Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga
Country  Portugal
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1934
Number of teams 16
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to Segunda Liga
Domestic cup(s) Taça de Portugal
Supertaça
League cup(s) Taça da Liga
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Porto (27th title)
(2012–13)
Most championships Benfica (32 titles)
TV partners Sport TV
Benfica TV
Website LPFP.pt
2013–14 Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga (English: First League; Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmejɾɐ ˈliɣɐ]), formerly called Primeira Divisão, now named Liga ZON Sagres after its main sponsors, ZON Multimédia and Sagres, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system.

The Liga ZON Sagres is contested by 16 clubs each season, but only five of them have won the title. Founded in 1934, the league is in its 80th edition (counting four provisional championships in the 1930s) and is dominated by the nicknamed "Big Three": SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP, who have a total of 77 titles, with Belenenses and Boavista winning the other two.

The league has been increasing in reputation in the last few years, having achieved 5th place in UEFA's European ranking of 2012, breaking into the top five and passing the French Ligue 1, one of the historical "big five" leagues, for the first time since 1990.[1] It achieved the same 5th place ranking in 2013. The league also has a world ranking of 4 by IFFHS's ranking of 2011.[2]

History

Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, an experimental 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 Portuguese Championship in a knock-out cup format was the most popular and defined the Portuguese champion.

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 1938–2000, the name Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão (National Championship of the First Division), or just Primeira Divisão (First Division), was used. When the Portuguese League for Professional Football took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999, it was renamed Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Liga (Premier League National Championship), or simply Primeira Liga (Premier League).

"Big Three" since 2000
Season SLB FCP SCP
1999–2000 3 2 1
2000–01 6 2 3
2001–02 4 3 1
2002–03 2 1 3
2003–04 2 1 3
2004–05 1 2 3
2005–06 3 1 2
2006–07 3 1 2
2007–08 4 1 2
2008–09 3 1 2
2009–10 1 3 4
2010–11 2 1 3
2011–12 2 1 4
2012–13 2 1 7

Big Three

"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 – SL Benfica (thirty-two times), FC Porto (twenty-seven) and Sporting CP (eighteen times). These three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions, appearing more frequently in UEFA competitions.

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 the other teams, lacking support from the locals (with the exception of Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Guimarães and Braga, which are the next-most supported clubs), 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 in 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 Championship, Cup and League Cup titles, and the most Domestic titles won. Porto is the club with most Portuguese SuperCups and International titles won, as well as, the team with most titles won overall. Sporting holds the third place when it comes to the most Championships titles and Cups titles won. Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have won two consecutive European Cup titles, reaching nine European finals: seven European Cups and two UEFA Cup/Europa League, and finished runner-up in two Intercontinental Cups. Porto is the only Portuguese club to have won any European Competition (excluding the Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup) since 1987, gathering a total of two European Cup/UEFA Champions League, two UEFA Cup/Europa League, 1 European Super Cup and 2 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 Intertoto Cup and was runner-up in one Europa League.

Sponsored names

Galp Energia acquired the naming rights to the league in 2002, titling the division SuperLiga GalpEnergia. A four-year deal with the Austrian sports betting web portal bwin was announced on 18 August 2005 amid questioning by the other gambling authorities in Portugal (the Santa Casa da Misericórdia 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 BWINLIGA in July 2006.[3][4]

From the 2008–09 season, the league has been 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, the leading pay-TV services provider. The league is now called Liga ZON Sagres.

Sponsorship names for seasons
  • 2002–2005: SuperLiga GalpEnergia
  • 2005–2006: Liga betandwin.com
  • 2006–2008: BWINLIGA
  • 2008–2010: Liga Sagres
  • 2010–2014: Liga ZON Sagres

Competition

From the 2006–07 season on, there are 16 clubs in the Primeira Liga, down from 18 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 – for a total of 30 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.

Current clubs in the Primeira Liga (2013–14)

Names in bold are the colloquial names of the clubs.

Television

Portugal

Within Portugal, Sport TV and Benfica TV hold rights to broadcast both first and second division matches. While Sport TV covers most of the teams, Benfica TV only covers Benfica's home matches.

International Broadcast

Official match ball

UEFA ranking

UEFA League Ranking at the end of the 2012–13 season: (Previous season (2011–12) rank in italics)[7]

  1. (2) Spain Liga BBVA
  2. (1) England Barclays Premier League
  3. (3) Germany 1. Bundesliga
  4. (4) Italy Serie A TIM
  5. (5) Portugal Liga ZON Sagres
  6. (6) France Ligue 1
  7. (9) Ukraine Premyer-Liha
  8. (7) Russia SOGAZ Russian Football Championship
  9. (8) Netherlands Eredivisie
  10. (11) Turkey Spor Toto Süper Lig
  11. (12) Belgium Jupiler Pro League
  12. (10) Greece Superleague Greece
  13. (14) Switzerland Swiss Super League
  14. (16) Cyprus Cypriot First Division
  15. (13) Denmark Danish Superliga

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

International honours won by Primeira Liga players

  • 1966 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe Portugal Eusébio

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 Sporting de Braga, also have good attendances. Académica de Coimbra, Vitória de Setúbal, Boavista, Belenenses, and Marítimo are historical clubs, 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 2011–12 season saw an average attendance by club:[8]

Club Average Stadium
capacity		 Attendance(%) Accumulated Stadium
1Benfica42,46465,64765.00%722,506Estádio da Luz (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
2Porto35,17650,39969.39%527,800Estádio do Dragão
3Sporting CP24,85750,04949.67%372,864Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI
4Sporting de Braga15,16930,28647.91%217,630Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)
5Vitória de Guimarães13,94930,00046.71%209,235Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
6Gil Vicente5,00612,50042.00%92,189Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
7Académica Coimbra4,55830,00015.39%68,375Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
8Beira-Mar4,02830,12712.95%60,433Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
9Vitória de Setúbal3,92018,69425.30%58,813Estádio do Bonfim
10Marítimo3,4399,17777.58%51,586Estádio dos Barreiros
11Olhanense3,19410,08042.00%47,914Estádio José Arcanjo
12Rio Ave2,39112,82022.11%35,865Estádio do Rio Ave FC
13Nacional2,0835,13240.52%31,251Estádio da Madeira
14Paços de Ferreira2,0405,17244.68%28,952Estádio da Mata Real
15Moreirense1,5436,15125.33%23,144Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
16Estoril Praia1,1755,00024.00%17,628Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

List of champions and top scorers

ClubsPlayers
Season Champion Points Runner-up Points Third place Points Teams Rounds Points
/win		 Bota de Prata
(Top Scorer)		 Club Goals
Primeira Liga (Experimental)
  1934–35 Porto 22 Sporting CP 20 Benfica 19 8 14 2 pts Portugal Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 14
  1935–36 Benfica21 Porto20 Sporting CP 16 8 14 2 pts Portugal Pinga Porto 21
  1936–37 Benfica (2)24 Belenenses23 Sporting CP 19 8 14 2 pts Portugal Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 24
  1937–38 Benfica (3)23 Porto 23 Sporting CP 23 8 14 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 34
Primeira Divisão
  1938–39 Porto (2)23 Sporting CP 22 Benfica 21 8 14 2 pts Portugal Costuras Porto 18
  1939–40 Porto (3)34 Sporting CP 32 Belenenses25 10 18 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Slavko Kodrnja 		Sporting CP
Porto 		29
  1940–41 Sporting CP 23 Porto20 Belenenses19 8 14 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 29
  1941–42 Benfica (4)38 Sporting CP 34 Belenenses30 12 22 2 pts Portugal Correia Dias Porto 36
  1942–43 Benfica (5)30 Sporting CP 29 Belenenses28 10 18 2 pts Portugal Julinho Benfica 24
  1943–44 Sporting CP (2) 31 Benfica26 Atlético CP 24 10 18 2 pts Portugal Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 28
  1944–45 Benfica (6)30 Sporting CP 27 Belenenses27 10 18 2 pts Portugal Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 21
  1945–46 Belenenses38 Benfica37 Sporting CP 32 12 22 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 37
  1946–47 Sporting CP (3)47 Benfica41 Porto33 14 26 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 43
  1947–48 Sporting CP (4)41 Benfica41 Belenenses37 14 26 2 pts Portugal António Araújo Porto 36
  1948–49 Sporting CP (5)42 Benfica37 Belenenses35 14 26 2 pts Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 40
  1949–50 Benfica (7)45 Sporting CP 39 Atlético CP 30 14 26 2 pts Portugal Julinho Benfica 28
  1950–51 Sporting CP (6)45 Porto34 Benfica30 14 26 2 pts Portugal Manuel Vasques Sporting CP 29
  1951–52 Sporting CP (7)41 Benfica40 Porto36 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Águas Benfica 28
  1952–53 Sporting CP (8)43 Benfica39 Belenenses36 14 26 2 pts Portugal Matateu Belenenses 29
  1953–54 Sporting CP (9)43 Porto36 Benfica32 14 26 2 pts Portugal João Martins Sporting CP 31
  1954–55 Benfica (8)39 Belenenses39 Sporting CP 37 14 26 2 pts Portugal Matateu Belenenses 32
  1955–56 Porto (4)43 Benfica43 Belenenses37 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Águas Benfica 28
  1956–57 Benfica (9)41 Porto 40 Belenenses33 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Águas Benfica 30
  1957–58 Sporting CP (10)43 Porto 43 Benfica36 14 26 2 pts Portugal Arsénio Duarte CUF 23
  1958–59 Porto (5)41 Benfica41 Belenenses38 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Águas Benfica 26
  1959–60 Benfica (10)45 Sporting CP 43 Belenenses36 14 26 2 pts Brazil Edmur Ribeiro Vitória de Guimarães 25
  1960–61 Benfica (11)46 Sporting CP 42 Porto 33 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Águas Benfica 27
  1961–62 Sporting CP (11)43 Porto 41 Benfica36 14 26 2 pts Brazil Veríssimo Porto 23
  1962–63 Benfica (12)48 Porto 42 Sporting CP 38 14 26 2 pts Portugal José Augusto Torres Benfica 26
  1963–64 Benfica (13)46 Porto40 Sporting CP 34 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 28
  1964–65 Benfica (14)43 Porto37 CUF Barreiro 35 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 28
  1965–66 Sporting CP (12)42 Benfica41 Porto34 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio
Portugal Ernesto Figueiredo 		Benfica
Sporting CP 		25
  1966–67 Benfica (15)43 Académica de Coimbra40 Porto39 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 31
  1967–68 Benfica (16)41 Sporting CP 37 Porto36 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 43
  1968–69 Benfica (17)39 Porto 37 Vitória de Guimarães36 14 26 2 pts Portugal Manuel António Académica Coimbra 19
  1969–70 Sporting CP (13)46 Benfica38 Vitória de Setúbal36 14 26 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 20
  1970–71 Benfica (18)41 Sporting CP 38 Porto 37 14 26 2 pts Portugal Artur Jorge Benfica 23
  1971–72 Benfica (19)55 Vitória de Setúbal45 Sporting CP 43 16 30 2 pts Portugal Artur Jorge Benfica 27
  1972–73 Benfica (20)58 Belenenses40 Vitória de Setúbal38 16 30 2 pts Portugal Eusébio Benfica 40
  1973–74 Sporting CP (14)49 Benfica47 Vitória de Setúbal45 16 30 2 pts Argentina Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 46
  1974–75 Benfica (21)49 Porto44 Sporting CP 43 16 30 2 pts Argentina Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 30
  1975–76 Benfica (22)50 Boavista48 Belenenses40 16 30 2 pts Portugal Rui Jordão Benfica 30
  1976–77 Benfica (23)51 Sporting CP 42 Porto41 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto 26
  1977–78 Porto (6)51 Benfica51 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto 25
  1978–79 Porto (7)50 Benfica49 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto 27
  1979–80 Sporting CP (15)52 Porto50 Benfica 45 16 30 2 pts Portugal Rui Jordão Sporting CP 31
  1980–81 Benfica (24)50 Porto48 Sporting CP 37 16 30 2 pts Portugal Nené Benfica 20
  1981–82 Sporting CP (16)46 Benfica44 Porto43 16 30 2 pts Portugal Jacques Pereira Porto 27
  1982–83 Benfica (25)51 Porto47 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto 36
  1983–84 Benfica (26)52 Porto 49 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes
Portugal Nené 		Porto
Benfica 		21
  1984–85 Porto (8)55 Sporting CP 47 Benfica43 16 30 2 pts Portugal Fernando Gomes Porto 39
  1985–86 Porto (9)49 Benfica47 Sporting CP 46 16 30 2 pts Portugal Manuel Fernandes Sporting CP 30
  1986–87 Benfica (27)48 Porto46 Vitória de Guimarães 41 16 30 2 pts Brazil Paulinho Cascavel Vitória de Guimarães 22
  1987–88 Porto (10)66 Benfica51 Belenenses48 20 38 2 pts Brazil Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP 23
  1988–89 Benfica (28)63 Porto56 Boavista49 20 38 2 pts Angola Vata Benfica 16
  1989–90 Porto (11)59 Benfica55 Sporting CP 46 18 34 2 pts Sweden Mats Magnusson Benfica 33
  1990–91 Benfica (29)69 Porto67 Sporting CP 57 20 38 2 pts Portugal Rui Águas Benfica 25
  1991–92 Porto (12)56 Benfica46 Boavista44 18 34 2 pts Nigeria Ricky Boavista 30
  1992–93 Porto (13)54 Benfica52 Sporting CP 45 18 34 2 pts Portugal Jorge Cadete Sporting CP 18
  1993–94 Benfica (30)54 Porto52 Sporting CP 51 18 34 2 pts Nigeria Rashidi Yekini Vitória de Setúbal 21
  1994–95 Porto (14)62 Sporting CP 53 Benfica49 18 34 2 pts Morocco Hassan Nader Farense 21
  1995–96 Porto (15)84Benfica 73 Sporting CP 67 18 34 3 pts Portugal Domingos Paciência Porto 25
  1996–97 Porto (16)85 Sporting CP 72 Benfica58 18 34 3 pts Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 30
  1997–98 Porto (17)77 Benfica68 Vitória de Guimarães 59 18 34 3 pts Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 26
  1998–99 Porto (18)79 Boavista71 Benfica65 18 34 3 pts Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 36
Primeira Liga
  1999–00 Sporting CP (17)77 Porto 73 Benfica69 18 34 3 pts Brazil Mário Jardel Porto 37
  2000–01 Boavista77 Porto76 Sporting CP 62 18 34 3 pts Brazil Pena Porto 22
  2001–02 Sporting CP (18)75 Boavista70 Porto 68 18 34 3 pts Brazil Mário Jardel Sporting CP 42
  2002–03 Porto (19)86 Benfica75 Sporting CP 59 18 34 3 pts Senegal Fary FayeBeira-Mar 18
  2003–04 Porto (20)82 Benfica74 Sporting CP 73 18 34 3 pts South Africa Benni McCarthy Porto 20
  2004–05 Benfica (31)65 Porto62 Sporting CP 61 18 34 3 pts Portugal Liédson Sporting CP 25
  2005–06 Porto (21)79 Sporting CP 72 Benfica67 18 34 3 pts Cameroon Albert Meyong Belenenses17
  2006–07 Porto (22)69 Sporting CP 68 Benfica67 16 30 3 pts Portugal Liédson Sporting CP 15
  2007–08 Porto (23)69(1) Sporting CP 55 Vitória de Guimarães 53 16 30 3 pts Argentina Lisandro López Porto 24
  2008–09 Porto (24)70 Sporting CP 66 Benfica59 16 30 3 pts Brazil Nenê Nacional 20
  2009–10 Benfica (32)76 Braga71 Porto 68 16 30 3 pts Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Benfica 26
  2010–11 Porto (25)84 Benfica63 Sporting CP 48 16 30 3 pts Brazil Hulk Porto 23
  2011–12 Porto (26)75 Benfica69 Braga 62 16 30 3 pts Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Benfica 20
  2012–13 Porto (27)78 Benfica77 Paços de Ferreira 54 16 30 3 pts Colombia Jackson Martínez Porto 26
  • (1) Porto saw six points subtracted in the Apito Dourado bribery allegations, reducing their 20-point lead (total 75 points) to 14. But on May 2011, the Central Administrative Court of the South of Portugal ruled that decision, taken in 2008 on a controversial meeting made by the Justice Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, as being "inexistent". The Portuguese Football Federation has announced it would appeal from this decision the Administrative Supreme Court.

Performance by club

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

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years and Runner-Up Years
Benfica 32 27 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Porto 27 24 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

Sporting CP

 18 19 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Belenenses
01
03
 1937, 1946, 1955, 1973
Boavista
01
03
 1976, 1999, 2001, 2002
Académica de Coimbra –
01
 1967
Vitória de Setúbal –
01
 1972
Braga –
01
 2010

Primeira Liga All-Time Ranking

Last updated following the 2012–13 season
# Club District affiliation Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Points Goals for Goals against Goal difference First season Last season Best classification Notes
1 Benfica Lisbon 80 2198 1483 423 292 4872 5322 1987 3334 1935 2014 1st (32 titles) Never relegated.
2 Porto Porto80 2198 1448 402 348 4745 4890 2017 2883 1935 2014 1st (27 titles) Never relegated.
3 Sporting CP Lisbon 80 2198 1346 462 390 4500 4842 2121 2721 1935 2014 1st (18 titles) Never relegated.
4 Belenenses Lisbon 73 1980 831 475 674 2968 3195 2520 675 1935 2014 1st (1 title)
5 Vitória de Guimarães Braga 69 1988 770 472 746 2782 2817 2844 -27 1942 2014 3rd
6 Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal 66 1838 639 434 765 2351 2567 2779 -212 1935 2014 2nd
7 Braga Braga 58 1722 634 417 671 2319 2266 2465 -199 1948 2014 2nd
8 Boavista Porto 51 1534 603 385 546 2194 2084 2131 -47 1936 2008 1st (1 title)
9 Académica de Coimbra Coimbra 62 1606 498 350 758 1844 2264 2851 -597 1935 2014 2nd
10 Marítimo Madeira 34 1078 366 307 405 1403 1214 1332 -118 1978 2014 5th
11 Beira-Mar Aveiro 27 858 218 242 398 896 883 1222 -339 1962 2013 6th
12 Farense Algarve 23 754 222 191 341 857 796 1093 -297 1971 2002 5th
13 Salgueiros Porto 24 740 197 183 360 774 804 1377 -573 1944 2002 5th Ended football team in 2005.
14 CUF Barreiro Setúbal 23 610 207 148 255 769 829 1004 -175 1943 1976 3rd Renamed GD Fabril in 2000.
15 Leixões Porto 25 670 183 164 323 713 750 1186 -436 1937 2010 5th
16 União de Leiria Leiria 18 584 184 159 241 711 620 771 -151 1980 2012 5th
17 Atlético CP Lisbon 24 632 192 134 306 710 976 1285 -309 1944 1977 3rd
18 Estoril-Praia Lisbon 22 606 184 151 271 703 859 1005 -146 1945 2014 4th
19 Rio Ave Porto 20 606 173 163 262 692 609 818 -209 1980 2014 5th
20 Varzim Porto 21 618 169 176 273 683 638 913 -275 1964 2003 5th
21 Barreirense Setúbal 24 592 166 119 307 617 758 1195 -437 1938 1979 4th
22 Gil Vicente Braga 17 540 156 140 244 608 551 733 -182 1991 2014 5th
23 Estrela da Amadora Lisbon 16 540 144 176 220 608 521 680 -159 1989 2009 7th Ended football team in 2010.
24 Nacional Madeira 15 456 159 121 176 598 557 592 -32 1989 2014 4th
25 Paços de Ferreira Porto 16 482 147 143192 584 499 616 -117 1992 2014 3rd
26 Olhanense Algarve 20 486 141 118 227 543 779 1008 -229 1942 2014 4th
27 Portimonense Algarve 14 440 140 108 192 528 460 576 -116 1977 2011 5th
28 Chaves Vila Real 13 446 131 123 192 516 492 619 -127 1986 1999 5th
29 Sporting da Covilhã Castelo Branco 15 406 126 79 201 457 585 834 -249 1949 1988 5th
30 Penafiel Porto 12 400 101 110 189 413 322 556 -234 1981 2006 10th
31 Lusitano de Évora Évora 14 364 116 64 184 412 494 722 -228 1953 1966 5th
32 Sporting de Espinho Aveiro 11 354 96 91 167 379 336 523 -187 1975 1997 7th
33 Tirsense Porto 8 256 65 73 118 268 219 370 -151 1968 1996 8th
34 Famalicão Braga 6 196 5445 97 207 207 355 -148 1947 1994 13th
35 Naval Coimbra 6 184 49 46 89 193 160 255 -95 2006 2011 8th
36 Oriental Lisbon 7 190 51 37 102 190 229 433 -204 1951 1975 5th
37 Alverca Lisbon 5 170 48 37 85 181 192 266 -74 1999 2004 11th
38 Campomaiorense Portalegre 5 170 48 34 88 178 186 287 -101 1996 2001 11th
39 União da Madeira Madeira 5 174 41 54 79 177 150 250 -100 1990 1995 10th
40 Torreense Lisbon 6 164 44 31 89 163 183 316 -133 1956 1992 7th
41 União de Tomar Santarém 6 172 43 33 96 162 178 331 -153 1969 1976 10th
42 O Elvas Portalegre 5 146 37 37 72 148 211 183 -35 1948 1988 8th
43 Moreirense Braga 4 132 33 44 55 143 135 173 -38 2003 2013 9th
44 Leça Porto 4 124 33 25 66 124 120 231 -11 1942 1998 12th
45 Académico de Viseu Viseu 4 128 27 24 77 105 81 237 -156 1979 1989 13th
46 Caldas Leiria 4 104 26 25 53 103 124 235 -111 1956 1959 10th
47 Santa Clara Ponta Delgada 3 102 24 31 47 103 106 150 -44 2000 2003 14th
48 Montijo Setúbal 3 90 23 20 47 89 91 155 -64 1973 1977 13th Folded in 2007.
49 Amora Setúbal 3 90 22 23 45 89 90 143 -53 1981 1983 12th
50 Feirense Aveiro 4 120 18 22 80 76 97 245 -148 1963 2012 14th
51 Desportivo de Aves Porto 3 90 16 25 53 73 78 152 -74 1986 2007 13th
52 Lusitano VRSA Algarve 3 78 21 9 48 72 94 210 -116 1948 1950 12th
53 Sanjoanense Aveiro 4 104 16 22 66 70 86 249 -163 1947 1969 10th
54 Carcavelinhos Lisbon 5 82 19 12 51 69 103 223 -120 1936 1942 4th Merged to form Atlético in 1942.
55 Unidos de Lisboa Lisbon 3 54 18 8 28 62 135 158 -23 1941 1943 4th Ended football team in 2009.
56 Académico do Porto Porto 5 82 18 6 56 60 137 300 -163 1935 1942 7th Ended football team in 1964.
57 SL Elvas Portalegre 2 48 17 3 28 54 108 167 -59 1946 1947 9th Merged to form O Elvas in 1947.
58 Fafe Braga 1 38 9 14 15 41 29 47 -18 1989 1989 16th
59 Felgueiras Porto 1 34 8 9 17 33 29 47 -18 1996 1996 16th Ended football team in 2005.
60 Seixal Setúbal 2 52 7 8 37 29 44 150 -106 1964 1965 12th Ended football team in 2007.
61 Riopele Braga 1 30 6 9 15 27 23 51 -28 1978 1978 15th Folded in 1984.
62 Águeda Aveiro 1 30 7 5 18 26 25 55 -30 1984 1984 15th
63 Trofense Porto 1 30 5 8 17 23 25 42 -17 2009 2009 16th
64 União de Coimbra Coimbra 1 30 5 7 18 22 22 54 -32 1973 1973 15th
65 Alcobaça Leiria 1 30 4 7 19 19 20 56 -36 1983 1983 16th
66 Vizela Braga 1 30 4 7 19 19 31 71 -40 1985 1985 16th
67 União de Lisboa Lisbon 1 14 3 2 9 11 30 49 -19 1935 1935 6th Merged to form Atlético in 1942.
68 Oliveirense Aveiro 1 22 3 2 17 11 22 73 -51 1946 1946 12th
69 Casa Pia Lisbon 1 14 1 0 13 3 12 56 -44 1938 1938 8th
70 Arouca Aveiro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 2014 none Never relegated.
Competing in Primeira Liga
Competing in Segunda Liga
Competing below Segunda Liga
Not competing (See Notes)
For standardization purposes, a win is worth three points for all clubs.

Records


Top Ten Goalscorers
Player Period Club Goals
1 Portugal Fernando Peyroteo 1937–1950 Sporting CP 331 (1.68/game)
2 Portugal Eusébio 1960–1977 Benfica, Beira-Mar 319 (1.02/game)
3 Portugal Fernando Gomes 1974–1991 Porto, Sporting CP 318 (0.79/game)
4 Portugal José Águas 1950–1963 Benfica 290 (1.03/game)
5 Portugal Néné 1968–1986 Benfica 262 (0.62/game)
6 Portugal Manuel Fernandes 1970–1988 CUF, Sporting CP, Vitória de Setúbal 243 (0.50/game)
7 Portugal Matateu 1951–1967 Belenenses, Atlético de Lisboa 218 (0.75/game)
8 Portugal José Torres 1959–1980 Benfica, Vitória de Setúbal, Estoril-Praia 217 (0.57/game)
9 Portugal Rui Jordão 1971–1989 Benfica, Sporting CP, Vitória de Setúbal 215 (0.60/game)
10 Portugal Arsénio Duarte 1943–1959 Benfica, CUF 211 (0.67/game)

Other records

  • In 1972–73, Benfica won the Portuguese Liga without defeat, with 58 points in 30 games (28 wins and 2 draws), the most ever obtained (96.7% efficiency) where victory was awarded 2 points. This season Benfica set the Portuguese league and European leagues record for most consecutive victories (23). Benfica also set the league record for 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 Liga unbeaten for the second time (21 wins and 9 draws).
  • In 2010–11, Porto won the Portuguese Liga without defeat, with 84 points in 30 games (27 wins and 3 draws), the most ever obtained (93.3% efficiency) where victory was awarded 3 points. This season Porto also set the league record for 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 Liga unbeaten for the second time (24 wins and 6 draws).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA Country Ranking 1990". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 4 September 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Current Ranking – IFFHS". Retrieved 4 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlPage=content_noticias&CpContentId=286631
  4. ↑ http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlPage=content_noticias&CpContentId=286890
  5. ↑ Belgacom
  6. ↑ BandSports
  7. ↑ "UEFA Country Ranking 2013 – kassiesA – Xs4all". Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Painel de espectadores por clube e por jornada da Bwin Liga, da Liga Vitalis e da Carlsberg Cup". Lpfp.pt. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 

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