The 2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009. Porto was the three-time defending champions and secured a fourth consecutive title for the second time in its history.
Promotion and relegation
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra Boavista União de Leiria
União de Leiria have been relegated to the Liga de Honra after finishing in last place in 2007–08 Primeira Liga.
Boavista were also relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in 2003–04 season. Accordingly, Paços de Ferreira, which was originally scheduled to be relegated, was saved from demotion.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Trofense Rio Ave
Leiria and Boavista were replaced by two promoted teams from Liga de Honra. The first was Trofense, which clinched the second level title. This was its first appearance in Primeira Liga.
Trofense was accompanied by Rio Ave, which returned to the Primeira Liga after two seasons in the Liga de Honra.
Club information
Club Head coach City Stadium 2007–08 season Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 12th in the Liga Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 8th in the Liga Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 4th in the Liga Braga Braga Estádio AXA 7th in the Liga Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 13th in the Liga Leixões Matosinhos Estádio do Mar 14th in the Liga Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 5th in the Liga Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 10th in the Liga Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 11th in the Liga Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 15th in the Liga Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st in the Liga Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 2nd in Liga de Honra Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 2nd in the Liga Trofense Trofa Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense 1st in Liga de Honra Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 3rd in the Liga Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 6th in the Liga
League table
Results
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 NenêNacional202 LiédsonSporting CP17 Óscar CardozoBenfica174 Ernesto FaríasPorto10 Baba DiawaraMarítimo10 Lisandro LópezPorto107 WilliamPaços de Ferreira9 Lucho GonzálezPorto99 Albert MeyongBraga8 HulkPorto8 RobertoVitória de Guimarães8
Awards
SJPF Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamSeptember Hassan Yebda BenficaOctober Bruno Braga LeixõesNovember Beto LeixõesDecember Boris Peškovič AcadémicaJanuary Liédson Sporting CPFebruary Hulk PortoMarch Baba Diawara MarítimoApril Liédson Sporting CP May Óscar Cardozo Benfica
SJPF Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptember Miguel Vítor BenficaOctober Miguel Lopes Rio AveNovember Miguel Lopes Rio AveDecember Celestino Estrela da AmadoraJanuary Bruno Gama Vitória de SetúbalFebruary Yazalde Rio AveMarch Daniel Carriço Sporting CPApril Rui Patrício Sporting CPMay Bruno Gama Vitória de Setúbal
Awards Primeira Liga Champions – Porto Primeira Liga Top Scorer – Nenê (20 goals) Primeira Liga Player of the Year – Bruno Alves Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year – Beto Primeira Liga Referee of the Year – Olegário Benquerença
Attendances
# Club Average Highest 1 Porto 38,763 50,309 2 Benfica 35,699 60,022 3 Sporting 26,517 44,863 4 Vitória SC 16,579 26,810 5 Braga 10,552 20,321 6 Académica 5,975 18,980 7 Os Belenenses 5,073 9,635 8 Marítimo 4,941 8,234 9 Leixões 4,176 8,884 10 Vitória FC 3,834 14,827 11 Trofense 3,539 4,977 12 Rio Ave 3,311 10,426 13 Naval 2,118 8,214 14 CD Nacional 2,040 4,175 15 Paços de Ferreira 1,846 3,784 16 Estrela da Amadora 1,281 4,252 Source:
References
External links Calendar of the Portuguese League