2011–12 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2011–12
Matches played 74
Goals scored 180 (2.43 per match)
Biggest home win Porto 5−0 Nacional
Sporting CP 6−1 Gil Vicente
Biggest away win Paços de Ferreira 1−5 Guimarães
Highest scoring União de Leiria 2−5 Porto
Sporting CP 6−1 Gil Vicente

The 2011–12 Primeira Liga season (also known as Liga Zon Sagres due to sponsorship reasons) is the 78th season of top-tier football in Portugal. The 2011–12 fixtures were announced on 30 June 2011 at 18:30 WEST. [1] The season is due to commence on 14 August 2011 and end on 13 May 2012. [2]

Contents

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, 14 of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and two of which were promoted from the 2010–11 Liga de Honra. The two teams relegated following the 2010–11 season were Portimonense, who return to the Liga de Honra just a year after promotion, and Naval, returning to the second tier after a six year stay. Replacing them in the top flight are Liga de Honra champions Gil Vicente, competing in their fourteenth Liga season after returning from a five year absence, and Feirense, who are in the premier division for the fourth time, and the first since the 1989–90 season.

Stadia and locations

Madeira Islands
 (see below)
Location of teams in Liga Zon Sagres 2011–12
Location of teams in Liga Zon Sagres 2011–12
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2010-11 Current
Spell
Académica de Coimbra Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 14th 2002-03
Beira-Mar Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,127 13th 2010-11
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 Runner-up 1934-35
Feirense Santa Maria da Feira Estádio Marcolino de Castro 4,667 Liga de Honra Runner-up 2011-12
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,374 Liga de Honra Champion 2011-12
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 9th 1985-86
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 6th 2002-03
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 11th 2009-10
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 7th 2005-06
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 Champion 1934-35
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave FC 12,815 8th 2008-09
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 3rd 1934-35
Sporting de Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 4th 1974-75
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande 12,000 10th 2009-10
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 5th 2007-08
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 12th 2004-05

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra Pedro Emanuel Orlando Lacatoni EFAPEL
Beira-Mar Rui Bento Hugo Joma Diatosta
Benfica Jorge Jesus Luisão adidas tmn (H) / meo (A)
Feirense Quim Machado Luciano adidas E.Leclerc / BetClic
Gil Vicente Paulo Alves Paulo Arantes Madsport GIVEC / Águas de Barcelos / Glassdrive
Marítimo Pedro Martins João Guilherme Lacatoni Banif
Nacional Pedro Caixinha Felipe Lopes Joma Banif
Olhanense Sérgio Conceição Rui Duarte Lacatoni Ria Shopping
Paços de Ferreira Henrique Calisto Filipe Anunciação Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Porto Vítor Pereira Helton Nike meo (H) / tmn (A)
Rio Ave Carlos Brito Gaspar Lacatoni Nassica
Sporting CP Domingos Paciência Daniel Carriço Puma tmn (H) / meo (A)
Sporting de Braga Leonardo Jardim Alan Macron AXA
União de Leiria Manuel Cajuda Marco Soares Joma Kia
Vitória de Guimarães Rui Vitória João Alves Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal Bruno Ribeiro Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Porto André Villas-Boas Resigned/Signed by Chelsea[3] 21 June 2011 Vítor Pereira[4] 22 June 2011 Pre-season
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado [5] Resigned 26 August 2011 Rui Vitória [6] 30 August 2011 16th
Paços de Ferreira Rui Vitória [7] Signed by Vitória de Guimarães 30 August 2011 Luís Miguel [8] 30 August 2011 9th
União de Leiria Pedro Caixinha [9] Sacked 6 September 2011 Vítor Pontes [10] 8 September 2011 16th
União de Leiria Vítor Pontes [11] Resigned 26 September 2011 Manuel Cajuda [12] 26 September 2011 16th
Nacional Ivo Vieira [13] Resigned 31 October 2011 Pedro Caixinha [14] 31 October 2011 12th
Paços de Ferreira Luís Miguel [15] Sacked 27 November 2011 Henrique Calisto [16] 30 November 2011 16th
Olhanense Daúto Faquirá [17] Resigned 30 December 2011 Sérgio Conceição [18] 1 January 2012 10th

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Porto 13 10 3 0 32 8 +24 33 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Benfica 13 10 3 0 30 11 +19 33
3 Sporting CP 13 8 3 2 26 12 +14 27 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Sporting de Braga 13 7 4 2 24 12 +12 25 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5 Marítimo 13 6 4 3 18 16 +2 22 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Académica 13 5 2 6 17 17 0 17
7 Beira-Mar 13 4 4 5 11 8 +3 16
8 Gil Vicente 13 3 6 4 13 20 −7 15
9 Vitória de Guimarães 13 4 2 7 18 16 +2 14
10 Olhanense 13 3 5 5 14 17 −3 14
11 Feirense 13 3 5 5 11 18 −7 14
12 Vitória de Setúbal 13 3 4 6 9 19 −10 13
13 União de Leiria 13 4 0 9 14 23 −9 12
14 Nacional 13 3 3 7 9 24 −15 12
15 Rio Ave 13 3 2 8 12 19 −7 11 Relegation to the 2012–13 Liga de Honra
16 Paços de Ferreira 13 2 2 9 11 25 −14 8

Updated to games played on 19 December 2011
Source: LPFP (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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.

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
Benfica 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sporting CP 6 9 12 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Sporting de Braga 8 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4
Marítimo 8 14 10 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
Académica 2 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 10 6 6
Beira-Mar 8 10 5 6 10 10 10 10 12 11 9 10 7
Gil Vicente 4 12 7 11 11 8 9 9 8 8 7 8 8
Vitória de Guimarães 16 6 11 13 12 12 14 16 13 10 8 9 9
Olhanense 6 8 6 8 8 7 8 6 7 6 6 7 10
Feirense 8 13 13 9 9 11 11 12 15 15 13 14 11
Vitória de Setúbal 1 5 8 12 7 9 7 8 9 9 11 12 12
União de Leiria 14 16 16 14 15 15 13 14 11 13 14 11 13
Nacional 8 15 15 16 14 14 12 13 10 12 12 15 14
Rio Ave 8 11 14 15 16 16 16 15 16 14 15 13 15
Paços de Ferreira 14 7 9 10 13 13 15 11 14 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 29 December 2011
Source: AllTimeSoccer.com


Leader
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2012–13 Liga de Honra


Results

Home \ Away1 ACA BEM BEN BRA FEI GVI MAR NAC OLH PAÇ POR RAV SCP ULE VGU VSE
Académica 0–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–1
Beira-Mar 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Benfica 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 a 5–1 1–0 2–1
Sporting de Braga 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–2
Feirense 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1
Gil Vicente 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Marítimo 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Nacional 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–1
Olhanense 0–2 3–4 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Paços de Ferreira 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–5
Porto 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 a 3–0
Rio Ave 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0
Sporting CP a 6–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 a 3–1 3–0
União de Leiria 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–5 1–0 2–0
Vitória de Guimarães 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0
Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1

Updated to games played on 19 December 2011
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

As of 20 December, 2011

Rank Player Club Goals [19]
1 Baba Diawara Marítimo 9
2 Edgar Vitória de Guimarães 8
Óscar Cardozo Benfica 8
4 Ricky van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP 7
Hulk Porto 7
Nolito Benfica 7
Lima Braga 7
8 Kléber Porto 6
9 James Rodríguez Porto 5
Lorenzo Melgarejo Paços de Ferreira 5
Michel Paços de Ferreira 5
Éder Académica de Coimbra 5

Top assists

As of 20 December, 2011

Rank Player Club Assists[20]
1 Hulk FC Porto 7
2 Danilo Dias Marítimo 5
João Moutinho FC Porto 5
Pablo Aimar Benfica 5
5 Nicolás Gaitán Benfica 4
6 Elias Sporting CP 3
Javier Saviola Benfica 3
Lima SC Braga 3
Manuel José Paços de Ferreira 3
Bruno Teles Vitória de Guimarães 3
Alan SC Braga 3
Christian Atsu Rio Ave 3
Hugo Viana SC Braga 3

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Edgar Silva Vitória de Guimarães Paços de Ferreira 5–1 02011-11-04 4 November 2011 [21]

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September [22] Ricky van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP
October [23] Diego Capel Sporting CP
November
December
January
February
March
April

Transfers

Main article: List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2011
Main article: List of Portuguese football transfers winter 2012

See also

2011–12 Liga de Honra

References

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  2. ^ "Calendário [Calendar]" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 29 June 2011. http://www.lpfp.pt/pages/calendario.aspx?jornada=30. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Villas-Boas resigns from Porto". ESPN Soccernet. 21 June 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/929431/porto's-andre-villas-boas-hands-in-resignation-for-chelsea-move?cc=5739. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Chelsea appoint former Porto coach André Villas-Boas on three-year deal". Guardian. 22 June 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jun/22/chelsea-confirm-andre-villas-boas. Retrieved 22 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Manuel Machado deixa Guimarães [Manuel Machado leaves Guimarães]" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 26 August 2011. http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=283606. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
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  8. ^ "Luís Miguel já foi apresentado [Luís Miguel has been presented]" (in Portuguese). FCPF. 30 August 2011. http://www.fcpf.pt/catalogo_noticias.php?ID=2425. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  9. ^ "Pedro Caixinha despedido [Pedro Caixinha is fired]" (in Portuguese). Record. 7 September 2011. http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/uniao_leiria/interior.aspx?content_id=715869. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
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  11. ^ "União de Leiria prescinde de Vítor Pontes e chama Manuel Cajuda [União de Leiria sacks Vítor Pontes and calls Manuel Cajuda]" (in Portuguese). Regiao de Leiria. 26 September 2011. http://www.regiaodeleiria.pt/blog/2011/09/26/uniao-de-leiria-prescinde-de-vitor-pontes-e-chama-manuel-cajuda/. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
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  22. ^ Wolfswinkel wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)
  23. ^ Capel wins Best Player Award October(Portuguese)
2011–12 clubs
Former clubs
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2011–12 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Andorra · Armenia '11 '12 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '11 '12 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '11 '12 · Faroe Islands '11 '12 · Finland '11 '12 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '11 '12 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '11 '12 · Latvia '11 '12 · Lithuania '11 '12 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '11 '12 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '11 '12 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '11 '12 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
Domestic cups
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