2020–21 Primeira Liga

The 2020–21 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. The season started later than usual, on 18 September 2020, due to the delayed end of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it concluded on 19 May 2021.

Primeira Liga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 19 May 2021
ChampionsSporting CP
19th title
RelegatedRio Ave
Farense
Nacional
Champions LeagueSporting CP
Porto
Benfica
Europa LeagueBraga
Europa Conference LeaguePaços de Ferreira
Santa Clara
Matches played306
Goals scored739 (2.42 per match)
Best PlayerSebastián Coates (Sporting CP)
Top goalscorerPedro Gonçalves
(23 goals)
Best goalkeeperAntonio Adán (19 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSporting CP 4–0 Tondela
(1 November 2020)
Santa Clara 5–1 Nacional
(11 April 2021)
Porto 5–1 Farense
(10 May 2021)
Porto 4–0 Belenenses SAD
(19 May 2021)
Sporting CP 5–1 Marítimo
(19 May 2021)
Santa Clara 4–0 Farense
(19 May 2021)
Biggest away winBoavista 0–5 Porto
(26 September 2020)
Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Benfica
(10 April 2021)
Highest scoringPorto 4–3 Tondela
(5 December 2020)
Benfica 4–3 Sporting CP
(15 May 2021)
Longest winning run7 matches
Porto
Longest unbeaten run32 matches (record)
Sporting CP
Longest winless run10 matches
Nacional
Longest losing run10 matches
Nacional
Highest attendance932
Santa Clara 1–2 Sporting CP
(24 October 2020)[note 1]
Lowest attendance0[note 2]

This was the fourth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). As was the case at the end of the previous season, there were limited or no attendance in the stadiums besides each team's staff and personnel.

Porto were the defending champions. Nacional and Farense were promoted from the second-tier 2019–20 LigaPro by decision of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, after the suspension of the 2019–20 LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. They replaced Desportivo das Aves and Vitória de Setúbal, who were relegated to the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal.

On 11 May 2021, Sporting CP secured a 19th title after a 1–0 home win against Boavista, their first title since the 2001–02 season. It was also the first title since that season not being won by either Benfica or Porto.[1]

Since Portugal ascended from seventh to sixth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2019–20 season, only the three best-ranked teams could qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions and runners-up entered directly into the group stage, and the third placed team entered the third qualifying round). The fourth and fifth-placed teams would qualified respectively to the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off and third qualifying rounds.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, since March 2020, in contrast with various European leagues, the Primeira Liga began playing matches behind closed doors. On 13 September, Sporting confirmed that three players had tested positive for coronavirus, leading their pre-season match against Napoli to be cancelled due to the orders of the Portuguese Ministry of Health.[2] The following day, Sporting confirmed that four players and a member of their staff had tested positive for coronavirus.[3] Meanwhile, Gil Vicente confirmed that fifteen players had tested positive for coronavirus, leading also their pre-season match against Vitória de Guimarães to be cancelled.[4] Three days later, Sporting confirmed that their manager Ruben Amorim and another player tested positive for coronavirus, with both going into self-isolation.[5] On 17 September, it was announced that the Gil Vicente and Sporting fixture on matchday 1 would be postponed, following direct orders from the Portuguese Ministry of Health, after it was confirmed that Gil Vicente had four more positive cases of coronavirus.[6]

On 3 October, Santa Clara faced Gil Vicente on matchday 3 at the Estádio de São Miguel, in Ponta Delgada, Azores, in a match, which was the first one to allow spectators in Portugal, with the stadium being limited to 10% of its capacity (1,000 spectators).[7] Ten days later, it was announced that Paços de Ferreira's manager Pepa had tested positive for COVID-19, leading him and his staff being placed in quarantine as a preventive measure, forcing him to miss Paços de Ferreira's match against Santa Clara on October 18 at matchday 4.[8]

On matchday 5, played between 23 and 26 October, there were three matches in which spectatores were allowed: Tondela against Portimonense at Estádio João Cardoso, Santa Clara against Sporting at the Estádio de São Miguel (with spectators being allowed for the second consecutive match) and Farense against Rio Ave at Estádio Algarve, where Farense played their first three home matches, instead of their regular home stadium Estádio de São Luís, due to a turf change. Like the match against Gil Vicente, Santa Clara match was played with the stadium capacity limited to 10%,[9] as the other two matches were limited to 15% (approximately 750 and 4,500 spectators in Estádio João Cardoso and Estádio Algarve, respectively).[10]

Santa Clara announced on February 20 that spectators will be allowed in Estádio de São Miguel, for the third time this season, in the match against Paços de Ferreira on matchday 21, played one week later on 27 February. This time, one third of the stadium's maximum capacity was allowed.[11]

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the LigaPro. Nacional and Farense were promoted on 5 May 2020 by decision of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, after the suspension of the 2019–20 LigaPro due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. This decision was made based on UEFA's recommendations, focusing on sporting merit, as these teams were in first and second place of the LigaPro, respectively, at the time of cancellation.[12]

Nacional came back to the top division one season after being relegated, while Farense secured their return after a 18-year absence. They replaced Desportivo das Aves and Vitória de Setúbal, who were relegated after three and sixteen seasons in the top flight, respectively.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Mainland)
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2020–21 Primeira Liga (Azores)
Team Location Stadium Capacity [13] 2019–20
Belenenses SAD Oeiras Estádio Nacional 37,593 15th
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 64,642 2nd
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 28,263 12th
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,286 3rd
Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho 5,307 6th
Farense Faro Estádio de São Luís 7,000 2nd (LP)
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,504 10th
Marítimo Funchal Estádio do Marítimo 10,932 11th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 1st (LP)
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador
Joaquim de Almeida Freitas		 6,153 8th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 9,076 13th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 6,204 17th
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,033 1st
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 9,065 5th
Santa Clara Ponta Delgada Estádio de São Miguel 13,277 9th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,095 4th
Tondela Tondela Estádio João Cardoso 5,000 14th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,000 7th

    Personnel and sponsors
    Team Manager Captain Kit
    Manufacturer    		 Main Sponsor
    Belenenses SAD Petit Silvestre Varela Lacatoni Betway Group
    Benfica Jorge Jesus Jardel Adidas Emirates
    Boavista Jesualdo Ferreira Javi García Kelme VITO Tools
    Braga Carlos Carvalhal Fransérgio Hummel Betano
    Famalicão Ivo Vieira Gustavo Assunção Macron Porminho
    Farense Jorge Costa Cássio Scheid Adidas Bostik
    Gil Vicente Ricardo Soares Rúben Fernandes Lacatoni Las Kasas
    Marítimo Julio Velázquez Edgar Costa Nike Betano
    Nacional Manuel Machado Rúben Micael Hummel Santander
    Moreirense Vasco Seabra João Aurélio CDT
    Paços de Ferreira Pepa Marcelo Joma Aldro Energy
    Portimonense Paulo Sérgio Dener Mizuno Ceremony
    Porto Sérgio Conceição Pepe New Balance MEO
    Rio Ave Miguel Cardoso Tarantini Nike MEO
    Santa Clara Daniel Ramos Osama Rashid Kelme Santander
    Sporting CP Rúben Amorim Sebastián Coates Nike Betano
    Tondela Pako Ayestarán Ricardo Alves CDT Cabriz
    Vitória de Guimarães Moreno André André Macron

    Managerial changes
    Team Outgoing manager Manager Date of vacancy Pos in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
    Santa Clara João Henriques Mutual consent 24 July 2020 Pre-season Daniel Ramos 28 July 2020 [14]
    Vitória de Guimarães Ivo Vieira 24 July 2020 Tiago Mendes 28 July 2020 [15]
    Boavista Daniel Ramos 25 July 2020 Vasco Seabra 30 July 2020 [16]
    Rio Ave Carlos Carvalhal 25 July 2020 Mário Silva 30 July 2020 [17]
    Marítimo José Gomes Signed for Almería 27 July 2020 Lito Vidigal 30 July 2020 [18]
    Braga Artur Jorge End of caretaker role 28 July 2020 Carlos Carvalhal 28 July 2020 [19]
    Benfica Nélson Veríssimo 1 August 2020 Jorge Jesus 3 August 2020 [20][21]
    Tondela Natxo González Mutual Consent 5 August 2020 Pako Ayestarán 9 August 2020 [22]
    Vitória de Guimarães Tiago Mendes 8 October 2020 11th João Henriques 13 October 2020 [23]
    Moreirense Ricardo Soares Resigned 9 November 2020 9th César Peixoto 10 November 2020 [24]
    Gil Vicente Rui Almeida Sacked 11 November 2020 17th Ricardo Soares 13 November 2020 [25]
    Marítimo Lito Vidigal 4 December 2020 Milton Mendes 5 December 2020 [26]
    Boavista Vasco Seabra 8 December 2020 15th Daniel Gonçalves (Caretaker) 8 December 2020 [27]
    Daniel Gonçalves (Caretaker) End of caretaker role 13 December 2020 Jesualdo Ferreira 13 December 2020 [28]
    Rio Ave Mário Silva Sacked 30 December 2020 13th Pedro Cunha (Caretaker) 30 December 2020 [29]
    Moreirense César Peixoto Resigned 2 January 2021 8th Leandro Mendes (Caretaker) 2 January 2021 [30]
    Leandro Mendes (Caretaker) End of caretaker role 5 January 2021 Vasco Seabra 5 January 2021 [31]
    Rio Ave Pedro Cunha (Caretaker) 29 January 2021 10th Miguel Cardoso 29 January 2021 [32]
    Famalicão João Pedro Sousa Sacked 31 January 2021 16th Silas 1 February 2021 [33]
    Farense Sérgio Vieira Mutual Consent 1 February 2021 17th Jorge Costa 4 February 2021 [34]
    Famalicão Silas 8 March 2021 Ivo Vieira 8 March 2021 [35][36]
    Marítimo Milton Mendes Resigned 5 March 2021 18th Julio Velázquez 11 March 2021 [37][38]
    Nacional Luís Freire Sacked 21 March 2021 17th Manuel Machado 22 March 2021 [39]
    Vitória de Guimarães João Henriques 5 April 2021 6th Bino (Caretaker) 5 April 2021 [40]
    Bino (Caretaker) End of caretaker role 13 May 2021 8th Moreno (Caretaker) 13 May 2021 [41]

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Sporting CP (C) 34 26 7 1 65 20 +45 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
    2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 +45 80
    3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 +42 76 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
    4 Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 +20 64 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Paços de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 −1 53 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
    6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 +8 46 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
    7 Vitória de Guimarães 34 12 7 15 37 44 −7 43[lower-alpha 2]
    8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 −6 43[lower-alpha 2]
    9 Famalicão 34 10 10 14 40 48 −8 40[lower-alpha 3]
    10 Belenenses SAD 34 9 13 12 25 35 −10 40[lower-alpha 3]
    11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 −9 39
    12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 −21 36[lower-alpha 4]
    13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 −10 36[lower-alpha 4]
    14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 −7 35[lower-alpha 5]
    15 Marítimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 −20 35[lower-alpha 5]
    16 Rio Ave (R) 34 7 13 14 25 40 −15 34 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
    17 Farense (R) 34 7 10 17 31 48 −17 31 Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
    18 Nacional (R) 34 6 7 21 30 59 −29 25
    Source: Liga Portugal
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
    (C) Champion; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
    1. Braga qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal. Since they would have qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by finishing fourth, the berth was awarded to the fifth-placed team (Paços de Ferreira), and the Europa Conference League second qualifying round berth reserved to the fifth-placed team was awarded to the sixth-placed team (Santa Clara).
    2. Vitória de Guimarães are ranked ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 4, Moreirense 1.
    3. Famalicão are ranked ahead of Belenenses SAD on head-to-head points: Famalicão 4, Belenenses SAD 1.
    4. Tondela are ranked ahead of Boavista on head-to-head points: Tondela 4, Boavista 1.
    5. Portimonense are ranked ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Portimonense 4, Marítimo 1.

    Relegation play-offs

    The relegation play-offs took place on 26 and 30 May 2021.

    All times are WEST (UTC+1).

    Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Rio Ave 0–5 Arouca 0–3 0–2
    Arouca3–0Rio Ave
    		 Report
    Attendance: 0
    Rio Ave0–2Arouca
    Report
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Hugo Miguel

    Arouca won 5–0 on aggregate and were promoted to 2021–22 Primeira Liga; Rio Ave were relegated to 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2.

    Results
    Home \ Away BEL BEN BOA BRA FAM FAR GIL MAR MOR NAC PAC PTM POR RAV STA SPO TON VSC
    Belenenses SAD — 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1
    Benfica 2–0 — 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–0
    Boavista 0–0 3–0 — 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–5 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
    Braga 1–1 0–2 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 3–0
    Famalicão 0–0 1–5 2–2 2–2 — 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–1
    Farense 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 3–3 — 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2
    Gil Vicente 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 — 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2
    Marítimo 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 — 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
    Moreirense 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2
    Nacional 0–0 1–3 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–5 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–0
    Paços de Ferreira 1–0 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 — 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1
    Portimonense 1–0 1–5 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–0
    Porto 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–3 1–0
    Rio Ave 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 — 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
    Santa Clara 2–0 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 0–4
    Sporting CP 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 — 4–0 1–0
    Tondela 1–3 0–2 3–1 0–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 — 0–2
    Vitória de Guimarães 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–4 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–0 0–4 1–2 —
    Source: Liga Portugal
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

    Positions by round

    The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

    Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    Sporting CP3322211111111111111111111111111111
    Porto2153344433322322222233222222222222
    Benfica1211123322233234444444433333333333
    Braga1417126432244444443333322344444444444
    Paços de Ferreira81215131485566666555555555555555555555
    Santa Clara54346598777771187778878777677878876
    Vitória de Guimarães1315115767655555666666666666766666667
    Moreirense47911591114131181010778887787888888787788
    Famalicão1867991210101181214161315161717181616171714141415131214131099
    Belenenses SAD61088151413138101412141711141313131010121010131312111011991010
    Gil Vicente1581012131617121215111112161718121416141516131110101012131311121111
    Tondela1214171612151211151416131591291011111291011129121199910111212
    Boavista7161417171315161616171717181815181817171814151715151415161616161513
    Portimonense111316141617181517181816181213131515121313111213129910111012131414
    Marítimo1794711111417181310888910111215181718161818161616151214141315
    Rio Ave9111315876999131591010121410991199911111314141515151616
    Farense16181818181816181417151813151617161614151415181516171717171717171717
    Nacional105610101087101299111414119910111213141617181818181818181818
    Leader and Champions League group stage
    Champions League group stage
    Champions League third qualifying round
    Europa League group stage
    Europa Conference League third qualifying round
    Europa Conference League second qualifying round
    Relegation Play-off
    Relegation to Liga Portugal 2
    Source: Liga Portugal (in Portuguese)

    Statistics

    Top goalscorers
    RankPlayerClubGoals[42]
    1 Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP 23
    2 Haris Seferovic Benfica 22
    3 Mehdi Taremi Porto 16
    4 Mario González Tondela 15
    5 Carlos Jr. Santa Clara 14
    6 Sérgio Oliveira Porto 13
    7 Beto Portimonense 11
    8 Mateo Cassierra Belenenses SAD 10

    Hat-tricks
    Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks
    Player For Against Result Date
    Mario González Tondela Moreirense 3–2 (A) 17 April 2021
    Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP Marítimo 5–1 (H) 19 May 2021
    Notes

    (H) – Home team
    (A) – Away team

    Top assists
    RankPlayerClubAssists[43]
    1 Mehdi Taremi Porto 11
    2 Darwin Núñez Benfica 10
    3 Everton Benfica 9
    Álex Grimaldo Benfica
    5 Otávio Porto 8
    6 Jesús Corona Porto 7
    Alberth Elis Boavista
    Ryan Gauld Farense

    Clean sheets
    Rank Player Club Clean sheets
    1 Antonio Adán Sporting CP 19
    2 Agustín Marchesín Porto 16
    3 Paweł Kieszek Rio Ave 11
    Stanislav Kritsyuk Belenenses SAD
    5 Amir Abedzadeh Marítimo 10
    Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães
    Denis Gil Vicente
    8 Matheus Braga 9
    Jordi Paços de Ferreira
    Léo Jardim Boavista
    Luiz Júnior Famalicão
    Samuel Portugal Portimonense
    Marco Pereira Santa Clara

    Player

    Club

    Awards

    Monthly awards

    For the 2020–21 season, there were seven monthly awards in the Primeira Liga: best player, goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward, manager and goal of the month.[48][49]

    Month Player of the Month Goalkeeper of the Month Defender of the Month Midfielder of the Month Forward of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month
    Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Manager Club Player Club
    September/October Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP Bruno Varela Vitória de Guimarães Pepe Porto Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP Thiago Santana Santa Clara Jorge Jesus Benfica Bruno Jordão Famalicão
    November Matheus Braga Pedro Porro Sporting CP Rodrigo Pinho Marítimo Pepa Paços de Ferreira Luis Díaz Porto
    December Sérgio Oliveira Porto Antonio Adán Sporting CP Sérgio Oliveira Porto Mehdi Taremi Porto Sérgio Conceição Porto Iuri Medeiros Braga
    January Mehdi Taremi Porto Bruno Costa Paços de Ferreira Pepa Paços de Ferreira Pedro Porro Sporting CP
    February Ali Al Musrati Braga Sebastián Coates Sporting CP Ali Al Musrati Braga Rúben Amorim Sporting CP Ryan Gauld Farense
    March Haris Seferovic Benfica Helton Leite Benfica Sérgio Oliveira Porto Haris Seferovic Benfica Jorge Jesus Benfica Beto Portimonense
    April Sebastián Coates Sporting CP Antonio Adán Sporting CP Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP Mario González Tondela Rúben Amorim Sporting CP André Almeida Vitória de Guimarães

    Annual awards

    Annual awards were announced on 8 July 2021.[50]

    Award Winner Club
    Player of the Season Sebastián Coates Sporting CP
    Manager of the Season Rúben Amorim
    Goal of the Season Beto Portimonense
    Young Player of the Season Pedro Gonçalves Sporting CP
    Top goalscorer
    Neno Fair-Play Prize Luiz Diaz Porto
    Club Fair-Play Prize Moreirense
    Team of the Year[51]
    Team of the Year
    Goalkeeper Antonio Adán (Sporting CP)
    Defence Pedro Porro (Sporting CP) Pepe (Porto) Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) Nuno Mendes (Sporting CP)
    Midfield João Palhinha (Sporting CP) Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP) Sérgio Oliveira (Porto)
    Attack Carlos Jr. (Santa Clara) Haris Seferovic (Benfica) Mehdi Taremi (Porto)

    Number of teams by district
    Rank District Football Associations Number Teams
    1 Braga5Braga, Famalicão, Gil Vicente, Moreirense and Vitória de Guimarães
    2 Porto4Boavista, Paços de Ferreira, Porto and Rio Ave
    3 Lisbon3Belenenses SAD, Benfica and Sporting CP
    4 Faro2Farense and Portimonense
    FunchalMarítimo and Nacional
    5 Ponta Delgada1Santa Clara
    ViseuTondela

    Notes
    1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, the matches that were not played behind closed doors, were allowed to be played with limited attendance.
    2. All league matches played were played behind closed doors without any spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, with the exception being four Santa Clara's home matches, Tondela against Portimonense and Farense against Rio Ave

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