The 2013–14 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, the top professional league for Portuguese

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clubs. It began on 18 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014. Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Segunda Liga. On 20 April 2014, Benfica won the Primeira Liga for a record 33rd time with a 2–0 victory over

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, with two matches to spare.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Each team will play each other twice, once at home and once away. Giving a total of 30 matches per team to be played.

Relegation play-offs

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, who finished 15th, faced Desportivo das Aves, the fourth-placed side of the

2013–14 Segunda Liga The 2013–14 Segunda Liga, also known as the Liga Revolução by Cabovisão for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. A total of 22 teams played in the league in this season. Moreirense and Penafie ...

(third-placed among non-reserve teams) for a two-legged play-off to decide the 18th team to compete in the expanded 2014–15 Primeira Liga. Paços de Ferreira defeated Desportivo das Aves 3–1 on aggregate to secure their presence in the next Primeira Liga season.

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Scoring

* First goal: Paulo Vinícius for Braga against Paços de Ferreira (''16 August 2013'') * Largest winning margin: 5 goals ** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional (''19 April 2014'') * Highest scoring game: 7 goals ** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira (''28 September 2013'') * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals ** Sporting 5–1 Arouca (''18 August 2013'') ** Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Nacional (''19 April 2014'') * Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals ** Marítimo 3–4 Paços de Ferreira (''28 September 2013'')

Top goalscorers

Source: LPFP

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Player

Club

* Most clean sheets: 17 ** Benfica * Fewest clean sheets: 4 ** Paços de Ferreira ** Olhanense

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 13 ** Nuno Coelho (Arouca) *Most red cards: 2 **

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(Belenenses)

Club

*Most yellow cards: 109 **Rio Ave *Most red cards: 7 **Marítimo **Estoril Praia

Television

This was the first season that

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did not broadcast any Benfica home matches. The club decided not to renew with rightsholders Olivedesportos and instead broadcast their home matches on their own channel,

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and

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broadcast one match per week, via satellite.

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

References

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