| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 August 2014 – 23 May 2015 |
| Champions | Benfica 34th title |
| Relegated | Gil Vicente Penafiel |
| Champions League | Benfica Porto Sporting CP |
| Europa League | Braga Vitória de Guimarães Belenenses |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 763 (2.49 per match) |
| Best Player | Jonas[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Jackson Martínez (21 goals)[2] |
| Best goalkeeper | Júlio César[1] |
| Biggest home win | Benfica 6–0Estoril (28 February 2015) |
| Biggest away win | V. Setúbal 0–5Benfica (12 September 2014) Arouca 0–5Porto (25 October 2014) Penafiel 1–6Braga (29 November 2014) Gil Vicente 0–5Benfica (2 May 2015) |
| Highest scoring | Penafiel 1–6Braga (29 November 2014) |
| Longest winning run | 9 games Benfica |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Porto |
| Longest winless run | 15 games Gil Vicente Académica |
| Longest losing run | 5 games Penafiel Estoril |
| Highest attendance | 63,534[3] Benfica 0–0Porto (26 April 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 430[3] Arouca 1–3Paços de Ferreira (26 April 2015) |
| Total attendance | 3,091,276[4] |
| Average attendance | 10,102[4] |
2015–16 → | |
The2014–15 Primeira Liga (also known asLiga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of thePrimeira Liga, the top professional league for Portugueseassociation football clubs. It began on 15 August 2014 and concluded on 23 May 2015.[5]
On 17 May 2015,Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall title.
The league was scaled up to 18 teams, after the Court's rule to nullifyBoavista's relegation from the Primeira Liga in the2007–08 season. Boavista has been invited back in the Primeira Liga, after the club won a legal battle that eventually deemed their forced relegation five years ago unlawful. The club therefore went straight from the third level to the top league.[6][7]
The league was named Liga ZON Sagres until 2013–14 after the sponsorship agreement between Sagres, ZON (now NOS) and the league ended. The league is named Liga NOS since 5 February 2015.
| Team | Head manager | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | Nike | EFAPEL | |
| Arouca | Macron | Banco BIC | |
| Belenenses | Lacatoni | — | |
| Benfica | Adidas | MEO (home) Moche (away) | |
| Boavista | Erreà | Mestre da Cor | |
| Braga | Macron | Banco BIC | |
| Estoril | Hummel | Banco BIC | |
| Gil Vicente | Macron | Barcelos | |
| Marítimo | Lacatoni | BANIF | |
| Moreirense | cdt | — | |
| Nacional | Hummel | BANIF | |
| Paços de Ferreira | Lacatoni | Banco BIC | |
| Penafiel | Desportreino | Banco BIC | |
| Porto | Warrior | MEO (home) Moche (away) | |
| Rio Ave | Lacatoni | — | |
| Sporting CP | Macron | MEO (home) Moche (away) | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Nike | Banco BIC | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Hummel | KIA |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marítimo | Resigned | 11 May 2014[8][citation needed] | Pre-season | 8 May 2014[9] | ||
| Porto | Contract expired | 11 May 2014[citation needed] | 6 May 2014[10] | |||
| Braga | Contract expired | 11 May 2014[citation needed] | 26 May 2014[11] | |||
| Estoril | Resigned | 12 May 2014[12] | 24 May 2014[13] | |||
| Vitória de Setúbal | Mutual agreement | 15 May 2014[14] | 22 May 2014[15] | |||
| Moreirense | Mutual agreement | 15 May 2014[16] | 16 May 2014[17] | |||
| Penafiel | Signed byMoreirense | 16 May 2014[17] | 16 May 2014[18] | |||
| Rio Ave | Resigned | 19 May 2014[19] | 22 May 2014[20] | |||
| Sporting CP | Signed byMonaco | 21 May 2014[21] | 21 May 2014[22] | |||
| Académica | Signed byBraga | 26 May 2014[11] | 31 May 2014[23] | |||
| Gil Vicente | Mutual agreement | 31 August 2014[24] | 17th | 2 September 2014 | ||
| Penafiel | Mutual agreement | 16 September 2014 | 18th | 16 September 2014 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | Mutual agreement | 19 January 2015[25] | 15th | 20 January 2015[26] | ||
| Académica | Resigned | 17 February 2015 | 17th | 18 February 2015 | ||
| Estoril | Resigned | 3 March 2015 | 12th | 3 March 2015 | ||
| Marítimo | Resigned | 3 March 2015 | 11th | 4 March 2015 | ||
| Penafiel | Mutual agreement | 16 March 2015[27] | 18th | 19 March 2015 | ||
| Belenenses | Resigned | 17 March 2015 | 7th | 20 March 2015 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica(C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 16 | +70 | 85 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 13 | +61 | 82 | |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for theChampions League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 58 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 55 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Belenenses | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 48 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 47 | |
| 9 | Marítimo | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 44 | |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 43 | |
| 11 | Moreirense | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 40 | |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 34 | |
| 14 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 29 | |
| 15 | Académica | 34 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 29 | |
| 16 | Arouca | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 28 | |
| 17 | Gil Vicente(R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 23 | Relegation toLigaPro |
| 18 | Penafiel(R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 22 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benfica | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Porto | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sporting CP | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Braga | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Belenenses | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Nacional | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Marítimo | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Moreirense | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Estoril | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Boavista | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 17 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Académica | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Arouca | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Gil Vicente | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Penafiel | 14 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Leader | |
| 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage | |
| 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round | |
| 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
| Relegation to2015–16 Segunda Liga |
| Home \ Away | ACA | ARO | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | GVI | MAR | MOR | NAC | PAÇ | PEN | POR | RAV | SCP | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| Arouca | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| Benfica | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Boavista | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Braga | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
| Estoril | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Marítimo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Moreirense | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Nacional | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Paços de Ferreira | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
| Penafiel | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Porto | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Rio Ave | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 21 | |
| 2 | Benfica | 20 | |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 17 | |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 12 | |
| Rio Ave | |||
| 7 | Sporting CP | 11 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | |||
| 9 | Braga | 10 | |
| Paços de Ferreira |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Ave | Estoril | 1–5 | 24 August 2014 | |
| Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal | 0–5 | 12 September 2014 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Nacional | 4–0 | 4 January 2015 | |
| Nacional | Arouca | 3–3 | 8 February 2015 | |
| Porto | Sporting CP | 3–0 | 1 March 2015 |
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