2018–19 Primeira Liga


The 2018–19 Primeira Liga was the 85th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Porto were the defending champions but finished behind Benfica, who became champions for a record 37th time while equalling their own scoring record of 103 goals in the 1963–64 season.

Incidents

The weeks leading up to the beginning of the competition were filled with several incidents:

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity2017–18 finish
Belenenses SADOeirasEstádio Nacional37,50012th
BenficaLisbonEstádio da Luz65,2002nd
BoavistaPortoEstádio do Bessa28,2638th
BragaBragaEstádio Municipal de Braga30,0004th
ChavesChavesEstádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira8,4006th
Desportivo das AvesAvesEstádio do CD Aves5,44113th
FeirenseSanta Maria da FeiraEstádio Marcolino de Castro5,60016th
MarítimoFunchalEstádio do Marítimo10,6007th
MoreirenseMoreira de CónegosParque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas6,15015th
NacionalFunchalEstádio da Madeira5,2001st
PortimonensePortimãoEstádio Municipal de Portimão5,87010th
PortoPortoEstádio do Dragão50,0331st
Rio AveVila do CondeEstádio dos Arcos9,0655th
Santa ClaraPonta DelgadaEstádio de São Miguel10,0002nd
Sporting CPLisbonEstádio José Alvalade50,0953rd
TondelaTondelaEstádio João Cardoso5,00011th
Vitória de GuimarãesGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques30,0009th
Vitória de SetúbalSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim15,49714th

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

Season summary

League table

Positions by round

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

  1. A former Portuguese international player at youth levels, Eduardo switched allegiances to play for Angola during the season.

    Top assists

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
PizziBenficaVitória de Guimarães3–2 10 August 2018
Vítor GomesAvesPortimonense3–0 1 October 2018
Hildeberto PereiraVitória de SetúbalMoreirense3–0 6 October 2018
Dyego SousaBragaFeirense4–0 14 December 2018
Francisco SoaresPortoChaves1–4 18 January 2019
Sardor RashidovNacionalFeirense4–0 16 February 2019
William Alves de OliveiraChavesNacional4–1 28 April 2019
Bruno FernandesSporting CPBelenenses SAD1–8 5 May 2019
Guilherme SchettineSanta ClaraFeirense4–4 11 May 2019

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 5 July 2019.