2014–15 Primeira Liga
The 2014–15 Primeira Liga 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 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 | 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
Managerial changes
Season summary
League table
Positions by round
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
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 | Hassan | Rio Ave | 12 |
7 | Fredy Montero | Sporting CP | 11 |
7 | André André | Vitória de Guimarães | 11 |
9 | Éder | Braga | 10 |
9 | Bruno Moreira | Paços de Ferreira | 10 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
Ahmed Hassan | Rio Ave | Estoril | 24 08 2014 | |
Talisca | Benfica | Vitória de Setúbal | 12 09 2014 | |
André André | Vitória de Guimarães | Nacional | 4 01 2015 | |
Mario Rondón | Nacional | Arouca | 8 02 2015 | |
Cristian Tello | Porto | Sporting CP | 1 03 2015 |
Awards
[SJPF Player of the Month]
Month | Player | Club |
August/September | Talisca | Benfica |
October/November | Nani | Sporting CP |
December | Jackson Martínez | Porto |
January | Jackson Martínez | Porto |
February | Jonas | Benfica |
March | Cristian Tello | Porto |
April | Jonas | Benfica |
[SJPF Young Player of the Month]
Month | Player | Club |
August/September | Sérgio Oliveira | Paços de Ferreira |
October/November | Hernâni | Porto |
December | Rafa Silva | Braga |
January | João Mário | Sporting CP |
February | Tobias Figueiredo | Sporting CP |
March | Filipe Ferreira | Belenenses |
April | Afonso Figueiredo | Boavista |