2024–25 Primeira Liga

The 2024–25 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic 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.

Primeira Liga

Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played	89
Goals scored	229 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viktor Gyökeres (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Benfica 5–0 Rio Ave (27 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Nacional 1–6 Sporting CP (17 August 2024) Farense 0–5 Sporting CP (23 August 2024) AVS 0–5 Porto (29 October 2024)
Highest scoring	Nacional 1–6 Sporting CP (17 August 2024)
Longest winning run	11 matches Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Sporting CP
Longest winless run	8 matches Boavista
Longest losing run	6 matches Farense
Highest attendance	63,342 Benfica 4–1 Porto (10 November 2024)
Lowest attendance	100 Porto 2–0 Santa Clara (16 August 2024)
Total attendance	1,057,510 (83 matches)
Average attendance	13,218
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

Teams

Changes

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

Braga

Famalicão

Gil Vicente

Moreirense

V. Guimarães

Lisbon

Estoril

Estrela Amadora

Boavista

Porto

Rio Ave

AVS

Farense

Arouca

Lisbon teams:
Benfica
Casa Pia
Sporting CP

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga

Benfica

Sporting CP

Casa Pia

Est. Amadora

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Lisbon area teams

Nacional

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Santa Clara

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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	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

Personnel and sponsors

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

Managerial changes

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP	11	11	0	0	39	5	+34	33	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Porto	11	9	0	2	28	8	+20	27	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	10	8	1	1	28	7	+21	25	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Santa Clara	11	7	0	4	14	12	+2	21	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Braga	11	6	2	3	19	11	+8	20
6	Vitória de Guimarães	11	5	3	3	12	11	+1	18
7	Famalicão	11	4	5	2	12	9	+3	17
8	Moreirense	11	5	2	4	15	14	+1	17
9	Casa Pia	11	3	4	4	10	14	−4	13
10	Rio Ave	11	3	3	5	10	20	−10	12
11	Gil Vicente	11	2	4	5	14	19	−5	10
12	Estoril	11	2	4	5	8	16	−8	10
13	AVS	11	2	4	5	9	19	−10	10
14	Boavista	11	2	3	6	7	15	−8	9
15	Estrela da Amadora	11	2	3	6	10	20	−10	9
16	Nacional	10	2	2	6	6	15	−9	8	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Arouca	11	2	2	7	6	19	−13	8	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Farense	11	1	2	8	5	18	−13	5

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 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.

Results

Home \ Away	ARO	AVS	BEN	BOA	BRA	CAS	EST	AMA	FAM	FAR	GIL	MOR	NAC	POR	RAV	STA	SPO	VSC
Arouca		1–1	–	–	1–2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1–0	–	–	–	0–3	0–1
AVS	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	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	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	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	–	–		–	1–2	–	–	–	–	0–5	–
Gil Vicente	–	4–2	–	1–2	0–0	–	–	3–0	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Moreirense	3–1	–	1–1	–	–	–	–	–	0–0	–	3–2		–	–	–	1–0	–	–
Nacional	–	–	–	–	0–3	–	–	–	–	2–0	–	–		–	–	2–0	1–6	–
Porto	4–0	–	–	–	2–1	–	4–0	–	–	2–1	3–0	–	–		2–0	–	–	–
Rio Ave	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–2	2–2	–	1–1	1–0	–	–	–	–		–	–	–
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	–		–
Vitória de Guimarães	–	–	–	2–2	–	–	1–0	–	2–1	–	–	1–0	–	0–3	–	–	–

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	16
2	Galeno	Porto	8
3	Samu Aghehowa	Porto
4	Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	5
	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Benfica
6	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting	4
	Vinícius Lopes	Santa Clara
	Amine El Ouazzani	Braga
	Clayton	Rio Ave
	Cassiano	Casa Pia

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	AVS	4–2 (H)	16 August 2024
Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Farense	5–0 (A)	23 August 2024
Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Benfica	Rio Ave	5–0 (H)	27 October 2024
Samu Aghehowa	Porto	AVS	5–0 (A)	28 October 2024
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

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Diogo Costa	Porto	7
2	Franco Israel	Sporting	5
3	Ivan Zlobin	Famalicão	4
	Matheus	Braga
	Anatoliy Trubin	Benfica
	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães
6	Lucas França	Nacional	3
	Joel Robles	Estoril
	Gabriel Batista	Santa Clara
	Kewin	Moreirense
	Andrew	Gil Vicente

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6
  • Sandro Cruz (Gil Vicente)
• Most red cards: 1
  • 11 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 29
  • Estoril
• Most red cards: 2
  • Arouca
  • Casa Pia

Awards

Monthly awards

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	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães	Francisco Moura	Famalicão	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Rúben Amorim	Sporting	Gustavo Sá	Famalicão
September/October	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Benfica	Diogo Costa	Porto		Porto	Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	Benfica			Nuno Santos	Vitória de Guimarães

Number of teams by district

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