Primeira Liga: Dates, teams, venues, format and more

The Portuguese football top flight has been known as the Primeira Liga since 1999.

Only five clubs have ever been crowned national champions in Portugal - the 'Big Three' of Benfica, Porto and Sporting along with one-time winners Belenenses and Boavista.

Benfica currently lead the way for Portuguese league titles with 38, ahead of rivals Porto on 30 and Sporting on 20.

Here is everything you need to know about the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Primeira Liga dates

The 2024/25 Primeira Liga season began on Friday 9th August 2024 and will finish on Sunday 18th May 2025.

Primeira Liga format

Since the 2014/15 season, the Portuguese Primeira Liga has featured a total of 18 teams, with each team playing one game home and away against every opponent.

At the closing of each season, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated to the Segunda Liga, with the 15th ranked side competing in a relegation play-off against the third-placed team in the second tier.

At present, the top two teams in the Primeira Liga achieve direct qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the teams in third and fourth qualify for the UEFA Europa League and the fifth-placed side enter the UEFA Conference League.

Primeira Liga teams

The following 18 teams are all participating in the Primeira Liga in the 2024/25 season:

• Arouca
• AVS
• Benfica
• Boavista
• Braga
• Casa Pia
• Estoril
• Estrela da Amadora
• Famalicao
• Farense
• Gil Vicente
• Moreirense
• Nacional
• Porto
• Rio Ave
• Santa Clara
• Sporting CP
• Vitoria de Guimaraes

Primeira Liga stadiums

Club	Stadium
Arouca	Estadio Municipal de Arouca
AVS	Estadio do CD Aves
Benfica	Estadio da Luz
Boavista	Estadio do Bessa
Braga	Estadio Municipal de Braga
Casa Pia	Estadio Municipal de Rio Maior
Estoril	Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota
Estrela da Amadora	Estadio Jose Gomes
Famalicao	Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho
Farense	Estadio de Sao Luis
Gil Vicente	Estadio Cidade de Barcelos
Moreirense	Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Nacional	Estadio da Madeira
Porto	Estadio do Dragao
Rio Ave	Estadio dos Arcos
Santa Clara	Estadio de Sao Miguel
Sporting CP	Estadio Jose Alvalade
Vitoria de Guimaraes	Estadio D. Afonso Henriques

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