Primeira Liga 2008/09

Primeira Liga 2008/09
master	FC Porto
Champions League	FC Porto
Champions League qualification	Sporting Lisbon
Europe League	Benfica Lisbon , Nacional Funchal
Europa League qualification	Sporting Braga , Paços de Ferreira
Cup winners	FC Porto
Relegated	CD Trofense , CF Estrela Amadora
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	552  (ø 2.3 per game)
Top scorer	Nenê ( Nacional Funchal ), 20 goals
← Primeira Liga 2007/08 Primeira Liga 2009/10 →
Liga Vitalis 2008/09 ↓

The 2008/09 Primeira Liga (officially Liga Sagres) was the 75th season of the Portuguese top division in men's football. It began on August 22, 2008 with a home game of third place in the previous season Vitória Guimarães against Vitória Setúbal (1: 1) and ended on May 24, 2009 with the 30th and final game day. Rio Ave FC and CD Trofense were new .

The Portuguese champions were FC Porto for the fourth time in a row . It was the 24th championship title for Porto. CD Trofense and CF Estrela Amadora had to relegate . Estrela Amadora was banned from participating in professional football due to financial problems and had to be relegated to the II Divisão (the third highest division). Belenenses Lisbon was therefore able to keep the class, despite sporting relegation.

Attendees

Due to the Apito Final manipulation scandal in which Boavista Porto was involved, Boavista had to accept a forced relegation. This meant that FC Paços de Ferreira was allowed to remain in the first Portuguese football league despite being relegated. The 16 teams played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first and a second round.

Marítimo Nacional Benfica Sporting Belenenses   FC Porto Rio Ave Braga Académica Setubal Trofense Amadora Paços de Ferreira Naval Vit. Guimarães Leixões Madeira

Participant of the Primeira Divisão 2008/09

Teams	Trainer	city	2007/08	Stadion	capacity
FC Porto	Jesualdo Ferreira	postage	0master	Estádio do Dragão	050,033
Sporting Lisbon	Paulo Bento	Lisbon	02nd place	José Alvalade Stadium	050,095
Vitória Guimarães	Manuel Cajuda	Guimarães	03rd place	Dom Afonso Henriques Stadium	030,165
Benfica Lisbon	Quique Flores	Lisbon	04th Place	Estádio da Luz	065,647
Marítimo Funchal	Lori Sandri	Funchal	05th place	Estádio dos Barreiros	010,600
Vitória Setúbal	Daúto Faquirá	Setubal	06th place	Estádio do Bonfim	018,642
Sporting Braga	Jorge Jesus	Braga	07th place	AXA stadium	030,286
Belenenses Lisbon	Casemiro Mior	Lisbon	08th place	Estádio do Restelo	019,856
Nacional Funchal	Manuel Machado	Funchal	10th place	Estádio da Madeira	005,200
Naval 1º de Maio	Ulisses Morais	Figueira da Foz	11th place	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa	009,471
Académica de Coimbra	Domingos Paciência	Coimbra	12th place	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	029,622
CF Estrela Amadora	Lito Vidigal	Amadora	13th place	Estádio José Gomes	012,630
Leixões SC	José Mota	Matosinhos	14th place	Estádio do Mar	012,700
FC Paços de Ferreira	Paulo Sérgio	Paços de Ferreira	15th place	Estádio da Mata Real	006,452
Rio Ave FC	João Eusébio	Vila do Conde	Climbers	Estádio dos Arcos	012,815
CD Trofense	Toni	Trofa	Climbers	Estádio Clube Desportivo Trofense	005,074

Cue ball

This season the Adidas Europass Portugal will be used . The yellow base color with red dots was inspired by the national flag of Portugal . The Europass Portugal is used to play in the Primeira Liga , Segunda Liga (Liga Vitalis) and the League Cup (Carlsberg Cup) .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto (M)	30th	21st	7th	2	061:180	+43	70
2.	Sporting Lisbon (P)	30th	20th	6th	4th	045:200	+25	66
3.	Benfica Lisbon	30th	17th	8th	5	054:320	+22	59
4th	Nacional Funchal	30th	15th	7th	8th	047:320	+15	52
5.	Sporting Braga	30th	13	11	6th	038:210	+17	50
6th	Leixões SC	30th	12	9	9	030:310	−1	45
7th	Académica de Coimbra	30th	10	9	11	028:320	−4	39
8th.	Vitória Guimarães	30th	10	8th	12	032:360	−4	38
9.	Marítimo Funchal	30th	9	10	11	035:360	−1	37
10.	FC Paços de Ferreira	30th	9	7th	14th	037:420	−5	34
11.	CF Estrela Amadora	30th	8th	10	12	026:380	−12	34
12.	Rio Ave FC (N)	30th	8th	6th	16	020:350	−15	30th
13.	Naval 1º Maio	30th	7th	8th	15th	025:390	−14	29
14th	Vitória Setúbal (LP)	30th	7th	5	18th	021:460	−25	26th
15th	Belenenses Lisbon	30th	5	9	16	028:520	−24	24
16.	CD Trofense (N)	30th	5	8th	17th	025:420	−17	23

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Portuguese champions and participation in the group stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the UEFA Europa League 2009/10

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

Relegation to the II Divisão

Relegation to the Segunda League

(M)	reigning Portuguese champion
(P)	reigning Portuguese cup winner
(LP)	reigning Portuguese league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

2008/09

1.

FC Porto

0-0

2-0

1: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 1

2-0

1-0

2-0

2: 1

3-0

2: 3

2-0

0-0

3: 1

2.

Sporting Lisbon

1: 2

2-0

3: 2

2-0

2: 1

2: 3

2-0

3: 1

3: 1

0-0

2: 1

0: 1

2-0

3: 1

2-0

3.

Vitória Guimarães

1: 3

1: 2

1: 2

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

0: 2

1-0

3: 2

0-0

1-0

0-0

0: 1

0: 1

4th

Benfica Lisbon

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

3: 2

2: 2

1-0

3: 1

0-0

2: 1

0: 1

1-0

2: 1

3: 2

2: 2

1-0

5.

Marítimo Funchal

0: 3

1: 2

0: 1

0: 6

5: 1

0-0

1: 1

4: 2

1-0

2-0

1-0

0-0

4: 1

1: 1

1: 1

6th

Vitória Setúbal

0: 3

0: 2

2: 4

0: 4

0: 2

0: 3

2-0

2-0

0: 1

2: 1

1-0

0: 1

2: 1

0: 2

1-0

7th

Sporting Braga

0: 2

0: 1

1-0

1: 3

1: 1

1-0

2-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

5-0

0: 1

2-0

1-0

1-0

8th.

Belenenses Lisbon

1: 3

1: 2

1: 1

0-0

0: 2

2: 1

0: 5

1: 2

1: 2

1-0

2: 2

0: 1

2: 2

3: 2

1-0

9.

Nacional Funchal

2: 4

1: 1

3-0

3: 1

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

4: 2

2: 1

3: 1

1: 2

0-0

1-0

1-0

0-0

10.

Naval 1º de Maio

1-0

0: 1

0-0

1: 2

1-0

2: 2

1: 2

1: 1

0: 4

2: 1

0-0

1-0

0-0

3: 1

0: 1

11.

Académica de Coimbra

0: 3

0-0

2: 1

0: 2

3: 1

1-0

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

3: 1

2: 2

0-0

2: 1

1-0

1-0

12.

CD Estrela Amadora

2: 4

1: 3

1-0

1: 2

0-0

0-0

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

1-0

1-0

2: 1

0: 2

1-0

2-0

13.

Leixões SC

1: 4

0: 1

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

0-0

2-0

2: 2

1: 3

1: 1

0: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2-0

1-0

14th

FC Paços de Ferreira

0: 2

0-0

1: 1

3: 4

2: 1

2-0

0: 2

1: 1

2: 3

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

4-0

1-0

2-0

15th

CD Trofense

1: 4

0-0

1: 3

2-0

0: 2

0: 1

0-0

2: 1

1: 2

2: 2

0-0

1: 1

1: 2

1: 3

2-0

16.

Rio Ave FC

0-0

0: 1

2: 4

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

0-0

0: 1

0: 3

2-0

1-0

2: 1

1: 2

3: 2

2: 1

FC Porto champions team

24th title

FC Porto

Goal : Helton (25 / -); Nuno (4 / -); Ventura (1 / -) Defense : Bruno Alves (30/5); Rolando (28/3); Jorge Fucile (17 / -); Cristian Săpunaru (17 / -); Aly Cissokho (15 / -); Nelson Benitez (5 / -); Pedro Emanuel (5 / -); Lino (5 / -); Milan Stepanov (1 / -) Midfield : Cristian Rodríguez (29/6); Raúl Meireles (28/4); Fernando (25 / -); Mariano Gonzalez (24/4); Lucho Gonzalez (23/9); Tomás Costa (22/1); Freddy Guarin (15/1); Andrés Madrid (6 / -); Pelé (2 / -) Forward : Lisandro López (28/10); Hulk (25/8); Ernesto Farías (20/10); Tarik Sektioui (9 / -); Candeias (3 / -); Rabiola (1 / -) Trainer : Jesualdo Ferreira

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Nenê	Nacional Funchal	20th
2		Óscar Cardozo	Benfica Lisbon	17th
		Liédson	Sporting Lisbon	17th
4th		Ernesto Farías	FC Porto	10
		Baba	Marítimo Funchal	10
		Lisandro Lopez	FC Porto	10
7th		William	FC Paços de Ferreira	09
		Lucho	FC Porto	09
9		Roberto	Vitória Guimarães	08th
		Albert Meyong Zé	Sporting Braga	08th
		Hulk	FC Porto	08th

Player of the season

In addition to many other awards given to the game day, month or season, there is a player of the season award , which is carried out through a choice on the website of the league association. Anyone interested in football can vote with one vote.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Points
1		Liédson	Sporting CP	24,856
2		Beto	Leixões SC	23,815
3		Nilson	Vitória Guimarães	21,561

Web links

• Match dates and tables on rsssf.com
• Statistics on fussballzz.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portugal 2008/09 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .