Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2025/26

[joker_josue]

Liga Portugal 2025/26
"Liga Portugal represents the highest tier of professional football in Portugal. It has 18 teams that compete with each other for 34 rounds."
by Official site

With a new season beginning, here's a new thread dedicated to the 2024/2025 Liga Portugal football season.

Here we can discuss the teams' performance in the competition and provide our predictions for the matches. This thread can be used to discuss Portuguese clubs, both in the Liga Portugal and in other competitions featuring Portuguese teams, both domestically and internationally.

Throughout the season, I hope to bring some updates to make this thread more dynamic. I look forward to everyone's participation.

The Teams in the First League Portugal 2025/2026

AVS	Casa Pia	Nacional	Tondela	Estoril Praia	Estrela da Amadora
Alverca	Arouca	Famalicão	Porto	Gil Vicente	Moreirense
Rio Ave	Santa Clara	Sporting Braga	Benfica	Sporting	Vitória Guimarães

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Throughout the season, I hope to bring some updates to make this thread more dynamic. I look forward to everyone's participation.

You don’t have to worry about making the thread dynamic. The Portuguese league is always entertaining every week. I will place the Portuguese league ahead of French league because of the Portuguese league competitiveness.
Benfica, sporting cp and FC Porto are the possible favorite to win the league but every game in the Portuguese league is not a walk in the park for any team.

[LTU_btc]

Good that my eye caught this topic. I will follow Portuguese league as always. After many seasons in top division we won't see Boavista in Primera. One of few clubs besides Big 3 that won Liga Portugal now have fallen completely. They had transfer ban for 5 windows in a row and now when they got relegated, federation didn't gave them right to play in Segunda Division because of debts and missing documents. So, it looks that they will have to play in regional amateur league (if club won't cease to exist completely). Sad story of legendary club.

I will place the Portuguese league ahead of French league because of the Portuguese league competitiveness.

Partially agree, though Portuguese is just 7th, below not only France but also Dutch Eredivisie too. But unlike in French league were we know champion before the season, here we always have 3 contenders on paper.

[CLS63]

The Liga Portugal has been better than the Eredivisie in terms of country coefficient in the last 2 years. But this is still not enough for this league to rank up.




But I still enjoyed the title race last season. Benfica and Sporting both had a great season. I wish Porto were better than that. For 2 years they couldn't manage to stay in the title race unfortunately.

By the way Gyökeres is still likely to sign for Arsenal if the two teams agree on fee. In that case I wonder what the new plan for Sporting will be.

[Mia Chloe]

Here we can discuss the teams' performance in the competition and provide our predictions for the matches. This thread can be used to discuss Portuguese clubs, both in the Liga Portugal and in other competitions featuring Portuguese teams, both domestically and internationally.

Well I think the 2024/2025 Liga Portugal season is over with Sporting CP lifting the trophy it was nice to an extent since I hardly watch matches kinda similar to how Leverkusen dominated the Bundesliga they were a fine team too.
Now concerning the 2025/2026 season I've  seen some blogs phrasing; "Can Sporting defend their title or will Benfica or Porto pull a Premier League comeback like Arsenal challenging Man City?" Early pre season is usually more intense unlike how fans need to long wait for the Serie A or La Liga to kick off.

[justinlamode]

The Portuguese league will be very tough this season as we now have three major unlike other seasons when the competition was just between Benfica and FC Porto. Last season was also very difficult for Benfica and Porto. I'm excited to see next season.

My expectauohbue the three teams will dig out and the winner we do that with very tight margin

[Mate2237]

The Portuguese league will be very tough this season as we now have three major unlike other seasons when the competition was just between Benfica and FC Porto. Last season was also very difficult for Benfica and Porto. I'm excited to see next season.

My expectauohbue the three teams will dig out and the winner we do that with very tight margin

The Portuguese league is has always been a three man show between Benfica, sporting cp and Porto last season both Porto and Benfica was not in form that was why sporting was able to dominate the league that much.


Braga is one team that is also there but they don't show that much threat as it concerns the title race let see how the season will go if all top four teams are in form it will be really difficult for any of the top teams to win the league

[joker_josue]

On the other hand, it will be interesting to see how Benfica will perform, as they practically didn't have a pre-season due to being in the Club World Cup. They will start the season at the end of this month, against Sporting, in the Portuguese Super Cup.

[MK-74]

Benfica sold Orkun Kökçü to Beşiktaş for €30 million and made a good profit from the transfer.

There have also been reports claiming that Kerem Aktürkoğlu wants to leave the team. I'm not sure how accurate those reports are, but it’s said that he has been in talks with a few teams.
I have no clear idea how much he might be sold for, but he started last season really well in the league.

[snipie]

The Liga Portugal has been better than the Eredivisie in terms of country coefficient in the last 2 years. But this is still not enough for this league to rank up.

Eredivisie saw the fall of Ajax Amsterdam then their recovery during the previous years. They have few teams that are able to claim the first position since PSV Eindhoven and Ajax remain as the top teams.
Liga Portugal in the other hand is interesting with Sporting, Benfica, Porto, and less Braga which dominate the league. It is true to have the impression that Liga Portugal is more interesting but Eredivisie remains more followed and has known history.
Liga Portugal teams have to improve whether locally or regionally. Since Porto victory in UEFA Champions League many many years ago, there isn't any real intention to claim it back.

[Pumared]

Leaving my comment here to appreciate this beautiful championship! Great presentation, by the way, @joker_josue! Very good! What's new with the teams this season? Any changes? I confess I'm not up to date precisely because I follow other championships more closely, like the Brazilian Championship.

[criptoevangelista]

Nice, @Joker_josue! I'm thinking about following the Portuguese league this season. I want to try placing some bets outside the Brazilian league, where I've just been losing money lately... But tell me, which team do you support over there in Portugal, Joker?

[MAAManda]

New topic as a refresher every season, this is a great idea so we won't see hundreds of pages for just 1 league . Last season was a tight one for Sporting & Benfica. After a tough run, Sporting finally achieved their goal. Perhaps this new season will see just those two teams competing fiercely. There are two new names this season, they're Tondela & Alverca. I don't have high hopes for either of these teams, as I suspect they'll only be in the bottom half of the table by the end of season.

[joker_josue]

Nice, @Joker_josue! I'm thinking about following the Portuguese league this season. I want to try placing some bets outside the Brazilian league, where I've just been losing money lately... But tell me, which team do you support over there in Portugal, Joker?

I like Benfica.

This year, I have some doubts about how they'll perform. I believe they'll be competitive domestically, but in the Champions League—even if they're only in the league stage—I think they'll face some difficulties.

[hyudien]

I'm happy that there is a new topic to discuss the Portuguese league, last season I placed bets on this league several times, although it wasn't too intense but it was enough to make me feel how difficult this league is. Benfica last season impressed me but unfortunately in the last two matches they struggled to get full points until finally Sporting lifted the trophy, I want to see them compete fiercely again in the new season and hopefully Porto will also steal my attention.

[criptoevangelista]

Nice, @Joker_josue! I'm thinking about following the Portuguese league this season. I want to try placing some bets outside the Brazilian league, where I've just been losing money lately... But tell me, which team do you support over there in Portugal, Joker?

I like Benfica.

This year, I have some doubts about how they'll perform. I believe they'll be competitive domestically, but in the Champions League—even if they're only in the league stage—I think they'll face some difficulties.

Benfica is a great team in Portugal. I actually followed the Portuguese league a bit many years ago. I think it was when Porto, if I’m not mistaken,won the Champions League, with that midfield goal by Carlos Alberto and everything. It was heavily covered in the media here in Brazil, so Portuguese football became quite popular at the time. But after a while, things cooled down and I lost a bit of interest in Portuguese football. Still, I think it’s a great league, really cool. I’m definitely going to follow it more closely this year. And hopefully I can make some money betting on it, because the Brazilian league has been tough. Lately, I’ve even been betting against the expected results.

[Pumared]

New topic as a refresher every season, this is a great idea so we won't see hundreds of pages for just 1 league . Last season was a tight one for Sporting & Benfica. After a tough run, Sporting finally achieved their goal. Perhaps this new season will see just those two teams competing fiercely. There are two new names this season, they're Tondela & Alverca. I don't have high hopes for either of these teams, as I suspect they'll only be in the bottom half of the table by the end of season.

If there were few or no major changes, the trend is for the final to be a rematch between Benfica and Sporting. Who knows, maybe Benfica will get a win now. It will be interesting to see how they perform at the start of the season.

[joker_josue]

The official list of transfers made to date:

Player	From	To	Fee	Position
Hyun-Ju Lee	Bayern München	Arouca	€1.5M	RM
Victor Froholdt	FC København	FC Porto	€20M	CM
Afonso Moreira	Sporting CP	Lyon	€2M	ST
Richard Rios	Palmeiras	Benfica	€27M	DM
Chico Conceicao	FC Porto	Juventus	€32M	RW
Andre Horta	Braga	Almeria	Loan	DM
Bruno Gaspar	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Apollon Limassol	Free	RB
Filipe Soares	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	Nacional		AM
Christian Marques	Yverdon	Tondela	Free	CB
André Ferreira	Real Valladolid	Moreirense	Free	GK
Goncalo Borges	FC Porto	Feyenoord	€10M	RW
Ivan Mandic	Vukovar 91	Casa Pia AC	€500K
Luan	Benfica	Al-Khor		RW
Daniel Borges	Santa Clara	U.Leiria	Loan	CB
Gabriel Moscardo	PSG	Braga	Loan	CM
Samuel Portugal	FC Porto	Al Akhdoud	Loan	GK
Enzo Barrenechea	Aston Villa	Benfica	€3M (Loan)	DM
Joe Hodge	Wolves	Tondela		DM
Ruben Ramos	Moreirense	Vitoria	Free	DM
Weverson	Arouca	Fortaleza	Free	LB
Rui Encarnacao	Nacional	Machico	Free	GK
Jader Barbosa	Santa Clara	Cuiaba	Loan	LW
Xabi Huarte	Osasuna	Tondela	Free
Brayan Medina	America de Cali	Tondela	€2M	CB
Felix Correia	Gil Vicente	Lille	€7M	LW
Ivan Barbero	Deportivo La Coruna	Arouca	€300K	ST
Gabriel Veron	FC Porto	Juventude	Loan	RW
Alysson	Santa Clara	Farense	Loan	CB
Bruno Almeida	Santa Clara	Farense	Loan	AM
Matheusinho	Santa Clara	Sport Recife	Loan	AM
Ángel Algobia	Free agent	AVS Futebol SAD	Free	CM
Amar Dedic	Salzburg	Benfica	€12M	RB
Nodar Lominadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	Estoril		DM
Kaique Pereira	Palmeiras	Nacional	Loan	GK
Matija Mitrovic	Zeleznicar Pancevo	Vitoria de Guimaraes	€900K
Thiago Balieiro	Leixoes	Vitoria de Guimaraes		CB
Adrian Bajrami	Benfica	Luzern	Loan	CB
Afonso Rodrigues	Famalicao	Tondela	Free	LW
Alvaro Carreras	Benfica	Real Madrid	€50M	LB
Douglas Borel	Free agent	Santa Clara		RM
Clayton	Vasco da Gama	Rio Ave	€3M	ST
Nelson Abbey	Olympiacos	Rio Ave		CB
Andreas Ntoi	Olympiacos	Rio Ave		CB
Pablo Ruan	Londrina EC	Nacional		CB
Mootaz Nourani	Demirspor	Nacional		RW
Martim Watts	Estoril	Nacional	Free
Deivison	Hope International	Nacional	€155K	ST
Douglas Nathan	Free agent	Nacional	Free
Josué Souza	Gremio	Nacional	Free	CB
Lenny Vallier	Guingamp	Nacional	Free	LB
Kevyn	Fluminense	Nacional
Kiko	Benfica B	Moreirense	Free	LB
Mateja Stjepanovic	Partizan Beograd	Moreirense	Free	CM
Álvaro Martínez	Cultural Leonesa	Moreirense	Free	CB
Sorriso	Red Bull Bragantino	Famalicao	€1.5M	RW
Peixinho	Gil Vicente	Estoril	Free	RW
Renato Pantalon	Rio Ave	Estrela dos Amadores	Free	CB
Borja Sainz	Norwich	FC Porto	€13.5M	LW
Yassin Oukili	RKC Waalwijk	Casa Pia AC	Free	DM
Fran Navarro	FC Porto	Braga	€2.7M	ST
Guilherme Neiva	Oliv.Hospital	AVS Futebol SAD
Brian Mansilla	Peñarol	Arouca	€800K	ST
Dylan Nandin	Racing Club	Arouca	Free	ST
Jakub Vinarcik	Juventus	Arouca
Ibrahima	Boavista	Radomiak Radom	€100K	CM
Nikolaos Athanasiou	Olympiacos	Rio Ave	Loan	LB
Paulo Victor	Farense	Santa Clara	Free	LM
Dominik Prpic	Hajduk Split	FC Porto	€4.5M	CB
Pedro Lima	Palmeiras	AVS Futebol SAD		AM
Matheus Dias	Internacional	Nacional		CM
Pedro Santos	Benfica B	Famalicao		RW
Orkun Kökcü	Benfica	Beşiktaş	Loan	CM
Rafael Obrador	Real Madrid Castilla	Benfica	€5M	LB
Hevertton Santos	QPR	Gil Vicente	Loan	RB
Andre Gomes	Benfica	Alverca	Loan	GK
Khayon Edwards	Arsenal	Estoril	Free	ST
Diego Duarte	Nacional	AVS Futebol SAD	Loan	ST
Agustin Moreira	Club Atlético Progreso	Gil Vicente	Loan	RW
Josafat Mendes	Braga	Samsunspor	€1.2M	RB
Victor Guzman	Alianza Lima	Sporting CP	€430K
Ivo Rodrigues	Moreirense	Motor Lublin	Free	LW
Antonio Espigares	Villarreal B	Gil Vicente	€200K	CB
Ghislain Konan	Free agent	Gil Vicente	Free	LB
Gustavo Varela	Benfica	Gil Vicente	Loan	ST
Andorinha	Estrela dos Amadores	FC Porto		GK
Antonis Papakanellos	Olympiacos	Rio Ave	Loan
Kelian Wa Saka	Hertha BSC	Casa Pia AC		LW
Gustavo Marques	Benfica	Red Bull Bragantino	Loan	CB
Rodrigo Abascal	Boavista	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Free	CB
Gustaf Lagerbielke	Celtic	Braga	€2.5M	CB
Marco Moreno	Farense	Eibar	Free	CB
Arnau Solà	Almeria	Arouca	Free	LB
Felipe da Silva	Gil Vicente	FC Porto B		CB
Ricardinho	Santa Clara	Juárez	Free	RW
Daniel Figueira	Estoril	Gil Vicente	Free	GK
Rafael Barbosa	Radomiak Radom	AVS Futebol SAD	Free	LW
Miguel Nobrega	Rio Ave	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Free	CB
Chico Lamba	Arouca	Saint-Etienne	€8M	CB
Gustavo Garcia	Palmeiras	Famalicao		RB
Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	Birmingham	Free	CM

[Slow death]

I hope Benfica takes advantage of Viktor Gyokeres' absence at Sporting and wins the match on July 31st. There are only a few days left. If Benfica loses, it's a strong sign that we won't achieve anything in this season that's starting off so poorly. I'm not confident with this Benfica coach. I don't think he'll be able to take advantage of Sporting's weaknesses. His problem is his attack, which isn't very efficient, and without Di Maria, things will be more difficult.

Benfica gets to the opponent's defense a lot, but they can't effectively score every time they get to the opponent's defense. Sporting, on the other hand, didn't need to get to the opponent's defense often; they were very effective in attack with Viktor Gyokeres. But without him, Sporting will be weak.

[rdluffy]

Thanks joker_josue +1 merit for your thread 

This will be my fourth season following Portuguese league and, of course, betting on it 
I hope this season will be better, as last season was my worst betting performance ever, with many results that were difficult to predict, and Porto in particular causing me to lose a lot of bets.

I'm still analyzing the transfers to see who will be the favorite, but I already imagine that the championship will be less fun without Gyokeres, since the striker alone scored 39 of the 88 goals that Sporting scored

I hope there will be a good striker in the league so we can see a lot of goals