The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (), also known as LPB, or Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal.

History From the 2008–09 season onward, the competition has been again organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol (Portuguese Basketball Federation) after not having been for 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LPB after many years of financial problems, with the league now being a semi-professional league.

Between the 1965–66 and 1973–74 seasons, the league champions were determined by a tournament between the winners of the Campeonato Metropolitano (representing Portugal) and the champions of the then Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola, as a similar fashion to the Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division, which was also played during those seasons. However, the first of these tournaments never came to be because of a protest launched by Mozambican team Sporting de Lourenço Marques.

Teams Team Home city Arena AD Galomar Caniço Pavilhão do Caniço CD Póvoa Póvoa de Varzim Pavilhão do Clube Desportivo Póvoa CP Esgueira Esgueira Pavilhão Clube do Povo de Esgueira FC Porto Porto Dragão Arena Galitos BARREIRO Barreiro Pavilhão Municipal Prof Luís de Carvalho Imortal LUZiGÁS Albufeira Pavilhão Desportivo de Albufeira Ovarense GAVEX Ovar Arena de Ovar Queluz O NOSSO PREGO Queluz Pavilhão Henrique Miranda SL Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade Sporting CP Lisbon Pavilhão João Rocha UD Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado Vitória SC Guimarães Pavilhão Desportivo Unidade Vimaranense

Portuguese champions Source 1932–33: Conimbricense 1933–34: União de Lisboa 1934–35: Carnide 1935–36: Carnide (2) 1936–37: Carnide (3) 1937–38: Carnide (4) 1938–39: Belenenses 1939–40: Benfica 1940–41: Carnide (5) 1941–42: Vasco da Gama 1942–43: Carnide (6) 1943–44: Carnide (7) 1944–45: Belenenses (2) 1945–46: Benfica (2) 1946–47: Benfica (3) 1947–48: Vasco da Gama (2) 1948–49: Académica de Coimbra 1949–50: Académica de Coimbra (2) 1950–51: Vasco da Gama (3) 1951–52: Porto 1952–53: Porto (2) 1953–54: Sporting CP 1954–55: Académica de Coimbra (3) 1955–56: Sporting CP (2) 1956–57: Barreirense 1957–58: Barreirense (2)1958–59: Académica de Coimbra (4) 1959–60: Sporting CP (3) 1960–61: Benfica (4) 1961–62: Benfica (5) 1962–63: Benfica (6) 1963–64: Benfica (7) 1964–65: Benfica (8) 1965–66: not disputed 1966–67: Benfica de Luanda (ANG) 1967–68: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) 1968–69: Sporting CP (4) 1969–70: Benfica (9) 1970–71: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) (2) 1971–72: Porto (3) 1972–73: Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) (3) 1973–74: CD Malhangalene (MOZ) 1974–75: Benfica (10) 1975–76: Sporting CP (5) 1976–77: Ginásio 1977–78: Sporting CP (6) 1978–79: Porto (4) 1979–80: Porto (5) 1980–81: Sporting CP (7) 1981–82: Sporting CP (8) 1982–83: Porto (6)1983–84: Queluz 1984–85: Benfica (11) 1985–86: Benfica (12) 1986–87: Benfica (13) 1987–88: Ovarense 1988–89: Benfica (14) 1989–90: Benfica (15) 1990–91: Benfica (16) 1991–92: Benfica (17) 1992–93: Benfica (18) 1993–94: Benfica (19) 1994–95: Benfica (20) 1995–96: Porto (7) 1996–97: Porto (8) 1997–98: Estrelas da Avenida 1998–99: Porto (9) 1999–2000: Ovarense (2) 2000–01: Portugal Telecom2001–02: Portugal Telecom (2) 2002–03: Portugal Telecom (3) 2003–04: Porto (10) 2004–05: Queluz (2) 2005–06: Ovarense (3) 2006–07: Ovarense (4) 2007–08: Ovarense (5) 2008–09: Benfica (21) 2009–10: Benfica (22) 2010–11: Porto (11) 2011–12: Benfica (23) 2012–13: Benfica (24) 2013–14: Benfica (25) 2014–15: Benfica (26) 2015–16: Porto (12) 2016–17: Benfica (27) 2017–18: Oliveirense 2018–19: Oliveirense (2) 2019–20: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21: Sporting CP (9) 2021–22: Benfica (28) 2022–23: Benfica (29) 2023–24: Benfica (30) 2024–25: Benfica (31) 2025–26: Porto (13)

Campeonato Metropolitano champions

1965–66: Benfica 1966–67: Académica de Coimbra 1967–68: Ass. Desp. do Banco Pinto de Magalhães 1968–69: Sporting CP 1969–70: Benfica (2) 1970–71: Benfica (3) 1971–72: Porto 1972–73: Benfica (4) 1973–74: Benfica (5)

Liga de Clubes de Basquetebol champions YearFinalChampionsScoreRunners-up1995–96 Porto (7) 3–1 Benfica1996–97 Porto (8) 3–1 Oliveirense1997–98 Estrelas da Avenida 3–2 Ovarense1998–99 Porto (9) 3–1 Illiabum1999–2000 Ovarense (2) 3–0 Porto2000–01 Portugal Telecom 3–1 Oliveirense2001–02 Portugal Telecom (2) 3–0 Oliveirense2002–03 Portugal Telecom (3) 3–2 Oliveirense2003–04 Porto (10) 3–1 Queluz2004–05 Queluz (2) 3–0 Ovarense2005–06 Ovarense (3) 3–0 Ginásio2006–07 Ovarense (4) 3–2 Porto2007–08 Ovarense (5) 4–3 Porto

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champions YearFinalChampionsScoreRunners-up2008–09 Benfica (21) 4–0 Ovarense2009–10 Benfica (22) 4–1 Porto2010–11 Porto (11) 4–3 Benfica2011–12 Benfica (23) 3–2 Porto2012–13 Benfica (24) 3–1 Académica de Coimbra2013–14 Benfica (25) 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães2014–15 Benfica (26) 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães2015–16 Porto (12) 3–1 Benfica2016–17 Benfica (27) 3–0 Porto2017–18 Oliveirense 3–0 Porto2018–19 Oliveirense (2) 3–1 Benfica2019–20Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–21 Sporting CP (9) 3–2 Porto2021–22 Benfica (28) 3–1 Porto2022–23 Benfica (29) 3–1 Sporting CP2023–24 Benfica (30) 3–0 Porto2024–25 Benfica (31) 3–1 Porto2025–26 Porto (13) 3–1 Benfica

Performance by club TeamWonYears won Benfica 31 1940, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Porto 13 1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2026 Sporting CP 9 1954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2021 Carnide 7 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944 Ovarense 5 1988, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008 Académica de Coimbra 4 1949, 1950, 1955, 1959 Vasco da Gama 3 1942, 1948, 1951 Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) 3 1968, 1971, 1973 Portugal Telecom 3 2001, 2002, 2003 Belenenses 2 1939, 1945 Barreirense 2 1957, 1958 Queluz 2 1984, 2005 Oliveirense 2 2018, 2019 Conimbricense 1 1933 União de Lisboa 1 1934 Benfica de Luanda (ANG) 1 1967 CD Malhangalene (MOZ) 1 1974 Ginásio 1 1977 Estrelas da Avenida 1 1998

Records Benfica became the second team in basketball history to achieve a perfect regular season (100% wins) in the 2008–09 season, after Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1970s.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com league page