The 2006–07 season of the Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

 (called the BWINLIGA due to sponsorship reasons) started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

. The professional competitions, Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the Portuguese SuperCup

SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira , also known as Portuguese SuperCup) is a Portuguese football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Portuguese Liga and the winners of the Cup of Portugal. If a team wins The Double , the double winner plays the defeated team of the Cup...

, won by the national champions FC Porto against Cup of Portugal runners-up Vitória de Setúbal

Vitória F.C.

Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...

 by a score of 3 – 0, played at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria. The first round of the Cup, played by clubs from the Third Division

Portuguese Third Division

The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portuguese pyramid but with the creation of the Liga de Honra in 1990–91, it became the fourth level...

 and Districtal Championship

Portuguese District Football Associations

There are 22 district Football Associations in Portugal. These organizations are the governing bodies of football in each Portuguese district....

 clubs, was played on 3 September 2006. This date corresponded also to the start of the Second Division

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

. The Third Division started on 10 September, while the Serie Azores of the Third Division begun a week later. Defending champions Porto retained their title.

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

 

• Penafiel
• Rio Ave
• Vitória de Guimarães
• Gil Vicentre

The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

In June 2006, Belenenses, who finished finished 15th in the previous season, were scheduled to be relegated. However, the Lisbon team presented a complaint to the Portuguese League for Professional Football

Portuguese League for Professional Football

Portuguese League for Professional Football is the main organizing entity for professional football in Portugal, headquartered in the city of Porto....

 regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus

Mateus Galiano da Costa

Mateus Galiano da Costa , simply Mateus, is an Angolan footballer who plays for C.D. Nacional in the Portuguese first division, as a forward.-Club career:...

) by 13th placed Gil Vicente. The penalty pretended by Belenenses would result in Gil Vicente being relegated in their place. This claim generated a series of appeals and controversial statements to the media. The decision has been taken in 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

• Beira-Mar
• Desportivo das Aves

Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.

Club information

Club	Season's Last Head Coach	City	Stadium	2005–06 season
Académica de Coimbra		Coimbra Coimbra Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra The Estádio Finibanco Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team...	14th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Desportivo das Aves	Manuel Gomes	Santo Tirso Santo Tirso Santo Tirso is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto District, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a large center of textile industry....	Estádio do CD das Aves Estádio do CD das Aves Estádio do CD das Aves is a multi-use stadium in Vila das Aves, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Clube Desportivo das Aves. The stadium holds 8,560 people and was built in 1981....	2nd in the Liga de Honra Liga de Honra The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
Beira-Mar		Aveiro	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira...	1st in the Liga de Honra Liga de Honra The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
Belenenses		Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio do Restelo Estádio do Restelo The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1956.It is situated behind the world-renowned Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon district of Santa Maria de Belém....	15th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Benfica		Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio da Luz	3rd in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Boavista	Pedro Barny	Porto Porto Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...	Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI Estádio do Bessa The Estádio do Bessa is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista.Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground, but built on top of the old stands, and each one of them was built at a time, which allowed Boavista to continue playing...	6th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Sporting de Braga	Jorge Costa Jorge Costa Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida , known as Costa, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender, and a current manager....	Braga Braga Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...	Estádio Municipal de Braga - AXA Estádio Municipal de Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club Sporting Clube de Braga, and as a UEFA Euro 2004 venue. Its architect was Portuguese Eduardo Souto de Moura...	4th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Estrela da Amadora		Amadora Amadora Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...	Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes, informally known as Estádio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portuguese football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora and it has a capacity of 9,288....	9th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
União de Leiria	Paulo Duarte	Leiria Leiria Leiria is a city in Leiria Municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal. It is the capital of Leiria District. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000...	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football stadium in Leiria, Portugal, built as a venue for the UEFA Euro 2004 finals held in Portugal. It is the home for Leiria's main football club, União de Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira in 2003. The stadium contains different coloured seats as...	7th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Marítimo		Funchal Funchal Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...	Estádio dos Barreiros Estádio dos Barreiros Estádio dos Barreiros is a multi-purpose stadium in Funchal, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Club Sport Marítimo and although much larger in its hey-day, the stadium is now able to hold just 8,922 people....	10th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Nacional	Predrag Jokanović Predrag Jokanovic Predrag Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer and a current manager....	Funchal Funchal Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...	Estádio da Madeira Estádio da Madeira Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Estádio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for the home matches of C.D. Nacional, one of two Liga Sagres teams located in Funchal Estádio da Madeira, formerly...	5th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Naval 1° de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.Naval is...	Mariano Barreto Mariano Barreto Mariano Barreto is a Portuguese football manager. His last job was an assistant coach in the Russian Premier League with FC Kuban Krasnodar. Barreto was officially registered as head coach of Kuban because Sergei Ovchinnikov, who really managed the team, did not own a UEFA Pro Licence.-External...	Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz , also known as Figueira for short, is a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by hills ....	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Estadio Municipal Jose Bento Pessoa is a multi-use stadium in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home of the Naval 1º de Maio. The stadium is able to hold 10.000 people....	13th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Paços de Ferreira		Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do Móvel , since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants. Besides older Portuguese furniture companies, Portugal's major industrial operations of IKEA are also located there...	Estádio da Mata Real Estádio da Mata Real Estadio da Mata Real is a multi-use stadium in Paços de Ferreira, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 5,255 people and was built in 1973....	11th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Porto		Porto Porto Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...	Estádio do Dragão Estádio do Dragão The Estádio do Dragão is a football stadium located in Porto, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 50,399. Inaugurated on November 16, 2003, it is the current home ground of F.C. Porto, having replaced the club's old venue, the Estádio das Antas...	1st in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Sporting CP		Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI Estádio José Alvalade Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect...	2nd in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...
Vitória de Setúbal Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...		Setúbal Setúbal Setúbal is the main city in Setúbal Municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km² and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality. The city proper has 89,303 inhabitants....	Estádio do Bonfim Estádio do Bonfim Estádio do Bonfim is a multi-purpose stadium in Setúbal, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches for Vitória F.C.. The stadium is able to hold 18,694 spectators and was built in 1962.-Portugal national football team:...	8th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2005-06 The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship...

League table

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Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; * = Order decided after head-to-head

2006-07 BWINLIGA Winners
FC Porto 22nd Title

SJPF Player of the Month

SJPF Player of the Month

The SJPF Player of the Month is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF...

Month	Player	Club
September	Modou Sougou Modou Sougou Pape Amodou Sougou is a Senegalese Winger who plays for CFR Cluj.-Beginning:Sougou started his career as a teenager at AS Douanes, a football team in Dakar, Senegal. He moved to U.D. Leiria.-Vitoria:...	União de Leiria
October	Simão Simão Sabrosa Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa, OIH , commonly known as Simão , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, mainly as a left winger - he can also play as a forward - with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.Having played in his country for two of the three...	Benfica
November	Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo is a Portuguese footballer of partial Romani descent who currently plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş J.K and the Portuguese national team. Quaresma began his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, and has also played for FC Barcelona, FC Porto,...	FC Porto
December <	Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo is a Portuguese footballer of partial Romani descent who currently plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş J.K and the Portuguese national team. Quaresma began his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, and has also played for FC Barcelona, FC Porto,...	FC Porto
January	Quim Quim Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva, OIH, , aka Quim , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting de Braga as a goalkeeper....	Benfica
February	Simão Simão Sabrosa Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa, OIH , commonly known as Simão , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, mainly as a left winger - he can also play as a forward - with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.Having played in his country for two of the three...	Benfica
March	Polga Ânderson Polga Ânderson Corrêa Polga is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.-Club career:...	Sporting CP
April	Liédson Liédson Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....	Sporting CP
May	Leandro Romagnoli Leandro Romagnoli Leandro Atilio Romagnoli is an Argentine footballer who plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine first division....	Sporting CP

SJPF Young Player of the Month

SJPF Young Player of the Month

The SJPF Young Player of the Month is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League young player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF .-Winners:Key-Multiple winners:The below table lists those who have won on more than one...

Month	Player	Club
September
October	João Moutinho João Moutinho João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international.Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.-Sporting:...	Sporting
November	João Moutinho João Moutinho João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international.Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.-Sporting:...	Sporting
December	Ruben Amorim Ruben Amorim Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a midfielder....	Belenenses
January	Varela Silvestre Varela Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a winger.-Club career:...	V. Setúbal Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...
February	Varela Silvestre Varela Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a winger.-Club career:...	V. Setúbal Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...
March	Yannick Djalo Yannick Djaló Yannick dos Santos Djaló is a Guinea-Bissauan-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal mainly as a forward...	Sporting
April	Miguel Veloso Miguel Veloso Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Genoa C.F.C. and the Portuguese national team.Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an offensive left back.-Sporting:...	Sporting
May	Nani Nani -People:*Nani, a Portuguese footballer who plays for Manchester United*Gianluca Nani, former technical director at West Ham United*Nanabhoy Palkhivala, nicknamed Nani, an Indian jurist and economist*Nani Roma, a Spanish rally racing driver...	Sporting

External links

• Portuguese Liga 2006-07 at rsssf.com