List of Portuguese football champions - wikipedia List of Portuguese football champions Primeira Liga Experimental ( 1934 -- 1938 ) Primeira Divisão ( 1938 -- 1999 ) Primeira Liga ( 1999 -- present ) Founded 1934 Number of Teams 18 Current Champions Porto ( 28th title ) Country Portugal Most successful club Benfica ( 36 titles ) The Portuguese football champions are the winners of the highest competition in Portuguese football, which is the Primeira Liga. Contents 1 History 2 List of champions and top scorers 2.1 Performance by club 3 Performance by city 4 Doubles, Trebles and Quadruples 5 See also History The first competition that defined the Portuguese football champion was called Championship of Portugal ( Campeonato de Portugal ). It corresponds to today 's Portuguese Cup ( Taça de Portugal ) and was held in a knock - out basis. In 1934 an experimental league ( Primeira Liga Experimental ) was formed. It would be well - succeeded, and from the 1938 -- 39 season it would start defining the champions. Until then the winner were only `` league champions ''. The former Championship of Portugal became the Taça de Portugal, and the experimental league became the National Championship of the First Division, usually called First Division ( Primeira Divisão ). Since 1999, the First Division is called Premier League ( Primeira Liga ). FC Porto were the first club to be crowned League champions, on the 1934 -- 35 season. They had also won the first Championship of Portugal, on the 1921 -- 22 season. S.L. Benfica, with 36 titles, have been crowned champions more times than any other club, and dominated the league during the 1960s and 1970s. Benfica are followed by Porto with 28 titles, who dominated in the 1990s and 2000s, who in turn are followed by Sporting CP with 18 titles, they dominated in the 1940s and 1950s. C.F. Os Belenenses and Boavista F.C. are the only other clubs which managed to win the league, each having won it once. All five clubs are from the two largest cities, of Lisbon and Porto respectively. List of champions and top scorers Clubs Players Season Champions Points Second place Points Third place Points Teams Rounds Points / win Bota de Prata ( Top Scorer ) Club Goals Primeira Liga ( Experimental ) 1934 -- 35 Porto 22 Sporting CP 20 Benfica 19 8 14 2 pts Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 14 1935 -- 36 Benfica 21 Porto 20 Sporting CP 16 8 14 2 pts Pinga Porto 21 1936 -- 37 Benfica ( 2 ) 24 Belenenses 23 Sporting CP 19 8 14 2 pts Manuel Soeiro Sporting CP 24 1937 -- 38 Benfica ( 3 ) 23 Porto 23 Sporting CP 23 8 14 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 34 Primeira Divisão 1938 -- 39 Porto ( 2 ) 23 Sporting CP 22 Benfica 21 8 14 2 pts Costuras Porto 18 1939 -- 40 Porto ( 3 ) 34 Sporting CP 32 Belenenses 25 10 18 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Slavko Kodrnja Sporting CP Porto 29 1940 -- 41 Sporting CP 23 Porto 20 Belenenses 19 8 14 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 29 1941 -- 42 Benfica ( 4 ) 38 Sporting CP 34 Belenenses 30 12 22 2 pts Correia Dias Porto 36 1942 -- 43 Benfica ( 5 ) 30 Sporting CP 29 Belenenses 28 10 18 2 pts Julinho Benfica 24 1943 -- 44 Sporting CP ( 2 ) 31 Benfica 26 Atlético CP 24 10 18 2 pts Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 28 1944 -- 45 Benfica ( 6 ) 30 Sporting CP 27 Belenenses 27 10 18 2 pts Francisco Rodrigues Vitória de Setúbal 21 1945 -- 46 Belenenses 38 Benfica 37 Sporting CP 32 12 22 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 37 1946 -- 47 Sporting CP ( 3 ) 47 Benfica 41 Porto 33 14 26 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 43 1947 -- 48 Sporting CP ( 4 ) 41 Benfica 41 Belenenses 37 14 26 2 pts António Araújo Porto 36 1948 -- 49 Sporting CP ( 5 ) 42 Benfica 37 Belenenses 35 14 26 2 pts Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP 40 1949 -- 50 Benfica ( 7 ) 45 Sporting CP 39 Atlético CP 30 14 26 2 pts Julinho Benfica 28 1950 -- 51 Sporting CP ( 6 ) 45 Porto 34 Benfica 30 14 26 2 pts Manuel Vasques Sporting CP 29 1951 -- 52 Sporting CP ( 7 ) 41 Benfica 40 Porto 36 14 26 2 pts José Águas Benfica 28 1952 -- 53 Sporting CP ( 8 ) 43 Benfica 39 Belenenses 36 14 26 2 pts Matateu Belenenses 29 1953 -- 54 Sporting CP ( 9 ) 43 Porto 36 Benfica 32 14 26 2 pts João Martins Sporting CP 31 1954 -- 55 Benfica ( 8 ) 39 Belenenses 39 Sporting CP 37 14 26 2 pts Matateu Belenenses 32 1955 -- 56 Porto ( 4 ) 43 Benfica 43 Belenenses 37 14 26 2 pts José Águas Benfica 28 1956 -- 57 Benfica ( 9 ) 41 Porto 40 Belenenses 33 14 26 2 pts José Águas Benfica 30 1957 -- 58 Sporting CP ( 10 ) 43 Porto 43 Benfica 36 14 26 2 pts Arsénio Duarte CUF 23 1958 -- 59 Porto ( 5 ) 41 Benfica 41 Belenenses 38 14 26 2 pts José Águas Benfica 26 1959 -- 60 Benfica ( 10 ) 45 Sporting CP 43 Belenenses 36 14 26 2 pts Edmur Ribeiro Vitória de Guimarães 25 1960 -- 61 Benfica ( 11 ) 46 Sporting CP 42 Porto 33 14 26 2 pts José Águas Benfica 27 1961 -- 62 Sporting CP ( 11 ) 43 Porto 41 Benfica 36 14 26 2 pts Veríssimo Porto 23 1962 -- 63 Benfica ( 12 ) 48 Porto 42 Sporting CP 38 14 26 2 pts José Augusto Torres Benfica 26 1963 -- 64 Benfica ( 13 ) 46 Porto 40 Sporting CP 34 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 28 1964 -- 65 Benfica ( 14 ) 43 Porto 37 CUF Barreiro 35 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 28 1965 -- 66 Sporting CP ( 12 ) 42 Benfica 41 Porto 34 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Ernesto Figueiredo Benfica Sporting CP 25 1966 -- 67 Benfica ( 15 ) 43 Académica de Coimbra 40 Porto 39 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 31 1967 -- 68 Benfica ( 16 ) 41 Sporting CP 37 Porto 36 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 43 1968 -- 69 Benfica ( 17 ) 39 Porto 37 Vitória de Guimarães 36 14 26 2 pts Manuel António Académica Coimbra 19 1969 -- 70 Sporting CP ( 13 ) 46 Benfica 38 Vitória de Setúbal 36 14 26 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 20 1970 -- 71 Benfica ( 18 ) 41 Sporting CP 38 Porto 37 14 26 2 pts Artur Jorge Benfica 23 1971 -- 72 Benfica ( 19 ) 55 Vitória de Setúbal 45 Sporting CP 43 16 30 2 pts Artur Jorge Benfica 27 1972 -- 73 Benfica ( 20 ) 58 Belenenses 40 Vitória de Setúbal 38 16 30 2 pts Eusébio Benfica 40 1973 -- 74 Sporting CP ( 14 ) 49 Benfica 47 Vitória de Setúbal 45 16 30 2 pts Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 46 1974 -- 75 Benfica ( 21 ) 49 Porto 44 Sporting CP 43 16 30 2 pts Héctor Yazalde Sporting CP 30 1975 -- 76 Benfica ( 22 ) 50 Boavista 48 Belenenses 40 16 30 2 pts Rui Jordão Benfica 30 1976 -- 77 Benfica ( 23 ) 51 Sporting CP 42 Porto 41 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Porto 26 1977 -- 78 Porto ( 6 ) 51 Benfica 51 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Porto 25 1978 -- 79 Porto ( 7 ) 50 Benfica 49 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Porto 27 1979 -- 80 Sporting CP ( 15 ) 52 Porto 50 Benfica 45 16 30 2 pts Rui Jordão Sporting CP 31 1980 -- 81 Benfica ( 24 ) 50 Porto 48 Sporting CP 37 16 30 2 pts Nené Benfica 20 1981 -- 82 Sporting CP ( 16 ) 46 Benfica 44 Porto 43 16 30 2 pts Jacques Pereira Porto 27 1982 -- 83 Benfica ( 25 ) 51 Porto 47 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Porto 36 1983 -- 84 Benfica ( 26 ) 52 Porto 49 Sporting CP 42 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Nené Porto Benfica 21 1984 -- 85 Porto ( 8 ) 55 Sporting CP 47 Benfica 43 16 30 2 pts Fernando Gomes Porto 39 1985 -- 86 Porto ( 9 ) 49 Benfica 47 Sporting CP 46 16 30 2 pts Manuel Fernandes Sporting CP 30 1986 -- 87 Benfica ( 27 ) 48 Porto 46 Vitória de Guimarães 41 16 30 2 pts Paulinho Cascavel Vitória de Guimarães 22 1987 -- 88 Porto ( 10 ) 66 Benfica 51 Belenenses 48 20 38 2 pts Paulinho Cascavel Sporting CP 23 1988 -- 89 Benfica ( 28 ) 63 Porto 56 Boavista 49 20 38 2 pts Vata Benfica 16 1989 -- 90 Porto ( 11 ) 59 Benfica 55 Sporting CP 46 18 34 2 pts Mats Magnusson Benfica 33 1990 -- 91 Benfica ( 29 ) 69 Porto 67 Sporting CP 57 20 38 2 pts Rui Águas Benfica 25 1991 -- 92 Porto ( 12 ) 56 Benfica 46 Boavista 44 18 34 2 pts Ricky Boavista 30 1992 -- 93 Porto ( 13 ) 54 Benfica 52 Sporting CP 45 18 34 2 pts Jorge Cadete Sporting CP 18 1993 -- 94 Benfica ( 30 ) 54 Porto 52 Sporting CP 51 18 34 2 pts Rashidi Yekini Vitória de Setúbal 21 1994 -- 95 Porto ( 14 ) 62 Sporting CP 53 Benfica 49 18 34 2 pts Hassan Nader Farense 21 1995 -- 96 Porto ( 15 ) 84 Benfica 73 Sporting CP 67 18 34 3 pts Domingos Paciência Porto 25 1996 -- 97 Porto ( 16 ) 85 Sporting CP 72 Benfica 58 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Porto 30 1997 -- 98 Porto ( 17 ) 77 Benfica 68 Vitória de Guimarães 59 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Porto 26 1998 -- 99 Porto ( 18 ) 79 Boavista 71 Benfica 65 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Porto 36 Primeira Liga 1999 -- 00 Sporting CP ( 17 ) 77 Porto 73 Benfica 69 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Porto 37 2000 -- 01 Boavista 77 Porto 76 Sporting CP 62 18 34 3 pts Pena Porto 22 2001 -- 02 Sporting CP ( 18 ) 75 Boavista 70 Porto 68 18 34 3 pts Mário Jardel Sporting CP 42 2002 -- 03 Porto ( 19 ) 86 Benfica 75 Sporting CP 59 18 34 3 pts Fary Faye Beira - Mar 18 2003 -- 04 Porto ( 20 ) 82 Benfica 74 Sporting CP 73 18 34 3 pts Benni McCarthy Porto 20 2004 -- 05 Benfica ( 31 ) 65 Porto 62 Sporting CP 61 18 34 3 pts Liédson Sporting CP 25 2005 -- 06 Porto ( 21 ) 79 Sporting CP 72 Benfica 67 18 34 3 pts Albert Meyong Belenenses 17 2006 -- 07 Porto ( 22 ) 69 Sporting CP 68 Benfica 67 16 30 3 pts Liédson Sporting CP 15 2007 -- 08 Porto ( 23 ) 69 Sporting CP 55 Vitória de Guimarães 53 16 30 3 pts Lisandro López Porto 24 2008 -- 09 Porto ( 24 ) 70 Sporting CP 66 Benfica 59 16 30 3 pts Nenê Nacional 20 2009 -- 10 Benfica ( 32 ) 76 Braga 71 Porto 68 16 30 3 pts Óscar Cardozo Benfica 26 2010 -- 11 Porto ( 25 ) 84 Benfica 63 Sporting CP 48 16 30 3 pts Hulk Porto 23 2011 -- 12 Porto ( 26 ) 75 Benfica 69 Braga 62 16 30 3 pts Óscar Cardozo Benfica 20 2012 -- 13 Porto ( 27 ) 78 Benfica 77 Paços de Ferreira 54 16 30 3 pts Jackson Martínez Porto 26 2013 -- 14 Benfica ( 33 ) 74 Sporting CP 67 Porto 61 16 30 3 pts Jackson Martínez Porto 20 2014 -- 15 Benfica ( 34 ) 85 Porto 82 Sporting CP 76 18 34 3 pts Jackson Martínez Porto 21 2015 -- 16 Benfica ( 35 ) 88 Sporting CP 86 Porto 73 18 34 3 pts Jonas Benfica 31 2016 -- 17 Benfica ( 36 ) 82 Porto 76 Sporting CP 70 18 34 3 pts Bas Dost Sporting CP 34 2017 -- 18 Porto ( 28 ) 88 Benfica 81 Sporting CP 78 18 34 3 pts Jonas Benfica 34 ( 1 ) Porto saw six points subtracted in the Apito Dourado bribery allegations, reducing their 20 - point lead ( total 75 points ) to 14. But in May 2011, the Central Administrative Court of the South of Portugal ruled that decision, taken in 2008 on a controversial meeting made by the Justice Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, as being `` inexistent ''. The Portuguese Football Federation has announced it would appeal from this decision the Administrative Supreme Court. Performance by club All Primeira Liga champions have come from either Lisbon or Porto. Club Winners Second place Winning years and Second place years Benfica 36 28 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Porto 28 26 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 Sporting 18 21 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016 Belenenses 01 03 1937, 1946, 1955, 1973 Boavista 01 03 1976, 1999, 2001, 2002 Académica de Coimbra -- 01 1967 Vitória de Setúbal -- 01 1972 Braga -- 01 Performance by city Titles won by club ( % ) Benfica -- 36 ( 43 % ) Porto -- 28 ( 33 % ) Sporting -- 18 ( 22 % ) Belenenses -- 1 ( 1 % ) Boavista -- 1 ( 1 % ) Five clubs have been champions, from a total of 2 cities. City Number of Titles Clubs Lisbon 55 Benfica ( 36 ), Sporting ( 18 ), Belenenses ( 1 ) Porto 29 Porto ( 28 ), Boavista ( 1 ) Doubles, trebles and quadruples The Double, called Dobradinha in Portuguese, means winning the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal in the same season. The first double was achieved by Sporting CP in 1941 and the most recent by Benfica in 2017. The Treble, called Triplete in Portuguese, usually refers either winning the domestic treble of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga ( domestic treble ) or winning a UEFA competition, the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal ( continental treble ) in the same season. The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira does not count. Benfica is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a domestic treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga in 2014, and Porto is the only Portuguese club to have achieved a continental treble by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Cup in 2003, and by winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Europa League in 2011. The Quadruple, called Quadriplete in Portuguese, refers to winning 4 titles in the same season. This feat has only been achieved by Porto ( furthermore twice ) in the 1987 -- 88 season, when it won the European Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal, and in the 2010 -- 11 season when it won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, UEFA Europa League and Taça de Portugal. Teams below have made the Double : Year Winner Trophies 1940 -- 41 Sporting Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1942 -- 43 Benfica Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1947 -- 48 Sporting ( 2 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1953 -- 54 Sporting ( 3 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1954 -- 55 Benfica ( 2 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1955 -- 56 Porto Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1956 -- 57 Benfica ( 3 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1963 -- 64 Benfica ( 4 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1968 -- 69 Benfica ( 5 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1971 -- 72 Benfica ( 6 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1973 -- 74 Sporting ( 4 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1980 -- 81 Benfica ( 7 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1981 -- 82 Sporting ( 5 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1982 -- 83 Benfica ( 8 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1986 -- 87 Benfica ( 9 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1987 -- 88 Porto ( 2 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 1997 -- 98 Porto ( 3 ) Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal 2001 -- 02 Sporting ( 6 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2002 -- 03 Porto ( 4 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2005 -- 06 Porto ( 5 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2008 -- 09 Porto ( 6 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2010 -- 11 Porto ( 7 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2013 -- 14 Benfica ( 10 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2016 -- 17 Benfica ( 11 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal Teams below have made the Treble : Year Winner Trophies 2002 -- 03 Porto Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Cup 2010 -- 11 Porto ( 2 ) Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League 2013 -- 14 Benfica Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga The below teams have made the Quadruple : Year Winner Trophies 1987 -- 88 Porto Intercontinental Cup, European Super Cup, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal 2010 -- 11 Porto ( 2 ) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, UEFA Europa League See also Portuguese football league system Football in Portugal Lists of national association football champions of Europe ( UEFA ) Active Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Macedonia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Defunct Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Portuguese_football_champions&oldid=843305991 '' Categories : Football in Portugal National association football champions Hidden categories : Articles containing Portuguese - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia ქართული Polski Português Română Edit links This page was last edited on 28 May 2018, at 08 : 06. 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Question: who has won the most portuguese league titles
Answer: S.L. Benfica