2024–25 Primeira Liga
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 9 August 2024 – 18 May 2025 |
Matches played | 152 |
Goals scored | 391 (2.57 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Viktor Gyökeres (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benfica 5–0 Rio Ave (27 October 2024) |
Biggest away win | Nacional 1–6 Sporting CP (17 August 2024) Farense 0–5 Sporting CP (23 August 2024) AVS 0–5 Porto (29 October 2024) |
Highest scoring | Vitória de Guimarães 4–4 Sporting CP (17 August 2024) |
Longest winning run | 11 matches Sporting CP |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Benfica |
Longest winless run | 8 matches Boavista |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Farense |
Highest attendance | 63,342 Benfica 4–1 Porto (10 November 2024) |
Lowest attendance | 100 Porto 1–0 Santa Clara (16 August 2024) |
Total attendance | 1,912,157 (112 matches) |
Average attendance | 12,663 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 3 January 2025. |
The 2024–25 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) is 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 is 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.
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
- ^ Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition.
Personnel and sponsors
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit Maker |
Sponsors | |
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Main | Other | ||||
Arouca | Vasco Seabra | David Simão | Skita | Construções Carlos Pinho |
List
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AVS | Daniel Ramos | Luís Silva | Adidas | Mercainox | List
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Benfica | Bruno Lage | Nicolás Otamendi | Adidas | Emirates | List
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Boavista | Cristiano Bacci | Sebastián Pérez | Kelme | None | List
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Braga | Carlos Carvalhal | Ricardo Horta | Puma | Moosh Portugal | List
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Casa Pia | João Pereira | José Fonte | Adidas | ESC Online | List
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Estoril | Ian Cathro | Eliaquim Mangala | Kappa | Solverde.pt | List
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Estrela da Amadora | José Faria | Miguel Lopes | Umbro | Correio da Manha | List
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Famalicão | Hugo Oliveira | Riccieli | Macron | Placard.pt | List
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Farense | Tozé Marreco | Marco Matias | Lacatoni | Placard.pt | List
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Gil Vicente | Bruno Pinheiro | Rúben Fernandes | Lacatoni | GoldenPark | List
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Moreirense | César Peixoto | Marcelo | CDT | Placard.pt | List
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Nacional | Tiago Margarido | João Aurélio | Hummel | Solverde.pt | List
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Porto | Vítor Bruno | Iván Marcano | New Balance | Betano | List
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Rio Ave | Petit | Vítor Gomes | Puma | Solverde.pt | List
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Santa Clara | Vasco Matos | Gabriel Batista | Umbro | Lebull | List
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Sporting CP | Rui Borges | Morten Hjulmand | Nike | Betano | List
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Vitória de Guimarães | Daniel Sousa | Bruno Varela | Macron | Placard.pt | List
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Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Porto | Sérgio Conceição | Resigned | 24 May 2024 | Pre-season | Vítor Bruno | 6 June 2024 | [2][3] |
Braga | Rui Duarte | End of interim spell | Daniel Sousa | 24 May 2024 | [4] | ||
Daniel Sousa | Sacked | 11 August 2024 | 8th | Carlos Carvalhal | 12 August 2024 | [5][6] | |
Benfica | Roger Schmidt | 1 September 2024 | 7th | Bruno Lage | 5 September 2024 | [7] | |
Estrela da Amadora | Filipe Martins | Resigned | 22 September 2024 | 17th | José Faria | 23 September 2024 | [8] |
Farense | José Mota | Mutual agreement | 24 September 2024 | 18th | Tozé Marreco | 25 September 2024 | [9] |
Arouca | Gonzalo García | 28 October 2024 | 14th | Vasco Seabra | 29 October 2024 | [10] | |
Rio Ave | Luís Freire | Sacked | 5 November 2024 | Petit | 6 November 2024 | [11] | |
Sporting CP | Ruben Amorim | Signed by Manchester United | 11 November 2024 | 1st | João Pereira | 11 November 2024 | [12] |
AVS | Vítor Campelos | Sacked | 12 November 2024 | 13th | Daniel Ramos | 15 November 2024 | [13] |
Famalicão | Armando Evangelista | 2 December 2024 | 8th | Ricardo Silva (caretaker) | 3 December 2024 | [14] | |
Ricardo Silva (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 3 December 2024 | Hugo Oliveira | 10 December 2024 | [15] | ||
Sporting CP | João Pereira | Sacked | 25 December 2024 | 2nd | Rui Borges | 26 December 2024 | [16][17] |
Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Borges | Signed by Sporting CP | 26 December 2024 | 6th | Daniel Sousa | [18] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sporting CP | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 41 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
2 | Porto | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 40 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Benfica | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
4 | Braga | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 31 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Santa Clara | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 31 | |
6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 25 | |
7 | Casa Pia | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 24 | |
8 | Moreirense | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 22 | |
9 | Famalicão | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
10 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
11 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 19 | |
12 | Estoril | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 18 | |
13 | Estrela da Amadora | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 16 | |
14 | AVS | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 15 | |
15 | Arouca | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 15 | |
16 | Farense | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
17 | Nacional | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | Relegation to Liga Portugal 2 |
18 | Boavista | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 12 |
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.
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[19] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | 21 |
2 | Samu Aghehowa | Porto | 13 |
3 | Clayton | Rio Ave | 9 |
4 | Galeno | Porto | 8 |
5 | Bruma | Braga | 7 |
Alejandro Marqués | Estoril | ||
7 | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | 6 |
Angel Di Maria | Benfica | ||
Francisco Trincão | Sporting | ||
Vinícius Lopes | Santa Clara |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Kanya Fujimoto | Gil Vicente | AVS | 4–2 (H) | 16 August 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Farense | 5–0 (A) | 23 August 2024 |
Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Rio Ave | 5–0 (H) | 27 October 2024 |
Samu Aghehowa | Porto | AVS | 5–0 (A) | 28 October 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres4 | Sporting | Estrela da Amadora | 5–1 (H) | 1 November 2024 |
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Vitória de Guimarães | 4–4 (A) | 3 January 2025 |
- Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean
sheets[20] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Diogo Costa | Porto | 11 |
2 | Anatoliy Trubin | Benfica | 8 |
3 | Franco Israel | Sporting | 7 |
Gabriel Batista | Santa Clara | ||
5 | Matheus | Braga | 6 |
6 | Ivan Zlobin | Famalicão | 4 |
Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | ||
Lucas França | Nacional | ||
Andrew | Gil Vicente |
Discipline
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 | |||||||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Bruno Varela | Vitória de Guimarães | Francisco Moura | Famalicão | Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Ruben Amorim | Sporting | Gustavo Sá | Famalicão |
September/October | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Diogo Costa | Porto | Porto | Kanya Fujimoto | Gil Vicente | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Benfica | Nuno Santos | Vitória de Guimarães | |||
November | Ángel Di María | Benfica | Gabriel Batista | Santa Clara | Tomás Araújo | Benfica | Morten Hjulmand | Sporting | Ángel Di María | Benfica | Bruno Lage | Benfica | Elves Baldé | Farense |
Match awards
Number of teams by district
Rank | District Football Associations | Number | Teams |
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1 | Braga | 5 | Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães |
Lisbon | Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP | ||
3 | Porto | 4 | AVS, Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave |
4 | Faro | 1 | Farense |
Aveiro | Arouca | ||
Ponta Delgada | Santa Clara | ||
Funchal | Nacional |
Notes
See also
References
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- ^ Pinto, Vítor; Barbosa, Nuno (27 May 2024). "Notícia Record: Sérgio Conceição abandona o FC Porto" [Record news: Sérgio Conceição leaves FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Vítor Bruno é o novo treinador" [Vítor Bruno is the new manager] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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- ^ https://www.jn.pt/2110477473/vasco-seabra-e-o-novo-treinador-do-arouca/
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- ^ "Oficial: João Pereira é o novo treinador do Sporting" [Official: João Pereira is the new manager of Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/oficial-daniel-ramos-e-o-novo-treinador-do-aves-sad-2024111519491087419
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