The 2013–14 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of the
Primeira Liga
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. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal ...
, the top professional league for Portuguese
association football
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clubs. It began on 18 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014. Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the
previous season and two of which were promoted from the
Segunda Liga. On 20 April 2014,
Benfica won the Primeira Liga for a record 33rd time with a 2–0 victory over
Olhanense, with two matches to spare.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
League table
Positions by round
Results
Each team will play each other twice, once at home and once away. Giving a total of 30 matches per team to be played.
Relegation play-offs
Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km².
Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
, who finished 15th, faced
Desportivo das Aves
Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...
, the fourth-placed side of the
2013–14 Segunda Liga
The 2013–14 Segunda Liga, also known as the Liga Revolução by Cabovisão for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. A total of 22 teams played in the league in this season.
Moreirense and Penafiel ...
(third-placed among non-reserve teams) for a two-legged play-off to decide the 18th team to compete in the expanded
2014–15 Primeira Liga. Paços de Ferreira defeated Desportivo das Aves 3–1 on aggregate to secure their presence in the next Primeira Liga season.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Scoring
* First goal:
Paulo Vinícius for Braga against Paços de Ferreira (
''16 August 2013'')
* Largest winning margin: 5 goals
** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional
(''19 April 2014'')
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira
(''28 September 2013'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
** Sporting 5–1 Arouca
(''18 August 2013'')
** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional
(''19 April 2014'')
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira
(''28 September 2013'')
Top goalscorers
Source: LPFP
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Player
Club
* Most
clean sheets: 17
** Benfica
* Fewest clean sheets: 4
** Paços de Ferreira
** Olhanense
Discipline
Player
*Most yellow cards: 13
**
Nuno Coelho (Arouca)
*Most red cards: 2
**
Deyverson
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Club career Early career
Born in Santa Margarida, ...
(Belenenses)
Club
*Most yellow cards: 109
**Rio Ave
*Most red cards:
7
**Marítimo
**Estoril Praia
Television
This was the first season that
Sport TV did not broadcast any Benfica home matches. The club decided not to renew with rightsholders Olivedesportos and instead broadcast their home matches on their own channel,
Benfica TV
Benfica TV (BTV) is a Portuguese sports-oriented premium cable and satellite television channel operated by sports club S.L. Benfica. Its headquarters are located at the Estádio da Luz, having a second studio at Benfica Campus. Its first broadc ...
.
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 broadca ...
and
RTP África
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broadcast one match per week, via satellite.
Awards
Monthly awards
SJPF Player of the Month
SJPF Young Player of the Month
References
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Primeira Liga seasons
Port
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