2006–07 Primeira Liga

Portuguese Liga
Season 2006–07
Champions Porto
Relegated Beira-Mar
Desportivo das Aves
Champions League Porto
Sporting CP
Benfica
UEFA Cup Sporting de Braga
Belenenses
Paços de Ferreira
Matches played 240
Goals scored 554 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Liedson (15)
Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional
Location of teams in the 2006-07 Liga
Location of teams in the '2006-07 Liga

The 2006–07 season of the Portuguese Liga (called the BWINLIGA due to sponsorship reasons) started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The professional competitions, Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the Portuguese SuperCup, won by the national champions FC Porto against Cup of Portugal runners-up Vitória de Setúbal by a score of 3 – 0, played at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria. The first round of the Cup, played by clubs from the Third Division and Districtal Championship clubs, was played on 3 September 2006. This date corresponded also to the start of the Second Division. The Third Division started on 10 September, while the Serie Azores of the Third Division begun a week later. Defending champions Porto retained their title.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

In June 2006, Belenenses, who finished finished 15th in the previous season, were scheduled to be relegated. However, the Lisbon team presented a complaint to the Portuguese League for Professional Football regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus) by 13th placed Gil Vicente. The penalty pretended by Belenenses would result in Gil Vicente being relegated in their place. This claim generated a series of appeals and controversial statements to the media. The decision has been taken in 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.

Club information

Club Season's Last Head Coach City Stadium 2005–06 season
Académica de Coimbra Vingada, NeloNelo Vingada Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 14th in the Liga
Desportivo das Aves Manuel Gomes Santo Tirso Estádio do CD das Aves 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Beira-Mar Soler, FranciscoFrancisco Soler Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 1st in the Liga de Honra
Belenenses Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 15th in the Liga
Benfica Santos, FernandoFernando Santos Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd in the Liga
Boavista Pedro Barny Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 6th in the Liga
Sporting de Braga Jorge Costa Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga - AXA 4th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora Faquirá, DaútoDaúto Faquirá Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th in the Liga
União de Leiria Paulo Duarte Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th in the Liga
Marítimo Morais, UlissesUlisses Morais Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th in the Liga
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5th in the Liga
Naval 1° de Maio Mariano Barreto Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 13th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira Mota, JoséJosé Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 11th in the Liga
Porto Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st in the Liga
Sporting CP Bento, PauloPaulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd in the Liga
Vitória de Setúbal Cardoso, CarlosCarlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 8th in the Liga

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Porto (C) 30 22 3 5 65 20 +45 69 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Sporting CP 30 20 8 2 54 15 +39 68
3 Benfica 30 20 7 3 55 20 +35 67 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Sporting de Braga 30 14 8 8 35 30 +5 50 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
5 Belenenses 30 15 4 11 36 29 +7 49
6 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 12 8 31 36 −5 42
7 União de Leiria 30 10 11 9 25 27 −2 41 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Nacional 30 11 6 13 38 41 −3 39
9 Estrela da Amadora 30 9 8 13 23 36 −13 35
10 Boavista 30 8 11 11 32 34 −2 35
11 Marítimo 30 8 8 14 30 44 −14 32
12 Naval 1º de Maio 30 7 11 12 28 37 −9 32
13 Académica 30 6 8 16 28 46 −18 26
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 5 9 16 21 45 −24 24
15 Beira-Mar (R) 30 4 11 15 28 55 −27 23 Relegation to the 2007–08 Liga de Honra
16 Desportivo das Aves (R) 30 5 7 18 22 42 −20 22

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; * = Order decided after head-to-head

2006-07 BWINLIGA Winners

FC Porto
22nd Title

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September [1] Modou Sougou União de Leiria
October [2] Simão Benfica
November [3] Ricardo Quaresma FC Porto
December <[4] Ricardo Quaresma FC Porto
January [5] Quim Benfica
February [6] Simão Benfica
March [7] Polga Sporting CP
April [8] Liédson Sporting CP
May [9] Leandro Romagnoli Sporting CP

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September
October [10] João Moutinho Sporting
November [11] João Moutinho Sporting
December [12] Ruben Amorim Belenenses
January [13] Varela V. Setúbal
February [14] Varela V. Setúbal
March [15] Yannick Djalo Sporting
April [16] Miguel Veloso Sporting
May [17] Nani Sporting

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sougou, o melhor de Setembro [Sogou, September best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 12 October 2006. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5207&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Simão Sabrosa, o melhor de Outubro [Simão Sabrosa, October best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 12 November 2006. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5240&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Quaresma eleito o melhor jogador de Novembro [Quaresma elected November best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 13 December 2006. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5263&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Bis para Ricardo Quaresma [Ricardo Quaresma doubles]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 7 January 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5280&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Quim eleito o melhor jogador de Janeiro [Quim elected January best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 6 February 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5309&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  6. ^ "Simão eleito o melhor jogador de Fevereiro [Simão elected February best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 5 March 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5334&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  7. ^ "Anderson Polga eleito o melhor de Março [Anderson Polga elected March best player]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 4 April 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5361&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  8. ^ "Liedson recebeu "Troféu Mazda/Jogador do Mês" [Liedson received "Mazda Trophy/Player of the Month"]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 10 May 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5411&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  9. ^ "Romagnoli acaba época em alta [Romagnoli ends the season in good shape]" (in Portuguese). SJPF. 23 May 2007. http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=noticiasdetalhe&id=5433&inter=0. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
  10. ^ João Moutinho wins Young Player Award October (Portuguese)
  11. ^ João Moutinho wins Young Player Award November (Portuguese)
  12. ^ Amorim wins Young Player Award December (Portuguese)
  13. ^ Varela wins Young Player Award January (Portuguese)
  14. ^ Varela wins Young Player Award February (Portuguese)
  15. ^ Djalo wins Young Player Award March (Portuguese)
  16. ^ Miguel Veloso wins Young Player Award April (Portuguese)
  17. ^ Nani wins Young Player Award May (Portuguese)

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