The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the
74th edition of the
Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese
association football
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clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007.
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
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 were 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 opposite,
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
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Desportivo das Aves
Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...
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Beira Mar
Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...
Desportivo das Aves
Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...
and
Beira-Mar were both consigned to
Liga de Honra following their final classification in
2006–07.
Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
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Leixões
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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
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
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
*First goal of the season: ''
Derlei
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He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...
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
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
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
Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km².
Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
(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
Source: Footballzz
Awards
Footballer of the Year
Monthly awards
SJPF Player of the Month
SJPF Young Player of the Month
SJPF Fair Play Award
''Source
sjpf.pt(Portuguese)''
See also
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Apito Dourado The ''Apito Dourado'' ( en, Golden Whistle) affair is a sports corruption scandal in Portuguese football that first arose in 2004. Portuguese Judiciary Police (''Polícia Judiciária'') investigators named several football personalities as suspects ...
References
External links
Calendar of the Portuguese League
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Primeira Liga seasons
Port
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