2023–24 Primeira Liga

The 2023–24 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs and the third season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the seventh Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). Benfica were the defending champions, having won their 38th title the previous season.

Primeira Liga
Season2023–24
Dates11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
ChampionsSporting CP
20th title
RelegatedVizela
Chaves
Portimonense (via play-off)
Champions LeagueSporting CP
Benfica
Europa LeaguePorto
Braga
Conference LeagueVitória de Guimarães
Matches played306
Goals scored877 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerViktor Gyökeres
(29 goals)
Biggest home winSporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia
(29 January 2024)
Biggest away winRio Ave 0–4 Moreirense
(1 October 2023)
Boavista 0–4 Arouca
(3 December 2023)
Vizela 0-4 Casa Pia
(31 March 2024)
Highest scoringGil Vicente 5–3 Estoril
(17 September 2023)
Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia
(29 January 2024)
Portimonense 3–5 Braga
(1 April 2024)
Longest winning run8 matches
Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Benfica
Longest winless run11 matches
Boavista
Longest losing run7 matches
Arouca
Highest attendance62,247
Benfica 1–0 Porto
(29 September 2023)
Lowest attendance944
Moreirense 1–4 Casa Pia
(8 January 2024)
Total attendance2,776,394 (233 matches)
Average attendance11,916

Since Portugal dropped from sixth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2022–23 season, only the two best-ranked teams can qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions enter directly into the group stage, and the runners-up enter the third qualifying round). The Taça de Portugal winner qualified to the UEFA Europa League group stage while the third-placed team qualify to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. The fourth-placed team, meanwhile, qualify to the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.[2][3]

On 5 May, Sporting CP were confirmed as champions with two matches to spare following Benfica's 2–0 away defeat to Famalicão, clinching the club's 20th league title and first since the 2020–21 season.

Teams

Changes

Moreirense, Farense (after a one and two years absence, respectively), and Estrela da Amadora (promoted for the first time in history in its current form founded in 2020 or after a fourteen-year absence if counting the club that dissolved in 2011 due to bankruptcy) were promoted from the 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, replacing Marítimo, Paços de Ferreira, and Santa Clara (relegated after thirty-eight, four, and five years on the top flight, respectively).

This league season marked the first time since 1984–85 to have no teams from the Azores or Madeira islands in the top-flight.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga
Lisbon area teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2022–23
Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,000 5th
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 1st
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 28,263 9th
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 3rd
Casa Pia Lisbon Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior* 7,000 10th
Chaves Chaves Estádio Municipal Eng.º
Manuel Branco Teixeira		 8,400 7th
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,015 14th
Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 7,000 3rd (LP2)
Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 5,307 8th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 2nd (LP2)
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,504 13th
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador
Joaquim de Almeida Freitas		 6,153 1st (LP2)
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 6,204 15th
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033 2nd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 5,300 12th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,095 4th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,000 6th
Vizela Vizela Estádio do FC Vizela 6,000 11th
    • Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition

    Personnel and sponsors
    Team Manager Captain Kit
    Manufacturer    		 Main Sponsor
    Arouca Daniel Sousa David Simão Skita Construções
    Carlos Pinho
    Benfica Roger Schmidt Nicolás Otamendi Adidas Emirates
    Boavista Jorge Simão Sebastián Pérez Kelme Placard
    Braga Rui Duarte Ricardo Horta Puma Moosh
    Casa Pia Gonçalo Santos Ângelo Neto Adidas ESC Online
    Chaves Moreno João Correia Lacatoni Forte de São
    Francisco Hotel
    Estoril Vasco Seabra Dani Figueira Kappa Solverde
    Estrela da Amadora Sérgio Vieira Kialonda Gaspar Umbro Various Sponsors
    Famalicão Armando Evangelista Riccieli Macron Placard
    Farense José Mota Fabrício Isidoro Lacatoni Placard
    Gil Vicente Tozé Marreco Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Barcelos Tourism
    Moreirense Rui Borges Pedro Amador CDT Placard
    Portimonense Paulo Sérgio Carlinhos Mizuno Ceremony
    Porto Sérgio Conceição Pepe New Balance Betano
    Rio Ave Luís Freire Vítor Gomes Puma Solverde
    Sporting CP Rúben Amorim Sebastián Coates Nike Betano
    Vitória de Guimarães Álvaro Pacheco André André Macron Placard
    Vizela Rubén de la Barrera Samu Kappa Solverde

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
    Arouca Armando Evangelista Signed by Goiás 29 May 2023 Pre-season Daniel Ramos 29 May 2023 [4]
    Vizela Manuel Tulipa Mutual agreement 31 May 2023 Pablo Villar 2 June 2023 [5]
    Moreirense Paulo Alves End of contract 11 May 2023 Rui Borges 1 July 2023 [6]
    Chaves Vítor Campelos 2 June 2023 José Gomes 16 June 2023 [7]
    Estoril Ricardo Soares Signed by Beijing Guoan 6 June 2023 Álvaro Pacheco 19 June 2023 [8]
    Gil Vicente Daniel Sousa End of contract 26 June 2023 Vítor Campelos 30 June 2023 [9]
    Vitória de Guimarães Moreno Resigned 13 August 2023 9th Paulo Turra 21 August 2023 [10]
    Chaves José Gomes Sacked 19 September 2023 18th Moreno 21 September 2023 [11]
    Estoril Álvaro Pacheco 24 September 2023 17th Vasco Seabra 25 September 2023 [12]
    Vitória de Guimarães Paulo Turra 3 October 2023 6th Álvaro Pacheco 4 October 2023 [13]
    Casa Pia Filipe Martins Resigned 12 November 2023 15th Pedro Moreira 21 November 2023 [14]
    Arouca Daniel Ramos Sacked 15 November 2023 18th Daniel Sousa 15 November 2023 [15]
    Boavista Petit Resigned 12 December 2023 10th Ricardo Paiva 29 December 2023 [16]
    Vizela Pablo Villar 18 December 2023 17th Rubén de la Barrera 19 December 2023 [17]
    Casa Pia Pedro Moreira Sacked 15 February 2024 16th Gonçalo Santos 16 February 2024 [18]
    Famalicão João Pedro Sousa Mutual agreement 19 March 2024 8th Armando Evangelista 20 March 2024 [19]
    Braga Artur Jorge Signed by Botafogo 3 April 2024 4th Rui Duarte 3 April 2024
    Boavista Ricardo Paiva Resigned 16 April 2024 12th Jorge Simao 16 April 2024

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Sporting CP (C) 34 29 3 2 96 29 +67 90 Qualification for the Champions League league phase[lower-alpha 1]
    2 Benfica 34 25 5 4 77 28 +49 80
    3 Porto 34 22 6 6 63 27 +36 72 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[lower-alpha 2]
    4 Braga 34 21 5 8 71 50 +21 68 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
    5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 19 6 9 52 38 +14 63 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
    6 Moreirense 34 16 7 11 36 35 +1 55
    7 Arouca 34 13 7 14 54 50 +4 46
    8 Famalicão 34 10 12 12 37 41 −4 42
    9 Casa Pia 34 10 8 16 38 50 −12 38
    10 Farense 34 10 7 17 46 51 −5 37[lower-alpha 4]
    11 Rio Ave 34 6 19 9 38 43 −5 37[lower-alpha 4]
    12 Gil Vicente 34 9 9 16 42 52 −10 36
    13 Estoril 34 9 6 19 49 58 −9 33[lower-alpha 5]
    14 Estrela da Amadora 34 7 12 15 33 53 −20 33[lower-alpha 5]
    15 Boavista 34 7 11 16 39 62 −23 32[lower-alpha 6]
    16 Portimonense (R) 34 8 8 18 39 72 −33 32[lower-alpha 6] Qualification for the Relegation play-off
    17 Vizela (R) 34 5 11 18 36 66 −30 26 Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
    18 Chaves (R) 34 5 8 21 31 72 −41 23
    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.
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
    1. Since Atalanta, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the Champions League via league position, Benfica was promoted from the Champions League third qualifying round to the league phase, as the team with the highest coefficient out of all the teams in Champions League qualifying.
    2. Porto qualified for the Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal.
    3. Since the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, finished in top three, the spot given to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot given to the fourth-placed team (Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
    4. Head-to-head points: Farense 4, Rio Ave 1.
    5. Head-to-head away goals scored: Estoril 1, Estrela da Amadora 0.
    6. Head-to-head points: Boavista 4, Portimonense 1.

    Relegation play-offs

    The relegation play-offs will take place between Portimonense, who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, and AVS which finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.

    All times are WEST (UTC+1).

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    AVS 4–2 Portimonense 2–1 2–1
    Portimonense1–2AVS
    		 Report
    AVS2–1Portimonense
    		 Report

    AVS won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to 2024–25 Primeira Liga; Portimonense were relegated to 2024–25 Liga Portugal 2.

    Results
    Home \ Away ARO BEN BOA BRA CAS CHA EST AMA FAM FAR GIL MOR PTM POR RAV SPO VSC VIZ
    Arouca — 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 4–3 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–3 5–0
    Benfica 5–0 — 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 6–1
    Boavista 0–4 3–2 — 0–4 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2
    Braga 0–3 0–1 4–1 — 4–3 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
    Casa Pia 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 — 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1
    Chaves 1–5 0–2 2–1 2–4 1–3 — 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–1
    Estoril 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 4–0 — 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2
    Estrela da Amadora 1–4 1–4 3–1 2–4 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1
    Famalicão 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–2
    Farense 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–3 5–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–0
    Gil Vicente 2–2 2–3 1–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 5–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 — 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–1
    Moreirense 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–4 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 — 5–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
    Portimonense 1–2 1–3 1–4 3–5 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 — 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0
    Porto 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–2 4–1
    Rio Ave 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 3–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 — 3–3 2–1 1–1
    Sporting CP 2–1 2–1 6–1 5–0 8–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 — 3–0 3–2
    Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 5–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 — 2–0
    Vizela 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 0–4 0–1 3–3 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–5 0–1 —
    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[20]
    1 Viktor Gyökeres Sporting 29
    2 Simon Banza Braga 21
    3 Rafa Mújica Arouca 20
    4 Jhonder Cádiz Famalicão 15
    Paulinho Sporting
    Samuel Essende Vizela
    Cristo González Arouca
    8 Héctor Hernández Chaves 14
    Rafa Silva Benfica
    10 Evanilson Porto 13
    Bruno Duarte Farense

    Hat-tricks
    Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks
    PlayerForAgainstResultDate
    Héctor Hernández Chaves Gil Vicente 4–2 (H) 7 October 2023
    Simon Banza Braga Portimonense 6–1 (H) 4 November 2023
    Rafa Mújica Arouca Gil Vicente 3–0 (H) 16 December 2023
    Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Boavista 6–1 (H) 17 March 2024
    Notes

    (H) – Home team
    (A) – Away team

    Clean sheets
    Rank Player Club Clean

    sheets[21]

    1 Diogo Costa Porto 14
    2 Anatoliy Trubin Benfica 13
    Kewin Moreirense
    4 Ricardo Batista Casa Pia 10
    5 Antonio Adán Sporting 9
    Jhonatan Rio Ave
    Andrew Gil Vicente
    8 Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães 8
    Marcelo Carné Estoril
    Luiz Júnior Famalicão

    Player

    Club

    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 Paulinho Sporting Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães Iván Marcano Porto Gaius Makouta Boavista Paulinho Sporting Petit Boavista Tiago Silva V. Guimarães
    September Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Luiz Júnior Famalicão Ousmane Diomande Sporting João Neves Benfica Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Rúben Amorim Sporting Orkun Kökçü Benfica
    October/November António Silva Benfica Tiago Aguilar Moreirense[note 1] Rafael Barbosa Farense
    December Ricardo Velho Farense Gonçalo Inácio Sporting Rúben Amorim Sporting Théo Fonseca Famalicão
    January Diogo Costa Porto Rodrigo Zalazar Braga João Mendes Vitória de Guimarães
    February Rafa Mújica Arouca Ricardo Velho Farense António Silva Benfica João Neves Benfica Rafa Mújica Arouca Daniel Sousa Arouca Sorriso Famalicão
    March Jota Silva Vitória de Guimarães Charles Vitória de Guimarães Pepe Porto Jota Silva Vitória de Guimarães Rúben Amorim Sporting Felippe Cardoso Casa Pia
    April Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Ricardo Velho Farense Gonçalo Inácio Sporting Pedro Gonçalves Sporting Viktor Gyökeres Sporting Tomás Händel Vitória de Guimarães

    Annual awards
    Team of the Year[26]
    Team of the Year
    Goalkeeper Ricardo Velho (Farense)
    Defence Costinha (Rio Ave) Sebastián Coates (Sporting) Ousmane Diomande (Sporting) Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting)
    Midfield Jota Silva (Vitória de Guimarães) João Neves (Benfica) Morten Hjulmand (Sporting CP) Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP) Rafa Mújica (Arouca)
    Attack Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)

    Number of teams by district
    Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
    1 Braga6Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense, Vitória de Guimarães and Vizela
    2 Lisbon5Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP
    3 Porto3Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave
    4 Faro2Farense and Portimonense
    5 Aveiro1Arouca
    Vila RealChaves

    Notes
    1. Aguilar was awarded the prize, due to Rui Borges not having the required coaching level to manage Moreirense

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