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Portugal’s development league

Season 2025/26
Country Portugal
Founded Est. 1934
18 Clubs
306 Matches
3 Articles
— Live Stats · Phase 2

League Snapshot

Live · 5 June 2026

Standings

Full table
# Club P W D L GD Pts Form
1
FC Porto
34 28 4 2 +48 88
WLWWW
2
Sporting CP
34 25 7 2 +65 82
WWWDD
3
Benfica
34 23 11 0 +49 80
WDDWW
4
SC Braga
34 16 11 7 +28 59
DDDLW
5
Famalicao
34 15 11 8 +13 56
WDDWD
6
GIL Vicente
34 13 11 10 +9 50
LLDWL
7
Moreirense
34 12 7 15 -12 43
DLWLW
8
Arouca
34 12 6 16 -17 42
WWDLW
9
Guimaraes
34 12 6 16 -12 42
LLLWW
10
Estoril
34 10 9 15 -3 39
LDDLL
11
Alverca
34 10 9 15 -17 39
LDLWL
12
Rio Ave
34 8 12 14 -22 36
DLDLD
13
Santa Clara
34 9 9 16 -9 36
LWDWD
14
Nacional
34 9 7 18 -8 34
WLLWW
15
Estrela
34 6 12 16 -18 30
DDLLL
16
Casa Pia
34 6 12 16 -26 30
DWLLL
17
Tondela
34 6 10 18 -28 28
LWWDL
18
AVS
34 3 12 19 -40 21
DWWDD

Recent Results

Last week
MD 32 Mon 4 May
Sporting CP
5 · 1
Guimaraes
MD 32 Sun 3 May
Rio Ave
0 · 0
GIL Vicente
MD 32 Sun 3 May
SC Braga
1 · 1
Estoril
MD 32 Sun 3 May
Casa Pia
0 · 1
Tondela
MD 32 Sat 2 May
FC Porto
1 · 0
Alverca
MD 32 Sat 2 May
Famalicao
2 · 2
Benfica

Upcoming Fixtures

Next two weeks
MD 33 Sun 10 May
AVS
18:00 vs
FC Porto
Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves
MD 33 Sun 10 May
Alverca
20:30 vs
Estoril
FC Alverca Sports Complex
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Benfica
20:15 vs
SC Braga
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Tondela
20:15 vs
Moreirense
Estádio João Cardoso
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Guimaraes
20:15 vs
Casa Pia
Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Rio Ave
20:15 vs
Sporting CP
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Santa Clara
20:15 vs
Nacional
Estádio de São Miguel
MD 33 Mon 11 May
GIL Vicente
20:15 vs
Arouca
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
MD 33 Mon 11 May
Estrela
20:15 vs
Famalicao
Estádio José Gomes
MD 34 Sun 17 May
FC Porto
17:00 vs
Santa Clara
Estádio Do Dragão
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Moreirense
17:00 vs
AVS
Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
MD 34 Sun 17 May
SC Braga
17:00 vs
Estrela
Estádio Municipal de Braga
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Nacional
17:00 vs
Guimaraes
Estádio da Madeira
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Sporting CP
17:00 vs
GIL Vicente
Estádio José Alvalade
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Estoril
17:00 vs
Benfica
Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Arouca
17:00 vs
Tondela
Estádio Municipal de Arouca
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Famalicao
17:00 vs
Alverca
Estadio Municipal de Famalicao
MD 34 Sun 17 May
Casa Pia
17:00 vs
Rio Ave
Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior
All times in UK (GMT/BST)

Player Stat Leaders

Top 5 in each category — 2025-26
Top Scorers goals
L. Suárez
Sporting CP
28
  1. 2 V. Pavlidis 23
  2. 3 Y. Begraoui 20
  3. 4 C. Ramírez 18
  4. 5 R. Zalazar 16
Most Assists assists
Trincão
Sporting CP
11
  1. 2 João Carvalho 11
  2. 3 Pote 8
  3. 4 Luís Esteves 8
  4. 5 Gabri Veiga 8
Best Players goals + assists
L. Suárez
Sporting CP
34 28G · 6A
  1. 2 V. Pavlidis 27
  2. 3 Y. Begraoui 21
  3. 4 R. Zalazar 21
  4. 5 Pote 21
Goals per 90 min 900 mins
Pablo
GIL Vicente
0.94 10g / 955'
  1. 2 L. Suárez 0.93
  2. 3 Guilherme Schettine 0.81
  3. 4 V. Pavlidis 0.78
  4. 5 Samu 0.76
Most Yellow Cards yellows
David Sousa
Casa Pia
13
  1. 2 Léo Santos 12
  2. 3 Maracás 10
  3. 4 Tiago Esgaio 10
  4. 5 B. Medina 9

Team Leaderboards

How the clubs rank on the metrics that matter
Best Attack goals scored
Sporting CP
in 32 games
82
  1. 2 Benfica 69
  2. 3 FC Porto 64
  3. 4 SC Braga 60
  4. 5 Estoril 52
Best Defence fewest conceded
FC Porto
in 32 games
15
  1. 2 Benfica 22
  2. 3 Sporting CP 23
  3. 4 Famalicao 29
  4. 5 SC Braga 32
Most Clean Sheets clean sheets
FC Porto
in 32 games
20
  1. 2 Famalicao 15
  2. 3 Benfica 14
  3. 4 Sporting CP 14
  4. 5 SC Braga 12
Longest Win Streak consecutive wins
FC Porto
12-game unbeaten
11
  1. 2 Benfica 4
  2. 3 Sporting CP 4
  3. 4 SC Braga 4
  4. 5 Famalicao 3
Best Home Record home wins
FC Porto
14 away
13
  1. 2 Sporting CP 12
  2. 3 Benfica 11
  3. 4 GIL Vicente 9
  4. 5 SC Braga 8
Most Bookings season total
Santa Clara
4 red
95
  1. 2 Nacional 94
  2. 3 Casa Pia 94
  3. 4 Arouca 93
  4. 5 Tondela 87

Live data & statistics provided by API-Football. Pulled 5 June 2026.

Primeira Liga Analysis

3 pieces
Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting CP — the Portuguese club whose pressing philosophy exports coaches across Europe Latest
Tactics Lab 28 Apr 2026

Sporting CP and the Primeira Liga: Europe's Most Consistent Coaching Pipeline

Rúben Amorim took Sporting's 3-4-3 to Manchester United in November 2024. The system stayed in Lisbon, the players kept getting bought by the Premier League, and the Primeira Liga's quiet structural superiority — the academies, the coaching pipeline, the patience for tactical projects — kept producing what Europe's biggest leagues kept buying.

By The Europe Desk · 10 min read
António Silva, Benfica centre-back — the wonderkid who quietly became one of Europe's most reliable defenders
Scouted 18 Apr 2026

António Silva: The Wonderkid Who Quietly Stopped Being One

Three summers ago he was Manchester United's preferred centre-back of the future. Then Bruno Lage benched him, José Mourinho inherited him, and the English papers stopped writing his name. The Benfica defender who is rebuilding a reputation in the place that always knew.

By The Scouted Desk
Estádio do Dragão, Porto — home of FC Porto and the most decorated club in Liga Portugal's modern era
Tactics Lab 12 Apr 2026

The Portuguese Pipeline: How Liga Portugal Exports Tactical Ideas to the World

Rúben Amorim was sacked by Manchester United in January. The 3-4-3 he carried to Old Trafford had been built in Lisbon, learned in Braga, and is now being run, in some form, by half of Europe's most interesting coaches. Portugal exports players. Portugal exports coaches. The thing it actually exports is tactical ideas — and Europe has been buying them, quietly, for twenty years.

By The Europe Desk

Title Race

Points by matchday, all 20 clubs
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 MD1 MD6 MD11 MD16 MD21 MD26 MD31 MD32 Points AVS — 17 pts (rank 18) Tondela — 25 pts (rank 17) Casa Pia — 26 pts (rank 16) Estrela — 28 pts (rank 15) Nacional — 31 pts (rank 14) Santa Clara — 33 pts (rank 13) Rio Ave — 35 pts (rank 12) Alverca — 38 pts (rank 11) Estoril — 38 pts (rank 10) Guimaraes — 42 pts (rank 9) Arouca — 36 pts (rank 8) Moreirense — 42 pts (rank 7) GIL Vicente — 50 pts (rank 6) Famalicao — 52 pts (rank 5) SC Braga — 57 pts (rank 4) Benfica — 76 pts (rank 3) Sporting CP — 76 pts (rank 2) FC Porto — 85 pts (rank 1) GIL Vicente — 50 pts Famalicao — 52 pts SC Braga — 57 pts Benfica — 76 pts Sporting CP — 76 pts FC Porto — 85 pts
1. FC Porto 2. Sporting CP 3. Benfica 4. SC Braga 5. Famalicao 6. GIL Vicente

Attack vs Defence

Goals per game — scored vs conceded
Top dogs Strugglers Goals scored / game → ← Goals conceded / game 2.2 0.3 0.5 2.9 FC Porto — 1.94 GF/g, 0.53 GA/g Sporting CP — 2.62 GF/g, 0.71 GA/g Benfica — 2.18 GF/g, 0.74 GA/g SC Braga — 1.88 GF/g, 1.06 GA/g Famalicao — 1.24 GF/g, 0.85 GA/g GIL Vicente — 1.38 GF/g, 1.12 GA/g Moreirense — 1.09 GF/g, 1.44 GA/g Arouca — 1.38 GF/g, 1.88 GA/g Guimaraes — 1.15 GF/g, 1.50 GA/g Estoril — 1.59 GF/g, 1.68 GA/g Alverca — 1.03 GF/g, 1.53 GA/g Rio Ave — 1.03 GF/g, 1.68 GA/g Santa Clara — 0.94 GF/g, 1.21 GA/g Nacional — 1.09 GF/g, 1.32 GA/g Estrela — 1.12 GF/g, 1.65 GA/g Casa Pia — 0.91 GF/g, 1.68 GA/g Tondela — 0.79 GF/g, 1.62 GA/g AVS — 0.79 GF/g, 1.97 GA/g

Hover any crest for the per-game numbers. Top-right = best teams; bottom-left = league strugglers.

Form Momentum

Points won, last 5 games
In form
  1. FC Porto WLWWW 12pts
  2. Sporting CP WWWDD 11pts
  3. Benfica WDDWW 11pts
  4. Arouca WWDLW 10pts
  5. Famalicao WDDWD 9pts
Out of form
  1. Estrela DDLLL 2pts
  2. Estoril LDDLL 2pts
  3. Rio Ave DLDLD 3pts
  4. Casa Pia DWLLL 4pts
  5. Alverca LDLWL 4pts

Tactical Trends

What's defining the league right now

Primeira Liga coverage on The Half Spaces tracks the tactical patterns shaping Portugal: how the contenders build, press and break, and which emerging players are forcing their way into the wider European conversation.

— The Half Spaces editorial desk

Transfer Rumours

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