About Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga is the top professional football league in Portugal and one of the most respected leagues in Europe. Founded in 1934, it features 18 clubs competing each season for the national championship title. The league is known for its passionate fan culture, technical style of play, and its role in developing talented players who often move on to Europe’s biggest clubs.

Historically, the league has been dominated by the “Big Three” clubs: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP. These teams have won the vast majority of league titles and regularly compete in European competitions such as the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. Their rivalries are among the fiercest in Portuguese sport and attract millions of viewers worldwide.

The Primeira Liga has also earned a strong reputation for producing world-class footballers and coaches. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Figo, and Bruno Fernandes began their rise in Portuguese football before achieving international success. Thanks to its competitive environment and excellent youth academies, the league continues to play an important role in global football development.

Seasons

Season	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place
2025-26	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
2024-25	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
2023-24	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
2022-23	SL Benfica	FC Porto	SC Braga
2021-22	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
2020-21	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
2019-20	FC Porto	SL Benfica	SC Braga
2018-19	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
2017-18	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
2016-17	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
2015-16	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
2014-15	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
2013-14	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
2012-13	FC Porto	SL Benfica	FC Paços de Ferreira
2011-12	FC Porto	SL Benfica	SC Braga
2010-11	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
2009-10	SL Benfica	SC Braga	FC Porto
2008-09	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
2007-08	FC Porto	Sporting CP	Vitória SC
2006-07	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
2005-06	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
2004-05	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
2003-04	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
2002-03	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
2001-02	Sporting CP	Boavista FC	FC Porto
2000-01	Boavista FC	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1999-00	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1998-99	FC Porto	Boavista FC	SL Benfica
1997-98	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Vitória SC
1996-97	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
1995-96	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1994-95	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
1993-94	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1992-93	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1991-92	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Boavista FC
1990-91	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1989-90	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1988-89	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Boavista FC
1987-88	FC Porto	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1986-87	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Vitória SC
1985-86	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1984-85	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
1983-84	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1982-83	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1981-82	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
1980-81	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1979-80	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1978-79	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1977-78	FC Porto	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1976-77	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
1975-76	SL Benfica	Boavista FC	CF Os Belenenses
1974-75	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1973-74	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	Vitória FC
1972-73	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses	Vitória FC
1971-72	SL Benfica	Vitória FC	Sporting CP
1970-71	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
1969-70	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	Vitória FC
1968-69	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Vitória SC
1967-68	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
1966-67	SL Benfica	Académica de Coimbra	FC Porto
1965-66	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
1964-65	SL Benfica	FC Porto	GD Fabril
1963-64	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1962-63	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1961-62	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1960-61	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	FC Porto
1959-60	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	CF Os Belenenses
1958-59	FC Porto	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1957-58	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1956-57	SL Benfica	FC Porto	CF Os Belenenses
1955-56	FC Porto	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1954-55	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses	Sporting CP
1953-54	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1952-53	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1951-52	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
1950-51	Sporting CP	FC Porto	SL Benfica
1949-50	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	Atlético CP
1948-49	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1947-48	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses
1946-47	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	FC Porto
1945-46	CF Os Belenenses	SL Benfica	Sporting CP
1944-45	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses	Sporting CP
1943-44	Sporting CP	SL Benfica	Atlético CP
1942-43	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	CF Os Belenenses
1941-42	SL Benfica	Sporting CP	CF Os Belenenses
1940-41	Sporting CP	FC Porto	CF Os Belenenses
1939-40	FC Porto	Sporting CP	CF Os Belenenses
1938-39	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica
1937-38	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1936-37	SL Benfica	CF Os Belenenses	Sporting CP
1935-36	SL Benfica	FC Porto	Sporting CP
1934-35	FC Porto	Sporting CP	SL Benfica

All-Time table

#	Club	Count	Years
1	SL Benfica	38	1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1944-45, 1949-50, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 2004-05, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2022-23
		31	1943-44, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2023-24, 2024-25
		18	1934-35, 1938-39, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1979-80, 1984-85, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2025-26
2	FC Porto	31	1934-35, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2025-26
		29	1935-36, 1937-38, 1940-41, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1968-69, 1974-75, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2022-23
		15	1946-47, 1951-52, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1981-82, 2001-02, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2023-24, 2024-25
3	Sporting CP	21	1940-41, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1961-62, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25
		22	1934-35, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1949-50, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1984-85, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2021-22, 2025-26
		30	1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1954-55, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
4	CF Os Belenenses	1	1945-46
		4	1936-37, 1944-45, 1954-55, 1972-73
		13	1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1975-76, 1987-88
5	Boavista FC	1	2000-01
		3	1975-76, 1998-99, 2001-02
		2	1988-89, 1991-92
6	Vitória FC	0	—
		1	1971-72
		3	1969-70, 1972-73, 1973-74
7	SC Braga	0	—
		1	2009-10
		3	2011-12, 2019-20, 2022-23
8	Académica de Coimbra	0	—
		1	1966-67
		0	—
9	Vitória SC	0	—
		0	—
		4	1968-69, 1986-87, 1997-98, 2007-08
10	Atlético CP	0	—
		0	—
		2	1943-44, 1949-50
11	GD Fabril	0	—
		0	—
		1	1964-65
12	FC Paços de Ferreira	0	—
		0	—
		1	2012-13