Portugal · Tier 1

Primeira Liga

In US-sports termsA three-team league where the real business is transfers: Porto, Benfica and Sporting buy young talent cheap, win with it, and sell it to England for a fortune.

What it is

Portugal's top flight. 18 clubs, August–May, everyone plays everyone twice. Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP — 'os três grandes', the big three — have won nearly everything between them.

How you get in

Finish 16th or better the season before, or come up from Liga Portugal 2.

What it feeds

Champion → Champions League league phase. 2nd → Champions League qualifying. 3rd → Europa League qualifying. 4th → Conference League qualifying. 16th → a relegation play-off. Bottom 2 → relegated to Liga Portugal 2.

Portugal's clubs are famous for scouting South America before anyone else does — half the stars of the bigger leagues passed through here first.

Where to watch · USbeIN Sports

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Standings

The table as of our last update.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Porto	33	27	4	2	+47	85
2	Sporting CP	32	25	5	2	+65	80
3	SL Benfica	33	22	11	0	+46	77
4	Braga	32	15	11	6	+28	56
5	Famalicão	34	15	11	8	+13	56
6	Gil Vicente	33	12	11	10	+8	47
7	Moreirense	33	12	7	14	-9	43
8	Arouca	33	12	6	15	-16	42
9	Estoril Praia	34	10	9	15	-3	39
10	Vitória SC	33	11	6	16	-14	39
11	Alverca	33	9	9	15	-18	36
12	Rio Ave	33	8	12	13	-20	36
13	Santa Clara	33	8	9	16	-10	33
14	CD Nacional	33	8	7	18	-10	31
15	Amadora	33	6	12	15	-17	30
16	Casa Pia	32	6	12	14	-24	30
17	Tondela	32	6	9	17	-26	27
18	AVS	33	3	11	19	-40	20