2025–26 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga 2025–26
Season information
Dates	8 August 2025–17 May 2026
Season statistics
← 2024–25	2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons) is 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 fifth season under the current Liga Portugal title. This is the ninth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). 18 clubs will participate in the competition.

Sporting CP are 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
Alverca↑	Alverca do Ribatejo	Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca	6,900	2nd in LP 2
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	5,600	12th in PL
AVS	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	6,230	16th in PL
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	68,100	2nd in PL
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,286	4th in PL
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, at Rio Maior	7,000	9th in PL
Estoril Praia	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	5,094	8th in PL
Estrela da Amadora	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	9,288	15th in PL
Famalicão	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho	5,186	7th in PL
Gil Vicente	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12,046	13th in PL
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Estádio Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,150	10th in PL
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,200	14th in PL
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,033	3rd in PL
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estadio dos Arcos	5,300	11th in PL
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	12,500	5th in PL
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	52,095	1st in PL
Tondela↑	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	1st in LP 2
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,029	6th in PL

↑	Promoted from the Liga Portugal 2

League notes:

• PL: Primeira Liga
• LP 2: Liga Portugal 2

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)
Alverca	Custódio Castro	Sergi Gómez	Nike	Placard.pt	List Front: None Back: Calhambeq Sleeves: Hospital da Luz Shorts: None
Arouca	Vasco Seabra	David Simão	Skita	Construções Carlos Pinho, Lda.	List Front: None Back: Castro Electrónica Sleeves: None Shorts: None
AVS	TBA	Nenê	Adidas	Mercainox	List Front: Tectoave Back: GoDrive Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Benfica	José Mourinho	Nicolás Otamendi	Adidas	Emirates	List Front: None Back: Sagres Sleeves: Betano Shorts: None
Braga	Carlos Vicens	Ricardo Horta	Puma	Solverde.pt	List Front: Só Barroso Back: AMCO Intermediários de Crédito, Piscinas SOLEO Sleeves: Tek4life Shorts: Sabseg Group, 2045 Empresa de Segurança
Casa Pia	João Pereira	José Fonte	Adidas		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Estoril Praia	Ian Cathro	João Carvalho	Kappa		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Estrela da Amadora	TBA	Jovane Cabral	Umbro		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Famalicão	Hugo Oliveira	Gustavo Sá	Puma		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Gil Vicente	César Peixoto	Zé Carlos	Joma		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Moreirense	Vasco Botelho da Costa	Marcelo	CDT		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Nacional	Tiago Margarido	João Aurélio	Kappa		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Porto	Francesco Farioli	Diogo Costa	New Balance		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Rio Ave	Sotiris Silaidopoulos	Marios Vrousai	Adidas		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Santa Clara	Vasco Matos	Gabriel Batista	Umbro		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Sporting CP	Rui Borges	Morten Hjulmand	Nike		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Tondela	Ivo Vieira	Hélder Tavares	Puma		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Vitória de Guimarães	Luís Pinto	Samu Silva	Macron		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Moreirense	Cristiano Bacci	End of contract	19 May 2025	Vasco Botelho da Costa	5 June 2025
Braga	Carlos Carvalhal	Mutual termination	20 May 2025	Carlos Vicens	22 May 2025
Alverca	Vasco Botelho da Costa	End of contract	24 May 2025	Custódio Castro	17 June 2025
Rio Ave	Petit		17 May 2025	Sotiris Silaidopoulos	27 June 2025
Porto	Martín Anselmi	Sacked	30 June 2025	Francesco Farioli	6 July 2025

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
AVS	José Mota	Sacked	15 September 2025	5	17th
Estrela da Amadora	José Augusto Faria		15 September 2025		16th
Benfica	Bruno Lage		17 September 2025		4th	José Mourinho	18 September 2025

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	15	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Sporting CP	5	4	0	1	15	4	+11	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Moreirense	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	12	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Benfica	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Famalicão	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
6	Gil Vicente	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	10
7	Braga	5	2	2	1	10	5	+5	8
8	Vitória de Guimarães	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7
9	Casa Pia	5	2	0	3	4	8	−4	6
10	Estoril Praia	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	5
11	Santa Clara	5	1	2	2	2	5	−3	5
12	Arouca	5	1	2	2	7	13	−6	5
13	Alverca	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	4
14	Nacional	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	4
15	Rio Ave	4	0	3	1	7	9	−2	3
16	Estrela da Amadora	5	0	3	2	3	6	−3	3	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	AVS	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1	Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18	Tondela	5	0	1	4	2	10	−8	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Alverca	13	16	14	16	13
Arouca	4	10	8	8	12
AVS	18	15	15	17	17
Benfica		6	6	4	4
Braga	1	2	4	6	7
Casa Pia	8	7	10	13	9
Estoril Praia	9	12		14	10
Estrela da Amadora	10	13	12	12	16
Famalicão	2	4	5	2	5
Gil Vicente	5	8	7	7	6
Moreirense	7	5	3	5	3
Nacional	14	14	16	9	14
Porto	3	3	2	1	1
Rio Ave		11	11	11	15
Santa Clara	16	17		15	11
Sporting CP	6	1	1	3	2
Tondela	15	18	18	18	18
Vitória de Guimarães	17	9	9	10	8

	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
	Relegation to the Liga Portugal 2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Liga Portugal

Results

Fixture and results

Home \ Away	ALV	FCA	AVS	SLB	SCB	CPA	EPF	CFE	FCF	GVF	MFC	CDN	FCP	RAF	STC	SCP	CDT	VSC
Alverca				1–2	0–3												1–0
Arouca			3–1			0–2								3–3
AVS						0–2			0–1
Benfica													a		1–1	a	3–0
Braga			2–2							0–1							3–0	a
Casa Pia												0–2				0–2
Estoril Praia			3–1					1–1							0–1
Estrela da Amadora	2–2			0–1														0–2
Famalicão										0–0					3–0	1–2
Gil Vicente											2–0		0–2
Moreirense	2–1													3–1				2–0
Nacional										0–2						1–4
Porto				a		4–0						1–0				a		3–0
Rio Ave					2–2							1–1
Santa Clara								0–0			0–1
Sporting CP		6–0		a									1–2
Tondela							2–2		0–1
Vitória de Guimarães		1–1			a		3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Liga Portugal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Alverca	L	L	D	L	W
Arouca	W	L	D	D	L
AVS	L	L	D	L	L
Benfica		W	W	W	D
Braga	W	W	D	D	L
Casa Pia	L	W	L	L	W
Estoril Praia	D	L	L	D	W
Estrela da Amadora	D	L	D	D	L
Famalicão	W	W	D	W	L
Gil Vicente	W	L	D	W	W
Moreirense	W	W	W	L	W
Nacional	L	D	L	W	L
Porto	W	W	W	W	W
Rio Ave		D	D	D	L
Santa Clara	L	L	W	D	D
Sporting CP	W	W	W	L	W
Tondela	L	L	L	D	L
Vitória de Guimarães	L	W	L	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Liga Portugal

Relegation play-off

The 16th-placed teams of the Primeira Liga faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga Portugal 2.

Summary

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
16th-placed of Primeira Liga	PO	3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2	TBD	TBD

Matches

First leg

2026	16th-placed of Primeira Liga	v	3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2
--:-- UTC±0

Second leg

2026	3rd-placed of Liga Portugal 2	v	16th-placed of Primeira Liga
--:-- UTC±0

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Clayton	Rio Ave	5
2	Guilherme Schettine	Moreirense	4
3	Naïs Djouahra	Arouca	3
	Alfonso Trezza
	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting
	Francisco Trincão
7	Ricardo Horta	Braga	2
	Samu Aghehowa	Porto
	Rafik Guitane	Estoril
	Pepê	Porto
	William Gomes
	Tiago Parente	Estoril
	Amine El Ouazzani	Braga
	Borja Sainz	Porto
	Ricardo Mangas	Sporting
	Marezi	Alverca
	Pablo	Gil Vicente
	Jesús Ramírez	Nacional
	Luís Suaréz	Sporting

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting	Nacional	4–1 (A)	23 August 2025

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Leonardo Lelo	Braga	4
2	André Luiz	Rio Ave	3
	Alberto Costa	Porto
4	Geovany Quenda	Sporting	2
	João Carvalho	Estoril
	Lee Hyun-ju	Arouca
	Babatunde Akinsola	AVS
	Alfonso Trezza	Arouca
	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting
	José Gomes	Nacional
	Luís Suaréz	Sporting
	Gonçalo Inácio
	Dinis Pinto	Moreirense

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Lazar Carević	Famalicão	4
2	Diogo Costa	Porto	3
	Andrew	Gil Vicente
4	Caio Secco	Moreirense	2
	Rui Silva	Sporting
	Lukáš Horníček	Braga
7	Anatoliy Trubin	Benfica	1
	Samuel Soares
	Gabriel Batista	Santa Clara
	Renan Ribeiro	Estrela da Amadora
	Lucas França	Nacional
	Patrick Sequeira	Casa Pia

Discipline

Club

• Most yellow cards: 19
  • Casa Pia
  • Estoril Praia
• Fewest yellow cards: 7
  • Rio Ave
• Most red cards: 2
  • Nacional
• Fewest red cards: 0
  • Eleven teams

See also

• 2025–26 Liga Portugal 2
• 2025–26 Liga 3
• 2025–26 Campeonato de Portugal
• 2025–26 Taça de Portugal

External links

• Official webpage

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