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 - 7
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- Regular Season - 7
GIL Vicente
Maritimo
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- Regular Season - 7
Nacional
Famalicao
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- Regular Season - 7
Alverca
Rio Ave
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- Regular Season - 7
Sporting CP
Arouca
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- Regular Season - 7
Estrela
Academico Viseu
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- Regular Season - 7
Guimaraes
Moreirense
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- Regular Season - 7
Santa Clara
SC Braga
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- Regular Season - 7
Estoril
Casa Pia
Estádio António Coimbra da Mota -
- Regular Season - 7
FC Porto
Benfica
Regular Season - 8
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- Regular Season - 8
Moreirense
GIL Vicente
Latest played matches, Primeira Liga
Regular Season - 6
Regular Season - 3
Primeira Liga Standings
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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FC Porto | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 18 | WWWWW |
| 2 |
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Benfica | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 16 | WWWWW |
| 3 |
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Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 14 | DWWWW |
| 4 |
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Santa Clara | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 14 | WWDWW |
| 5 |
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Arouca | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | LDWLW |
| 6 |
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Estrela | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | WDWDD |
| 7 |
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Academico Viseu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 8 | WWLDL |
| 8 |
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SC Braga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | LWWD |
| 9 |
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GIL Vicente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | LLDWW |
| 10 |
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Maritimo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 | LLDWW |
| 11 |
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Alverca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 5 | WLDLD |
| 12 |
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Famalicao | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | DDDLL |
| 13 |
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Guimaraes | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 | LDLWL |
| 14 |
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Nacional | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 4 | LLLLW |
| 15 |
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Moreirense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 4 | LLWLD |
| 16 |
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Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 | LLWLL |
| 17 |
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Estoril | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 | DLLLD |
| 18 |
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Casa Pia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -14 | 1 | LDLLL |
Primeira Liga Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
V. Pavlidis
Benfica |
8 |
| 2 |
Gonçalo Paciência
Santa Clara |
5 |
| 3 |
L. Suárez
Sporting CP |
4 |
| 4 |
I. Stoica
Estrela |
4 |
| 5 |
Barbero
Arouca |
4 |
| 6 |
G. Prestianni
Benfica |
4 |
| 7 |
A. Marcus
Estrela |
4 |
| 8 |
Borja Sainz
FC Porto |
3 |
| 9 |
Héctor Hernández
GIL Vicente |
3 |
| 10 |
Pau Victor
SC Braga |
3 |
Top assists 2026
| # | Player | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pepê Aquino
FC Porto |
3 |
| 2 |
N. Djouahra
Arouca |
3 |
| 3 |
Diogo Bezerra
Rio Ave |
3 |
| 4 |
Gabri Veiga
FC Porto |
3 |
| 5 |
E. Tıknaz
SC Braga |
2 |
| 6 |
Miguel Nogueira
Guimaraes |
2 |
| 7 |
A. Schjelderup
Benfica |
2 |
| 8 |
F. Ioannidis
Sporting CP |
2 |
| 9 |
Diogo Filipe Spencer Marques
Alverca |
2 |
| 10 |
Geny Catamo
Sporting CP |
2 |
Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
- Suárez Charris 3
- Cipriano Catamo 3
- Bojang 3
- Leković 3
- Guzzo 3
- 3
- da Silva Cunha 3
- Lopes da Silva 2
- Mckenzie John 2
- de Carvalho Julião 2
Top red cards
- Pinheiro Monteiro 1
- da Silva Rocha 1
- Beney 1
- 1
- Liberato Tomás de Aquino 1
- Tavares Oliveira 1
- Ntoi 1
- Ndoye 1
- Reis Ferreira 1
Primeira Liga teams participation since 2010
History
| 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 % |
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| Benfica | 21 | 122 |
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| Sporting CP | 15 | 75 |
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| FC Porto | 15 | 92 |
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| Estrela | 14 | 76 |
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| Santa Clara | 11 | 82 |
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| Alverca | 8 | 53 |
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| Arouca | 8 | 61 |
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| Moreirense | 7 | 44 |
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| SC Braga | 7 | 66 |
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| Academico Viseu | 7 | 57 |
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| Nacional | 7 | 63 |
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| Maritimo | 7 | 63 |
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| Famalicao | 5 | 55 |
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| Rio Ave | 5 | 44 |
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| Guimaraes | 4 | 118 |
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| GIL Vicente | 4 | 64 |
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| Estoril | 2 | 75 |
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| Casa Pia | 1 | 61 |
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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.