	5	18	25	55	-30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1983–84	1983–84	15
68	Trofense	1	23	30	5	8	17	25	42	-17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2008–09	16
69	União de Coimbra	1	22	30	5	7	18	22	54	-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1972–73	1972–73	15
70	Ginásio de Alcobaça	1	19	30	4	7	19	20	56	-36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1982–83	1982–83	16
71	União de Lisboa	1	11	14	3	2	9	30	49	-19	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1934–35	1934–35	6	^[G]
72	Oliveirense	1	11	22	3	2	17	22	73	-51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1945–46	1945–46	12

A. ^ Never relegated.

B. ^ Renamed Fabril in 2000.

C. ^ Club folded in 2021.

D. ^ Club folded in 2017. Successor club Naval 1893 was founded in 2017.

E. ^ Club ended football team in 2013.

F. ^ Club folded in 2007. Successor club Olímpico Montijo was founded in 2007.

G. ^ Merged to form Atlético CP in 1942.

H. ^ Club ended football team in 2009.

I. ^ Club ended football team in 1964.

J. ^ Merged to form O Elvas in 1947.

K. ^ Club folded in 2005. Successor club Felgueiras 1932 was founded in 2006.

L. ^ Club folded in 1984.

Last updated: 30 May 2021

	Primeira Liga
	Liga Portugal 2
	Liga 3
	Campeonato de Portugal
	Portuguese District Championships
	Clubs no longer in competition

Records[edit]

Team records[edit]

In 1972–73, Benfica became the first team to win the Portuguese league without defeat, with 58 points in 30 games (28 wins and 2 draws), the best efficiency ever obtained (96.7%) where 2 points were awarded for a victory. In that season, Benfica set the Portuguese league and European leagues record for most consecutive victories (23) – 29 wins overall, between 1971–72 and 1972–73. Benfica also set the league record for the greatest margin of victory in points over the second-placed team (18 points) in a 2 points per win championship.
In 1977–78, Benfica completed the Portuguese league unbeaten for the second time (21 wins and 9 draws).
In 1990–91, Benfica achieved the highest number of wins in a single season – 32 (out of 38 matches).
In 1998–99, Porto became the only team to win five consecutive titles.
In 2010–11, Porto won the Portuguese league without defeat, with 84 points in 30 games (27 wins and 3 draws), the best efficiency ever obtained (93.3%) where 3 points were awarded for a victory. That season, Porto also set the league record for the greatest margin of victory in points over the second-placed team (21 points) in a 3 points per win championship.
In 2012–13, Porto won the Portuguese league unbeaten for the second time (24 wins and 6 draws).
In 2020–21, Sporting CP set the record for the longest unbeaten run in a single season with 32 matches (25 wins and 7 draws) out of 34.
From 8 November 2020 to 21 April 2022, Porto set the record for the longest unbeaten run in the league: 58 matches (47 wins and 11 draws).
In 2021–22, Porto achieved a record 91 points in the Portuguese league (29 wins and 4 draws in 34 games).

Individual records[edit]

Appearances[edit]

As of 20 February 2021^[22]

Rank	Player	Appearances
1	Manuel Fernandes	486
2	António Sousa	484
3	João Vieira Pinto	476
4	Dinis Vital	442
5	António Veloso	437
6	Nené	422
6	Manuel Bento	422
8	Vítor Damas	416
9	João Pinto	408
10	Vítor Baía	406

Top scorers[edit]

As of 20 February 2021^[23]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Fernando Peyroteo	332
2	Eusébio	320
3	Fernando Gomes	319
4	José Águas	291
5	Nené	262
6	Manuel Fernandes	243
7	Matateu	219
8	José Torres	218
9	Arsénio Duarte	215
10	Rui Jordão	213

Player transfer fees[edit]

Top transfer fees paid by Primeira Liga clubs
Rank	Player	Fee (min.)	Date	Transfer		Reference(s)
1	Orkun Kökçü	€25M^[b]	10 June 2023	Feyenoord	Benfica	^[24]
2	Darwin Núñez	€24M	4 September 2020	Almería	Benfica	^[25]
3	Raúl Jiménez	€21.8M	21 July 2016	Atlético Madrid	Benfica	^[26]
4	Giannelli Imbula	€20M	1 July 2015	Marseille	Porto	^[27]
	Óliver Torres		9 February 2017	Atlético Madrid	Porto	^[28]
	Raúl de Tomás		3 July 2019	Real Madrid	Benfica	^[29]
	Julian Weigl		2 January 2020	Borussia Dortmund	Benfica	^[30]
	Everton Soares		14 August 2020	Grêmio	Benfica	^[31]
	Viktor Gyökeres		1 July 2023	Coventry City	Sporting CP	^[32]
	Arthur Cabral		10 August 2023	Fiorentina	Benfica	^[33]
10	Hulk	€19M	14 May 2011	Tokyo Verdy	Porto	^[34]

Top transfer fees received by Primeira Liga clubs
Rank	Player	Fee (min.)	Date	Transfer		Reference(s)
1	João Félix	€126M	3 July 2019	Benfica	Atlético Madrid	^[35]
2	Enzo Fernández	€121M	31 January 2023	Benfica	Chelsea	^[36]
3	Darwin Nuñez	€75M^[c]	13 June 2022	Benfica	Liverpool	^[37]
4	Rúben Dias	€68M	29 September 2020	Benfica	Manchester City	^[38]^[39]
5	Gonçalo Ramos	€65M	22 November 2023	Benfica	Paris Saint-Germain	^[40]
6	Manuel Ugarte	€60M	7 July 2023	Sporting CP	Paris Saint-Germain	^[41]
6	Otávio	€60M	22 August 2023	Porto	Al Nassr	^[42]
7	Bruno Fernandes	€55M^[d]	29 January 2020	Sporting CP	Manchester United	^[43]
8	Éder Militão	€50M	14 March 2019	Porto	Real Madrid	^[44]
9	Luis Díaz	€45M^[e]	30 January 2022	Porto	Liverpool	^[45]
	James Rodríguez	€45M	24 May 2013	Porto	Monaco	^[46]
	Matheus Nunes	€45M	17 August 2022	Sporting CP	Wolverhampton Wanderers	^[47]

Media coverage[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ In the 2018–19 season, the three lowest placed teams were relegated to the LigaPro due to the integration of Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga in the following season. The Portuguese Football Federation appealed to proceed with this integration as soon as possible.^[1]
^ plus €5 million in bonuses
^ plus €25 million in bonuses
^ plus €25 million in bonuses
^ plus €15 million in bonuses

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