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2007–08 Primeira Liga

74th season of top-tier Portuguese football


74th season of top-tier Portuguese football

FieldValue
competitionPrimeira Liga
season2007–08
dates17 August 2007 – 11 May 2008
winnersPorto
(23rd title)
relegatedBoavista
União de Leiria
continentalcup1[Champions League](2008-09-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersPorto
Sporting CP
Vitória de Guimarães
continentalcup2[UEFA Cup](2008-09-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersBenfica
Marítimo
Vitória de Setúbal
best playerLisandro López
league topscorerLisandro López (24 goals)
biggest home winPorto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora
(5 April 2008)
biggest away winVitória de Guimarães 0–5 Porto
(27 April 2008)
highest scoringBenfica 6–1 Boavista
(11 November 2007)
Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008)
matches240
total goals554
highest attendance60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto)
(1 December 2007)
prevseason[2006–07](2006-07-primeira-liga)
nextseason[2008–09](2008-09-primeira-liga)

(23rd title) União de Leiria Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães Marítimo Vitória de Setúbal (5 April 2008) (27 April 2008) (11 November 2007) Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008) (1 December 2007) 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
  • Beira Mar

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

  • Leixões
  • Vitória de Guimarães

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
AcadémicaPortugalCoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra[13th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
BelenensesPortugalLisbonEstádio do Restelo[5th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
BenficaPortugalLisbonEstádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz)[3rd](2006-07-primeira-liga)
BoavistaPortugalPortoEstádio do Bessa – Século XXI[9th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
BragaPortugalBragaEstádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)[4th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
Estrela da AmadoraPortugalAmadoraEstádio José Gomes[10th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
União de LeiriaPortugalLeiriaEstádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa[7th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
LeixõesPortugalMatosinhosEstádio do Mar[1st in the Liga de Honra](2006-07-liga-de-honra)
MarítimoBrazilFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros[12th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
NacionalSerbiaFunchalEstádio da Madeira[8th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
Naval 1° de MaioPortugalFigueira da FozEstádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa[11th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
Paços de FerreiraPortugalPaços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real[6th](2006-07-primeira-liga)
PortoPortugalPortoEstádio do Dragão[1st](2006-07-primeira-liga)
Sporting CPPortugalLisbonEstádio José Alvalade – Século XXI[2nd](2006-07-primeira-liga)
Vitória de GuimarãesPortugalGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques[2nd in the Liga de Honra](2006-07-liga-de-honra)
Vitória de SetúbalPortugalSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim[14th](2006-07-primeira-liga)

Managerial changes

ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentRef
BenficaPortugal20 August 2007Spain20 August 2007
AcadémicaPortugal10 September 2007Portugal Domingos Paciência11 September 2007
Naval 1° de MaioPortugal16 September 2007Portugal Ulisses Morais4 October 2007
BenficaSpain José Antonio Camacho9 March 2008Portugal Fernando Chalana10 March 2008

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Derlei for Sporting CP against Académica (17 August 2007)
  • Fastest goal in a match: Kanú (2 minutes) for Marítimo against Boavista (26 August 2007)
  • Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Udo Nwoko (90'+3') for Leixões against Benfica (18 August 2007)
  • Widest winning margin: Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (28 April 2008)
  • The first hat-trick: by Lito in Académica 3–3 Estrela da Amadora (4 November 2007)
  • Most goals in a match:
    • Benfica 6–1 Boavista (11 November 2007)
    • Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008)

Cards

  • First yellow card: Pedro Roma for Académica against Sporting CP (17 August 2007)
  • First red card: Rodrigo Silva for Nacional against Estrela da Amadora (18 August 2007)

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1ARG Lisandro LópezPorto24
2PAR Óscar CardozoBenfica13
3BRA WeldonBelenenses12
4BRA WesleyPaços de Ferreira11
BRA LiédsonSporting CP
AUT Roland LinzBraga
7BRA MarcelinhoNaval10
8Cape Verde LitoAcadémica9
9POR João PauloUnião de Leiria8
POR Jorge RibeiroBoavista
POR Ricardo QuaresmaPorto
POR José PedroBelenenses

Source: Footballzz

Awards

[[Portuguese Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]]

NameTeamLeague StatsAppsGoals
ARG Lisandro LópezPorto2724

Monthly awards

[[SJPF Player of the Month]]

MonthPlayerClub
SeptemberPortugal Rui CostaBenfica
OctoberArgentina Lucho GonzálezPorto
NovemberPortugal Jorge RibeiroBoavista
DecemberLiechtenstein Peter JehleBoavista
JanuaryArgentina Lisandro LópezPorto
FebruaryArgentina Lisandro LópezPorto
MarchBrazil PitbullVitória de Setúbal
AprilUruguay Luis AguiarAcadémica

SJPF Young Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
date=April 2019bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }} (Portuguese)Portugal Paulo MachadoLeixões
OctoberPortugal João MoutinhoSporting CP
NovemberPortugal João MoutinhoSporting CP
DecemberPortugal Tiago GomesEstrela da Amadora
JanuaryPortugal Rui PatrícioSporting CP
FebruaryPortugal João MoutinhoSporting CP
MarchPortugal João MoutinhoSporting CP
AprilPortugal Paulo MachadoLeixões

SJPF Fair Play Award

MonthClub
SeptemberSporting CP

Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

Attendances

#ClubAverageHighest
1Porto38,63250,199
2Benfica37,55860,116
3Sporting29,38140,659
4Vitória SC19,57830,000
5Braga15,61425,745
6Académica6,87219,068
7Marítimo5,8258,440
8Boavista5,38617,875
9Leixões5,03912,710
10Vitória FC3,2564,850
11Os Belenenses2,8107,889
12União de Leiria2,2538,960
13Naval2,2164,981
14Paços de Ferreira2,0453,390
15CD Nacional1,5794,711
16Estrela da Amadora1,4084,503

Source:

References

References

  1. [http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futcomunicadosadrescisao_200807_29127.asp Fernando santos is fired] {{Webarchive. link. (3 March 2016 (Portuguese))
  2. [http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futtreinoaberto_210807_29148.asp First day of Camacho] {{Webarchive. link. (3 March 2016 (Portuguese))
  3. [http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5&param=1088&target=photonews Official announce of Manuel Machado get fired] (Portuguese)
  4. [http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5&param=1090&target=photonews Official announce of the new manager] (Portuguese)
  5. [http://www.naval1demaio.com/noticia.php?area=2&N_ID=552 Official announce of Francisco Chaló leaving]
  6. [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01cb-0e6f1fb2041e-548312b3468c-1000--camacho-hands-in-benfica-notice/ Camacho hands in Benfica notice]; UEFA.com, 9 March 2008
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  8. (9 May 2008). "Porto docked points, Boavista demoted". UEFA.
  9. (15 July 2017). "Justiça desportiva iliba Pinto da Costa no caso Apito Final". Jornal de Negócios.
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