SuperLiga

: Superliga redirects here. For other uses see Superliga (disambiguation)

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The SuperLiga or Liga betandwin.com (for sponsor reasons), is the major Portuguese professional football competition, and was previously known as Primeira Divisão, Primeira Liga and SuperLiga Galp Energia (previous sponsor).

Related Topics:
Portuguese - Football - Competition

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Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, an experimental round-basis competition was already being held - the Premier League. Despite that the Campeonato de Portugal (knock-out-basis) was the most popular and defined the champion.

Related Topics:
1938 - Campeonato de Portugal

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Then, with the reform, the round-basis competition was implemented as the most important of the year and it would define the Portuguese Champion. From 1938 to 2000 the name Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão (National Championship of the First Division), or just Primeira Divisão (First Division) was used. When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999 it was named Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Liga (Premier League National Championship, or simply Primeira Liga, Premier League), and after Galp acquired the naming rights in 2002, SuperLiga Galp Energia. The four year deal with the Austrian sports betting web portal betandwin.com was announced in 18 August 2005, and is questioned by the other gambling authorities in Portugal (the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and the Portuguese Casinos Association), which hold the exclusive of legal gambling games in national territory. Now the competition holds the name "Liga betandwin.com" . (see the official statement)

Related Topics:
1938 - 2000 - LPFP - 1999 - Galp - 2002 - Austrian - Sports betting - Web portal - 18 August - 2005 - Santa Casa da Misericórdia - Portuguese Casinos Association

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