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

Teams

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Changes

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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

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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[A] 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

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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

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

League table

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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

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Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
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

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References

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