| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | 5 August 2022 – 27 May 2023 |
| Competition: | Liga Portugal |
| Relegated: | Marítimo Paços de Ferreira Santa Clara |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Benfica Porto Braga |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Sporting CP |
| Continentalcup3: | Europa Conference League |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Vitória de Guimarães Arouca |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 742 |
| League Topscorer: | Mehdi Taremi (22 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Braga 5–0 Marítimo (21 August 2022) Benfica 5–0 Marítimo (18 September 2022) Benfica 5–0 Chaves (29 October 2022) Sporting CP 5–0 Braga (1 February 2023) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Arouca 0–6 Braga (28 August 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | Braga 5–3 Santa Clara (14 May 2023) |
| Longest Wins: | 10 matches Benfica[1] |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches Benfica |
| Longest Winless: | 17 matches Santa Clara |
| Longest Losses: | 9 matches Santa Clara |
| Highest Attendance: | 64,012 (27 May 2023) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 530 (6 March 2023) |
| Attendancecalc: | 3355107 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Winners: | Benfica 38th title |
The 2022–23 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin[2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs, and the second season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the sixth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). Benfica won the league, having secured a record 38th league title.
Porto were the defending champions, having won their 30th title at the previous season. Rio Ave, Casa Pia and Chaves joined as the promoted clubs from the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 replacing Belenenses SAD, Tondela and Moreirense, which were relegated to 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2.
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup was held between 20 November and 18 December 2022 due to the climatic conditions of the host country Qatar, the league featured an extended pause during the season. As national team players had to be released by their clubs on 14 November 2022, the last Primeira Liga matchday before the break was scheduled for 13 November (matchday 13). The league resumed nine weeks later on 28 December.[3]
The three teams promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 were Rio Ave (finishing first, promoted after a one-year absence), Casa Pia (finishing second, promoted after an 83-year absence) and Chaves (won promotion play-offs, promoted after a three-year absence), replacing Moreirense (relegated after eight years), Tondela (relegated after seven years) and Belenenses SAD (never relegated before).
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | data-sort-type="number" | 2021–22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arouca | Arouca | Estádio Municipal de Arouca | 5,600 | 15th | |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 64,642 | 3rd | |
| Boavista | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 28,263 | 12th | |
| Braga | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga | 30,286 | 4th | |
| Casa Pia | Lisbon | Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior[4] | 7,000 | 2nd (LP2) | |
| Chaves | Chaves | Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira | 8,396 | 3rd (LP2) | |
| Estoril | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 5,100 | 9th | |
| Famalicão | Vila Nova de Famalicão | Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho | 5,186 | 8th | |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,046 | 5th | |
| Marítimo | Funchal | Estádio do Marítimo | 10,600 | 10th | |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio Capital do Móvel | 9,076 | 11th | |
| Portimonense | Portimão | Estádio Municipal de Portimão | 6,204 | 13th | |
| Porto | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 50,033 | 1st | |
| Rio Ave | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 5,300 | 1st (LP2) | |
| Santa Clara | Ponta Delgada | Estádio de São Miguel | 12,500 | 7th | |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 50,095 | 2nd | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 30,29 | 6th | |
| Vizela | Vizela | Estádio do FC Vizela | 6,000 | 14th | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Main Sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arouca | Armando Evangelista |  João Basso | Skita | Construções Carlos Pinho | |
| Benfica | Roger Schmidt |  Nicolás Otamendi | Adidas | Emirates | |
| Boavista |  Petit | Rafael Bracali | Placard | ||
| Braga | Artur Jorge | Ricardo Horta | Hummel | Moosh | |
| Casa Pia | Filipe Martins | Vasco Fernandes | Macron | ESC Online | |
| Chaves | Vítor Campelos | João Teixeira | Lacatoni | Forte de São Francisco Hotel | |
| Estoril | Ricardo Soares | Joãozinho | Kappa | Solverde | |
| Famalicão | João Pedro Sousa | Riccieli | Macron | Placard | |
| Gil Vicente | Daniel Sousa | Rúben Fernandes | Lacatoni | Barcelos Tourism | |
| Marítimo | José Gomes | Edgar Costa | Puma | Betano | |
| Paços de Ferreira | César Peixoto | Antunes | Joma | Solverde | |
| Portimonense | Paulo Sérgio | Pedro Sá | Mizuno | McDonald's | |
| Porto | Sérgio Conceição | Pepe | Betano | ||
| Rio Ave | Luís Freire | Vítor Gomes | Puma | MEO | |
| Santa Clara | Danildo Accioly |  Pierre Sagna | Solverde | ||
| Sporting CP | Rúben Amorim | Sebastián Coates | Nike | Betano | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Moreno | Tiago Silva | Macron | Placard | |
| Vizela | Manuel Tulipa | Kiki Afonso | Lacatoni | Vizela Tourism |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Pos in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica | Nélson Veríssimo | End of caretaker role | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | Roger Schmidt | 1 June 2022 | [5] |
| Braga | Carlos Carvalhal | Resigned | Artur Jorge | [6] | |||
| Gil Vicente | Ricardo Soares | Signed by Al-Ahly | 28 June 2022 | Ivo Vieira | 28 June 2022 | [7] | |
| Bruno Pinheiro | Mutual consent | 1 July 2022 | Nélson Veríssimo | 2 July 2022 | [8] | ||
| Vitória de Guimarães | Pepa | Suspended and fired | 12 July 2022 | Moreno | 13 July 2022 | [9] | |
| Marítimo | Vasco Seabra | Sacked | 5 September 2022 | 18th | João Henriques | 8 September 2022 | [10] |
| Famalicão | Rui Pedro Silva | Mutual consent | 20 September 2022 | 16th | João Pedro Sousa | 22 September 2022 | [11] [12] |
| Paços de Ferreira | César Peixoto | Sacked | 16 October 2022 | 17th | José Mota | 18 October 2022 | [13] |
| Gil Vicente | Ivo Vieira | 2 November 2022 | 16th | Carlos Cunha (caretaker) | 2 November 2022 | [14] | |
| Carlos Cunha (caretaker) | End of interim spell | 14 November 2022 | 16th | Daniel Sousa | 14 November 2022 | [15] | |
| Vizela | Álvaro Pacheco | Sacked | 30 November 2022 | 13th | Tulipa (caretaker) | 30 November 2022 | [16] |
| Marítimo | João Henriques | 15 December 2022 | 17th | José Gomes | 15 December 2022 | [17] | |
| Paços de Ferreira | José Mota | 16 December 2022 | 18th | Marco Paiva (caretaker) | 31 December 2022 | [18] | |
| Marco Paiva (caretaker) | End of caretaker role | 31 December 2022 | 18th | César Peixoto | 1 January 2023 | [19] | |
| Santa Clara | Mário Silva | Sacked | 6 January 2023 | 15th | Jorge Simão | 11 January 2023 | [20] |
| Estoril | Nélson Veríssimo | 24 February 2023 | 15th | Ricardo Soares | 28 February 2023 | [21] | |
| Santa Clara | Jorge Simão | 26 February 2023 | 17th | Danildo Accioly | 26 February 2023 | [22] | |
The relegation play-offs took place on 3 and 11 June 2023, between Marítimo, who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, and Estrela da Amadora, who finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[23] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mehdi Taremi | Porto | 22 |
| 2 | Benfica | 19 | |
| 3 | João Mário | Benfica | 17 |
 Fran Navarro | Gil Vicente | ||
| 5 | Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting | 15 |
| 6 | Ricardo Horta | Braga | 14 |
| 7 | Yusupha Njie | Boavista | 13 |
| 8 |  Simon Banza | Braga | 11 |
| 9 | Iuri Medeiros | Braga | 10 |
| Francisco Trincão | Sporting |
See main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Taremi | Porto | Arouca | 5–1 (H) | 28 December 2022 | |
| Francisco Trincão | Sporting | Casa Pia | 4–3 (A) | 9 April 2023 | |
| Mehdi Taremi4 | Porto | Famalicão | 4–2 (A) | 20 May 2023 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[24] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting | 11 |
| 2 | David Neres | Benfica | 9 |
| Álex Grimaldo | Benfica | ||
| 4 | Ricardo Horta | Braga | 8 |
| 5 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto | 7 |
| Ricardo Horta | Braga | ||
| Porto | |||
| Ivo Rodrigues | Famalicão | ||
| Pepê | Porto | ||
| João Mário | Benfica | ||
| Tiago Santos | Estoril |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[25] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odysseas Vlachodimos | Benfica | 21 |
| 2 | Matheus | Braga | 16 |
| Diogo Costa | Porto | ||
| 4 | Arouca | 14 | |
| 5 | Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | 13 |
| Antonio Adán | Sporting CP | ||
| 7 | Ricardo Batista | Casa Pia | 11 |
| Fabijan Buntić | Vizela | ||
| 9 | Jhonatan | Rio Ave | 10 |
| Famalicão |
Reggie Cannon (Boavista) Maracás (Paços de Ferreira) Renê Santos (Marítimo) Sikou Niakaté (Braga)| Month | Player of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Defender of the Month | Midfielder of the Month | Forward of the Month | Manager of the Month | Goal of the Month | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Simon Banza | Braga | Ricardo Batista | Casa Pia | Morato | Benfica | Enzo Fernández | Benfica | Simon Banza | Braga | Roger Schmidt | Benfica | Rildo | Santa Clara | |
| September | Mehdi Taremi | Porto | Odysseas Vlachodimos | Benfica | António Silva | Benfica |  Stephen Eustáquio | Porto | Mehdi Taremi | Porto | Filipe Martins | Casa Pia | Bruno Lourenço | Boavista | |
| October/November | Gonçalo Ramos | Benfica | Diogo Costa | Porto | Enzo Fernández | Benfica | Gonçalo Ramos | Benfica | Roger Schmidt | Benfica | N/A | N/A | |||
| December/January | João Mário | Benfica | Álex Grimaldo | Benfica | João Mário | Benfica | Fran Navarro | Gil Vicente | |||||||
| February | João Aroso | Vitória de Guimarães | Matheus Reis | Sporting | |||||||||||
| March | Gonçalo Ramos | Benfica | Matheus | Braga | João Basso | Arouca | Gonçalo Ramos | Benfica | Armando Evangelista | Arouca | Nuno Santos | Sporting | |||
| April | Ricardo Horta | Braga | Arouca | Pepe | Porto | Iván Jaime | Famalicão | Ricardo Horta | Braga | Artur Jorge | Braga | Bruno Lourenço | Boavista | ||
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season[29] | Porto | ||
| Manager of the Season[30] | Roger Schmidt | Benfica | |
| Young Player of the Season[31] | Iván Jaime | Famalicão | |
| Top scorer[32] | Mehdi Taremi | Porto |
| Team of the Year [33] |
| Team of the Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Diogo Costa (Porto) | |||||
| Defence | António Silva (Benfica) | Pepe (Porto) | Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) | Álex Grimaldo (Benfica) | ||
| Midfield | Mehdi Taremi (Porto) | Otávio (Porto) | Manuel Ugarte (Sporting CP) | João Mário (Benfica) | Ricardo Horta (Braga) | |
| Attack | Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) | |||||