2017–18 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2017–18
Matches played	10
Goals scored	25 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gelson Martins Moussa Marega William Oliveira (2 goals each)
Biggest home win	Porto 4–0 Estoril (9 August 2017)
Biggest away win	Desportivo das Aves 0–2 Sporting CP (6 August 2017)
Highest scoring	Vitória de Guimarães 3–2 Chaves (10 August 2017)
Longest winning run	2 matchs Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run	2 matchs Sporting CP
Longest winless run	2 matchs V. Setúbal
Longest losing run	1 match 8 teams
Highest attendance	58,826^[1] Benfica 3–1 Braga] (9 August 2017)
Lowest attendance	1,736 V. Setúbal 1–1 Moreirense (6 August 2017)
Total attendance	194,226
Average attendance	19,423
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 11 August 2017.

The 2017–18 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica are the the three-time defending champions, having won their fourth consecutive league title in the previous season.

Since Portugal dropped from fifth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2016-17 season, the league has lost one of its UEFA Champions League berths. Therefore, only the two best teams will qualify for UEFA Champions League (the champions to the group stage and the runners-up to the 3rd qualifying round). The remaining two teams will qualify to UEFA Europa League. According to the expected access list changes to occur, the third-placed team will enter UEFA Europa League in the 3rd qualifying round and the fourth-placed team will enter the 2nd qualifying round.

Teams

Eighteen teams will compete in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the LigaPro.

Portimonense became the first club to be promoted on 23 April 2017 and will play in Primeira Liga for the first time since the 2010–11 season.^[2] On 21 May 2017, after a 2–1 win in Azores against Santa Clara, they were crowned champions.^[3] The other team promoted were runners-up Desportivo das Aves, following a 2–2 draw against União da Madeira on 30 April 2017.^[4] This will mark the return of the Vila das Aves' team to the top flight after a 10-season absence.

The two promoted clubs replaced Nacional and Arouca. Nacional confirmed their relegation on 5 May 2017, 15 years after their promotion, when Moreirense, who were also struggling to escape relegation, beat Braga.^[5] On the last matchday, Arouca's 4–2 defeat against Estoril sealed their relegation, four seasons after having been promoted for the first time to Primeira Liga.^[6]

Stadia and locations

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting CP

Location of teams in 2017–18 Primeira Liga (Mainland)

Marítimo

Location of teams in 2017–18 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 finish
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	14th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	30,000	9th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	5th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,000	11th
Desportivo das Aves	Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	312nd (LP)
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	10th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	8th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,600	6th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	15th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	6,404	13th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,035	2nd
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,000	311st (LP)
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	9,065	7th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,044	3rd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	16th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	4th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	13,468	12th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Belenenses	Domingos Paciência	Gonçalo Silva	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Luisão	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Miguel Leal	Idris	BLK	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Abel Ferreira	Rui Fonte	Lacatoni	Visit Braga
Chaves	Luís Castro	Nuno André Coelho	Lacatoni	—
Desportivo das Aves	Ricardo Soares	Nélson Lenho	Macron	MEO
Estoril	Pedro Emanuel	Diogo Amado	Nike	Banco BIC
Feirense	Nuno Manta	Cris Santos	Legea	Castro Electrónica
Marítimo	Daniel Ramos	Edgar Costa	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Manuel Machado	André Micael	CDT	—
Paços de Ferreira	Vasco Seabra	Ricardo	Lacatoni	Aldro
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Ricardo Pessoa	Mizuno	—
Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Iván Marcano	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave	Miguel Cardoso	Tarantini	Adidas	MEO
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	Adrien Silva	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Pepa	Ricardo Costa	CDT	Laboratórios BASI
Vitória de Guimarães	Pedro Martins	Josué Sá	Macron	Shirt sponsor varies from match to match
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Frederico Venâncio	Hummel	Kia Motors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Porto	Nuno Espírito Santo	Resigned	22 May 2017^[7]	Pre-season	Sérgio Conceição	8 June 2017^[8]
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Resigned	23 May 2017^[9]		Ricardo Soares	27 May 2017^[10]
Rio Ave	Luís Castro	Mutual consent	24 May 2017^[11]		Miguel Cardoso	12 June 2017^[12]
Moreirense	Petit	Mutual consent	26 May 2017^[13]		Manuel Machado	27 May 2017^[14]
Chaves	Ricardo Soares	Resigned	27 May 2017^[15]		Luís Castro	1 June 2017^[16]

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Portimonense	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Marítimo	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
7	Rio Ave	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	Feirense	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Moreirense	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
10	Tondela	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	Vitória de Setúbal	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
12	Chaves	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
13	Boavista	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
14	Belenenses	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
15	Paços de Ferreira	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
16	Braga	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
17	Desportivo das Aves	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Relegation to LigaPro
18	Estoril	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0	Relegation to LigaPro

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team \ Round
Porto !Porto	1
Benfica !Benfica	2
Sporting CP !Sporting CP	3
Vitória de Guimarães !Vitória de Guimarães	4
Portimonense !Portimonense	5
Marítimo !Marítimo	6
Rio Ave !Rio Ave	6
Feirense !Feirense	8
Moreirense !Moreirense	8
Tondela !Tondela	8
Vitória de Setúbal !Vitória de Setúbal	8
Chaves !Chaves	12
Boavista !Boavista	13
Belenenses !Belenenses	14
Paços de Ferreira !Paços de Ferreira	14
Braga !Braga	16
Desportivo das Aves !Desportivo das Aves	17
Estoril !Estoril	18

Last updated: 11 August 2017
Source: Liga Portugal

	Leader
	Relegation to 2018–19 LigaPro

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	DAV	EST	FEI	MAR	MOR	PAÇ	PRT	POR	RAV	SCP	TON	VGU	VSE
Belenenses	—
Benfica		—		3–1
Boavista			—
Braga				—
Chaves					—
Desportivo das Aves						—									0–2
Estoril							—
Feirense								—								1–1
Marítimo									—		1–0
Moreirense										—
Paços de Ferreira											—
Portimonense			2–1									—
Porto							4–0						—
Rio Ave	1–0													—
Sporting CP															—			1–0
Tondela																—
Vitória de Guimarães					3–2												—
Vitória de Setúbal										1–1								—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Liga Portugal
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 11 August 2017^[17]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP	2
	Moussa Marega	Porto
	William Oliveira	Chaves
4	18 players		1

Own goals

Rank	Player	Club	Own goals
1	Cris Santos	Feirense	1

Scoring

As of 11 August 2017

First goal of the season: Gelson Martins, for Sporting CP vs Desportivo das Aves (6 August 2017)
Biggest home win:
- Porto 4–0 Estoril (9 August 2017)
Biggest away win:
- Desportivo das Aves 0–2 Sporting CP (6 August 2017)
Highest scoring match: 5 goals
- Vitória de Guimarães 3–2 Chaves (10 August 2017)
Biggest winning margin: 4 goals
- Porto 4–0 Estoril (9 August 2017)
Most goals scored in a match by a team: 4 goals
- Porto 4–0 Estoril (9 August 2017)

Match streaks

As of 10 August 2017

Longest winning run: 2 match
- Sporting CP, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 2 (11 August 2017)
Longest unbeaten run: 2 match
- Sporting CP, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 2 (11 August 2017)
Longest winless run: 2 match
- Vitória de Setúbal, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 2 (6 August 2017)
Longest losing run: 1 match
- Desportivo das Aves, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 1 (6 August 2017)
- Boavista, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 1 (7 August 2017)
- Belenenses, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 1 (7 August 2017)
- Paços de Ferreira, from matchday 1 (8 August 2017) to matchday 1 (8 August 2017)
- Estoril, from matchday 1 (9 August 2017) to matchday 1 (9 August 2017)
- Braga, from matchday 1 (9 August 2017) to matchday 1 (9 August 2017)
- Chaves, from matchday 1 (10 August 2017) to matchday 1 (10 August 2017)
- Vitória de Setúbal, from matchday 2 (11 August 2017) to matchday 2 (11 August 2017)
Most consecutive draws: 1 match
- Vitória de Setúbal, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 1 (6 August 2017)
- Moreirense, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 1 (6 August 2017)
- Feirense, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 1 (7 August 2017)
- Tondela, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 1 (7 August 2017)

Discipline

As of 11 August 2017^[18]

Club

Most yellow cards: 4
- Feirense
Most red cards: 1
- Vitória de Setúbal

Player

Most yellow cards: 1
- 30 players
Most red cards: 1
- Vasco Fernandes (Vitória de Setúbal)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Vote percentage
August/September
October/November
December
January
February
March
April

Goal of the month

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date	Vote percentage
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Benfica !Benfica	58,826	58,826	58,826	58,826	0.051365456105233+5.1%^†
2	Porto !Porto	48,011	48,011	48,011	48,011	0.29305144088338+29.3%^†
3	Sporting CP !Sporting CP	42,415	42,415	42,415	42,415	-0.99165341812401−0.8%^†
4	Vitória de Guimarães !Vitória de Guimarães	19,753	19,753	19,753	19,753	0.053156323309874+5.3%^†
5	Marítimo !Marítimo	9,237	9,237	9,237	9,237	0.1815042210284+18.1%^†
6	Desportivo das Aves !Desportivo das Aves	5,462	5,462	5,462	5,462	3.7372072853426+373.7%¹
7	Feirense !Feirense	3,277	3,277	3,277	3,277	0.10262449528937+10.2%^†
8	Portimonense !Portimonense	2,970	2,970	2,970	2,970	0.64269911504425+64.2%¹
9	Rio Ave !Rio Ave	2,539	2,539	2,539	2,539	-0.64213454729388−35.7%^†
10	Vitória de Setúbal !Vitória de Setúbal	1,736	1,736	1,736	1,736	-0.4518479958355−54.8%^†
11	Braga !Braga					n/a^†
12	Boavista !Boavista					n/a^†
13	Belenenses !Belenenses					n/a^†
14	Chaves !Chaves					n/a^†
15	Paços de Ferreira !Paços de Ferreira					n/a^†
16	Tondela !Tondela					n/a^†
17	Estoril !Estoril					n/a^†
18	Moreirense !Moreirense					n/a^†
	League total	194,226	58,826	1,736	19,423	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 11 August 2017
Source: Liga Portugal
Notes:
1. Played last season in LigaPro.

References

↑ http://www.ligaportugal.pt/en/liga/estatisticas/espectadores/clube/20172018/liganos
↑ "Portimonense sobe à I Liga, após derrota do Varzim" [Portimonense promoted to Primeira Liga after Varzim's defeat]. Observador (in Portuguese). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Portimonense é o campeão da II Liga" [Portimonense are Segunda Liga's new champions]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Desportivo das Aves sobe à I Liga" [Desportivo das Aves promoted to Primeira Liga]. JN (in Portuguese). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "15 anos depois, o Nacional despede-se da Liga. "Adeus" ou "até já"?" [15 years later, Nacional says goodbye to Liga. «Farewell» or «See you soon»?]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Arouca perde no Estoril e desce à segunda divisão" [Arouca loses in Estoril and are relegated do second division]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Nuno Espírito Santo deixa FC Porto" [Nuno Espírito Santo leaves FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Porto. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
↑ "Sérgio Conceição é o novo treinador" [Sérgio Conceição is the new manager] (in Portuguese). Porto. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
↑ "Obrigado, José Mota!" [Thank you, José Mota!] (in Portuguese). Desportivo das Aves. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "Obrigado, José Mota!" [Thank you, José Mota!] (in Portuguese). Desportivo das Aves. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
↑ "Ricardo Soares confirmado como novo treinador do Aves" [Ricardo Soares confirmed as new Aves' manager] (in Portuguese). zerozero. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
↑ "Miguel Cardoso apresentado como treinador" [Miguel Cardoso presented as manager] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
↑ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (in Portuguese). Moreirense. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (in Portuguese). Moreirense. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
↑ "Ricardo Soares confirma saída do Chaves: "Custou-me muito tomar esta decisão"" [Ricardo Soares confirms his departure from Chaves: "It was very difficult for me to make this decision"] (in Portuguese). zerozero. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "Luís Castro é o novo treinador do Grupo Desportivo de Chaves" [Luís Castro is the new manager of Grupo Desportivo de Chaves] (in Portuguese). Chaves. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
↑ "Liga Statistics – Assists". Espnfc.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ "Statistics – Players – Cards". LPFP. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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2017–18 in Portuguese football
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League competitions	Primeira Liga (level 1) LigaPro (level 2) Campeonato de Portugal (level 3)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal (Final) Taça da Liga (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
National teams	Senior 2018 FIFA World Cup (qualification) U21 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualification) U19 (UEFA Euro 2018 qualification) U17 (UEFA Euro 2018 qualification)
Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Belenenses Boavista Benfica Braga Chaves Desportivo das Aves Estoril Feirense Marítimo Moreirense Paços de Ferreira Portimonense Porto Rio Ave Sporting CP Tondela Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal
LigaPro	Académica Académico de Viseu Arouca Benfica B Braga B Cova da Piedade Famalicão Gil Vicente Leixões Nacional Oliveirense Penafiel Porto B Real Santa Clara Sporting CP B Sporting da Covilhã União da Madeira Varzim Vitória de Guimarães B
Summer transfers Winter transfers

2017–18 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '17 '18 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '17 '18 Faroe Islands '17 '18 Finland '17 '18 France Georgia '17 '18 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '17 '18 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '17 '18 Kosovo Latvia '17 '18 Lithuania '17 '18 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova '17 '18 Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '17 '18 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '17 '18 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '17 '18 Finland '16–'17 '17–'18 France Georgia '17 '18 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '17 '18 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '17 '18 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '17 '18 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '17 '18 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia France Iceland '17 '18 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania '17 '18 Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '17 '18 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 Euro Under-21 qualification 2018 Euro Under-19 qualification 2018 Euro Under-17 qualification

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