1a Divisão - Women is a women’s football league in Portugal, with recorded seasons spanning 2022 to 2025. On this competition page, visitors can follow live scores, fixtures and results, check standings, and explore player and team statistics. It provides a clear reference for following matches and reviewing competition information over the recorded seasons.
Upcoming matches, 1a Divisão - Women
Regular Season - 2
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- Regular Season - 2
Rio Ave W
SL Benfica
Regular Season - 11
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- Regular Season - 11
Sporting CP W
Marítimo W
CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira
Regular Season - 2
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- Regular Season - 2
Vitoria Guimaraes W
Torreense W
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- Regular Season - 2
Racing Power W
Valadares Gaia W
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- Regular Season - 2
Sporting Braga
Regular Season - 3
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- Regular Season - 3
Valadares Gaia W
Rio Ave W
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- Regular Season - 3
Racing Power W
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- Regular Season - 3
Sporting Braga
Sporting CP W
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- Regular Season - 3
SL Benfica
Vitoria Guimaraes W
Caixa Futebol Campus
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- Regular Season - 3
Torreense W
Marítimo W
Latest played matches, 1a Divisão - Women
Regular Season - 1
1a Divisão - Women Standings
1a Divisão - Women Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
1a Divisão - Women teams participation since 2022
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| SL Benfica | 4 |
| Damaiense W | 4 |
| Marítimo W | 4 |
| Sporting CP W | 4 |
| Torreense W | 4 |
| Valadares Gaia W | 4 |
| Sporting Braga | 3 |
| Albergaria | 3 |
| Famalicão W | 3 |
| Vilaverdense W | 3 |
| Ouriense | 2 |
| Racing Seixal | 2 |
| Amora W | 1 |
| Estoril Praia | 1 |
| Racing Power W | 1 |
| Rio Ave W | 1 |
| Vitoria Guimaraes W | 1 |
| Braga W | 1 |
1a Divisão - Women top scorer teams
1a Divisão - Women About
1a Divisão - Women is Portugal’s top-tier women’s football league, corresponding to the Campeonato Nacional Feminino and commonly branded Liga BPI for sponsorship purposes. Operated by the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), it is a league competition at the summit of the Portuguese women’s football pyramid and determines the national champion. The competition provides an elite domestic platform for clubs and players, while serving as an important development route towards the Portuguese national team.
Identity and role in Portuguese football
The league brings together the leading women’s sides in Portugal and connects the domestic game with European competition. Clubs reach the division through sporting merit, either by retaining their top-flight status or by winning promotion from the second tier, generally referred to as the II Divisão or Segunda Divisão. Participation is also subject to FPF registration, licensing and infrastructure requirements. These standards are intended to support competitive integrity, player development and the continued professionalisation of women’s football.
The competition’s recorded modern formation is 1993, when the national championship structure was established. Its wider history reaches back to the Taça Nacional, created in 1985, before the competition became the Campeonato Nacional in 1993–94. A significant period of development followed in 2016–17, when major clubs including Sporting CP and Braga expanded their involvement in the women’s game. That expansion helped raise the league’s sporting profile and accelerate investment, visibility and professional standards.
Governance, access and eligibility
The FPF defines the competition regulations, administers the league and oversees officiating. Clubs must satisfy the federation’s requirements for registration, facilities and squad administration. The supplied competition rules also refer to a minimum squad of 18 players, together with eligibility provisions covering EU freedom of movement and international transfers. Squad and registration rules may develop between editions, so the applicable FPF regulations remain decisive for each season.
Promotion and relegation link the league to the wider Portuguese football system. The lowest-ranked teams can lose their top-flight status through direct relegation or a relegation play-off, while leading clubs from the division below compete for promotion. This movement ensures that access is based on sporting performance as well as regulatory compliance.
Competition format and progression
The recent structure described for the competition uses a two-stage format designed to balance national-level competition with the practical demands of travel across Portugal. In the first stage, clubs are placed in North and South series, principally according to geographic proximity. Madeira teams are generally associated with the South series. The series are settled through a single round-robin schedule, with each team meeting the others in its group once.
The strongest teams then progress to a national Championship Phase. The top four from each regional series form the championship group and play a double round-robin programme, meeting home and away to determine the title. The remaining clubs enter the Relegation Phase, where groups decide which teams remain in the top division and which face relegation or a play-off. Depending on the applicable regulations, points gained in the first stage may be adjusted or halved when the second stage begins. Group composition is principally geographical, with a draw used where necessary to finalise the allocation.
This phased arrangement differs from a simple single-table league and means that the final champion is determined by the decisive national phase rather than solely by the initial regional standings. The exact number of clubs, group composition and points adjustments can vary by edition, making the season regulations important when comparing campaigns.
Scoring, ranking and decisive matches
League matches use the standard football points system: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. When teams finish level on points, the stated ranking sequence begins with head-to-head points, followed by head-to-head goal difference, overall goal difference and total goals scored. These criteria help determine both championship positions and the teams affected by relegation.
Although the main competition is played as a league, promotion and relegation play-offs may be contested over two legs. If a tie remains level after normal time, the applicable regulations may provide for extra time and, when necessary, a penalty shoot-out. Such matches are distinct from the round-robin league phases and use the specific procedures set for the relevant edition.
Calendar and sporting stakes
The season generally follows the European football calendar, beginning around September and running into May. Matches are primarily scheduled at weekends, while midweek dates may be used around national-team windows, rescheduled fixtures or domestic cup commitments. The recorded competition data covers four seasons, from 2022 through 2025, with a first recorded event dated 16 September 2023.
Winning the title crowns a club champion of Portugal and can open the route to the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The league has historically featured influential clubs such as Boavista, 1º Dezembro, Benfica and Sporting CP, whose success reflects the changing landscape of women’s football in the country. Beyond the championship itself, the competition gives Portuguese players a high-level environment in which to develop and compete for international selection.
For followers tracking 1a Divisão - Women, the most useful distinction is between the regional opening stage and the national Championship Phase. Together they combine local accessibility, meaningful promotion and relegation pressure, and a final contest for Portugal’s highest women’s league title.