| Portuguese League (1st tier) |
|---|
| Campeonato de Portugal (1922–1938) |
| Campeonato da Liga (1934–1938) Primeira Divisão (1938–1999) Primeira Liga (1999–present) |
| Country |
 Portugal |
| Founded |
| 1934 |
| Number of teams |
| 18 (since 2014–15 season) |
| Current champions |
| Sporting CP (2024–25) |
| Most successful club |
| Benfica (38 titles) |
ThePortuguese football champions are the winners of the highest league in Portuguese men's football, thePrimeira Liga.
Before the creation of the Primeira Liga, there was a competition called Championship of Portugal (Campeonato de Portugal), created in 1922 as the first competition of Portuguese football, however, despite its name and being at the time crowned Portuguese Champions, they are not recognized as Champions any longer. The knock-out format of this Competition corresponds to today'sPortuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal).
In 1934, Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão was created as the top-tierfootball inPortugal. The winners of Campeonato da Liga are considered Portuguese champions.[1]
From the 1938–39 season on, Campeonato de Portugal was named Taça de Portugal, and Campeonato da Liga was namedNational Championship of the First Division, usually called First Division (Primeira Divisão). Since 1999, Primeira Divisão has been known as Primeira Liga.
FC Porto were the first club to be crowned League champions, in the 1934–35 season.
S.L. Benfica, with 38 titles, have been crowned champions more times than any other club and dominated the league during the 1960s and 1970s. Benfica are followed by Porto with 30 titles, who dominated in the 1990s and 2000s, who in turn are followed bySporting CP, with 20 titles, who dominated in the 1940s and 1950s.C.F. Os Belenenses andBoavista F.C. are the only two other clubs that have managed to win the league once. All five clubs are from the two largest Portuguese cities, ofLisbon andPorto respectively.
Despite being titled National Champions at the time of the Competition—between 1922 and 1938—theFederação Portuguesa de Futebol considered these titles should not enter into account for the final sum.
All Primeira Liga champions have come from either Lisbon or Porto.
| Club | Winners | Second place | Winning years | Second place years |
| Benfica | 38 | 31 | 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023 | 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2024, 2025 |
| Porto | 30 | 29 | 1935, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2022 | 1936, 1938, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
| Sporting CP | 21 | 21 | 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002, 2021, 2024, 2025 | 1935, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2022 |
| Belenenses | 1 | 4 | 1946 | 1937, 1945, 1955, 1973 |
| Boavista | 1 | 3 | 2001 | 1976, 1999, 2002 |
| Académica de Coimbra | – | 1 | - | 1967 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | – | 1 | - | 1972 |
| Braga | – | 1 | - | 2010 |
Five clubs have been champions, from a total of two cities.
| City | Number of titles | Clubs |
|---|---|---|
 Lisbon | 60 | Benfica (38),Sporting (21),Belenenses (1) |
 Porto | 31 | Porto (30),Boavista (1) |
The Double, calledDobradinha in Portuguese, means winning the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal in the same season. The first double was achieved by Sporting CP in 1941 and most recently also by Sporting CP in the 2024/25 season.
The Treble, calledTriplete in Portuguese, usually refers either winning the domestic treble of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal andTaça da Liga (domestic treble) or winning aUEFA competition, the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal (continental treble) in the same season. TheSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira does not count. Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a domestic treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga in 2014, and Porto is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a continental treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal andUEFA Cup in 2003, and by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Europa League in 2011.
The Quadruple, calledQuadriplete in Portuguese, refers to winning 4 titles in the same season. This feat has only been achieved by Porto (furthermore twice) in the 1987–88 season, when it won theEuropean Super Cup,Intercontinental Cup, Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal, and in the 2010–11 season when it won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, UEFA Europa League and Taça de Portugal.
Teams below have made the Double:
Teams below have made theTreble:
| Season | Winners | Trophies |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Porto | Primeira Liga,Taça de Portugal,UEFA Cup |
| 2010–11 | Porto (2) | Primeira Liga,Taça de Portugal,UEFA Europa League |
| 2013–14 | Benfica | Primeira Liga,Taça de Portugal,Taça da Liga |
The below teams have made theQuadruple:
| Season | Winners | Trophies |
|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Porto | Intercontinental Cup,European Super Cup,Primeira Liga,Taça de Portugal |
| 2010–11 | Porto (2) | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira,Primeira Liga,Taça de Portugal,UEFA Europa League |