2012–13 Primeira Liga
Biggest home win | Porto 5–0 Marítimo Vitória de Setúbal 5–0 Moreirense Porto 5–0 Gil Vicente Benfica 5–0 Gil Vicente Benfica 6–1 Rio Ave |
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Biggest away win | Vitória de Setúbal 0–5 Benfica Moreirense 0–5 Paços de Ferreira |
Highest scoring | Braga 4–4 Olhanense Vitória de Setúbal 3–5 Rio Ave |
Longest winning run | Benfica 9 games (28 September 2012 – 6 January 2013; 17 February – 29 April 2013) |
Longest unbeaten run | Porto 30 games (19 August 2012 – 19 May 2013) |
Longest winless run | Moreirense 14 games (2 September 2012 – 27 January 2013) |
Longest losing run | Vitória de Setúbal 5 games (2 March – 7 April 2013) |
Highest attendance | 62,553[2] Benfica 2–0 Sporting CP (21 April 2013) |
Lowest attendance | 1,221[2] Paços de Ferreira 1–1 Moreirense (19 August 2012) |
Total attendance | 2,343,284[3] |
Average attendance | 9,764[3] |
← 2011–12 → |
The 2012–13 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 19 August 2012 and concluded on 19 May 2013.[4] Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Porto were the defending champions and secured their third consecutive and 27th overall title, after completing their second unbeaten season in three years. Porto striker Jackson Martínez was the top scorer with 26 goals.
Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which were present in the
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2012–13 Liga ZON SagresPersonnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Académica | Pedro Emanuel | Orlando | Nike | EFAPEL |
Beira-Mar | Costinha | Hugo Vieira | Hummel | 32 Group |
Benfica | Jorge Jesus | Luisão | Adidas | TMN (A)
|
Braga | José Peseiro | Alan | Macron | AXA
|
Estoril | Marco Silva | Vagner
|
Joma | Gelpeixe |
Gil Vicente | Paulo Alves | Paulo Arantes | Macron | Carnes Campicarn |
Marítimo | Pedro Martins
|
Briguel | Lacatoni | Banif
|
Moreirense | Augusto Inácio | Francisco Castro
|
Cdt | |
Nacional | Manuel Machado | Moreno | Hummel | Banif |
Olhanense | Manuel Cajuda | Rui Duarte | Lacatoni | Casais, SA |
Paços de Ferreira | Paulo Fonseca | Filipe Anunciação | Lacatoni | Capital do Móvel |
Porto | Vítor Pereira | Helton
|
Nike | MEO (H) / TMN (A) |
Rio Ave | Nuno Espírito Santo | José Gaspar | Lacatoni | ASC ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÃO |
Sporting CP | Jesualdo Ferreira | Rui Patrício | Puma
|
TMN (H) / MEO (A) |
Vitória de Guimarães | Rui Vitória | Alex | Lacatoni | Espaço Guimarães / Smile.Up / Super Bock |
Vitória de Setúbal | José Mota
|
Ricardo Silva | Lacatoni | Kia
|
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paços de Ferreira | Henrique Calisto | Resigned | 12 May 2012 | Paulo Fonseca | 25 May 2012 | Pre-season |
Sporting CP | Ricardo Sá Pinto | Resigned | 5 October 2012[5] | Oceano
|
5 October 2012[6] | 7th |
Nacional | Pedro Caixinha | Sacked | 11 October 2012[7] | Manuel Machado | 13 October 2012[8] | 14th |
Sporting CP | Oceano
|
Replaced | 24 October 2012 | Franky Vercauteren | 24 October 2012[9] | 12th |
Olhanense | Sérgio Conceição | Resigned | 7 January 2013[10] | Manuel Cajuda | 8 January 2013[11] | 8th |
Sporting CP | Franky Vercauteren | Resigned | 7 January 2013[12] | Jesualdo Ferreira | 7 January 2013[13] | 12th |
Moreirense | Jorge Casquilha | Resigned | 30 January 2013[14] | Augusto Inácio | 30 January 2013[15] | 16th |
Beira-Mar | Ulisses Morais | Resigned | 16 February 2013[16] | Costinha | 18 February 2013[17] | 15th |
Académica
|
Pedro Emanuel | Sacked | 7 April 2013[18] | Sérgio Conceição | 8 April 2013[19] | 14th |
Olhanense | Manuel Cajuda | Resigned | 1 May 2013[20] | Bruno Saraiva | 1 May 2013[21] | 15th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Porto (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 14 | +56 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Benfica | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 77 | 20 | +57 | 77 | |
3 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
4 | Braga | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
5 | Estoril | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
6 | Rio Ave | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 42[a] | |
7 | Sporting CP
|
30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42[a] | |
8 | Nacional | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 40[b] | |
9 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40[b] | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c] |
10 | Marítimo | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 38 | |
11 | Académica
|
30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 28 | |
12 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 26 | |
13 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 25[d] | |
14 | Olhanense | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 25[d] | |
15 | Moreirense (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
16 | Beira-Mar (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Rio Ave ahead of Sporting CP on head-to-head record; Rio Ave–Sporting CP 2–1, Sporting CP–Rio Ave 0–1
- ^ a b Nacional ahead of Vitória de Guimarães on head-to-head record; Nacional–Vitória de Guimarães 2–1, Vitória de Guimarães–Nacional 1–3
- ^ Vitória de Guimarães qualified for the group stage of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 Taça de Portugal.
- ^ a b Gil Vicente ahead of Olhanense on head-to-head record; Gil Vicente–Olhanense 2–0, Olhanense–Gil Vicente 2–2