Liga de Elite (), previously known as Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol, is the top division of the

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, created in 1973. The league is featuring local players and professional foreign players. Due to the lack of football fields in Macau, most matches are played at the

Estádio Campo Desportivo Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio () is a multi-purpose stadium in Taipa, Macau, China. It was formerly named Estádio Campo Desportivo () before the reconstruction of the stadium had been completed. The Olympic Sports Center is the larges ...

. As with

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, the league is separate from the mainland Chinese football league system. The league is generally played between January and July of each calendar year.

History

In the inaugural 2014 edition, Lam Pak,

Lam Ieng Lam Ieng is a Macau football (soccer), football club, which plays in the town of Macau. They played in the Macau's first division, the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol and had been withdrawn due to financial reasons. Achievements *Campeon ...

and Kuan Tai all forfeited from the First Division before the start of the competition. Lam Pak and Lam Ieng withdrew due to the lack of backing from sponsors and Kuan Tai cited budget issues and could no longer afford to pay some of its players. To solve the problem of three sudden vacancies, the

clarified that the two clubs that were relegated in 2013, Kei Lun and MFA Development, were invited to remain, and an additional third team would come from the Second Division. After careful consideration by the MFA, no team from the Second Division was picked, being deemed not competitive enough for the First Division.

Previous season

10 teams will contest the 2022 Liga de Elite. CFB Macau was the only promoted team from last season's

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Previous winners

Winners were: *1949: Polícia de Segurança Pública *1950: Sporting Clube de Macau *1951–60: ''unknown'' *1962: Sporting Clube de Macau *1963: Sporting Clube de Macau *1964: Hong Lok *1965: Macao Post Office *1965–72: ''unknown'' *1973: Polícia de Segurança Pública *1974–84: ''unknown'' *1985: Wa Seng *1986: Hap Kuan *1987: Hap Kuan *1988: Wa Seng *1989: Hap Kuan *1990: Hap Kuan *1991: Sporting Clube de Macau *1992: Lam Pak *1993: Leng Ngan *1994: Lam Pak *1995: GD Artilheiros *1996: GD Artilheiros *1997: Lam Pak *1998: Lam Pak *1999: Lam Pak *2000: Polícia de Segurança Pública *2001: Lam Pak *2002:

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...

*2003:

*2004:

*2005: Polícia de Segurança Pública *2006: Lam Pak *2007: Lam Pak *2008:

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

: Lam Pak *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Windsor Arch Ka I *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

: Windsor Arch Ka I *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: Windsor Arch Ka I *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

: Benfica de Macau *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: Benfica de Macau *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: Benfica de Macau *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: Benfica de Macau *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: Benfica de Macau *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Chao Pak Kei Chao Pak Kei Football Team, simply known as C.P.K. (), are a Macanese professional football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite. History Chao Pak Kei Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, Inacio Hui and Kenneth K ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

: Benfica de Macau - non oficial championship due to covid *

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

Champions

Best Player

Top scorers

References

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1973 establishments in Macau Sports leagues established in 1973