Location of teams in the 2007-08 Liga
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the 74th since its establishment, and started on 17 August 2007. The fixtures (or schedule of games to be played) were announced in 12 July 2007. FC Porto were the defending champions, having won their 21st title the previous season. The season ended on 11 May 2008. The first goalscorer of the season was Derlei, who scored a 25th minute goal for Sporting Clube de Portugal against Académica de Coimbra in an early kick-off that ended 4-1 for Sporting. The first red card of the season was given to Nacional's Rodrigo Silva after elbowing Carlos Alexandre Cardoso's face in their opening game of the season. Porto defended successfully the championship title, winning their 23rd championship, the 3rd in a row, in the 25th fixture after a 6-0 win over Estrela da Amadora. On 27 April 2008, União de Leiria were relegated for losing 3-1 at home to fellow strugglers Leixões.
[edit] Promotion and relegation
Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006-07.
[edit] 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 1st 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.
[edit] Club information
| Club | Head Coach | City | Stadium | 2006-2007 season |
| Académica de Coimbra |  Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 13th in the Liga |
| Belenenses | Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 5th in the Liga |
| Benfica | Chalana, FernandoFernando Chalana | Lisbon | Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz) | 3rd in the Liga |
| Boavista | Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco | Porto | Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI | 9th in the Liga |
| Sporting de Braga | Costa, JorgeJorge Costa | Braga | Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) | 4th in the Liga |
| Estrela da Amadora | Faquirá, DaútoDaúto Faquirá | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 10th in the Liga |
| União de Leiria | Paulo Duarte | Leiria | Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 7th in the Liga |
| Leixões | Carlos Brito | Matosinhos | Estádio do Mar | 1st in the Liga de Honra |
| Marítimo |  Lazaroni, SebastiãoSebastião Lazaroni | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 12th in the Liga |
| Nacional |  Jokanović, PredragPredrag Jokanović | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 8th in the Liga |
| Naval 1° de Maio | Ulisses Morais | Figueira da Foz | Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa | 11th in the Liga |
| Paços de Ferreira | Mota, JoséJosé Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 6th in the Liga |
| Porto | Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 1st in the Liga |
| Sporting CP | Bento, PauloPaulo Bento | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI | 2nd in the Liga |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 2nd in the Liga de Honra |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Cajuda, ManuelManuel Cajuda | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 14th in the Liga |
[edit] Managerial changes
[edit] League table
Updated to games played on May 10, 2008
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
*Porto were deducted 6 points due to alleged attempted bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.[6] After first being expelled from 2008-09 Champions League competiton as well, they earned a reprieve.[7]
**Belenenses were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
***Boavista will be relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.[6]
****Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but will stay in the league due to Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
| 2007–08 BWINLIGA Winners |
FC Porto
23rd Title |
[edit] Results
| Home \ Away1 | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | EST | LEI | MAR | NAC | NAV | PAÇ | POR | SCP | BRA | ULE | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–32 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Benfica | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Boavista | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Leixões | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Marítimo | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Nacional | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Naval 1º de Maio | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Porto | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Sporting CP | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Sporting de Braga | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| União de Leiria | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Vitória Setúbal | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Updated to games played on 11 May 2008
Source: [www.lpfp.pt/]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
2Belenenses 0-3 Naval was awarded after Belenenses was punished for fielding ineligible player
[edit] Season statistics
[edit] Scoring
[edit] Top scorers
- 24 Goals
- 13 Goals
- 12 Goals
- 11 Goals
- 10 Goals
- 9 Goals
Last updated: 3 March 2009; Source: zerozero.pt (Portuguese)
[edit] Awards
[edit] SJPF Player of the Month
Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)
[edit] References
- ^ Fernando santos is fired(in portuguese)
- ^ First day of Camacho(in portuguese)
- ^ Official announce of Manuel Machado get fired(in portuguese)
- ^ Official announce of the new manager(in portuguese)
- ^ Official announce of Francisco Chaló leaving
- ^ a b "Porto docked points, Boavista demoted". uefa.com. 9 May 2008. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=693942.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Porto admission confirmed". UEFA.com. 2008-06-16. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=512/newsid=719886.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
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