Primeira Liga 2011/12

Primeira Liga 2011/12
master	FC Porto (26th title)
Champions League	FC Porto Benfica Lisbon Sporting Braga (Qualifying)
Europe League	Sporting Lisbon Marítimo Funchal Académica de Coimbra
Relegated	CD Feirense União Leiria
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	634  (ø 2.64 per game)
spectator	2,629,950  (ø 10,958.13 per game)
Top scorer	Óscar Cardozo ( Benfica Lisbon ), 20 goals
← Primeira Liga 2010/11 Primeira Liga 2012/13 →
Liga de Honra 2011/12 ↓

The 2011/12 Primeira Liga is the 78th season of the Portuguese top division in men's football. The season began on August 14, 2011 and ended on May 12, 2012 with the 30th matchday.

Attendees

Newcomers are Gil Vicente FC from Barcelos and CD Feirense from Santa Maria da Feira . Gil Vicente is top notch again after five years in the second division . Feirense made it back to the top division after 20 years.

Académica Benfica Braga Beira-Mar U. Leiria Paços FC Porto Feirense Gil Vicente Rio Ave Sporting Vit. Setúbal Olhanense Vit. Guimarães

Participant of the Liga Sagres 2011/12

Nacional Marítimo

Participants in the 2011/12 Liga Sagres from Madeira Island

	Teams	Trainer	city	2010/11 season
	Sporting Braga	Leonardo Jardim	Braga	4th Place
	SC Beira-Mar	Rui Bento	Aveiro	13th place
	Benfica Lisbon	Jorge Jesus	Lisbon	2nd place
	Académica de Coimbra	Pedro Emanuel	Coimbra	14th place
	CD Feirense	Quim Machado	Santa Maria da Feira	Climbers
	Marítimo Funchal	Pedro Martins	Funchal	9th place
	Nacional Funchal	Ivo Vieira	Funchal	6th place
	Gil Vicente FC	Paulo Martins Alves	Barcelos	Climbers
	União Leiria	Pedro Caixinha	Leiria	10th place
	SC Olhanense	Daúto Faquirá	Olhão	11th place
	FC Paços de Ferreira	Rui Vitória	Paços de Ferreira	7th place
	FC Porto	Vítor Pereira	postage	master
	Rio Ave FC	Carlos Brito	Vila do Conde	8th place
	Vitória Setúbal	Bruno Ribeiro	Setubal	12th place
	Sporting Lisbon	Domingos Paciência	Lisbon	3rd place
	Vitória Guimarães	Manuel Machado	Guimarães	5th place

statistics

Closing table

space		society	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	TD	P	annotation
	01.	FC Porto (M, P)	30th	23	06th	01	69:19	+50	75	Group stage UEFA Champions League 2012/13
	02.	Benfica Lisbon	30th	21st	06th	03	66:27	+39	69	Group stage UEFA Champions League 2012/13
	03.	Sporting Braga	30th	19th	05	06th	59:29	+30	62	2012/13 UEFA Champions League qualification
	04th	Sporting Lisbon	30th	18th	05	07th	47:26	+21	59	2012/13 UEFA Europa League qualification
	05.	Marítimo Funchal	30th	14th	08th	08th	41:38	03	50	2012/13 UEFA Europa League qualification
	06th	Vitória Guimarães	30th	14th	03	13	40:40	00	45
	07th	Nacional Funchal	30th	13	05	12	48:50	- 02nd	44
	08th.	SC Olhanense	30th	09	12	09	36:38	- 02nd	39
	09.	Gil Vicente FC (A)	30th	08th	10	12	31:42	−11	34
	10.	FC Paços de Ferreira	30th	08th	07th	15th	35:53	−18	31
	11.	Vitória Setúbal	30th	08th	06th	16	24:49	−25	30th
	12.	SC Beira-Mar	30th	08th	05	17th	26:38	−12	29
	13.	Académica Coimbra	30th	07th	08th	15th	27:38	−11	29	Group stage UEFA Europa League 2012/13
	14th	Rio Ave FC	30th	07th	07th	16	33:42	- 09	28
	15th	CD Feirense (A)	30th	05	09	16	27:49	−22	24	Relegation to the Liga de Honra
	16.	União Leiria	30th	05	04th	21st	25:56	−31	19th	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

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Óscar Cardozo	Benfica Lisbon	20th
"		Lima	Sporting Braga	20th
3		Hulk	FC Porto	16
4th		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Sporting Lisbon	14th
5		James Rodríguez	FC Porto	13

FC Porto champions team

26th title

FC Porto

Goal: Helton (29 / -); Rafael Bracalli (1 / -); Kadu (1 / -) Defense: Rolando (26/1); Álvaro Pereira (23/1); Maicon (20/3); Nicolás Otamendi (20/1); Cristian Săpunaru (15/2); Alex Sandro (7/1); Jorge Fucile (7 / -); Eliaquim Mangala (7 / -); Danilo (3 / -) Midfield: João Moutinho (29/3); James Rodríguez (26/13); Steven Defour (24/1); Fernando (22/1); Fernando Belluschi (16/1); Lucho Gonzalez (12/1); Cristian Rodríguez (10/1); Souza (8 / -); Freddy Guarín (7/1) Storm: Hulk (26/16); Silvestre Varela (21/3); Djalma (14/1); Marc Janko (10/4); Walter (4/2); Juan Iturbe (4 / -) Coach: Vítor Pereira

* Falcao (1 / -) and Rúben Micael (1 / -) left the club during the season.