Primeira Liga 2010/11

Primeira Liga 2010/11
master	FC Porto (25th title)
Champions League	FC Porto
Champions League qualification	Benfica Lisbon
Europe League	Sporting Lisbon Sporting Braga Vitória Guimarães Nacional Funchal
Cup winners	FC Porto
Relegated	Portimonense SC Naval 1º de Maio
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	584  (ø 2.43 per game)
spectator	2,418,312  (ø 10,076.3 per game)
Top scorer	Hulk ( FC Porto ), 23 goals
← Primeira Liga 2009/10 Primeira Liga 2011/12 →
Liga de Honra 2010/11 ↓

The Primeira Liga 2010/11 (officially: Liga Zon Sagres 2010/11 ) was the 77th season of the top Portuguese division in men's football. On the 25th of 30 match days, FC Porto secured their 25th league title with a 2-1 away win at arch-rivals Benfica Lisbon .

At the beginning of the season the league was renamed Liga Zon Sagres after the Portuguese media company ZON Multimédia was able to secure shares in the naming rights next to Sagres .

The season began on August 13, 2010 with a home game of the reigning runner-up Sporting Braga against Portimonense SC (3-1) and ended on May 14, 2011 with the 30th and final matchday. Newcomers were SC Beira-Mar and Portimonense SC. The latter club was only penultimate in the end and relegated again.

FC Porto remained unbeaten in 30 games (27 wins and 3 draws), previously only Benfica Lisbon achieved in the 1972/73 season , and Porto set a new record with 21 points ahead of runner-up Benfica.

Attendees

Académica Benfica Braga Beira-Mar U. Leiria Naval Paços Portimonense FC Porto Rio Ave Sporting Vit. Setúbal Olhanense Vit. Guimarães

Participant of the Liga Sagres 2010/11

Nacional Marítimo

Participants in the 2010/11 Liga Sagres from Madeira Island

The two promoted teams this season were SC Beira-Mar , who reached the top division again after five years, and Portimonense SC , who played first-class for the first time since the 1989/90 season.

Teams	Trainer	city	2009/10 season
Académica de Coimbra	Ulisses Morais	Coimbra	11th place
Benfica Lisbon	Jorge Jesus	Lisbon	master
FC Paços de Ferreira	Rui Vitória	Paços de Ferreira	10th place
FC Porto	André Villas-Boas	postage	3rd place
Marítimo Funchal	João Guilherme	Funchal	5th place
Nacional Funchal	Ivo Vieira	Funchal	7th place
Naval 1º de Maio	Carlos Mozer	Figueira da Foz	8th place
Portimonense SC	Carlos Azenha	Portimão	Climbers
Rio Ave FC	Carlos Brito	Vila do Conde	12th place
SC Beira-Mar	Rui Bento	Aveiro	Climbers
Sporting Braga	Domingos Paciência	Braga	2nd place
SC Olhanense	Daúto Faquirá	Olhão	13th place
Sporting Lisbon	José Couceiro	Lisbon	4th Place
União Leiria	Pedro Caixinha	Leiria	9th place
Vitória Guimarães	Manuel Machado	Guimarães	6th place
Vitória Setúbal	Bruno Ribeiro	Setubal	14th place

statistics

Closing table

space		society	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P	annotation
	01.	FC Porto (P)	30th	27	03	00	73:16	+57	84	2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage
	02.	Benfica Lisbon (M) (LP)	30th	20th	03	07th	61:31	+30	63	Qualification for the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League
	03.	Sporting Lisbon	30th	13	09	08th	41:31	+10	48	Qualification for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
	04th	Sporting Braga	30th	13	07th	10	45:33	+12	46	Qualification for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
	05.	Vitória Guimarães	30th	12	07th	11	36:37	- 01	43	Qualification for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
	06th	Nacional Funchal	30th	11	09	10	28:31	- 03	42	Qualification for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League
	07th	FC Paços de Ferreira	30th	10	11	09	35:42	- 07th	41
	08th.	Rio Ave FC	30th	10	08th	12	35:33	+ 02	38
	09.	Marítimo Funchal	30th	09	08th	13	33:32	+ 01	35
	10.	União Leiria	30th	09	08th	13	25:38	−13	35
	11.	SC Olhanense	30th	07th	13	10	24:34	−10	34
	12.	Vitória Setúbal	30th	08th	10	12	29:42	−13	34
	13.	SC Beira-Mar (A)	30th	07th	12	11	32:36	- 04th	33
	14th	Académica Coimbra	30th	07th	09	14th	32:48	−16	30th
	15th	Portimonense SC (A)	30th	06th	07th	17th	29:49	−20	25th	Relegation to the Liga de Honra
	16.	Naval 1º de Maio	30th	05	08th	17th	26:51	−25	23	Relegation to the Liga de Honra
Explanation: (M) = reigning champion, (P) = reigning cup winner, (LP) = reigning league cup winner (A) = promoted from the Liga de Honra

FC Porto champions team

25th title

FC Porto

Goal: Helton (25 / -); Beto (6 / -); Paweł Kieszek (1 / -) Defense: Rolando (29 / -); Maicon (21/2); Álvaro Pereira (21 / -); Cristian Săpunaru (19 / -); Jorge Fucile (16 / -); Nicolás Otamendi (15/5); Henrique Sereno (7 / -); Emídio Rafael (5 / -) Midfield: João Moutinho (27 / -); Fernando Belluschi (26/2); Freddy Guarín (22/5); Fernando (21 / -); Rúben Micael (19 / -); James Rodríguez (15/2); Cristian Rodríguez (13/1); Souza (12 / -); Mariano Gonzalez (10 / -); André Castro (1 / -) Storm: Hulk (26/23); Silvestre Varela (26/10); Falcao (22/16); Walter (13/5); Ukra (2 / -) Trainer: André Villas-Boas

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Hulk	FC Porto	23
02.	Falcao	FC Porto	16
	João Tomás	Rio Ave FC
04th	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica Lisbon	12
05.	Baba Diawara	Marítimo Funchal	11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/por-liga-sagres-2010-2011/