List of Portuguese football champions

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Portuguese League (1st tier)
Campeonato da Liga (1934–1938)
Primeira Divisão (1938–1999)
Primeira Liga (1999–present)
Country
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Founded
1934
Number of teams
18 (since 2014–15 season)
Current champions
Benfica (2022–23)
Most successful club
Benfica (38 titles)

The Portuguese football champions are the winners of the highest league in Portuguese men's football, which is the Primeira Liga.

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History

Before the creation of the Primeira Liga, there was a competition called Championship of Portugal (Campeonato de Portugal), created in 1922 as the first competition of Portuguese football. However, despite its name, it corresponds to today's Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal) and was held in a knock-out basis. Therefore, its winners are not considered Portuguese champions.

In 1934, Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão was created as the top-tier football in Portugal. The winners of Campeonato da Liga are considered Portuguese champions. [1]

From the 1938–39 season on, Campeonato de Portugal was named Taça de Portugal, and Campeonato da Liga was named National Championship of the First Division, usually called First Division (Primeira Divisão). Since 1999, Primeira Divisão has been known as Primeira Liga.

FC Porto were the first club to be crowned League champions, in the 1934–35 season.

S.L. Benfica, with 38 titles, have been crowned champions more times than any other club and dominated the league during the 1960s and 1970s. Benfica are followed by Porto with 30 titles, who dominated in the 1990s and 2000s, who in turn are followed by Sporting CP, with 19 titles, who dominated in the 1940s and 1950s. C.F. Os Belenenses and Boavista F.C. are the only two other clubs that have managed to win the league once. All five clubs are from the two largest Portuguese cities, of Lisbon and Porto respectively.

List of champions and top scorers

ClubsPlayers
SeasonChampionsPointsRunners-upPointsThird placePointsTeamsRounds Bota de Prata
(Top Scorer)
ClubGoals
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
  1934–35 Porto 22 Sporting CP 20 Benfica 19814 Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 14
  1935–36 Benfica 21 Porto 20 Sporting CP 16814 Pinga Porto 21
  1936–37 Benfica (2)24 Belenenses 23 Sporting CP 19814 Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 24
  1937–38 Benfica (3)23 Porto 23 Sporting CP 23814 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 34
Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão
  1938–39 Porto (2)23 Sporting CP 22 Benfica 21814 Costuras Porto 18
  1939–40 Porto (3)34 Sporting CP 32 Belenenses 251018 Fernando Peyroteo
Slavko Kodrnja
Sporting CP
Porto
29
  1940–41 Sporting CP 23 Porto 20 Belenenses 19814 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 29
  1941–42 Benfica (4)38 Sporting CP 34 Belenenses 301222 Correia Dias Porto 36
  1942–43 Benfica (5)30 Sporting CP 29 Belenenses 281018 Julinho Benfica 24
  1943–44 Sporting CP (2)31 Benfica 26 Atlético CP 241018 Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 28
  1944–45 Benfica (6)30 Sporting CP 27 Belenenses 271018 Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 21
  1945–46 Belenenses 38 Benfica 37 Sporting CP 321222 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 37
  1946–47 Sporting CP (3)47 Benfica 41 Porto 331426 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 43
  1947–48 Sporting CP (4)41 Benfica 41 Belenenses 371426 António Araújo Porto 36
  1948–49 Sporting CP (5)42 Benfica 37 Belenenses 351426 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 40
  1949–50 Benfica (7)45 Sporting CP 39 Atlético CP 301426 Julinho Benfica 28
  1950–51 Sporting CP (6)45 Porto 34 Benfica 301426 Manuel Vasques Sporting CP 29
  1951–52 Sporting CP (7)41 Benfica 40 Porto 361426 José Águas Benfica 28
  1952–53 Sporting CP (8)43 Benfica 39 Belenenses 361426 Matateu Belenenses 29
  1953–54 Sporting CP (9)43 Porto 36 Benfica 321426 João Martins Sporting CP 31
  1954–55 Benfica (8)39 Belenenses 39 Sporting CP 371426 Matateu Belenenses 32
  1955–56 Porto (4)43 Benfica 43 Belenenses 371426 José Águas Benfica 28
  1956–57 Benfica (9)41 Porto 40 Belenenses 331426 José Águas Benfica 30
  1957–58 Sporting CP (10)43 Porto 43 Benfica 361426 Arsénio Duarte CUF 23
  1958–59 Porto (5)41 Benfica 41 Belenenses 381426 José Águas Benfica 26
  1959–60 Benfica (10)45 Sporting CP 43 Belenenses 361426 Edmur Ribeiro Vitória de Guimarães 25
  1960–61 Benfica (11)46 Sporting CP 42 Porto 331426 José Águas Benfica 27
  1961–62 Sporting CP (11)43 Porto 41 Benfica 361426 Veríssimo Porto 23
  1962–63 Benfica (12)48 Porto 42 Sporting CP 381426 José Augusto Torres Benfica 26
  1963–64 Benfica (13)46 Porto 40 Sporting CP 341426 Eusébio Benfica 28
  1964–65 Benfica (14)43 Porto 37 CUF Barreiro 351426 Eusébio Benfica 28
  1965–66 Sporting CP (12)42 Benfica 41 Porto 341426 Eusébio
Ernesto Figueiredo
Benfica
Sporting CP
25
  1966–67 Benfica (15)43 Académica de Coimbra 40 Porto 391426 Eusébio Benfica 31
  1967–68 Benfica (16)41 Sporting CP 37 Porto 361426 Eusébio Benfica 43
  1968–69 Benfica (17)39 Porto 37 Vitória de Guimarães 361426 Manuel António Académica Coimbra 19
  1969–70 Sporting CP (13)46 Benfica 38 Vitória de Setúbal 361426 Eusébio Benfica 20
  1970–71 Benfica (18)41 Sporting CP 38 Porto 371426 Artur Jorge Benfica 23
  1971–72 Benfica (19)55 Vitória de Setúbal 45 Sporting CP 431630 Artur Jorge Benfica 27
  1972–73 Benfica (20)58 Belenenses 40 Vitória de Setúbal 381630 Eusébio Benfica 40
  1973–74 Sporting CP (14)49 Benfica 47 Vitória de Setúbal 451630 Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 46
  1974–75 Benfica (21)49 Porto 44 Sporting CP 431630 Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 30
  1975–76 Benfica (22)50 Boavista 48 Belenenses 401630 Rui Jordão Benfica 30
  1976–77 Benfica (23)51 Sporting CP 42 Porto 411630 Fernando Gomes Porto 26
  1977–78 Porto (6)51 Benfica 51 Sporting CP 421630 Fernando Gomes Porto 25
  1978–79 Porto (7)50 Benfica 49 Sporting CP 421630 Fernando Gomes Porto 27
  1979–80 Sporting CP (15)52 Porto 50 Benfica 451630 Rui Jordão Sporting CP 31
  1980–81 Benfica (24)50 Porto 48 Sporting CP 371630 Nené Benfica 20
  1981–82 Sporting CP (16)46 Benfica 44 Porto 431630 Jacques Pereira Porto 27
  1982–83 Benfica (25)51 Porto 47 Sporting CP 421630 Fernando Gomes Porto 36
  1983–84 Benfica (26)52 Porto 49 Sporting CP 421630 Fernando Gomes
Nené
Porto
Benfica
21
  1984–85 Porto (8)55 Sporting CP 47 Benfica 431630 Fernando Gomes Porto 39
  1985–86 Porto (9)49 Benfica 47 Sporting CP 461630 Manuel Fernandes Sporting CP 30
  1986–87 Benfica (27)48 Porto 46 Vitória de Guimarães 411630 Paulinho Cascavel Vitória de Guimarães 22
  1987–88 Porto (10)66 Benfica 51 Belenenses 482038 Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP 23
  1988–89 Benfica (28)63 Porto 56 Boavista 492038 Vata Benfica 16
  1989–90 Porto (11)59 Benfica 55 Sporting CP 461834 Mats Magnusson Benfica 33
  1990–91 Benfica (29)69 Porto 67 Sporting CP 572038 Rui Águas Benfica 25
  1991–92 Porto (12)56 Benfica 46 Boavista 441834 Ricky Boavista 30
  1992–93 Porto (13)54 Benfica 52 Sporting CP 451834 Jorge Cadete Sporting CP 18
  1993–94 Benfica (30)54 Porto 52 Sporting CP 511834 Rashidi Yekini Vitória de Setúbal 21
  1994–95 Porto (14)62 Sporting CP 53 Benfica 491834 Hassan Nader Farense 21
  1995–96 (1) Porto (15)84 Benfica 73 Sporting CP 671834 Domingos Paciência Porto 25
  1996–97 Porto (16)85 Sporting CP 72 Benfica 581834 Mário Jardel Porto 30
  1997–98 Porto (17)77 Benfica 68 Vitória de Guimarães 591834 Mário Jardel Porto 26
  1998–99 Porto (18)79 Boavista 71 Benfica 651834 Mário Jardel Porto 36
Primeira Liga
  1999–2000 Sporting CP (17)77 Porto 73 Benfica 691834 Mário Jardel Porto 37
  2000–01 Boavista 77 Porto 76 Sporting CP 621834 Pena Porto 22
  2001–02 Sporting CP (18)75 Boavista 70 Porto 681834 Mário Jardel Sporting CP 42
  2002–03 Porto (19)86 Benfica 75 Sporting CP 591834 Fary Faye Beira-Mar 18
  2003–04 Porto (20)82 Benfica 74 Sporting CP 731834 Benni McCarthy Porto 20
  2004–05 Benfica (31)65 Porto 62 Sporting CP 611834 Liédson Sporting CP 25
  2005–06 Porto (21)79 Sporting CP 72 Benfica 671834 Albert Meyong Belenenses 17
  2006–07 Porto (22)69 Sporting CP 68 Benfica 671630 Liédson Sporting CP 15
  2007–08 Porto (23)69(2) Sporting CP 55 Vitória de Guimarães 531630 Lisandro López Porto 24
  2008–09 Porto (24)70 Sporting CP 66 Benfica 591630 Nenê Nacional 20
  2009–10 Benfica (32)76 Braga 71 Porto 681630 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 26
  2010–11 Porto (25)84 Benfica 63 Sporting CP 481630 Hulk Porto 23
  2011–12 Porto (26)75 Benfica 69 Braga 621630 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 20
  2012–13 Porto (27)78 Benfica 77 Paços de Ferreira 541630 Jackson Martínez Porto 26
  2013–14 Benfica (33)74 Sporting CP 67 Porto 611630 Jackson Martínez Porto 20
  2014–15 Benfica (34)85 Porto 82 Sporting CP 761834 Jackson Martínez Porto 21
  2015–16 Benfica (35)88 Sporting CP 86 Porto 731834 Jonas Benfica 31
  2016–17 Benfica (36)82 Porto 76 Sporting CP 701834 Bas Dost Sporting CP 34
  2017–18 Porto (28)88 Benfica 81 Sporting CP 781834 Jonas Benfica 34
  2018–19 Benfica (37)87 Porto 85 Sporting CP 741834 Haris Seferovic Benfica 23
  2019–20 Porto (29)82 Benfica 77 Braga 601834 Carlos Vinícius Benfica 19
  2020–21 Sporting CP (19)85 Porto 80 Benfica 761834 Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP 23
  2021–22 Porto (30)91 Sporting CP 85 Benfica 741834 Darwin Nuñez Benfica 26
  2022–23 Benfica (38)87 Porto 85 Braga 781834 Mehdi Taremi Porto 22

Performance by club

All Primeira Liga champions have come from either Lisbon or Porto.

ClubWinnersSecond placeWinning yearsSecond place years
Benfica 38291936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 20231944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2020
Porto 30291935, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2020, 20221936, 1938, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Sporting CP 19221941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002, 20211935, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2022
Belenenses 1319461937, 1955, 1973
Boavista 1320011976, 1999, 2002
Académica de Coimbra 1-1967
Vitória de Setúbal 1-1972
Braga 1-2010

Performance by city

Titles won by club (%)

  Benfica – 38 (42%)
  Porto – 30 (34%)
  Sporting CP – 19 (22%)
  Other clubs – 2 (2%)

Five clubs have been champions, from a total of two cities.

CityNumber of titlesClubs
Crest of Lisboa.png Lisbon
58
Benfica (38), Sporting (19), Belenenses (1)
PRT.png Porto
31
Porto (30), Boavista (1)

Doubles, Trebles and Quadruples

The Double, called Dobradinha in Portuguese, means winning the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal in the same season. The first double was achieved by Sporting CP in 1941 and the most recent by Porto in 2022.

The Treble, called Triplete in Portuguese, usually refers either winning the domestic treble of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga (domestic treble) or winning a UEFA competition, the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal (continental treble) in the same season. The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira does not count. Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a domestic treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga in 2014, and Porto is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a continental treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Cup in 2003, and by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Europa League in 2011.

The Quadruple, called Quadriplete in Portuguese, refers to winning 4 titles in the same season. This feat has only been achieved by Porto (furthermore twice) in the 1987–88 season, when it won the European Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal, and in the 2010–11 season when it won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, UEFA Europa League and Taça de Portugal.

Teams below have made the Double:

SeasonWinnersTrophies
194041 Sporting CP Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
194243 Benfica Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
194748 Sporting CP (2) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
195354 Sporting CP (3) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
195455 Benfica (2) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
195556 Porto Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
195657 Benfica (3) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
196364 Benfica (4) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
196869 Benfica (5) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
197172 Benfica (6) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
197374 Sporting CP (4) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
198081 Benfica (7) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
198182 Sporting CP (5) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
198283 Benfica (8) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
198687 Benfica (9) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
198788 Porto (2) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
199798 Porto (3) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
200102 Sporting CP (6) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
200203 Porto (4) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
200506 Porto (5) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
200809 Porto (6) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
201011 Porto (7) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
201314 Benfica (10) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
201617 Benfica (11) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
201920 Porto (8) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
202122 Porto (9) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal

Teams below have made the Treble:

SeasonWinnersTrophies
200203 Porto Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Cup
201011 Porto (2) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League
201314 Benfica Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga

The below teams have made the Quadruple:

SeasonWinnersTrophies
198788 Porto Intercontinental Cup, European Super Cup, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
201011 Porto (2) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League

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