Portuguese Volleyball First Division

Portuguese Volleyball First Division

Current season, competition or edition: 2014–15 Portuguese Volleyball First Division
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1946
No. of teams	12
Country	Portugal
Confederation	CEV
Most recent champion(s)	Fonte do Bastardo (2nd title)
TV partner(s)	Benfica TV, Sport TV
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Second Division
International cup(s)	Challenge Cup
Official website	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.^[1] Since 2014-15 season, the competition's champions is called Elite Champion, while the First Division Champion title is disputed between the 4 loosers of the Play-off first round.

List of champions

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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 1964–1965 : SC Espinho 1965–1966 : Instituto Superior Técnico 1966–1967 : Instituto Superior Técnico 1967–1968 : Instituto Superior Técnico 1968–1969 : Porto 1969–1970 : Porto 1970–1971 : Porto

1971–1972 : Leixões 1972–1973 : Porto 1973–1974 : Leixões 1974–1975 : Porto 1975–1976 : Leixões 1976–1977 : Porto 1977–1978 : Porto 1978–1979 : Leixões 1979–1980 : Leixões 1980–1981 : Benfica 1981–1982 : Leixões 1982–1983 : Esmoriz 1983–1984 : Esmoriz 1984–1985 : SC Espinho 1985–1986 : Porto 1986–1987 : SC Espinho 1987–1988 : FC Porto 1988–1989 : Leixões 1989–1990 : AA Espinho 1990–1991 : 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

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 : 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 : Benfica 2013–2014 : Benfica 2014–2015 : Benfica 2015–2016 : Fonte do Bastardo

Titles by club

Club	Won	Years won
SC Espinho	18	1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
Instituto Superior Técnico	13	1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
Porto	09	1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988
Leixões SC	08	1964, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989
Benfica	06	1981, 1991, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015
Sporting CP	05	1954, 1956, 1992, 1993, 1994
Castêlo da Maia	04	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Esmoriz GC	02	1983, 1984
Fonte do Bastardo	02	2011, 2016
Lisboa GC	01	1962
AA Espinho	01	1990
Vitória de Guimarães	01	2008

References

1. "Federação Voleibol" [Volleyball Federation]. fpvoleibol.pt. 7 August 2012.
2. "Campeões Nacionais" [National Champions] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.