Most valuable Portuguese football clubs 2024

SL Benfica was the Portuguese soccer club with the highest market value as of January 2024, reaching a total worth of nearly 380.8 million euros. The second most valuable club in the country that month was FC Porto, worth roughly 307.5 million euros. In third place, Sporting CP was worth 268.1 million euros. As of January 2024, the three teams played in the Primeira Liga, the highest professional soccer division in Portugal.

National dominance of SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP

  The dominance of the Big Three in Portugal has allowed SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP to create a gap between themselves and the rest of the domestic opponents. In fact, these clubs have won 84 out of 86 editions of the Primeira Liga. With such prominence, players from the Big Three often generate impressive offensive output. In the 2022/2023 season, the players Taremi, Pedro Gonçalves, and João Mário, respectively from FC Porto, Sporting CP, and SL Benfica, had the highest goal participation for their positions.

The Big Three work as selling clubs

  Although winning competitions increases the value of the clubs, the Big Three are also efficient negotiators. In the 21st century, Portugal became the gate into Europe for South American players. The business model is to buy young players from the region, develop them technically, and sell them to clubs with greater economic power. SL Benfica has not only mastered this way of dealing but has also been able to sell their young Portuguese players, such as João Félix, who represents the highest transfer in Portuguese football history.