Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga (1934-2022)

Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga? What teams are the past winners of the Primeira Liga? who has won the most Portuguese league titles? Portuguese league winners list?

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A Brief History

The Portuguese top tier league popularly known as the Primeira Liga  was founded in the year 1934. And the league was at first  experimental league.

The Portuguese Primeira Liga has since It's establishment had the total of 71 teams vie for the Trophy,  but only five teams out of the 71 teams have been able to lift the Trophy.

Amidst the five teams who have lifted the Trophy are the now known big three of Primeira Liga namely : Sporting Lisbon Benfica, Sporting CP and FC Porto. And after the 2013-14 season the the Portuguese Elite League has consisted of 18 teams each season.

The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2020-2021)

Winners -Sporting CP

The Primeira Liga 2020/21 season was won by Sporting CP which was their 19th Primeira Liga crown nearly two decades after they last lifted the title in the 2001/02 season.

Due to the delayed end of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 Primeira Liga began later than usual, on 18 September 2020, and ended on 19 May 2021.

It was also the same season where all stadiums in the league were allowed to have full capacity crowds after the final third of the 2019–20 season and the entire 2020–21 season were held with limited or no attendance due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.

 It was also the first time another team won the league other than Benfica or Porto in 19 years.

The Portuguese Primeira Liga (2019-2020)

winners - FC Porto

The 2019–20 Primeira Liga season was  the 86th edition of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, And FC Porto won this edition after defeating Sporting CP with two games to spare. 

The 2019/20 season victory meant that FC  Porto has  won the league 29 times 8 shy of Benfica's 37. 

 Below are the list of the past winners of the Primeira Liga starting from the 1934 season it was founded to the 2020/21 season.

Team With Most Primeira Liga titles

Team With Most Primeira Liga trophies? Which team has won more Liga titles in Portugal? Well, SL Benfica has won more Primeira titles than other team with 37 followed by FC Porto with 29.

Club	Winners	Runner-ups
Benfica	37	28
Porto	29	27
Sporting CP	19	21
Belenenses	1	3
Boavista	1	3
Académica	-	1
Vitória de Setúbal	-	1
Braga	-	1

Full List of the Past Winners of The Portuguese Primeira Liga

Year	Winner
2022	FC Porto
2021	Sporting CP
2020	FC Porto
2019	SL Benfica
2018	FC Porto
2017	SL Benfica
2016	SL Benfica
2015	SL Benfica
2014	SL Benfica
2013	FC Porto
2012	FC Porto
2011	FC Porto
2010	SL Benfica
2009	FC Porto
2008	FC Porto
2007	FC Porto
2006	FC Porto
2005	SL Benfica
2004	FC Porto
2003	FC Porto
2002	Sporting CP
2001	Boavista
2000	Sporting CP
1999	FC Porto
1998	FC Porto
1997	FC Porto
1996	FC Porto
1995	FC Porto
1994	SL Benfica
1993	FC Porto
1992	FC Porto
1991	SL Benfica
1990	FC Porto
1989	SL Benfica
1988	FC Porto
1987	SL Benfica
1986	FC Porto
1985	FC Porto
1984	SL Benfica
1983	SL Benfica
1982	Sporting CP
1981	SL Benfica
1980	Sporting CP
1979	FC Porto
1978	FC Porto
1977	SL Benfica
1976	SL Benfica
1975	SL Benfica
1974	Sporting CP
1973	SL Benfica
1972	SL Benfica
1971	SL Benfica
1970	Sporting CP
1969	SL Benfica
1968	SL Benfica
1967	SL Benfica
1966	Sporting CP
1965	SL Benfica
1964	SL Benfica
1963	SL Benfica
1962	Sporting CP
1961	SL Benfica
1960	SL Benfica
1959	FC Porto
1958	Sporting CP
1957	SL Benfica
1956	FC Porto
1955	SL Benfica
1954	Sporting CP
1953	Sporting CP
1952	Sporting CP
1951	Sporting CP
1950	SL Benfica
1949	Sporting CP
1948	Sporting CP
1947	Sporting CP
1946	Os Belenenses
1945	SL Benfica
1944	Sporting CP
1943	SL Benfica
1942	SL Benfica
1941	Sporting CP
1940	FC Porto
1939	FC Porto
1938	Sporting CP
1937	FC Porto
1936	Sporting CP
1935	SL Benfica
1934	Sporting CP