2017–18 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga 2017–18
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The 2017–18 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica are the defending champions for a fourth season in a row. Since Portugal dropped from sixth to ninth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2016-17 season, the league has lost its UEFA Europa League group stage round berth. Further, the champions will still have to enter directly to UEFA Champions League group stage, but the 2nd placed team will have to begin in the third qualifying round. In addition, three teams have been dropped to two teams, while the the third- and fourth-placed teams will begin at the third and second qualifying round, respectively, of the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

Eighteen teams will compete in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the LigaPro.

Portimonense became the first club to be promoted on 23 April 2017 and will play in Primeira Liga for the first time since the 2010–11 season. On 21 May 2017, after a 2–1 win in Azores against Santa Clara, they were crowned champions. The other team promoted were runners-up Desportivo das Aves, following a 2–2 draw against União da Madeira on 30 April 2017. This will mark the return of the Vila das Aves' team to the top flight after a 10-season absence.

The two promoted clubs replaced Nacional and Arouca. Nacional confirmed their relegation on 5 May 2017, 15 years after their promotion, when Moreirense, who were also struggling to escape relegation, beat Braga. On the last matchday, Arouca's 4–2 defeat against Estoril sealed their relegation, four seasons after having been promoted for the first time to Primeira Liga.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 finish
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	19,856	14th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	30,000	9th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	5th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,000	11th
Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,441	312nd (LP)
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	10th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	8th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,600	6th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,153	15th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	6,404	13th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,035	2nd
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	6,000	311st (LP)
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	9,065	7th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,044	3rd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	16th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,008	4th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	13,468	12th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Belenenses	Domingos Paciência	Gonçalo Silva	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Luisão	adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Miguel Leal	Idris	Lacatoni	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Abel Ferreira	Alan	Lacatoni	Invest in Braga
Chaves	Luís Castro	Nuno André Coelho	Lacatoni	Chaves - Capital Termal
Desportivo das Aves	Ricardo Soares	Nélson Lenho	Macron	MEO
Estoril	Pedro Emanuel	Diogo Amado	Nike	Banco BIC
Feirense	Nuno Manta	Cris Santos	Legea	Mestre da Cor
Marítimo	Daniel Ramos	Edgar Costa	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Manuel Machado	André Micael	CDT	—
Paços de Ferreira	Vasco Seabra	Ricardo	Lacatoni	Fixpaços
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Ricardo Pessoa	Mizuno	McDonald's Portimão
Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Iván Marcano	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave	Miguel Cardoso	Tarantini	adidas	MEO
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	Adrien Silva	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Pepa	Kaká	CDT	Laboratórios BASI
Vitória de Guimarães	Pedro Martins	Josué Sá	Macron	Shirt sponsor varies from match to match
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Frederico Venâncio	Hummel	Kia Motors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Porto	Nuno Espírito Santo	Resigned	22 May 2017	Pre-season	Sérgio Conceição	8 June 2017
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Resigned	23 May 2017		Ricardo Soares	27 May 2017
Rio Ave	Luís Castro	Mutual consent	24 May 2017		Miguel Cardoso	12 June 2017
Moreirense	Petit	Mutual consent	26 May 2017		Manuel Machado	27 May 2017
Chaves	Ricardo Soares	Resigned	27 May 2017		Luís Castro	1 June 2017
Boavista	Miguel Leal	Resigned	13 September 2017	16th	Jorge Simão	14 September 2017

League table

2017–18 Primeira Liga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto  (C)	34	28	4	2	82	18	+64	88	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	25	6	3	80	22	+58	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	24	6	4	63	24	+39	78	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	Braga	34	24	3	7	74	29	+45	75	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Rio Ave	34	15	6	13	40	42	−2	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Chaves	34	13	8	13	47	55	−8	47
7	Marítimo	34	13	8	13	36	49	−13	47
8	Boavista	34	13	6	15	35	44	−9	45
9	Vitória de Guimarães	34	13	4	17	45	56	−11	43
10	Portimonense	34	10	8	16	52	60	−8	38
11	Tondela	34	10	8	16	41	50	−9	38
12	Belenenses	34	9	10	15	33	46	−13	37
13	Desportivo das Aves	34	9	7	18	36	51	−15	34
14	Vitória de Setúbal	34	7	11	16	39	62	−23	32
15	Moreirense	34	8	8	18	29	50	−21	32
16	Feirense	34	9	4	21	32	48	−16	31
17	Paços de Ferreira  (R)	34	7	9	18	33	59	−26	30	Relegation to LigaPro
18	Estoril  (R)	34	8	6	20	29	61	−32	30

Updated to games played on 24 April 2017
Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Statistics

Top goalscorers As of 27 August 2017 Rank Player Club Goals MPG 1 Jonas Benfica 5 70 2 Vincent Aboubakar Porto 4 86 3 Bruno Fernandes Sporting 3 87 Haris Seferović Benfica 112 Bas Dost Sporting 120 Gelson Martins Sporting 4 Toto Salvio Benfica 2 112 Tomané Tondela 120 Moussa Marega Porto 164

Top assists As of 27 August 2017 Rank Player Club Assists 1 Marcos Acuña Sporting 4 2 Ricardo Esgaio Braga 2 Bruno Moreira Paços de Ferreira Paolo Hurtado Vitória Guimarães Óliver Torres Porto Jonas Benfica Rúben Ribeiro Rio Ave

Own goals

Rank	Player	Club	Own goals
1	Cris Santos	Feirense	1
	Lisandro López	Benfica
	Gonçalo Paciência	Vitória Setúbal
	David Bruno	Tondela

Scoring

As of 19 August 2017

• First goal of the season:
  • Gelson Martins, for Sporting CP vs Desportivo das Aves (6 August 2017)
• Biggest home win:
  • Benfica 5–0 Belenenses (19 August 2017)
• Biggest away win:
  • Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Sporting CP (19 August 2017)
• Highest scoring match: 5 goals
  • Vitória de Guimarães 3–2 Chaves (10 August 2017)
  • Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Sporting CP (19 August 2017)
  • Tondela 2–3 Estoril (19 August 2017)
  • Benfica 5–0 Belenenses (19 August 2017)
• Biggest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Sporting CP (19 August 2017)
  • Benfica 5–0 Belenenses (19 August 2017)
• Most goals scored in a match by a team: 5 goals
  • Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Sporting CP (19 August 2017)
  • Benfica 5–0 Belenenses (19 August 2017)

Match streaks

As of 13 August 2017

• Longest winning run: 5 matches
  • Sporting CP, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 5 (8 September 2017)
  • Porto, from matchday 1 (9 August 2017) to matchday 5 (9 September 2017)
• Longest unbeaten run: 5 matches
  • Sporting CP, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 5 (8 September 2017)
  • Porto, from matchday 1 (9 August 2017) to matchday 5 (9 September 2017)
  • Benfica, from matchday 1 (9 August 2017) to matchday 5 (9 september 2017)
• Longest winless run: 5 matches
  • Chaves, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 5 (9 September 2017)
  • Paços de Ferreira, from matchday 1 (8 August 2017) to matchday 4 (26 August 2017)
• Longest losing run: 4 matches
  • Portimonense, from matchday 2 (13 August 2017) to matchday 5 (8 September 2017)
• Most consecutive draws: 2 matches
  • Vitória de Setúbal, from matchday 3 (20 August 2017) to matchday 4 (25 August 2017)
  • Moreirense, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 2 (12 August 2017)
  • Feirense, from matchday 1 (7 August 2017) to matchday 2 (12 August 2017)
  • Paços de Ferreira, from matchday 3 (26 August 2017) to matchday 4 (9 September 2017)

Discipline

As of 15 August 2017

Club

• Most yellow cards: 6
  • Feirense
  • Braga
• Most red cards: 2
  • Vitória de Guimarães

Player

• Most yellow cards: 2
  • Sérgio Barge (Feirense)
  • Murilo Freitas (Tondela)
  • Wesley Dias (Estoril)
  • João Vigário (Vitória de Guimarães)
  • Matheus Pereira (Chaves)
• Most red cards: 1
  • Vasco Fernandes (Vitória de Setúbal)
  • Wesley Dias (Estoril)
  • João Vigário (Vitória de Guimarães)
  • Josué Sá (Vitória de Guimarães)