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2024–25 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga
Season2024–25
Dates9 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played89
Goals scored229 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerViktor Gyökeres
(16 goals)
Biggest home winBenfica 5–0 Rio Ave
(27 October 2024)
Biggest away winNacional 1–6 Sporting CP
(17 August 2024)
Farense 0–5 Sporting CP
(23 August 2024)
AVS 0–5 Porto
(29 October 2024)
Highest scoringNacional 1–6 Sporting CP
(17 August 2024)
Longest winning run11 matches
Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Sporting CP
Longest winless run8 matches
Boavista
Longest losing run6 matches
Farense
Highest attendance63,342
Benfica 4–1 Porto
(10 November 2024)
Lowest attendance100
Porto 2–0 Santa Clara
(16 August 2024)
Total attendance1,057,510 (83 matches)
Average attendance13,218
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) is 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 is the eighth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). Sporting CP are the defending champions, having won their 20th title the previous season.

Teams

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Changes

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Santa Clara (after one-year absence), Nacional (after three years 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 on the top flight, respectively).

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2023–24
Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,600 7th
AVS Vila das Aves Estádio do CD Aves 8,560 3rd (LP2)
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 2nd
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 28,263 15th
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 4th
Casa Pia Lisbon Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior[A] 7,000 9th
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 5,100 13th
Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9,288 14th
Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 5,186 8th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 10th
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,046 12th
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 6,150 6th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,200 2nd (LP2)
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033 3rd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 5,300 11th
Santa Clara Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 12,500 1st (LP2)
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,095 1st
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,029 5th
  1. ^ Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition.

Personnel and sponsors

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Team Manager Captain Kit
Maker
Sponsors
Main Other
Arouca Portugal Vasco Seabra Portugal David Simão Skita Construções
Carlos Pinho
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Castro Electrónica, Bluetooth - Imp. exp. telem., Lda
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: PontoPT
AVS Portugal Vítor Campelos Brazil Nenê Adidas Mercainox
List
    • Front: Tectoave
    • Back: AUTONI - Pneus e Óleos, Lda, GoDrive Rent a Car
    • Sleeves: GuimaGold Hotel
    • Shorts: RE/MAX, Auditiv
Benfica Portugal Bruno Lage Argentina Nicolás Otamendi Adidas Emirates
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Sagres
    • Sleeves: Betano
    • Shorts: None
Boavista Italy Cristiano Bacci Colombia Sebastián Pérez Kelme None
List
    • Front: Cerveja Nortada
    • Back: Estrella Galicia, Auditiv
    • Sleeves: FC Car Automóveis
    • Shorts: None
Braga Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Portugal Ricardo Horta Puma Moosh Portugal
List
    • Front: Só Barroso
    • Back: AMCO Intermediários de Crédito, Piscinas Soleo
    • Sleeves: Auditiv
    • Shorts: 2045 Segurança
Casa Pia Portugal João Pereira Portugal José Fonte Adidas ESC Online
List
    • Front: Hospital da Luz
    • Back: Val Hala Mediação Imobiliária, Meltino Café
    • Sleeves: Silogia
    • Shorts: Domino's
Estoril Scotland Ian Cathro Portugal Dani Figueira Kappa Solverde.pt
List
Estrela da Amadora Portugal José Faria Portugal Miguel Lopes Umbro Correio da Manha
List
    • Front: Marcos Car SA
    • Back: ESC Online
    • Sleeves: Hospital da Luz
    • Shorts: None
Famalicão Portugal Armando Evangelista Brazil Riccieli Macron Placard.pt
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Mercainox, Hyundai Motors
    • Sleeves: Falual Group
    • Shorts: JMF SA, Enif Comunicação e Publicidade
Farense Portugal Tozé Marreco Portugal Marco Matias Lacatoni Placard.pt
List
    • Front: Tcars
    • Back: AP Eva Senses, MSCAR
    • Sleeves: Aditiv
    • Shorts: Barao Rodrigues, BF Security
Gil Vicente Portugal Bruno Pinheiro Portugal Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni GoldenPark
List
    • Front: Barcelos
    • Back: Mercainox, H.M Motor
    • Sleeves: LuxSteel360
    • Shorts: None
Moreirense Portugal César Peixoto Portugal Pedro Amador CDT Placard.pt
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: JMM Group
    • Shorts: None
Nacional Portugal Tiago Margarido Portugal João Aurélio Hummel Solverde.pt
List
Porto Portugal Vítor Bruno Argentina Alan Varela New Balance Betano
List
Rio Ave Portugal Petit Portugal Vítor Gomes Puma Solverde.pt
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: UZO, Confirent Rent a Car
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Santa Clara Portugal Vasco Matos Portugal Ricardinho Umbro Lebull
List
    • Front: Cerveja Quinas
    • Back: Açores
    • Sleeves: Ilha Verde Rent a Car
    • Shorts: Hospital CUF
Sporting CP Portugal João Pereira Denmark Morten Hjulmand Nike Betano
List
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Rui Borges Cape Verde Bruno Varela Macron Placard.pt
List
    • Front: NorteCar
    • Back: UZO, GuimarãeShopping
    • Sleeves: Chanceplus
    • Shorts: MOOD Imobiliária

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Porto Portugal Sérgio Conceição Resigned 24 May 2024 Pre-season Portugal Vítor Bruno 6 June 2024 [2][3]
Braga Portugal Rui Duarte End of interim spell Portugal Daniel Sousa 24 May 2024 [4]
Portugal Daniel Sousa Sacked 11 August 2024 8th Portugal Carlos Carvalhal 12 August 2024 [5][6]
Benfica Germany Roger Schmidt Sacked 1 September 2024 7th Portugal Bruno Lage 5 September 2024 [7]
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Filipe Martins Resigned 22 September 2024 17th Portugal José Faria 23 September 2024 [8]
Farense Portugal José Mota Mutual agreement 24 September 2024 18th Portugal Tozé Marreco 25 September 2024 [9]
Arouca Uruguay Gonzalo García Mutual agreement 28 October 2024 14th Portugal Vasco Seabra 29 October 2024 [10]
Rio Ave Portugal Luís Freire Sacked 5 November 2024 14th Portugal Petit 6 November 2024 [11]
Sporting CP Portugal Ruben Amorim Signed by Manchester United 11 November 2024 1st Portugal João Pereira 11 November 2024 [12]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP 12 11 0 1 39 6 +33 33 Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2 Porto 12 10 0 2 30 8 +22 30 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Benfica 11 9 1 1 30 7 +23 28 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Santa Clara 12 8 0 4 15 12 +3 24 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Braga 12 7 2 3 20 11 +9 23
6 Vitória de Guimarães 12 6 3 3 16 11 +5 21
7 Famalicão 12 4 5 3 13 11 +2 17
8 Moreirense 12 5 2 5 17 17 0 17
9 Rio Ave 12 4 3 5 13 22 −9 15
10 Casa Pia 12 3 4 5 10 16 −6 13
11 Estoril 12 3 4 5 10 17 −7 13
12 Boavista 12 2 4 6 7 15 −8 10[a]
13 Gil Vicente 12 2 4 6 14 23 −9 10[a]
14 AVS 12 2 4 6 9 20 −11 10[a]
15 Estrela da Amadora 12 2 3 7 10 21 −11 9[b]
16 Nacional 11 2 3 6 6 15 −9 9[b] Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17 Arouca 12 2 2 8 6 21 −15 8[c] Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18 Farense 12 2 2 8 6 18 −12 8[c]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2024. 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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Boavista 3; Gil Vicente 3; AVS 0. → Head-to-head points: Boavista 3; Gil Vicente 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Estrela da Amadora 3; Nacional 0.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Arouca 3; Farense 0.

Results

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Home \ Away ARO AVS BEN BOA BRA CAS EST AMA FAM FAR GIL MOR NAC POR RAV STA SPO VSC
Arouca 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–1
AVS 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–5 1–0 1–0
Benfica 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 5–0 4–1
Boavista 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2
Braga 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–4 0–2
Casa Pia 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–1
Estoril 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–3
Estrela da Amadora 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–2
Famalicão 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–3
Farense 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–5
Gil Vicente 4–2 1–2 0–0 3–0
Moreirense 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0
Nacional 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–6
Porto 4–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–0
Rio Ave 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2
Santa Clara 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0
Sporting CP 3–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 3–1 0–1
Vitória de Guimarães 2–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2024. Source: Liga Portugal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[13]
1 Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting 16
2 Spain Samu Aghehowa Porto 9
3 Brazil Galeno Porto 8
4 Japan Kanya Fujimoto Gil Vicente 5
Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Benfica
6 Portugal Pedro Gonçalves Sporting 4
Brazil Vinícius Lopes Santa Clara
Morocco Amine El Ouazzani Braga
Brazil Clayton Rio Ave
Brazil Cassiano Casa Pia

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Japan Kanya Fujimoto Gil Vicente AVS 4–2 (H) 16 August 2024
Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Farense 5–0 (A) 23 August 2024
Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Benfica Rio Ave 5–0 (H) 27 October 2024
Spain Samu Aghehowa Porto AVS 5–0 (A) 28 October 2024
Sweden Viktor Gyökeres4 Sporting Estrela da Amadora 5–1 (H) 1 November 2024
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean

sheets[14]

1 Portugal Diogo Costa Porto 8
2 Uruguay Franco Israel Sporting 5
Ukraine Anatoliy Trubin Benfica
4 Russia Ivan Zlobin Famalicão 4
Brazil Matheus Braga
Cape Verde Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães
7 Brazil Lucas França Nacional 3
Spain Joel Robles Estoril
Brazil Gabriel Batista Santa Clara
Brazil Kewin Moreirense
Brazil Andrew Gil Vicente

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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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
Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Manager Club Player Club
August Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Cape Verde Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Francisco Moura Famalicão Portugal Pedro Gonçalves Sporting Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Portugal Rúben Amorim Sporting Portugal Gustavo Sá Famalicão
September/October Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Benfica Portugal Diogo Costa Porto Porto Japan Kanya Fujimoto Gil Vicente Turkey Kerem Aktürkoğlu Benfica Portugal Nuno Santos Vitória de Guimarães

Number of teams by district

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Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Liga Portugal now is called Liga Portugal Betclic". Record. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ Pinto, Vítor; Barbosa, Nuno (27 May 2024). "Notícia Record: Sérgio Conceição abandona o FC Porto" [Record news: Sérgio Conceição leaves FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Vítor Bruno é o novo treinador" [Vítor Bruno is the new manager] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Daniel Sousa é o novo treinador do SC Braga" [Daniel Sousa is the new coach of SC Braga] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Comunicado | Daniel Sousa" [Announcement | Daniel Sousa] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Carlos Carvalhal é o novo treinador do SC Braga" [Carlos Carvalhal is the new coach of SC Braga] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Benfica parts ways with coach Roger Schmidt after poor season start". Yahoo Sports. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ^ https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/estrela-da-amadora-jose-faria-lidera-nova-comissao-tecnica-2024092310104957916
  9. ^ "Tozé Marreco sucede a José Mota no Farense" [Tozé Marreco succeeds José Mota at Farense]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  10. ^ https://www.jn.pt/2110477473/vasco-seabra-e-o-novo-treinador-do-arouca/
  11. ^ https://www.jn.pt/5323345903/rio-ave-oficializa-petit-como-novo-treinador-principal/
  12. ^ "Oficial: João Pereira é o novo treinador do Sporting" [Official: João Pereira is the new manager of Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Liga Portugal". LigaPortugal.pt/. Liga Portugal Betclic. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Clean Sheets – Liga Portugal". fotmob.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Yellow Cards – Liga Portugal". fotmob.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Red Cards – Liga Portugal". fotmob.com. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Yellow Card – Club Stats – Liga Portugal". fotmob.com. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Red Card – Club Stats – Liga Portugal". Retrieved 6 October 2024.