The Portuguese Liga , currently named Liga Sagres after Sagres , is the league Portuguese football competitions for Portugal professional Association football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system , making it Portugal's primary football competition.... season is the seventy-first since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 with a 1–1 draw between and and will end in May 2009. FC Porto are the defending champions.
Uniăo de Leiria have been relegated to Liga de Honra after finishing in last place in 2007–08 Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga 2007-08
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007.... . Boavista have also been relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in 2003–04 season
Portuguese Liga 2003-04
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 2003–2004 season.... .
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The Portuguese Liga , currently named Liga Sagres after Sagres , is the league Portuguese football competitions for Portugal professional Association football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system , making it Portugal's primary football competition.... season is the seventy-first since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 with a 1–1 draw between and and will end in May 2009. FC Porto are the defending champions.
The Liga Vitalis in English language: Vitalis League), is the Portugal Portuguese football competitions association football competition. It was formerly called Segunda Divis?o and Segunda Divis?o de Honra .... :
Boavista F.C.
U.D. Leiria
Uniăo de Leiria have been relegated to Liga de Honra after finishing in last place in 2007–08 Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga 2007-08
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007.... . Boavista have also been relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in 2003–04 season
Portuguese Liga 2003-04
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 2003–2004 season.... . Thereby Paços de Ferreira, who were originally scheduled to be relegated, were saved from demotion.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra:
C.D. Trofense
Rio Ave F.C.
Leiria and Boavista were replaced by two promoted teams from Liga de Honra. The first were Trofense, who clinched the second level title. This is their first appearance in Portuguese Liga. They were accompanied by Rio Ave who returned to Portuguese Liga after two seasons spent in Liga de Honra.
Coimbra is a city and municipalities of Portugal in Portugal. It served as the country's capital during the First Dynasty and remains home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world and List of oldest universities in continuous operation....
The Est?dio Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Coimbra's municipality and is mainly used by the Acad?mica de Coimbra O.A.F.'s soccer team....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
The Est?dio da Luz , officially named the Est?dio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica and commonly mistranslated as Stadium of Light, is a association football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, the home of S.L....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Braga , a List of municipalities of Portugal and municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga , the oldest Archdiocese of Braga and one of the major cities of the country....
Est?dio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club SC Braga, and as a 2004 UEFA European Football Championship venue.... (Estádio Municipal de Braga
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Est?dio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club SC Braga, and as a 2004 UEFA European Football Championship venue.... )
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Amadora is a city and a Municipalities of Portugal in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias ....
Est?dio Jos? Gomes, informally known as Est?dio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portugal football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora.... (Estádio da Reboleira
Estádio José Gomes
Est?dio Jos? Gomes, informally known as Est?dio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portugal football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora.... )
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Matosinhos is a Portugal city and municipality. It is bordered to the south by the city of Porto and lies within the Greater Porto subregion. The city proper has a population of 45,703....
Estadio do Mar is a multi-use stadium in Matosinhos, Portugal. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Leix?es. The stadium seats 16,035 and was built in 1964....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Funchal , population 100,526, is the chief city of Madeira Island and is the capital of the Madeira Autonomous Region, Portugal. Funchal is also the largest city on the islands and with its neighbouring boroughs of Camara de Lobos, Santa Cruz, Machico and Ribeira Brava has over 150,000 inhabitants....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Funchal , population 100,526, is the chief city of Madeira Island and is the capital of the Madeira Autonomous Region, Portugal. Funchal is also the largest city on the islands and with its neighbouring boroughs of Camara de Lobos, Santa Cruz, Machico and Ribeira Brava has over 150,000 inhabitants....
Est?dio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Est?dio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.... (Estádio da Choupana
Estádio da Madeira
Est?dio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Est?dio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.... )
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Naval 1? de Maio is a Portugal football club based in Figueira da Foz that was promoted for the first time to the Portuguese Liga in the 2004-05 in Portuguese football....
Figueira da Foz , also known as Figueira for short, is a city of the Coimbra , in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego river, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by hills ....
Estadio Municipal Jose Bento Pessoa is a multi-use stadium in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,630 people....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Pa?os de Ferreira is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do M?vel , since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants....
Estadio da Mata Real is a multi-use stadium in Pacos de Ferreira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 5255 people and was built in 1973....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....
Est?dio do Drag?o is a football stadium in Porto, Portugal, that has an all-seated capacity of 50,476.The stadium was built as a replacement for FC Porto's old ground, Est?dio das Antas , and as a venue for UEFA Euro 2004....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Vila do Conde is a city and parish in Portugal with a population of 25,731. Together with the urban parishes of Azurara and Arvore the urban area of the city has 32,094 in the estuary of the Ave river, in the north of Oporto metropolitan area in Portugal....
Estadio do Rio Ave FC is a multi-use stadium in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,815 people and was built in 1985....
The 2007–08 Liga Vitalis started on August 18, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12, 2007.CD F?tima and S.C. Freamunde were promoted and will try to improve during this season....
Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
Est?dio Jos? Alvalade is a Football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect Tom?s Taveira....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Trofa is a municipality and a city in the north of the Grande ?rea Metropolitana do Porto in Portugal. The city is composed of two parishes with a population of 20692; the municipality made of 8 parishes has a population of 37416 ....
Estadio do Clube Desportivo Trofense is a multi-use stadium in Trofa, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of CD Trofense. The stadium is able to hold 5,000 people....
The 2007–08 Liga Vitalis started on August 18, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12, 2007.CD F?tima and S.C. Freamunde were promoted and will try to improve during this season....
Guimar?es is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga . In the 9th century, V?mara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimar?es....
Est?dio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in Guimar?es, Portugal. It was expanded and refurbished for the Euro 2004 competition, and it seats 30,146 people....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Set?bal is a city and a municipalities of Portugal in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km? and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality....
Estadio do Bonfim is a multi-use stadium in Set?bal, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches, by Vit?ria FC. The stadium is able to hold 25,000 people and was built in 1962....
The 2007-08 Portuguese Liga season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started on August 17, 2007. The fixtures were announced in July 12 2007....
Papa Babacar Diawara, also known as Baba Diawara , is a Football who currently plays as a striker for C.S. Mar?timo.Diawara started his career in his native Senegal for Premier League side ASC Jeanne d'Arc before moving to Europe to sign for Mar?timo.... (Club Sport Marítimo)Liédson
Liédson
Li?dson da Silva Muniz , known simply as Li?dson, is a Brazilian professional association football. He currently plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in the Portugal SuperLiga.... (Sporting CP
Givanildo Vieira de Souza, aka Hulk , is a Brazil soccer striker who currently plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese Liga.Described as a strong yet skillful striker, he possesses a powerful left-footed shot, and received his nickname due to his resemblance to Hollywood actor Lou Ferrigno, who played the The Hulk.... (FC Porto)
Lucho González (FC Porto)William
William Arthur Conceiçăo dos Santos
William Arthur Concei??o dos Santos or simply William is a Brazil football player currently playing for F.C. Pa?os de Ferreira.... (Paços de Ferreira)
?scar Ren? Cardozo is a Paraguayan Association football Forward who currently plays for S.L. Benfica, of the Portuguese Liga.... (SL Benfica
SL Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a multisports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, best known for its football team. Sport Lisboa e Benfica was founded in 1904 by a group of twenty-four men.... )Wesley
Wesley Lopes da Silva
Wesley Lopes da Silva born on 10th November,1980 in Vila Velha,Esp?rito Santo,Brazil is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for the Romania Liga I team FC Vaslui.... (Leixőes)
Djalma Braume Manuel Abel Campos is an Angolan-Portugal Football .External links... (Club Sport Marítimo)Lito
Lito
Lito is a given name, and may refer to:*Cl?udio Aguiar, Cape Verde footballer known as "Lito"*Jos? Carlos Fernandes Vidigal, Angolan footballer known as "Lito"... (Académica de Coimbra
Académica de Coimbra
Acad?mica de Coimbra may refer to:* Associa??o Acad?mica de Coimbra , the students' union of the University of Coimbra that comprises several sports and cultural sections, and autonomous organizations, in Coimbra, Portugal... )Cristian Rodríguez
Cristian Rodriguez
Cristian Gabriel Rodr?guez Barotti is an Uruguay soccer who currently plays for Futebol Clube do Porto, mainly as a Winger .He received the nickname Cebolla from his C.A.... (FC Porto)
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Awards
Best Player
Rank
Player
Team
Points
1
Beto
António Alberto Bastos Pimparel
Ant?nio Alberto Bastos Pimparel, aka Beto , is a Portugal soccer currently playing for Leix?es SC, in the Portuguese Liga.After unsuccessfully developing in the Sporting Clube de Portugal , Beto played one season on loan to neighbours Casa Pia AC, being released in June 2004....
Leixőes S.C.
11982
2
Nilson
Nilson Corręia Júnior
Nilson Corr?ia J?nior, simply Nilson , is a Brazilian soccer Football positions#Goalkeeper. He currently plays for Vit?ria Sport Clube, in Portuguese Liga....
Vitória de Guimarăes
9497
3
Wesley
Wesley Lopes da Silva
Wesley Lopes da Silva born on 10th November,1980 in Vila Velha,Esp?rito Santo,Brazil is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for the Romania Liga I team FC Vaslui....
Leixőes
6810
4
Leixőes
5582
5
Douglas
Douglas de Oliveira
Douglas de Oliveira or Douglas born 30 January ,1986 in Ponta Grossa,Brazil is a Brazilian Football positions#attacking midfielder, who plays for Vit?ria de Guimar?es....
Vitória de Guimarăes
5350
6
Liedson
Liédson
Li?dson da Silva Muniz , known simply as Li?dson, is a Brazilian professional association football. He currently plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in the Portugal SuperLiga....
Givanildo Vieira de Souza, aka Hulk , is a Brazil soccer striker who currently plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese Liga.Described as a strong yet skillful striker, he possesses a powerful left-footed shot, and received his nickname due to his resemblance to Hollywood actor Lou Ferrigno, who played the The Hulk....
F.C. Porto
5084
8
Bruno China
Bruno Manuel Rodrigues Silva
Bruno Manuel Rodrigues Silva better knwon as Bruno China born on 5th August,1982 in Matosinhos,Portugal is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for Portuguese Liga team Leix?es SC as a Midfielder wearing the number 14 shirt....
Leixőes
4700
9
F.C. Porto
4354
10
Néné
Ânderson Miguel da Silva
?nderson Miguel da Silva or simply Nen? is a Brazilian Football positions#Striker currently playing for C.D. Nacional....