Primeira Liga 2012/13

Primeira Liga 2012/13
master	FC Porto
Champions League	FC Porto Benfica Lisbon
Champions League qualification	FC Paços de Ferreira
Europe League	Vitória Guimarães
Europa League qualification	Sporting Braga GD Estoril Praia
Cup winners	Vitória Guimarães
Relegated	Moreirense FC SC Beira-Mar
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	667  (ø 2.78 per game)
spectator	2,343,284  (ø 9764 per game)
Top scorer	Jackson Martínez ( FC Porto ), 26 goals
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Segunda Liga 2012/13 ↓

The Primeira Liga 2012/13 was the 79th season of the top Portuguese division in men's football . The season began in mid-August 2012 and ended on May 19, 2013 with the 30th matchday. At the beginning of May 2012, the professional league LPFP decided to increase to 18 clubs for the 2012/13 season. This change was rejected by the national association (FPF), however, with reference to the poor economic situation in the country.

Qualified participants

Académica Benfica Braga Beira-Mar Paços FC Porto Gil Vicente Rio Ave Sporting Vit. Setúbal Olhanense Vit. Guimarães DG Estoril Moreirense FC

Participant of the Liga Sagres 2012/13

Nacional Marítimo

Participant of the Liga Sagres 2012/13 from Madeira Island

	Teams	Trainer	city	2011/12 season
	Sporting Braga	José Peseiro	Braga	03rd place
	Benfica Lisbon	Jorge Jesus	Lisbon	02nd place
	Académica de Coimbra	Pedro Emanuel	Coimbra	13th place
	DG Estoril Praia	Marco Silva	Estoril	Climbers
	Marítimo Funchal	Pedro Martins	Funchal	05th place
	Nacional Funchal	Manuel Machado	Funchal	07th place
	SC Olhanense	Sérgio Conceição	Olhão	08th place
	Moreirense FC	Jorge Casquilha	Moreira de Cónegos	Climbers
	FC Porto	Vítor Pereira	postage	master
	Sporting Lisbon	Franky Vercauteren	Lisbon	04th Place
	Vitória Guimarães	Rui Vitória	Guimarães	06th place
	SC Beira-Mar	Ulisses Morais	Aveiro	12th place
	Gil Vicente FC	Paulo Martins Alves	Barcelos	09th place
	FC Paços de Ferreira	Paulo Fonseca	Paços de Ferreira	10th place
	Rio Ave FC	Nuno Espírito Santo	Vila do Conde	14th place
	Vitória Setúbal	José Mota	Setubal	11th place

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto (M)	30th	24	6th	0	070:140	+56	78
2.	Benfica Lisbon	30th	24	5	1	077:200	+57	77
3.	FC Paços de Ferreira	30th	14th	12	4th	042:290	+13	54
4th	Sporting Braga	30th	16	4th	10	060:440	+16	52
5.	DG Estoril Praia (N)	30th	13	6th	11	060:440	+16	45
6th	Rio Ave FC	30th	12	6th	12	035:420	−7	42
7th	Sporting Lisbon	30th	11	9	10	036:360	± 0	42
8th.	Nacional Funchal	30th	11	7th	12	045:510	−6	40
9.	Vitória Guimarães	30th	11	7th	12	036:470	−11	40
10.	Marítimo Funchal	30th	9	11	10	034:450	−11	38
11.	Académica de Coimbra (P)	30th	6th	10	14th	033:450	−12	28
12.	Vitória Setúbal	30th	7th	5	18th	030:550	−25	26th
13.	Gil Vicente FC	30th	6th	7th	17th	031:540	−23	25th
14th	SC Olhanense	30th	5	10	15th	026:420	−16	25th
15th	Moreirense FC (N)	30th	5	9	16	030:510	−21	24
16.	SC Beira-Mar	30th	5	8th	17th	035:550	−20	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 2013/14 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the play-off round of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the play-off round of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League

Relegated to the Segunda League

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

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Jackson Martínez	FC Porto	26th
2		Lima	Sporting Braga / Benfica Lisbon	20th
3		Óscar Cardozo	Benfica Lisbon	17th
4th		Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Sporting Lisbon	14th
5		Edinho	Académica de Coimbra	13
"		Éder	Sporting Braga	13
"		Albert Meyong Zé	Sporting Braga	13
"		Nabil Ghilas	Moreirense FC	13

FC Porto champions team

27th title

FC Porto

Goal: Helton (30 / -); Fabiano (1 / -) Defense: Nicolás Otamendi (29 / -); Danilo (28/2); Alex Sandro (25/1); Eliaquim Mangala (23/4); Maicon (15/2); Abdoulaye Ba (6 / -); Quiño (1 / -) Midfield: Lucho González (29/6); Joao Moutinho (27/1); Steven Defour (25/2); James Rodríguez (24/10); Fernando (24/1); Christian Atsu (17/1); André Castro (17/1); Marat Izmailov (13/1); Kelvin (8/3); Tózé (1 / -) Forward: Jackson Martínez (30/26); Silvestre Varela (25/4); Liédson (6 / -); Sebá (4 / -) Coach: Vítor Pereira

* Hulk (3/2), Rolando (1 / -), Miguel Lopes (2/1), Kléber (5 / -), Juan Iturbe (1 / -) left the club during the season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portugal's football league in the future with 18 teams ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. news.de, May 4, 2012 
2. ↑ FPF justifica chumbo de alargamento da Liga com crise  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , Expresso, May 15, 2012 (Portuguese)