The 2025–26 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of the Primeira Liga, a professional association football competition that serves as the highest level on the Portuguese association football league system clubs and the third season under the current Liga Portugal Betclic title. This was the ninth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR).
Sporting CP were the two-time defending champions, having won their 21st title in the previous season.
Teams Changes The following teams changed division, either exiting or joining Liga Portugal, since the 2024–25 season. Promoted from Liga Portugal 2 Relegated to Liga Portugal 2 Relegated to Porto Football Association Tondela Alverca Farense Boavista
Location and stadiums
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season ↑ Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca6,932 5,000 6,230 68,100 30,286 7,000 5,094 9,288 5,186 12,046 6,150 5,200 50,033 5,300 12,500 52,095 ↑ 5,000 30,029
↑ Promoted from the Liga Portugal 2
Notes:
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s) Nike Placard.pt Skita Construções Carlos Pinho, Lda. Adidas Mercainox Adidas Emirates Puma Solverde.pt Adidas ESC Online Kappa Solverde.pt Umbro Centro Reciclagem da Amadora Puma Placard.pt Joma Goldenpark CDT Placard.pt Kappa Coral Cerveja New Balance Betano Adidas Lebull Umbro Lebull Nike Betano Puma Estrella Galicia Macron Placard.pt
Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentMoreirense Cristiano BacciEnd of contract19 May 2025 Vasco Botelho da Costa5 June 2025Braga Carlos CarvalhalMutual termination20 May 2025 Carlos Vicens22 May 2025Alverca Vasco Botelho da CostaEnd of contract24 May 2025 Custódio Castro17 June 2025Rio Ave Petit17 May 2025 Sotiris Sylaidopoulos27 June 2025Porto Martín AnselmiSacked1 July 2025 Francesco Farioli6 July 2025
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentAVS José MotaSacked15 September 2025517th João Pedro Sousa23 September 2025Estrela da Amadora José Augusto Faria15 September 2025 16th Luís Silva19 September 2025Benfica Bruno Lage17 September 20254th José Mourinho18 September 2025Estrela da Amadora Luís SilvaEnd of caretaker spell28 September 2025711th João Nuno28 September 2025Casa Pia João PereiraSacked3 November 20251016th Gonçalo Brandão4 November 2025Tondela Ivo Vieira11 November 20251117th Cristiano Bacci13 November 2025AVS João Pedro Sousa16 December 20251418th João Henriques20 December 2025Casa Pia Gonçalo BrandãoEnd of caretaker spell8 January 20261715th Álvaro Pacheco8 January 2026Santa Clara Vasco MatosSacked30 January 20262015th Petit3 February 2026Vitória de Guimarães Luís Pinto10 March 2026259th Gil Lameiras10 March 2026Tondela Cristiano Bacci22 March 20262717th Gonçalo Feio29 March 2026 Broadcasting Television Rights Holder Clubs Benfica TV Benfica TVI / V+ TVI Moreirense Sport TV Alverca, Arouca, AVS, Braga, Casa Pia, Estoril Praia, Estrela da Amadora, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Nacional, Porto, Rio Ave, Santa Clara, Sporting CP, Tondela, Vitória de Guimarães
Standings League table
Position by round
Results Fixture and results
Results by round
Notes:
Relegation play-offs The relegation play-offs took place between Casa Pia, who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga, and Torreense, who finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2.
All times are WEST (UTC+1).
1st leg
2nd leg
Casa Pia won 2–0 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Season statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Luis Suárez Sporting 28 2 Vangelis Pavlidis Benfica 22 3 Yanis Begraoui Estoril 20 4 Jesús Ramírez Nacional 18 5 Rodrigo Zalazar Braga 16 6 Ricardo Horta Braga 14 7 Samu Aghehowa Porto 13 Pedro Gonçalves Sporting 9 Murilo Costa Gil Vicente 11 10 Clayton Rio Ave 10 Pablo Gil Vicente Pau Víctor Braga
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate Pedro GonçalvesSportingNacional4–1 (A)23 August 2025 Vangelis PavlidisBenficaArouca5–0 (H)25 October 2025 Yanis BegraouiEstorilRio Ave4–0 (A)1 November 2025 Sidny CabralEstrela da AmadoraCasa Pia5–3 (A) Vangelis PavlidisBenficaMoreirense4–0 (A)14 December 2025 Luis SuárezSportingRio Ave4–0 (H)28 December 2025 Vangelis PavlidisBenficaEstoril3–1 (H)3 January 2026 Jesús RamírezNacionalSanta Clara3–3 (H)11 January 2026 Yanis BegraouiEstorilEstrela da Amadora5–0 (A)19 January 2026 Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Diogo CostaPorto212 Lazar CarevićFamalicão173 Rui SilvaSporting144 Anatoliy TrubinBenfica135 Lukáš HorníčekBraga12
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 13 David Sousa (Casa Pia)
Most red cards: 3 José Fontán (Arouca)
Club Most yellow cards: 95 Casa Pia Most red cards: 10 Arouca
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthYoung Player of the MonthGoalkeeper of the MonthDefender of the MonthMidfielder of the MonthForward of the MonthManager of the MonthGoal of the MonthReferencesPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Victor FroholdtPorto Victor FroholdtPorto Lazar CarevićFamalicão Justin de HaasFamalicão Victor FroholdtPorto ClaytonRio Ave Francesco FarioliPorto William GomesPortoSeptember/October PabloGil Vicente PabloGil Vicente Andrew Gil Vicente Jan Bednarek Porto Pedro GonçalvesSporting PabloGil Vicente César PeixotoGil Vicente Matija MitrovićVitória de GuimarãesNovember Francisco TrincãoSporting Geovany QuendaSporting Morten HjulmandSporting Francisco TrincãoSporting Rui BorgesSporting Heorhiy SudakovBenficaDecember Vangelis PavlidisBenfica Noah Saviolo Vitória de Guimarães Diogo CostaPorto Rodrigo ZalazarBraga Vangelis PavlidisBenfica Francesco FarioliPorto Borja SainzPortoJanuary Luis SuárezSporting Lukáš HorníčekBraga MaracásMoreirense João CarvalhoEstoril Luis SuárezSporting Ian CathroEstoril Matija MitrovićVitória de GuimarãesFebruary Andreas SchjelderupBenfica Jan BednarekPorto Rodrigo ZalazarBraga Rui BorgesSporting Geny CatamoSportingMarch Jalen BlesaRio Ave Gustavo SáFamalicão Lazar CarevićFamalicão Ibrahima BaFamalicão Jalen BlesaRio Ave Hugo OliveiraFamalicão Rodrigo PinheiroFamalicãoApril Andreas SchjelderupBenfica Andreas SchjelderupBenfica Diogo CostaPorto Jan BednarekPorto Victor FroholdtPorto Andreas SchjelderupBenfica Francesco FarioliPorto Gustavo SilvaVitória de GuimarãesMaycolspan="14" Daniel BragançaSporting
Annual awards AwardWinner Club Player of the Season Victor FroholdtPorto Manager of the Season Francesco FarioliPortoTop scorer Luis SuárezSporting Young Player of the Season Victor FroholdtPorto Goal of the Season William GomesPorto Team of the Season Team of the Season Goalkeeper Diogo Costa (Porto) Defence Alberto Costa (Porto) Jan Bednarek (Porto) Jakub Kiwior (Porto) Maximiliano Araújo (Sporting) Midfield Rodrigo Zalazar (Braga) Morten Hjulmand (Sporting) Victor Froholdt (Porto) Attack Francisco Trincão (Sporting) Luis Suárez (Sporting) Ricardo Horta (Braga)
Attendances Overall
Home match played
Team \ Match played1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total 2,776 6,532 2,037 2,877 2,008 1,645 1,396 5,634 1,454 1,498 1,845 1,702 1,829 6,664 1,894 1,958 3,03146,780 2,003 1,733 1,358 4,192 1,491 1,249 1,447 856 1,903 3,142 1,355 1,242 4,428 1,419 1,804 1,528 2,64233,792 1,225 1,633 5,416 1,100 1,050 1,551 1,027 843 1,754 987 1,140 928 1,150 1,120 2,714 3,567 5,25432,459 61,229 59,507 57,059 57,358 60,322 56,428 65,247 57,894 59,865 54,548 49,311 58,784 66,366 60,634 56,594 56,591 60,001997,738 17,174 15,078 14,118 13,502 11,384 10,290 5,369 24,314 8,410 10,528 20,118 22,883 25,611 12,449 12,911 11,858 12,232248,229 6,981 1,351 1,011 1,145 1,214 1,127 1,033 1,574 914 3,296 1,037 1,842 6,113 1,279 1,753 1,373 2,23235,275 2,781 1,852 1,752 4,882 2,687 1,856 1,964 2,334 1,948 2,176 2,072 3,194 2,349 2,963 4,968 3,286 4,70347,767 6,249 3,411 3,044 1,712 1,827 2,658 3,019 1,614 2,133 2,826 1,498 2,863 3,674 1,833 7,102 7,174 4,37157,008 4,300 4,571 4,887 3,865 4,384 4,906 2,561 3,366 3,989 2,529 1,141 3,300 2,684 3,912 4,060 4,940 4,80564,200 11,066 5,693 7,259 4,960 5,475 4,538 4,187 8,956 5,209 5,745 7,542 11,022 5,143 6,070 7,947 6,439 4,972112,223 2,550 4,210 1,683 1,821 5,658 1,999 5,518 1,952 1,290 1,729 5,230 1,524 1,359 2,810 1,918 1,376 1,67944,306 1,663 4,394 1,529 1,678 1,882 4,826 1,082 2,068 1,877 1,881 4,926 2,083 1,944 2,099 2,276 2,687 2,89441,789 48,534 49,045 47,285 49,520 48,473 45,092 31,247 48,097 34,273 49,378 44,810 41,090 44,672 47,562 46,755 49,561 50,002775,396 2,452 3,250 4,624 2,066 2,039 2,098 2,521 2,067 4,435 1,842 2,041 2,595 2,885 2,284 2,158 2,801 3,74745,905 1,695 1,938 1,684 1,808 1,071 5,970 861 2,029 5,338 1,525 1,162 7,184 1,362 1,027 1,565 1,728 1,20439,151 41,986 50,946 41,710 46,331 31,833 43,722 38,713 47,032 34,975 39,984 46,164 46,112 46,473 51,470 32,836 32,439 48,204720,930 532 2,226 1,897 4,519 2,718 4,133 1,673 1,812 2,476 4,568 1,468 2,474 1,766 1,897 1,673 2,574 2,78441,190 18,926 14,128 25,114 14,224 26,127 11,976 13,126 25,097 13,955 28,526 10,826 13,465 14,026 14,128 13,936 13,766 10,122281,468League total 3,665,606 Source: Liga Portugal
Number of teams by district RankDistrict Football AssociationsNumberTeams1 Lisbon6Alverca, Benfica, Casa Pia, Estoril Praia, Estrela da Amadora and Sporting CP2 Braga5Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães 3 Porto3AVS, Porto and Rio Ave4 Aveiro1Arouca MadeiraNacional Ponta DelgadaSanta Clara ViseuTondela
See also 2025–26 Liga Portugal 2 2025–26 Liga 3 2025–26 Campeonato de Portugal 2025–26 Taça da Liga 2025–26 Taça de Portugal
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