2010–11 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2010–11
Dates 13 August 2010 – 14 May 2011
Champions Porto
25th title
Relegated Portimonense
Naval 1º de Maio
Champions League Porto
Benfica
Europa League Sporting CP
Braga
Vitória de Guimarães
Nacional
Matches played 240
Goals scored 584 (2.43 per match)
Best Player Hulk
Top goalscorer Hulk (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper Helton
Biggest home win Porto 5–0 Benfica
Braga 5–0 Académica
Biggest away win P. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Highest scoring Benfica 5–2 Rio Ave
Portimonense 3–4 V. Setúbal
P. Ferreira 1–6 Rio Ave
Longest winning run Porto 16 games
(6 December 2010 – 1 May 2011)
Longest unbeaten run Porto 30 games
(14 August 2010 – 14 May 2011)
Longest losing run Rio Ave 5 games
(18 December 2010 – 6 February 2011)
Highest attendance Benfica 2–1 Marítimo (54,991)
(27 February 2011)
Lowest attendance Naval 1–1 Portimonense (316)
(22 January 2011)
Total attendance 2,419,683
Average attendance 10,082
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The 2010–11 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 15 August 2010 and ended on 14 May 2011. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 14 of which already took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Benfica were the defending champions but finished runners-up to Porto, who won their 25th league title in the club's first-ever unbeaten season. Porto's forward Hulk was the top scorer with 23 goals.

Teams

Belenenses and Leixões were relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Belenenses ended an 11-year spell at the highest level of Portuguese football, while Leixões returned to the Liga de Honra after three years.

The two relegated teams were replaced by Liga de Honra champions Beira-Mar and runners-up Portimonense. Beira-Mar returned to the top-level league after three years of absence, and Portimonense made their first appearance in their league since being relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season.

Team summaries

Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 11th
Beira-Mar Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,127 Liga de Honra Champion
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,400 Champion
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 Runner-up
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 5th
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 7th
Naval 1º de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 12,630 8th
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 10,000 13th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th
Portimonense Portimão Estádio Municipal de Portimão 9,544 Liga de Honra Runner-up
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 3rd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 12,815 12th
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 4th
União de Leiria Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 30,000 9th
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 6th
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 25,000 14th

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra Ulisses Morais Orlando Lacatoni EFAPEL
Beira-Mar Rui Bento Hugo Joma Diatosta
Benfica Jorge Jesus Nuno Gomes Adidas tmn · meo
Sporting de Braga Domingos Paciência Vandinho Macron AXA
Marítimo Pedro Martins João Guilherme Lacatoni Banif
Nacional Ivo Vieira Bruno Patacas Joma Banif
Naval 1º de Maio Carlos Mozer Nicolas Godemèche Desportreino Hotéis Algarve Sol
Olhanense Daúto Faquirá Rui Duarte Lacatoni Ria Shopping
Paços de Ferreira Rui Vitória Manuel José Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Portimonense Carlos Azenha Ricardo Pessoa Macron Kia · visitportimao.com
Porto André Villas-Boas Helton Nike tmn · meo
Rio Ave Carlos Brito Gaspar Lacatoni Nassica
Sporting CP José Couceiro Daniel Carriço Puma tmn · meo
União de Leiria Pedro Caixinha Marco Soares Joma Kia
Vitória de Guimarães Manuel Machado Nilson Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal Bruno Ribeiro Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
União de Leiria Lito Vidigal Sacked 7 July 2010 Off-season Pedro Caixinha 10 July 2010
Marítimo Mitchell van der Gaag Sacked 14 September 2010 15th Pedro Martins 14 September 2010
Naval 1º de Maio Victor Zvunka Sacked 27 September 2010 14th Rogério Gonçalves 6 October 2010
Académica Jorge Costa Resigned 21 December 2010 9th José Guilherme 27 December 2010
Naval 1º de Maio Rogério Gonçalves Sacked 19 December 2010 16th Carlos Mozer 30 December 2010
Portimonense Litos Sacked 28 December 2010 16th Carlos Azenha 29 December 2010
Académica José Guilherme Resigned 20 February 2011 13th Ulisses Morais 22 February 2011
Sporting CP Paulo Sérgio Resigned 26 February 2011 3rd José Couceiro 26 February 2011
Beira-Mar Leonardo Jardim Resigned 28 February 2011 10th Rui Bento 1 March 2011
Vitória de Setúbal Manuel Fernandes Sacked 1 March 2011 14th Bruno Ribeiro 1 March 2011
Nacional Predrag Jokanović Sacked 13 March 2011 7th Ivo Vieira 13 March 2011

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 27 3 0 73 16 +57 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 30 20 3 7 61 31 +30 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 30 13 9 8 41 31 +10 48 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Braga 30 13 7 10 45 33 +12 46
5 Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 36 37 −1 43 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Nacional 30 11 9 10 28 31 −3 42 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7 Paços de Ferreira 30 10 11 9 35 42 −7 41
8 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 35 33 +2 38
9 Marítimo 30 9 8 13 33 32 +1 35
10 União de Leiria 30 9 8 13 25 38 −13 35
11 Olhanense 30 7 13 10 24 34 −10 34
12 Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 42 −13 34
13 Beira-Mar 30 7 12 11 32 36 −4 33
14 Académica 30 7 9 14 32 48 −16 30
15 Portimonense (R) 30 6 7 17 29 49 −20 25 Relegation to Liga de Honra
16 Naval 1º de Maio (R) 30 5 8 17 26 51 −25 23
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The 2010–11 Taça de Portugal competition was won by Champions League-qualified side Porto. Since cup runners-up Vitória de Guimarães secured a place in the European competitions via league position, the spot allocation for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League effectively reverted to league positions.
  2. Marítimo ahead of União de Leiria on head-to-head record; Marítimo–União de Leiria 1–1, União de Leiria–Marítimo 1–3
  3. Olhanense ahead of Vitória de Setúbal on head-to-head record; Olhanense–Vitória de Setúbal 3–1, Vitória de Setúbal–Olhanense 0–0

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Porto 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Benfica 11 14 11 13 8 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sporting CP 12 7 3 5 7 8 10 7 4 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3
Braga 1 3 2 4 5 3 6 4 6 7 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 7 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
Vitória de Guimarães 7 10 5 2 2 4 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 7 5 5
Nacional 3 2 4 8 11 12 9 11 8 4 5 8 6 6 6 5 5 6 9 9 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 6
Paços de Ferreira 3 5 7 6 6 10 8 9 10 12 12 11 12 12 11 11 10 10 8 5 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 7 7
Rio Ave 12 12 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 12 11 10 11 12 9 7 7 6 8 8
Marítimo 12 15 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 14 14 10 11 13 9 11 12 12 11 13 13 12 10 8 9 9 9 9 9
União de Leiria 7 10 13 9 12 9 5 10 12 11 9 6 5 4 4 6 6 8 5 6 8 8 8 8 10 11 11 11 10 10
Olhanense 7 9 6 7 3 6 3 6 7 8 7 9 11 10 9 10 9 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 13 12 12 12 12 11
Vitória de Setúbal 3 5 9 12 10 7 11 8 9 10 11 13 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12
Beira-Mar 7 13 8 11 9 13 13 12 11 9 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 9 9 11 10 10 10 11 13
Académica 2 4 10 3 4 2 7 3 5 5 6 5 7 9 10 12 12 11 11 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 14 14
Portimonense 16 16 14 10 13 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15
Naval 1º de Maio 12 7 12 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16
Leader
2nd place
3rd place
Source:

Results

Home \ Away ACA BEM BEN BRA MAR NAC NAV OLH PAÇ PTM POR RAV SCP ULE VGU VSE
Académica 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
Beira-Mar 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0
Benfica 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–0
Braga 5–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
Marítimo 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1
Nacional 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–0
Olhanense 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1
Paços de Ferreira 5–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–6 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Portimonense 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–4
Porto 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 1–0
Rio Ave 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0
Sporting CP 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1
União de Leiria 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Vitória de Guimarães 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–3 0–3 4–1 2–1
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Hulk Porto 23
2 Radamel Falcao Porto 16
João Tomás Rio Ave 16
4 Óscar Cardozo Benfica 12
5 Baba Diawara Marítimo 11
6 Edgar V. Guimarães 10
Silvestre Varela Porto 10
8 Carlão Leiria 9
Pitbull V. Setúbal 9
Mario Rondón Paços de Ferreira 9
Javier Saviola Benfica 9
Leandro Tatu Beira-Mar 9

Updated as of games played on 14 May 2011.
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)

Awards

Monthly awards

SJPF Fair Play Award

Month Club
September Nacional
October Sporting CP
November Olhanense
December
January
February Vitória de Guimarães
March União de Leiria
April Naval 1º de Maio

List of 2010–11 transfers

Main articles: List of Portuguese football transfers summer 2010 and List of Portuguese football transfers winter 2011