SJPF Player of the Month
The SJPF Player of the Month (often called Portuguese League Player of the Month) is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF (syndicate of professional football players). The award has been presented since the 2003–04 season and the recipient is based on individual scores assigned by the three national sports dailies, "A Bola", "Record", and "O Jogo". The first winner of the award was Beira-Mar midfielder Juninho Petrolina on September 2003. Hulk has won the award six times. Pedro  Barbosa became the first Portuguese to win the award on November 2003. The "Big Three" (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP) have had the most winners. Prior to the 2012–13 Primeira Liga season, the SJPF announced that the SJPF Primeira Liga Player of the Month award would be awarded to a player on a bimonthly status with one player receiving an award for two months of football that have been played. The awards would be awarded during the following periods: SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year. Goalkeeper: Ederson (Benfica) Defenders: Nélson Semedo (Benfica), Victor Lindelöf (Benfica), Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP ), Alex Telles (Porto) Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto), Adrien Silva (Sporting CP), Pizzi (Benfica) Forwards: Gelson Martins (Sporting CP), Jonas (Benfica), Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) Goalkeeper: Rui Patrício (Sporting CP) Defenders: Nélson Semedo (Benfica), Felipe (Porto), Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP), Alex Telles (Porto) Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto), William Carvalho (Sporting CP), Pizzi (Benfica) Forwards: Gelson Martins (Sporting CP), Jonas (Benfica), Yacine Brahimi (Porto)