2007–08 Primeira Liga

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.

Primeira Liga
Season2007–08
ChampionsPorto
(23rd title)
RelegatedBoavista
União de Leiria
Champions LeaguePorto
Sporting CP
Vitória de Guimarães
UEFA CupBenfica
Marítimo
Vitória de Setúbal
Matches played240
Goals scored554 (2.31 per match)
Best PlayerLisandro López
Top goalscorerLisandro 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)
Highest attendance60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto)
(1 December 2007)

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 and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07.

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 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
Location of teams in the 2007-08 Liga
Location of teams in Madeira
Club Head Coach City Stadium 2006-2007 season
Académica Domingos Paciência Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 13th
Belenenses Jorge Jesus Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 5th
Benfica Fernando Chalana Lisbon Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz) 3rd
Boavista Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 9th
Braga Jorge Costa Braga Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) 4th
Estrela da Amadora Daúto Faquirá Amadora Estádio José Gomes 10th
União de Leiria Paulo Duarto Leiria Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th
Leixões Carlos Brito Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 1st in the Liga de Honra
Marítimo Sebastião Lazaroni Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 12th
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Funchal Estádio da Madeira 8th
Naval 1° de Maio Ulisses Morais Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 11th
Paços de Ferreira José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 6th
Porto Jesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st
Sporting CP Paulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Cajuda Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Vitória de Setúbal Carlos Carvalhal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 14th

Managerial changes
ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentRef
Benfica Fernando Santos 20 August 2007 José Antonio Camacho 20 August 2007 [1]
[2]
Académica Manuel Machado 10 September 2007 Domingos Paciência 11 September 2007 [3]
[4]
Naval 1° de Maio Francisco Chaló 16 September 2007 Ulisses Morais 4 October 2007 [5]
Benfica José Antonio Camacho 9 March 2008 Fernando Chalana 10 March 2008 [6]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 24 3 3 60 13 +47 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 30 16 7 7 46 28 +18 55
3 Vitória de Guimarães 30 15 8 7 35 31 +4 53 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Benfica 30 13 13 4 45 21 +24 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Marítimo 30 14 4 12 39 28 +11 46
6 Vitória de Setúbal 30 11 12 7 37 33 +4 45
7 Braga 30 10 11 9 32 34 −2 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Belenenses[lower-alpha 2] 30 11 10 9 35 33 +2 40
9 Boavista (R) 30 8 12 10 32 41 −9 36 Relegation to Liga de Honra[lower-alpha 3]
10 Nacional 30 9 8 13 23 28 −5 35
11 Naval 1º de Maio 30 9 7 14 26 45 −19 34
12 Académica 30 6 14 10 31 38 −7 32
13 Estrela da Amadora 30 6 13 11 29 41 −12 31
14 Leixões 30 4 14 12 27 37 −10 26
15 Paços de Ferreira[lower-alpha 4] 30 6 7 17 31 49 −18 25
16 União de Leiria (R) 30 3 7 20 25 53 −28 16 Relegation to Liga de Honra
Source: BDFutbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Porto were docked 6 points due to attempted bribery of referees in the 2003–04 season.[7][8] However, the Council of Justice of the Portuguese Federation returned them in 2017.[9]
  2. Belenenses were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
  3. Boavista was relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.[8] They were reinstated back to the top league, from the 3rd tier, in 2014[10][11]
  4. Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but stayed in the league because of Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal.

Results
Home \ Away 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 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 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
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 de 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
Source: www.lpfp.pt
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Belenenses 0–3 Naval was awarded after Belenenses was punished for fielding ineligible player

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lisandro López Porto 24
2 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 13
3 Weldon Belenenses 12
4 Wesley Paços de Ferreira 11
Liédson Sporting CP
Roland Linz Braga
7 Marcelinho Naval 10
8 Lito Académica 9
9 João Paulo União de Leiria 8
Jorge Ribeiro Boavista
Ricardo Quaresma Porto
José Pedro Belenenses

Source: Footballzz[12]

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Name Team League Stats
AppsGoals
Lisandro López Porto 2724

Monthly awards

SJPF Fair Play Award
MonthClub
SeptemberSporting CP

Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

See also

References
  1. Fernando santos is fired (Portuguese)
  2. First day of Camacho (Portuguese)
  3. Official announce of Manuel Machado get fired (Portuguese)
  4. Official announce of the new manager (Portuguese)
  5. Official announce of Francisco Chaló leaving
  6. Camacho hands in Benfica notice; UEFA.com, 9 March 2008
  7. FC Porto perde seis pontos UEFA (in Portuguese)
  8. "Porto docked points, Boavista demoted". uefa.com. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  9. "Justiça desportiva iliba Pinto da Costa no caso Apito Final" [Sports justice exonerate Pinto da Costa in the Apito Final case] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Negócios. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. "Boavista back in the top flight". theportugalnews.com. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  11. "Boavista back in the top flight in 2013/14". portugoal.info. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  12. "Primeira Liga 2007-08 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  13. Paulo Machado wins Young Player Award September (Portuguese)
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