The 2009–10 Primeira Liga (also known as the Liga Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 16 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010.
Benfica won their record-extending 32nd league title after a 2–1 home victory over Rio Ave on the last matchday. Benfica striker Óscar Cardozo was the top scorer with 26 goals.
Changes from 2008–09
Team changes Trofense have been relegated to the Liga de Honra after finishing the 2008–09 season in 16th and last place. Trofense were to be accompanied by Belenenses, who finished in 15th place. Belenenses were ending a ten-year stretch in the Portuguese top-level league, while Trofense returned to the Liga da Honra after just one year in the top flight.
Estrela da Amadora, however, who finished last season in 11th place, have been relegated for economic problems to the Liga Vitalis. Therefore, Belenenses' relegation has been reversed and they will participate in the Liga Sagres once more.
The relegated teams were replaced by Liga Vitalis 2008–09 champions Olhanense and runners-up União de Leiria. Olhanense returned to the top-flight after 34 years, while Leiria was back after a one-year hiatus.
Structural changes Based on UEFA coefficients, Portugal finished in tenth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season. As a result, the Portuguese league will lose one qualification spot for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The third-placed team will now qualify for the third qualification round instead of the play-off round. The fourth-placed team will enter the competition in the second qualification round while the fifth place will not initially qualify for any European competitions via league placement. However, this may change during the course of the season depending on the league performance of both 2009–10 Cup of Portugal finalists.
Team overview
Stadia and locations Club City Stadium Capacity 2008 Season Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 7th in Liga Sagres Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 32,500 15th in Liga Sagres Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 3rd in Liga Sagres Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 5th in Liga Sagres Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 16,035 6th in Liga Sagres Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 9th in Liga Sagres Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 4th in Liga Sagres Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 12,630 13th in Liga Sagres Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 Liga Vitalis champion Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th in Liga Sagres Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 Liga Sagres champion Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 12,815 12th in Liga Sagres Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 2nd in Liga Sagres União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 Liga Vitalis runner-up Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 8th in Liga Sagres Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 14th in Liga Sagres
Personnel and sponsoring
TeamCaptainHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor Académica Lito André Villas-Boas Lacatoni Dolce Vita Belenenses José Pedro Toni Conceição Lacatoni n/a Benfica Nuno Gomes Jorge Jesus Adidas Back: Sagres Braga Vandinho Domingos Paciência Macron AXA Leixões Zé Manel Fernando Castro Santos Sport Zone Cepsa Marítimo Bruno Mitchell van der Gaag Lacatoni BANIF Nacional Bruno Patacas Manuel Machado Legea BANIF Naval 1º de Maio Carlitos Augusto Inácio Desportreino Motéis Algarve Sol Olhanense Toy Jorge Costa Sport Zone n/a Paulo Sousa Ulisses Morais Diadora Capital do Móveis: Paços de Ferreira Porto Bruno Alves Jesualdo Ferreira Nike Back: Super Bock Rio Ave José Gaspar Carlos Brito Lacatoni Nassica: Vila do Conde Sporting CP João Moutinho Carlos Carvalhal Puma Back Super Bock União de Leiria Marco Soares Lito Vidigal Legea n/a Vitória de Guimarães Flávio Meireles Paulo Sérgio Lacatoni Finibanco Vitória de Setúbal Sandro Manuel Fernandes Lacatoni n/a
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Manner Date Table Incoming DateNaval 1º de Maio Ulisses MoraisSacked7 September 200915th Augusto Inácio12 September 2009Vitória de Setúbal Carlos AzenhaResigned14 September 200916th Quim117 September 2009Marítimo Carlos CarvalhalResigned28 September 200911th Mitchell van der Gaag28 September 2009Académica Rogério GonçalvesResigned3 October 200916th Zé Nando14 October 2009Vitória de Guimarães Nelo VingadaResigned7 October 200912th Basílio Marques18 October 2009Académica Zé NandoReplaced13 October 200916th André Villas-Boas13 October 2009Vitória de Guimarães Basílio MarquesReplaced13 October 200912th Paulo Sérgio13 October 2009Paços de Ferreira Paulo SérgioLeft to sign with Vitória de Guimarães16 October 200910th Ulisses Morais16 October 2009União de Leiria Manuel FernandesLeft to sign with Vitória de Setúbal19 October 20099th Lito Vidigal21 October 2009Vitória de Setúbal QuimReplaced21 October 200915th Manuel Fernandes21 October 2009Sporting CP Paulo BentoResigned6 November 20097th Leonel Pontes16 November 2009Sporting CP Leonel PontesReplaced15 November 20098th Carlos Carvalhal15 November 2009Nacional Manuel MachadoHealth issues30 November 20094th José Augusto130 November 2009Nacional José AugustoReplaced13 December 20094th Predrag Jokanović113 December 2009Belenenses João Carlos PereiraResigned21 December 200916th Toni Conceição23 December 2009Nacional Predrag JokanovićReplaced26 January 20105th Manuel Machado26 January 2010Leixões José MotaResigned9 February 201015th Fernando Castro Santos9 February 2010 1 Interim coach
League table
Positions by round
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers PositionPlayerClub Goals1 Óscar Cardozo Benfica262 Radamel Falcao Porto253 LiédsonSporting CP134 EdgarNacional12 CássioUnião de Leiria12 DjalmirOlhanense12 Albert MeyongBraga128 Javier SaviolaBenfica119 WilliamPaços de Ferreira10 Ladji KeitaVitória de Setúbal10 Source: Liga Sagres – Top Goalscorers (Portuguese)
Awards
Monthly awards
SJPF Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptemberAlan wins Best Player Award September (Portuguese) Alan BragaOctoberDjalma wins Best Player Award October (Portuguese) Djalma MarítimoNovemberJoão Tomás wins Best Player Award November (Portuguese) João Tomás Rio AveDecemberSaviola wins Best Player Award December (Portuguese) Javier Saviola BenficaJanuaryMossoró wins Best Player Award January (Portuguese) Mossoró BragaFebruary (Portuguese) Júlio Coelho Paços de FerreiraMarchLiedson wins Best Player Award March (Portuguese) Liédson Sporting CPAprilDi Maria wins Best Player Award April (Portuguese) Ángel Di María Benfica
SJPF Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptemberCastro wins Young Player Award September (Portuguese) André Castro OlhanenseOctoberFábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award October (Portuguese) Fábio Coentrão BenficaNovemberFábio Faria wins Young Player Award November (Portuguese) Fábio Faria Rio AveDecemberFábio Faria wins Young Player Award December (Portuguese) Fábio Faria Rio AveJanuaryCastro wins Young Player Award January (Portuguese) André Castro OlhanenseFebruaryCastro wins Young Player Award February (Portuguese) André Castro OlhanenseMarchFábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award March (Portuguese) Fábio Coentrão BenficaAprilFábio Coentrão wins Young Player Award April (Portuguese) Fábio Coentrão Benfica
SJPF Fair Play Award MonthClubSeptemberAcadémica wins Fair Play Award September (Portuguese) AcadémicaOctoberSC Braga wins Fair Player Award October (Portuguese) BragaNovemberNaval wins Fair Play Award November (Portuguese) NavalDecemberMarítimo wins Fair Play Award December (Portuguese) MarítimoJanuarySC Braga wins Fair Play Award January (Portuguese) BragaFebruaryBenfica wins Fair Play Award February (Portuguese) BenficaMarch Paços de Ferreira Fair Play Award March (Portuguese) Paços de FerreiraAprilNacional wins Fair Play Award April (Portuguese) Nacional
Annual awards
LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year The LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year was awarded to David Luiz of Benfica.
LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Coentrão of Benfica.
LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year The LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year was awarded to Jorge Jesus of Benfica.
LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year was awarded to André Villas-Boas of Académica.
Attendances
# Club Average Highest 1 Benfica 50,033 64,103 2 Porto 33,464 46,511 3 Sporting 24,606 45,880 4 Vitória SC 15,884 27,310 5 Braga 14,274 30,186 6 Académica 4,960 21,742 7 Vitória FC 4,407 11,042 8 Olhanense 4,363 8,206 9 Leixões 3,644 6,474 10 Marítimo 3,490 5,000 11 União de Leiria 3,481 22,676 12 Os Belenenses 3,377 17,473 13 Rio Ave 2,593 7,060 14 Naval 2,092 8,068 15 CD Nacional 2,092 4,646 16 Paços de Ferreira 1,659 4,865 Source:
See also 2009–10 Liga de Honra 2009–10 Taça de Portugal 2009–10 Taça da Liga List of 2009–10 Portuguese Liga transfers
References
External links Official webpage (Portuguese) Official regulation (Portuguese) Official Statistics (Portuguese)