Its my 500 post and in order to make it special, here comes a thread about all the teams that participated in our national league since it started officially in 1934/35... I will rank the teams firstly according to the number of points made and secondly the number of participations in the league. Points Participations 1- Benfica 3149 70 2- FC Porto 3063 70 3- Sporting 2963 70 4- Belenenses 2058 66 5- Vit. Guimarães 1884 60 6- Boavista 1609 47 7- Vit. Setúbal 1548 56 8- Braga 1447 48 9- Académica 1152 52 10- Marítimo 881 24 11- Farense 698 23 12- Salgueiros 648 24 13- Beira-Mar 621 22 14- CUF 561 23 15- Varzim 538 21 16- Atlético 518 24 17- Estoril 465 19 18- Leixões 459 22 19- Leiria 453 11 20- Barreirense 451 24 21- D. Chaves 421 13 22- Gil Vicente 418 12 23- Estrela Amadora 416 12 24- Rio Ave 378 12 25- Portimonense 369 13 26- Sp. Covilhã 331 15 27- Olhanense 299 15 28- Lusitano Évora 296 14 29- Sp. Espinho 292 11 30- Penafiel 269 10 31- Paços Ferreira 253 7 32- Tirsense 210 8 33- Nacional 187 5 34- Alverca 181 5 35- Campomaiorense 178 5 36- Famalicão 154 6 37- Oriental 137 7 38- União da Madeira 136 5 39- Leça 119 4 40- Torreense 119 6 41- União Tomar 119 6 42- O Elvas 111 5 43- Santa Clara 103 3 44- Moreirense 85 2 45- Ac. Viseu 78 4 46- Caldas 77 4 47- Amora 67 3 48- Montijo 66 3 49- Sanjoanense 54 4 50- Lus. VRSA 51 3 51- Carcavelinhos 50 5 52- Unidos FC 44 3 53- Desp. Aves 44 2 54- Ac. Porto 42 5 55- Feirense 39 3 56- SL. Elvas 37 2 57- Felgueiras 33 1 58- Fafe 32 1 59- Seixal 22 2 60- Riopele 21 1 61- Rec. Águeda 19 1 62- União Coimbra 17 1 63- Ginásio Alcobaça 15 1 64- Vizela 15 1 65- União Lisboa 8 1 66- Oliveirense 8 1 67- Casa Pia 2 1 Thats all folks
I would've thought that SCP would be in 2nd, but not winning from 1981 to 2000 will do that to you. FCP was also aided by the fact that they totally tore it up in the 90's. It also helps that the points for a win changed in 1993 (?) from 2 points to 3.