Manage a Primeira Liga club — free in your browser
Primeira Liga is one of 28 divisions you can manage in free. 18 clubs, 512 players, a full season of tactics and transfers, and no sign-up between you and the first match.
18 clubs · 512 players · average rating 68.1 · average age 24.2. The strongest squad on paper is Sporting CP, and the highest-rated player in the division is Diogo Costa (84) of FC Porto.
Every Primeira Liga club you can take over
Strength here is the mean rating of each club's best eleven, which is the quickest way to see who you would be joining and who you would be chasing.
| Club | Code | Squad | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP | SPC | 28 | 80.2 |
| SL Benfica | SLB | 30 | 79.7 |
| FC Porto | POP | 28 | 78.0 |
| Sporting Clube de Braga | SPB | 29 | 76.5 |
| GD Estoril Praia | GDP | 30 | 72.0 |
| Famalicão | FAM | 30 | 71.7 |
| Rio Ave FC | RIF | 29 | 71.2 |
| Santa Clara | SAA | 26 | 71.2 |
| Vitória SC | VIS | 28 | 70.7 |
| Casa Pia | CAP | 30 | 70.7 |
| Gil Vicente FC | GIA | 29 | 70.3 |
| Moreirense FC | MOF | 25 | 70.2 |
| FC Arouca | ARA | 26 | 70.1 |
| CD Nacional | CDN | 30 | 69.5 |
| AVS Futebol SAD | AVS | 26 | 69.3 |
| CD Tondela | CDT | 28 | 69.3 |
| Alverca | ALV | 30 | 69.2 |
| Estrela da Amadora | ESA | 30 | 68.5 |
The best players in Primeira Liga
The players you will be building around — or trying to prise away from a rival. Ratings are BALLKNW's own stylised approximations for gameplay balance, not official figures from any ratings provider.
| Player | Club | Position | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diogo Costa | FC Porto | Goalkeeper | 25 | 84 |
| Pedro Gonçalves | Sporting CP | Midfielder | 27 | 83 |
| M. Hjulmand | Sporting CP | Midfielder | 26 | 83 |
| Trincão | Sporting CP | Midfielder | 25 | 82 |
| V. Pavlidis | SL Benfica | Forward | 26 | 82 |
| D. Lukébakio | SL Benfica | Midfielder | 27 | 82 |
| N. Otamendi | SL Benfica | Defender | 37 | 82 |
| Gonçalo Inácio | Sporting CP | Defender | 23 | 81 |
Primeira Liga wonderkids worth signing early
Players aged 21 or under with the most room left to grow. Sign them before their value catches up with their potential and you fund a decade of the rebuild.
| Player | Club | Age | Now | Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Mora | FC Porto | 18 | 76 | 89 |
| Geovany Quenda | Sporting CP | 18 | 76 | 88 |
| O. Diomande | Sporting CP | 21 | 80 | 87 |
| Z. Debast | Sporting CP | 21 | 78 | 86 |
| António Silva | SL Benfica | 21 | 78 | 86 |
| Samu | FC Porto | 21 | 79 | 86 |
Where Primeira Liga players come from
32% of players here are from Portugal, with the rest drawn from 70 other nations — a home core with a real import market on top.
| Nation | Players | Share of division |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 166 | 32.4% |
| Brazil | 92 | 18.0% |
| Spain | 45 | 8.8% |
| France | 18 | 3.5% |
| Uruguay | 11 | 2.1% |
What Primeira Liga is like to manage in
Squads here average 24.2 years old — settled enough to compete now, young enough that you are not forced into an immediate rebuild. There are 11.6 rating points between the strongest and weakest first elevens — the favourites are real, but the title is not settled in August. 145 players aged 21 or under still have meaningful growth left, drawn from 71 different nations.
Take the job, read the board's expectations, then build for them: a shape that fits the squad, a window that fixes the gaps, an academy that pays for the next rebuild. It saves to your own browser, so there is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
Common questions
Can I manage a Primeira Liga club for free?
Yes. All 18 Primeira Liga clubs are playable in Gaffa at no cost — there is no download, no account and no paid tier. Pick a club, set your tactics, work the transfer market and simulate the season in your browser.
Which Primeira Liga clubs are in the game?
Every club in the division: Sporting CP, SL Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting Clube de Braga, GD Estoril Praia, Famalicão and 12 more. Each carries a full squad, so Primeira Liga has 512 players in total.
Do I need an account to save my Primeira Liga season?
No account, no login. Progress is kept in your browser's own storage and is waiting the next time you open the game on that device.
Take a Primeira Liga club to the top
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