2007–08 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

Season	2007–08
Champions	Porto (23rd title)
Relegated	Boavista União de Leiria
Champions League	Porto (group stage) Sporting CP (group stage) Vitória de Guimarães (third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Benfica (first round) Marítimo (first round) Vitória de Setúbal (first round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	554 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lisandro López (24 goals)
Highest attendance	60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto) (1 December 2007)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Portuguese football 2007–08
Primeira Liga (Tier 1)
Liga de Honra (Tier 2)
Segunda Divisão (Tier 3)
Terceira Divisão (Tier 4)
Taça de Portugal (Cup)

The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

• Desportivo das Aves
• Beira Mar

Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

• Leixões
• Vitória de Guimarães

Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar will be replaced by two promoted teams from the Liga de Honra. The first is Leixões, who clinched the second level title, and are returning to the 1st level since their last participation in 1989. The other was Vitória de Guimarães, who managed to return to the Liga after a brief spell in the Liga de Honra.

Club information

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	2006-2007 season
Académica de Coimbra	Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	13th in the Liga
Belenenses	Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	5th in the Liga
Benfica	Chalana, FernandoFernando Chalana	Lisbon	Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz)	3rd in the Liga
Boavista	Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco	Porto	Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI	9th in the Liga
Sporting de Braga	Costa, JorgeJorge Costa	Braga	Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)	4th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora	Faquirá, DaútoDaúto Faquirá	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes	10th in the Liga
União de Leiria	Paulo Duarte	Leiria	Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	7th in the Liga
Leixões	Carlos Brito	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	1st in the Liga de Honra
Marítimo	Lazaroni, SebastiãoSebastião Lazaroni	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	12th in the Liga
Nacional	Jokanović, PredragPredrag Jokanović	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	8th in the Liga
Naval 1° de Maio	Ulisses Morais	Figueira da Foz	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa	11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira	Mota, JoséJosé Mota	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio da Mata Real	6th 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 Guimarães	Cajuda, ManuelManuel Cajuda	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	2nd in the Liga de Honra
Vitória de Setúbal	Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	14th in the Liga

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref
Benfica	Santos, FernandoFernando Santos	20 August 2007	Camacho, José AntonioJosé Antonio Camacho	20 August 2007	[1] [2]
Académica de Coimbra	Machado, ManuelManuel Machado	10 September 2007	Domingos Paciência	11 September 2007	[3] [4]
Naval 1° de Maio	Chaló, FranciscoFrancisco Chaló	16 September 2007	Ulisses Morais	4 October 2007	[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	24	3	3	60	13	+47	069*	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Sporting CP	30	16	7	7	46	28	+18	55
3	Vitória de Guimarães	30	15	8	7	35	31	+4	53	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Benfica	30	13	13	4	45	21	+24	52	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
5	Marítimo	30	14	4	12	39	28	+11	46
6	Vitória de Setúbal	30	11	12	7	37	33	+4	45
7	Braga	30	10	11	9	32	34	−2	41	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Belenenses	30	11	10	9	35	33	+2	040**
9	Boavista (R)	30	8	12	10	32	41	−9	036***	Relegation to Liga de Honra
10	Nacional	30	9	8	13	23	28	−5	35
11	Naval 1º de Maio	30	9	7	14	26	45	−19	34
12	Académica	30	6	14	10	31	38	−7	32
13	Estrela da Amadora	30	6	13	11	29	41	−12	31
14	Leixões	30	4	14	12	27	37	−10	26
15	Paços de Ferreira	30	6	7	17	31	49	−18	025****
16	União de Leiria (R)	30	3	7	20	25	53	−28	16	Relegation to Liga de Honra

Updated to games played on 10 May 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Porto were deducted 6 points due to alleged attempted bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.^[6] Despite legal courts having rejected the evidence used in the process, the league has not reinstated those points.
^**Belenenses were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
^***Boavista will be relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.^[6]
****Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but will stay in the league due to Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2007–08 BWINLIGA Winners
FC Porto 23rd Title

Results

Home ╲ Away[1]

ACA

BEL

BEN

BOA

EST

LEI

MAR

NAC

NAV

PAÇ

POR

SCP

BRA

ULE

VGU

VSE

Académica

0–0

1–3

1–1

3–3

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

3–3

1–1

0–0

0–0

Belenenses

0–0

1–0

2–3

0–0

1–1

1–3

1–1

0–32

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

5–0

Benfica

0–3

2–0

6–1

3–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

3–0

4–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–0

3–0

Boavista

0–0

2–4

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

4–3

0–0

2–0

0–0

3–1

3–2

3–3

Estrela da Amadora

3–1

0–2

0–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–2

0–2

1–1

4–2

4–1

0–1

Leixões

2–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–2

1–1

Marítimo

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

3–1

0–3

1–2

4–1

2–0

0–1

0–0

Nacional

0–3

1–2

0–3

2–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

2–0

1–2

1–0

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–0

Naval 1º de Maio

0–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

2–1

0–2

1–4

1–1

1–0

1–4

0–0

Paços de Ferreira

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

2–2

0–2

0–1

0–2

2–1

2–2

2–1

Porto

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

6–0

3–0

1–0

0–3

1–0

3–0

1–0

4–0

4–0

2–0

2–0

Sporting CP

4–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–1

4–1

4–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

2–2

Braga

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

3–0

0–1

0–0

2–3

União de Leiria

3–1

1–2

1–2

0–0

0–0

1–3

1–2

1–3

0–2

1–1

0–3

4–1

0–0

0–1

0–2

Vitória de Guimarães

2–1

1–0

1–3

1–0

4–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

0–5

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

Vitória de Setúbal

3–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–2

3–1

1–2

1–0

3–1

2–0

0–1

Updated to games played on 11 May 2008.
Source: [www.lpfp.pt/]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

²Belenenses 0-3 Naval was awarded after Belenenses was punished for fielding ineligible player .

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Derlei for Sporting CP against Académica de Coimbra (17 August 2007)
• Fastest goal in a match: Kanu (2 minutes) for Marítimo against Boavista (26 August 2007)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Udo Nwoko (90'+3') for Leixões against Benfica (18 August 2007)
• Widest winning margin: Porto 6-0 Estrela da Amadora (28 April 2008)
• The first hat-trick: by Lito in Académica de Coimbra 3 - 3 Estrela da Amadora (4 November 2007)
• Most goals in a match:
  • Benfica 6-1 Boavista (11 November 2007)
  • Boavista 4 - 3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008)

Cards

• First yellow card: Pedro Roma for Académica de Coimbra against Sporting CP (17 August 2007)
• First red card: Rodrigo Silva for Nacional against Estrela da Amadora (18 August 2007)

Top scorers

24 Goals

• Lisandro López (Porto)

13 Goals

• Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)

12 Goals

• Weldon (Belenenses)

11 Goals

• Wesley (Paços de Ferreira)
• Liédson (Sporting CP)
• Roland Linz (Sporting de Braga)

10 Goals

• Marcelinho (Naval)

9 Goals

• Lito (Académica de Coimbra)

Last updated: 3 March 2009; Source: zerozero.pt (Portuguese)

Awards

Footballer of the Year

Name	Team	League Stats
		Apps	Goals
Lisandro López	Porto	27	24

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month Month Player Club September Rui Costa Benfica October Lucho González Porto November Jorge Ribeiro Boavista December Peter Jehle Boavista January Lisandro López Porto February Lisandro López Porto March Cláudio Pitbull Vitória de Setúbal April Luis Aguiar Académica

SJPF Young Player of the Month Month Player Club September [7] Paulo Machado Leixões October João Moutinho Sporting CP November João Moutinho Sporting CP December Tiago Gomes Estrela da Amadora January Rui Patrício Sporting CP February João Moutinho Sporting CP March João Moutinho Sporting CP April Paulo Machado Leixões

SJPF Fair Play Award

Month	Club
September	Sporting CP

Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

References

1. ↑ Fernando santos is fired (Portuguese)
2. ↑ First day of Camacho (Portuguese)
3. ↑ Official announce of Manuel Machado get fired (Portuguese)
4. ↑ Official announce of the new manager (Portuguese)
5. ↑ Official announce of Francisco Chaló leaving
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Porto docked points, Boavista demoted". uefa.com. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
7. ↑ Paulo Machado wins Young Player Award September (Portuguese)

External links

• Calendar of the Portuguese League

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