2007–08 Primeira Liga

74th season of top-tier Portuguese football August 2022 Primeira Liga 2007–08 17 August 2007 – 11 May 2008 Porto(23rd title) BoavistaUnião de Leiria Champions League PortoSporting CPVitória de Guimarães UEFA Cup BenficaMarítimoVitória de Setúbal Lisandro López Lisandro López (24 goals) Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (5 April 2008) Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Porto (27 April 2008) Benfica 6–1 Boavista (11 November 2007) Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008) 240 554 60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto)(1 December 2007) 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history. Porto and Sporting CP both qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage; Benfica, Marítimo and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup; in the opposite direction, Boavista and União de Leiria were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Lisandro López was the top scorer with 24 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Desportivo das Aves Beira Mar Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Leixões Vitória de Guimarães Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar will be replaced by two promoted teams from the Liga de Honra. The first is Leixões, who clinched the second level title, and are returning to the top level since their last participation in 1989. The other was Vitória de Guimarães, who managed to return to the Liga after a brief spell in the Liga de Honra. Club information Portugal right 250 Location of teams in the 2007-08 Liga Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela left Portugal 40.20333333 -8.407777778 Académica right Portugal 38.702778 -9.207778 Portugal 38.752678 -9.184681 Portugal 38.761194 -9.160783 Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavista bottom Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 41.183969 -8.666919 Leixões left Portugal 40.19461 -8.850861 Naval left Portugal 41.300508 -8.378448 Paços left Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 V. Guimarães Portugal 38.533333 -8.883333 V. Setúbal bottom Portugal 37 -9.7 Black triangle.svg Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.63 -9.21 Belenenses right Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.75 -9.18 Benfica right Portugal TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.88 -9.16 Sporting CP right Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in Madeira Portugal Madeira 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo left Portugal Madeira 32.670625 -16.883525 Nacional right Club Head coach City Stadium 2006–2007 season Académica Portugal Domingos Paciência Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 13th Belenenses Portugal Jorge Jesus Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 5th Benfica Portugal Fernando Chalana Lisbon Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz) 3rd Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 9th Braga Portugal Jorge Costa Jorge Costa (footballer) Braga Estádio AXA (Estádio Municipal de Braga) 4th Estrela da Amadora Portugal Daúto Faquirá Amadora Estádio José Gomes 10th União de Leiria Portugal Paulo Duarto Paulo Duarte (footballer) Leiria Estádio Municipal de Leiria Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th Leixões Portugal Carlos Brito Carlos Brito (footballer, born 1963) Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 1st in the Liga de Honra Marítimo Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 12th Nacional Serbia Predrag Jokanović Funchal Estádio da Madeira 8th Naval 1° de Maio Portugal Ulisses Morais Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 11th Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota José Mota (footballer, born 1964) Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 6th Porto Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st Sporting CP Portugal Paulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Manuel Cajuda Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 2nd in the Liga de Honra Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 14th Managerial changes ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentRefBenficaPortugal Fernando Santos Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)20 August 2007Spain José Antonio Camacho20 August 2007Fernando santos is fired https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165408/http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futcomunicadosadrescisao_200807_29127.asp 3 March 2016 (Portuguese) First day of Camacho https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210425/http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futtreinoaberto_210807_29148.asp 3 March 2016 (Portuguese)AcadémicaPortugal Manuel Machado Manuel Machado (football manager)10 September 2007Portugal Domingos Paciência11 September 2007Official announcement of Manuel Machado getting fired, Academia-oaf.pt, (Portuguese)Official announcement of the new manager, Academia-oaf.pt, (Portuguese)Naval 1° de MaioPortugal Francisco Chaló16 September 2007Portugal Ulisses Morais4 October 2007https://www.naval1demaio.com/noticia.php?area=2&N_ID=552 温泉と自然を満喫する！群馬のバス旅／SAKUTTO Naval1demaio.com 2 July 2026BenficaSpain José Antonio Camacho9 March 2008Portugal Fernando Chalana10 March 2008Camacho hands in Benfica notice; UEFA.com, 9 March 2008 League table main WDL 5 QR POR Porto SCP Sporting CP VGU Vitória de Guimarães BEN Benfica MAR Marítimo VSE Vitória de Setúbal BRA Braga BEL Belenenses BOA Boavista NAC Nacional NAV Naval 1º de Maio ACA Académica EST Estrela da Amadora LEI Leixões PAÇ Paços de Ferreira ULE União de Leiria 24 3 3 60 13 C 16 7 7 46 28 15 8 7 35 31 13 13 4 45 21 14 4 12 39 28 11 12 7 37 33 10 11 9 32 34 11 10 9 35 33 -3 8 12 10 32 41 R 9 8 13 23 28 9 7 14 26 45 6 14 10 31 38 6 13 11 29 41 4 14 12 27 37 6 7 17 31 49 3 7 20 25 53 R Porto were docked 6 points due to attempted bribery of referees in the 2003–04 season.FC Porto perde seis pontos UEFA pthttp://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=693942.html Porto docked points, Boavista demoted 2008-05-12 9 May 2008 UEFA https://web.archive.org/web/20080512145908/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind%3D2/newsid%3D693942.html 12 May 2008 dead However, the Council of Justice of the Portuguese Federation returned them in 2017.https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/desporto/detalhe/justica-desportiva-iliba-pinto-da-costa-no-caso-apito-final Justiça desportiva iliba Pinto da Costa no caso Apito Final Sports justice exonerate Pinto da Costa in the Apito Final case 15 July 2017 Jornal de Negócios pt 17 July 2017 Belenenses were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but stayed in the league because of Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal. green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 red1 Relegation to Liga de Honra R1 Boavista was relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season. They were reinstated back to the top league, from the 3rd tier, in 2014http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/boavista-back-in-the-top-flight/28255 Boavista back in the top flight theportugalnews.com 18 April 2013 10 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20190604043540/https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/boavista-back-in-the-top-flight/28255 4 June 2019 dead http://portugoal.info/index.php/more-liga-sagres-news/40396-boavista-back-in-the-top-flight Boavista back in the top flight in 2013/14 portugoal.info 6 April 2013 10 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20190304233716/http://portugoal.info/index.php/more-liga-sagres-news/40396-boavista-back-in-the-top-flight 4 March 2019 dead red1 Relegation to Liga de Honra R2 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete BDFutbol Results main FBR grey ACA BEL BEN BOA EST LEI MAR NAC NAV PAÇ POR SCP BRA ULE VGU VSE Académica 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 Belenenses 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 5–0 Benfica 0–3 2–0 6–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 Boavista 0–0 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 Estrela da Amadora 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 4–1 0–1 Leixões 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 Marítimo 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 Nacional 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 Naval 1º de Maio 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 Paços de Ferreira 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 Porto 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 Sporting CP 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 Braga 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 União de Leiria 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–3 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 Vitória de Setúbal 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 Belenenses 0–3 Naval was awarded after Belenenses was punished for fielding ineligible player complete www.lpfp.pt Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Derlei for Sporting CP against Académica (17 August 2007) Fastest goal in a match: Kanú (2 minutes) for Marítimo against Boavista (26 August 2007) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Udo Nwoko (90'+3') for Leixões against Benfica (18 August 2007) Widest winning margin: Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (28 April 2008) The first hat-trick: by Lito in Académica 3–3 Estrela da Amadora (4 November 2007) Most goals in a match: Benfica 6–1 Boavista (11 November 2007) Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008) Cards First yellow card: Pedro Roma for Académica against Sporting CP (17 August 2007) First red card: Rodrigo Silva for Nacional against Estrela da Amadora (18 August 2007) Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 ARG Lisandro López Porto 24 2 PAR Óscar Cardozo Benfica 13 3 BRA Weldon Belenenses 12 4 BRA Wesley Paços de Ferreira 11 BRA Liédson Sporting CP AUT Roland Linz Braga 7 BRA Marcelinho Naval 10 8 Cape Verde Lito Académica 9 9 POR João Paulo União de Leiria 8 POR Jorge Ribeiro Boavista POR Ricardo Quaresma Porto POR José Pedro Belenenses Source: March 2026 Awards Footballer of the Year NameTeamLeague StatsAppsGoalsARG Lisandro LópezPorto2724 Monthly awards SJPF Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptember Portugal Rui Costa BenficaOctober Argentina Lucho González PortoNovember Portugal Jorge Ribeiro BoavistaDecember Liechtenstein Peter Jehle BoavistaJanuary Argentina Lisandro López PortoFebruary Argentina Lisandro López PortoMarch Brazil Pitbull Vitória de SetúbalApril Uruguay Luis Aguiar Académica SJPF Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptember Paulo Machado wins Young Player Award SeptemberApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes (Portuguese) Portugal Paulo Machado LeixõesOctober Portugal João Moutinho Sporting CPNovember Portugal João Moutinho Sporting CPDecember Portugal Tiago Gomes Estrela da AmadoraJanuary Portugal Rui Patrício Sporting CPFebruary Portugal João Moutinho Sporting CPMarch Portugal João Moutinho Sporting CPApril Portugal Paulo Machado Leixões SJPF Fair Play Award MonthClubSeptember Sporting CP Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese) Attendances # Club Average Highest 1 Porto 38,632 50,199 2 Benfica 37,558 60,116 3 Sporting 29,381 40,659 4 Vitória SC 19,578 30,000 5 Braga 15,614 25,745 6 Académica 6,872 19,068 7 Marítimo 5,825 8,440 8 Boavista 5,386 17,875 9 Leixões 5,039 12,710 10 Vitória FC 3,256 4,850 11 Os Belenenses 2,810 7,889 12 União de Leiria 2,253 8,960 13 Naval 2,216 4,981 14 Paços de Ferreira 2,045 3,390 15 CD Nacional 1,579 4,711 16 Estrela da Amadora 1,408 4,503 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt08.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 2 July 2026 See also Apito Dourado References External links Calendar of the Portuguese League https://web.archive.org/web/20120205120350/http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?CpContentId=287162 5 February 2012 Portugal Category:Primeira Liga seasons Port 1