SJPF Player of the Month

The SJPF Player of the Month (often called Portuguese League Player of the Month) is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF (syndicate of professional football players). The award has been presented since the 2003–04 season and the recipient is based on individual scores assigned by the three national sports dailies, A Bola, Record, and O Jogo. The first winner of the award was Beira-Mar midfielder Juninho Petrolina in September 2003.^[1] Hulk has won the award six times. Pedro Barbosa became the first Portuguese to win the award in November 2003. The "Big Three" (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP) have had the most winners.

Nuno Gomes was the first player to win the award twice in a row, in 2005.

Prior to the 2012–13 Primeira Liga season, the SJPF announced that the SJPF Primeira Liga Player of the Month award would be awarded to a player on a bimonthly status with one player receiving an award for two months of football that have been played. The awards would be awarded during the following periods:^[2]

• August and September (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 1 to Gameweek 6)
• October and November (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 7 to Gameweek 11)
• December (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 12 to Gameweek 14)
• January (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 15 to Gameweek 18)
• February (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 19 to Gameweek 222)
• March (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 23 to Gameweek 36)
• April (Awarded to the Player of the Month in relation to football being played between Gameweek 27 to Gameweek 30)

Winners

Contents
2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16

Rui Costa won the award in September 2007, aged 35.

Hulk won the award a record six times.

Liédson was the first player to be awarded five times.

Jonas has won the award nine times, and is the only player to have won it four consecutive times.

Key

†	Award was shared with another player
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Player	Team	Position	Ref
September	2003.92003	Brazil	Juninho Petrolina	Beira-Mar	MF	[1]
October	2003.102003	Brazil	Derlei	Porto	FW	[3]
November	2003.112003	Portugal	Pedro Barbosa	Sporting CP	MF	[4]
December	2003.122003	Brazil	Evandro	Rio Ave	FW	[5]
January	2004.12004	South Africa	Benni McCarthy	Porto	FW	[6]
February	2004.22004	Portugal	Petit	Benfica	MF	[7]
March	2004.32004	Cameroon	Roudolphe Douala	Sporting CP	FW	[8]
April	2004.42004	Brazil	Adriano Rossato	Nacional	DF	[9]
May	2004.52004	South Africa	Benni McCarthy	Porto	FW	[10]
September	2004.92004	Netherlands	Mitchell van der Gaag	Marítimo	DF	[11]
October	2004.102004	South Africa	Benni McCarthy	Porto	FW	[12]
November	2004.112004	Portugal	Simão	Benfica	FW	[13]
December	2004.122004	Brazil	Helton	União de Leiria	GK	[14]
January	2005.12005	Portugal	João Alves	Braga	MF	[15]
February	2005.22005	Brazil	Geovanni	Benfica	FW	[16]
March	2005.32005	Portugal	Miguel	Benfica	DF	[17]
April	2005.42005	Portugal	João Moutinho	Sporting CP	MF	[18]
May	2005.52005	Brazil	Nei	Moreirense	FW	[19]
September	2005.62005	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	Benfica	FW	[20]
October	2005.72005	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	Benfica	FW	[21]
November	2005.82005	Portugal	Ricardo Quaresma	Porto	FW	[22]
December	2005.92005	Portugal	Ricardo Quaresma	Porto	FW	[22]
January	2006.12006	Portugal	Liédson	Sporting CP	FW	[23]
February	2006.22006	Portugal	João Pinto	Boavista	FW	[24]
March	2006.32006	Brazil	Léo	Benfica	DF	[25]
April	2006.42006	Brazil	Pepe	Porto	DF	[26]
September	2006.52006	Senegal	Modou Sougou	União de Leiria	MF	[27]
October	2006.62006	Portugal	Simão	Benfica	FW	[28]
November	2006.72006	Portugal	Ricardo Quaresma	Porto	FW	[29]
December	2006.82006	Portugal	Ricardo Quaresma	Porto	FW	[30]
January	2007.12007	Portugal	Quim	Benfica	GK	[31]
February	2007.22007	Portugal	Simão	Benfica	FW	[32]
March	2007.32007	Brazil	Ânderson Polga	Sporting CP	DF	[33]
April	2007.42007	Portugal	Liédson	Sporting CP	FW	[34]
May	2007.52007	Argentina	Leandro Romagnoli	Sporting CP	MF	[35]
September	2007.62007	Portugal	Rui Costa	Benfica	MF	[36]
October	2007.72007	Argentina	Lucho González	Porto	MF	[37]
November	2007.82007	Portugal	Jorge Ribeiro	Boavista	DF	[38]
December	2007.92007	Liechtenstein	Peter Jehle	Boavista	GK	[39]
January	2008.12008	Argentina	Lisandro López	Porto	FW	[40]
February	2008.22008	Argentina	Lisandro López	Porto	FW	[41]
March	2008.32008	Brazil	Pitbull	Vitória de Setúbal	FW	[42]
April	2008.52008	Uruguay	Luis Aguiar	Académica de Coimbra	FW	[43]
September	2008.52008	Algeria	Hassan Yebda	Benfica	MF	[44]
October	2008.62008	Portugal	Bruno Braga	Leixões	MF	[45]
November	2008.72008	Portugal	Beto	Leixões	GK	[46]
December	2008.82008	Slovakia	Boris Peškovič	Académica de Coimbra	GK	[47]
January	2009.12009	Portugal	Liédson	Sporting CP	FW	[48]
February	2009.22009	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[49]
March	2009.32009	Senegal	Baba Diawara	Marítimo	FW	[50]
April	2009.42009	Portugal	Liédson	Sporting CP	FW	[51]
May	2009.52009	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	FW	[52]
September	2009.62009	Brazil	Alan	Braga	FW	[53]
October	2009.72009	Angola	Djalma	Marítimo	FW	[54]
November	2009.82009	Portugal	João Tomás	Rio Ave	FW	[55]
December	2009.92009	Argentina	Javier Saviola	Benfica	FW	[56]
January	2010.12010	Brazil	Mossoró	Braga	MF	[57]
February	2010.22010	Portugal	Júlio Coelho	Paços de Ferreira	GK	[58]
March	2010.32010	Portugal	Liédson	Sporting CP	FW	[59]
April	2010.42010	Argentina	Ángel Di María	Benfica	FW	[60]
September	2010.62010	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[61]
October	2010.72010	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[61]
November	2010.82010	Portugal	João Tomás	Rio Ave	FW	[62]
December	2010.122010	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[63]
January	2011.12011	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[63]
February	2011.22011	Brazil	Diego	Vitória de Setúbal	GK	[64]
March	2011.32011	Brazil	Diego	Vitória de Setúbal	GK	[65]
April	2011.42011	Portugal	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	GK	[66]
September	2011.92011	Netherlands	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Sporting CP	FW	[67]
October	2011.102011	Spain	Diego Capel	Sporting CP	MF	[68]
November	2011.112011	Brazil	Marcelo Toscano	Vitória de Guimarães	FW	[69]
December	2011.122011	France	Bédi Buval	Feirense	FW	[70]
January	2012.12012	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	FW	[71]
February	2012.22012	Brazil	Lima	Braga	FW	[72]
March	2012.32012	Brazil	Mossoró	Braga	MF	[73]
April	2012.42012	Brazil	Hulk	Porto	FW	[74]
August/September	2012.82012	Colombia	James Rodríguez	Porto	FW	[75]
October/November	2012.102012	Colombia	Jackson Martínez	Porto	FW	[76]
December/January	2012.122012	Serbia	Nemanja Matić	Benfica	MF	[77]
February	2013.22013	Colombia	Jackson Martínez	Porto	FW	[78]
March	2013.32013	Brazil	Lima	Benfica	FW	[79]
April	2013.42013	Serbia	Nemanja Matić	Benfica	MF	[80]
August/September	2013.82013	Colombia	Fredy Montero	Sporting CP	FW	[81]
October/November	2013.102013	Portugal	William Carvalho	Sporting CP	MF	[82]
December	2013.122013	Portugal	William Carvalho	Sporting CP	MF	[83]
January/February	2014.12014	Serbia	Lazar Marković	Benfica	MF	[84]
March	2014.32014	Portugal	William Carvalho	Sporting CP	MF	[85]
April	2014.42014	Brazil	Lima	Benfica	FW	[86]
August/September	2014.82014	Brazil	Talisca	Benfica	FW	[87]
October/November	2014.102014	Portugal	Nani	Sporting CP	MF	[88]
December	2014.122014	Colombia	Jackson Martínez	Porto	FW	[89]
January	2015.12015	Colombia	Jackson Martínez	Porto	FW	[90]
February	2015.22015	Brazil	Jonas	Benfica	FW	[91]
March	2015.32015	Spain	Cristian Tello	Porto	FW	[92]
April	2015.42015	Brazil	Jonas	Benfica	FW	[93]
August/September	2015.82015	Portugal	André André	Porto	MF	[94]
October/November	2015.102015	Portugal	André André	Porto	MF	[95]
December	2015.122015	Algeria	Islam Slimani	Sporting CP	FW	[96]
January	2016.12016	Brazil	Jonas	Benfica	FW	[97]
February	2016.22016	Brazil	Jonas	Benfica	FW	[98]
March	2016.32016	Brazil	Jonas	Benfica	FW	[99]
April	2016.42016	Portugal	João Mário	Sporting CP	MF	[100]

Statistics

Awards won by club Club Wins Benfica 27 Porto 26 Sporting CP 20 Braga 5 Boavista 3 Marítimo 3 Vitória de Setúbal 3 Rio Ave 3 União de Leiria 2 Leixões 2 Académica de Coimbra 2 Beira-Mar 1 Feirense 1 Nacional 1 Moreirense 1 Paços de Ferreira 1 Vitória de Guimarães 1

Awards won by nationality Country Wins  Portugal 36  Brazil 32  Argentina 6  Colombia 6  Serbia 3  South Africa 3  France 1  Netherlands 2  Paraguay 2  Senegal 2  Spain 2  Algeria 2  Angola 1  Cameroon 1  Liechtenstein 1  Slovakia 1  Uruguay 1

Multiple winners Player Wins Hulk 6 Jonas 5 Liédson Ricardo Quaresma 4 Jackson Martínez Benni McCarthy 3 Simão Lima William Carvalho Nuno Gomes 2 Lisandro López João Tomás Diego Óscar Cardozo Nemanja Matić André André

Awards won by position Position Wins Forward 62 Midfielder 24 Goalkeeper 9 Defender 7

SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year

2016 team^[101][102]

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Ederson	Benfica
Defenders	Nélson Semedo	Benfica
	Victor Lindelöf	Benfica
	Sebastián Coates	Sporting CP
	Alex Telles	Porto
Midfielders	Danilo Pereira	Porto
	Adrien Silva	Sporting CP
	Pizzi	Benfica
Forwards	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP
	Jonas	Benfica
	Kostas Mitroglou	Benfica

2017 team^[103]

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP
Defenders	Nélson Semedo	Benfica
	Felipe	Porto
	Sebastián Coates	Sporting CP
	Alex Telles	Porto
Midfielders	Danilo Pereira	Porto
	William Carvalho	Sporting CP
	Pizzi	Benfica
Forwards	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP
	Jonas	Benfica
	Yacine Brahimi	Porto

Footnotes

1. Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.