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Portuguese Liga
Season	2008–09
Champions	Porto
Relegated	Estrela da Amadora; Trofense
Champions League	Porto; Sporting CP
Europa League	Benfica; Nacional; Sporting de Braga; Paços de Ferreira
Matches played	480
Goals scored	552 (1.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nenê (20)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Funchal (Madeira): Marítimo
Nacional

Belenenses

Benfica

Sporting

Location of teams in the 2008–09 Liga

The 2008–09 Portuguese Liga season was the seventy-fifth since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 with a 1–1 draw between Vitória de Guimarães and Vitória de Setúbal and ended on 24 May 2009. FC Porto were the defending champions.

[edit] Promotion and relegation

[edit] Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

União de Leiria have been relegated to Liga de Honra after finishing in last place in 2007–08 Portuguese Liga.

Boavista have also been relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in 2003–04 season. Thereby Paços de Ferreira, who were originally scheduled to be relegated, were saved from demotion.

[edit] Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Leiria and Boavista were replaced by two promoted teams from Liga de Honra. The first were Trofense, who clinched the second level title. This is their first appearance in Portuguese Liga.

They were accompanied by Rio Ave, who returned to Portuguese Liga after two seasons spent in Liga de Honra.

[edit] Club information

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	2007–08 season
Académica de Coimbra	Paciência, DomingosDomingos Paciência	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	12th in the Liga
Belenenses	Pacheco, JaimeJaime Pacheco	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	8th in the Liga
Benfica	Flores, QuiqueQuique Flores	Lisbon	Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz)	4th in the Liga
Sporting de Braga	Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus	Braga	Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga)	7th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora	, LázaroLázaro	Amadora	Estádio José Gomes (Estádio da Reboleira)	13th in the Liga
Leixões	Mota, JoséJosé Mota	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	14th in the Liga
Marítimo	Carvalhal, CarlosCarlos Carvalhal	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	5th in the Liga
Nacional	Machado, ManuelManuel Machado	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira (Estádio da Choupana)	10th in the Liga
Naval 1º de Maio	Morais, UlissesUlisses Morais	Figueira da Foz	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa	11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira	Sérgio, PauloPaulo Sérgio	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio da Mata Real	15th in the Liga
Porto	Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	1st in the Liga
Rio Ave	Luis, CarlosCarlos Luis	Vila do Conde	Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (Estádio dos Arcos)	2nd in Liga de Honra
Sporting CP	Bento, PauloPaulo Bento	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI	2nd in the Liga
Trofense	Tulipa, ManuelManuel Tulipa	Trofa	Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense	1st in Liga de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães	Cajuda, ManuelManuel Cajuda	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	3rd in the Liga
Vitória de Setúbal	Cardoso, CarlosCarlos Cardoso	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	6th in the Liga

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Porto (C)	30	21	7	2	61	18	+43	70	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Sporting CP	30	20	6	4	45	20	+25	66	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Benfica	30	17	8	5	54	32	+22	59	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Nacional	30	15	7	8	47	32	+15	52	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Sporting de Braga	30	13	11	6	38	21	+17	50	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Leixões	30	12	9	9	30	31	−1	45
7	Académica	30	10	9	11	28	32	−4	39
8	Vitória de Guimarães	30	10	8	12	32	36	−4	38
9	Marítimo	30	9	10	11	35	36	−1	37
10	Paços de Ferreira	30	9	7	14	37	42	−5	34	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹	PAC 1–0 EST EST 0–2 PAC
11	Estrela da Amadora (R)	30	8	10	12	26	38	−12	34	Relegation to Liga de Honra ²	PAC 1–0 EST EST 0–2 PAC
12	Rio Ave	30	8	6	16	20	35	−15	30
13	Naval 1º de Maio	30	7	8	15	25	39	−14	29
14	Vitória Setúbal	30	7	5	18	21	46	−25	26
15	Belenenses	30	5	9	16	28	52	−24	24
16	Trofense (R)	30	5	8	17	25	42	−17	23	Relegation to Liga de Honra

Source: lpfp.pt (Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head away goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th matches won; 7^th goals scored.
¹Since Porto, winners of Cup of Portugal 2008–09, already qualified for UEFA Champions League 2009–10, cup runners-up Paços de Ferreira earned a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
²Estrela da Amadora were relegated after this season ended due to financial problems. Therefore, Belenenses is saved from relegation.^[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

2008-09 Liga Sagres Winners
F.C. Porto 24th Title

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	ACA	BEL	BEN	BRA	EST	LEI	MAR	NAC	NAV	PAÇ	POR	RAV	SCP	TRO	VGU	VSE
Académica		1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Belenenses	1–0		0–0	0–5	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1
Benfica	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–2
Sporting de Braga	1–1	2–0	1–3		5–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Estrela da Amadora	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–4	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0
Leixões	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0
Marítimo	2–0	1–1	0–6	0–0	1–0	0–0		4–2	1–0	4–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	5–1
Nacional	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Naval 1º de Maio	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–4		0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2
Paços de Ferreira	1–1	1–1	3–4	0–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–1		0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Porto	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Rio Ave	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–0		0–1	2–1	2–4	1–0
Sporting CP	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0		3–1	2–0	2–1
Trofense	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	1–4	2–0	0–0		1–3	0–1
Vitória de Guimarães	3–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–1		1–1
Vitória Setúbal	2–1	2–0	0–4	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–4

Source: lpfp.pt (Portuguese)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top scorers

Source: zerozero.pt (Portuguese)

20 goals

Nenê (Nacional)

17 goals

Liédson (Sporting CP)
Óscar Cardozo (Benfica)

10 goals

9 goals

Lucho González (Porto)
William (Paços de Ferreira)

8 goals

[edit] Best Player Award

Source: lpfp.pt (Portuguese)

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Liédson	Sporting CP	24681
2	Beto	Leixões	23723
3	Nilson	Vitória de Guimarães	21561
4	Nuno Assis	Vitória de Guimarães	18537
5	Roberto	Vitória de Guimarães	9950
6	Hulk	Porto	7697
7	Braga	Leixões	7101
8	Moreno	Vitória de Guimarães	6898
9	Nenê	Nacional	6844
10	Wesley	Leixões	6810

[edit] SJPF Player of the Month

Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

Month	Player	Club
September ^[2]	Yebda	Benfica
October ^[3]	Braga	Leixões
November ^[4]	Beto	Leixões
December ^[5]	Peškovič	Académica
January	Liédson	Sporting
February	Hulk	Porto
March	Baba Diawara	Marítimo
April ^[6]	Liédson	Sporting
May ^[7]	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica

[edit] References

^ "Inscrição do E. Amadora rejeitada, Belenenses fica na Liga [Registration of E. Amadora rejected, Belenenses is in Liga]" (in Portuguese). Mais futebol. 30 June 2009. http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/belenenses/e-amadora-liga-belenenses-inscricao/1072743-1463.html. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
^ Yebda wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)
^ Braga wins Best Player Award October (Portuguese)
^ Beto wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese)
^ Peškovič wins Best Player Award December (Portuguese)
^ Liédson wins Best Player Award April (Portuguese)
^ Cardozo wins Best Player Award May (Portuguese)

[edit] External links

Calendar of the Portuguese League (Portuguese)

[0] "Inscrição do E. Amadora rejeitada, Belenenses fica na Liga [Registration of E. Amadora rejected, Belenenses is in Liga]" (in Portuguese). Mais futebol. 30 June 2009. http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/belenenses/e-amadora-liga-belenenses-inscricao/1072743-1463.html. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[1] Yebda wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese)

[2] Braga wins Best Player Award October (Portuguese)

[3] Beto wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese)

[4] Peškovič wins Best Player Award December (Portuguese)

[5] Liédson wins Best Player Award April (Portuguese)

[6] Cardozo wins Best Player Award May (Portuguese)

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