2018–19 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga 2018–19
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) will be the 85th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Porto will be the defending champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2017–18 finish
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	15,016	12th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,161	2nd
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	27,363	8th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,287	4th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,870	6th
Desportivo das Aves	Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,896	13th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,450	16th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,566	7th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,152	15th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,585	311st (LP)
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	4,931	10th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,034	1st
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	8,957	5th
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	4,000	312nd (LP)
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,049	3rd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	11th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,007	9th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	14,274	14th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Belenenses	Silas	Gonçalo Silva	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Luisão	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Jorge Simão	Idris	BLK	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Abel Ferreira	Alan	Lacatoni	Visit Braga
Chaves	Luís Castro	Nuno André Coelho	Lacatoni	Museu do Pão
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Nélson Lenho	Macron	MEO
Feirense	Nuno Manta	Cris Santos	Legea	Castro Electrónica
Marítimo	Daniel Ramos	Fransérgio	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Petit	André Micael	CDT	—
Nacional	Costinha		Hummel	Santander Totta
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Ricardo Pessoa	Mizuno	McDonald's Portimão
Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Héctor Herrera	New Balance	MEO
Rio Ave	Luís Castro	Tarantini	adidas	MEO
Santa Clara	Carlos Pinto	Pedro Pacheco	Nike	Santander Totta
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	William Carvalho	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Pepa	Ricardo Costa	CDT	Laboratórios BASI
Vitória de Guimarães	José Peseiro	Josué Sá	Macron	—
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Vasco Fernandes	Hummel	Kia Motors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	28	3	3	103	31	+72	87	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	74	20	+54	85	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	72	33	+39	74	Qualification to Europa League group stage
4	Braga	34	21	4	9	56	37	+19	67	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Moreirense	34	16	4	14	39	44	−5	52
7	Rio Ave	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45
8	Boavista	34	13	5	16	34	40	−6	44
9	Belenenses SAD	34	10	13	11	42	51	−9	43
10	Santa Clara	34	11	9	14	43	45	−2	42
11	Marítimo	34	12	3	19	26	44	−18	39
12	Portimonense	34	11	6	17	44	59	−15	39
13	Vitória de Setúbal	34	8	12	14	28	39	−11	36
14	Desportivo das Aves	34	10	6	18	35	49	−14	36
15	Tondela	34	9	8	17	40	54	−14	35
16	Chaves (R)	34	8	8	18	34	57	−23	32	Relegation to LigaPro
17	Nacional (R)	34	7	7	20	33	73	−40	28
18	Feirense (R)	34	3	11	20	27	64	−37	20

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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

2018–19 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues
Primeira Liga (level 1) · LigaPro (level 2) · Campeonato de Portugal (level 3)
Domestic cups
Taça de Portugal (Final) · Taça da Liga (Final) · Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2017–18                                                        2019–20