The 2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

, the top professional league for Portuguese

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clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.

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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 *

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have been relegated to the

Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG 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 Prim ...

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,

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, which was originally scheduled to be relegated, was saved from demotion.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Trofense *

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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

, which returned to the Primeira Liga after two seasons in the Liga de Honra.

Club information

League table

Results

Top scorers

Awards

SJPF Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

Awards

* Primeira Liga Champions –

* Primeira Liga Top Scorer –

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(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

References

External links

Calendar of the Portuguese League
{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Primeira Liga Primeira Liga seasons

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