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Every Primeira Liga Champion (1934-35 to 2024-25)

92 entries · verified 2026-07-20 · free · from the Ball IQ football team

Portugal's top flight has crowned a champion every season since Porto lifted the very first title in 1934-35. Nine decades later the story is still written almost entirely by three clubs — Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP, the 'três grandes' who between them have taken all but two championships in league history.

Only Os Belenenses (1945-46) and Boavista (2000-01) have ever broken the monopoly, each managing a single, celebrated title. Everything else has been a Lisbon-versus-Porto tug of war, from Benfica's Eusébio-era dominance in the 1960s to Porto's run of six titles in seven seasons in the 2000s.

The table below lists every champion and runner-up in full, from 1934-35 through Sporting CP's back-to-back triumphs in 2023-24 and 2024-25 — the Lions' first successive titles since the 1950s.

SeasonChampionsRunner-up
1934-35PortoSporting CP
1935-36BenficaPorto
1936-37BenficaBelenenses
1937-38BenficaPorto
1938-39PortoSporting CP
1939-40PortoSporting CP
1940-41Sporting CPPorto
1941-42BenficaSporting CP
1942-43BenficaSporting CP
1943-44Sporting CPBenfica
1944-45BenficaBelenenses
1945-46BelenensesBenfica
1946-47Sporting CPBenfica
1947-48Sporting CPBenfica
1948-49Sporting CPBenfica
1949-50BenficaSporting CP
1950-51Sporting CPPorto
1951-52Sporting CPBenfica
1952-53Sporting CPBenfica
1953-54Sporting CPPorto
1954-55BenficaBelenenses
1955-56PortoBenfica
1956-57BenficaPorto
1957-58Sporting CPPorto
1958-59PortoBenfica
1959-60BenficaSporting CP
1960-61BenficaSporting CP
1961-62Sporting CPPorto
1962-63BenficaPorto
1963-64BenficaPorto
1964-65BenficaPorto
1965-66Sporting CPBenfica
1966-67BenficaAcadémica de Coimbra
1967-68BenficaSporting CP
1968-69BenficaPorto
1969-70Sporting CPBenfica
1970-71BenficaSporting CP
1971-72BenficaVitória de Setúbal
1972-73BenficaBelenenses
1973-74Sporting CPBenfica
1974-75BenficaPorto
1975-76BenficaBoavista
1976-77BenficaSporting CP
1977-78PortoBenfica
1978-79PortoBenfica
1979-80Sporting CPPorto
1980-81BenficaPorto
1981-82Sporting CPBenfica
1982-83BenficaPorto
1983-84BenficaPorto
1984-85PortoSporting CP
1985-86PortoBenfica
1986-87BenficaPorto
1987-88PortoBenfica
1988-89BenficaPorto
1989-90PortoBenfica
1990-91BenficaPorto
1991-92PortoBenfica
1992-93PortoBenfica
1993-94BenficaPorto
1994-95PortoSporting CP
1995-96PortoBenfica
1996-97PortoSporting CP
1997-98PortoBenfica
1998-99PortoBoavista
1999-2000Sporting CPPorto
2000-01BoavistaPorto
2001-02Sporting CPBoavista
2002-03PortoBenfica
2003-04PortoBenfica
2004-05BenficaPorto
2005-06PortoSporting CP
2006-07PortoSporting CP
2007-08PortoSporting CP
2008-09PortoSporting CP
2009-10BenficaBraga
2010-11PortoBenfica
2011-12PortoBenfica
2012-13PortoBenfica
2013-14BenficaSporting CP
2014-15BenficaPorto
2015-16BenficaSporting CP
2016-17BenficaPorto
2017-18PortoBenfica
2018-19BenficaPorto
2019-20PortoBenfica
2020-21Sporting CPPorto
2021-22PortoSporting CP
2022-23BenficaPorto
2023-24Sporting CPBenfica
2024-25Sporting CPBenfica
2025-26PortoSporting CP

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Every Primeira Liga Champion (1934-35 to 2024-25) — FAQ

Which club has won the most Primeira Liga titles?
Benfica are the most successful club in Primeira Liga history with 38 titles, ahead of Porto on 31 and Sporting CP on 21 (as of the 2024-25 season).
Have any clubs outside the 'três grandes' won the Primeira Liga?
Only two. Os Belenenses won the title in 1945-46 and Boavista won it in 2000-01. Every other championship since 1934-35 has gone to Benfica, Porto or Sporting CP.
Who won the Primeira Liga in 2024-25?
Sporting CP were champions in 2024-25, finishing ahead of runners-up Benfica. It completed back-to-back titles for Sporting after their 2023-24 win — their first successive championships since the 1950s.
Who was the first-ever Primeira Liga champion?
Porto won the inaugural Portuguese championship in 1934-35, finishing ahead of Sporting CP.