2006–07 Primeira Liga

The 2006–07 Primeira Liga (also known as BWINLIGA for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 27 August 2006 with a match between Vitória de Setúbal and Académica de Coimbra and ended on 20 May 2007. The league was contested by 16 clubs with Porto as defending champions.

Primeira Liga
Season2006–07
ChampionsPorto
(22nd title)
RelegatedBeira-Mar
Desportivo das Aves
Champions LeaguePorto
Sporting CP
Benfica
UEFA CupBraga
Belenenses
Paços de Ferreira
Matches played240
Goals scored554 (2.31 per match)
Best PlayerSimão Sabrosa
Top goalscorerLiédson (15 goals)
Biggest home win5–1
(3 times)
Biggest away winBeira-Mar 0–5 Porto
(25 February 2007)
Highest scoringNacional 3–4 Desportivo das Aves
(15 April 2007)

Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, and Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round; Braga, Belenenses and Paços de Ferreira qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Liédson was the top scorer with 15 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

In June 2006, Belenenses, who finished 15th in the previous season, were scheduled to be relegated. However, the Lisbon team presented a complaint to the Portuguese League for Professional Football regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus) by 13th-placed Gil Vicente. The penalty pretended by Belenenses would result in Gil Vicente being relegated in their place. This claim generated a series of appeals and controversial statements to the media. The decision has been taken on 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.

Location of teams in the 2006-07 Liga
Location of teams in the '2006-07 Liga

Club information
Club Season's Last Head Coach City Stadium 2005–06 season
Académica de Coimbra Nelo Vingada Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 14th
Beira-Mar Paco Soler Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 1st in the Liga de Honra
Belenenses Jorge Jesus Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 15th
Benfica Fernando Santos Lisbon Estádio da Luz 3rd
Boavista Pedro Barny Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 6th
Sporting de Braga Jorge Costa Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga - AXA 4th
Desportivo das Aves Professor Neca Santo Tirso Estádio do CD das Aves 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Estrela da Amadora Daúto Faquirá Amadora Estádio José Gomes 9th
Marítimo Ulisses Morais Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 10th
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5th
Naval 1° de Maio Mariano Barreto Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 13th
Paços de Ferreira José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 11th
Porto Jesualdo Ferreira Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st
Sporting CP Paulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 2nd
União de Leiria Paulo Duarte Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 7th
Vitória de Setúbal Carlos Cardoso Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 8th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 22 3 5 65 20 +45 69 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 30 20 8 2 54 15 +39 68
3 Benfica 30 20 7 3 55 20 +35 67 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 30 14 8 8 35 30 +5 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Belenenses 30 15 4 11 36 29 +7 49
6 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 12 8 31 36 −5 42
7 União de Leiria 30 10 11 9 25 27 −2 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Nacional 30 11 6 13 41 38 +3 39
9 Estrela da Amadora 30 9 8 13 23 36 −13 35
10 Boavista 30 8 11 11 32 34 −2 35
11 Marítimo 30 8 8 14 30 44 −14 32
12 Naval 1º de Maio 30 7 11 12 28 37 −9 32
13 Académica 30 6 8 16 28 46 −18 26
14 Vitória de Setúbal 30 5 9 16 21 45 −24 24
15 Beira-Mar (R) 30 4 11 15 28 55 −27 23 Relegation to Liga de Honra
16 Desportivo das Aves (R) 30 5 7 18 22 42 −20 22
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away ACA BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA DAV EST MAR NAV NAC PAÇ POR SCP ULE VSE
Académica 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1
Beira-Mar 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–5 3–3 1–0 1–1
Belenenses 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Benfica 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Boavista 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Braga 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Desportivo das Aves 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2
Estrela da Amadora 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0
Marítimo 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2
Nacional 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–4 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Porto 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 5–1
Sporting CP 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
União de Leiria 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2
Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Monthly awards

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[18]
1 Liédson Sporting 15
2 Dady Belenenses 12
3 Adriano Porto 11
Simão Benfica
5 Fabrizio Miccoli Benfica 10
Hélder Postiga Porto
Roland Linz Boavista
Nei Naval
9 Lucho González FC Porto 9
10 Alecsandro Sporting 8
Lisandro López Porto
Wender Braga
José Pedro Belenenses

See also
  • Liga de Honra 2006-07
  • 2006-07 Portuguese football season

References
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  10. João Moutinho wins Young Player Award October (Portuguese)
  11. João Moutinho wins Young Player Award November (Portuguese)
  12. Amorim wins Young Player Award December (Portuguese)
  13. Varela wins Young Player Award January (Portuguese)
  14. Varela wins Young Player Award February (Portuguese)
  15. Djalo wins Young Player Award March (Portuguese)
  16. Miguel Veloso wins Young Player Award April (Portuguese)
  17. Nani wins Young Player Award May (Portuguese)
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