The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, the top professional league for Portuguese

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007.

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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 Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

were both qualified for the

2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. ...

group stage; Benfica, Marítimo and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Boavista and União de Leiria were relegated to the

Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier ...

. 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

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were both consigned to

following their final classification in 2006–07.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

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* Vitória de Guimarães Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar will be replaced by two promoted teams from the Liga de Honra. The first is

, 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

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season: '' Derlei for

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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

against Benfica (18 August 2007)'' *Widest winning margin: ''

6–0 Estrela da Amadora (28 April 2008)'' *The first

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: 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 Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

(17 August 2007)'' *First red card: '' Rodrigo Silva for Nacional against Estrela da Amadora (18 August 2007)''

Top scorers

Source: Footballzz

Awards

Footballer of the Year Footballer of the Year may refer to: Association football World * FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) * FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) * The Best FIFA Men's Player (since 2016) Other * African Footballer of the Year * Asian Footballer o ...

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

SJPF Fair Play Award

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References

External links

Calendar of the Portuguese League
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Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Club information

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Top scorers

Awards

Footballer of the Year Footballer of the Year may refer to: Association football World * FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) * FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) * The Best FIFA Men's Player (since 2016) Other * African Footballer of the Year * Asian Footballer o ...

Monthly awards

SJPF Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

SJPF Fair Play Award

See also

References

External links