Primeira Liga Fixtures, Results and Standings

Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga is a men’s league competition in Portugal, with recorded coverage spanning the 2010 to 2025 seasons. On this page, visitors can follow live scores, upcoming fixtures and completed results, while reviewing standings and player and team statistics across the competition for a clear view of its recorded seasons in one place over time.

Upcoming matches, Primeira Liga

Regular Season - 10

  • - Regular Season - 10
    Casa Pia Casa Pia
    Sporting CP Sporting CP
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Moreirense Moreirense
    Estrela Estrela
  • - Regular Season - 10
    FC Porto FC Porto
    Estoril Estoril
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Arouca Arouca
    Nacional Nacional
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Academico Viseu Academico Viseu
    Rio Ave Rio Ave
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Maritimo Maritimo
    Santa Clara Santa Clara
  • - Regular Season - 10
    SC Braga SC Braga
    Famalicao Famalicao
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Benfica Benfica
    Alverca Alverca
  • - Regular Season - 10
    GIL Vicente GIL Vicente
    Guimaraes Guimaraes

Regular Season - 11

  • - Regular Season - 11
    Famalicao Famalicao
    Arouca Arouca

Latest played matches, Primeira Liga

Regular Season - 9

  • Regular Season - 9
    Santa Clara Santa Clara
    1 - 2
    Benfica Benfica
    Estádio de São Miguel
  • Regular Season - 9
    Sporting CP Sporting CP
    1 - 2
    Academico Viseu Academico Viseu
    Estádio da Luz
  • Regular Season - 9
    Nacional Nacional
    1 - 0
    SC Braga SC Braga
    Estádio da Madeira
  • Regular Season - 9
    Rio Ave Rio Ave
    0 - 4
    Famalicao Famalicao
    Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • Regular Season - 9
    Estoril Estoril
    1 - 3
    Moreirense Moreirense
    Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
  • Regular Season - 9
    GIL Vicente GIL Vicente
    0 - 1
    FC Porto FC Porto
    Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
  • Regular Season - 9
    Alverca Alverca
    0 - 1
    Arouca Arouca
    Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca
  • Regular Season - 9
    Estrela Estrela
    0 - 2
    Casa Pia Casa Pia
  • Regular Season - 9
    Guimaraes Guimaraes
    5 - 0
    Maritimo Maritimo
    Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques

Regular Season - 2

  • Regular Season - 2
    SC Braga SC Braga
    1 - 2
    GIL Vicente GIL Vicente
    Estádio Municipal de Braga

Primeira Liga Standings

Rank Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts Last 5
1 		FC Porto 9 9 0 0 21 4 17 27 WWWWW
2 		Benfica 9 7 1 1 26 8 18 22 WWLWW
3 		Sporting CP 9 5 3 1 21 11 10 18 LWDDW
4 		Santa Clara 9 5 3 1 13 6 7 18 LWDWW
5 		Arouca 9 5 2 2 12 7 5 17 WWDLD
6 		Academico Viseu 9 5 2 2 13 11 2 17 WWWWW
7 		GIL Vicente 9 4 2 3 8 7 1 14 LWWDL
8 		Alverca 9 3 2 4 13 13 0 11 LWWWL
9 		SC Braga 9 3 2 4 9 11 -2 11 LLLDW
10 		Moreirense 9 3 2 4 11 16 -5 11 WLDWL
11 		Famalicao 9 2 4 3 14 11 3 10 WLWDD
12 		Estrela 9 2 4 3 14 17 -3 10 LLLDW
13 		Guimaraes 9 2 2 5 10 10 0 8 WLDLD
14 		Maritimo 9 2 2 5 9 19 -10 8 LLDLL
15 		Nacional 9 2 1 6 10 18 -8 7 WLLLL
16 		Casa Pia 9 2 1 6 5 17 -12 7 WLWLD
17 		Rio Ave 9 2 1 6 8 21 -13 7 LWLDL
18 		Estoril 9 0 2 7 5 15 -10 2 LLLLD
Promotion - Champions League (League phase)
Promotion - Champions League (Qualification)
Promotion - Europa League (Qualification)
Promotion - Conference League (Qualification)
Liga Portugal (Relegation)
Relegation - Liga Portugal 2

Primeira Liga Statistics

Top scorers 2026

# Player Goals
1 V. Pavlidis
Benfica 		9
2 L. Suárez
Sporting CP 		7
3 Gonçalo Paciência
Santa Clara 		5
4 Barbero
Arouca 		5
5 G. Koutsias
Famalicao 		5
6 G. Prestianni
Benfica 		5
7 Borja Sainz
FC Porto 		4
8 Gabri Veiga
FC Porto 		4
9 I. Stoica
Estrela 		4
10 Pau Victor
SC Braga 		4

Top assists 2026

# Player Assists
1 Pepê Aquino
FC Porto 		4
2 N. Djouahra
Arouca 		4
3 G. Prestianni
Benfica 		4
4 C. Kahraman
Academico Viseu 		4
5 Diogo Filipe Spencer Marques
Alverca 		3
6 Gabri Veiga
FC Porto 		3
7 Geny Catamo
Sporting CP 		3
8 Diogo Bezerra
Rio Ave 		3
9 V. Pavlidis
Benfica 		3
10 Chiquinho
Alverca 		2

Top key passes

Top tackles

Top yellow cards

Top red cards

Primeira Liga teams participation since 2010

History

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Team Nb participations
Benfica 16
FC Porto 16
SC Braga 16
Guimaraes 16
Sporting CP 16
Rio Ave 15
Maritimo 13
Moreirense 12
Pacos Ferreira 12
Boavista 11
Nacional 11
Estoril 11
GIL Vicente 11
Vitoria Setubal 10
Arouca 10
Belenenses 9
Portimonense 8
Tondela 8
Santa Clara 7
Famalicao 7
Chaves 6
Academica 6
Feirense 4
Olhanense 4
Vizela 4
Casa Pia 4
Estrela 4
Aves 3
Farense 3
Beira-Mar 3
AVS 3
União de Leiria 2
Penafiel 1
U. Madeira 1
Naval 1893 1
Alverca 1

Primeira Liga top scorer teams

Goals scored vs. conversion rate

Team Goals scored Total shots Conversion %
Benfica 26 173
15%
FC Porto 21 143
14.7%
Sporting CP 21 122
17.2%
Famalicao 14 92
15.2%
Estrela 14 121
11.6%
Santa Clara 13 119
10.9%
Alverca 13 100
13%
Academico Viseu 13 89
14.6%
Arouca 12 100
12%
Moreirense 11 76
14.5%
Guimaraes 10 158
6.3%
Nacional 10 95
10.5%
Maritimo 9 90
10%
SC Braga 9 127
7.1%
Rio Ave 8 68
11.8%
GIL Vicente 8 116
6.9%
Casa Pia 5 87
5.8%
Estoril 5 130
3.9%

Primeira Liga About

Primeira Liga is Portugal’s top men’s professional football league, occupying the highest level of the national league pyramid and determining the country’s league champion. Founded in 1934, it is the principal domestic competition for leading Portuguese clubs and a route into UEFA club football.

Unlike a knockout cup, the competition is decided through a season-long league table. Its purpose is both straightforward and consequential: to identify the strongest club over a sustained programme of home and away fixtures, while linking domestic performance to promotion, relegation and European qualification.

Commercial naming rights may alter the competition’s sponsored title, but Primeira Liga remains the recognised sporting identity of Portugal’s premier division.

A national championship with deep roots

The league emerged in 1934 as Portuguese football moved towards a unified national championship rather than a structure centred chiefly on regional competition. That development gave the country’s leading clubs a regular, nationwide contest and established the framework from which the modern professional game grew.

Its history has been shaped most prominently by Os Três Grandes: SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP. Their sustained success has made their meetings central occasions in the Portuguese calendar, while the league has also provided a platform for ambitious clubs from other cities and regions to challenge the established order.

The championship’s importance extends beyond its title race. Portuguese clubs use it to develop players, coaches and sporting projects in a highly competitive domestic setting, with strong league performances often opening the door to European competition. For promoted sides, meanwhile, a place in the top flight brings the opportunity to test themselves against the country’s most prominent opponents and to establish a longer-term position at elite level.

Organisation and place in the pyramid

The competition is organised by Liga Portugal, the body responsible for Portugal’s professional league competitions, within the wider jurisdiction of the Portuguese Football Federation. Participation is earned primarily through sporting merit, with clubs required to meet the relevant professional, financial and infrastructure standards.

Primeira Liga sits above Liga Portugal 2. At the end of a season, the lowest-ranked clubs can be relegated to the second tier, while the best-performing eligible clubs from Liga Portugal 2 gain promotion. In the established 18-club arrangement, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated and the side in 16th place may face a play-off against the third-placed second-division club. The precise promotion, relegation and licensing provisions are set in the competition regulations and can be revised from season to season.

This relationship gives meaning to every part of the table. The leading places carry the prospect of continental football, mid-table teams seek stability and progress, and clubs near the bottom compete to preserve their top-flight status.

League format and matchday rhythm

The standard format is a double round-robin league. Eighteen clubs each play the other 17 twice, once at home and once away, producing 34 matches per club and 34 rounds of fixtures across the season. There are no group stages, quarter-finals or final to decide the champion: the club that finishes first in the final table wins the national title.

League matches use the familiar points system of three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. This rewards consistency over a long campaign rather than success in a short knockout run. Every result contributes to the same table, so goal difference, direct meetings and late-season form can all carry considerable weight.

When teams finish level on points, the regulations use sporting tie-break criteria. Results between the tied teams are central: head-to-head points are considered first, followed by head-to-head goal difference and, where applicable, away goals in those meetings. Overall goal difference, number of wins and total goals scored are among the further separating criteria. There is no extra time or penalty shoot-out in ordinary league fixtures; a drawn match simply yields one point to each side.

Season stakes and European pathway

A Primeira Liga season normally runs from August to May. Most rounds are scheduled around weekends, with selected midweek dates helping the calendar accommodate domestic cups, UEFA fixtures and international windows. The Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga are separate competitions, with their own formats; they do not form knockout rounds of the league championship.

Final league position shapes the season’s rewards. The highest-placed clubs can qualify for UEFA competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League. The number and entry stage of available places depend on Portugal’s UEFA access list and the applicable season’s regulations, so the domestic objective is clear even when the precise allocation changes.

At the opposite end, relegation can reshape a club’s sporting and financial outlook. That pressure, combined with the pursuit of Europe and the title itself, makes the table meaningful throughout the campaign. Primeira Liga therefore remains a demanding measure of sustained quality: a national championship in which success is earned across months of direct competition, not settled by a single final.

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