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The 2009–10 Primeira Liga (also known as the Liga Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season 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
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clubs. It began on 16 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. Benfica won their 32nd league title after a 2–1 home victory over Rio Ave on the last matchday. Benfica striker Óscar Cardozo was the top scorer with 26 goals.


Changes from 2008–09


Team changes

Trofense have been relegated to the Liga de Honra after finishing the 2008–09 season in 16th and last place. Trofense were to be accompanied by Belenenses, who finished in 15th place. Belenenses were ending a ten-year stretch in the Portuguese top-level league, while Trofense returned to the Liga da Honra after just one year in the top flight. Estrela da Amadora, however, who finished last season in 11th place, have been relegated for economic problems to the Liga Vitalis. Therefore, Belenenses' relegation has been reversed and they will participate in the Liga Sagres once more. The relegated teams were replaced by Liga Vitalis 2008–09 champions
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and runners-up União de Leiria. Olhanense returned to the top-flight after 34 years, while Leiria was back after a one-year hiatus.


Structural changes

Based on UEFA coefficients, Portugal finished in tenth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season. As a result, the Portuguese league will lose one qualification spot for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The third-placed team will now qualify for the third qualification round instead of the play-off round. The fourth-placed team will enter the competition in the second qualification round while the fifth place will not initially qualify for any European competitions via league placement. However, this may change during the course of the season depending on the league performance of both 2009–10 Cup of Portugal finalists.


Team overview


Stadia and locations


Personnel and sponsoring


Managerial changes

1 Interim coach


League table


Positions by round


Results


Season statistics


Top goalscorers

Source
Liga Sagres – Top Goalscorers
(Portuguese)


Awards


Monthly awards


SJPF Player of the Month


SJPF Young Player of the Month


SJPF Fair Play Award


Annual awards


LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year was awarded to
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of Benfica.


LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to Fábio Coentrão of Benfica.


LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Manager of the Year was awarded to Jorge Jesus of Benfica.


LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year

The LPFP Primeira Liga Breakthrough Manager of the Year was awarded to
André Villas-Boas Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese sports executive, and former professional Manager (association football), football manager, who is currently the List of FC Porto presidents, president of Port ...
of Académica.


See also

* 2009–10 Liga de Honra * 2009–10 Taça de Portugal * 2009–10 Taça da Liga * List of 2009–10 Portuguese Liga transfers


References


External links


Official webpage
(Portuguese)
Official regulation
(Portuguese)
Official Statistics
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