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(Redirected from 2017-18 Primeira Liga) 84th season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

Primeira Liga
Season	2017–18
Dates	6 August 2017 – 13 May 2018
Champions	Porto 28th title
Relegated	Paços de Ferreira Estoril
Champions League	Porto Benfica
Europa League	Sporting CP Braga Rio Ave
Matches played	306
Goals scored	826 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonas (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Braga 6–0 Estoril (1 October 2017)
Biggest away win	Estoril 0–6 Braga (3 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Porto 5–2 Portimonense (22 September 2017) Belenenses 3–4 Sporting CP (15 April 2018)
Longest winning run	9 matches Benfica
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches Porto
Longest winless run	11 matches Estoril
Longest losing run	8 matches Estoril
Highest attendance	63,526 Benfica 0–1 Porto (15 April 2018)
Lowest attendance	942 Estoril 0–0 Portimonense (4 December 2017)
Total attendance	3,655,213
Average attendance	11,945
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica were the defending champions for a fourth consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Porto became the new champions with two matches to spare, clinching their 28th league title. This was their first trophy in four years.

Since Portugal dropped from fifth to seventh place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2016–17 season, only the two best-ranked teams could qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions entered directly into the group stage, and the runners-up entered the third qualifying round). The third and fourth-placed teams qualified respectively to the UEFA Europa League third and second qualifying rounds.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the 2016–17 season, as well as two teams promoted from the LigaPro.

Portimonense became the first club to be promoted on 23 April 2017 and will play in Primeira Liga for the first time since the 2010–11 season. On 21 May 2017, after a 2–1 win in Azores against Santa Clara, they were crowned champions. The other team promoted were runners-up Desportivo das Aves, following a 2–2 draw against União da Madeira on 30 April 2017. This will mark the return of the Vila das Aves' team to the top flight after a 10-season absence.

The two promoted clubs replaced Nacional and Arouca. Nacional confirmed their relegation on 5 May 2017, 15 years after their promotion, when Moreirense, who were also struggling to escape relegation, beat Braga. On the last matchday, Arouca's 4–2 defeat against Estoril sealed their relegation, four seasons after having been promoted for the first time to Primeira Liga.

Stadia and locations

P. Ferreiraclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2017–18 Primeira Liga (Mainland)

Marítimoclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2017–18 Primeira Liga (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 finish
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	15,016	14th
Benfica	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	64,642	1st
Boavista	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	27,363	9th
Braga	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga	30,287	5th
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,870	11th
Desportivo das Aves	Aves	Estádio do CD Aves	5,896	2nd (LP)
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	7,891	10th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,450	8th
Marítimo	Funchal	Estádio do Marítimo	10,566	6th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	6,152	15th
Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio Capital do Móvel	9,078	13th
Porto	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	50,034	2nd
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	4,931	1st (LP)
Rio Ave	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	8,957	7th
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	50,049	3rd
Tondela	Tondela	Estádio João Cardoso	5,000	16th
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	30,007	4th
Vitória de Setúbal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	14,274	12th

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Belenenses	Silas	Gonçalo Silva	Lacatoni	Kia Motors
Benfica	Rui Vitória	Luisão	Adidas	Emirates
Boavista	Jorge Simão	Idris	BLK	Mestre da Cor
Braga	Abel Ferreira	Nikola Vukčević	Lacatoni	Visit Braga
Chaves	Luís Castro	Nuno André Coelho	Lacatoni	Museu do Pão
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Nélson Lenho	Macron	MEO
Estoril	Ivo Vieira	Diogo Amado	Nike	EuroBic
Feirense	Nuno Manta	Cris	Legea	Castro Electrónica
Marítimo	Daniel Ramos	Edgar Costa	Nike	Santander Totta
Moreirense	Petit	André Micael	CDT	—
Paços de Ferreira	João Henriques	Ricardo	Lacatoni	Aldro
Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Ricardo Pessoa	Mizuno	McDonald's Portimão
Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Iván Marcano	New Balance	Altice
Rio Ave	Miguel Cardoso	Tarantini	Adidas	MEO
Sporting CP	Jorge Jesus	William Carvalho	Macron	NOS
Tondela	Pepa	Ricardo Costa	CDT	Laboratórios BASI
Vitória de Guimarães	José Peseiro	Josué Sá	Macron	—
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Vasco Fernandes	Hummel	Kia Motors

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Porto	Nuno Espírito Santo	Resigned	22 May 2017	Pre-season	Sérgio Conceição	8 June 2017
Desportivo das Aves	José Mota	Resigned	23 May 2017		Ricardo Soares	27 May 2017
Rio Ave	Luís Castro	Mutual consent	24 May 2017		Miguel Cardoso	12 June 2017
Moreirense	Petit	Mutual consent	26 May 2017		Manuel Machado	27 May 2017
Chaves	Ricardo Soares	Resigned	27 May 2017		Luís Castro	1 June 2017
Boavista	Miguel Leal	Resigned	13 September 2017	16th	Jorge Simão	14 September 2017
Desportivo das Aves	Ricardo Soares	Sacked	2 October 2017	16th	Lito Vidigal	2 October 2017
Estoril	Pedro Emanuel	Mutual consent	21 October 2017	18th	Filipe Pedro	21 October 2017
Paços de Ferreira	Vasco Seabra	Mutual consent	23 October 2017	13th	Petit	23 October 2017
Moreirense	Manuel Machado	Sacked	29 October 2017	17th	Sérgio Vieira	31 October 2017
Estoril	Filipe Pedro	End of caretaker role	13 November 2017	18th	Ivo Vieira	13 November 2017
Paços de Ferreira	Petit	Mutual consent	8 January 2018	14th	João Henriques	12 January 2018
Belenenses	Domingos Paciência	Mutual consent	15 January 2018	11th	Silas	15 January 2018
Moreirense	Sérgio Vieira	Mutual consent	13 February 2018	17th	Petit	14 February 2018
Vitória de Guimarães	Pedro Martins	Sacked	18 February 2018	9th	José Peseiro	28 February 2018

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	28	4	2	82	18	+64	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	25	6	3	80	22	+58	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	24	6	4	63	24	+39	78	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	Braga	34	24	3	7	74	29	+45	75	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Rio Ave	34	15	6	13	40	42	−2	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Chaves	34	13	8	13	47	55	−8	47
7	Marítimo	34	13	8	13	36	49	−13	47
8	Boavista	34	13	6	15	35	44	−9	45
9	Vitória de Guimarães	34	13	4	17	45	56	−11	43
10	Portimonense	34	10	8	16	52	60	−8	38
11	Tondela	34	10	8	16	41	50	−9	38
12	Belenenses	34	9	10	15	33	46	−13	37
13	Desportivo das Aves	34	9	7	18	36	51	−15	34
14	Vitória de Setúbal	34	7	11	16	39	62	−23	32
15	Moreirense	34	8	8	18	29	50	−21	32
16	Feirense	34	9	4	21	32	48	−16	31
17	Paços de Ferreira (R)	34	7	9	18	33	59	−26	30	Relegation to LigaPro
18	Estoril (R)	34	8	6	20	29	61	−32	30	Relegation to LigaPro

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off. (Note: only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Desportivo das Aves qualified for the Europa league group stage by winning the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal. However, since they failed to obtain a license for European competitions, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team (Europa league second qualifying round).
^ Chaves finished ahead of Marítimo on head-to-head points: Chaves 4–1 Marítimo, Marítimo 1–2 Chaves.
^ Portimonense finished ahead of Tondela on head-to-head points: Portimonense 2–0 Tondela, Tondela 2–2 Portimonense.
^ Vitória de Setúbal finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head away goals scored: Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 Moreirense, Moreirense 2–2 Vitória de Setúbal.
^ Paços de Ferreira finished ahead of Estoril on head-to-head points: Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Estoril, Estoril 1–1 Paços de Ferreira.

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
Team ╲ Round
Porto	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Benfica	2	2	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Sporting CP	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Braga	16	8	5	7	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Rio Ave	6	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chaves	12	17	14	17	18	17	11	11	15	15	14	11	11	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6
Marítimo	6	6	6	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Boavista	13	17	18	13	16	12	12	8	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	7	9	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8
Vitória de Guimarães	4	10	11	11	7	9	8	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	9	7	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9
Portimonense	5	5	9	14	17	13	14	14	14	11	11	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	10	11	10	10	12	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	12	10
Tondela	8	14	14	9	11	15	17	15	12	14	10	12	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	11
Belenenses	14	6	10	10	14	8	7	7	8	6	7	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12
Desportivo das Aves	17	16	17	18	13	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	12	13	14	15	14	16	16	18	18	15	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	16	14	13	13
Vitória de Setúbal	8	14	12	12	8	10	10	13	11	13	15	16	16	16	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	13	14	16	17	14
Moreirense	8	11	13	16	12	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	15	14	15	15	15	17	18	18	15	17	14	16	13	14	13	13	14	15
Feirense	8	11	8	6	6	7	9	12	9	12	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	16	17	17	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	15	15	16
Paços de Ferreira	14	13	14	15	15	11	13	10	13	10	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	15	14	17	14	15	14	15	16	15	17	16	17
Estoril	18	8	7	8	10	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18

	Leader
	Relegation to 2018–19 LigaPro

Source: Liga Portugal

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	CHA	DAV	EST	FEI	MAR	MOR	PAÇ	PRT	POR	RAV	SCP	TON	VGU	VSE
Belenenses	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–5	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	1–1
Benfica	5–0	—	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	6–0
Boavista	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–0
Braga	4–0	1–3	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Chaves	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	—	1–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–2	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–3	2–2
Desportivo das Aves	2–1	1–3	3–0	0–2	2–3	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–4
Estoril	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–6	0–2	3–2	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Feirense	1–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0
Marítimo	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–2
Moreirense	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2
Paços de Ferreira	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–5	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0
Portimonense	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–3	3–1	—	1–5	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	5–2
Porto	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	6–1	5–2	—	5–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	5–1
Rio Ave	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Sporting CP	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Tondela	2–0	1–5	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–4	1–1
Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–5	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–3	0–1	3–0	0–5	0–1	—	1–1
Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. 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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonas	Benfica	34
2	Bas Dost	Sporting CP	27
3	Moussa Marega	Porto	22
4	Vincent Aboubakar	Porto	15
	Fabrício	Portimonense
	Raphinha	Vitória de Guimarães
7	Paulinho	Braga	13
8	Ricardo Horta	Braga	11
	Paolo Hurtado	Vitória de Guimarães
	William	Chaves
	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jonas	Benfica	Belenenses	5–0	19 August 2017
Vincent Aboubakar	Porto	Moreirense	3–0	20 August 2017
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Chaves	5–1	22 October 2017
Vincent Aboubakar	Porto	Vitória de Setúbal	5–0	10 December 2017
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Marítimo	5–0	7 January 2018
Bas Dost	Sporting CP	Desportivo das Aves	3–0	14 January 2018
Fabrício	Portimonense	Rio Ave	4–1	29 January 2018
Jonas	Benfica	Marítimo	5–0	3 March 2018
Edinho	Vitória de Setúbal	Desportivo das Aves	4–1	29 March 2018
Jorge Pires	Portimonense	Moreirense	4–3	31 March 2018

Note

Player scored 4 goals

Top assists

As of 14 May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Alex Telles	Porto	13
2	Ricardo Esgaio	Braga	10
2	Shoya Nakajima	Portimonense	10
4	Jefferson	Braga	9
5	Yacine Brahimi	Porto	8
	Franco Cervi	Benfica
	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP
	Ricardo Horta	Braga
	Gelson Martins	Sporting CP
	António Xavier	Paços de Ferreira

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	17
2	Matheus	Braga	14
3	Bruno Varela	Benfica	13
4	Iker Casillas	Porto	12
5	Vagner	Boavista	11
6	Charles	Marítimo	10
7	Cássio	Rio Ave	9
7	Caio Secco	Feirense	9
9	Cláudio Ramos	Tondela	8
10	José Sá	Porto	7
10	Adriano Facchini	Feirense	7

Scoring

First goal of the season:
- Gelson Martins, for Sporting CP vs Desportivo das Aves (6 August 2017)
Latest goal of the season:
- Gevorg Ghazaryan, for Marítimo vs Sporting CP (13 May 2018)
Biggest home win:
- Braga 6–0 Estoril (1 October 2017)
Biggest away win:
- Estoril 0–6 Braga (3 March 2018)
Highest scoring match: 7 goals
- Porto 5–2 Portimonense (22 September 2017)
- Porto 6–1 Paços de Ferreira (21 October 2017)
- Portimonense 5–2 Vitória de Setúbal (30 October 2017)
Biggest winning margin: 6 goals
- Braga 6–0 Estoril (1 October 2017)
Most goals scored in a match by a team: 6 goals
- Braga 6–0 Estoril (1 October 2017)
- Porto 6–1 Paços de Ferreira (21 October 2017)

Match streaks

Longest winning run: 9 matches
- Benfica, from matchday 21 (3 February 2018) to matchday 29 (7 April 2017)
Longest unbeaten run: 25 matches
- Porto, from matchday 1 (6 August 2017) to matchday 25 (2 March 2018)
Longest winless run: 11 matches
- Estoril, from matchday 4 (27 August 2017) to matchday 14 (9 December 2017)
Longest losing run: 8 matches
- Estoril, from matchday 4 (27 August 2017) to matchday 11 (4 November 2017)
Most consecutive draws: 5 matches
- Vitória de Setúbal, from matchday 16 (4 January 2018) to matchday 20 (31 January 2018)

Discipline

Club

Most yellow cards: 104
- Feirense
Most red cards: 8
- Paços de Ferreira

Player

Most yellow cards: 14
- Babanco (Feirense)
Most red cards: 3
- Marcão (Rio Ave)
- Hassan Yebda (Belenenses)

Awards

Monthly awards

Liga Portugal

Month	Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
Month	Name	Club	Name	Club	Against	Date
August	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Vitória de Guimarães	19 August 2017
September	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Tondela	16 September 2017
October/November	Jonas	Benfica	Rodrigo Pinho	Marítimo	Tondela	28 October 2017
December	Jonas	Benfica	Dráusio	Marítimo	Moreirense	2 December 2017
January	Jonas	Benfica	Yacine Brahimi	Porto	Vitória de Guimarães	7 January 2018
February	Jonas	Benfica	Franco Cervi	Benfica	Portimonense	10 February 2018
March	Jonas	Benfica	André Pereira	Vitória de Setúbal	Portimonense	6 March 2018
April	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Héctor Herrera	Porto	Benfica	15 April 2018

Month	Goalkeeper of the Month		Defender of the Month		Midfielder of the Month		Forward of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Name	Club	Name	Club	Name	Club	Name	Club	Name	Club
August	Iker Casillas	Porto	Alex Telles	Porto	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Vincent Aboubakar	Porto	Miguel Cardoso	Rio Ave
September	Charles	Marítimo	Bebeto	Marítimo	Danilo Pereira	Porto	Moussa Marega	Porto	Daniel Ramos	Marítimo
October/November	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	Sebastián Coates	Sporting CP	Dener	Portimonense	Shoya Nakajima	Portimonense	Vítor Oliveira	Portimonense
December	José Sá	Porto	Jérémy Mathieu	Sporting CP	Danilo Pereira	Porto	Moussa Marega	Porto	Sérgio Conceição	Porto
January	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP	Alex Telles	Porto	Fabrício	Portimonense	Jonas	Benfica	Rui Vitória	Benfica
February	Matheus	Braga	Alex Telles	Porto	Nikola Vukčević	Braga	Jonas	Benfica	Sérgio Conceição	Porto
March	Bruno Varela	Benfica	Rúben Dias	Benfica	André Horta	Braga	Jonas	Benfica	Abel Ferreira	Braga
April	Iker Casillas	Porto	Alex Telles	Porto	Héctor Herrera	Porto	Miguel Cardoso	Tondela	Sérgio Conceição	Porto

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Vote percentage
August	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	22.51%
September	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	18.78%
October/November	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	14.94%
December	Bruno Varela	Benfica	14.00%
January	Gonçalo Paciência	Vitória de Setúbal	19.01%
February	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	17.30%
March	André Pereira	Vitória de Setúbal	24.09%
April	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	16.87%

SPJF Goal of the month

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date	Vote percentage
August	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP	Vitória de Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	19 August 2017	32.05%
September	André Sousa	Belenenses	Feirense	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	24 September 2017	41.67%
October	Rodrigo Pinho	Marítimo	Tondela	Estádio do Marítimo	28 October 2017	54.70%
November	Shoya Nakajima	Portimonense	Tondela	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	25 November 2017	40.74%
December	Dráusio	Marítimo	Moreirense	Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	2 December 2017	37.78%
January	Fabrício	Portimonense	Rio Ave	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	29 January 2018	33.33%
February	Shoya Nakajima	Portimonense	Feirense	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	16 February 2018	47.06%
March	Nildo Petrolina	Desportivo das Aves	Portimonense	Estádio do CD Aves	5 March 2018	44.44%
April	Héctor Herrera	Porto	Benfica	Estádio da Luz	15 April 2018	37.04%
May	Kuca	Boavista	Belenenses	Estádio do Bessa	12 May 2018	44.44%

Annual awards

Liga Portugal

Player of the Season

The Player of the Season was awarded to Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP).

Manager of the Season

The Manager of the Season was awarded to Sérgio Conceição (Porto).

Goal of the Season

The Goal of the Season was awarded to Rodrigo Pinho (Marítimo), against Tondela on 28 October 2017.

Patrício Felipe Pereira Coates Telles Fernandes Pizzi Herrera Martins Jonas Marega Team of the Season

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was:

Goalkeeper: Rui Patrício (Sporting CP)
Defence: Alex Telles (Porto), Felipe (Porto), Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP), Ricardo Pereira (Porto)
Midfield: Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP), Héctor Herrera (Porto), Pizzi (Benfica)
Attack: Jonas (Benfica), Moussa Marega (Porto), Gelson Martins (Sporting CP)

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rúben Dias (Benfica).

Club Fair-Play Prize

The Club Fair-Play Prize was awarded to Chaves.

Player Fair-Play Prize

The Player Fair-Play Prize was awarded to Casillas (Porto).

SPJF

Goal of the season

The goal of the season was disputed by all the previous winners of the monthly polls.

Rank	Scorer	Vote percentage
1st	Héctor Herrera	43.70%
2nd	André Sousa	12.20%
3rd	Bruno Fernandes	10.23%

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Benfica	532,758	61,996	47,207	53,276	−4.8%
2	Sporting CP	479,468	47,017	42,285	43,588	+1.9%
3	Porto	454,950	49,809	32,711	41,359	+11.4%
4	Vitória de Guimarães	166,954	25,702	9,519	16,695	−11.0%
5	Braga	138,917	21,382	7,607	12,629	+9.9%
6	Marítimo	73,454	9,537	5,264	6,678	−14.6%
7	Boavista	64,259	14,676	3,695	6,426	+5.6%
8	Rio Ave	41,603	8,614	1,781	4,160	+5.2%
9	Feirense	39,006	5,449	2,518	3,546	+19.3%
10	Chaves	34,962	8,480	2,076	3,496	−3.5%
11	Desportivo das Aves	32,700	5,462	1,567	2,973	+157.8%
12	Vitória de Setúbal	29,350	7,540	1,052	2,668	−30.6%
13	Belenenses	27,421	9,268	1,223	2,742	−32.2%
14	Paços de Ferreira	27,155	5,534	1,237	2,716	−20.5%
15	Portimonense	25,056	2,970	2,088	2,506	+38.6%
16	Tondela	24,527	4,987	1,080	2,230	−3.4%
17	Moreirense	23,190	4,507	1,079	2,319	+5.5%
18	Estoril	18,435	6,258	942	1,844	−18.9%
	League total	2,234,165	61,996	942	11,821	−0.1%

Updated to games played on 7 February 2018
Source: Liga Portugal
Notes:
1: Played last season in LigaPro.
2: Tondela managed to get the highest season attendance of 4,987 spectators in two matches (against Porto and Benfica).

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