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The 2021–22 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin[2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs, and the first season under the current Liga Portugal Bwin title. This was the fifth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). The start and end dates for the season were released on 21 May 2021,[3] and the fixtures were released on 8 July 2021.[4]

Season2021–22
Dates6 August 2021 – 15 May 2022
ChampionsPorto
30th title
RelegatedB SAD
Tondela
Moreirense
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Liga Portugal
Season2021–22
Dates6 August 2021 – 15 May 2022
ChampionsPorto
30th title
RelegatedB SAD
Tondela
Moreirense
Champions LeaguePorto
Sporting CP
Benfica
Europa LeagueBraga
Europa Conference LeagueGil Vicente
Vitória de Guimarães
Matches306
Goals807 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerDarwin Núñez
(26 goals)
Biggest home winPorto 7–0 Portimonense
(16 April 2022)
Biggest away winB SAD 0–7 Benfica
(27 November 2021)
Highest scoringBenfica 7–1 Marítimo
(19 December 2021)
Longest winning run16 matches
Porto[1]
Longest unbeaten run30 matches
Porto[1]
Longest winless run16 matches
Vizela[1]
Longest losing run6 matches
B SAD[1]
Highest attendance48,790
Benfica 1–3 Sporting CP[1]
(30 December 2021)
Lowest attendance439
Tondela 3–2 Famalicão
(25 September 2021)[note 1]
Total attendance2,364,659[1]
Average attendance7,482[1]
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Sporting CP were the defending champions, having won their nineteenth Primeira Liga and their first title since the 2001–02 season at the previous season. Estoril, Vizela and Arouca joined as the promoted clubs from the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2. They replaced Farense, Nacional and Rio Ave, which were relegated to Liga Portugal 2 the previous season.

This season saw the return of full capacity crowds, after the final third of the 2019–20 and the entirety of the 2020–21 seasons were held with limited or no attendance due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.[5]

Porto secured their 30th league title with one match remaining, following a 1–0 away victory over rivals Benfica on 7 May 2022.[6]

Teams

Eighteen teams compete in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the LigaPro: Estoril,[7] Vizela[8] and Arouca.[9]

Changes

Estoril (promoted after a three-year absence) and Vizela (promoted after a 36-year absence) were promoted from the 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 (finishing 1st and 2nd places), replacing Farense and Nacional (both relegated after only one year in the top flight).

Arouca (promoted after a four-year absence) was promoted after finishing in 3rd place in 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 and winning the Promotion play-offs against Rio Ave (relegated after thirteen years in the top flight).

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Mainland)
Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2021–22 Primeira Liga (Azores)

Personnel and sponsors

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer		 Main Sponsor
Arouca Portugal Armando Evangelista Brazil Thales Oleques Skita Construções
Carlos Pinho
B-SAD Portugal Franclim Carvalho Portugal Afonso Taira Kelme Betway
Benfica Portugal Nélson Veríssimo Portugal André Almeida Adidas Emirates
Boavista Portugal Petit Brazil Rafael Bracali Kelme Placard
Braga Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Portugal Ricardo Horta Hummel Betano
Estoril Portugal Bruno Pinheiro Portugal Joãozinho Kappa Solverde
Famalicão Portugal Rui Pedro Silva Brazil Gustavo Assunção Macron Placard
Gil Vicente Portugal Ricardo Soares Portugal Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Barcelos Tourism
Marítimo Portugal Vasco Seabra Portugal Edgar Costa Nike Betano
Moreirense Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto Serbia Lazar Rosić CDT Placard
Paços de Ferreira Portugal César Peixoto Portugal Marco Baixinho Joma Solverde
Portimonense Portugal Paulo Sérgio Portugal Pedro Sá Mizuno McDonald's
Porto Portugal Sérgio Conceição Portugal Pepe New Balance MEO
Santa Clara Portugal Mário Silva Brazil Anderson Carvalho Kelme Solverde
Sporting CP Portugal Ruben Amorim Uruguay Sebastián Coates Nike Betano
Tondela Portugal Nuno Campos Portugal João Pedro CDT Cabriz
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Pepa Portugal André André Macron Placard
Vizela Portugal Álvaro Pacheco Brazil Marcos Paulo Lacatoni Vizela Tourism
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Pacos de Ferreira Portugal Pepa Signed by Vitória de Guimarães 1 July 2021 Pre-season Portugal Jorge Simão 1 July 2021 [10]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Moreno (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 1 July 2021 Portugal Pepa 1 July 2021 [11]
Boavista Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Mutual consent 1 July 2021 Portugal João Pedro Sousa 1 July 2021 [12][13]
Santa Clara Portugal Daniel Ramos 7 October 2021 15th Portugal Nuno Campos 12 October 2021 [14][15]
B-SAD Portugal Petit 19 October 2021 17th Portugal Filipe Cândido 19 October 2021 [16]
Marítimo Spain Julio Velázquez Sacked 11 November 2021 17th Portugal Vasco Seabra 14 November 2021 [17][18]
Boavista Portugal João Pedro Sousa Mutual consent 30 November 2021 11th Portugal Petit 30 November 2021 [19]
Moreirense Portugal João Henriques 30 November 2021 16th Angola Lito Vidigal 4 December 2021 [20][21]
Pacos de Ferreira Portugal Jorge Simão Sacked 11 December 2021 13th Portugal César Peixoto 16 December 2021 [22][23]
Santa Clara Portugal Nuno Campos 13 December 2021 14th Portugal Tiago Sousa (caretaker) 13 December 2021 [24]
Famalicão Portugal Ivo Vieira 19 December 2021 16th Portugal Rui Pedro Silva 19 December 2021 [25]
Benfica Portugal Jorge Jesus Mutual consent 27 December 2021 3rd Portugal Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker) 27 December 2021 [26]
Moreirense Angola Lito Vidigal Sacked 5 January 2022 16th Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto 7 January 2022 [27][28]
Santa Clara Portugal Tiago Sousa End of caretaker spell 10 January 2022 14th Portugal Mário Silva 10 January 2022 [29]
B-SAD Portugal Filipe Cândido Resigned 11 January 2022 18th Portugal Franclim Carvalho 11 January 2022 [30]
Tondela Spain Pako Ayestarán Sacked 16 March 2022 16th Portugal Nuno Campos 16 March 2022 [31][32]
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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 29 4 1 86 22 +64 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 +50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 +48 74 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 +21 65 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
6 Vitória de Guimarães 34 13 9 12 50 41 +9 48 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 −16 40
8 Famalicão 34 9 12 13 45 51 −6 39[b]
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 −7 39[b]
10 Marítimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 −5 38[c]
11 Paços de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 −15 38[c]
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 −13 38[c]
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 −14 38[c]
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 −21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 −24 31
16 Moreirense (R) 34 7 8 19 33 51 −18 29 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17 Tondela (R) 34 7 7 20 41 67 −26 28 Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18 B-SAD (R) 34 5 11 18 23 55 −32 26
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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. [a]
    Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. [b]
    Head-to-head points: Famalicão 4, Estoril 1.
  3. [c]
    Head-to-head points: Marítimo 10, Paços de Ferreira 8, Boavista 7, Portimonense 6.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 21 and 29 May 2022 between Moreirense who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga and Chaves who finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.

All times are WEST (UTC+1).

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chaves 2–1 Moreirense 2–0 0–1
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Chaves2–0Moreirense
João Teixeira 15'
João Correia 67'		 Report
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Attendance: 4,416
Referee: Hugo Miguel
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Moreirense1–0Chaves
Paulinho 25' Report
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Attendance: 4,051
Referee: António Nobre

Chaves won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2022–23 Primeira Liga; Moreirense were relegated to 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARO ...
Home \ Away ARO BEL BEN BOA BRA EST FAM GIL MAR MOR PAC PTM POR STA SPO TON VSC VIZ
Arouca — 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–6 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–4
Belenenses SAD 2–1 — 0–7[a] 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0
Benfica 2–0 3–1 — 3–1 6–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 7–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–1
Boavista 1–0 0–0 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2
Braga 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 — 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 4–1
Estoril 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 — 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2
Famalicão 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 3–2 3–1 — 2–2 0–0 5–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
Gil Vicente 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–0 3–2 2–2
Marítimo 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–0
Moreirense 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 4–1
Paços de Ferreira 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1
Portimonense 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 — 0–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–0
Porto 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 7–0 — 3–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 4–2
Santa Clara 2–1 0–0 0–5 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 — 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1
Sporting CP 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 — 2–0 1–0 3–0
Tondela 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 4–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 3–0 1–3 — 1–1 2–3
Vitória de Guimarães 1–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 5–2 — 4–0
Vizela 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 —
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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.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The match between Belenenses SAD and Benfica was abandoned after 48 minutes of play with the visiting team leading by 0–7 after the host team was unable to field more than six players. Belenenses SAD originally fielded nine players after most of their team tested positive for COVID-19 before the match. In the return for the second half, two Belenenses SAD players abandoned the match with one more player abandoning in the 48th minute, leaving only six players on the pitch which forced the abandonment of the match.[33]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica 26
2 Iran Mehdi Taremi Porto 20
3 Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga 19
4 Spain Fran Navarro Gil Vicente 16
5 Spain Pablo Sarabia Sporting 15
Colombia Óscar Estupiñán Vitória de Guimarães
7 Colombia Luis Díaz Porto 14
Brazil Evanilson Porto
France Simon Banza Famalicão
10 Brazil Samuel Lino Gil Vicente 12
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks
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PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Iran Mehdi Taremi Porto Tondela 3–1 (A) 23 October 2021
Portugal João Pedro Tondela Marítimo 4–2 (H) 7 November 2021
Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica B SAD 7–0 (A) 27 November 2021
Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica Famalicão 4–1 (A) 13 December 2021
Portugal Paulinho Sporting Portimonense 3–2 (H) 29 December 2021
Portugal Vitinha Braga Arouca 6–0 (A) 30 December 2021
Brazil Evanilson Porto B SAD 4–1 (A) 16 January 2022
Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica B SAD 3–1 (H) 9 April 2022
Cameroon Joel Tagueu Marítimo Boavista 4–0 (H) 16 April 2022
Iran Mehdi Taremi Porto Portimonense 7–0 (H) 16 April 2022
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Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Spain Antonio Adán Sporting CP 17
2 Portugal Diogo Costa Porto 15
Brazil Matheus Braga
4 Portugal André Ferreira Paços de Ferreira 10
Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos Benfica
Portugal Dani Figueira Estoril
Brazil Samuel Portugal Portimonense
8 Brazil Paulo Victor Marítimo 9
Portugal Marco Pereira Santa Clara
10 Brazil Luiz Júnior Famalicão 8
Brazil Luiz Felipe B SAD
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Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
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 Brazil Lucas Veríssimo Benfica Spain Antonio Adán Sporting CP Brazil Lucas Veríssimo Benfica Portugal Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP Spain Toni Martínez Porto Portugal Bruno Pinheiro Estoril Spain Álex Grimaldo Benfica
September Uruguay Darwin Núñez Portugal Diogo Costa Porto Spain Pedro Porro Sporting CP Portugal João Mário Benfica Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica Portugal Jorge Jesus Benfica Brazil Gustavo Sauer Boavista
October/November Colombia Luis Díaz Porto Spain Antonio Adán Sporting CP Uruguay Sebastián Coates Portugal Matheus Nunes Sporting CP Colombia Luis Díaz Porto Portugal Ruben Amorim Sporting CP Colombia Luis Díaz Porto
December Portugal Vitinha Portugal Diogo Costa Porto Portugal Gonçalo Inácio Portugal Vitinha Porto Portugal Sérgio Conceição Porto Portugal Arsénio Arouca
January Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba Porto Brazil Evanilson Portugal Ricardo Soares Gil Vicente Brazil Evanilson Porto
February Portugal Pedrinho Gil Vicente Brazil Matheus Reis Sporting Portugal Pedrinho Gil Vicente Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga
March Portugal Vitinha Porto Portugal Vitinha Porto Algeria Islam Slimani Sporting Portugal Sérgio Conceição Porto Portugal Rafa Silva Benfica
April Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga Brazil Matheus Braga Portugal David Carmo Braga Portugal Fábio Vieira Porto Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Braga Brazil André Silva Arouca
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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Uruguay Darwin Núñez[34] Benfica
Manager of the Season Portugal Sérgio Conceição[35] Porto
Goal of the Season Brazil André Silva[36] Arouca
Young Player of the Season Portugal Vitinha[37] Porto
Top scorer Uruguay Darwin Núñez[38] Benfica
Neno Club Fair-Play Prize Benfica
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Team of the Year[39]
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Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Portugal Diogo Costa (Porto)
Defence Spain Pedro Porro (Sporting CP) Portugal Pepe (Porto) Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba (Porto) Brazil Matheus Reis (Sporting CP)
Midfield Portugal Ricardo Horta (Braga) Portugal Matheus Nunes (Sporting CP) Portugal Otávio (Porto) Portugal Vitinha (Porto) Uruguay Darwin Núñez (Benfica)
Attack Iran Mehdi Taremi (Porto)
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Number of teams by district

More information Rank, District Football Associations ...
Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Braga6Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense, Vitória de Guimarães and Vizela
2 Lisbon4Belenenses SAD, Benfica, Estoril and Sporting CP
3 Porto3Boavista, Paços de Ferreira and Porto
4 Aveiro1Arouca
FaroPortimonense
FunchalMarítimo
Ponta DelgadaSanta Clara
ViseuTondela
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Some league matches played were played behind closed doors without any spectators or with a limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

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