The 2022–23 Liga Portugal (also known as Liga Portugal Bwin[2] 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). Benfica won the league, having secured a record 38th league title.
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.[3]
Teams
Changes
Rio Ave (promoted after a one-year absence), Casa Pia (promoted after an 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).[note 1]
^ abVizela finished ahead of Rio Ave on head-to-head points: Rio Ave 0–1 Vizela, Vizela 3–1 Rio Ave.
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took 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.
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.
^Belenses SAD were founded in June 2018. When they were founded, they immediately replaced C.F. Os Belenenses in the Primeira Liga. Os Belenenses had been promoted to the Primeira Liga in 2013.
^Aroso was awarded the prize, due to Moreno not having the required coaching level to manage Vitória de Guimarães.[29]
^Travassos, Nuno (18 May 2022). "Sp. Braga: Artur Jorge sucede a Carvalhal" [Sp. Braga: Artur Jorge takes over from Carvalhal] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 May 2022.