Primeira Liga Explained

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Organiser:	Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP)
Confed:	UEFA
Teams:	18 (since 2014–15)
Relegation:	Liga Portugal 2
Levels:	1
Domest Cup:	Taça de Portugal Supertaça
Confed Cup:	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
League Cup:	Taça da Liga
Most Successful Club:	Benfica (38 titles)
Most Appearances:	Manuel Fernandes (486)
Top Goalscorer:	Fernando Peyroteo (332)
Tv:	List of broadcasters
Season:	2023–24
Current:	2024–25 Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga (pronounced as /pt/), 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.^[1]

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

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.

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. However, a second expand (from 10 to 12) in the same season was decided, which allowed the club to participate.^[7]

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).

"Big Three" performance over the last 10 seasons! Season !! Benfica !! Porto !! Sporting
1	3	2
1	2	3
1	3	2
1	2	3
2	1	3
1	2	3
2	1	4
3	2	1
3	1	2
1	2	4
2	3	1

Big Three

See main article: Big Three (Portugal). "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.^[8]

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.^[9] ^[10]

S.C. Braga has finished runner-up once, third three times, and fourth twelve times during the last twenty seasons, not quite breaking into "The Big Three."

Official match ball

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^[14]
2016: Adidas Errejota^[15]
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

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

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

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	data-sort-type="number"	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^[17]	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

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:^[18]

	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

See main article: List of Portuguese football champions.

	Season	Champions	Points	Runners-up	Points	Third place	Points	Teams	Rounds	Bola de Prata (Top Scorer)	Club	Goals
Clubs										Players
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
bgcolor=blue		1934–35		22		20		19	8	14			14
bgcolor=red		1935–36	Benfica	21	Porto	20		18	8	14			21
bgcolor=red		1936–37	Benfica (2)	24	Belenenses	23		19	8	14			24
bgcolor=red		1937–38	Benfica (3)	23		23		22	8	14			34
Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão
bgcolor=blue		1938–39	Porto (2)	23		22		21	8	14			18
bgcolor=blue		1939–40	Porto (3)	34		32	Belenenses	25	10	18			29
bgcolor=green		1940–41		23	Porto	20	Belenenses	19	8	14			29
bgcolor=red		1941–42	Benfica (4)	38		34	Belenenses	30	12	22			36
bgcolor=red		1942–43	Benfica (5)	30		29	Belenenses	28	10	18			24
bgcolor=green		1943–44	Sporting CP (2)	31	Benfica	26		24	10	18			28
bgcolor=red		1944–45	Benfica (6)	30		27	Belenenses	27	10	18			21
	1945–46	Belenenses	38	Benfica	37		32	12	22			37
bgcolor=green		1946–47	Sporting CP (3)	47	Benfica	41	Porto	33	14	26			43
bgcolor=green		1947–48	Sporting CP (4)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	37	14	26			36
bgcolor=green		1948–49	Sporting CP (5)	42	Benfica	37	Belenenses	35	14	26			40
bgcolor=red		1949–50	Benfica (7)	45		39		30	14	26			29
bgcolor=green		1950–51	Sporting CP (6)	45	Porto	34	Benfica	30	14	26			29
bgcolor=green		1951–52	Sporting CP (7)	41	Benfica	40	Porto	36	14	26			28
bgcolor=green		1952–53	Sporting CP (8)	43	Benfica	39	Belenenses	36	14	26			29
bgcolor=green		1953–54	Sporting CP (9)	43	Porto	36	Benfica	32	14	26			31
bgcolor=red		1954–55	Benfica (8)	39	Belenenses	39		37	14	26			32
bgcolor=blue		1955–56	Porto (4)	43	Benfica	43	Belenenses	37	14	26			28
bgcolor=red		1956–57	Benfica (9)	41		40	Belenenses	33	14	26			30
bgcolor=green		1957–58	Sporting CP (10)	43		43	Benfica	36	14	26			23
bgcolor=blue		1958–59	Porto (5)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	38	14	26			26
bgcolor=red		1959–60	Benfica (10)	45		43	Belenenses	36	14	26			25
bgcolor=red		1960–61	Benfica (11)	46		42		33	14	26			27
bgcolor=green		1961–62	Sporting CP (11)	43		41	Benfica	36	14	26			23
bgcolor=red		1962–63	Benfica (12)	48		42		38	14	26			26
bgcolor=red		1963–64	Benfica (13)	46	Porto	40		34	14	26			28
bgcolor=red		1964–65	Benfica (14)	43	Porto	37		35	14	26			28
bgcolor=green		1965–66	Sporting CP (12)	42	Benfica	41	Porto	34	14	26			25
bgcolor=red		1966–67	Benfica (15)	43	Académica	40	Porto	39	14	26			31
bgcolor=red		1967–68	Benfica (16)	41		37	Porto	36	14	26			42
bgcolor=red		1968–69	Benfica (17)	39		37	Vitória de Guimarães	36	14	26			19
bgcolor=green		1969–70	Sporting CP (13)	46	Benfica	38	Vitória de Setúbal	36	14	26			20
bgcolor=red		1970–71	Benfica (18)	41		38		37	14	26			23
bgcolor=red		1971–72	Benfica (19)	55	Vitória de Setúbal	45		43	16	30			27
bgcolor=red		1972–73	Benfica (20)	58	Belenenses	40	Vitória de Setúbal	38	16	30			40
bgcolor=green		1973–74	Sporting CP (14)	49	Benfica	47	Vitória de Setúbal	45	16	30			46
bgcolor=red		1974–75	Benfica (21)	49	Porto	44		43	16	30			30
bgcolor=red		1975–76	Benfica (22)	50	Boavista	48	Belenenses	40	16	30			30
bgcolor=red		1976–77	Benfica (23)	51		42	Porto	41	16	30			26
bgcolor=blue		1977–78	Porto (6)	51	Benfica	51		42	16	30			25
bgcolor=blue		1978–79	Porto (7)	50	Benfica	49		42	16	30			27
bgcolor=green		1979–80	Sporting CP (15)	52	Porto	50		45	16	30			31
bgcolor=red		1980–81	Benfica (24)	50	Porto	48		37	16	30			20
bgcolor=green		1981–82	Sporting CP (16)	46	Benfica	44	Porto	43	16	30			27
bgcolor=red		1982–83	Benfica (25)	51	Porto	47		42	16	30			36
bgcolor=red		1983–84	Benfica (26)	52		49		42	16	30			21
bgcolor=blue		1984–85	Porto (8)	55		47	Benfica	43	16	30			39
bgcolor=blue		1985–86	Porto (9)	49	Benfica	47		46	16	30			30
bgcolor=red		1986–87	Benfica (27)	48	Porto	46		41	16	30			22
bgcolor=blue		1987–88	Porto (10)	66	Benfica	51	Belenenses	48	20	38			23
bgcolor=red		1988–89	Benfica (28)	63	Porto	56	Boavista	49	20	38			16
bgcolor=blue		1989–90	Porto (11)	59	Benfica	55		46	18	34			33
bgcolor=red		1990–91	Benfica (29)	69	Porto	67		57	20	38			25
bgcolor=blue		1991–92	Porto (12)	56	Benfica	46	Boavista	44	18	34			30
bgcolor=blue		1992–93	Porto (13)	54	Benfica	52		45	18	34			18
bgcolor=red		1993–94	Benfica (30)	54	Porto	52		51	18	34			21
bgcolor=blue		1994–95	Porto (14)	62		53	Benfica	49	18	34			21
bgcolor=blue		1995–96	Porto (15)	84		73		67	18	34			25
bgcolor=blue		1996–97	Porto (16)	85		72	Benfica	58	18	34			30
bgcolor=blue		1997–98	Porto (17)	77	Benfica	68		59	18	34			26
bgcolor=blue		1998–99	Porto (18)	79	Boavista	71	Benfica	65	18	34			36
Primeira Liga
bgcolor=green		1999–2000	Sporting CP (17)	77		73	Benfica	69	18	34			37
bgcolor=black		2000–01	Boavista	77	Porto	76		62	18	34			22
bgcolor=green		2001–02	Sporting CP (18)	75	Boavista	70		68	18	34			42
bgcolor=blue		2002–03	Porto (19)	86	Benfica	75		59	18	34	Fary Faye		18
bgcolor=blue		2003–04	Porto (20)	82	Benfica	74		73	18	34			20
bgcolor=red		2004–05	Benfica (31)	65	Porto	62		61	18	34			25
bgcolor=blue		2005–06	Porto (21)	79		72	Benfica	67	18	34		Belenenses	17
bgcolor=blue		2006–07	Porto (22)	69		68	Benfica	67	16	30			15
bgcolor=blue		2007–08	Porto (23)	75		55		53	16	30			24
bgcolor=blue		2008–09	Porto (24)	70		66	Benfica	59	16	30			20
bgcolor=red		2009–10	Benfica (32)	76	Braga	71		68	16	30			26
bgcolor=blue		2010–11	Porto (25)	84	Benfica	63		48	16	30			23
bgcolor=blue		2011–12	Porto (26)	75	Benfica	69		62	16	30			20
bgcolor=blue		2012–13	Porto (27)	78	Benfica	77		54	16	30			26
bgcolor=red		2013–14	Benfica (33)	74	Sporting CP	67		61	16	30			20
bgcolor=red		2014–15	Benfica (34)	85	Porto	82		76	18	34			21
bgcolor=red		2015–16	Benfica (35)	88	Sporting CP	86		73	18	34			32
bgcolor=red		2016–17	Benfica (36)	82		76	Sporting CP	70	18	34			34
bgcolor=blue		2017–18	Porto (28)	88		81		78	18	34			34
bgcolor=red		2018–19	Benfica (37)	87		85	Sporting CP	74	18	34			23
bgcolor=blue		2019–20	Porto (29)	82		77	Braga	60	18	34	Carlos Vinícius	Benfica	18
bgcolor=green		2020–21	Sporting CP (19)	85	Porto	80	Benfica	76	18	34			23
bgcolor=blue		2021–22	Porto (30)	91		85		74	18	34			26
bgcolor=red		2022–23	Benfica (38)	87		85		78	18	34			22
bgcolor=green		2023–24	Sporting CP (20)	90		80		72	18	34			29

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,^[19] but they recovered those points in July 2017.

Performance by club

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

Club	Winners		width=40%		width=40%
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
	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	1	3	2000–01	1975–76, 1998–99, 2001–02
Belenenses	1	3	1945–46	1936–37, 1954–55, 1972–73
Braga	0	1	—	2009–10
	0	1	—	1971–72
Académica	0	1	—	1966–67

All-time Primeira Liga table

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 2023–24 season.^[20] For comparison, older seasons have been calculated according to the three-points-per-win rule.


1	Benfica	90	5763	2568	1763	474	330	6188	2241	3947	38	30	17	4	–	1	90	1934–35	1
2	Porto	90	5642	2568	1727	461	386	5690	2249	3441	30	29	14	11	3	1	88	1934–35	1
3	Sporting CP	90	5345	2568	1606	527	435	5599	2424	3175	20	22	29	14	4	–	89	1934–35	1
4	Vitória de Guimarães	79	3326	2358	923	557	878	3309	3296	13	–	–	4	10	12	16	42	1941–42	3
5		77	3158	2146	877	527	742	3352	2745	607	1	3	14	9	8	8	43	1934–35	1
6	Braga	68	3003	2092	839	486	767	2908	2848	60	–	1	3	17	6	3	30	1947–48	2
7		72	2590	2072	694	508	870	2794	3119	-325	–	1	3	2	9	6	21	1934–35	2
8	Boavista	61	2582	1874	700	482	692	2424	2598	-174	1	3	2	10	4	5	25	1935–36	1
9		64	1935	1704	516	387	801	2346	3003	-657	–	1	–	2	6	8	17	1934–35	2
10		43	1760	1414	472	383	559	1573	1805	-232	–	–	–	–	6	5	11	1977–78	5
11	Rio Ave	29	1128	942	284	276	382	989	1234	-245	–	–	–	–	3	2	5	1979–80	5
12	Estoril	29	1019	874	267	218	389	1162	1381	-219	–	–	–	2	3	–	5	1944–45	4
13	Farense	25	925	822	239	208	375	873	1192	-319	–	–	–	–	1	2	3	1970–71	5
14		24	923	784	234	221	329	839	1106	-267	–	–	1	–	1	2	4	1990–91	3
15		27	896	858	218	242	398	883	1340	-457	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1961–62	6
16	Gil Vicente	23	868	774	223	199	352	794	1059	-265	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	1990–91	5
17	CD Nacional	20	802	656	210	172	274	773	917	-144	–	–	–	2	2	1	5	1988–89	4
18		21	776	678	205	162	313	715	946	-231	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1976–77	5
19		24	774	740	197	183	360	804	1377	-573	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1943–44	5
20		23	769	610	207	148	255	828	1003	-175	–	–	1	2	2	1	6	1942–43	3
21		25	713	670	183	164	323	750	1186	-436	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1936–37	5
22		18	711	584	184	159	241	620	771	-151	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	1979–80	5
23		24	710	632	192	134	306	976	1285	-309	–	–	2	1	1	3	7	1943–44	3
24		18	702	616	177	171	268	674	885	-211	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	1985–86	5
25		21	683	618	169	176	273	638	913	-275	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1963–64	5
26	Estrela da Amadora	17	641	574	151	188	235	554	733	-179	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1988–89	7
27		24	617	592	166	119	307	758	1195	-437	–	–	–	1	2	4	7	1937–38	4
28		20	565	516	147	124	245	800	1057	-257	–	–	–	1	2	2	5	1941–42	4
29	Moreirense	13	509	438	128	125	185	455	594	-139	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2002–03	6
30		15	457	406	126	79	201	585	834	-249	–	–	–	–	1	3	4	1947–48	5
31		14	435	434	106	117	211	351	625	-274	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1980–81	10
32	Famalicão	11	426	306	109	99	158	419	584	-165	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1946–47	6
33		14	412	364	116	64	184	494	722	-228	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1952–53	5
34		11	379	354	96	91	167	336	523	-187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1974–75	7
35	Santa Clara	8	296	272	73	77	112	293	384	-91	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1999–2000	6
36	Arouca	7	276	234	72	60	102	254	328	-74	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	2013–14	5
37		8	268	256	65	73	118	219	370	-151	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1967–68	8
38		7	235	238	61	52	125	251	378	-127	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2015–16	10
39		6	206	208	48	62	98	177	300	-123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1989–90	10
40		6	193	184	49	46	89	160	255	-95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2005–06	8
41		7	187	190	50	37	103	224	438	-214	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1950–51	5
42		5	181	170	48	37	85	192	266	-74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1998–99	11
43		5	178	170	48	34	88	186	287	-101	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1995–96	11
44		7	175	222	44	43	135	187	403	-216	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1962–63	8
45		6	163	164	44	31	89	183	316	-133	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1955–56	7
46		6	162	172	43	33	96	178	331	-153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1968–69	10
47		6	160	196	40	40	116	173	320	-147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1985–86	13
48		5	148	146	37	37	72	211	283	-72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1947–48	8
49		4	144	136	33	45	58	117	195	-78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2018–19	9
50		4	124	124	33	25	66	120	231	-111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1941–42	12
51		4	118	132	27	37	68	138	243	-95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1984–85	11
52		4	105	128	27	24	77	81	237	-156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1978–79	13
53		4	103	104	26	25	53	124	235	-111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1955–56	10
54		3	89	90	23	20	47	91	155	-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1972–73	13
55		3	89	90	22	23	45	90	143	-53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1980–81	12
56	Casa Pia	3	82	82	22	16	44	81	146	-65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1938–39	8
57		3	72	78	21	9	48	94	210	-116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1947–48	12
58		4	70	104	16	22	66	86	249	-163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1946–47	10
59		5	69	82	19	12	51	103	223	-120	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1935–36	4
60		3	62	54	18	8	28	151	145	6	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1940–41	4
61		5	60	82	18	6	58	137	300	-163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1934–35	7
62		2	54	48	17	3	28	108	167	-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1945–46	9
63		1	41	38	9	14	15	29	47	-18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1988–89	16
64		1	33	34	8	9	17	29	47	-18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1995–96	16
65		2	29	52	7	8	37	44	150	-106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1963–64	12
66		1	27	30	6	9	15	23	51	-28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1977–78	15
67		1	26	30	7	5	18	25	55	-30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1983–84	15
68		1	23	30	5	8	17	25	42	-17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	16
69		1	22	30	5	7	18	22	54	-32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1972–73	15
70		1	19	30	4	7	19	20	56	-36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1982–83	16
71		1	11	14	3	2	9	30	49	-19	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1934–35	6
72		1	11	22	3	2	17	22	73	-51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1945–46	12
73	AVS Futebol SAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2024–25	TBD

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

Records

Team records

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

Appearances

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

See main article: List of Primeira Liga top scorers.

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

Top transfer fees paid by Primeira Liga clubs
Rank	Player	Fee (min.)	Date	Transfer		Reference(s)
1	Orkun Kökçü	€25M	10 June 2023	Feyenoord	Benfica	^[21]
2	Darwin Núñez	€24M	4 September 2020	Almería	Benfica	^[22]
3	Raúl Jiménez	€21.8M	21 July 2016	Atlético Madrid	Benfica	^[23]
4	Giannelli Imbula	€20M	1 July 2015	Marseille	Porto	^[24]
	Óliver Torres		9 February 2017	Atlético Madrid	Porto	^[25]
	Raúl de Tomás		3 July 2019	Real Madrid	Benfica	^[26]
	Julian Weigl		2 January 2020	Borussia Dortmund	Benfica	^[27]
	Everton Soares		14 August 2020	Grêmio	Benfica	^[28]
	Viktor Gyökeres		1 July 2023	Coventry City	Sporting CP	^[29]
	Arthur Cabral		10 August 2023	Fiorentina	Benfica	^[30]
10	Hulk	€19M	14 May 2011	Tokyo Verdy	Porto	^[31]

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	^[32]
2	Enzo Fernández	€121M	31 January 2023	Benfica	Chelsea	^[33]
3	Darwin Nuñez	€75M	13 June 2022	Benfica	Liverpool	^[34]
4	Rúben Dias	€68M	29 September 2020	Benfica	Manchester City	^[35] ^[36]
5	Gonçalo Ramos	€65M	22 November 2023	Benfica	Paris Saint-Germain	^[37]
6	Manuel Ugarte	€60M	7 July 2023	Sporting CP	Paris Saint-Germain	^[38]
6	Otávio	€60M	22 August 2023	Porto	Al Nassr	^[39]
7	Bruno Fernandes	€55M	29 January 2020	Sporting CP	Manchester United	^[40]
8	Éder Militão	€50M	14 March 2019	Porto	Real Madrid	^[41]
9	Luis Díaz	€45M	30 January 2022	Porto	Liverpool	^[42]
	James Rodríguez	€45M	24 May 2013	Porto	Monaco	^[43]
	Matheus Nunes	€45M	17 August 2022	Sporting CP	Wolverhampton Wanderers	^[44]

Sources

Book: Tovar, Rui . Almanaque do FC Porto 1893–2011 . 2011 . Caderno . Alfragide . 9789892315430 . pt .

External links

- Portugal – List of Champions, RSSSF.com

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