2009–10 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2009–10
Champions Benfica
32nd title
Relegated Leixões
Belenenses
Champions League Benfica (group stage)
Braga (3rd qualifying round)
Europa League Porto (play-off round)
Sporting CP (3rd qualifying round)
Marítimo (2nd qualifying round)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 601 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Óscar Cardozo
(26 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Benfica 8–1 V. Setúbal
(31 August 2009)[2]
Biggest away win Marítimo 0–5 Benfica
(17 January 2010)[3]
Highest scoring Benfica 8–1 V. Setúbal
(31 August 2009)[2]
(9 goals)
Longest winning run Benfica 9 games
(13 February 2010 – 24 April 2010)
Longest unbeaten run Benfica 19 games
(1 November 2009 – 24 April 2010)
Longest losing run Belenenses 7 games
(17 January 2010 – 7 March 2010)
Highest attendance Benfica 2–1 Rio Ave (64,103)
(9 May 2010)[4]
Lowest attendance Naval 1–0 Leiria (397)
(12 March 2010)[5]
Average attendance 10,901

The 2009–10 Primeira Liga (also known as the Liga Sagres due to sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 16 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. Benfica won their 32nd league thus establishing a new record, after a 2–1 home victory over Rio Ave on the last matchday.[6][7] Benfica's striker Óscar Cardozo was the top scorer with 26 goals.

Changes from 2008–09

Team changes

Trofense have been relegated to the Liga de Honra after finishing the 2008–09 season in 16th and last place. Trofense were to be accompanied by Belenenses, who finished in 15th place. Belenenses were ending a ten-year stretch in the Portuguese top-level league, while Trofense returned to the Liga da Honra after just one year in the top flight.

Estrela da Amadora, however, who finished last season in 11th place, have been relegated for economic problems to the Liga Vitalis. Therefore, Belenenses' relegation has been reversed and they will participate in the Liga Sagres once more.[8]

The relegated teams were replaced by Liga Vitalis 2008–09 champions Olhanense and runners-up União de Leiria. Olhanense returned to the top-flight after 34 years, while Leiria was back after a one-year hiatus.

Structural changes

Based on UEFA coefficients, Portugal finished in tenth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season.[9] As a result, the Portuguese league will lose one qualification spot for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The third-placed team will now qualify for the third qualification round instead of the play-off round. The fourth-placed team will enter the competition in the second qualification round while the fifth place will not initially qualify for any European competitions via league placement. However, this may change during the course of the season depending on the league performance of both 2009–10 Cup of Portugal finalists.

Team overview

Location of teams in Liga Sagres 2009–10
Location of teams in Liga Sagres 2009–10

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity 2008 Season
Académica de Coimbra Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 7th in Liga Sagres
Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 32,500 15th in Liga Sagres
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 3rd in Liga Sagres
Sporting de Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 5th in Liga Sagres
Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 16,035 6th in Liga Sagres
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 9th in Liga Sagres
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 4th in Liga Sagres
Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 12,630 13th in Liga Sagres
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 Liga Vitalis champion
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th in Liga Sagres
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 Liga Sagres champion
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave FC 12,815 12th in Liga Sagres
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 2nd in Liga Sagres
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 Liga Vitalis runner-up
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 8th in Liga Sagres
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 14th in Liga Sagres

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Captain Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra Lito André Villas Boas Lacatoni Dolce Vita
Belenenses José Pedro Toni Lacatoni n/a
Benfica Nuno Gomes Jorge Jesus Adidas Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back: Sagres
Sporting de Braga Vandinho Domingos Paciência Macron AXA
Leixões Zé Manel Fernando Castro Santos Sport Zone Cepsa
Marítimo Bruno Mitchell van der Gaag Lacatoni BANIF
Nacional Bruno Patacas Manuel Machado Legea BANIF
Naval 1º de Maio Carlitos Augusto Inácio Desportreino Motéis Algarve Sol
Olhanense Toy Jorge Costa Sport Zone n/a
Paços de Ferreira Paulo Sousa Ulisses Morais Diadora Capital do Móveis: Paços de Ferreira
Porto Bruno Alves Jesualdo Ferreira Nike Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back: Super Bock
Rio Ave Gaspar Carlos Brito Lacatoni Nassica: Vila do Conde
Sporting CP João Moutinho Carlos Carvalhal Puma Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back Super Bock
União de Leiria Marco Soares Lito Vidigal Legea n/a
Vitória de Guimarães Flávio Meireles Paulo Sérgio Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal Sandro Manuel Fernandes Lacatoni n/a

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming Date
Naval 1º de Maio Ulisses Morais[10] Sacked 7 September 2009 15th Augusto Inácio[11] 12 September 2009
Vitória de Setúbal Carlos Azenha[12] Resigned 14 September 2009 16th Quim1[13] 17 September 2009
Marítimo Carlos Carvalhal[14] Resigned 28 September 2009 11th Mitchell van der Gaag[15] 28 September 2009
Académica de Coimbra Rogério Gonçalves[16] Resigned 3 October 2009 16th Zé Nando1[17] 4 October 2009
Vitória de Guimarães Nelo Vingada[18] Resigned 7 October 2009 12th Basílio Marques1[19] 8 October 2009
Académica de Coimbra Zé Nando Replaced 13 October 2009 16th André Villas-Boas[20] 13 October 2009
Vitória de Guimarães Basílio Marques Replaced 13 October 2009 12th Paulo Sérgio[21] 13 October 2009
Paços de Ferreira Paulo Sérgio[22] Left to sign with Vitória de Guimarães 16 October 2009 10th Ulisses Morais[23] 16 October 2009
União de Leiria Manuel Fernandes[24] Left to sign with Vitória de Setúbal 19 October 2009 9th Lito Vidigal 21 October 2009
Vitória de Setúbal Quim Replaced 21 October 2009 15th Manuel Fernandes[25] 21 October 2009
Sporting CP Paulo Bento[26] Resigned 6 November 2009 7th Leonel Pontes1 6 November 2009
Sporting CP Leonel Pontes Replaced 15 November 2009 8th Carlos Carvalhal[27] 15 November 2009
Nacional Manuel Machado[28] Health issues 30 November 2009 4th José Augusto1[29] 30 November 2009
Nacional José Augusto Replaced 13 December 2009 4th Predrag Jokanović1[30] 13 December 2009
Belenenses João Carlos Pereira[31] Resigned 21 December 2009 16th Toni[32] 23 December 2009
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Replaced 26 January 2010 5th Manuel Machado[33] 26 January 2010
Leixões José Mota[34] Resigned 9 February 2010 15th Fernando Castro Santos[35] 9 February 2010

1 Interim coach

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Benfica (C) 30 24 4 2 78 20+58 76 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Braga 30 22 5 3 48 20+28 71 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Porto 30 21 5 4 70 26+44 68 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
4 Sporting CP 30 13 9 8 42 26+16 48 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Marítimo 30 11 8 11 42 431 41 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round VGU 1–2 MAR
MAR 0–1 VGU
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 8 11 31 343 41rowspan=9 style="background-color:white;"|
7 Nacional 30 10 9 11 36 4610 39
8 Naval 1º de Maio 30 10 6 14 20 3515 36
9 União de Leiria 30 9 8 13 35 416 35 PAÇ 0–1 ULE
ULE 2–1 PAÇ
10 Paços de Ferreira 30 8 11 11 32 375 35
11 Académica 30 8 9 13 37 425 33
12 Rio Ave 30 6 13 11 22 3311 31
13 Olhanense 30 5 14 11 31 4615 29
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 5 10 15 29 5728 25
15 Belenenses (R) 30 4 11 15 23 4421 23 Relegation to 2010–11 Liga de Honra
16 Leixões (R) 30 5 6 19 25 5126 21

Source: LPFP
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
1via Portuguese Cup.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Académica 16 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 12 13 12 12 10 11 12 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11
Belenenses 11 5 7 10 11 12 14 11 10 14 13 12 13 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15
Benfica 9 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Braga 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Leixões 14 15 12 12 8 13 8 9 11 15 14 14 14 14 16 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16
Marítimo 3 2 4 9 10 11 7 7 8 5 5 5 6 9 9 9 8 6 7 7 10 10 11 8 9 9 7 7 7 5
Nacional 6 13 13 13 9 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 8 7 8 9 10 8 8 6 6 6 7
Naval 1º de Maio 10 16 15 15 16 15 11 15 9 11 11 9 10 10 11 12 11 12 12 12 11 11 8 9 10 10 9 10 8 8
Olhanense 12 8 9 7 7 10 13 14 15 13 15 15 15 15 14 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13
Paços de Ferreira 8 9 10 11 13 8 9 12 12 10 10 11 11 11 12 10 10 10 10 9 6 7 6 7 7 7 10 9 10 10
Porto 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Rio Ave 4 6 5 4 5 4 6 5 4 6 7 7 5 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12
Sporting CP 2 10 6 5 4 5 4 4 7 8 6 6 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
União de Leiria 7 7 8 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 8 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 9 9
Vitória de Guimarães 13 12 11 8 12 9 12 10 13 9 9 10 9 7 6 7 7 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Vitória de Setúbal 15 11 16 16 14 14 15 13 14 12 16 16 16 13 13 15 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 14
Leader 2nd place 3rd place


Results

Home ╲ Away[1] ACA BEL BENBRALEIMARNACNAVOLHPAÇPORRAVSCPULEVGUVSE
Académica 11 23 02 20 24 33 20 11 11 12 01 02 00 20 30
Belenenses 12 04 13 13 22 01 20 00 03 03 00 04 52 01 00
Benfica 40 10 10 50 11 61 10 50 31 10 21 20 30 31 81
Braga 10 31 20 31 21 20 00 31 10 10 10 10 20 32 20
Leixões 13 00 04 11 12 24 10 22 20 00 00 12 32 31 12
Marítimo 00 33 05 12 10 11 12 52 31 10 01 32 10 01 20
Nacional 43 10 01 11 10 21 11 11 11 04 11 11 20 20 21
Naval 1º de Maio 01 10 24 04 10 21 00 00 10 13 32 01 10 00 01
Olhanense 21 13 22 01 10 12 10 10 11 03 01 00 00 02 22
Paços de Ferreira 21 00 13 01 11 10 21 13 22 11 11 00 01 00 53
Porto 32 11 31 51 41 41 30 30 22 11 21 10 32 30 20
Rio Ave 00 00 01 11 20 00 20 00 15 12 01 22 02 00 10
Sporting CP 12 00 00 12 10 11 32 01 32 10 30 50 01 31 21
União de Leiria 11 10 12 12 21 00 12 20 20 21 14 11 11 01 33
Vitória de Guimarães 10 20 01 10 20 12 20 30 11 12 14 10 11 22 22
Vitória de Setúbal 11 12 11 00 10 32 21 01 00 01 25 22 02 04 00

Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
1 ^ The 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 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 26
2 Radamel Falcao Porto 25
3 Liédson Sporting CP 13
4 Edgar Nacional 12
Cássio União de Leiria 12
Djalmir Olhanense 12
Albert Meyong Braga 12
8 Javier Saviola Benfica 11
9 William Paços de Ferreira 10
Ladji Keita Vitória de Setúbal 10
11 1 player 9
12 3 players 8
15 4 players 7
19 8 players 6
27 10 players 5
37 17 players 4
54 22 players 3
76 38 players 2
114 74 players 1

Source: Liga Sagres – Top Goalscorers (Portuguese)

Top assists

Position Player Club Assists
1 Ángel Di María Benfica 11
3 Fernando Belluschi Porto 8
Pablo Aimar Benfica 8
Fábio Coentrão Benfica 8
5 Hulk Porto 7
6 Djalma Marítimo 6
Óscar Cardozo Benfica 6
Hélder Barbosa Vitória de Setúbal 6
Ukra Olhanense 6
11 6 players 5
17 11 players 4
28 23 players 3
51 38 players 2
89 85 players 1

Source: Liga Sagres – Top Assists (Portuguese)

Own goals

Position Player Club Own goals
1 David Luiz Benfica 2
Rolando Porto 2
3 Nelson Benítez Leixões 1
Moisés Braga 1
Ozéia Paços de Ferreira 1
Roberto Marítimo 1
Kelly Berville Paços de Ferreia 1
João Aurélio Nacional 1
João Real Naval 1
Hugo Morais Leixões 1
Ricardo Silva Vitória de Setúbal 1
Mourtala Diakité Marítimo 1
Jorge Fucile Porto 1

Source: Liga Sagres – Own goals (Portuguese)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
September[36] Alan Braga
October[37] Djalma Marítimo
November[38] João Tomás Rio Ave
December[39] Javier Saviola Benfica
January[40] Márcio Mossoró Braga
February[41] Coelho Paços de Ferreira
March[42] Liédson Sporting CP
April[43] Ángel Di María Benfica

SJPF Young Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
September[44] André Castro Olhanense
October[45] Fábio Coentrão Benfica
November[46] Fábio Faria Rio Ave
December[47] Fábio Faria Rio Ave
January[48] André Castro Olhanense
February[49] André Castro Olhanense
March[50] Fábio Coentrão Benfica
April[51] Fábio Coentrão Benfica

SJPF Fair Play Award

MonthClub
September[52] Académica
October[53] Braga
November[54] Naval
December[55] Marítimo
January[56] Braga
February[57] Benfica
March[58] Paços de Ferreira
April[59] Nacional

Annual awards

LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year was awarded to David Luiz of Benfica.[60]

LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Coentrão of Benfica.[60]

LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year was awarded to Jorge Jesus of Benfica.[60]

LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year was awarded to André Villas-Boas of Académica de Coimbra.[60]

See also

References

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  37. Djalma wins Best Player Award October (Portuguese)
  38. João Tomás wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese)
  39. Saviola wins Best Player Award December (Portuguese)
  40. Mossoró wins Best Player Award January (Portuguese)
  41. Coelho wins Best Player Award February (Portuguese)
  42. Liedson wins Best Player Award March (Portuguese)
  43. Di Maria wins Best Player Award April (Portuguese)
  44. Castro wins Young Player Award September (Portuguese)
  45. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award October (Portuguese)
  46. Fábio Faria wins Young Player Award November (Portuguese)
  47. Fábio Faria wins Young Player Award December (Portuguese)
  48. Castro wins Young Player Award January (Portuguese)
  49. Castro wins Young Player Award February (Portuguese)
  50. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award March (Portuguese)
  51. Fábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award April (Portuguese)
  52. Académica wins Fair Play Award September (Portuguese)
  53. SC Braga wins Fair Player Award October (Portuguese)
  54. Naval wins Fair Play Award November (Portuguese)
  55. Marítimo wins Fair Play Award December (Portuguese)
  56. SC Braga wins Fair Play Award January (Portuguese)
  57. Benfica wins Fair Play Award February (Portuguese)
  58. Paços de Ferreira Fair Play Award March (Portuguese)
  59. Nacional wins Fair Play Award April (Portuguese)
  60. 60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 "Rosa Mota e Carlos Lopes Recebem Prémio Fernando Soromenho" [Rosa Mota e Carlos Lopes Receive Fernando Soromenho Award] (in Portuguese). CNID. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.

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