2023–24 Primeira Liga

Liga Portugal
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions League	Sporting CP; Benfica
Matches played	252
Goals scored	726 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viktor Gyökeres; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia; (29 January 2024)
Biggest away win	Rio Ave 0–4 Moreirense; (1 October 2023); Boavista 0–4 Arouca; (3 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Gil Vicente 5–3 Estoril; (17 September 2023); Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia; (29 January 2024); Portimonense 3–5 Braga ; (1 April 2024)
Longest winning run	8 matches; Sporting CP
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Benfica
Longest winless run	11 matches; Boavista
Longest losing run	7 matches; Arouca
Highest attendance	62,247; Benfica 1–0 Porto; (29 September 2023)
Lowest attendance	944; Moreirense 1–4 Casa Pia; (8 January 2024)
Total attendance	2,776,394 (233 matches)
Average attendance	11,916
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 13 April 2024.

This is the seventh Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR).

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 Taça 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.

Teams

Changes

Moreirense, Farense (after a 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 dissolved 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

Lisbon

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	Jorge Simão	Sebastián Pérez	Kelme	Placard
Braga	Rui Duarte	Ricardo Horta	Puma	Moosh
Casa Pia	Gonçalo Santos	Ângelo Neto	Adidas	ESC Online
Chaves	Moreno Luís Morgado	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	Armando Evangelista	Riccieli	Macron	Placard
Farense	José Mota	Fabrício Isidoro	Lacatoni	Placard
Gil Vicente	Tozé Marreco	Rúben Fernandes	Lacatoni	Barcelos Tourism
Moreirense	Rui Borges Tiago Aguiar	Pedro Amador	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	Rubén de la Barrera	Samu	Kappa	Solverde

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Pos in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Arouca	Armando Evangelista	Signed by Goiás	29 May 2023	Pre-season	Daniel Ramos	29 May 2023
Vizela	Manuel Tulipa	Mutual agreement	31 May 2023		Pablo Villar	2 June 2023
Moreirense	Paulo Alves	End of contract	11 May 2023		Rui Borges	1 July 2023
Chaves	Vítor Campelos	End of contract	2 June 2023		José Gomes	16 June 2023
Estoril	Ricardo Soares	Signed by Beijing Guoan	6 June 2023		Álvaro Pacheco	19 June 2023
Gil Vicente	Daniel Sousa	End of contract	26 June 2023		Vítor Campelos	30 June 2023
Vitória de Guimarães	Moreno	Resigned	13 August 2023	9th	Paulo Turra	21 August 2023
Chaves	José Gomes	Sacked	19 September 2023	18th	Moreno	21 September 2023
Estoril	Álvaro Pacheco		24 September 2023	17th	Vasco Seabra	25 September 2023
Vitória de Guimarães	Paulo Turra		3 October 2023	6th	Álvaro Pacheco	4 October 2023
Casa Pia	Filipe Martins	Resigned	12 November 2023	15th	Pedro Moreira	21 November 2023
Arouca	Daniel Ramos	Sacked	15 November 2023	18th	Daniel Sousa	15 November 2023
Boavista	Petit	Resigned	12 December 2023	10th	Ricardo Paiva	29 December 2023
Vizela	Pablo Villar	Resigned	18 December 2023	17th	Rubén de la Barrera	19 December 2023
Casa Pia	Pedro Moreira	Sacked	15 February 2024	16th	Gonçalo Santos	16 February 2024
Famalicão	João Pedro Sousa	Mutual agreement	19 March 2024	8th	Armando Evangelista	20 March 2024
Braga	Artur Jorge	Signed by Botafogo	3 April 2024	4th	Rui Duarte	3 April 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (T)	31	26	3	2	89	29	+60	81	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Benfica (T)	31	24	4	3	71	25	+46	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Porto (Y)	31	19	6	6	57	26	+31	63	Qualification for the Europa League league stage
4	Braga (Y)	31	19	5	7	64	44	+20	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Vitória de Guimarães (Y)	31	18	6	7	46	32	+14	60	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Moreirense	31	13	7	11	32	34	−2	46
7	Arouca	31	13	6	12	53	42	+11	45
8	Famalicão	31	8	12	11	33	39	−6	36
9	Casa Pia	31	9	8	14	33	44	−11	35
10	Farense	31	9	7	15	42	44	−2	34
11	Estoril	31	9	6	16	46	52	−6	33
12	Rio Ave	31	5	17	9	33	39	−6	32
13	Gil Vicente	31	8	8	15	39	50	−11	32
14	Boavista	31	7	9	15	35	57	−22	30
15	Estrela da Amadora	31	6	11	14	32	49	−17	29
16	Portimonense	31	7	7	17	34	66	−32	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Chaves	31	5	8	18	31	65	−34	23	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Vizela	31	4	10	17	30	63	−33	22	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. 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.
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (Y) Assured of at least Conference League
Notes:

Home \ Away	ARO	BEN	BOA	BRA	CAS	CHA	EST	AMA	FAM	FAR	GIL	MOR	PTM	POR	RAV	SPO	VSC	VIZ
Arouca	—	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	4–3		3–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–3		5–0
Benfica		—	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	6–1
Boavista	0–4	3–2	—	0–4	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3		1–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Braga	0–3	0–1	4–1	—		1–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	6–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Casa Pia	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	—	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1
Chaves	1–5	0–2	2–1	2–4	1–3	—	2–2	2–2		1–1	4–2	1–2	2–3		0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1
Estoril	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	4–0	—	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–0		1–3	2–2
Estrela da Amadora	1–4	1–4	3–1	2–4	3–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	0–3		0–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Famalicão	1–0		1–1	1–2		2–2	1–1	0–0	—	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–2
Farense	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–3	5–0		0–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–1		1–3	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–0
Gil Vicente	2–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	5–3	1–1	1–2		—	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–1
Moreirense	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	—	5–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0
Portimonense	1–2	1–3	1–4	3–5	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	0–3		1–2	1–1	0–0
Porto	1–1	5–0		2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	4–1
Rio Ave	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–4	3–0	0–4	2–0	1–2	—	3–3		1–1
Sporting CP	2–1	2–1	6–1	5–0	8–0		5–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		2–0	2–0	—	3–0	3–2
Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	2–2	1–0		0–2	5–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	—	2–0
Vizela	2–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–3		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–5	0–1	—

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
Rafa Mújica	Arouca	Gil Vicente	3–0 (H)	16 December 2023
Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Boavista	6–1 (H)	17 March 2024

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
5	Vila Real	1	Chaves

2023–24 Primeira Liga

Teams

Changes

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

Number of teams by district

Notes

References

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Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Kewin	Moreirense	13
2	Anatoliy Trubin	Benfica	12
2	Diogo Costa	Porto	12
4	Ricardo Batista	Casa Pia	10
5	Antonio Adán	Sporting	9
5	Jhonatan	Rio Ave	9
7	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães	8
	Andrew	Gil Vicente
	Marcelo Carné	Estoril
10	Ricardo Velho	Farense	7

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
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	V. Guimarães
September	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Luiz Júnior	Famalicão	Ousmane Diomande	Sporting	João Neves	Benfica	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting	Rúben Amorim	Sporting	Orkun Kökçü	Benfica
October/November			Luiz Júnior	Famalicão	António Silva	Benfica					Tiago Aguilar	Moreirense	Rafael Barbosa	Farense
December			Ricardo Velho	Farense	Gonçalo Inácio	Sporting					Rúben Amorim	Sporting	Théo Fonseca	Famalicão
January			Diogo Costa	Porto	Gonçalo Inácio	Sporting	Rodrigo Zalazar	Braga			Rúben Amorim	Sporting	João Mendes	Vitória de Guimarães
February	Rafa Mújica	Arouca	Ricardo Velho	Farense	António Silva	Benfica	João Neves	Benfica	Rafa Mújica	Arouca	Daniel Sousa	Arouca	Sorriso	Famalicão
March	Jota Silva	Vitória de Guimarães	Charles	Vitória de Guimarães	Pepe	Porto	João Neves	Benfica	Jota Silva	Vitória de Guimarães	Rúben Amorim	Sporting	Felippe Cardoso	Casa Pia