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.
Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07.
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 | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Ref | |
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Benfica | 20 August 2007 | 20 August 2007 | [1] [2] | |||
Académica | 10 September 2007 | Domingos Paciência | 11 September 2007 | [3] [4] | ||
Naval 1° de Maio | 16 September 2007 | Ulisses Morais | 4 October 2007 | [5] | ||
Benfica | José Antonio Camacho | 9 March 2008 | Fernando Chalana | 10 March 2008 | [6] |
Month | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
September | Benfica | |
October | Porto | |
November | Boavista | |
December | Boavista | |
January | Porto | |
February | Porto | |
March | Vitória de Setúbal | |
April | ||
Month | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
September[8] | Leixões | |
October | Sporting CP | |
November | Sporting CP | |
December | Estrela da Amadora | |
January | Sporting CP | |
February | Sporting CP | |
March | Sporting CP | |
April | Leixões | |
Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)