2010–11 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2010–11
Champions Porto
25th title
Relegated Portimonense
Naval 1º de Maio
Champions League Porto
Benfica
Europa League Sporting CP
Braga
Vitória de Guimarães
Nacional
Matches played 240
Goals scored 584 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Hulk (23 goals)
Biggest home win Porto 5–0 Benfica
Braga 5–0 Académica
Biggest away win P. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Highest scoring Benfica 5–2 Rio Ave Portimonense 3–4 V. Setúbal P. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Longest winning run Porto 16 games
(6 december 2010–1 May 2011)
Longest unbeaten run Porto 30 games
(14 August 2010–14 May 2011)
Longest losing run Rio Ave 5 games
(18 december 2010–6 February 2011)
Highest attendance Benfica 2–1 Marítimo (54,991)
(27 February 2011)
Lowest attendance Naval 1–1 Portimonense (316)
(22 January 2011)

The 2010–11 Primeira Liga season (also known as Liga Zon Sagres due to sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of top-tier football in Portugal. It began on 15 August 2010 and ended on 14 May 2011. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 14 of which already contested in the 2009–10 and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Benfica were the defending champions. The official ball was the Adidas Jabulani. Porto won their 25th league title and their 7th in 10 years.

Contents

Teams

Belenenses and Leixões were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Belenenses ended an 11-year spell at the highest level of Portuguese football,[1] while Leixões returned to the Liga de Honra after three years.[2]

The two relegated teams were replaced by Liga de Honra champions Beira-Mar and runners-up Portimonense. Beira-Mar returned to the top-level league after five years of absence,[3] and Portimonense made their first appearance in their league since being relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season.[4]

Team summaries

Location of teams in Liga Zon Sagres 2010–11
Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
Académica de Coimbra Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 11th
Beira-Mar Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,127 Liga de Honra Champion
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 Champion
Sporting de Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 Runner-up
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 5th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 7th
Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 12,630 8th
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 13th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 9,544 Liga de Honra Runner-up
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 3rd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave FC 12,815 12th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 4th
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 9th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 6th
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 14th

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra Ulisses Morais Orlando Lacatoni EFAPEL
Beira-Mar Rui Bento Hugo Joma Diatosta
Benfica Jorge Jesus Nuno Gomes Adidas tmn · meo
Sporting de Braga Domingos Paciência Vandinho Macron AXA
Marítimo Pedro Martins João Guilherme Lacatoni Banif
Nacional Ivo Vieira Bruno Patacas Joma Banif
Naval 1º de Maio Carlos Mozer Nicolas Godemèche Desportreino Hotéis Algarve Sol
Olhanense Daúto Faquirá Rui Duarte Lacatoni Ria Shopping
Paços de Ferreira Rui Vitória Manuel José Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Portimonense Carlos Azenha Ricardo Pessoa Macron Kia · visitportimao.com
FC Porto André Villas-Boas Helton Nike tmn · meo
Rio Ave Carlos Brito Gaspar Lacatoni Nassica
Sporting CP José Couceiro Daniel Carriço Puma tmn · meo
União de Leiria Pedro Caixinha Marco Soares Joma Kia
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado Nilson Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal Bruno Ribeiro Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
União de Leiria Lito Vidigal Sacked 7 July 2010[5] Off-season Pedro Caixinha 10 July 2010[6]
Marítimo Mitchell van der Gaag Sacked 14 September 2010[7] 15th Pedro Martins 14 September 2010[8]
Naval 1º de Maio Victor Zvunka Sacked 27 September 2010[9] 14th Rogério Gonçalves 6 October 2010[10]
Académica Jorge Costa Resigned 21 December 2010 9th José Guilherme 27 December 2010[11]
Naval 1º de Maio Rogério Gonçalves Sacked 19 December 2010 16th Carlos Mozer 30 December 2010[12]
Portimonense Litos Sacked 28 December 2011[13] 16th Carlos Azenha 29 December 2010[14]
Académica José Guilherme Resigned 20 February 2011[15] 13th Ulisses Morais 22 February 2011[16]
Sporting Paulo Sérgio Resigned 26 February 2011[17] 3rd José Couceiro 26 February 2011[18]
Beira-Mar Leonardo Jardim Resigned 28 February 2011[19] 10th Rui Bento 1 March 2011[20]
Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes Sacked 1 March 2011[21] 14th Bruno Ribeiro 1 March 2011[22]
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Sacked 13 March 2011[23] 7th Ivo Vieira 13 March 2011[24]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Porto (C) 30 27 3 0 73 16 +57 84 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Benfica 30 20 3 7 61 31 +30 63 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 30 13 9 8 41 31 +10 48 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Sporting de Braga 30 13 7 10 45 33 +12 46
5 Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 36 37 −1 43 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Nacional 30 11 9 10 28 31 −3 42 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 11 9 35 42 −7 41
8 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 35 33 +2 38
9 Marítimo 30 9 8 13 33 32 +1 35
10 União de Leiria 30 9 8 13 25 38 −13 35
11 Olhanense 30 7 13 10 24 34 −10 34
12 Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 42 −13 34
13 Beira-Mar 30 7 12 11 32 36 −4 33
14 Académica 30 7 9 14 32 48 −16 30
15 Portimonense (R) 30 6 7 17 29 49 −20 25 Relegation to the 2011–12 Liga de Honra
16 Naval 1º de Maio (R) 30 5 8 17 26 51 −25 23

Source: LPFP (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
1The 2010–11 Taça de Portugal competition was won by Champions League-qualified side Porto. Since cup runners-up Vitória de Guimarães secured a place in the European competitions via league position, the spot allocation for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League effectively reverted to league positions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Porto 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Benfica 11 14 11 13 8 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sporting CP 12 7 3 5 7 8 10 7 4 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3
Sporting de Braga 1 3 2 4 5 3 6 4 6 7 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
Vitória de Guimarães 7 10 5 2 2 4 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 7 5 5
Nacional 3 2 4 8 11 12 9 11 8 4 5 8 6 6 6 5 5 6 9 9 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 6
Paços de Ferreira 3 5 7 6 6 10 8 9 10 12 12 11 12 12 11 11 10 10 8 5 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 7 7
Rio Ave 12 12 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 12 11 10 11 12 9 7 7 6 8 8
Marítimo 12 15 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 14 14 10 11 13 9 11 12 12 11 13 13 12 10 8 9 9 9 9 9
União de Leiria 7 10 13 9 12 9 5 10 12 11 9 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 5 6 8 8 8 8 10 11 11 11 10 10
Olhanense 7 9 6 7 3 6 3 6 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 10 9 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 13 12 12 12 12 11
Vitória de Setúbal 3 5 9 12 10 7 11 8 9 10 11 13 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12
Beira-Mar 7 13 8 11 9 13 13 12 11 9 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 9 9 11 10 10 10 11 13
Académica 2 4 10 3 4 2 7 3 5 5 6 5 7 9 10 12 12 11 11 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 14 14
Portimonense 16 16 14 10 13 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15
Naval 1º de Maio 12 7 12 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16
Leader 2nd place 3rd place

Results

Home \ Away1 ACA BEM BEN BRA MAR NAC NAV OLH PAÇ PRM POR RAV SCP ULE VGU VSE
Académica 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
Beira-Mar 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0
Benfica 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–0
Sporting de Braga 5–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
Marítimo 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1
Nacional 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–0
Olhanense 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1
Paços de Ferreira 5–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–6 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Portimonense 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–4
Porto 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 1–0
Rio Ave 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0
Sporting CP 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1
União de Leiria 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Vitória de Guimarães 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–3 0–3 4–1 2–1

Source: LPFP (Portuguese)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Hulk Porto 23
2 Radamel Falcao Porto 16
João Tomás Rio Ave 16
4 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 12
5 Baba Diawara Marítimo 11
6 Edgar V. Guimarães 10
Silvestre Varela Porto 10
8 Carlão Leiria 9
Cláudio Pitbull V. Setúbal 9
Mario Rondón Paços de Ferreira 9
Javier Saviola Benfica 9
Leandro Tatu Beira-Mar 9

Updated as of games played on 14 May 2011.
Source: LPFP (Portuguese)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September [25] Hulk Porto
October [26] Hulk Porto
November [27] Hulk Porto
December [28] Hulk Porto
January [28] Hulk Porto
February [29] Fábio Coentrão Benfica
March [30] Fredy Guarín Porto
April [31] Radamel Falcao Porto

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September [32] Fábio Coentrão Benfica
October [33] Candeias Portimonense
November [34] Rui Patrício Sporting CP
December [35] André Santos Sporting CP
January [36] Pizzi Paços de Ferreira
February [37] Rui Sampaio Beira-Mar
March [38] Rui Patrício Sporting CP
April [39] Rui Patrício Sporting CP

SJPF Fair Play Award

Month Club
September [40] Nacional
October [41] Sporting
November [42] Olhanense
December
January
February [43] Vitória de Guimarães
March [44] União de Leiria
April [45] Naval 1º de Maio

List of 2010–11 transfers


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  25. ^ Hulk wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)
  26. ^ Melhor jogador - Outubro (Portuguese)
  27. ^ Hulk wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)
  28. ^ a b Melhor jogador - Dezembro e Janeiro (Portuguese)
  29. ^ Melhor jogador - Fevereiro (Portuguese)
  30. ^ Melhor jogador - Março (Portuguese)
  31. ^ Melhor jogador - Abril (Portuguese)
  32. ^ Coentrão wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)
  33. ^ Candeias wins Best Young Player Award October (Portuguese)
  34. ^ Patricio wins Best Young Player Award November (Portuguese)
  35. ^ Andre Santos wins Best Young Player Award December (Portuguese)
  36. ^ Pizzi wins Best Young Player Award January (Portuguese)
  37. ^ Rui Sampaio wins Best Player Award February (Portuguese)
  38. ^ Patricio wins Best Young Player Award March (Portuguese)
  39. ^ Patricio wins Best Young Player Award April (Portuguese)
  40. ^ Nacional wins Fair Play Award September (Portuguese)
  41. ^ Sporting wins Fair Play Award October (Portuguese)
  42. ^ Olhanense wins Fair Play Award September (Portuguese)
  43. ^ Guimarães wins Fair Play Award February (Portuguese)
  44. ^ Leiria wins Fair Play Award March (Portuguese)
  45. ^ Naval wins Fair Play Award April (Portuguese)

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