2010–11 Primeira Liga

The 2010–11 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 15 August 2010 and ended on 14 May 2011. 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. Benfica were the defending champions but finished runners-up to Porto, who won their 25th league title in the club's first-ever unbeaten season. Porto's forward Hulk was the top scorer with 23 goals.

Primeira Liga
Season2010–11
ChampionsPorto
25th title
RelegatedPortimonense
Naval 1º de Maio
Champions LeaguePorto
Benfica
Europa LeagueSporting CP
Braga
Vitória de Guimarães
Nacional
Matches played240
Goals scored584 (2.43 per match)
Best PlayerHulk
Top goalscorerHulk (23 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeperHelton
Biggest home winPorto 5–0 Benfica
Braga 5–0 Académica
Biggest away winP. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Highest scoringBenfica 5–2 Rio Ave
Portimonense 3–4 V. Setúbal
P. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Longest winning runPorto 16 games
(6 December 2010 – 1 May 2011)
Longest unbeaten runPorto 30 games
(14 August 2010 – 14 May 2011)
Longest losing runRio Ave 5 games
(18 December 2010 – 6 February 2011)
Highest attendanceBenfica 2–1 Marítimo (54,991)
(27 February 2011)
Lowest attendanceNaval 1–1 Portimonense (316)
(22 January 2011)
Total attendance2,419,683[2]
Average attendance10,082[2]

Teams

Belenenses and Leixões were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Belenenses ended an 11-year spell at the highest level of Portuguese football,[3] while Leixões returned to the Liga de Honra after three years.[4]

The two relegated teams were replaced by Liga de Honra champions Beira-Mar and runners-up Portimonense. Beira-Mar returned to the top-level league after three years of absence,[5] and Portimonense made their first appearance in their league since being relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season.[6]

Team summaries
Location of teams in Liga Zon Sagres 2010–11
Location of teams in Liga Zon Sagres 2010–11
Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 11th
Beira-Mar Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,127 Liga de Honra Champion
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 Champion
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 Runner-up
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 5th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 7th
Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 12,630 8th
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 13th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 9,544 Liga de Honra Runner-up
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 3rd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 12,815 12th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 4th
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 9th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 6th
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 14th

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra Ulisses Morais Orlando Lacatoni EFAPEL
Beira-Mar Rui Bento Hugo Joma Diatosta
Benfica Jorge Jesus Nuno Gomes Adidas tmn · meo
Sporting de Braga Domingos Paciência Vandinho Macron AXA
Marítimo Pedro Martins João Guilherme Lacatoni Banif
Nacional Ivo Vieira Bruno Patacas Joma Banif
Naval 1º de Maio Carlos Mozer Nicolas Godemèche Desportreino Hotéis Algarve Sol
Olhanense Daúto Faquirá Rui Duarte Lacatoni Ria Shopping
Paços de Ferreira Rui Vitória Manuel José Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Portimonense Carlos Azenha Ricardo Pessoa Macron Kia · visitportimao.com
Porto André Villas-Boas Helton Nike tmn · meo
Rio Ave Carlos Brito Gaspar Lacatoni Nassica
Sporting CP José Couceiro Daniel Carriço Puma tmn · meo
União de Leiria Pedro Caixinha Marco Soares Joma Kia
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado Nilson Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal Bruno Ribeiro Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
União de Leiria Lito Vidigal Sacked 7 July 2010[7] Off-season Pedro Caixinha 10 July 2010[8]
Marítimo Mitchell van der Gaag Sacked 14 September 2010[9] 15th Pedro Martins 14 September 2010[10]
Naval 1º de Maio Victor Zvunka Sacked 27 September 2010[11] 14th Rogério Gonçalves 6 October 2010[12]
Académica Jorge Costa Resigned 21 December 2010 9th José Guilherme 27 December 2010[13]
Naval 1º de Maio Rogério Gonçalves Sacked 19 December 2010 16th Carlos Mozer 30 December 2010[14]
Portimonense Litos Sacked 28 December 2010[15] 16th Carlos Azenha 29 December 2010[16]
Académica José Guilherme Resigned 20 February 2011[17] 13th Ulisses Morais 22 February 2011[18]
Sporting CP Paulo Sérgio Resigned 26 February 2011[19] 3rd José Couceiro 26 February 2011[20]
Beira-Mar Leonardo Jardim Resigned 28 February 2011[21] 10th Rui Bento 1 March 2011[22]
Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes Sacked 1 March 2011[23] 14th Bruno Ribeiro 1 March 2011[24]
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Sacked 13 March 2011[25] 7th Ivo Vieira 13 March 2011[26]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 27 3 0 73 16 +57 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 30 20 3 7 61 31 +30 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 30 13 9 8 41 31 +10 48 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Braga 30 13 7 10 45 33 +12 46
5 Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 36 37 −1 43 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Nacional 30 11 9 10 28 31 −3 42 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 11 9 35 42 −7 41
8 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 35 33 +2 38
9 Marítimo 30 9 8 13 33 32 +1 35[lower-alpha 2]
10 União de Leiria 30 9 8 13 25 38 −13 35[lower-alpha 2]
11 Olhanense 30 7 13 10 24 34 −10 34[lower-alpha 3]
12 Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 42 −13 34[lower-alpha 3]
13 Beira-Mar 30 7 12 11 32 36 −4 33
14 Académica 30 7 9 14 32 48 −16 30
15 Portimonense (R) 30 6 7 17 29 49 −20 25 Relegation to Liga de Honra
16 Naval 1º de Maio (R) 30 5 8 17 26 51 −25 23
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[27]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The 2010–11 Taça de Portugal competition was won by Champions League-qualified side Porto. Since cup runners-up Vitória de Guimarães secured a place in the European competitions via league position, the spot allocation for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League effectively reverted to league positions.
  2. Marítimo ahead of União de Leiria on head-to-head record; Marítimo–União de Leiria 1–1, União de Leiria–Marítimo 1–3
  3. Olhanense ahead of Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head record; Olhanense–Vitória de Setúbal 3–1, Vitória de Setúbal–Olhanense 0–0

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Porto311111111111111111111111111111
Benfica1114111385222322222222222222222222
Sporting CP12735781074644333333333333444343
Braga1324536467107877775677644333434
Vitória de Guimarães7105224453233455444445565565755
Nacional324811129118458666556996777656566
Paços de Ferreira35766108910121211121211111010854456788877
Rio Ave121215161616161615151512131314141414141211101112977688
Marítimo12151615151515141313141410111391112121113131210899999
União de Leiria710139129510121196544668568888101111111010
Olhanense79673636787911109109778991011131212121211
Vitória de Setúbal359121071189101113141412131313131414141414141414141312
Beira-Mar71381191313121198109888891010101199111010101113
Académica24103427355657910121211111312121313121313131414
Portimonense161614101311121314141515151515151515161616161515161616161515
Naval 1º de Maio12712141414141516161616161616161616151515151616151515151616
Leader
2nd place
3rd place
Source:

Results
Home \ Away ACA BEM BEN BRA MAR NAC NAV OLH PAÇ PTM POR RAV SCP ULE VGU VSE
Académica 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
Beira-Mar 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0
Benfica 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–0
Braga 5–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
Marítimo 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1
Nacional 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–0
Olhanense 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1
Paços de Ferreira 5–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–6 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Portimonense 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–4
Porto 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 1–0
Rio Ave 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0
Sporting CP 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1
União de Leiria 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Vitória de Guimarães 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–3 0–3 4–1 2–1
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Hulk Porto 23
2 Radamel Falcao Porto 16
João Tomás Rio Ave 16
4 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 12
5 Baba Diawara Marítimo 11
6 Edgar V. Guimarães 10
Silvestre Varela Porto 10
8 Carlão Leiria 9
Pitbull V. Setúbal 9
Mario Rondón Paços de Ferreira 9
Javier Saviola Benfica 9
Leandro Tatu Beira-Mar 9

Updated as of games played on 14 May 2011.
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Fair Play Award
MonthClub
September[41]Nacional
October[42]Sporting CP
November[43]Olhanense
December
January
February[44]Vitória de Guimarães
March[45]União de Leiria
April[46]Naval 1º de Maio

List of 2010–11 transfers
Main articles: List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2010 and List of Portuguese football transfers winter 2011

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  30. João Tomás wins Best Player Award November (in Portuguese)
  31. Diego wins Best Player Award February (in Portuguese)
  32. Diego wins Best Player Award March (in Portuguese)
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  36. Andre Santos wins Best Young Player Award December (in Portuguese)
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  40. Patricio wins Best Young Player Award April (in Portuguese)
  41. Nacional wins Fair Play Award September (in Portuguese)
  42. Sporting wins Fair Play Award October (in Portuguese)
  43. Olhanense wins Fair Play Award September (in Portuguese)
  44. Guimarães wins Fair Play Award February (in Portuguese)
  45. Leiria wins Fair Play Award March (in Portuguese)
  46. Naval wins Fair Play Award April (in Portuguese)
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