| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| Matches | 99 |
| Goals | 264 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Vangelis Pavlidis (9 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Porto |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Benfica Porto |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches AVS |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches AVS |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 9 November 2025. | |
The2025–26 Liga Portugal (also known asLiga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons)[1] will be the 92nd season of thePrimeira Liga, a professional association football competition that serves as the highest level on thePortuguese association football league system clubs and the fifth season under the current Liga Portugal title. This is the ninth Primeira Liga season to usevideo assistant referee (VAR). 18 clubs will participate in the competition.
Sporting CP are two-time defending champions, having won their 21st title in the previous season.
The following teams changed division, either exiting or joining Liga Portugal, since the 2024–25 season.
| ↑ | Promoted from theLiga Portugal 2 |
Notes:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main kit sponsor | Other kit sponsor(s) |
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| Alverca | Placard.pt | List
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| Arouca | Construções Carlos Pinho, Lda. | List
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| AVS | Mercainox | List
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| Benfica | Emirates | List
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| Braga | Solverde.pt | List
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| Casa Pia | ESC Online | List
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| Estoril Praia | Solverde.pt | List
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| Estrela da Amadora | Centro Reciclagem da Amadora | List
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| Famalicão | Placard.pt | List
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| Gil Vicente | Goldenpark | List
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| Moreirense | Placard.pt | List
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| Nacional | Coral Cerveja | List
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| Porto | Betano | List
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| Rio Ave | Lebull | List
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| Santa Clara | Lebull | List
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| Sporting CP | Betano | List
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| Tondela | Estrella Galicia | List
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| Vitória de Guimarães | Placard.pt | List
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreirense | End of contract | 19 May 2025[2] | 5 June 2025[3] | ||
| Braga | Mutual termination | 20 May 2025[4] | 22 May 2025[5] | ||
| Alverca | End of contract | 24 May 2025[6] | 17 June 2025[7] | ||
| Rio Ave | 17 May 2025[8] | 27 June 2025[9] | |||
| Porto | Sacked | 30 June 2025 | 6 July 2025 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Week | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVS | Sacked | 15 September 2025[10] | 5 | 17th | 23 September 2025[11] | ||
| Estrela da Amadora | 15 September 2025[12] | 16th | 19 September 2025[13] | ||||
| Benfica | 17 September 2025[14] | 4th | 18 September 2025[15] | ||||
| Estrela da Amadora | End of caretaker spell | 28 September 2025 | 7 | 11th | 28 September 2025[16] | ||
| Casa Pia | Sacked | 3 November 2025[17] | 10 | 16th | 4 November 2025[18] | ||
| Tondela | 11 November 2025[19] | 11 | 17th | 13 November 2025[20] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 31 | Qualification for theChampions League league phase |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 28 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 25 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 23 | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Famalicão | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 19 | |
| 6 | Moreirense | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 18 | |
| 7 | Braga | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 16 | |
| 8 | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 14 | |
| 9 | Estoril Praia | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 13 | |
| 10 | Nacional | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 12 | |
| 12 | Estrela da Amadora | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 11 | |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 11 | |
| 14 | Alverca | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 11 | |
| 15 | Casa Pia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 9 | |
| 16 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 9 | Qualification for theRelegation play-off |
| 17 | Tondela | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 6 | Relegation toLiga Portugal 2 |
| 18 | AVS | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 3 |
| 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 |
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| Alverca | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arouca | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| AVS | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braga | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Casa Pia | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estoril Praia | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estrela da Amadora | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Famalicão | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gil Vicente | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moreirense | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nacional | 14 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porto | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rio Ave | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tondela | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 17 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Qualification for theChampions League league phase | |
| Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round | |
| Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round | |
| Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round | |
| Qualification for theRelegation play-off | |
| Relegation to theLiga Portugal 2 |
| Home \ Away | ALV | FCA | AVS | SLB | SCB | CPA | EPF | CFE | FCF | GVF | MFC | CDN | FCP | RAF | STC | SCP | CDT | VSC |
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| Alverca | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||
| Arouca | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | ||||||||||||
| AVS | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||
| Benfica | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | a | 1–1 | 1–1 | a | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| Braga | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | a | |||||||||||
| Casa Pia | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |||||||||||||
| Estoril Praia | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Estrela da Amadora | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
| Famalicão | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||
| Gil Vicente | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Moreirense | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||||||
| Nacional | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | |||||||||||||
| Porto | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | a | 3–0 | ||||||||||||
| Rio Ave | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 2–0 | 6–0 | a | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
| Tondela | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |||||||||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 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 |
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| Alverca | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arouca | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| AVS | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braga | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Casa Pia | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estoril Praia | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estrela da Amadora | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Famalicão | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gil Vicente | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moreirense | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nacional | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porto | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rio Ave | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting CP | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tondela | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W |
Notes:
The 16th-placed teams of the Primeira Liga faces the 3rd-placed team of theLiga Portugal 2.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 16th-placed of Primeira Liga | PO | 3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2 | TBD | TBD |
First leg
| 2026 | 16th-placed of Primeira Liga | v | 3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2 | |
| --:-- UTC+0 |
Second leg
| 2026 | 3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2 | v | 16th-placed of Primeira Liga | |
| --:-- UTC+0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 9 | |
| 2 | Gil Vicente | 8 | |
| Sporting | |||
| 4 | Moreirense | 7 | |
| Rio Ave | |||
| Sporting | |||
| 7 | Porto | 6 | |
| Nacional | |||
| 9 | Estoril Praia | 5 | |
| Arouca | |||
| Estrela da Amadora |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting | Nacional | 4–1 (A) | 23 August 2025 | |
| Benfica | Arouca | 5–0 (H) | 25 October 2025 | |
| Estoril Praia | Rio Ave | 4–0 (A) | 1 November 2025 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | Casa Pia | 5–3 (A) |
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting | 5 | |
| Moreirense | |||
| 3 | Porto | 4 | |
| Sporting | |||
| Porto | |||
| Rio Ave | |||
| Braga | |||
| Estoril | |||
| 9 | Benfica | 3 | |
| Gil Vicente | |||
| Rio Ave | |||
| Nacional | |||
| Moreirense | |||
| Estoril | |||
| Casa Pia | |||
| Nacional |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[22] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 8 | |
| 2 | Gil Vicente | 7 | |
| Famalicão | |||
| 4 | Benfica | 5 | |
| Sporting | |||
| 6 | Braga | 3 | |
| Santa Clara | |||
| Estrela da Amadora | |||
| 9 | Moreirense | 2 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | |||
| Alverca | |||
| Casa Pia | |||
| Rio Ave |
| Month | Player of the Month | Young 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 | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Porto | Porto | Famalicão | Famalicão | Porto | Rio Ave | Porto | Porto | |||||||||
| September/October | Gil Vicente | Gil Vicente | Gil Vicente | Porto | Sporting | Gil Vicente | Gil Vicente | Vitória de Guimarães | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alverca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 2 | Arouca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 3 | AVS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 4 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 5 | Braga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 7 | Estoril Praia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 8 | Estrela da Amadora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 9 | Famalicão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 11 | Moreirense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 12 | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 13 | Porto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 16 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 17 | Tondela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| 18 | Vitória de Guimarães | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
| League total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a† |
Source:Liga Portugal
Notes:
†Teams played previous season inLiga Portugal 2
| Team \ Match played | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverca | 2,776 | 6,532 | 2,037 | 2,877 | 14,222 | |||||||||||||
| Arouca | 2,003 | 1,733 | 1,358 | 4,192 | 1,491 | 10,777 | ||||||||||||
| AVS | 1,225 | 1,633 | 5,416 | 1,100 | 9,374 | |||||||||||||
| Benfica | 57,059 | 61,229 | 59,507 | 57,358 | 60,322 | 56,428 | 351,903 | |||||||||||
| Braga | 17,174 | 15,078 | 14,118 | 13,502 | 59,872 | |||||||||||||
| Casa Pia | 6,981 | 1,351 | 1,011 | 1,145 | 10,488 | |||||||||||||
| Estoril Praia | 2,781 | 1,852 | 1,752 | 4,882 | 11,267 | |||||||||||||
| Estrela da Amadora | 6,249 | 3,411 | 3,044 | 1,712 | 14,416 | |||||||||||||
| Famalicão | 4,300 | 4,571 | 4,887 | 3,865 | 17,623 | |||||||||||||
| Gil VIcente | 11,066 | 5,693 | 7,259 | 4,960 | 28,978 | |||||||||||||
| Moreirense | 2,550 | 4,210 | 1,683 | 1,821 | 10,264 | |||||||||||||
| Nacional | 1,663 | 4,394 | 1,529 | 1,678 | 9,264 | |||||||||||||
| Porto | 48,534 | 49,045 | 47,285 | 49,520 | 194,384 | |||||||||||||
| Rio Ave | 2,452 | 3,250 | 4,624 | 2,066 | 12,392 | |||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 1,695 | 1,938 | 1,684 | 1,808 | 7,125 | |||||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 41,986 | 50,946 | 41,710 | 46,331 | 180,973 | |||||||||||||
| Tondela | 532 | 2,226 | 1,897 | 4,655 | ||||||||||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 18,926 | 14,128 | 25,114 | 14,224 | 72,392 | |||||||||||||
| League total | 1,002,369 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:Liga Portugal