Liga De Elite

The league features local players and professional foreign players. Due to the lack of football fields in Macau, most matches are played at the Estádio Campo Desportivo. As with Hong Kong, the league is separate from the mainland Chinese football league system. The league is generally played between January and July of each calendar year.

In the inaugural 2014 edition, Lam Pak, Lam Ieng and Kuan Tai all forfeited from the First Division before the start of the competition. Lam Pak and Lam Ieng withdrew due to the lack of backing from sponsors and Kuan Tai cited budget issues and could no longer afford to pay some of its players. To solve the problem of three sudden vacancies, the Macau Football Association clarified that the two clubs that were relegated in 2013, Kei Lun and MFA Development, were invited to remain, and an additional third team would come from the Second Division. After careful consideration by the MFA, no team from the Second Division was picked, being deemed not competitive enough for the First Division.

10 teams will contest the 2024 Liga de Elite. Gala and University Of Macau were promoted from last season's 2ª Divisão de Macau.

 

 

 

 

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Location of the three stadiums where all matches are played.

1 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio 2 Lin Fong Sports Centre 3 Campo Desportivo da Universidade de Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau

Winners were:

Champions

Season	Best Player	Team
2010	Geofredo Cheung	Monte Carlo
2011	Leong Ka Hang	Development[disambiguation needed]
2012	Cesinha Barbieri	Ka I
2013	Leong Ka Hang	Monte Carlo
2014	Bruno Brito	Sporting de Macau
2015	Diego Patriota	Chao Pak Kei
2016	Chan Man	Benfica de Macau
2017	Pan Chi Hang	Benfica de Macau
2018	Diego Patriota	Chao Pak Kei
2019	Filipe Duarte	Benfica de Macau
2020	Diego Patriota	Chao Pak Kei
2021	Diego Patriota	Chao Pak Kei
2022	Jackson Sousa	Monte Carlo*
2022	Niki Torrão	Chao Pak Kei*
2023	Jackson Sousa	Monte Carlo

• The edition of the 2022 championship, two best player was chosen.

Season	Goalscorers	Team	Goals
2001	Beto	Monte Carlo	19
2005	Cheang Chon Man	Polícia de Segurança Pública	20
2010	Lee Keng Pan	Hoi Fan	10
2011	Kamilo Silva	Monte Carlo	38
2012	Gustavo Silveira Avelino	Windsor Arch Ka I	17
2013	Niki Torrão	Windsor Arch Ka I	23
2014	William Carlos Gomes	Benfica de Macau	16
2014	Francisco do Carmo Rodrigo	Monte Carlo	16
2015	William Carlos Gomes	Benfica de Macau	19
2016	Carlos Leonel	Benfica de Macau	24
2017	Carlos Leonel	Benfica de Macau	21
2018	William Carlos Gomes	Windsor Arch Ka I	41
2019	William Carlos Gomes	Cheng Fung	19
	Diego Patriota	Chao Pak Kei
2020	Carlos Leonel	Benfica de Macau	23
2021	Carlos Leonel	Benfica de Macau	35
2022	Niki Torrão	Chao Pak Kei	32
2023	Jackson Sousa	Monte Carlo	25
2024	Gregory	Chao Pak Kei	14

Record season goalscorers

• 4 times
  • Carlos Leonel (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
• 4 times
  • William Carlos Gomes (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)

Most goals by a player in a single season

• 41 goals:
  • William Carlos Gomes (2018).

Most goals by a player in a single game

• 8 goals:
  • William Carlos Gomes (Windsor Arch Ka I) 1-12 against Hang Sai, 16 June 2018.

All-time goalscorers

Rank	Player	Games	Goals	Years	Goals per game
1	William Carlos Gomes	186	213	2013-present	1.15
2	Niki Torrão	184	205	2011−present	1.11
3	Carlos Leonel	81	117	2015−2022	1.44

Rank	Country	Player	Hat-tricks
1		William Carlos Gomes	22
2		Carlos Leonel	20
3		Niki Torrão	17
4		Jackson Sousa	9
5		Ho Man Hou	4
6		Diego Patriota	3
7		Alison Brito	2
		Bruno Araujo
		Iun Cheong Fai
		Gregory
		Cheng Hui
		Bruno Martinho
		Jose Ranieri
		Vernon Wong
15		Daniel Adade	1
		Hugo Almeida
		Eder Aruda
		Iuri Capelo
		Lei Cheng Lam
		Ut Cheong Kou
		Lei Chi Seng
		Leung Chi Seng
		Lek Hang Jeung
		Chi Hang Pan
		Gao Jia Liang
		Leong Ka Hang
		Mok Kin Fong
		Chan Kin Seng
		Lin Lei Yi
		In Leong Hou
		Zheyu Liang
		Danilo Lins
		Chan Man
		Rafael Medeiros
		Yan Pen Feng
		Nuno Peres
		Rodrigo
		Maycol Savinio
		Adilson Silva
		Roni Silva
		Gu Six Hou
		Leong Tak Wai
		Leandro Tanaka
		Ka Un Sio
		Tai Wang Chang
		D Wong
		Jia Yi Li

Most hat-tricks in a single season

• 24 hat-tricks (2021).

Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season

• 7 hat-tricks
  • Carlos Leonel (2021).