2011–12 Primeira Liga

26th title Feirense Benfica Braga Sporting CP Marítimo Lima (20 goals each) Sporting CP 6−1 Gil Vicente Sporting CP 5−0 Vitória de Guimarães União de Leiria 0−4 Benfica União de Leiria 0−4 Feirense (9 December 2011–26 March 2012) (12 August 2011–11 February 2012) (18 December 2011–30 April 2012) (18 March 2012–30 April 2012) NOTE: Please cite any dates, streaks and records in order to avoid problems with WP:V, WP:OR and/or WP:SYN. The same applies for streaks and/or records; please attach a source which explicitly verifies the record in order to avoid any verifiability problems. Thank you.

The 2011–12 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 14 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 14 of which already took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Porto were the defending champions and secured their 26th and second consecutive league title. Óscar Cardozo and Lima, respectively Benfica's and Braga's strikers, were the joint top scorers with 20 goals.

Teams

Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which already contested in the 2010–11 season and two of which were promoted from the 2010–11 Liga de Honra. The two teams relegated following the 2010–11 season were Portimonense, which returned to the Liga de Honra just a year after promotion, and Naval, returning to the second tier after a six-year stay. Replacing them in the top flight were Liga de Honra champions Gil Vicente, competing in their 14th Liga season after returning from a five-year absence, and Feirense, who were in the top division for the fourth time and the first since the 1989–90 season.

Stadia and locations

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Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)

Positions by round

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Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

• Last updated: 13 May 2012, 00:25 UTC

Assists table

• Last updated: 7 May 2012, 12:48 UTC

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Primeira Liga hat-tricks

Awards

Monthly awards

[[SJPF Player of the Month]]

[[SJPF Young Player of the Month]]

Annual awards

Portuguese Golden Ball

The Portuguese Golden Ball was given to James Rodríguez, the youngest player (21) to ever receive the award.

LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year was awarded to Hulk. He became the first player to win the award twice.

LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to James Rodríguez.

LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Rui Patrício.

LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Coach of the Year was awarded to Vítor Pereira.

LPFP Primeira Liga Fairplay Award

The LPFP Primeira Liga Fairplay Award was awarded to Rio Ave.

Transfers

Main article: List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2011, List of Portuguese football transfers winter 2012

Attendances

Source:

Notes

• Baba moved to Sevilla during the winter transfer window.

References

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