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| Season | 2009–10 |
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| Matches played | 80 |
| Goals scored | 187 (2.34 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Óscar Cardozo (14) |
| Biggest home win | Benfica 8–1 V. Setúbal (31 August 2009)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Belenenses 0–4 Benfica (13 September 2009)[2] V. Setúbal 0–4 U. Leiria (13 September 2009)[3] |
| Highest scoring | Benfica 8–1 V. Setúbal) (31 August 2009)[1] |
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The 2009–10 Portuguese Liga season (also known as Liga Sagres due to sponsorship reasons) is the 76th season of top-tier football in Portugal. It began on 16 August 2009 and will end on 9 May 2010. FC Porto are the defending champions for the fourth consecutive time.
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Changes to 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.
However, Estrela de Amadora, 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.[4]
The relegated teams will be replaced by Liga Vitalis 2008–09 champions Olhanense and runners-up União de Leiria. Olhanense will return to the top-flight after 34 years, while Leiria will be back after a one-year hiatus.
Structural changes
Based on UEFA coefficients, Portugal finished in 10th place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season[5] 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
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Académica de Coimbra | André Villas Boas | Lacatoni | Dolce Vita |
| Belenenses | João Carlos Pereira | Lacatoni | n/a |
| Benfica | Jorge Jesus | Adidas | Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back: Sagres |
| Sporting de Braga | Domingos Paciência | Macron | AXA |
| Leixões | José Mota | Sport Zone | n/a |
| Marítimo | Mitchell van der Gaag | Lacatoni | BANIF |
| Nacional | Manuel Machado | Legea | BANIF |
| Naval 1º de Maio | Augusto Inácio | Desportreino | Motéis Algarve Sol |
| Olhanense | Jorge Costa | Sport Zone | n/a |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paulo Sérgio | Diadora | Capital do Móveis: Paços de Ferreira |
| Porto | Jesualdo Ferreira | Nike | Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back: Super Bock |
| Rio Ave | Carlos Brito | Lacatoni | Nassica: Vila do Conde |
| Sporting CP | Carlos Carvalhal | Puma | Front: tmn (home) / meo (away) | Back Super Bock |
| União de Leiria | Lito Vidigal | Legea | n/a |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Paulo Sérgio | Lacatoni | Finibanco |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Manuel Fernandes | Lacatoni | n/a |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Table | Incoming | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval 1º de Maio |  Ulisses Morais [6] |
Sacked | 7 September 2009 | 15th | Augusto Inácio [7] |
12 September 2009 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Carlos Azenha [8] |
Resigned | 14 September 2009 | 16th | Quim1 [9] |
17 September 2009 |
| Marítimo | Carlos Carvalhal [10] |
Resigned | 28 September 2009 | 11th |  Mitchell van der Gaag [11] |
28 September 2009 |
| Académica de Coimbra | Rogério Gonçalves [12] |
Resigned | 3 October 2009 | 16th | André Villas Boas [13] |
14 October 2009 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Nelo Vingada [14] |
Resigned | 07 October 2009 | 12th | Paulo Sérgio [15] |
16 October 2009 |
| Paços de Ferreira | Paulo Sérgio [16] |
Left to sign with Vitória Guimarães | 16 October 2009 | 10th | Ulisses Morais [17] |
16 October 2009 |
| União de Leiria | Manuel Fernandes [18] |
Left to sign with Vitória de Setúbal | 20 October 2009 | 9th |  Lito Vidigal |
22 October 2009 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Quim |
Replaced | 21 October 2009 | 15th | Manuel Fernandes [19] |
21 October 2009 |
| Sporting CP | Paulo Bento [20] |
Resigned | 6 November 2009 | 7th | Leonel Pontes 2 |
6 November 2009 |
| Sporting CP | Leonel Pontes |
End of caretaker spell | 15 November 2009 | 8th | Carlos Carvalhal [21] |
15 November 2009 |
1 Interim coach Quim.
2 Interim coach Leonel Pontes managed the team for 1 match, of 10th round.
League table
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting de Braga | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 33 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage | BRA 2–0 BEN |
| 2 | Benfica | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 9 | +29 | 33 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 3 | Porto | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
| 4 | Nacional | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 24 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 21 | ||
| 6 | União de Leiria | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 20 | ||
| 7 | Vitória de Guimarães | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 19 | VGU: 3 pts, 1–0 RAV: 3 pts, 1–1 MAR: 0 pts, 0–1 |
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| 8 | Rio Ave | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 19 | ||
| 9 | Marítimo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 19 | ||
| 10 | Naval 1º de Maio | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 15 | ||
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Académica | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Vitória Setúbal | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 11 | ||
| 14 | Belenenses | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 10 | LEI 0–0 BEL | |
| 15 | Leixões | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 10 | Relegation to Liga de Honra | |
| 16 | Olhanense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 9 |
Updated to games played on 20 December 2009
Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
The winner of the 2009–10 Taça de Portugal will earn a place in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
Results
| Home \ Away1 | ACA | BEL | BEN | BRA | LEI | MAR | NAC | NAV | OLH | PAÇ | POR | RAV | SCP | ULE | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| Belenenses | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Benfica | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 8–1 | |||||||||
| Sporting de Braga | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Leixões | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| Marítimo | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Nacional | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Naval 1º de Maio | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Olhanense | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |||||||||
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Porto | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Rio Ave | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Sporting CP | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| União de Leiria | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Vitória de Guimarães | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Vitória Setúbal | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 20 December 2009
Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Óscar Cardozo |
Benfica | 14 |
| 2 |  Edgar |
Nacional | 8 |
 Falcao |
Porto | 8 | |
| 4 |  Saviola |
Benfica | 6 |
| João Tomás |
Rio Ave | 6 | |
| 6 | Carlão |
União de Leiria | 5 |
 Baba Diawara |
Marítimo | 5 | |
| Farías |
Porto | 5 | |
 Kerrouche |
Naval 1º de Maio | 5 | |
| Sougou |
Académica de Coimbra | 5 | |
| Varela |
Porto | 5 | |
| William |
Paços de Ferreira | 5 |
Updated to games played on 4 December 2009
Source: Liga Sagres - Match Statistics (Portuguese)
SJPF Player of the Month
| Month | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| September [22] | Alan |
Sporting de Braga |
| October [23] | Djalma |
Marítimo |
| November | ||
| December | ||
| January | ||
| February | ||
| March | ||
| April |
See also
References
- ^ a b Benfica 8-1 Vitoria Setubal, official match report (Portuguese)
- ^ Belenenses 0-4 Benfica, official match report (Portuguese)
- ^ V. Setubal 0-4 Uniao Leiria, official match report (Portuguese)
- ^ "Inscrição do E. Amadora rejeitada, Belenenses fica na Liga [Registration of E. Amadora rejected, Belenenses is in Liga]" (in Portuguese). Mais futebol. 30 June 2009. http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/belenenses/e-amadora-liga-belenenses-inscricao/1072743-1463.html. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Country Ranking 2009". http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2009.html. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Ulisses Morais Sacked". Jornal Record. 7 de September 2009. http://www.record.pt/noticia.aspx?id=7cefa78d-2785-49bb-a534-a19ffd744f44&idCanal=00000038-0000-0000-0000-000000000038. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Augusto Inácio is the new coach". Jornal Record. 12 September 2009. http://www.record.xl.pt/noticia.aspx?id=8b9e02d5-6fa1-467d-8475-312d3c9adbff&idCanal=00000038-0000-0000-0000-000000000038. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Fernando Oliveira: «Azenha is fired with or without agreement»". Jornal Record. 14 September 2009. http://www.record.pt/noticia.aspx?id=94ff7875-1609-4fe1-812d-1eee4e8a5e6c&idCanal=00000023-0000-0000-0000-000000000023. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Quim:«I am not a saint to perform miracles»". Jornal Record. 19 September 2009. http://www.record.pt/noticia.aspx?id=c8653742-f761-4c2d-be06-975c3111dba5&idCanal=00000023-0000-0000-0000-000000000023. (Portuguese)
- ^ "press release to CSMaritimo". CSMaritimo.pt. 28 September 2009. http://www.csmaritimo.pt/content/view/2982/2/. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Van der Gaag accumulates with their core team "B"". 28 September 2009. http://dn.sapo.pt/desporto/interior.aspx?content_id=1377134. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Rogério Gonçalves is no longer coach of the Académica de Coimbra". 3 October 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5¶m=2324&target=photonews.
- ^ "André Villas Boas officially presented as coach of the Académica". 14 October 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5¶m=2346&target=photonews.
- ^ "press release to Vitoria S.C.". 7 October de 2009 (Portuguese). http://vitoriasc.pt/noticias_detalhe.php?id_noticia=672.
- ^ "Paulo Sérgio: "It's a great pride to come train the Vitoria"". 14 October de 2009 (Portuguese). http://vitoriasc.pt/noticias_detalhe.php?id_noticia=698.
- ^ "Paulo Sérgio get out FC Paços de Ferreira". 14 October de 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.fcpf.pt/catalogo_noticias.php?ID=1862.
- ^ "Ulisses Morais presented in Mata Real". 16 October de 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.fcpf.pt/catalogo_noticias.php?ID=1865.
- ^ "Manuel Fernandes get out due to wear". 21 October 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.record.pt/noticia.aspx?id=82179513-5559-494c-9190-db10d0e8b2ad&idCanal=00000019-0000-0000-0000-000000000019.
- ^ "Manuel Fernandes signed by three years by Vitória de Setúbal". 21 October de 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5icLe_ZS4OpsdZ3dVwngVtqhzeh2A.
- ^ "Paulo Bento quits Sporting CP.". 6 November de 2009 (Portuguese). http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=181892.
- ^ "Carlos Carvalhal new Coach". CMVM (Portuguese). http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR25969.pdf.
- ^ Alan wins Best Player Award/Betclick September (Portuguese)
- ^ Djalma wins Best Player Award October (Portuguese)
External links
- Official webpage (Portuguese)
- Official regulation (Portuguese)
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