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)

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

Club Head Coach City Stadium 2007–08 season
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 12th in the Liga
Belenenses Portugal Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 8th in the Liga
Benfica Spain Sánchez Flores, QuiqueQuique Sánchez Flores Lisbon Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz) 4th in the Liga
Sporting de Braga Portugal Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus Braga Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) 7th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora Angola , LázaroLázaro Amadora Estádio José Gomes (Estádio da Reboleira) 13th in the Liga
Leixões Portugal Mota, JoséJosé Mota Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 14th in the Liga
Marítimo Portugal Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th in the Liga
Nacional Portugal Machado, ManuelManuel Machado Funchal Estádio da Madeira (Estádio da Choupana) 10th in the Liga
Naval 1º de Maio Portugal Morais, UlissesUlisses Morais Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira Portugal , Paulo SérgioPaulo Sérgio Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 15th in the Liga
Porto Portugal Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st in the Liga
Rio Ave Portugal Brito, CarlosCarlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (Estádio dos Arcos) 2nd in Liga de Honra
Sporting CP Portugal Bento, PauloPaulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd in the Liga
Trofense Portugal , TulipaTulipa Trofa Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense 1st in Liga de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Cajuda, ManuelManuel Cajuda Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 3rd in the Liga
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 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 Braga 30 13 11 6 38 21+17 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Leixões 30 12 9 9 30 311 45
7 Académica 30 10 9 11 28 324 39
8 Vitória de Guimarães 30 10 8 12 32 364 38
9 Marítimo 30 9 10 11 35 361 37
10 Paços de Ferreira 30 9 7 14 37 425 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 3812 34 Relegation to Liga de Honra 2
12 Rio Ave 30 8 6 16 20 3515 30
13 Naval 1º de Maio 30 7 8 15 25 3914 29
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 7 5 18 21 4625 26
15 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 28 5224 24
16 Trofense (R) 30 5 8 17 25 4217 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 ACA BEL BENBRAESTLEIMARNACNAVPAÇPORRAVSCPTROVGUVSE
Académica 10 02 11 22 00 31 11 31 21 03 10 00 10 21 10
Belenenses 10 00 05 22 01 02 12 12 22 13 10 12 32 11 21
Benfica 01 31 10 10 21 32 00 21 32 11 10 20 22 01 22
Braga 11 20 13 50 01 11 10 11 20 02 10 01 10 10 10
Estrela da Amadora 10 11 12 22 21 00 10 10 02 24 20 13 10 10 00
Leixões 01 22 11 20 11 10 13 11 21 14 10 01 20 22 00
Marítimo 20 11 06 00 10 00 42 10 41 03 11 12 11 01 51
Nacional 31 42 31 11 12 00 11 21 10 24 00 11 10 30 10
Naval 1º de Maio 21 11 12 12 00 10 10 04 00 10 01 01 31 00 22
Paços de Ferreira 11 11 34 02 10 40 21 23 21 02 20 00 10 11 20
Porto 21 20 11 11 30 23 00 10 20 20 31 00 00 20 20
Rio Ave 10 01 11 00 21 12 11 03 20 32 00 01 21 24 10
Sporting CP 00 20 32 23 21 01 20 31 31 20 12 20 31 20 21
Trofense 00 21 20 00 11 12 02 12 22 13 14 20 00 13 01
Vitória de Guimarães 32 31 12 00 00 10 21 02 10 00 13 01 12 01 11
Vitória de Setúbal 21 20 04 03 10 01 02 20 01 21 03 10 02 02 24

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 Brazil Nenê Nacional 20
2 Brazil Liédson Sporting CP 17
Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Benfica 17
4 Argentina Ernesto Farías Porto 10
Senegal Baba Diawara Marítimo 10
Argentina Lisandro López Porto 10
7 Brazil William Paços de Ferreira 9
Argentina Lucho González Porto 9
9 Cameroon Albert Meyong Braga 8
Brazil Hulk Porto 8
Brazil Roberto Vitória de Guimarães 8

Awards

Awards

References

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