On Saturday, May 18, the final round of the 2023/24 season in the Portugal championship took place.
Lisbon’s “Sporting” thrashed “Chaves” (3:0) and finished in first place with 90 points, winning the national championship for the 20th time in history. In the next season, the team will play in the group stage of the Champions League.
“Benfica” earned 80 points and finished 2nd in the standings. In the next season, they will compete in the Champions League qualification. Completing the top three leaders is “Porto”, who will play in the Europa League.
Also qualifying for the European competitions are “Braga” and “Vitoria Guimaraes”, finishing in 4th and 5th place respectively.
“Famalicao”, which includes Russian goalkeeper Ivan Zlobin, finished in 8th place in the championship. The 27-year-old Russian played only in the last match of the season and conceded 2 goals to “Casa Pia” (1:2). “Gil Vicente”, with Russian goalkeeper Stanislav Kritsuk in their team (0 matches in this season’s championship), finished in 12th place.
“Vizela” and “Chaves” were relegated to the second division at the end of the season. “Portimonense” will play in the play-off matches to secure their place in the top tier of Portuguese football.