# 2013–14 Primeira Liga

The 2013–14 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 18 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014. Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Segunda Liga. On 20 April 2014, Benfica won the Primeira Liga for a record 33rd time with a 2–0 victory over Olhanense, with two matches to spare.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 finish | Head manager |
| Académica | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 30,210 | 11th | Sérgio Conceição |
| Arouca | Arouca | Estádio Municipal de Arouca | 5,000 | 2nd in Segunda Liga | Pedro Emanuel |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 19,300 | 1st in Segunda Liga | Lito Vidigal |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 65,647 | 2nd | Jorge Jesus |
| Braga | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga | 30,154 | 4th | Jesualdo Ferreira |
| Estoril | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 5,015 | 5th | Marco Silva |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,504 | 13th | João de Deus |
| Marítimo | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 9,177 | 10th | Pedro Martins |
| Nacional | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 5,142 | 8th | Manuel Machado |
| Olhanense | Olhão | Estádio José Arcanjo | 5,661 | 14th | Abel Xavier |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio Capital do Móvel | 5,255 | 3rd | Costinha |
| Porto | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 52,002 | 1st | Paulo Fonseca |
| Rio Ave | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 12,820 | 6th | Nuno Espírito Santo |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 52,466 | 7th | Leonardo Jardim |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 30,146 | 9th | Rui Vitória |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 18,692 | 12th | José Mota |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Académica | Sérgio Conceição | Ricardo | Nike | EFAPEL |
| Arouca | Pedro Emanuel | Bruno Amaro | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Belenenses | Lito Vidigal | Fernando Ferreira | Nike | Metlife |
| Benfica | Jorge Jesus | Luisão | Adidas | MEO (H) / Moche (A) |
| Braga | Jorge Paixão | Alan | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Estoril | Marco Silva | Vagner | Hummel | Banco BIC |
| Gil Vicente | João de Deus | César Peixoto | Macron | Barcelos |
| Marítimo | Pedro Martins | Briguel | Lacatoni | Banif |
| Nacional | Manuel Machado | João Aurélio | Hummel | Banif |
| Olhanense | Giuseppe Galderisi | Rui Duarte | Lacatoni | OLX |
| Paços de Ferreira | Jorge Costa | Filipe Anunciação | Lacatoni | Banco BIC |
| Porto | Luís Castro | Helton | Nike | MEO (H) / Moche (A) / PT (Alt.) |
| Rio Ave | Nuno Espírito Santo | Tarantini | Lacatoni | ASC ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÃO |
| Sporting CP | Leonardo Jardim | Rui Patrício | Puma | MEO (H) / Moche (A) |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Vitória | Leonel Olímpio | Nike | BK |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Couceiro | Pedro Queirós | Hummel | Kia |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Arouca | Vítor Oliveira | Resigned | 18 May 2013 | Pre-season | Pedro Emanuel | 6 June 2013 |
| Sporting CP | Jesualdo Ferreira | Contract expired | 19 May 2013 | Pre-season | Leonardo Jardim | 20 May 2013 |
| Gil Vicente | Paulo Alves | Resigned | 21 May 2013 | Pre-season | João de Deus | 28 May 2013 |
| Braga | José Peseiro | Mutual agreement | 28 May 2013 | Pre-season | Jesualdo Ferreira | 29 May 2013 |
| Porto | Vítor Pereira | Contract expired | 8 June 2013 | Pre-season | Paulo Fonseca | 10 June 2013 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paulo Fonseca | Resigned | 10 June 2013 | Pre-season | Costinha | 11 June 2013 |
| Olhanense | Bruno Saraiva | Resigned | 29 June 2013 | Pre-season | Abel Xavier | 6 July 2013 |
| Belenenses | Mitchell van der Gaag | Health issues | 26 September 2013 | 15th | Marco Paulo | 26 September 2013 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Mota | Resigned | 7 October 2013 | 14th | José Couceiro | 8 October 2013 |
| Olhanense | Abel Xavier | Resigned | 28 October 2013 | 11th | Paulo Alves | 29 October 2013 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Costinha | Resigned | 28 October 2013 | 16th | Henrique Calisto | 30 October 2013 |
| Olhanense | Paulo Alves | Resigned | 7 January 2014 | 16th | Giuseppe Galderisi | 7 January 2014 |
| Braga | Jesualdo Ferreira | Mutual agreement | 23 February 2014 | 7th | Jorge Paixão | 25 February 2014 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Henrique Calisto | Resigned | 24 February 2014 | 16th | Jorge Costa | 25 February 2014 |
| Porto | Paulo Fonseca | Sacked | 5 March 2014 | 3rd | Luís Castro | 5 March 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 18 | +40 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Porto | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Estoril | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nacional | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 45 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Marítimo | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 41 | |
| 7 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 39 | |
| 8 | Académica | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 37 | |
| 9 | Braga | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 37 | |
| 10 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 32 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 12 | Arouca | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 31 | |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | Belenenses | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 28 | |
| 15 | Paços de Ferreira (O) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 24 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Olhanense (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
* 1 2 Académica ahead of Braga on head-to-head record; Académica–Braga 1–1, Braga–Académica 0–1
* ↑ Since the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal winners Benfica qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, runners-up Rio Ave took the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round spot.
* 1 2 Arouca ahead of Gil Vicente on head-to-head record; Gil Vicente–Arouca 0–3, Arouca–Gil Vicente 1–0
* 1 2 Paços de Ferreira ahead of Olhanense on head-to-head record; Paços de Ferreira–Olhanense 3–1, Olhanense–Paços de Ferreira 1–0

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Benfica | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Porto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Estoril | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Nacional | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Marítimo | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Académica | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Braga | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Rio Ave | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Arouca | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Gil Vicente | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Belenenses | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Olhanense | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
* Leader
* 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage
* 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
* 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
* 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
* Relegation to 2014–15 Segunda Liga

## Results

Each team will play each other twice, once at home and once away. Giving a total of 30 matches per team to be played.
| Home \ Away | ACA | ARO | BEL | BEN | ESP | GVI | MAR | NAC | OLH | PAÇ | POR | RAV | SCP | BRA | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Arouca | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Benfica | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Estoril | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Gil Vicente | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Marítimo | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Olhanense | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Porto | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Rio Ave | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Sporting CP | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Braga | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–4 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |

## Relegation play-offs

Paços de Ferreira, who finished 15th, faced Desportivo das Aves, the fourth-placed side of the 2013–14 Segunda Liga (third-placed among non-reserve teams) for a two-legged play-off to decide the 18th team to compete in the expanded 2014–15 Primeira Liga. Paços de Ferreira defeated Desportivo das Aves 3–1 on aggregate to secure their presence in the next Primeira Liga season.

### Second leg
## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal: Paulo Vinícius for Braga against Paços de Ferreira (16 August 2013)
* Largest winning margin: 5 goals
** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional (19 April 2014)
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira (28 September 2013)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
** Sporting 5–1 Arouca (18 August 2013)
** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional (19 April 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira (28 September 2013)

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jackson Martínez | Porto | 20 |
| 2 | Derley | Marítimo | 16 |
| 3 | Rafael Martins | Vitória de Setúbal | 15 |
| 4 | Lima | Benfica | 14 |
| 5 | Fredy Montero | Sporting CP | 13 |
| 6 | Mario Rondón | Nacional | 12 |
| 7 | Rodrigo | Benfica | 11 |
| 7 | Bébé | Paços de Ferreira | 11 |
| 7 | Evandro | Estoril | 11 |
| 10 | Héldon | Sporting CP | 10 |
Source: LPFP

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Fredy Montero | Sporting CP | Arouca | 5–1 | 18 August 2013 |
| Mario Rondón | Nacional | Paços de Ferreira | 0–5 | 19 April 2014 |

### Clean sheets
#### Player

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Rui Patrício | Sporting CP | 15 |
| 2 | Jan Oblak | Benfica | 14 |
| 3 | Douglas | Vitória de Guimarães | 12 |
| 4 | Vagner | Estoril | 11 |
| 4 | Ricardo | Académica | 11 |
| 6 | Matt Jones | Belenenses | 10 |
| 6 | Eduardo Gottardi | Nacional | 10 |
| 6 | Adriano Facchini | Gil Vicente | 10 |
| 9 | Cássio | Arouca | 9 |
| 10 | Helton | Porto | 8 |

#### Club

* Most clean sheets: 17
** Benfica
* Fewest clean sheets: 4
** Paços de Ferreira
** Olhanense

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 13
** Nuno Coelho (Arouca)
* Most red cards: 2
** Deyverson (Belenenses)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 109
** Rio Ave
* Most red cards: 7
** Marítimo
** Estoril Praia

## Television

This was the first season that Sport TV did not broadcast any Benfica home matches. The club decided not to renew with rightsholders Olivedesportos and instead broadcast their home matches on their own channel, Benfica TV.
RTP Internacional and RTP África broadcast one match per week, via satellite.