2024–25 Primeira Liga
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 9 August 2024 – 17 May 2025 |
Champions | Sporting CP 21st title |
Relegated | Farense Boavista (to Liga 3) |
Champions League | Sporting CP Benfica |
Europa League | Porto Braga |
Conference League | Santa Clara |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 786 (2.57 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Viktor Gyökeres (39 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benfica 6–0 AVS (27 April 2025) |
Biggest away win | Nacional 1–6 Sporting CP (17 August 2024) Farense 0–5 Sporting CP (23 August 2024) AVS 0–5 Porto (29 October 2024) |
Highest scoring | Vitória de Guimarães 4–4 Sporting CP (3 January 2025) |
Longest winning run | 11 matches Sporting CP |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches Sporting CP |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Boavista Farense |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Boavista |
Highest attendance | 63,478 Benfica 1–1 Sporting (10 May 2025) |
Lowest attendance | 0 Santa Clara 1–1 Moreirense (9 March 2025) |
Total attendance | 3,761,888 (306 matches) |
Average attendance | 12,194 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs and the fourth season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the eighth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). Sporting CP were the defending champions, having won their 20th title the previous season, and successfully defended their title, securing their 21st Primeira Liga title and their first back-to-back title since the 1953–54 season.[2]
Teams
Changes
Santa Clara (after one-year absence), Nacional (after three-year absence), and AVS (promoted for the first time in their history), were promoted from the 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2, replacing Vizela, Chaves, and Portimonense (relegated after three, two, and seven years in the top flight, respectively).
Stadia and locations
- ^ Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition.
Personnel and sponsors
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Maker |
Sponsors | |
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Main | Other | ||||
Arouca | Vasco Seabra | David Simão | Skita | Construções Carlos Pinho |
List
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AVS | Rui Ferreira | Guillermo Ochoa | Adidas | Mercainox | List
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Benfica | Bruno Lage | Nicolás Otamendi | Adidas | Emirates | List
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Boavista | Stuart Baxter | Sebastián Pérez | Kelme | None | List
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Braga | Carlos Carvalhal | Ricardo Horta | Puma | Moosh Portugal | List
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Casa Pia | João Pereira | José Fonte | Adidas | ESC Online | List
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Estoril | Ian Cathro | Eliaquim Mangala | Kappa | Solverde.pt | List
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Estrela da Amadora | José Faria | Miguel Lopes | Umbro | Correio da Manha | List
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Famalicão | Hugo Oliveira | Enea Mihaj | Macron | Placard.pt | List
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Farense | Tozé Marreco | Marco Matias | Lacatoni | Placard.pt | List
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Gil Vicente | César Peixoto | Rúben Fernandes | Lacatoni | GoldenPark | List
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Moreirense | Cristiano Bacci | Marcelo | CDT | Placard.pt | List
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Nacional | Tiago Margarido | João Aurélio | Hummel | Solverde.pt | List
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Porto | Martín Anselmi | Diogo Costa | New Balance | Betano | List
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Rio Ave | Petit | Vítor Gomes | Puma | Solverde.pt | List
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Santa Clara | Vasco Matos | Gabriel Batista | Umbro | Lebull | List
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Sporting CP | Rui Borges | Morten Hjulmand | Nike | Betano | List
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Vitória de Guimarães | Luís Freire | Bruno Varela | Macron | Placard.pt | List
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Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Porto | Sérgio Conceição | Resigned | 24 May 2024 | Pre-season | Vítor Bruno | 6 June 2024 | [3][4] |
Braga | Rui Duarte | End of interim spell | Daniel Sousa | 24 May 2024 | [5] | ||
Daniel Sousa | Sacked | 11 August 2024 | 8th | Carlos Carvalhal | 12 August 2024 | [6][7] | |
Gil Vicente | Tozé Marreco | Resigned | 8 August 2024 | 18th | Bruno Pinheiro | 9 August 2024 | [8] |
Benfica | Roger Schmidt | Sacked | 1 September 2024 | 7th | Bruno Lage | 5 September 2024 | [9] |
Estrela da Amadora | Filipe Martins | Resigned | 22 September 2024 | 17th | José Faria | 23 September 2024 | [10] |
Farense | José Mota | Mutual agreement | 24 September 2024 | 18th | Tozé Marreco | 25 September 2024 | [11] |
Arouca | Gonzalo García | 28 October 2024 | 14th | Vasco Seabra | 29 October 2024 | [12] | |
Rio Ave | Luís Freire | Sacked | 5 November 2024 | Petit | 6 November 2024 | [13] | |
Sporting CP | Ruben Amorim | Signed by Manchester United | 11 November 2024 | 1st | João Pereira | 11 November 2024 | [14] |
AVS | Vítor Campelos | Sacked | 12 November 2024 | 13th | Daniel Ramos | 15 November 2024 | [15] |
Famalicão | Armando Evangelista | 2 December 2024 | 8th | Ricardo Silva (caretaker) | 3 December 2024 | [16] | |
Ricardo Silva (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 3 December 2024 | Hugo Oliveira | 10 December 2024 | [17] | ||
Sporting CP | João Pereira | Sacked | 25 December 2024 | 2nd | Rui Borges | 26 December 2024 | [18][19] |
Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Borges | Signed by Sporting CP | 26 December 2024 | 6th | Daniel Sousa | [20] | |
Porto | Vítor Bruno | Sacked | 20 January 2025 | 3rd | José Tavares (caretaker) | 20 January 2025 | [21][22] |
José Tavares | End of caretaker spell | 27 January 2025 | Martín Anselmi | 27 January 2025 | [23] | ||
Boavista | Cristiano Bacci | Resigned | 8 February 2025 | 18th | Lito Vidigal | 9 February 2025 | [24] |
AVS | Daniel Ramos | Sacked | 13 February 2025 | 13th | Rui Ferreira | 16 February 2025 | [25] |
Gil Vicente | Bruno Pinheiro | 18 February 2025 | 14th | José Pedro Pinto | 20 February 2025 | [26] | |
Moreirense | César Peixoto | 24 February 2025 | 10th | Cristiano Bacci | 28 February 2025 | [27] | |
Lito Vidigal | 6 April 2025 | 18th | Jorge Couto (caretaker) | 6 April 2025 | [28] | ||
Jorge Couto | End of caretaker spell | 13 April 2025 | 18th | Stuart Baxter | 13 April 2025 | [29] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sporting CP (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 88 | 27 | +61 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
2 | Benfica | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 28 | +56 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Porto | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a] |
4 | Braga | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | Santa Clara | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 54 | |
7 | Famalicão | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 47 | |
8 | Estoril | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 46 | |
9 | Casa Pia | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 45 | |
10 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 40 | |
11 | Rio Ave | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 38 | |
12 | Arouca | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 38 | |
13 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 34 | |
14 | Nacional | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 34 | |
15 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 29 | |
16 | AVS (O) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 27[b] | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
17 | Farense (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 27[b] | Relegation to Liga Portugal 2 |
18 | Boavista (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 24 | Administrative relegation to Liga 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The 2024–25 Taça de Portugal winners (Sporting) finished in the top two, thus the third place team got the league stage berth.
- ^ a b Head to head points: AVS 4, Farense 1.
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took place between AVS, who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, and Vizela which finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AVS | 5–2 | Vizela | 3–0 | 2–2 |
AVS | 3–0 | Vizela |
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Vizela | 2–2 | AVS |
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AVS won 5–2 on aggregate and remained in the Primeira Liga; Vizela remained in Liga Portugal 2.
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[30] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | 39 |
2 | Samu Aghehowa | Porto | 19 |
Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica | ||
4 | Clayton | Rio Ave | 14 |
5 | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | 11 |
Yanis Begraoui | Estoril | ||
Ricardo Horta | Braga | ||
Alejandro Marqués | Estoril | ||
9 | Cassiano | Casa Pia | 10 |
Rodrigo Mora | Porto |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Kanya Fujimoto | Gil Vicente | AVS | 4–2 (H) | 16 August 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Farense | 5–0 (A) | 23 August 2024 |
Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Rio Ave | 5–0 (H) | 27 October 2024 |
Samu Aghehowa | Porto | AVS | 5–0 (A) | 28 October 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres4 | Sporting | Estrela da Amadora | 5–1 (H) | 1 November 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Vitória de Guimarães | 4–4 (A) | 3 January 2025 |
Leandro Barreiro | Benfica | Famalicão | 4–0 (H) | 17 January 2025 |
Pablo | Gil Vicente | Boavista | 3–1 (A) | 1 April 2025 |
André Lacximicant | Estoril | AVS | 3–0 (A) | 4 April 2025 |
Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica | Porto | 4–1 (A) | 6 April 2025 |
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Moreirense | 3–1 (H) | 18 April 2025 |
Viktor Gyökeres4 | Sporting | Boavista | 5–0 (A) | 27 April 2025 |
Yanis Begraoui | Estoril | Estrela da Amadora | 4–0 (H) | 17 May 2025 |
- Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean
sheets[31] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Diogo Costa | Porto | 16 |
2 | Anatoliy Trubin | Benfica | 13 |
Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | ||
4 | Gabriel Batista | Santa Clara | 11 |
5 | Lucas França | Nacional | 8 |
Lukáš Horníček | Braga | ||
7 | Andrew | Gil Vicente | 7 |
Lazar Carević | Famalicão | ||
Franco Israel | Sporting | ||
Nico Mantl | Arouca | ||
Matheus | Braga | ||
Patrick Sequeira | Casa Pia |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 12[32]
- Jaume Grau (AVS)
- Alan Ruiz (Estrela da Amadora)
- Most red cards: 2[33]
- Ousmane Diomande (Sporting CP)
- Sidney Lima (Santa Clara)
- João Moutinho (Braga)
- Sebastián Pérez (Boavista)
Club
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Player of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Defender of the Month | Midfielder of the Month | Forward of the Month | Manager of the Month | Goal of the Month | |||||||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | Francisco Moura | Famalicão | Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Ruben Amorim | Sporting | Gustavo Sá | Famalicão |
September/October | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Diogo Costa | Porto | Porto | Kanya Fujimoto | Gil Vicente | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Nuno Santos | Vitória de Guimarães | |||
November | Ángel Di María | Benfica | Gabriel Batista | Santa Clara | Tomás Araújo | Benfica | Morten Hjulmand | Sporting | Ángel Di María | Benfica | Bruno Lage | Benfica | Elves Baldé | Farense |
December | Samu Aghehowa | Porto | Patrick Sequeira | Casa Pia | Alberto Baio | Vitória de Guimarães | Nico González | Porto | Samu Aghehowa | Porto | Vítor Bruno | Porto | Miguel Menino | Farense |
January | João Carvalho | Estoril | Cezary Miszta | Rio Ave | Ousmane Diomande | Sporting | João Carvalho | Estoril | Clayton | Rio Ave | Ian Cathro | Estoril | Francisco Trincão | Sporting |
February | Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica | Lazar Carević | Famalicão | Tomás Araújo | Benfica | Vangelis Pavlidis | Benfica | Bruno Lage | Benfica | Ricardinho | Santa Clara | ||
March | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Rui Silva | Sporting | Álvaro Carreras | Benfica | Orkun Kökçü | Benfica | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Benny | Moreirense | ||
April | Rodrigo Mora | Porto | Nicolás Otamendi | Benfica | Rodrigo Mora | Porto | João Mendes | Vitória de Guimarães |
Annual awards
Costa
Inácio
Otamendi
Diomande
Carreras
Hjulmand
T. Silva
Aursnes
Pavlidis
Gyökeres
Trincão
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Team of the Year | |||||
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Goalkeeper | Diogo Costa (Porto) | ||||
Defence | Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) | Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting) | Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) | Ousmane Diomande (Sporting) | |
Midfield | Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) | Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) | Morten Hjulmand (Sporting CP) | Tiago Silva (Vitória de Guimarães) | Francisco Trincão (Sporting) |
Attack | Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP) |
Number of teams by district
Rank | District Football Associations | Number | Teams |
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1 | Braga | 5 | Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães |
Lisbon | Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP | ||
3 | Porto | 4 | AVS, Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave |
4 | Faro | 1 | Farense |
Aveiro | Arouca | ||
Ponta Delgada | Santa Clara | ||
Funchal | Nacional |
Notes
See also
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