List of Portuguese football champions

The Portuguese football champions are the winners of the highest competition in Portuguese football, which is the Primeira Liga.

Primeira Liga Experimental (1934–1938) Primeira Divisão (1938–1999) Primeira Liga (1999–present)
Founded
1934
Number of Teams
18
Current Champions
Porto (29th title)
Country
Portugal
Most successful club
Benfica (37 titles)

History

The first competition that defined the Portuguese football champion was called Championship of Portugal (Campeonato de Portugal). It corresponds to today's Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal) and was held in a knock-out basis.

In 1934, an experimental league (Primeira Liga) was created as the new top-tier football in Portugal. Despite that, the first national competition (in a knock-out cup format) was still called Portuguese Championship; the Primeira Liga winners are considered the National Champions.[1]

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

FC Porto were the first club to be crowned League champions, in the 1934–35 season. They had also won the first Championship of Portugal, in the 1921–22 season.

S.L. Benfica, with 37 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 28 titles, who dominated in the 1990s and 2000s, who in turn are followed by Sporting CP with 18 titles, they 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 cities, of Lisbon and Porto respectively.

List of champions and top scorers

Clubs											Players
	Season	Champions	Points	Second place	Points	Third place	Points	Teams	Rounds	Points /win	Bota de Prata (Top Scorer)	Club	Goals
Campeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão
	1934–35	Porto	22	Sporting CP	20	Benfica	19	8	14	2 pts	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	14
	1935–36	Benfica	21	Porto	20	Sporting CP	16	8	14	2 pts	Pinga	Porto	21
	1936–37	Benfica (2)	24	Belenenses	23	Sporting CP	19	8	14	2 pts	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	24
	1937–38	Benfica (3)	23	Porto	23	Sporting CP	23	8	14	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	34
Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão
	1938–39	Porto (2)	23	Sporting CP	22	Benfica	21	8	14	2 pts	Costuras	Porto	18
	1939–40	Porto (3)	34	Sporting CP	32	Belenenses	25	10	18	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo Slavko Kodrnja	Sporting CP Porto	29
	1940–41	Sporting CP	23	Porto	20	Belenenses	19	8	14	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	29
	1941–42	Benfica (4)	38	Sporting CP	34	Belenenses	30	12	22	2 pts	Correia Dias	Porto	36
	1942–43	Benfica (5)	30	Sporting CP	29	Belenenses	28	10	18	2 pts	Julinho	Benfica	24
	1943–44	Sporting CP (2)	31	Benfica	26	Atlético CP	24	10	18	2 pts	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	28
	1944–45	Benfica (6)	30	Sporting CP	27	Belenenses	27	10	18	2 pts	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	21
	1945–46	Belenenses	38	Benfica	37	Sporting CP	32	12	22	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	37
	1946–47	Sporting CP (3)	47	Benfica	41	Porto	33	14	26	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	43
	1947–48	Sporting CP (4)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	37	14	26	2 pts	António Araújo	Porto	36
	1948–49	Sporting CP (5)	42	Benfica	37	Belenenses	35	14	26	2 pts	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	40
	1949–50	Benfica (7)	45	Sporting CP	39	Atlético CP	30	14	26	2 pts	Julinho	Benfica	28
	1950–51	Sporting CP (6)	45	Porto	34	Benfica	30	14	26	2 pts	Manuel Vasques	Sporting CP	29
	1951–52	Sporting CP (7)	41	Benfica	40	Porto	36	14	26	2 pts	José Águas	Benfica	28
	1952–53	Sporting CP (8)	43	Benfica	39	Belenenses	36	14	26	2 pts	Matateu	Belenenses	29
	1953–54	Sporting CP (9)	43	Porto	36	Benfica	32	14	26	2 pts	João Martins	Sporting CP	31
	1954–55	Benfica (8)	39	Belenenses	39	Sporting CP	37	14	26	2 pts	Matateu	Belenenses	32
	1955–56	Porto (4)	43	Benfica	43	Belenenses	37	14	26	2 pts	José Águas	Benfica	28
	1956–57	Benfica (9)	41	Porto	40	Belenenses	33	14	26	2 pts	José Águas	Benfica	30
	1957–58	Sporting CP (10)	43	Porto	43	Benfica	36	14	26	2 pts	Arsénio Duarte	CUF	23
	1958–59	Porto (5)	41	Benfica	41	Belenenses	38	14	26	2 pts	José Águas	Benfica	26
	1959–60	Benfica (10)	45	Sporting CP	43	Belenenses	36	14	26	2 pts	Edmur Ribeiro	Vitória de Guimarães	25
	1960–61	Benfica (11)	46	Sporting CP	42	Porto	33	14	26	2 pts	José Águas	Benfica	27
	1961–62	Sporting CP (11)	43	Porto	41	Benfica	36	14	26	2 pts	Veríssimo	Porto	23
	1962–63	Benfica (12)	48	Porto	42	Sporting CP	38	14	26	2 pts	José Augusto Torres	Benfica	26
	1963–64	Benfica (13)	46	Porto	40	Sporting CP	34	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	28
	1964–65	Benfica (14)	43	Porto	37	CUF Barreiro	35	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	28
	1965–66	Sporting CP (12)	42	Benfica	41	Porto	34	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio Ernesto Figueiredo	Benfica Sporting CP	25
	1966–67	Benfica (15)	43	Académica de Coimbra	40	Porto	39	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	31
	1967–68	Benfica (16)	41	Sporting CP	37	Porto	36	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	43
	1968–69	Benfica (17)	39	Porto	37	Vitória de Guimarães	36	14	26	2 pts	Manuel António	Académica Coimbra	19
	1969–70	Sporting CP (13)	46	Benfica	38	Vitória de Setúbal	36	14	26	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	20
	1970–71	Benfica (18)	41	Sporting CP	38	Porto	37	14	26	2 pts	Artur Jorge	Benfica	23
	1971–72	Benfica (19)	55	Vitória de Setúbal	45	Sporting CP	43	16	30	2 pts	Artur Jorge	Benfica	27
	1972–73	Benfica (20)	58	Belenenses	40	Vitória de Setúbal	38	16	30	2 pts	Eusébio	Benfica	40
	1973–74	Sporting CP (14)	49	Benfica	47	Vitória de Setúbal	45	16	30	2 pts	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	46
	1974–75	Benfica (21)	49	Porto	44	Sporting CP	43	16	30	2 pts	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	30
	1975–76	Benfica (22)	50	Boavista	48	Belenenses	40	16	30	2 pts	Rui Jordão	Benfica	30
	1976–77	Benfica (23)	51	Sporting CP	42	Porto	41	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes	Porto	26
	1977–78	Porto (6)	51	Benfica	51	Sporting CP	42	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes	Porto	25
	1978–79	Porto (7)	50	Benfica	49	Sporting CP	42	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes	Porto	27
	1979–80	Sporting CP (15)	52	Porto	50	Benfica	45	16	30	2 pts	Rui Jordão	Sporting CP	31
	1980–81	Benfica (24)	50	Porto	48	Sporting CP	37	16	30	2 pts	Nené	Benfica	20
	1981–82	Sporting CP (16)	46	Benfica	44	Porto	43	16	30	2 pts	Jacques Pereira	Porto	27
	1982–83	Benfica (25)	51	Porto	47	Sporting CP	42	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes	Porto	36
	1983–84	Benfica (26)	52	Porto	49	Sporting CP	42	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes Nené	Porto Benfica	21
	1984–85	Porto (8)	55	Sporting CP	47	Benfica	43	16	30	2 pts	Fernando Gomes	Porto	39
	1985–86	Porto (9)	49	Benfica	47	Sporting CP	46	16	30	2 pts	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting CP	30
	1986–87	Benfica (27)	48	Porto	46	Vitória de Guimarães	41	16	30	2 pts	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	22
	1987–88	Porto (10)	66	Benfica	51	Belenenses	48	20	38	2 pts	Paulinho Cascavel	Sporting CP	23
	1988–89	Benfica (28)	63	Porto	56	Boavista	49	20	38	2 pts	Vata	Benfica	16
	1989–90	Porto (11)	59	Benfica	55	Sporting CP	46	18	34	2 pts	Mats Magnusson	Benfica	33
	1990–91	Benfica (29)	69	Porto	67	Sporting CP	57	20	38	2 pts	Rui Águas	Benfica	25
	1991–92	Porto (12)	56	Benfica	46	Boavista	44	18	34	2 pts	Ricky	Boavista	30
	1992–93	Porto (13)	54	Benfica	52	Sporting CP	45	18	34	2 pts	Jorge Cadete	Sporting CP	18
	1993–94	Benfica (30)	54	Porto	52	Sporting CP	51	18	34	2 pts	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	21
	1994–95	Porto (14)	62	Sporting CP	53	Benfica	49	18	34	2 pts	Hassan Nader	Farense	21
	1995–96	Porto (15)	84	Benfica	73	Sporting CP	67	18	34	3 pts	Domingos Paciência	Porto	25
	1996–97	Porto (16)	85	Sporting CP	72	Benfica	58	18	34	3 pts	Mário Jardel	Porto	30
	1997–98	Porto (17)	77	Benfica	68	Vitória de Guimarães	59	18	34	3 pts	Mário Jardel	Porto	26
	1998–99	Porto (18)	79	Boavista	71	Benfica	65	18	34	3 pts	Mário Jardel	Porto	36
Primeira Liga
	1999–00	Sporting CP (17)	77	Porto	73	Benfica	69	18	34	3 pts	Mário Jardel	Porto	37
	2000–01	Boavista	77	Porto	76	Sporting CP	62	18	34	3 pts	Pena	Porto	22
	2001–02	Sporting CP (18)	75	Boavista	70	Porto	68	18	34	3 pts	Mário Jardel	Sporting CP	42
	2002–03	Porto (19)	86	Benfica	75	Sporting CP	59	18	34	3 pts	Fary Faye	Beira-Mar	18
	2003–04	Porto (20)	82	Benfica	74	Sporting CP	73	18	34	3 pts	Benni McCarthy	Porto	20
	2004–05	Benfica (31)	65	Porto	62	Sporting CP	61	18	34	3 pts	Liédson	Sporting CP	25
	2005–06	Porto (21)	79	Sporting CP	72	Benfica	67	18	34	3 pts	Albert Meyong	Belenenses	17
	2006–07	Porto (22)	69	Sporting CP	68	Benfica	67	16	30	3 pts	Liédson	Sporting CP	15
	2007–08	Porto (23)	69^(1)	Sporting CP	55	Vitória de Guimarães	53	16	30	3 pts	Lisandro López	Porto	24
	2008–09	Porto (24)	70	Sporting CP	66	Benfica	59	16	30	3 pts	Nenê	Nacional	20
	2009–10	Benfica (32)	76	Braga	71	Porto	68	16	30	3 pts	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	26
	2010–11	Porto (25)	84	Benfica	63	Sporting CP	48	16	30	3 pts	Hulk	Porto	23
	2011–12	Porto (26)	75	Benfica	69	Braga	62	16	30	3 pts	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	20
	2012–13	Porto (27)	78	Benfica	77	Paços de Ferreira	54	16	30	3 pts	Jackson Martínez	Porto	26
	2013–14	Benfica (33)	74	Sporting CP	67	Porto	61	16	30	3 pts	Jackson Martínez	Porto	20
	2014–15	Benfica (34)	85	Porto	82	Sporting CP	76	18	34	3 pts	Jackson Martínez	Porto	21
	2015–16	Benfica (35)	88	Sporting CP	86	Porto	73	18	34	3 pts	Jonas	Benfica	31
	2016–17	Benfica (36)	82	Porto	76	Sporting CP	70	18	34	3 pts	Bas Dost	Sporting CP	34
	2017–18	Porto (28)	88	Benfica	81	Sporting CP	78	18	34	3 pts	Jonas	Benfica	34
	2018–19	Benfica (37)	87	Porto	85	Sporting CP	74	18	34	3 pts	Haris Seferović	Benfica	23
	2019–20	Porto (29)	82	Benfica	77	Braga	60	18	34	3 pts	Carlos Vinícius	Benfica	19

• (1) Porto saw six points subtracted in the Apito Dourado corruption scandal because of bribery allegations, which reduced their 20-point lead (total 75 points) to 14. But in May 2011 the Central Administrative Court of the South of Portugal ruled that decision, taken in 2008 in a meeting made by the Justice Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, as being "inexistent". The Portuguese Football Federation has announced it would appeal from this decision the Administrative Supreme Court.

Performance by club

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

Club	Winners	Second place	Winning years and Second place years
Benfica	37	29	1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Porto	29	27	1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Sporting	18	21	1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016
Belenenses	01	03	1937, 1946, 1955, 1973
Boavista	01	03	1976, 1999, 2001, 2002
Académica de Coimbra	–	01	1967
Vitória de Setúbal	–	01	1972
Braga	–	01	2010

Performance by city

Titles won by club (%)

  Benfica – 37 (43%)

  Porto – 29 (33%)

  Sporting – 18 (22%)

  Other clubs – 2 (2%)

Five clubs have been champions, from a total of 2 cities.

City	Number of Titles	Clubs
Lisbon	56	Benfica (37), Sporting (18), Belenenses (1)
Porto	30	Porto (29), 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 2020.

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:

Year	Winner	Trophies
1940–41	Sporting	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1942–43	Benfica	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1947–48	Sporting (2)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1953–54	Sporting (3)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1954–55	Benfica (2)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1955–56	Porto	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1956–57	Benfica (3)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1963–64	Benfica (4)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1968–69	Benfica (5)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1971–72	Benfica (6)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1973–74	Sporting (4)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1980–81	Benfica (7)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1981–82	Sporting (5)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1982–83	Benfica (8)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1986–87	Benfica (9)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1987–88	Porto (2)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
1997–98	Porto (3)	Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal
2001–02	Sporting (6)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2002–03	Porto (4)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2005–06	Porto (5)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2008–09	Porto (6)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2010–11	Porto (7)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2013–14	Benfica (10)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2016–17	Benfica (11)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2019–20	Porto (8)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal

Teams below have made the Treble:

Year	Winner	Trophies
2002–03	Porto	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Cup
2010–11	Porto (2)	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League
2013–14	Benfica	Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga

The below teams have made the Quadruple:

Year	Winner	Trophies
1987–88	Porto	Intercontinental Cup, European Super Cup, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal
2010–11	Porto (2)	Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League

See also

• Portuguese football league system
• Football in Portugal

References

1. "Portuguese FA confirms Sporting has only 18 national titles". observador,pt. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.