2007–08 Primeira Liga Explained

Competition:Primeira Liga
Season:2007–08
Dates:17 August 2007 – 11 May 2008
Winners:Porto
(23rd title)
Relegated:Boavista
União de Leiria
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Porto
Sporting CP
Vitória de Guimarães
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Benfica
Marítimo
Vitória de Setúbal
Best Player:Lisandro López
League Topscorer:Lisandro López (24 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora
(5 April 2008)
Biggest Away Win:Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Porto
(27 April 2008)
Highest Scoring:Benfica 6–1 Boavista
(11 November 2007)
Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008)
Matches:240
Total Goals:554
Highest Attendance:60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto)
(1 December 2007)
Prevseason:2006–07
Nextseason:2008–09

The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition 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.

Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage; Benfica, Marítimo and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Boavista and União de Leiria were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Lisandro López was the top scorer with 24 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

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

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 top 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

ClubHead CoachCityStadium2006–2007 season
Académica CoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra13th
Belenenses LisbonEstádio do Restelo5th
Benfica LisbonEstádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz)3rd
Boavista PortoEstádio do Bessa – Século XXI9th
Braga BragaEstádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)4th
Estrela da Amadora AmadoraEstádio José Gomes10th
União de Leiria LeiriaEstádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa7th
Leixões MatosinhosEstádio do Mar1st in the Liga de Honra
Marítimo FunchalEstádio dos Barreiros12th
Nacional FunchalEstádio da Madeira8th
Naval 1° de Maio Figueira da FozEstádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa11th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real6th
Porto PortoEstádio do Dragão1st
Sporting CP LisbonEstádio José Alvalade – Século XXI2nd
Vitória de Guimarães GuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques2nd in the Liga de Honra
Vitória de Setúbal SetúbalEstádio do Bonfim14th

Managerial changes

ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentRef
Benfica 20 August 2007 20 August 2007[1]
[2]
Académica 10 September 2007 Domingos Paciência11 September 2007[3]
[4]
Naval 1° de Maio 16 September 2007 Ulisses Morais4 October 2007[5]
Benfica José Antonio Camacho9 March 2008 Fernando Chalana10 March 2008[6]

League table

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Lisandro LópezPorto24
2 Óscar CardozoBenfica13
3 WeldonBelenenses12
4Paços de Ferreira11
LiédsonSporting CP
Roland LinzBraga
7 MarcelinhoNaval10
8 LitoAcadémica9
9União de Leiria8
Jorge RibeiroBoavista
Ricardo QuaresmaPorto
José PedroBelenenses
Source: Footballzz[7]

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
September Benfica
October Porto
November Boavista
December Boavista
January Porto
February Porto
March Vitória de Setúbal
April

SJPF Young Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
September[8] Leixões
October Sporting CP
November Sporting CP
December Estrela da Amadora
January Sporting CP
February Sporting CP
March Sporting CP
April Leixões

SJPF Fair Play Award

Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futcomunicadosadrescisao_200807_29127.asp Fernando santos is fired
  2. http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futtreinoaberto_210807_29148.asp First day of Camacho
  3. http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5&param=1088&target=photonews Official announce of Manuel Machado get fired
  4. http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5&param=1090&target=photonews Official announce of the new manager
  5. http://www.naval1demaio.com/noticia.php?area=2&N_ID=552 Official announce of Francisco Chaló leaving
  6. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=670164.html Camacho hands in Benfica notice
  7. Web site: Primeira Liga 2007-08 – Top Scorers . Footballzz . 27 May 2015.
  8. http://www.record.xl.pt/noticia.aspx?id=00760788-3333-3333-3333-000000760788&idCanal=00000011-0000-0000-0000-000000000011 Paulo Machado wins Young Player Award September