Portuguese Primeira Liga Winners List By Year 1934-2026!
Portugal Primeira Liga winners list by year 1934-2026? Who won Portuguese Primeira Liga 2026? Who won Portugal League last season?
Well, if you have then worry not because we have prepared list of all past and previous Primeira Liga winners by year since 1934 til 2026! Well, if you have then worry not because we have prepared a list of the Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga. Watch & Bet on Football Live =>
Portugal League Winners History
The Primeira Liga is he top professional division in Portugal. It was founded in 1934 as an experimental league and eight teams have since then won the prestigious trophy.
A total of 71 teams have competed in the Primeira Liga, but only five have been crowned champions, among them are the big three of Portuguese football, SL Benfica, Sporting CP and FC Porto. since 2014-15 it has consisted of 18 teams each season. Watch & Bet on Football Live =>
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2025-2026)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2026?
FC Porto won the 2025–26 Portuguese Primeira Liga title, securing their 31st league championship. Porto finished top of the table with an impressive campaign, ahead of rivals Sporting CP and Benfica.
Porto have won their 31st Portuguese title after beating Alverca 🏆 pic.twitter.com/axTCBTMjH6
— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 2, 2026
The club showed consistency throughout the season with strong attacking performances and one of the league’s best defensive records. Their triumph also guaranteed qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2024-2025)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2025?
Sporting CP won the 2024–25 Primeira Liga title after another dominant season in Portuguese football. Sporting successfully defended their crown and lifted their 21st league championship.
Viktor Gyökeres played a huge role with his goals and attacking brilliance as Sporting finished above Benfica and Porto. It was Sporting’s first back-to-back league title triumph since the 1950s, highlighting the club’s growing dominance in Portugal.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2023-2024)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2024?
Sporting CP were crowned champions of the 2023–24 Primeira Liga season, winning their 20th Portuguese league title. Sporting secured the championship with matches to spare after Benfica dropped points late in the campaign.
Viktor Gyökeres emerged as one of Europe’s top forwards during the season and helped Sporting dominate the league with attacking football, consistency, and a solid defensive structure under their manager.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2022-2023)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2023?
Benfica won the 2022–23 Primeira Liga title to claim their 38th Portuguese league championship. Benfica enjoyed an outstanding campaign and finished ahead of Porto and Braga in the standings.
The team impressed with attacking football, defensive discipline, and consistency throughout the season. Their league success also secured direct qualification for the UEFA Champions League and reinforced Benfica’s status as Portugal’s most successful football club.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2021-2022)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2022?
FC Porto is the defending champion, having won the Primeira Liga for the 30thtime and their first crown since the 2001–02 season the previous season.
This season saw the return of full capacity crowds after the final third of the 2019–20 season and the entire 2020–21 season were held with limited or no attendance due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2020-2021)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2021?
Due to the delayed end of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 Primeira Liga began later than usual, on 18 September 2020, and ended on 19 May 2021.
This was the fourth season in which video assisted referees were used in the Primeira Liga (VAR). Except for each team’s staff and employees, there was little or no attendance in the stadiums, as was the situation at the end of the previous season.
Sporting CP won their 19th title on May 11, 2021, with a 1–0 home win over Boavista, their first trophy since the 2001–02 season. It was also the first title won by a team other than Benfica or Porto since that season.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2019-2020)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2020?
The 2019–20 Primeira Liga season marked the 86th season of the Primeira Liga, Portugal’s premier professional competition for association football clubs.
Benfica were the defending champions, having won their 37th league title the season before. Paços de Ferreira and Famalico were promoted from the second-tier LigaPro for the 2018–19 season, while Gil Vicente were promoted immediately from the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal for the same season due to a court judgement.
Porto won their 29th league title with two games remaining on 15 July 2020, defeating Sporting CP 2–0 at home.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2018-2019)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2019?
SL Benfica were the champions of the Primeira Liga last season. They reclaimed their reign of Portugal by winning the Primeira Liga trophy in 2019.
Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2017-2018)
Who won Primeira Liga in 2018?
FC Porto were the champions of the Primeira Ligain 2018. They cut short SL Benfica’s spell of four consecutive Primeira Liga trophies.
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List of all past Portuguese Primeira Liga winners by year
Finally let’s have a look at the previous Portugal Primeira Liga winners by year. Enjoy!
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 2000-2026
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 2025–26 | Porto (31) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 2024–25 | Sporting CP (21) | Benfica | Braga |
| 2023–24 | Sporting CP (20) | Benfica | Porto |
| 2022–23 | Benfica (38) | Porto | Braga |
| 2021–22 | Porto (30) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 2020–21 | Sporting CP (19) | Porto | Benfica |
| 2019–20 | Porto (29) | Benfica | Braga |
| 2018–19 | Benfica (37) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 2017–18 | Porto (28) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 2016–17 | Benfica (36) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 2015–16 | Benfica (35) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 2014–15 | Benfica (34) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 2013–14 | Benfica (33) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 2012–13 | Porto (27) | Benfica | Paços de Ferreira |
| 2011–12 | Porto (26) | Benfica | Braga |
| 2010–11 | Porto (25) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 2009–10 | Benfica (32) | Braga | Porto |
| 2008–09 | Porto (24) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 2007–08 | Porto (23) | Sporting CP | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 2006–07 | Porto (22) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 2005–06 | Porto (21) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 2004–05 | Benfica (31) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 2003–04 | Porto (20) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 2002–03 | Porto (19) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 2001–02 | Sporting CP (18) | Boavista | Porto |
| 2000–01 | Boavista | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1999–2000 | Sporting CP (17) | Porto | Benfica |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1990-1999
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1998–99 | Porto (18) | Boavista | Benfica |
| 1997–98 | Porto (17) | Benfica | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 1996–97 | Porto (16) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 1995–96 | Porto (15) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1994–95 | Porto (14) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 1993–94 | Benfica (30) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1992–93 | Porto (13) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1991–92 | Porto (12) | Benfica | Boavista |
| 1990–91 | Benfica (29) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1989–90 | Porto (11) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1980-1989
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1988–89 | Benfica (28) | Porto | Boavista |
| 1987–88 | Porto (10) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1986–87 | Benfica (27) | Porto | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 1985–86 | Porto (9) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1984–85 | Porto (8) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 1983–84 | Benfica (26) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1982–83 | Benfica (25) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1981–82 | Sporting CP (16) | Benfica | Porto |
| 1980–81 | Benfica (24) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1979–80 | Sporting CP (15) | Porto | Benfica |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1970-1979
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1978–79 | Porto (7) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1977–78 | Porto (6) | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1976–77 | Benfica (23) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 1975–76 | Benfica (22) | Boavista | Belenenses |
| 1974–75 | Benfica (21) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1973–74 | Sporting CP (14) | Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 1972–73 | Benfica (20) | Belenenses | Vitória de Setúbal |
| 1971–72 | Benfica (19) | Vitória de Setúbal | Sporting CP |
| 1970–71 | Benfica (18) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 1969–70 | Sporting CP (13) | Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1960-1969
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1968–69 | Benfica (17) | Porto | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 1967–68 | Benfica (16) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 1966–67 | Benfica (15) | Académica de Coimbra | Porto |
| 1965–66 | Sporting CP (12) | Benfica | Porto |
| 1964–65 | Benfica (14) | Porto | CUF Barreiro |
| 1963–64 | Benfica (13) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1962–63 | Benfica (12) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1961–62 | Sporting CP (11) | Porto | Benfica |
| 1960–61 | Benfica (11) | Sporting CP | Porto |
| 1959–60 | Benfica (10) | Sporting CP | Belenenses |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1950-1959
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1958–59 | Porto (5) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1957–58 | Sporting CP (10) | Porto | Benfica |
| 1956–57 | Benfica (9) | Porto | Belenenses |
| 1955–56 | Porto (4) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1954–55 | Benfica (8) | Belenenses | Sporting CP |
| 1953–54 | Sporting CP (9) | Porto | Benfica |
| 1952–53 | Sporting CP (8) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1951–52 | Sporting CP (7) | Benfica | Porto |
| 1950–51 | Sporting CP (6) | Porto | Benfica |
| 1949–50 | Benfica (7) | Sporting CP | Atlético CP |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1940-1949
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1948–49 | Sporting CP (5) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1947–48 | Sporting CP (4) | Benfica | Belenenses |
| 1946–47 | Sporting CP (3) | Benfica | Porto |
| 1945–46 | Belenenses | Benfica | Sporting CP |
| 1944–45 | Benfica (6) | Sporting CP | Belenenses |
| 1943–44 | Sporting CP (2) | Benfica | Atlético CP |
| 1942–43 | Benfica (5) | Sporting CP | Belenenses |
| 1941–42 | Benfica (4) | Sporting CP | Belenenses |
| 1940–41 | Sporting CP | Porto | Belenenses |
| 1939–40 | Porto (3) | Sporting CP | Belenenses |
Portugal Primeira Liga winners since 1934-1939
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| 1938–39 | Porto (2) | Sporting CP | Benfica |
| 1937–38 | Benfica (3) | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1936–37 | Benfica (2) | Belenenses | Sporting CP |
| 1935–36 | Benfica | Porto | Sporting CP |
| 1934–35 | Porto | Sporting CP | Benfica |
Who won the most Primeira Liga? Team With Most Primeira Liga titles & championships!
Team With Most Primeira Liga titles? Which team has won most Premeira Liga titles in Portugal? Well, SL Benfica has won most Primeira titles with 38 titles followed by FC Porto with only 31 titles. Watch & Bet Football Here =>
| Primeira Liga Winners | Champions | Runners-up |
| Benfica | 38 | 31 |
| Porto | 31 | 29 |
| Sporting CP | 21 | 21 |
| Belenenses | 1 | 3 |
| Boavista | 1 | 3 |
| Académica de Coimbra | – | 1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | – | 1 |
| Braga | – | 1 |
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