Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
Portuguese professional football competition governing body
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April 27 2025 | All-time Primeira Liga table was last updated, providing a comprehensive historical record of all teams' performances since the league's inception. |
2024 | 2023-24 season marked the highest attendance figures in 33 years, being the first season to surpass the 12,000 spectator average since the 1990-91 season. |
September 2 2024 | Conrad Harder transfers from Nordsjælland to Sporting CP for €19M |
January 2024 | Sporting CP won their 21st league title, with Swedish player Viktor Gyökeres emerging as the top scorer with 39 goals. |
2023 | Liga Portugal broke the attendance record for the last 12 years, with a total accumulated audience of 3,707,290 people and an average attendance of 12,115 spectators in the Primeira Liga. |
2023 | League launched a joint initiative with Continente called 'É Para Cartão' to bring families back to stadiums, using the successful slogan 'Football is You'. |
2023 | League renamed Liga Portugal Betclic. |
August 10 2023 | Arthur Cabral transfers from Fiorentina to Benfica for €20M |
July 1 2023 | Viktor Gyökeres transfers from Coventry City to Sporting CP for €20M |
June 2023 | Sporting CP won their most recent league title in the 2023–24 season. |
June 10 2023 | Orkun Kökçü transfers from Feyenoord to Benfica for €25M, becoming the most expensive transfer in the record. |
July 5 2022 | David Carmo transfers from Braga to Porto for €20M |
June 2022 | Benfica won their most recent league title in the 2022–23 season. |
2021 | League renamed Liga Portugal Bwin. |
2021 | Porto achieved a record 91 points in the Portuguese league, with 29 wins and 4 draws in 34 games. |
2020 | Sporting CP set the record for the longest unbeaten run in a single season with 32 matches, including 25 wins and 7 draws out of 34 total matches. |
November 8 2020 | Porto began a record-breaking unbeaten run in the league that would last until 21 April 2022, spanning 58 matches with 47 wins and 11 draws. |
September 4 2020 | Darwin Núñez transfers from Almería to Benfica for €24M |
August 14 2020 | Everton Soares transfers from Grêmio to Benfica for €20M |
January 2020 | Sporting CP won their 19th league title, breaking their previous championship drought. |
January 2 2020 | Julian Weigl transfers from Borussia Dortmund to Benfica for €20M |
July 3 2019 | Raúl de Tomás transfers from Real Madrid to Benfica for €20M |
July 2017 | Porto recovered six points previously subtracted due to corruption allegations in the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) scandal. |
2015 | League renamed Liga NOS. |
2012 | Porto won the Portuguese league unbeaten for the second time, with 24 wins and 6 draws. |
2010 | Sagres renewed its sponsorship and added ZON Multimédia, resulting in the league being named Liga ZON Sagres. |
2010 | Porto won the Portuguese league without defeat, scoring 84 points in 30 games with 27 wins and 3 draws, achieving the best efficiency of 93.3% when 3 points were awarded for a victory. |
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