2014–15 Primeira Liga
# 2014–15 Primeira Liga

The 2014–15 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 15 August 2014 and concluded on 23 May 2015.

On 17 May 2015, Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall title.

## Events

The league was scaled up to 18 teams, after the Court's rule to nullify Boavista's relegation from the Primeira Liga in the 2007–08 season. Boavista has been invited back in the Primeira Liga, after the club won a legal battle that eventually deemed their forced relegation five years ago unlawful. The club therefore went straight from the third level to the top league.

The league was named Liga ZON Sagres until 2013–14 after the sponsorship agreement between Sagres, ZON (now NOS) and the league ended. The league is named Liga NOS since 5 February 2015.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home City | Stadium | Capacity | 2013–14 finish |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 30,210 | 8th |
| Arouca | Arouca | Estádio Municipal de Arouca | 5,000 | 12th |
| Belenenses | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 19,300 | 14th |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 65,642 | 1st |
| Boavista | Porto | Estádio do Bessa | 28,263 | 4th in the North Zone in C.N. |
| Braga | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga | 30,154 | 9th |
| Estoril | Estoril | Estádio António Coimbra da Mota | 8,000 | 4th |
| Gil Vicente | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 12,504 | 13th |
| Marítimo | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 7,000 | 6th |
| Moreirense | Moreira de Cónegos | Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas | 6,100 | 1st in Segunda Liga |
| Nacional | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 5,142 | 5th |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio Capital do Móvel | 5,250 | 15th and Play-off Winner |
| Penafiel | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 7,000 | 3rd in Segunda Liga |
| Porto | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 52,002 | 3rd |
| Rio Ave | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 12,820 | 11th |
| Sporting CP | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade | 52,466 | 2nd |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 30,146 | 10th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 18,692 | 7th |

### Personnel and sponsors

| Team | Head manager | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
| - | - | - | - |
| Académica | José Viterbo | Nike | EFAPEL |
| Arouca | Pedro Emanuel | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Belenenses | Jorge Simão | Lacatoni | — |
| Benfica | Jorge Jesus | Adidas | MEO (home) Moche (away) |
| Boavista | Petit | Erreà | Mestre da Cor |
| Braga | Sérgio Conceição | Macron | Banco BIC |
| Estoril | Hugo Leal Fabiano | Hummel | Banco BIC |
| Gil Vicente | José Mota | Macron | Barcelos |
| Marítimo | Ivo Vieira | Lacatoni | BANIF |
| Moreirense | Miguel Leal | cdt | — |
| Nacional | Manuel Machado | Hummel | BANIF |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paulo Fonseca | Lacatoni | Banco BIC |
| Penafiel | Carlos Brito | Desportreino | Banco BIC |
| Porto | Julen Lopetegui | Warrior | MEO (home) Moche (away) |
| Rio Ave | Pedro Martins | Lacatoni | — |
| Sporting CP | Marco Silva | Macron | MEO (home) Moche (away) |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Vitória | Nike | Banco BIC |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Bruno Ribeiro | Hummel | KIA |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marítimo | Pedro Martins | Resigned | 11 May 2014 | Pre-season | Leonel Pontes | 8 May 2014 |
| Porto | Luís Castro | Contract expired | 11 May 2014 | Pre-season | Julen Lopetegui | 6 May 2014 |
| Braga | Jorge Paixão | Contract expired | 11 May 2014 | Pre-season | Sérgio Conceição | 26 May 2014 |
| Estoril | Marco Silva | Resigned | 12 May 2014 | Pre-season | José Couceiro | 24 May 2014 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | José Couceiro | Mutual agreement | 15 May 2014 | Pre-season | Domingos Paciência | 22 May 2014 |
| Moreirense | Toni Conceição | Mutual agreement | 15 May 2014 | Pre-season | Miguel Leal | 16 May 2014 |
| Penafiel | Miguel Leal | Signed by Moreirense | 16 May 2014 | Pre-season | Ricardo Chéu | 16 May 2014 |
| Rio Ave | Nuno Espírito Santo | Resigned | 19 May 2014 | Pre-season | Pedro Martins | 22 May 2014 |
| Sporting CP | Leonardo Jardim | Signed by Monaco | 21 May 2014 | Pre-season | Marco Silva | 21 May 2014 |
| Académica | Sérgio Conceição | Signed by Braga | 26 May 2014 | Pre-season | Paulo Sérgio | 31 May 2014 |
| Gil Vicente | João de Deus | Mutual agreement | 31 August 2014 | 17th | José Mota | 2 September 2014 |
| Penafiel | Ricardo Chéu | Mutual agreement | 16 September 2014 | 18th | Rui Quinta | 16 September 2014 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Domingos Paciência | Mutual agreement | 19 January 2015 | 15th | Bruno Ribeiro | 20 January 2015 |
| Académica | Paulo Sérgio | Resigned | 17 February 2015 | 17th | José Viterbo | 18 February 2015 |
| Estoril | José Couceiro | Resigned | 3 March 2015 | 12th | Hugo Leal Fabiano | 3 March 2015 |
| Marítimo | Leonel Pontes | Resigned | 3 March 2015 | 11th | Ivo Vieira | 4 March 2015 |
| Penafiel | Rui Quinta | Mutual agreement | 16 March 2015 | 18th | Carlos Brito | 19 March 2015 |
| Belenenses | Lito Vidigal | Resigned | 17 March 2015 | 7th | Jorge Simão | 20 March 2015 |

## Season summary

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 16 | +70 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 13 | +61 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Belenenses | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Nacional | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 47 | |
| 9 | Marítimo | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 44 | |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 43 | |
| 11 | Moreirense | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 40 | |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 34 | |
| 14 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 29 | |
| 15 | Académica | 34 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 29 | |
| 16 | Arouca | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 28 | |
| 17 | Gil Vicente (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 23 | Relegation to LigaPro |
| 18 | Penafiel (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 22 | Relegation to LigaPro |

* ↑ Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benfica | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Porto | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sporting CP | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Braga | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Belenenses | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Nacional | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Marítimo | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Moreirense | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Estoril | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Boavista | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 17 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Académica | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Arouca | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Gil Vicente | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Penafiel | 14 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

* Leader
* 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage
* 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
* 2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
* Relegation to 2015–16 Segunda Liga

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ARO | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | GVI | MAR | MOR | NAC | PAÇ | PEN | POR | RAV | SCP | VGU | VSE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Arouca | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Benfica | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Boavista | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Braga | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Estoril | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Gil Vicente | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Marítimo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Moreirense | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Nacional | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Penafiel | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Porto | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Rio Ave | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

    As of match played 23 May 2015

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jackson Martínez | Porto | 21 |
| 2 | Jonas | Benfica | 20 |
| 3 | Lima | Benfica | 19 |
| 4 | Marco Matias | Nacional | 17 |
| 5 | Islam Slimani | Sporting CP | 12 |
| 5 | Ahmed Hassan | Rio Ave | 12 |
| 7 | Fredy Montero | Sporting CP | 11 |
| 7 | André André | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 |
| 9 | Eder | Braga | 10 |
| 9 | Bruno Moreira | Paços de Ferreira | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmed Hassan | Rio Ave | Estoril | 1–5 | 24 August 2014 |
| Talisca | Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal | 0–5 | 12 September 2014 |
| André André | Vitória de Guimarães | Nacional | 4–0 | 4 January 2015 |
| Mario Rondón | Nacional | Arouca | 3–3 | 8 February 2015 |
| Cristian Tello | Porto | Sporting CP | 3–0 | 1 March 2015 |
