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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