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

Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	Sporting CP 20th title
Relegated	Portimonense (via play-off) Vizela Chaves
Champions League	Sporting CP Benfica
Europa League	Porto Braga
Conference League	Vitória de Guimarães
Matches played	306
Goals scored	877 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viktor Gyökeres (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia (29 January 2024)
Biggest away win	Rio Ave 0–4 Moreirense (1 October 2023) Boavista 0–4 Arouca (3 December 2023) Vizela 0–4 Casa Pia (31 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Gil 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 run	8 matches Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Benfica
Longest winless run	11 matches Boavista
Longest losing run	7 matches Arouca
Highest attendance	62,247 Benfica 1–0 Porto (29 September 2023)
Lowest attendance	944 Moreirense 1–4 Casa Pia (8 January 2024)
Total attendance	3,708,282 (306 matches)
Average attendance	12,119
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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 could qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions entered directly into the group stage, and the runners-up entered the third qualifying round). The Taça de Portugal winner qualified to the UEFA Europa League group stage, while the third-placed team qualified to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. The fourth-placed team, meanwhile, qualified to the UEFA 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

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Liga Portugal 2. The promoted teams were Moreirense, Farense (returning to the top flight 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). They replaced Marítimo, Paços de Ferreira, and Santa Clara, who were relegated to the Liga Portugal 2 after respective spells of thirty-eight, four, and five years in the top flight.

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

Braga

Famalicão

Gil Vicente

Moreirense

V. Guimarães

Vizela

Lisbon

Estoril

Estrela Amadora

Boavista

Porto

Rio Ave

Farense

Portimonense

Arouca

Chaves

Lisbon teams:
Benfica
Casa Pia
Sporting CP

Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga

Benfica

Sporting

Casa Pia

Est. Amadora

Lisbon area teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022–23
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,600	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	8,396	7th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	5,100	14th
Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	9,288	3rd (LP2)
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,186	8th
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	2nd (LP2)
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,046	13th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,150	1st (LP2)
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	4,961	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	30,029	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	Ruben 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[a]
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[b]
4	Braga	34	21	5	8	71	50	+21	68	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[c]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	19	6	9	52	38	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[c]
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[d]
11	Rio Ave	34	6	19	9	38	43	−5	37[d]
12	Gil Vicente	34	9	9	16	42	52	−10	36
13	Estoril	34	9	6	19	49	58	−9	33[e]
14	Estrela da Amadora	34	7	12	15	33	53	−20	33[e]
15	Boavista	34	7	11	16	39	62	−23	32[f]
16	Portimonense (R)	34	8	8	18	39	72	−33	32[f]	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 took 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

Portimonense	1–2	AVS
Teixeira 86' (o.g.)	Report	Correia 19' Martins 47'

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

19:45 UTC+1

Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão

AVS	2–1	Portimonense
Mercado 51' Benny 89'	Report	Carrillo 90+4'

2 June 2024 (2024-06-02)

19:45 UTC+1

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
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

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 13^[22]
  • Ângelo Neto (Casa Pia)
• Most red cards: 3^[23]
  • Ygor Nogueira (Chaves)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 99^[24]
  • Famalicão
• Most red cards: 9^[25]
  • Chaves
  • Famalicão
  • Porto

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	Ruben 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					Ruben 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	Ruben 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

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season[26]	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting
Manager of the Season[26]	Ruben Amorim	Sporting
Top scorer[26]	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting
Goal of the Season[26]	João Mendes	Vitória de Guimarães

Velho Diomande Costinha Coates Inácio Hjulmand João Neves Gonçalves J. Silva Gyökeres Mújica Team of the Year[27]

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	Braga	6	Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense, Vitória de Guimarães and Vizela
2	Lisbon	5	Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP
3	Porto	3	Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave
4	Faro	2	Farense and Portimonense
5	Aveiro	1	Arouca
	Vila Real		Chaves

Attendances

SL Benfica drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Primeira Liga.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[28]
1	SL Benfica	17	56,248
2	Sporting CP	17	40,102
3	FC Porto	17	37,911
4	Vitória SC	17	17,388
5	Sporting Braga	17	15,445
6	Boavista	17	10,627
7	SC Farense	17	4,999
8	Gil Vicente	17	4,970
9	Estrela Amadora	17	4,403
10	FC Famalicão	17	3,929
11	Rio Ave FC	17	3,149
12	Estoril Praia	17	3,122
13	FC Vizela	17	3,118
14	GD Chaves	17	3,070
15	Moreirense FC	17	2,705
16	Casa Pia AC	17	2,657
17	Portimonense SC	17	2,347
18	FC Arouca	17	1,945

Notes

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