10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Portuguese Primeira Liga


1) Establishment:

The Portuguese Primeira Liga or Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons, was established in 1934 and at the beginning, the league only had 8 to 10 clubs. The official name of the league was Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisao but, after the Portuguese League for Professional Football took over, the name was changed to the one remains today.


2) Stadiums:

They are 18 stadiums in the league, the same number as teams; in other words there is no stadium sharing as happens in some other countries. Benfica's stadium has the highest capacity, the Estadio da Luz, with a official capacity of 64,642.


3) Historical clubs:

As mentioned before, there are currently 18 clubs in the league. The ''Big Three'' of Benfica, Porto, and Sporting have dominated the league since its establishment. Benfica have one the league 37 times, Porto 28, and Sporting 18. Boavista and Belenenses have won it once each. Boavista were champions in 2001, and Belenenses were champions in 1946.


4) UEFA Ranking:

The Primeira Liga has increased its reputation in the last few years, occupying as of 2019, 6th place of UEFA's league rankings. It broke into the top five for the first time in the 2011-2012 season, passing French Ligue 1, one of the historical ''big five'' European leagues.


5) Sponsorship names for each seasons:

2002-2005: SuperLiga GalpEnergia
2005-2006: Liga betandwin.com
2006-2008: BWINLIGA
2008-2010: Liga Sagres
2010-2014: Liga ZON Sagres
2014-2020: Liga NOS


6) Qualification for European Competitions:

The top teams in Primeira Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League with the first placed team directly qualify for the group stages and the second placed team go to the playoffs for the group stage of UEFA Champions League. Teams placed third and fourth play in UEFA Europa League, along with the Taca de Portugal cup winners (unless they already qualify for the UEFA Champions League through league placing). In this case, the berth is given to the fifth placed team.


7) Competition:

From the 2014-2015 season on, there are 18 clubs in the Primeira Liga, up from 16 in the previous seasons. During the course of a season, each club plays all teams twice - once at their home stadium and once at their opponent's - for a total of 34 games. At the end of each season, the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Segunda Liga (LigaPro) and the top two teams from the Segunda Liga are promoted to the Primeira Liga.


8) Attendance:

Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Benfica, Porto, and Sporting. They have also the biggest stadiums in Portugal, with more than 50,000 seats. Other clubs, such as Vitoria de Guimaraes and Braga, also have good attendances. Academics de Coimbra (currently playing in LigaPro), Vitoria de Setubal, Boavista, Belenenses, and Maritimo are historical clubs, with more than 30 top-flight seasons, from the biggest Portuguese cities, and have also many supporters. However, they do not have big attendances nowadays. Their stadiums have between 10,000 and 30,000 seats.


9) ''The Big Three'':

''The Big Three'' is a nickname for the three most powerful sports clubs in Portugal. With the exception of Belenenses and Boavista, only three clubs have won the Primeira Liga title - Benfica (37 times), Porto (28) and Sporting (18). These three clubs generally end up sharing the top three positions, appearing more frequently in UEFA competitions and are the only three clubs in Portugal to have never been relegated.


10) Portuguese clubs in European Competitions and International Competitions:

Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have won two consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, reaching eleven European finals: eight European Cups and three UEFA Cup/Europa League, and was runner-up in two Intercontinental Cups. Porto is the only Portuguese club since 1987 to have won any international competition (excluding the UEFA Intertoto Cup), gathering a total of two European Cup/UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues, one European Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cups and finished runner-up in one European Cup Winner's Cup and three UEFA Super Cups. Sporting won one European Cup Winner's Cup and was runner-up in one UEFA Cup. Apart from the big three, Braga won the last UEFA Intertoto Cup and was runner-up in one UEFA Europa League.




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