2023–24 Primeira Liga
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The 2023–24 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons) is the 90th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs and the third season under the current Liga Portugal title. This is the seventh Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). Benfica were the defending champions, having won their 38th title the previous season.
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024 |
Champions | Sporting CP 20th title |
Relegated | Vizela Chaves |
Champions League | Sporting CP Benfica |
Europa League | Porto Braga |
Conference League | Vitória de Guimarães |
Matches played | 288 |
Goals scored | 826 (2.87 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Viktor Gyökeres (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia (29 January 2024) |
Biggest away win | Rio Ave 0–4 Moreirense (1 October 2023) Boavista 0–4 Arouca (3 December 2023) Vizela 0-4 Casa Pia (31 March 2024) |
Highest scoring | Gil Vicente 5–3 Estoril (17 September 2023) Sporting CP 8–0 Casa Pia (29 January 2024) Portimonense 3–5 Braga (1 April 2024) |
Longest winning run | 8 matches Sporting CP |
Longest unbeaten run | 22 matches Benfica |
Longest winless run | 11 matches Boavista |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Arouca |
Highest attendance | 62,247 Benfica 1–0 Porto (29 September 2023) |
Lowest attendance | 944 Moreirense 1–4 Casa Pia (8 January 2024) |
Total attendance | 2,776,394 (233 matches) |
Average attendance | 11,916 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 13 April 2024. |
Since Portugal dropped from sixth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2022–23 season, only the two best-ranked teams can qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions enter directly into the group stage, and the runners-up enter the third qualifying round). The Taça de Portugal winner qualified to the UEFA Europa League group stage while the third-placed team qualify to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. The fourth-placed team, meanwhile, qualify to the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.[2][3]
On 5 May, Sporting CP were confirmed as champions with two matches to spare following Benfica's 2–0 away defeat to Famalicão, clinching the club's 20th league title and first since the 2020–21 season.