88th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Football league season
The 2024–22 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin[2] for sponsorship reasons) ♠ was the 88th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs, and the first ♠ season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the fifth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). ♠ The start and end dates for the season were released on 21 May 2024,[3] and the fixtures were released on ♠ 8 July 2024.[4]
Sporting CP were the defending champions, having won their nineteenth Primeira Liga and their first title since the ♠ 2001–02 season at the previous season. Estoril, Vizela and Arouca joined as the promoted clubs from the 2024–21 Liga Portugal ♠ 2. They replaced Farense, Nacional and Rio Ave, which were relegated to Liga Portugal 2 the previous season.
This season saw ♠ the return of full capacity crowds, after the final third of the 2024–20 and the entirety of the 2024–21 seasons ♠ were held with limited or no attendance due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.[5]
Porto secured their ♠ 30th league title with one match remaining, following a 1–0 away victory over rivals Benfica on 7 May 2024.[6]
Teams [ ♠ edit ]
Eighteen teams compete in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted ♠ from the LigaPro: Estoril,[7] Vizela[8] and Arouca.[9]
Changes [ edit ]
Estoril (promoted after a three-year absence) and Vizela (promoted after a ♠ 36-year absence) were promoted from the 2024–21 Liga Portugal 2 (finishing 1st and 2nd places), replacing Farense and Nacional (both ♠ relegated after only one year in the top flight).
Arouca (promoted after a four-year absence) was promoted after finishing in 3rd ♠ place in 2024–21 Liga Portugal 2 and winning the Promotion play-offs against Rio Ave (relegated after thirteen years in the ♠ top flight).
Stadia and locations [ edit ]
Marítimo class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–22 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Santa Clara class=notpageimage| Location of ♠ teams in 2024–22 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Managerial changes [ edit ]
League table [ edit ]
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes: 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.Champions;RelegatedNotes:
a b c Since the winners ♠ of the 2024–22 Taça de Portugal , Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded ♠ to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded ♠ to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. a b Head-to-head points: ♠ Famalicão 4, Estoril 1. a b c d Head-to-head points: Marítimo 10, Paços de Ferreira 8, Boavista 7, Portimonense 6.
Relegation ♠ play-offs [ edit ]
The relegation play-offs took place on 21 and 29 May 2024 between Moreirense who finished 16th in ♠ the Primeira Liga and Chaves who finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.
All times are WEST (UTC+1).
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate ♠ score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Chaves 2–1 Moreirense 2–0 0–1
Chaves won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to ♠ 2024–23 Primeira Liga; Moreirense were relegated to 2024–23 Liga Portugal 2.
Results [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
Top goalscorers [ edit ♠ ]
Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Top assists [ edit ]
Clean sheets [ edit ]
Discipline [ edit ]
Player [ edit ♠ ]
Club [ edit ]
Most yellow cards: 118 Vitória de Guimarães
Most red cards: 11 Belenenses SAD
Awards [ edit ]
Monthly awards [ ♠ edit ]
Annual awards [ edit ]
Costa Pepe Porro Mbemba Reis Otávio Vitinha Nunes Horta Taremi Núñez [40]
Number of teams by ♠ district [ edit ]
Notes [ edit ]
^ Some league matches played were played behind closed doors without any spectators or ♠ with a limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
