2023–24 Primeira Liga

89th season of top-tier Portuguese football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 first season under the current Liga Portugal Betclic 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.

Season2023–24
Dates11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
ChampionsSporting CP
20th title
RelegatedPortimonense (via play-off)
Vizela
Chaves
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Primeira Liga
Season2023–24
Dates11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
ChampionsSporting CP
20th title
RelegatedPortimonense (via play-off)
Vizela
Chaves
Champions LeagueSporting CP
Benfica
Europa LeaguePorto
Braga
Conference LeagueVitória de Guimarães
Matches306
Goals877 (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 attendance3,707,290 (306 matches)
Average attendance12,115
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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

Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga
Lisbon area teams
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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
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  • Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition

Personnel and sponsors

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Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer		 Main Sponsor
Arouca Portugal Daniel Sousa Portugal David Simão Skita Construções
Carlos Pinho
Benfica Germany Roger Schmidt Argentina Nicolás Otamendi Adidas Emirates
Boavista Portugal Jorge Simão Colombia Sebastián Pérez Kelme Placard
Braga Portugal Rui Duarte Portugal Ricardo Horta Puma Moosh
Casa Pia Portugal Gonçalo Santos Brazil Ângelo Neto Adidas ESC Online
Chaves Portugal Moreno Cape Verde João Correia Lacatoni Forte de São
Francisco Hotel
Estoril Portugal Vasco Seabra Portugal Dani Figueira Kappa Solverde
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Sérgio Vieira Angola Kialonda Gaspar Umbro Various Sponsors
Famalicão Portugal Armando Evangelista Brazil Riccieli Macron Placard
Farense Portugal José Mota Brazil Fabrício Isidoro Lacatoni Placard
Gil Vicente Portugal Tozé Marreco Portugal Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Barcelos Tourism
Moreirense Portugal Rui Borges Portugal Pedro Amador CDT Placard
Portimonense Portugal Paulo Sérgio Brazil Carlinhos Mizuno Ceremony
Porto Portugal Sérgio Conceição Portugal Pepe New Balance Betano
Rio Ave Portugal Luís Freire Portugal Vítor Gomes Puma Solverde
Sporting CP Portugal Ruben Amorim Uruguay Sebastián Coates Nike Betano
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Álvaro Pacheco Portugal André André Macron Placard
Vizela Spain Rubén de la Barrera Portugal Samu Kappa Solverde
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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.
Arouca Portugal Armando Evangelista Signed by Goiás 29 May 2023 Pre-season Portugal Daniel Ramos 29 May 2023 [4]
Vizela Portugal Manuel Tulipa Mutual agreement 31 May 2023 Spain Pablo Villar 2 June 2023 [5]
Moreirense Portugal Paulo Alves End of contract 11 May 2023 Portugal Rui Borges 1 July 2023 [6]
Chaves Portugal Vítor Campelos 2 June 2023 Portugal José Gomes 16 June 2023 [7]
Estoril Portugal Ricardo Soares Signed by Beijing Guoan 6 June 2023 Portugal Álvaro Pacheco 19 June 2023 [8]
Gil Vicente Portugal Daniel Sousa End of contract 26 June 2023 Portugal Vítor Campelos 30 June 2023 [9]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Moreno Resigned 13 August 2023 9th Brazil Paulo Turra 21 August 2023 [10]
Chaves Portugal José Gomes Sacked 19 September 2023 18th Portugal Moreno 21 September 2023 [11]
Estoril Portugal Álvaro Pacheco 24 September 2023 17th Portugal Vasco Seabra 25 September 2023 [12]
Vitória de Guimarães Brazil Paulo Turra 3 October 2023 6th Portugal Álvaro Pacheco 4 October 2023 [13]
Casa Pia Portugal Filipe Martins Resigned 12 November 2023 15th Portugal Pedro Moreira 21 November 2023 [14]
Arouca Portugal Daniel Ramos Sacked 15 November 2023 18th Portugal Daniel Sousa 15 November 2023 [15]
Boavista Portugal Petit Resigned 12 December 2023 10th Portugal Ricardo Paiva 29 December 2023 [16]
Vizela Spain Pablo Villar 18 December 2023 17th Spain Rubén de la Barrera 19 December 2023 [17]
Casa Pia Portugal Pedro Moreira Sacked 15 February 2024 16th Portugal Gonçalo Santos 16 February 2024 [18]
Famalicão Portugal João Pedro Sousa Mutual agreement 19 March 2024 8th Portugal Armando Evangelista 20 March 2024 [19]
Braga Portugal Artur Jorge Signed by Botafogo 3 April 2024 4th Portugal Rui Duarte 3 April 2024
Boavista Portugal Ricardo Paiva Resigned 16 April 2024 12th Portugal Jorge Simao 16 April 2024
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League table

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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
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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 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. [b]
    Porto qualified for the Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal.
  3. [c]
    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. [d]
    Head-to-head points: Farense 4, Rio Ave 1.
  5. [e]
    Head-to-head away goals scored: Estoril 1, Estrela da Amadora 0.
  6. [f]
    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).

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AVS 4–2 Portimonense 2–1 2–1
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Portimonense1–2AVS
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AVS2–1Portimonense
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AVS won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to 2024–25 Primeira Liga; Portimonense were relegated to 2024–25 Liga Portugal 2.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARO ...
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
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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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting 29
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Simon Banza Braga 21
3 Spain Rafa Mújica Arouca 20
4 Venezuela Jhonder Cádiz Famalicão 15
Portugal Paulinho Sporting
Democratic Republic of the Congo Samuel Essende Vizela
Spain Cristo González Arouca
8 Spain Héctor Hernández Chaves 14
Portugal Rafa Silva Benfica
10 Brazil Evanilson Porto 13
Brazil Bruno Duarte Farense
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Hat-tricks

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

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean

sheets[21]

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

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

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

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season[26] Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting
Manager of the Season[26] Portugal Ruben Amorim Sporting
Top scorer[26] Sweden Viktor Gyökeres Sporting
Goal of the Season[26] Portugal João Mendes Vitória de Guimarães
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Team of the Year[27]
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Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Portugal Ricardo Velho (Farense)
Defence Portugal Costinha (Rio Ave) Uruguay Sebastián Coates (Sporting) Ivory CoastOusmane Diomande (Sporting) Portugal Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting)
Midfield Portugal Jota Silva (Vitória de Guimarães) Portugal João Neves (Benfica) Denmark Morten Hjulmand (Sporting CP) Portugal Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP) Spain Rafa Mújica (Arouca)
Attack Sweden Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP)
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Number of teams by district

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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
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Attendances

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

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#Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance[28]
1SL Benfica1756,248
2Sporting CP1740,102
3FC Porto1737,911
4Vitória SC1717,388
5Sporting Braga1715,445
6Boavista1710,627
7SC Farense174,999
8Gil Vicente174,970
9Estrela Amadora174,403
10FC Famalicão173,929
11Rio Ave FC173,149
12Estoril Praia173,122
13FC Vizela173,118
14GD Chaves173,070
15Moreirense FC172,705
16Casa Pia AC172,657
17Portimonense SC172,347
18FC Arouca171,945
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Notes

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

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