2008–09 Primeira Liga

Portuguese Liga
Season 2008–09
Champions Porto
24th title
Relegated Estrela da Amadora
Trofense
Champions League Porto
Sporting CP (playoff round)
Europa League Benfica (playoff round)
Nacional (playoff round)
Braga (playoff round)
Paços de Ferreira (third qualifying round)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 552 (2.3 per match)
Average goals/game 2.30
Top goalscorer Nenê (20)
Biggest home win Braga 5–0 Estrela da Amadora
(27 October 2008)
Biggest away win Maritimo 0–6 Benfica
(12 July 2008)
Highest scoring Paços de Ferreira 3–4 Benfica (7 goals)
(22 September 2008)
Highest attendance 60,022 (Benfica 2–0 Sporting CP)
(27 September 2008)

The 2008–09 Portuguese Liga season was the seventy-fifth since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 with a 1–1 draw between Vitória de Guimarães and Vitória de Setúbal and ended on 24 May 2009. FC Porto were the defending champions.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

União de Leiria have been relegated to Liga de Honra after finishing in last place in 2007–08 Portuguese Liga.

Boavista have also been relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in 2003–04 season. Thereby Paços de Ferreira, who were originally scheduled to be relegated, were saved from demotion.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Leiria and Boavista were replaced by two promoted teams from Liga de Honra. The first were Trofense, who clinched the second level title. This is their first appearance in Portuguese Liga.

They were accompanied by Rio Ave, who returned to Portuguese Liga after two seasons spent in Liga de Honra.

Club information

Funchal (Madeira): Marítimo
Nacional
Location of teams in the 2008–09 Liga
Club Head Coach City Stadium 2007–08 season
Académica de Coimbra Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 12th in the Liga
Belenenses Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 8th in the Liga
Benfica Flores, QuiqueQuique Flores Lisbon Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz) 4th in the Liga
Sporting de Braga Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus Braga Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) 7th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora , LázaroLázaro Amadora Estádio José Gomes (Estádio da Reboleira) 13th in the Liga
Leixões Mota, JoséJosé Mota Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 14th in the Liga
Marítimo Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th in the Liga
Nacional Machado, ManuelManuel Machado Funchal Estádio da Madeira (Estádio da Choupana) 10th in the Liga
Naval 1º de Maio Morais, UlissesUlisses Morais Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira Sérgio, PauloPaulo Sérgio Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 15th in the Liga
Porto Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st in the Liga
Rio Ave Luis, CarlosCarlos Luis Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (Estádio dos Arcos) 2nd in Liga de Honra
Sporting CP Bento, PauloPaulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd in the Liga
Trofense Tulipa, ManuelManuel Tulipa Trofa Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense 1st in Liga de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães Cajuda, ManuelManuel Cajuda Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 3rd in the Liga
Vitória de Setúbal Cardoso, CarlosCarlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 6th 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 21 7 2 61 18 +43 70 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Sporting CP 30 20 6 4 45 20 +25 66 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Benfica 30 17 8 5 54 32 +22 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Nacional 30 15 7 8 47 32 +15 52
5 Sporting de Braga 30 13 11 6 38 21 +17 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Leixões 30 12 9 9 30 31 −1 45
7 Académica 30 10 9 11 28 32 −4 39
8 Vitória de Guimarães 30 10 8 12 32 36 −4 38
9 Marítimo 30 9 10 11 35 36 −1 37
10 Paços de Ferreira 30 9 7 14 37 42 −5 34 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1 PAC 1–0 EST
EST 0–2 PAC
11 Estrela da Amadora (R) 30 8 10 12 26 38 −12 34 Relegation to the Liga de Honra 2
12 Rio Ave 30 8 6 16 20 35 −15 30
13 Naval 1º de Maio 30 7 8 15 25 39 −14 29
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 7 5 18 21 46 −25 26
15 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 28 52 −24 24
16 Trofense (R) 30 5 8 17 25 42 −17 23 Relegation to the Liga de Honra

Source: lpfp.pt (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th matches won; 7th goals scored.
1Since Porto, winners of Cup of Portugal 2008–09, already qualified for UEFA Champions League 2009–10, cup runners-up Paços de Ferreira earned a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2Estrela da Amadora were relegated after this season ended due to financial problems. Therefore, Belenenses is saved from relegation.[1]
(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.

Results

Home \ Away1 ACA BEL BEN BRA EST LEI MAR NAC NAV PAÇ POR RAV SCP TRO VGU VSE
Académica 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Belenenses 1–0 0–0 0–5 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1
Benfica 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2
Sporting de Braga 1–1 2–0 1–3 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Estrela da Amadora 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0
Leixões 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0
Marítimo 2–0 1–1 0–6 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 5–1
Nacional 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 1–1 3–4 0–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Porto 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Rio Ave 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–0
Sporting CP 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Trofense 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–1
Vitória de Guimarães 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 2–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–4

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

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1 Nenê Nacional 20
2 Liédson Sporting 17
Óscar Cardozo Benfica 17
4 Ernesto Farías Porto 10
Baba Diawara Marítimo 10
Lisandro López Porto 10
7 William Paços de Ferreira 9
Lucho González Porto 9
9 Albert Meyong Sporting de Braga 8
Hulk Porto 8
Roberto Vitória de Guimarães 8

Awards

SJPF Player of the Month

Month Player Team
September[3] Hassan Yebda Benfica
October[4] Braga Leixões
November[5] Beto Leixões
December[6] Peškovič Académica
January[7] Liédson Sporting
February[8] Hulk Porto
March[9] Baba Diawara Marítimo
April[10] Liédson Sporting
May[11] Óscar Cardozo Benfica

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Month Player Club
September Miguel Vítor Benfica
October Miguel Lopes Rio Ave
November Miguel Lopes Rio Ave
December Celestino Estrela da Amadora
January Bruno Gama Vitória de Setúbal
February Yazalde Rio Ave
March Daniel Carriço Sporting
April Rui Patricio Sporting
May Bruno Gama Vitória de Setúbal

Awards

References

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  4. ^ "Jogador do Mês de Outubro – Braga". sjpf.sapo.pt (SJPF). http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=ligasdetalhe&id=79. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)
  5. ^ "Jogador do Mês Novembro – Beto". sjpf.sapo.pt (SJPF). http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=ligasdetalhe&id=49. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)
  6. ^ "Jogador do Mês Dezembro – Peskovic". sjpf.sapo.pt (SJPF). http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=ligasdetalhe&id=48. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)
  7. ^ "Liedson recebe título de melhor jogador do mês". dn.sapo.pt (Diário de Noticias). 17 February 2009. http://dn.sapo.pt/desporto/sporting/interior.aspx?content_id=1146975. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)
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  9. ^ "Baba é o rei de Março". infordesporto.sapo.pt. 14 April 2009. http://infordesporto.sapo.pt/Informacao/Modalidades/Futebol/noticiafutebol_futbabaeeidemarco_140409_618506.asp. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)
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  11. ^ "Jogador do Mês Maio – Cardozo". sjpf.sapo.pt (SJPF). http://sjpf.sapo.pt/default.aspx?ctrl=ligasdetalhe&id=220. Retrieved 21 January 2010.  (Portuguese)

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