Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 LPB season
Sport	Basketball
Inaugural season	2008–09
No. of teams	11
Country	Portugal
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Benfica (26th title)
Most titles	Benfica (26)
TV partner(s)	Sport TV Benfica TV Porto Canal SIC Internacional
Level on pyramid	1st
Relegation to	Proliga (2nd tier)
Domestic cup(s)	Portuguese Cup Portuguese Super Cup
Official website	www.fpb.pt (Portuguese)

The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (English: Portuguese Basketball League) is the top men's basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial problems, with the league now being semi-professional.

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

Portuguese champions

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 Avenida 1998–99: Porto (9) 1999–00: Ovarense (2) 2000–01: Portugal Telecom 2001–02: 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)

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

Year	Final
	Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1995–96	Porto (7)	3–1	Benfica
1996–97	Porto (8)	3–1	Oliveirense
1997–98	Estrelas Avenida	3–2	Ovarense
1998–99	Porto (9)	3–1	Illiabum
1999–2000	Ovarense (2)	3–0	Porto
2000–01	Portugal Telecom	3–1	Oliveirense
2001–02	Portugal Telecom (2)	3–0	Oliveirense
2002–03	Portugal Telecom (3)	3–2	Oliveirense
2003–04	Porto (10)	3–1	Queluz
2004–05	Queluz (2)	3–0	Ovarense
2005–06	Ovarense (3)	3–0	Ginásio
2006–07	Ovarense (4)	3–2	Porto
2007–08	Ovarense (5)	4–3	Porto

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champions

Year	Final
	Champion	Score	Runner-Up
2008–09	Benfica (21)	4–0	Ovarense
2009–10	Benfica (22)	4–1	Porto
2010–11	Porto (11)	4–3	Benfica
2011–12	Benfica (23)	3–2	Porto
2012–13	Benfica (24)	3–1	Académica de Coimbra
2013–14	Benfica (25)	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães
2014–15	Benfica (26)	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães

Total championships

Team	Won	Years won
Benfica	26	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
Porto	11	1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011
Sporting CP	08	1954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982
Carnide	07	1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944
Ovarense	05	1988, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008
Académica de Coimbra	04	1949, 1950, 1955, 1959
Vasco da Gama	03	1942, 1948, 1951
Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ)	03	1968, 1971, 1973
Portugal Telecom	03	2001, 2002, 2003
Belenenses	02	1939, 1945
Barreirense	02	1957, 1958
Queluz	02	1984, 2005
Conimbricense	01	1933
União de Lisboa	01	1934
Benfica de Luanda (ANG)	01	1967
CD Malhangalene (MOZ)	01	1974
Ginásio	01	1977
Estrelas Avenida	01	1998

Trivia

• 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 70's.

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Eurobasket.com league page