2024–25 Primeira Liga

The 2024–25 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 will be 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.

2024–25 Primeira Liga
Season2024–25
Dates9 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
2025–26

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

Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2024–25 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2023–24
Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,000 7th
AVS Vila das Aves Estádio do CD Aves 8,650 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[upper-alpha 1] 7,000 9th
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,015 13th
Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 7,000 14th
Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 5,307 8th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 10th
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,504 12th
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador
Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
6,153 6th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 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 13,277 1st (LP2)
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,095 1st
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,000 5th
  1. Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition.

Personnel and sponsors

Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer
Main Sponsor
Arouca Gonzalo García David Simão Skita Construções
Carlos Pinho
AVS Nenê
Benfica Roger Schmidt Nicolás Otamendi Adidas Emirates
Boavista Cristiano Bacci Sebastián Pérez Kelme Placard
Braga Daniel Sousa Ricardo Horta Puma Moosh
Casa Pia João Pereira Ângelo Neto Adidas ESC Online
Estoril Vasco Seabra Dani Figueira Kappa Solverde
Estrela da Amadora Filipe Martins Miguel Lopes Umbro Various Sponsors
Famalicão Armando Evangelista Riccieli Macron Placard
Farense José Mota Lacatoni Placard
Gil Vicente Tozé Marreco Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Barcelos Tourism
Moreirense César Peixoto Pedro Amador CDT Placard
Nacional Tiago Margarido João Aurélio Hummel Solverde
Porto Vítor Bruno Pepe New Balance Betano
Rio Ave Luís Freire Vítor Gomes Puma Solverde
Santa Clara Vasco Matos Ricardinho Umbro Solverde
Sporting CP Rúben Amorim Sebastián Coates Nike Betano
Vitória de Guimarães Rui Borges Macron Placard

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.

League table

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

Number of teams by district

Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Braga5Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães
LisbonBenfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP
3 Porto4AVS, Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave
4 Faro1Farense
AveiroArouca
Ponta DelgadaSanta Clara
FunchalNacional

Notes

    References

    1. "Liga Portugal now is called Liga Portugal Betclic". Record. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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