The stadiums in Portugal are full. The First and Second Division of Portugal, Liga Portugal Betclic and Liga Portugal 2 Sabseg Seguros, They have closed the 2023-2024 season with 4.3 million viewerswhich represents 10% more than in the previous year, according to a statement sent by the competition itself.
The Primeira Liga has ended the season with 3.7 million viewers in the fields of their teams, being the best mark in the last ten years, while the Second Division has brought together more than half a million people during the course.
The First Division data has exceeded the records of the 2017-2018 season by 50,000 spectators, which were the highest so far. Specifically, in the last ten campaigns, only half of them have surpassed the barrier of 3.5 million viewers: in 2023-2024 (3.7 million); in 2017-2028 (3.7 million), in 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 (3.6 million) and 2022-2023 (3.5 million).
The First Division data has exceeded the records of the 2017-2018 season by 50,000 spectators
For its part, The number of fans in the Second Division has exceeded the 2016-2017 records by 56,000 people, being the highest number so far. Close the top 3 the 2015-2016 season, when 498,000 fans attended the stadiums of the Portugal 2 Sabseg Seguros League.
In 2023-2024, Sporting Lisbon has been proclaimed champion of the Portugal League Betclic, ahead of Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Fútbol Club Oporto. It is the twentieth Portuguese league achieved by the team led by Rúben Amorim, which joins the 21 Traça de Portugal and the ten Super Cups.
On the lower side, Grupo Desportivo de Chaves and Futebol Clube de Vizela have finished the regular season in last and penultimate position, respectively, so they have lost the category.
The data from the First and Second Division of Portugal are far from those recorded by the gold and silver categories of Spain. In 2022-2023 LaLiga EA Sports attracted 11.1 million viewers, equivalent to 78% of the total capacity of the stadiums. Everything indicates that this campaign the data will maintain the trend of the previous year.
