2020–21 Primeira Liga

The 2020–21 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) will be the 87th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. The season will start on 20 September 2020 and it is scheduled to conclude on 16 May 2021.

Primeira Liga
Season2020–21
Dates20 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
All statistics correct as of 11 July 2020.

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Mainland)
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Team Location Stadium Capacity [2] 2019–20
Belenenses SAD Oeiras Estádio Nacional 37,593 15th
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 2nd
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 28,263 12th
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 3rd
Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 5,307 6th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 2nd (LP)
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,504 10th
Marítimo Funchal Estádio do Marítimo 10,932 11th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 1st (LP)
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador
Joaquim de Almeida Freitas		 6,153 8th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 9,076 13th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 6,204 17th
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033 1st
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9,065 5th
Santa Clara Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 12,000 9th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,095 4th
Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 14th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,000 7th

    Personnel and sponsors
    Team Manager(s) Captain Kit manufacturer Main Sponsor
    Belenenses SAD Petit Lacatoni Kia Motors
    Benfica Jorge Jesus Jardel Adidas Emirates
    Boavista Vasco Seabra Kelme VITO Tools
    Braga Carlos Carvalhal Fransérgio Hummel Betano
    Famalicão João Pedro Sousa Macron Porminho
    Farense Sérgio Vieira Cássio Scheid Adidas Couteiro-Mor
    Gil Vicente Rui Almeida Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Las Kasas
    Marítimo Lito Vidigal Edgar Costa Nike
    Nacional Luís Freire Rúben Micael Hummel Santander Bank
    Moreirense Ricardo Soares João Aurélio CDT
    Paços de Ferreira Pepa Joma Aldro Energy
    Portimonense Paulo Sérgio Jadson Mizuno Ceremony
    Porto Sérgio Conceição Danilo Pereira New Balance MEO
    Rio Ave Mário Silva Tarantini Nike MEO
    Santa Clara Daniel Ramos Osama Rashid Kelme Santander Bank
    Sporting CP Rúben Amorim Sebastián Coates Macron NOS
    Tondela Pako Ayestarán CDT Cabriz
    Vitória de Guimarães Tiago Mendes André André Macron

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
    Santa Clara João Henriques Mutual consent 24 July 2020 Pre-season Daniel Ramos 28 July 2020 [3]
    Vitória de Guimarães Ivo Vieira 24 July 2020 Tiago Mendes 28 July 2020 [4]
    Boavista Daniel Ramos 25 July 2020 Vasco Seabra 30 July 2020 [5]
    Rio Ave Carlos Carvalhal 25 July 2020 Mário Silva 30 July 2020 [6]
    Marítimo José Gomes Signed for Almería 27 July 2020 Lito Vidigal 30 July 2020 [7]
    Braga Artur Jorge End of caretaker role 28 July 2020 Carlos Carvalhal 28 July 2020 [8]
    Benfica Nélson Veríssimo 1 August 2020 Jorge Jesus 3 August 2020 [9][10]
    Tondela Natxo González Mutual Consent 5 August 2020 Pako Ayestarán 9 August 2020 [11]

    Season summary

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Belenenses SAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Champions League group stage and to Taça da Liga[lower-alpha 1]
    2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round and to Taça da Liga[lower-alpha 1]
    4 Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round and to Taça da Liga[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Famalicão 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round and to Taça da Liga[lower-alpha 1]
    6 Farense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Taça da Liga[lower-alpha 1]
    7 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 Marítimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    10 Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    11 Paços de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    13 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    14 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    15 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Relegation Play-off
    17 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to LigaPro
    18 Vitória de Guimarães 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: Liga Portugal
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
    Notes:
    1. The six best-ranked teams of the 2020–21 Primeira Liga and the two best-ranked non-reserve teams of the 2020–21 LigaPro at the end of November 2020 will compete in the 2020–21 Taça da Liga.[12]

    Number of teams by district
    Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
    1 Braga5Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães
    2 Porto4Boavista, Paços de Ferreira, Porto and Rio Ave
    3 Lisbon3Belenenses SAD, Benfica and Sporting CP
    4 Faro2Farense and Portimonense
    FunchalMarítimo and Nacional
    5 Ponta Delgada1Santa Clara
    ViseuTondela

    References
    1. "Direção da Liga Portugal em reunião extraordinária" [LPFP board extraordinary meeting]. LPFP (in Portuguese). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
    2. "Liga NOS stats". LPFP. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
    3. "Oficial: Daniel Ramos é o novo treinador do Santa Clara" [Official: Daniel Ramos is the new manager of Santa clara]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
    4. "Oficial: Tiago é o novo treinador do Vitória de Guimarães" [Official: Tiago is the new manager of Vitória de Guimarães]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
    5. "Oficial: Vasco Seabra é treinador do Boavista" [Official: Carlos Carvalhal is manager of Boavista]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    6. "Mário Silva é o sucessor de Carlos Carvalhal no Rio Ave" [Mário Silva is the successor of Carlos Carvalhal at Rio Ave]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    7. "Lito Vidigal sucede a José Gomes no Marítimo" [Lito Vidigal succeeds José Gomes at Marítimo]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    8. "Oficial: Carlos Carvalhal é o novo treinador do Braga" [Official: Carlos Carvalhal is the new manager of Braga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
    9. "Benfica oficializa contratação de Jorge Jesus com comunicado enviado à CMVM" [Benfica confirms signing of Jorge Jesus in statement sent to the CMVM]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    10. "Tudo concluído: Jorge Jesus assina depois do dérbi" [Deal closed: Jorge Jesus signs after derby]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
    11. "Pako Ayestarán vai suceder a Natxo González no comando do Tondela". Record (in Portuguese). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
    12. "Taça da Liga com apenas oito participantes em 2020/21". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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