2022–23 Primeira Liga
The 2022–23 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs, and the second season under the current Liga Portugal title. This was the sixth Primeira Liga season to use video assistant referee (VAR). FC Porto were the defending champions, having won their 30th title at the previous season. Rio Ave, Casa Pia and Chaves joined as the promoted clubs from the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 replacing Belenenses SAD, Tondela and Moreirense, which were relegated to 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup was held between 20 November and 18 December 2022 due to the climatic conditions of the host country Qatar, the league featured an extended pause during the season. As national team players had to be released by their clubs on 14 November 2022, the last Primeira Liga matchday before the break was scheduled for 13 November (matchday 13). The league resumed nine weeks later on 28 December. Benfica secured a record 38th league title after beating Santa Clara 3–0 on matchday 34. Teams

Changes
Rio Ave (promoted after a one-year absence), Casa Pia (promoted after a 83-year absence) and Chaves (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 (finishing first, second and third places), replacing Moreirense (relegated after eight years), Tondela (relegated after seven years) and Belenenses SAD (never relegated before). Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

League table

Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs will take place on 3 and 11 June 2023 between Marítimo who finished 16th in the Primeira Liga and Estrela da Amadora who finished 3rd in Liga Portugal 2. All times are WEST (UTC+1). |}

Results

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. Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Notes
(H) – Home team(A) – Away team
4 Player scored four goals. Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player 
 Most yellow cards: 17
 Guima (Chaves)
 Most red cards: 2
 Tiago Silva (Vitória de Guimarães)
 Edgar Costa (Marítimo)
 Reggie Cannon (Boavista)
 Maracás (Paços de Ferreira)
 Renê Santos (Marítimo)
 Sikou Niakaté (Braga)
 Jerome Opoku (Arouca)

Club 
 Most yellow cards: 106
Santa Clara
Vitória de Guimarães
 Most red cards: 10
Paços de Ferreira
Chaves
Marítimo
Vitória de Guimarães

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Number of teams by district

Notes

References

Primeira Liga seasons
Portugal
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