The Portuguese Primeira Liga will return on the 4th of June, the league has announced.
Matches have been suspended in the Portuguese topflight since the 12th of March due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Liga Primeira have now confirmed in an official statement that the 25th round of fixtures will take place from next month.
The statement from the Liga Portugal reads: “Over the past few days, various entities have carried out successive alignment meetings so that the recovery can take place safely and with all the protection measures that mitigate the risks of returning to the activity.
“It is anticipated that this joint work by DGS [Directorate-General of Health of Portugal], FPF [Portuguese Football Federation] and Liga Portugal will serve as a model for the resumption of other economic activities, with the aim of this professional competition providing an example of the good practices that this pandemic imposes on us.
“In order to ensure that the stadiums are strictly inspected and medical tests are carried out on all professionals involved in the games and their organisation, the date of June 4, 2020 is set for the first game of the 25th round of the Liga NOS.”
FC Porto leads the table, one point ahead of second place Benfica with 10 matches to play.
