2023–24 Primeira Liga

The 2023–24 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic^[1] for sponsorship reasons) is the 90th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs and the third season under the current Liga Portugal title. This is the seventh Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR).

Liga Portugal

Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
Matches played	113
Goals scored	333 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Simon Banza (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Gil Vicente 5–0 Portimonense (12 August 2023) Farense 5–0 Chaves (26 August 2023) Vitória de Guimarães 5–0 Chaves (28 October 2023) Braga 6–1 Portimonense (4 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Rio Ave 0–4 Moreirense (1 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Gil Vicente 5–3 Estoril (17 September 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches Benfica
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Benfica
Longest winless run	10 matches Arouca
Longest losing run	7 matches Arouca
Highest attendance	62.247 Benfica 1–0 Porto (29 September 2023)
Lowest attendance	1,037 Arouca 0–1 Moreirense (27 October 2023)
Total attendance	1,275,063 (108 matches)
Average attendance	11,806
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 December 2023.

Since Portugal dropped from sixth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2022–23 season, only the two best-ranked teams can qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions enter directly into the group stage, and the runners-up enter the third qualifying round). The Taca de Portugal winner qualified to the UEFA Europa League group stage while the third-placed team qualify to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. The fourth-placed team, meanwhile, qualify to the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.^[2][3]

Teams

Changes

Moreirense, Farense (after an one and two years absence, respectively), and Estrela da Amadora (promoted for the first time in history in its current form founded in 2020 or after a fourteen-year absence if counting the club that disolved in 2011 due to bankruptcy) were promoted from the 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, replacing Marítimo, Paços de Ferreira, and Santa Clara (relegated after thirty-eight, four, and five years on the top flight, respectively).

This season marks the first season of top-flight Portuguese football since the 1984-85 season where no teams from the Azores islands or Madeira have taken part.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Braga

 

Famalicão

 

Gil Vicente

 

Moreirense

 

V. Guimarães

 

Vizela

 

Lisbon

 

Estoril

 

Estrela Amadora

 

Boavista

 

Porto

 

Rio Ave

 

Farense

 

Portimonense

 

Arouca

 

Chaves

 

Lisbon teams:
Benfica
Casa Pia
Sporting CP

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Primeira Liga

 

 

Benfica

 

Sporting

 

Casa Pia

 

Est. Amadora

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Lisbon area teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022–23
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,000	5th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	28,263	9th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	3rd
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior*	7,000	10th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng.º Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,400	7th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,015	14th
Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	7,000	3rd (LP2)
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,307	8th
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	2nd (LP2)
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,504	13th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	1st (LP2)
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,204	15th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,033	2nd
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	5,300	12th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,095	4th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,000	6th
Vizela	Vizela	Estádio do FC Vizela	6,000	11th

• Estádio Pina Manique official stadium, not licensed for competition

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor
Arouca	Daniel Sousa	David Simão	Skita	Construções Carlos Pinho
Benfica	Roger Schmidt	Nicolás Otamendi	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Vacant	Sebastián Pérez	Kelme	Placard
Braga	Artur Jorge	Ricardo Horta	Puma	Moosh
Casa Pia	Pedro Moreira	Vasco Fernandes	Adidas	ESC Online
Chaves	Moreno	João Correia	Lacatoni	Forte de São Francisco Hotel
Estoril	Vasco Seabra	Dani Figueira	Kappa	Solverde
Estrela da Amadora	Sérgio Vieira	Kialonda Gaspar	Umbro	None
Famalicão	João Pedro Sousa	Riccieli	Macron	Placard
Farense	José Mota	Fabrício Isidoro	Lacatoni	Placard
Gil Vicente	Vítor Campelos	Rúben Fernandes	Lacatoni	Barcelos Tourism
Moreirense	Rui Borges	André Luís	CDT	Placard
Portimonense	Paulo Sérgio	Carlinhos	Mizuno	Ceremony
Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Pepe	New Balance	Betano
Rio Ave	Luís Freire	Vítor Gomes	Puma	Solverde
Sporting CP	Rúben Amorim	Sebastián Coates	Nike	Betano
Vitória de Guimarães	Álvaro Pacheco	André André	Macron	Placard
Vizela	Pablo Villar	Samu	Kappa	Solverde

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Pos in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Arouca	Armando Evangelista	Signed by Goiás	29 May 2023	Pre-season	Daniel Ramos	29 May 2023	^[4]
Vizela	Manuel Tulipa	Mutual agreement	31 May 2023		Pablo Villar	2 June 2023	^[5]
Moreirense	Paulo Alves	End of contract	11 May 2023		Rui Borges	1 July 2023	^[6]
Chaves	Vítor Campelos		2 June 2023		José Gomes	16 June 2023	^[7]
Estoril	Ricardo Soares	Signed by Beijing Guoan	6 June 2023		Álvaro Pacheco	19 June 2023	^[8]
Gil Vicente	Daniel Sousa	End of contract	26 June 2023		Vítor Campelos	30 June 2023	^[9]
Vitória de Guimarães	Moreno	Resigned	13 August 2023	9th	Paulo Turra	21 August 2023	^[10]
Chaves	José Gomes	Sacked	19 September 2023	18th	Moreno	21 September 2023	^[11]
Estoril	Álvaro Pacheco		24 September 2023	17th	Vasco Seabra	25 September 2023	^[12]
Vitória de Guimarães	Paulo Turra		3 October 2023	6th	Álvaro Pacheco	4 October 2023	^[13]
Casa Pia	Filipe Martins	Resigned	12 November 2023	15th	Pedro Moreira	21 November 2023	^[14]
Arouca	Daniel Ramos	Sacked	15 November 2023	18th	Daniel Sousa	15 November 2023	^[15]
Boavista	Petit	Resigned	12 December 2023	10th			^[16]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP	13	10	1	2	28	15	+13	31	Qualification for Champions League league stage
2	Porto	13	10	1	2	21	9	+12	31	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	13	9	3	1	24	10	+14	30	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	Braga	13	9	2	2	36	20	+16	29	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
5	Vitória de Guimarães	13	8	1	4	23	16	+7	25
6	Moreirense	13	6	4	3	15	11	+4	22
7	Famalicão	13	4	5	4	12	14	−2	17^[b]
8	Farense	13	5	2	6	22	18	+4	17^[b]
9	Estrela da Amadora	13	4	3	6	15	18	−3	15^[c]
10	Boavista	13	4	3	6	20	27	−7	15^[c]
11	Portimonense	13	4	3	6	14	27	−13	15^[c]
12	Estoril	13	4	1	8	24	23	+1	13^[d]
13	Casa Pia	13	3	4	6	10	16	−6	13^[d]
14	Gil Vicente	13	3	3	7	25	26	−1	12
15	Rio Ave	13	2	5	6	15	22	−7	11
16	Chaves	13	3	1	9	15	35	−20	10^[e]	Qualification for Relegation play-off
17	Vizela	13	2	4	7	13	21	−8	10^[e]	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Arouca	13	2	4	7	15	19	−4	10^[e]

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2023. 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.
Notes:

1. The 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the third-placed team of the Primeira Liga if the Taça de Portugal winners finish in the top two).
2. Ranked on head-to-head points: Famalicão 3, Farense 0.
3. Ranked on head-to-head points: Estrela da Amadora 4, Boavista 3, Portimonense 1.
4. Ranked on head-to-head points: Estoril 3, Casa Pia 0.
5. Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Chaves 6 (+3), Vizela 1 (-1), Arouca 1 (-2).

Results

Home \ Away	ARO	BEN	BOA	BRA	CAS	CHA	EST	AMA	FAM	FAR	GIL	MOR	PTM	POR	RAV	SPO	VSC	VIZ
Arouca	—			0–1	0–1	0–2	4–3					0–1	1–1		2–2
Benfica		—			1–1			2–0		1–1				1–0		2–1	4–0
Boavista	0–4	3–2	—		1–1	4–1			2–2	1–3						0–2
Braga			4–1	—			3–1		1–2				6–1		2–1	1–1
Casa Pia					—			0–1					1–0		1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1
Chaves		0–2		2–4		—		2–2			4–2	1–2						2–1
Estoril		0–1	1–2		4–0	4–0	—								2–0			2–2
Estrela da Amadora			3–1	2–4			2–1	—	1–0			0–1		0–1			0–1
Famalicão	1–0								—	1–0	3–1	0–0		0–3			1–3
Farense	2–0			3–1	0–3	5–0				—						2–3	1–2	0–0
Gil Vicente		2–3		3–3	2–0		5–3				—	1–1	5–0		1–1
Moreirense		0–0	1–1	2–3						1–0		—		1–2			1–0
Portimonense		1–3	1–4			2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1				—
Porto	1–1	a			3–1		0–1			2–1	2–1		1–0	—		a
Rio Ave			2–0			2–0		1–1	1–1	3–4		0–4		1–2	—
Sporting CP	2–1	a						3–2	1–0		3–1	3–0		a	2–0	—		3–2
Vitória de Guimarães						5–0	3–2				2–1		1–2	1–2		3–2	—	2–0
Vizela	2–2	1–2		1–3					0–0		1–0		2–3	0–2				—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2023. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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
Sporting CP	6	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Porto	8	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Benfica	12	11	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1
Boavista	5	1	4	1	1	4	4	6	6	8	9
Braga	14	10	11	9	8	6	5	4	5	4	4
Vitória de Guimarães	9	4	1	5	5	7	6	5	4	5	6
Famalicão	7	6	8	6	7	5	7	8	7	7	7
Casa Pia	2	8	7	7	6	8	10	12	13	15	15
Moreirense	13	14	15	10	16	9	8	7	6	5	5
Gil Vicente	1	7	9	14	9	10	9	11	12	11	11
Farense	17	17	10	15	10	11	13	13	9	8	8
Arouca	4	5	6	8	11	12	15	15	18	18	18
Portimonense	18	18	17	17	13	15	12	10	11	10	10
Vizela	11	13	16	13	14	13	14	16	16	14	14
Estrela da Amadora	15	15	14	12	14	14	15	11	9	10	12
Rio Ave	3	12	13	11	12	16	16	17	17	15	16
Estoril	10	9	12	16	17	17	17	18	18	16	13
Chaves	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	14	14	17	17

	Leader and Champions League league phase
	Champions League third qualifying round
	Europa League second qualifying round
	Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation Play-off
	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2023. Source: [2]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[17]
1	Simon Banza	Braga	13
2	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	9
3	Héctor Hernández	Chaves	8
4	Ricardo Horta	Braga	7
5	Róbert Boženík	Boavista	6
	Paulinho	Sporting
	Samuel Essende	Vizela

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Héctor Hernández	Chaves	Gil Vicente	4–2 (H)	7 October 2023
Simon Banza	Braga	Portimonense	6–1 (H)	4 November 2023

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[18]
1	Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	5
2	Alan	Moreirense	4
	Rafa Silva	Benfica
	David Neres
	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting
	Fredrik Aursnes	Benfica

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[19]
1	Kewin	Moreirense	5
2	Anatoliy Trubin	Benfica	4
	Antonio Adán	Sporting
	Ricardo Batista	Casa Pia
	Diogo Costa	Porto
	Luiz Júnior	Famalicão
	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães
	Fabijan Buntić	Vizela

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6^[20]
  •   Dener (Portimonense)
  •   Paulo Victor (Chaves)
  •   Pedro Tiba (Gil Vicente)
  •   Ygor Nogueira (Chaves)
• Most red cards: 2^[21]
  •   Ygor Nogueira (Chaves)
  •   Riccieli (Famalicão)
  •   Tiago Morais (Boavista)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 46^[22]
  • Porto
• Most red cards: 6^[23]
  • Arouca
  • Famalicão

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
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Paulinho	Sporting	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães	Iván Marcano	Porto	Gaius Makouta	Boavista	Paulinho	Sporting	Petit	Boavista	Tiago Silva	Santa Clara
September	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Luiz Júnior	Famalicão	Ousmane Diomande	Sporting	João Neves	Benfica	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Rúben Amorim	Sporting	Orkun Kökçü	Benfica
October/November					António Silva	Benfica					Tiago Aguilar	Moreirense^[note 1]	Rafael Barbosa	Farense

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Braga	6	Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense, Vitória de Guimarães and Vizela
2	Lisbon	5	Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP
3	Porto	3	Boavista, Porto and Rio Ave
4	Faro	2	Farense and Portimonense
5	Aveiro	1	Arouca
	Vila Real		Chaves

Notes

1. Aguilar was awarded the prize, due to Rui Borges not having the required coaching level to manage Moreirense

References

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