As usual, in 2019/2020, the Union carried out a study about the nationalities of the players participating in portuguese professional competitions, and found that, in the first half of the current season, even with a recovery of national players compared to 2018/2019, foreigners still dominate (with a 54% utilization rate).

An event that undoubtedly marks the presente, with repercussions on football, is the epidemic of the new coronavirus. In Italy, for example, where there are already hundreds infected and dozens of victims killed by Covid-19, several games were postponed (among which Juventus-Inter). With the first cases in Portugal, the Portuguese League is preparing a contingency plan.