{{Short description|Top men's volleyball league}} {{Infobox sports league | logo = | pixels = | caption = | sport = Volleyball | current_season = 2024–25 Portuguese Volleyball First Division | country = Portugal | confed = CEV | founded = 1946 | teams = 12 | relegation = Second Division | levels = 1 | confed_cup = Challenge Cup | champions = Sporting CP<br />(8th title) | most_champs = SC Espinho (18 titles) | sponsorship_name = | tv = Benfica TV, Sport TV | website = [http://www.fpvoleibol.pt Federação Voleibol] }} The '''Portuguese Volleyball First Division''' (Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional de Voleibol – I Divisão'') is the top men's volleyball league in Portugal. The competition, which is organised by the Portuguese Volleyball Federation, was called '''Honor Division (Divisão de Honra)''' in 1983–84 and 1986–88. Between 1997 and 2011, the League was divided into two different series, A1 and A2.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fpvoleibol.pt/indoor.php|title=Federação Voleibol|trans-title=Volleyball Federation|work=fpvoleibol.pt| date=7 August 2012 }}</ref> Since the 2014–15 season, the competition's champions are called ''Elite Champions'', while the ''First Division Champion'' title is disputed between the 4 losers of the play-off's first round.
==List of champions== <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fpvoleibol.pt/campeoesnacionais.html |title=Campeões Nacionais |language=pt |trans-title=National Champions |publisher=Portuguese Volleyball Federation |access-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329112742/http://www.fpvoleibol.pt/campeoesnacionais.html |archive-date=29 March 2015 }}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} ;Portuguese Champions *1946–1947 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1947–1948 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1948–1949 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1949–1950 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1950–1951 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1951–1952 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1952–1953 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1953–1954 : Sporting CP *1954–1955 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1955–1956 : Sporting CP *1956–1957 : SC Espinho *1957–1958 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1958–1959 : SC Espinho *1959–1960 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1960–1961 : SC Espinho *1961–1962 : Lisboa e Ginásio *1962–1963 : SC Espinho *1963–1964 : Leixões SC *1964–1965 : SC Espinho *1965–1966 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1966–1967 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1967–1968 : Instituto Superior Técnico *1968–1969 : FC Porto *1969–1970 : FC Porto *1970–1971 : FC Porto {{col-3}} ; *1971–1972 : Leixões SC *1972–1973 : FC Porto *1973–1974 : Leixões SC *1974–1975 : FC Porto *1975–1976 : Leixões SC *1976–1977 : FC Porto *1977–1978 : FC Porto *1978–1979 : Leixões SC *1979–1980 : Leixões SC *1980–1981 : S.L. Benfica *1981–1982 : Leixões SC *1982–1983 : Esmoriz *1983–1984 : Esmoriz *1984–1985 : SC Espinho *1985–1986 : FC Porto *1986–1987 : SC Espinho *1987–1988 : FC Porto *1988–1989 : Leixões SC *1989–1990 : AA Espinho *1990–1991 : S.L. Benfica *1991–1992 : Sporting CP *1992–1993 : Sporting CP *1993–1994 : Sporting CP *1994–1995 : SC Espinho *1995–1996 : SC Espinho *1996–1997 : SC Espinho {{Col-3}} ;Portuguese League Champions – A1 *1997–1998 : SC Espinho *1998–1999 : SC Espinho *1999–2000 : SC Espinho *2000–2001 : Castêlo da Maia *2001–2002 : Castêlo da Maia *2002–2003 : Castêlo da Maia *2003–2004 : Castêlo da Maia *2004–2005 : S.L. Benfica *2005–2006 : SC Espinho *2006–2007 : SC Espinho *2007–2008 : Vitória SC *2008–2009 : SC Espinho *2009–2010 : SC Espinho *2010–2011 : Fonte do Bastardo *2011–2012 : SC Espinho *2012–2013 : S.L. Benfica *2013–2014 : S.L. Benfica *2014–2015 : S.L. Benfica *2015–2016 : Fonte do Bastardo *2016–2017 : S.L. Benfica *2017–2018 : Sporting CP *2018–2019 : S.L. Benfica *2019–2020 : ''No champion'' (COVID-19 pandemic) *2020–2021 : S.L. Benfica *2021–2022 : S.L. Benfica *2022–2023 : S.L. Benfica *2023–2024 : S.L. Benfica *2024–2025 : Sporting CP *2025–2026 : Sporting CP
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==Titles by club== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Club !Won !Years won |- | SC Espinho | {{center|18}} | 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 |- | Instituto Superior Técnico | {{center|13}} | 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968 |- | S.L. Benfica | {{center|12}} | 1981, 1991, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |- | FC Porto | {{center|{{0}}9}} | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988 |- | Leixões SC | {{center|{{0}}8}} | 1964, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989 |- | Sporting CP | {{center|{{0}}8}} | 1954, 1956, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018, 2025, 2026 |- | Castêlo da Maia | {{center|{{0}}4}} | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |- | Esmoriz GC | {{center|{{0}}2}} | 1983, 1984 |- | Fonte do Bastardo | {{center|{{0}}2}} | 2011, 2016 |- | Lisboa GC | {{center|{{0}}1}} | 1962 |- | AA Espinho | {{center|{{0}}1}} | 1990 |- | Vitória de Guimarães | {{center|{{0}}1}} | 2008 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Liga A1 Portugal teams}} {{Portuguese Volleyball Competitions}} {{Professional Volleyball Leagues}} {{CEV Men's Leagues}} {{National championships in Portugal}}
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