2006–07 Primeira Liga

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Primeira Liga
Season2006–07
Dates25 August 2006 – 20 May 2007
ChampionsPorto
(22nd title)
RelegatedBeira-Mar
Desportivo das Aves
Champions LeaguePorto
Sporting CP
Benfica
UEFA CupBraga
Belenenses
Paços de Ferreira
Matches played240
Goals scored554 (2.31 per match)
Best PlayerSimão
Top goalscorerLiédson (15 goals)
Biggest home win5–1
(3 times)
Biggest away winBeira-Mar 0–5 Porto
(25 February 2007)
Highest scoringNacional 3–4 Desportivo das Aves
(15 April 2007)

The 2006–07 Primeira Liga (also known as BWINLIGA for sponsorship reasons) was the

Académica and ended on 20 May 2007. The league was contested by 16 clubs, with Porto
as defending champions.

Porto and

Liga de Honra. Liédson
was the top scorer with 15 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to
Liga de Honra

The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

In June 2006,

Portuguese League for Professional Football regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus) by 13th-placed Gil Vicente
. The penalty pretended by Belenenses would result in Gil Vicente being relegated in their place. This claim generated a series of appeals and controversial statements to the media. The decision has been taken on 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.

Académica
Belenenses Benfica Sporting CP
Porto Boavista
Braga
Beira-Mar
Naval
P. Ferreira
Aves
V. de Setúbal
Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional
Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional
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Location of teams in the 2006-07 Liga
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Location of teams in the '2006-07 Liga

Club information

Club Season's Last Head Coach City Stadium 2005–06 season
Académica
 Portugal Nelo Vingada Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 14th
Beira-Mar Spain Paco Soler Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 1st in the Liga de Honra
Belenenses Portugal Jorge Jesus Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 15th
Benfica
Fernando Santos
 		Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd
Boavista Portugal Pedro Barny Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 6th
Braga
Jorge Costa
 		Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga – AXA 4th
Desportivo das Aves
Professor Neca
 		Santo Tirso
Estádio do CD das Aves
 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Daúto Faquirá Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th
Marítimo Portugal Ulisses Morais Funchal
Estádio dos Barreiros
 10th
Nacional Serbia Predrag Jokanović Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5th
Naval 1° de Maio Portugal Mariano Barreto Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 13th
Paços de Ferreira
José Mota
 		Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 11th
Porto Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st
Sporting CP Portugal Paulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd
União de Leiria Portugal Paulo Duarte Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th
Vitória de Setúbal
Carlos Cardoso
 		Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 8th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 22 3 5 65 20 +45 69 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 30 20 8 2 54 15 +39 68
3 Benfica 30 20 7 3 55 20 +35 67 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 30 14 8 8 35 30 +5 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Belenenses 30 15 4 11 36 29 +7 49
6 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 12 8 31 36 −5 42
7 União de Leiria 30 10 11 9 25 27 −2 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Nacional 30 11 6 13 41 38 +3 39
9 Estrela da Amadora 30 9 8 13 23 36 −13 35
10 Boavista 30 8 11 11 32 34 −2 35
11 Marítimo 30 8 8 14 30 44 −14 32
12 Naval 1º de Maio 30 7 11 12 28 37 −9 32
13
Académica
 30 6 8 16 28 46 −18 26
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 5 9 16 21 45 −24 24
15 Beira-Mar (R) 30 4 11 15 28 55 −27 23 Relegation to Liga de Honra
16 Desportivo das Aves (R) 30 5 7 18 22 42 −20 22
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away
ACA
 BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA DAV EST MAR NAV NAC PAÇ POR SCP ULE VSE
Académica
 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1
Beira-Mar 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–5 3–3 1–0 1–1
Belenenses 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Benfica 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Boavista 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Braga 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Desportivo das Aves 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2
Estrela da Amadora 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0
Marítimo 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2
Nacional 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–4 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Porto 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 5–1
Sporting CP 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
União de Leiria 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2
Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[18]
1 Brazil Liédson Sporting CP 15
2 Cape Verde Dady Belenenses 12
3
Adriano
 Porto 11
Portugal Simão Benfica
5 Italy Fabrizio Miccoli Benfica 10
Portugal Hélder Postiga Porto
Austria Roland Linz Boavista
Brazil Nei Naval
9 Argentina Lucho González Porto 9
10 Brazil Alecsandro Sporting CP 8
Argentina Lisandro López Porto
Wender
 Braga
Portugal José Pedro Belenenses

See also

  • Liga de Honra 2006-07
  • 2006–07 Portuguese football season

References

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  11. ^ João Moutinho wins Young Player Award November[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  12. ^ Amorim wins Young Player Award December[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  13. ^ Varela wins Young Player Award January[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  14. ^ Varela wins Young Player Award February[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  15. ^ Djalo wins Young Player Award March[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  16. ^ Miguel Veloso wins Young Player Award April[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
  17. ^ Nani wins Young Player Award May[permanent dead link] (Portuguese)
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