2020–21 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
Matches played116
Goals scored282 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerPedro Gonçalves
(12 goals)
Biggest home winSporting 4–0 Tondela
(1 November 2020)
Biggest away winBoavista 0–5 Porto
(26 September 2020)
Highest scoringPorto 4–3 Tondela
(5 December 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Braga and Porto
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Sporting
Longest winless run6 matches
Farense
Longest losing run4 matches
Gil Vicente
Highest attendance837
Santa Clara 0–0 Gil Vicente
(3 October 2020)[note 1]
Lowest attendance0[note 2]
All statistics correct as of 8 November 2020.

The 2020–21 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) is the 87th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. The season started later than usual, on 18 September 2020, due to the delayed end of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is scheduled to conclude on 16 May 2021.

This is the second Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). As was the case at the end of the previous season, there will be limited or no attendance in the stadiums besides each team's staff and personnel.

Porto are the defending champions, having won their 29th league title in the previous season.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, since March 2020, in contrast with various European leagues, the Primeira Liga began playing matches behind closed doors. On 13 September, Sporting CP confirmed that three players had tested positive for coronavirus, leading their pre-season match against Napoli to be cancelled due to the orders of the Portuguese Ministry of Health.[1] The following day, Sporting confirmed that four players and a member of their staff had tested positive for coronavirus.[2] Meanwhile, Gil Vicente confirmed that fifteen players had tested positive for coronavirus, leading also their pre-season match against Vitória de Guimarães to be cancelled.[3] Three days later, Sporting confirmed that their manager Ruben Amorim and another player tested positive for coronavirus, with both going into self-isolation.[4] On 17 September, it was announced that the Gil Vicente and Sporting fixture on matchday 1 would be postponed, following direct orders from the Portuguese Ministry of Health, after it was confirmed that Gil Vicente had four more positive cases of coronavirus.[5]

On 3 October, Santa Clara faced Gil Vicente in matchday 5 at the Estádio de São Miguel, in Ponta Delgada, Azores, in a match, which was the first one to allow spectators in Portugal, with the stadium being limited to 10% of its capacity (1,000 spectators).[6] Ten days later, it was announced that Paços de Ferreira's Pepa had tested positive for COVID-19, leading him and his staff being placed in quarantine as a preventive measure, forcing him to miss Paços de Ferreira's match against Santa Clara on October 18 at matchday 4.[7]

Teams[edit]

Eighteen teams compete in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the LigaPro. Nacional and Farense were promoted on 5 May 2020 by decision of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, after the suspension of the 2019–20 LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. This decision was made based on UEFA's recommendations, focusing on sporting merit, as these teams were in first and second place of the LigaPro, respectively, at the time of cancellation.[8]

Nacional came back to the top division one season after being relegated, while Farense secured their return after a 18-year absence. They replaced Desportivo das Aves and Vitória de Setúbal, who were relegated after three and sixteen seasons in the top flight, respectively.

Stadia and locations[edit]

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 [9] 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 13,277 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[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit
Manufacturer 		Main Sponsor
Belenenses SAD Portugal Petit Portugal Silvestre Varela Portugal Lacatoni South Korea Kia Motors
Benfica Portugal Jorge Jesus Brazil Jardel Germany Adidas United Arab Emirates Emirates
Boavista Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Spain Javi García Spain Kelme Portugal VITO Tools
Braga Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Brazil Fransérgio Denmark Hummel Greece Betano
Famalicão Portugal João Pedro Sousa Brazil Gustavo Assunção Italy Macron Portugal Porminho
Farense Portugal Sérgio Vieira Brazil Cássio Scheid Germany Adidas France Bostik
Gil Vicente Portugal Ricardo Soares Portugal Rúben Fernandes Portugal Lacatoni Portugal Las Kasas
Marítimo Brazil Milton Mendes Portugal Edgar Costa United States Nike Greece Betano
Nacional Portugal Luís Freire Portugal Rúben Micael Denmark Hummel Spain Santander
Moreirense Portugal Vasco Seabra Portugal João Aurélio Portugal CDT
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Pepa Brazil Marcelo Spain Joma Spain Aldro Energy
Portimonense Portugal Paulo Sérgio Brazil Dener Japan Mizuno Japan Ceremony
Porto Portugal Sérgio Conceição Portugal Pepe United States New Balance Portugal MEO
Rio Ave Portugal Pedro Cunha Portugal Tarantini United States Nike Portugal MEO
Santa Clara Portugal Daniel Ramos Iraq Osama Rashid Spain Kelme Spain Santander
Sporting CP Portugal Rúben Amorim Uruguay Sebastián Coates Italy Macron Portugal NOS
Tondela Spain Pako Ayestarán Portugal Ricardo Alves Portugal CDT Portugal Cabriz
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal João Henriques Portugal André André Italy Macron

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manager Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Santa Clara Portugal João Henriques Mutual consent 24 July 2020 Pre-season Portugal Daniel Ramos 28 July 2020 [10]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Ivo Vieira 24 July 2020 Portugal Tiago Mendes 28 July 2020 [11]
Boavista Portugal Daniel Ramos 25 July 2020 Portugal Vasco Seabra 30 July 2020 [12]
Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Carvalhal 25 July 2020 Portugal Mário Silva 30 July 2020 [13]
Marítimo Portugal José Gomes Signed for Almería 27 July 2020 Angola Lito Vidigal 30 July 2020 [14]
Braga Portugal Artur Jorge End of caretaker role 28 July 2020 Portugal Carlos Carvalhal 28 July 2020 [15]
Benfica Portugal Nélson Veríssimo 1 August 2020 Portugal Jorge Jesus 3 August 2020 [16][17]
Tondela Spain Natxo González Mutual Consent 5 August 2020 Spain Pako Ayestarán 9 August 2020 [18]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Tiago Mendes 8 October 2020 10th Portugal João Henriques 13 October 2020 [19]

Season summary[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP 14 11 3 0 31 9 +22 36 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Porto 14 10 2 2 36 17 +19 32
3 Benfica 14 10 2 2 29 14 +15 32 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 14 9 0 5 23 15 +8 27 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
5 Paços de Ferreira 14 7 4 3 19 12 +7 25 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 Vitória de Guimarães 12 6 2 4 15 12 +3 20
7 Marítimo 14 5 2 7 16 18 −2 17
8 Moreirense 14 4 5 5 11 15 −4 17
9 Santa Clara 14 4 3 7 13 18 −5 15
10 Rio Ave 14 3 6 5 10 16 −6 15
11 Tondela 14 4 3 7 13 23 −10 15
12 Famalicão 14 3 5 6 16 25 −9 14
13 Nacional 13 3 4 6 11 16 −5 13
14 Gil Vicente 14 3 4 7 10 16 −6 13
15 Farense 13 3 3 7 15 19 −4 12
16 Belenenses SAD 13 2 6 5 6 11 −5 12 Qualification to Relegation Play-off
17 Portimonense 13 3 2 8 9 17 −8 11 Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
18 Boavista 14 1 8 5 14 24 −10 11
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. 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.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Sporting CP332221111111111
Porto2153344433322
Benfica1211123322233
Braga15171264322444444
Vitória de Guimarães13149576865555
Paços de Ferreira91515131281056666
Santa Clara5434656877107
Marítimo169479111415181278
Nacional856881057101389
Moreirense47795911131311910
Gil Vicente14810111315171112151111
Belenenses SAD66810141213128101412
Tondela121217161516121416141713
Famalicão1810111211149101181214
Portimonense101316141617181717181815
Rio Ave1111131510779991316
Boavista71614171713151615161617
Farense171818181818161814171518
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League group stage
Champions League third qualifying round
Europa Conference League third qualifying round
Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Relegation to Relegation Play-off
Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2021. Source: Liga Portugal (in Portuguese)

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BEL BEN BOA BRA FAM FAR GIL MAR MOR NAC PAC PTM POR RAV STA SPO TON VSC
Belenenses SAD — 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2
Benfica 2–0 — 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 a a 2–0
Boavista 0–0 3–0 — 1–4 0–5 1–1 0–1
Braga — 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 a
Famalicão 1–5 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2
Farense 3–1 3–3 — 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 a 0–1
Gil Vicente 0–0 0–2 — 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
Marítimo 1–0 1–2 0–0 — 0–0 1–2 2–1
Moreirense 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 0–1 1–0 2–2
Nacional 0–0 3–3 2–1 a 0–1 — 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–0
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 2–0 2–0 — 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–2
Portimonense 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 0–2
Porto 1–1 a 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 3–1 — a 4–3
Rio Ave 0–3 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 — 0–0
Santa Clara 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 — 1–2 0–4
Sporting CP a 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 — 4–0
Tondela 3–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 0–2
Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics[edit]

As of 17 January 2021

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Portugal Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP 12
2 Portugal Sérgio Oliveira Porto 7
Brazil Rodrigo Pinho Marítimo
Brazil Thiago Santana Santa Clara
Switzerland Haris Seferović Benfica
6 Mali Moussa Marega Porto 6
Iran Mehdi Taremi Porto
Germany Luca Waldschmidt Benfica
9 Portugal André André Vitória de Guimarães 5
Spain Mario González Tondela
Portugal Ricardo Horta Braga
Brazil Douglas Tanque Paços de Ferreira

Top assists[edit]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Uruguay Darwin Núñez Benfica 6
2 Mexico Jesús Corona Porto 4
Colombia Luis Díaz Porto
Scotland Ryan Gauld Farense
Brazil Otávio Porto
Portugal Sérgio Oliveira Porto
Portugal Nuno Santos Sporting CP
Spain Álex Grimaldo Benfica
9 Brazil Crysan Santa Clara 3
Portugal Paulinho Braga
England Angel Gomes Boavista
Portugal Ricardo Quaresma Vitória de Guimarães
Switzerland Haris Seferović Benfica
Portugal Rafa Silva Benfica
Brazil Everton Benfica
Brazil Cláudio Winck Marítimo

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Spain Antonio Adán Sporting CP 4
Poland Pawel Kieszek Rio Ave
3 Portugal André Moreira Belenenses SAD 3
Portugal Marco Pereira Santa Clara
Portugal Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães
Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos Benfica
Brazil Daniel Guimarães Nacional
Brazil Matheus Lima Braga
Iran Amir Abedzadeh Marítimo

Discipline[edit]

Player[edit]

  • Most yellow cards: 4[20]
    • 8 players
  • Most red cards: 1[21]
    • 9 players

Club[edit]

Number of teams by district[edit]

Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
1 Braga 5 Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães
2 Porto 4 Boavista, Paços de Ferreira, Porto and Rio Ave
3 Lisbon 3 Belenenses SAD, Benfica and Sporting CP
4 Faro 2 Farense and Portimonense
Funchal Marítimo and Nacional
5 Ponta Delgada 1 Santa Clara
Viseu Tondela

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, only 10% capacity of the Estádio de São Miguel was allowed.
  2. ^ All league matches played were played behind closed doors without any spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, with the exception being the match between Gil Vicente and Santa Clara, which allowed 1,000 spectators.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/1583027/casos-de-covid-19-obrigam-sporting-a-cancelar-jogo-com-o-napoli
  2. ^ https://tribunaexpresso.pt/sporting/2020-09-14-Ha-mais-cinco-casos-de-covid-19-no-Sporting.-Ja-sao-sete-os-jogadores-infetados
  3. ^ http://www.publico.pt/2020/09/13/desporto/noticia/gil-vicente-15-casos-covid19-1931458/amp
  4. ^ http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sporting/amp/noticia-record-ruben-amorim-testa-positivo-a-covid-19
  5. ^ https://www.observador.pt/2020/09/17/sporting-gil-vicente-tera-sido-adiado-leoes-tem-10-infetados-equipa-de-barcelos-tem-15-casos-decisao-foi-tomada-pela-ars-norte/amp/
  6. ^ https://zap.aeiou.pt/publico-voltou-estadios-acores-350948
  7. ^ https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/p--ferreira/detalhe/pepa-infetado-com-covid-19
  8. ^ "Direção da Liga Portugal em reunião extraordinária" [LPFP board extraordinary meeting]. LPFP (in Portuguese). 5 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Liga NOS stats". LPFP. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Pako Ayestarán vai suceder a Natxo González no comando do Tondela". Record (in Portuguese). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  19. ^ Andrade, Tomaz; Casaca, Manuel (8 October 2020). "Tiago deixa comando técnico do Vitória: números de um curto percurso" [Tiago leaves helm of Vitória: numbers of a short spell]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Primeira Liga Player Stats – Yellow Cards". Zero Zero. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Primeira Liga Player Stats – Red Cards". Zero Zero. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Primeira Liga Club Stats – Yellow Cards". Zero Zero. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Primeira Liga Club Stats – Red Cards". Zero Zero. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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