2013–14 Primeira Liga
The 2013–14 Primeira Liga was the 80th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 18 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014. Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Segunda Liga. On 20 April 2014, Benfica won the Primeira Liga for a record 33rd time with a 2–0 victory over Olhanense, with two games to spare.
Teams
Stadia and locations
| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 finish | Head manager |
| Académica | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 30,210 | 11th | Sérgio Conceição |
| Arouca | Arouca | Estádio Municipal de Arouca | 5,000 | 2nd in Segunda Liga | Pedro Emanuel |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 19,300 | 1st in Segunda Liga | Lito Vidigal |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 65,647 | 2nd | Jorge Jesus |
| Braga | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga | 30,154 | 4th | Jesualdo Ferreira |
| Estoril | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 5,015 | 5th | Marco Silva |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,504 | 13th | João de Deus |
| Marítimo | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 9,177 | 10th | Pedro Martins |
| Nacional | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 5,142 | 8th | Manuel Machado |
| Olhanense | Olhão | Estádio José Arcanjo | 5,661 | 14th | Abel Xavier |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio Capital do Móvel | 5,255 | 3rd | Costinha |
| Porto | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 52,002 | 1st | Paulo Fonseca |
| Rio Ave | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 12,820 | 6th | Nuno Espírito Santo |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 52,466 | 7th | Leonardo Jardim |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 30,146 | 9th | Rui Vitória |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 18,692 | 12th | José Mota |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Académica | Sérgio Conceição | Ricardo | Nike | EFAPEL |
| Arouca | Pedro Emanuel | Bruno Amaro | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Belenenses | Lito Vidigal | Fernando Ferreira | Nike | Metlife |
| Benfica | Jorge Jesus | Luisão | adidas | meo / Moche |
| Estoril | Marco Silva | Vagner | hummel | Banco BIC |
| Gil Vicente | João de Deus | César Peixoto | Macron | Barcelos |
| Marítimo | Pedro Martins | Briguel | :PT:Lacatoni|Lacatoni | Banif |
| Nacional | Manuel Machado | João Aurélio | hummel | Banif |
| Olhanense | Giuseppe Galderisi | Rui Duarte | Lacatoni | OLX |
| Paços de Ferreira | Jorge Costa | Filipe Anunciação | Lacatoni | Banco BIC |
| Porto | Luís Castro | Helton | Nike | meo / Moche / PT |
| Rio Ave | Nuno | Tarantini | Lacatoni | ASC ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÃO |
| Sporting | Leonardo Jardim | Rui Patrício | Puma | meo / Moche |
| Sporting de Braga | Jorge Paixão | Alan | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Vitória | Leonel Olímpio | Nike | BK |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Couceiro | Pedro Queirós | hummel | Kia |
Managerial changes
League table
Positions by round
Results
Each team will play each other twice, once at home and once away. Giving a total of 30 matches per team to be played.Relegation play-offs
, who finished 15th, faced Desportivo das Aves, the 4th-placed side of the 2013–14 Segunda Liga for a two-legged play-off to decide the 18th team to compete in the expanded 2014–15 Primeira Liga. Paços de Ferreira beat Desportivo das Aves 3-1 on aggregate and secured their presence in the next Primeira Liga season.First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal: Paulo Vinícius for Braga against Paços de Ferreira
- Largest winning margin: 5 goals
- * Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional
- Highest scoring game: 7 goals
- * Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- * Sporting 5–1 Arouca
- * Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- * Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
 | Sporting | Arouca | 5–1 | 18 8 2013 |
 | Nacional | P. Ferreira | 0–5 | 19 4 2014 |
Clean sheets
Player
Club
- Most clean sheets: 17
- * Benfica
- Fewest clean sheets: 4
- * Paços de Ferreira
- * Olhanense
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 13
- *Nuno Coelho
- Most red cards: 2
- * Deyverson
Club
- Most yellow cards: 109
- *Rio Ave
- Most red cards: 7
- *Marítimo
- *Estoril Praia
Television
RTP Internacional and RTP África broadcast one match per week, via satellite.
Awards
Monthly awards
[SJPF Player of the Month]
| Month | Player | Club |
| August/September | Fredy Montero | Sporting |
| October/November |  William Carvalho | Sporting |
| December | William Carvalho | Sporting |
| January/February |  Lazar Marković | Benfica |
| March | William Carvalho | Sporting |
| April |  Lima | Benfica |
[SJPF Young Player of the Month]
| Month | Player | Club |
| August/September | William Carvalho | Sporting |
| October/November | William Carvalho | Sporting |
| December | Paulo Oliveira | V. Guimarães |
| January/February | João Mário | V. Setúbal |
| March | William Carvalho | Sporting |
| April | William Carvalho | Sporting |