Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional Logo

Liga Portugal


Country >  Portugal

Foundation Year >  Founded in 1978   

EPFL Affilation >  1997 Founding Member

No.ofAffiliated Clubs >  16 Clubs Liga Zon Sagres / 16 Liga Orangina


Official Website >  www.ligaportugal.pt 
E-mail Address > geral@ligaportugal.pt
Phone > +351 22 834 87 40
Fax >  +351 834 87 56


President > Mário Figueiredo
Directors of the Executive Committee >  Carlos Lucas and Andreia Couto 
General Secretary >  Tiago Craveiro
Media/Press Office >  Germano Almeida


President Message

Mário Figueiredo

The Portuguese Professional Football League has the privilege to organize the professional football competitions in a country where people love football. Portugal is placed in second among the European countries where, proportionally, there is more public attending the stadiums. We look forward to having competitions with quality teams, which can attract even more public to the stadiums and steadily assert Portuguese football at international level. The Portuguese League is an enthusiastic member of the EPFL since its beginning.  EPFL is the common house of the European professional clubs and has made an important contribution for the development and modernization of football. We consider that football is facing enormous challenges and only a movement at European level will be capable to successfully respond to those challenges we are confronted with, among which I would like to underline:  the fight for sports truth; legal definition of an European (football) player; clearness in players’ transfers; broadcasting and image rights and equality of all football clubs before international bodies. I am sure the European football shares the same principles and the EPFL will continually be affirmed as the speaker of the European clubs in the defense of their interests.

History

Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP - Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional) is the main organizing entity for professional football (soccer) in Portugal, headquartered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. LPFP organizes the two major professional football championships of Portugal: the Portuguese Liga, and the Liga de Honra, which are respectively, the first and second top layers in the Portuguese football league system pyramid, and also the Carlsberg Cup (League Cup).

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