The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the
Portuguese football league system
The Portuguese football league system consists of several leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. Reserve teams are allowed to compete in the main league system, as is the case with most of Europe. However, they are not ...
. Organised and supervised by the
Liga Portugal
The Liga Portugal (Portugal League), also known by its acronym LPFP, is a governing body that manages professional football club competitions in Portugal. It was founded in 1978 as Liga Portuguesa dos Clubes de Futebol Profissional and works as an ...
, it is contested by 18 teams since the
2014–15 season, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the
Liga Portugal 2
The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pri ...
and replaced by the top-three non-reserve teams from this division.
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 (37 wins),
Porto
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(30 wins) and
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...
(19 wins) – have won all but two Primeira Liga titles; the other winners are
Belenenses (
1945–46) and
Boavista (
2000–01).
The Primeira Liga has increased its reputation in recent years, occupying the sixth place of
UEFA
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'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
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for so ...
's 2011 ranking.
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.
Porto
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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
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In the ti ...
) 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.
In the 1941–42 season, it was decided to expand the championship from eight to ten teams to admit
Braga FA
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and
Algarve FA champions (until this season only the top teams from Porto, Coimbra, Lisboa and Setúbal were admitted).
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.
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
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and
Terceira Divisão
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no longer had to play their
district championships on the same season as they had been doing since the first seasons of the Liga.
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
The Liga Portugal (Portugal League), also known by its acronym LPFP, is a governing body that manages professional football club competitions in Portugal. It was founded in 1978 as Liga Portuguesa dos Clubes de Futebol Profissional and works as an ...
took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999, it was renamed "Primeira Liga" (Premier League).
Big Three
"The Big Three" ( pt, Os Três Grandes) is a nickname for the three most powerful
sports clubs
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
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 (37 times), Porto (30) and Sporting CP (19). These three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions (thus, appearing more frequently in
UEFA
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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.
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
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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.
Sponsored names
Galp Energia
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acquired the naming rights to the league in 2002, titling the division SuperLiga GalpEnergia. A four-year deal with the Austrian sports betting
bwin was announced on 18 August 2005 amid questioning by the other gambling authorities in Portugal (the
Santa Casa da Misericórdia
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History
The institution traces its official foundation to 1498, when Queen ...
and the Portuguese Casinos Association), who claimed to hold the exclusive rights to legal gambling games in Portuguese national territory. After holding the name Liga betandwin.com for the
2005–06 season, the name was changed to bwin LIGA in July 2006.
From the
2008–09 season to the
2009–10 season the league was named Liga Sagres due to sponsorship from
Sagres beer. In 2010, they renewed the sponsorship from Sagres, but also got the sponsorship from
ZON Multimédia
NOS, SGPS S.A. is a Portuguese telecommunications and media company who provides mobile and fixed telephony, cable television, satellite television and internet. The company resulted from the merger in 2013 of two of the country's major telecom ...
. The league was named Liga ZON Sagres until
2013–14 after the sponsorship agreement between Sagres, ZON (now
NOS) and the league ended. In 2015, the league was named Liga NOS until
2020–21 season. Since 2021, it is known as Liga Portugal Bwin.
;Sponsorship names for seasons:
* 2002–2005: ''SuperLiga GalpEnergia''
* 2005–2006: ''Liga betandwin.com''
* 2006–2008: ''bwin LIGA''
* 2008–2010: ''Liga Sagres''
* 2010–2014: ''Liga ZON Sagres''
* 2014–2021: ''Liga NOS''
* 2021–: ''Liga Portugal Bwin''
Official match ball
* 2002–2004:
Adidas Fevernova
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* 2004–2006:
Adidas Roteiro
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* 2006–2007:
Adidas +Teamgeist
* 2008:
Adidas Europass
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* 2008–2009:
Adidas Europass Portugal
* 2009–2010:
Adidas Terrapass Liga Sagres
* 2010–2011:
Adidas Jabulani
* 2011:
Adidas Speedcell
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* 2012:
Adidas Tango 12
* 2013:
Adidas Cafusa
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* 2014:
Adidas Brazuca
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Naming
The name of the ba ...
* 2015:
Adidas Conext15
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* 2016:
Adidas Errejota
* 2016–18:
Nike Ordem
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* 2018–19:
Nike Merlin
* 2019–20:
Select Brillant Super TB
* 2020–21:
Select Brillant Super TB
* 2021–22:
Select Brillant Super TB
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
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, 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
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, along with the fourth placed team and the
Taça de Portugal
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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
UEFA League Ranking as of the 2021–22 season:
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English Premier League
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Spanish La Liga
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Italian Serie A
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German Bundesliga
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French Ligue 1
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Dutch Eredivisie
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Austrian Football Bundesliga
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Scottish Premiership
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Russian Premier League
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Clubs
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
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, 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:
List of champions and top scorers
* 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, but they recovered those points in July 2017.
Performance by club
All Primeira Liga champions have come from either
Lisbon or
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...
.
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
2021–22 season. For comparison, older seasons have been calculated according to the three-points-per-win rule.
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
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, Benfica achieved the highest number of wins in a single season – 32 (out of 38 matches).
* In
1998–99,
Porto
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became the only team to win five consecutive titles.
* In
2010–11
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, 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
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, Porto won the Portuguese league unbeaten for the second time (24 wins and 6 draws).
* In
2020–21,
Sporting CP
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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
Top scorers
Player transfer fees
Television
2020–21 until 2022–23
The league is currently distributed internationally by
Sportfive.
Portugal
Within Portugal,
Sport TV broadcasts all live Primeira Liga matches except Benfica's home matches which are broadcast live on
Benfica TV.
International broadcasters
* Albania – Tring Sport
* Austria –
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* Belarus –
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* Belgium –
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* Indonesia – Mola
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and DAZN
DAZN ( "da zone") is a global sports entertainment platform. Different to traditional linear and satellite broadcasting, DAZN is an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service meaning that it is delivered directly to viewers via the internet.
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* Turkey – S Sport
* Ukraine – Sport1]
* United Kingdom – BT Sport
BT Sport is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at the former International Bro ...
* United States – GOLTV
* Lusophone Africa – RTP (one game from one of the Big Three a week on RTP África
RTP África is a Portuguese television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is available in the Portuguese-speaking African countries, where it is available as a basic cable and s ...
and RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional (RTPi) is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's international television service, and is known for broadcast ...
), Sport TV África
* Worldwide – RTP (one game from one of the Big Three a week on RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional (RTPi) is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's international television service, and is known for broadcast ...
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See also
* LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year
The Portuguese League for Professional Football Primeira Liga Player of the Year (often called the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year, the Primeira Liga Player of the Year or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player ...
* Portuguese Golden Ball
* SJPF Player of the Month
* SJPF Young Player of the Month
* CNID Footballer of the Year
* Bola de Prata
* Campeonato Nacional Feminino
* List of sports attendance figures
This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the number of tickets sold or given away, rather than people actually present. The list is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena b ...
* List of association football competitions in Portugal
* List of foreign Primeira Liga players
This is a list of foreign players that have played in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Players in bold are the ones that have international caps for their senior national team.
Clubs in bold are the current clubs of those players.
Albania
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Notes
References
Sources
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External links
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Portugal – List of Champions
RSSSF.com
{{National championships in Portugal
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Port
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1934 establishments in Portugal
Sports leagues established in 1934
Professional sports leagues in Portugal