# Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (English: Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal.

## History

From the 2008–09 season onward, the competition has been again organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol (Portuguese Basketball Federation) after not having been for 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LPB after many years of financial problems, with the league now being a semi-professional league.
Between the 1965–66 and 1973–74 seasons, the league champions were determined by a tournament between the winners of the Campeonato Metropolitano (representing Portugal) and the champions of the then Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola, as a similar fashion to the Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division, which was also played during those seasons. However, the first of these tournaments never came to be because of a protest launched by Mozambican team Sporting de Lourenço Marques.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Arena |
| AD Galomar | Caniço | Pavilhão do Caniço |
| CD Póvoa ESC ONLINE | Póvoa de Varzim | Pavilhão do Clube Desportivo Póvoa |
| Esgueira Aveiro OLI | Esgueira | Pavilhão Clube do Povo de Esgueira |
| FC Porto | Porto | Dragão Arena |
| Imortal LUZiGÁS | Albufeira | Pavilhão Desportivo de Albufeira |
| Lusitânia EXPERT | Angra do Heroísmo | Pavilhão Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo |
| Ovarense GAVEX | Ovar | Arena de Ovar |
| Portimonense Viva Portimão | Portimão | Pavilhão Desportivo da Boavista |
| SL Benfica | Lisbon | Pavilhão Fidelidade |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Pavilhão João Rocha |
| UD Oliveirense | Oliveira de Azeméis | Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado |
| Vitória SC | Guimarães | Pavilhão Unidade Vimaranense |

## Portuguese champions

Source
| 1932–33: Conimbricense 1933–34: União de Lisboa 1934–35: Carnide 1935–36: Carnide (2) 1936–37: Carnide (3) 1937–38: Carnide (4) 1938–39: Belenenses 1939–40: Benfica 1940–41: Carnide (5) 1941–42: Vasco da Gama 1942–43: Carnide (6) 1943–44: Carnide (7) 1944–45: Belenenses (2) 1945–46: Benfica (2) 1946–47: Benfica (3) 1947–48: Vasco da Gama (2) 1948–49: Académica de Coimbra 1949–50: Académica de Coimbra (2) 1950–51: Vasco da Gama (3) 1951–52: Porto 1952–53: Porto (2) 1953–54: Sporting CP 1954–55: Académica de Coimbra (3) 1955–56: Sporting CP (2) 1956–57: Barreirense | 1957–58: Barreirense (2) 1958–59: Académica de Coimbra (4) 1959–60: Sporting CP (3) 1960–61: Benfica (4) 1961–62: Benfica (5) 1962–63: Benfica (6) 1963–64: Benfica (7) 1964–65: Benfica (8) 1965–66: not disputed 1966–67: Benfica de Luanda (ANG) 1967–68: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) 1968–69: Sporting CP (4) 1969–70: Benfica (9) 1970–71: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) (2) 1971–72: Porto (3) 1972–73: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) (3) 1973–74: CD Malhangalene (MOZ) 1974–75: Benfica (10) 1975–76: Sporting CP (5) 1976–77: Ginásio 1977–78: Sporting CP (6) 1978–79: Porto (4) 1979–80: Porto (5) 1980–81: Sporting CP (7) 1981–82: Sporting CP (8) | 1982–83: Porto (6) 1983–84: Queluz 1984–85: Benfica (11) 1985–86: Benfica (12) 1986–87: Benfica (13) 1987–88: Ovarense 1988–89: Benfica (14) 1989–90: Benfica (15) 1990–91: Benfica (16) 1991–92: Benfica (17) 1992–93: Benfica (18) 1993–94: Benfica (19) 1994–95: Benfica (20) 1995–96: Porto (7) 1996–97: Porto (8) 1997–98: Estrelas da Avenida 1998–99: Porto (9) 1999–2000: Ovarense (2) 2000–01: Portugal Telecom 2001–02: Portugal Telecom (2) 2002–03: Portugal Telecom (3) 2003–04: Porto (10) 2004–05: Queluz (2) | 2005–06: Ovarense (3) 2006–07: Ovarense (4) 2007–08: Ovarense (5) 2008–09: Benfica (21) 2009–10: Benfica (22) 2010–11: Porto (11) 2011–12: Benfica (23) 2012–13: Benfica (24) 2013–14: Benfica (25) 2014–15: Benfica (26) 2015–16: Porto (12) 2016–17: Benfica (27) 2017–18: Oliveirense 2018–19: Oliveirense (2) 2019–20: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21: Sporting CP (9) 2021–22: Benfica (28) 2022–23: Benfica (29) 2023–24: Benfica (30) |

### Campeonato Metropolitano champions
## Liga de Clubes de Basquetebol champions

| Year | Final | Final | Final |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
| 1995–96 | Porto (7) | 3–1 | Benfica |
| 1996–97 | Porto (8) | 3–1 | Oliveirense |
| 1997–98 | Estrelas da Avenida | 3–2 | Ovarense |
| 1998–99 | Porto (9) | 3–1 | Illiabum |
| 1999–2000 | Ovarense (2) | 3–0 | Porto |
| 2000–01 | Portugal Telecom | 3–1 | Oliveirense |
| 2001–02 | Portugal Telecom (2) | 3–0 | Oliveirense |
| 2002–03 | Portugal Telecom (3) | 3–2 | Oliveirense |
| 2003–04 | Porto (10) | 3–1 | Queluz |
| 2004–05 | Queluz (2) | 3–0 | Ovarense |
| 2005–06 | Ovarense (3) | 3–0 | Ginásio |
| 2006–07 | Ovarense (4) | 3–2 | Porto |
| 2007–08 | Ovarense (5) | 4–3 | Porto |

## Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champions

| Year | Final | Final | Final |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
| 2008–09 | Benfica (21) | 4–0 | Ovarense |
| 2009–10 | Benfica (22) | 4–1 | Porto |
| 2010–11 | Porto (11) | 4–3 | Benfica |
| 2011–12 | Benfica (23) | 3–2 | Porto |
| 2012–13 | Benfica (24) | 3–1 | Académica de Coimbra |
| 2013–14 | Benfica (25) | 3–0 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 2014–15 | Benfica (26) | 3–0 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 2015–16 | Porto (12) | 3–1 | Benfica |
| 2016–17 | Benfica (27) | 3–0 | Porto |
| 2017–18 | Oliveirense | 3–0 | Porto |
| 2018–19 | Oliveirense (2) | 3–1 | Benfica |
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Sporting CP (9) | 3–2 | Porto |
| 2021–22 | Benfica (28) | 3–1 | Porto |
| 2022–23 | Benfica (29) | 3–1 | Sporting CP |
| 2023–24 | Benfica (30) | 3–0 | Porto |

## Performance by club

| Team | Won | Years won |
| Benfica | 30 | 1940, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Porto | 12 | 1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016 |
| Sporting CP | 9 | 1954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2021 |
| Carnide | 7 | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944 |
| Ovarense | 5 | 1988, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Académica de Coimbra | 4 | 1949, 1950, 1955, 1959 |
| Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1942, 1948, 1951 |
| Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) | 3 | 1968, 1971, 1973 |
| Portugal Telecom | 3 | 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Belenenses | 2 | 1939, 1945 |
| Barreirense | 2 | 1957, 1958 |
| Queluz | 2 | 1984, 2005 |
| Oliveirense | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
| Conimbricense | 1 | 1933 |
| União de Lisboa | 1 | 1934 |
| Benfica de Luanda (ANG) | 1 | 1967 |
| CD Malhangalene (MOZ) | 1 | 1974 |
| Ginásio | 1 | 1977 |
| Estrelas da Avenida | 1 | 1998 |

## Records

* Benfica became the second team in basketball history to achieve a perfect regular season (100% wins) in the 2008–09 season, after Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1970s.