88th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Football league season
The 2024–23 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin[2] for sponsorship reasons) ♣ was the 89th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs, and the second ♣ season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the sixth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR).
FC ♣ Porto were the defending champions, having won their 30th title at the previous season. Rio Ave, Casa Pia and Chaves ♣ joined as the promoted clubs from the 2024–22 Liga Portugal 2 replacing Belenenses SAD, Tondela and Moreirense, which were relegated ♣ to 2024–23 Liga Portugal 2.
As the 2024 FIFA World Cup was held between 20 November and 18 December 2024 due ♣ to the climatic conditions of the host country Qatar, the league featured an extended pause during the season. As national ♣ team players had to be released by their clubs on 14 November 2024, the last Primeira Liga matchday before the ♣ break was scheduled for 13 November (matchday 13). The league resumed nine weeks later on 28 December.[3]
Benfica secured a record ♣ 38th league title after beating Santa Clara 3–0 on matchday 34.
Teams [ edit ]
Changes [ edit ]
Rio Ave (promoted after ♣ a one-year absence), Casa Pia (promoted after a 83-year absence) and Chaves (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from ♣ the 2024–22 Liga Portugal 2 (finishing first, second and third places), replacing Moreirense (relegated after eight years), Tondela (relegated after ♣ seven years) and Belenenses SAD (never relegated before).[note 1]
Stadia and locations [ edit ]
Marítimo class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–23 ♣ Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Santa Clara class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–23 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) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals ♣ scored; 7) 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) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.Champions;RelegatedNotes:
a b Vizela finished ahead of Rio Ave on ♣ head-to-head points: Rio Ave 0–1 Vizela, Vizela 3–1 Rio Ave.
Relegation play-offs [ edit ]
The relegation play-offs took place on 3 ♣ and 11 June 2024, between Marítimo, who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, and Estrela da Amadora, who finished 3rd ♣ in Liga Portugal 2.
All times are WEST (UTC+1).
Results [ edit ]
Positions by round [ edit ]
The table lists the positions ♣ of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to ♣ the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
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 Benfica 2 2 2 1 ♣ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ♣ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Porto 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 ♣ 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ♣ 2 2 2 2 2 Braga 8 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 ♣ 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ♣ Sporting CP 9 6 10 13 9 7 8 7 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♣ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Arouca 18 12 7 ♣ 10 10 12 12 13 11 11 10 8 9 10 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 ♣ 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 Vitória de Guimarães 4 4 5 8 11 9 ♣ 9 9 9 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 ♣ 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 Chaves 12 9 11 6 6 10 11 11 10 9 11 ♣ 11 8 9 10 9 8 10 9 8 9 13 13 13 11 11 11 10 10 8 7 ♣ 7 7 7 Famalicão 16 18 16 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 15 14 13 14 ♣ 15 12 13 15 13 10 12 9 9 10 9 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 Boavista 4 ♣ 3 6 9 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 9 11 12 8 11 11 9 8 9 11 ♣ 8 8 10 12 13 12 12 11 12 10 10 10 9 Casa Pia 10 14 9 7 7 ♣ 6 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 7 7 ♣ 7 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 Vizela 4 10 12 11 12 13 14 14 12 13 ♣ 12 13 13 11 12 8 9 8 10 10 8 11 9 11 10 8 7 7 8 9 ♣ 11 11 11 11 Rio Ave 12 15 15 14 13 14 13 10 13 12 13 12 10 7 ♣ 9 10 10 11 14 12 12 9 11 8 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 ♣ Gil Vicente 4 10 13 12 14 11 10 12 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 15 ♣ 15 14 14 12 10 12 13 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 Estoril 3 8 8 ♣ 5 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 10 12 13 14 13 13 14 12 13 15 15 15 ♣ 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 Portimonense 12 7 4 4 4 4 4 5 ♣ 8 10 9 7 7 8 11 12 12 13 11 11 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 ♣ 13 13 13 13 13 15 Marítimo 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 ♣ 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 ♣ 16 Paços de Ferreira 12 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 ♣ 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 Santa Clara ♣ 10 13 14 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 ♣ 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Statistics [ edit ]
Top goalscorers [ edit ♣ ]
Player For Against Result Date Mehdi Taremi Porto Arouca 5–1 (H) 28 December 2024 Francisco Trincão Sporting Casa Pia 4–3 ♣ (A) 9 April 2024 Mehdi Taremi4 Porto Famalicão 4–2 (A) 20 May 2024
Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 Player ♣ scored four goals.
Top assists [ edit ]
Clean sheets [ edit ]
Discipline [ edit ]
Player [ edit ]
Club [ edit ]
Awards ♣ [ edit ]
Monthly awards [ edit ]
Annual awards [ edit ]
Costa Pepe Silva Otamendi Grimaldo Ugarte Otávio João Mário Horta ♣ Ramos Taremi [34]
Number of teams by district [ edit ]
Notes [ edit ]
^ Belenses SAD were founded in June 2024. ♣ When they were founded, they immediately replaced C.F. Os Belenenses in the Primeira Liga. Os Belenenses had been promoted to ♣ the Primeira Liga in 2013. ^ [29] Aroso was awarded the prize, due to Moreno not having the required coaching ♣ level to manage Vitória de Guimarães.
