2008–09 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2008–09
Champions	Porto 24th title
Relegated	Estrela da Amadora Trofense
Champions League	Porto Sporting CP
Europa League	Benfica Nacional Braga Paços de Ferreira
Matches played	240
Goals scored	552 (2.3 per match)
Average goals/game	2.30
Best Player	Bruno Alves
Top goalscorer	Nenê (20 goals)
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)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Portuguese football 2008–09
Primeira Liga (Tier 1)
Liga de Honra (Tier 2)
Segunda Divisão (Tier 3)
Terceira Divisão (Tier 4)
Taça de Portugal (Cup)

The 2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009. Porto were the three-time defending champions and secured a fourth consecutive title for the second time in their history.

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 Primeira 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 Primeira Liga .

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

Club information

Funchal (Madeira): Marítimo
Nacional

Belenenses

Benfica

Sporting

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	Sánchez Flores, QuiqueQuique Sánchez 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	, Paulo SérgioPaulo 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	Brito, CarlosCarlos Brito	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	, TulipaTulipa	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 !Porto (C)	30	21	7	2	61	18	+43	70	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Sporting CP !Sporting CP	30	20	6	4	45	20	+25	66	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Benfica !Benfica	30	17	8	5	54	32	+22	59	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Nacional !Nacional	30	15	7	8	47	32	+15	52	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Braga !Braga	30	13	11	6	38	21	+17	50	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Leixões !Leixões	30	12	9	9	30	31	−1	45
7	Académica !Académica	30	10	9	11	28	32	−4	39
8	Vitória de Guimarães !Vitória de Guimarães	30	10	8	12	32	36	−4	38
9	Marítimo !Marítimo	30	9	10	11	35	36	−1	37
10	Paços de Ferreira !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 !Estrela da Amadora (R)	30	8	10	12	26	38	−12	34	Relegation to Liga de Honra ²	PAC 1–0 EST EST 0–2 PAC
12	Rio Ave !Rio Ave	30	8	6	16	20	35	−15	30
13	Naval 1º de Maio !Naval 1º de Maio	30	7	8	15	25	39	−14	29
14	Vitória de Setúbal !Vitória de Setúbal	30	7	5	18	21	46	−25	26
15	Belenenses !Belenenses	30	5	9	16	28	52	−24	24
16	Trofense !Trofense (R)	30	5	8	17	25	42	−17	23	Relegation to Liga de Honra

Source: lpfp.pt (in 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 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, 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 was saved from relegation.^[1]
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Académica !ACA	Belenenses !BEL	Benfica !BEN	Braga !BRA	Estrela da Amadora !EST	Leixões !LEI	Marítimo !MAR	Nacional !NAC	Naval 1º de Maio !NAV	Paços de Ferreira !PAÇ	Porto !POR	Rio Ave !RAV	Sporting CP !SCP	Trofense !TRO	Vitória de Guimarães !VGU	Vitória de Setúbal !VSE
Académica !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 !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 !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
Braga !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 (in Portuguese)
1 ^{^} The 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 CP	17
2	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	17
4	Ernesto Farías	Porto	10
	Baba Diawara	Marítimo	10
	Lisandro López	Porto	10
7	William	Paços de Ferreira	9
7	Lucho González	Porto	9
9	Albert Meyong	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]	Bruno Braga	Leixões
November^[5]	Beto	Leixões
December^[6]	Boris Peškovič	Académica
January^[7]	Liédson	Sporting CP
February^[8]	Hulk	Porto
March^[9]	Baba Diawara	Marítimo
April^[10]	Liédson	Sporting CP
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 CP
April	Rui Patrício	Sporting CP
May	Bruno Gama	Vitória de Setúbal

Awards

Primeira Liga Champions – Porto
Primeira Liga Top Scorer – Nenê (20 goals)
Primeira Liga Player of the Year – Bruno Alves
Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year – Beto
Primeira Liga Referee of the Year – Olegário Benquerença

References

↑ "Inscrição do E. Amadora rejeitada, Belenenses fica na Liga" [Registration of E. Amadora rejected, Belenenses is in Liga] (in Portuguese). Mais futebol. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
↑ "Melhor marcador – Liga Sagres 2008–2009". www.lpfp.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês de Setembro – Yebda" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês de Outubro – Braga" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês Novembro – Beto" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês Dezembro – Peskovic" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Liedson recebe título de melhor jogador do mês" (in Portuguese). dn.sapo.pt. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Sindicato dos Jogadores distingue Hulk" (in Portuguese). futebolar.portugalmail.pt. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Baba é o rei de Março" (in Portuguese). infordesporto.sapo.pt. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês Abril – Liedson" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
↑ "Jogador do Mês Maio – Cardozo" (in Portuguese). SJPF. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

External links

Calendar of the Portuguese League (in Portuguese)

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League cups	England Finland '08 '09 France Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout phase, Final) UEFA Cup (Group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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