Moreirense FC wins Portugal's top social responsibility award
Moreirense FC has won the Prémio Responsabilidade Social at the Liga Portugal Awards, the prize that crowns the Portuguese professional club with the strongest season-long community impact through monthly distinctions, consistent initiatives, and growth over the prior campaign—the clearest signal yet that responsibility in Portugal's top flight stretches far beyond the pitch. Liga Portugal presented the trophy as the domestic game turns toward a new season already mapped on the calendar.
Key Takeaways
- Moreirense FC took the Liga Portugal Awards social responsibility prize for the full season.
- The award weighs monthly wins, initiative volume, consistency, and growth versus the prior campaign.
- Executive director Susana da Silva Curto presented the trophy to Moreirense CFO Júlio Ribeiro.
- Portugal's 2026/27 Liga calendars are set, with competitions starting on the weekend of 9 August.
- Clubs are framing football as a tool for inclusion, solidarity, and social impact beyond the pitch.
Why did Moreirense FC win Portugal's social responsibility award?
Liga Portugal says the Prémio Responsabilidade Social crowns the club that most distinguished itself across the entire season. Judges weighed monthly distinctions, the regularity of community-facing projects, the total number of actions delivered, and measurable growth compared with the previous campaign.
The governing body describes Moreirense as a national reference, developing programmes that use football and sport as instruments of social transformation aimed at communities and vulnerable audiences. That wider mission connects with broader longevity and community wellbeing conversations across Portugal.
What did Moreirense say at the Liga Portugal Awards?
Susana da Silva Curto, Liga Portugal's executive director, presented the trophy. Júlio Ribeiro, CFO of Moreirense FC's SAD, accepted on behalf of the club.
Before his remarks, Ribeiro stressed football's role as a tool to promote inclusion, solidarity, and social-impact projects across diverse communities. He then thanked Liga Portugal, saying the club values the honour deeply and that a club's responsibility goes far beyond the four lines. Liga Portugal's subtitle noted the club emblem has steadily built a reputation through positive community impact.
How does this fit Portugal's 2026/27 football calendar?
The award lands as Portugal turns toward the next domestic season. A Bola reports that full Liga Portugal and Liga 2 calendars for 2026/27 are now published, with competitions kicking off on the weekend of 9 August. FC Porto opens at home against Alverca in round one.
Correio da Manhã has also mapped the big-three classic dates: FC Porto host Benfica on matchday 7 and Sporting on matchday 12 in the first half of the season, while Sporting welcome both rivals late—against Porto on matchday 29 and Benfica on 33. Benfica's home classics fall on matchdays 16 and 24.
As fixtures fill the diary, Moreirense's season-long social work offers a counterpoint: in Portugal, top-flight clubs are increasingly measured on how they serve communities when the stadium lights go off. For full details on the award, see the official Liga Portugal announcement.