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2007–08 Primeira Liga

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Season
  
2007–08

Champion
  
FC Porto

Goals scored
  
554

Champions
  
Porto (23rd title)

Best player
  
Lisandro López

Matches played
  
240

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Champions League
  
Porto Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães

UEFA Cup
  
Benfica Marítimo Vitória de Setúbal

Top goalscorer
  
Lisandro López (24 goals)

Biggest home win
  
Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (5 April 2008)

Relegated
  
Boavista F.C., U.D. Leiria

Similar
  
2008–09 Primeira Liga, 2005–06 Primeira Liga, 2010–11 Primeira Liga, 2012–13 Primeira Liga

The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto 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.

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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.

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

  • Desportivo das Aves
  • Beira Mar
  • Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07.

    Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

  • Leixões
  • 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 1st 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.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 10 May 2008.
    Source: [1]
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    *Porto were docked 6 points due to alleged bribery of referees in the 2003–04 season.
    **Belenenses were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
    ***Boavista will be relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.
    ****Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but will stay in the league due to Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 11 May 2008.
    Source: [www.lpfp.pt/]
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    2Belenenses 0-3 Naval was awarded after Belenenses was punished for fielding ineligible player .

    Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Derlei for Sporting CP against Académica de Coimbra (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 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (28 April 2008)
  • The first hat-trick: by Lito in Académica de Coimbra 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 (3 February 2008)
  • Cards

  • First yellow card: Pedro Roma for Académica de Coimbra against Sporting CP (17 August 2007)
  • First red card: Rodrigo Silva for Nacional against Estrela da Amadora (18 August 2007)
  • Top scorers

    Source: Footballzz

    SJPF Fair Play Award

    Source: sjpf.pt (Portuguese)

    References

    2007–08 Primeira Liga Wikipedia