LIGA
SAGRES STANDINGS
(updated as games are in progress)
1st - Qualifies for 10/11 UEFA Champions League
Group Stage
2nd -
Qualifies for 10/11
UEFA Champions League 3rd round qualifying
3rd - Qualifies
for 10/11
UEFA Europa League 3rd
round qualifying *
4th - Qualifies for 10/11UEFA
Europa League2nd
round qualifying *
15th to 16th - Relegation Zone
*
The Portugal Cup Winner qualifies for the 09/10 UEFA
Europa League
Playoff Round. Should the Portugal Cup winner have qualified
for the UEFA Champions League via finishing in the top 2, the
UEFA
Europa Leaguespot
will be allocated to the runner up first, and then the 3rd to
5th positions.
2009/2010
LIGA SAGRES SCHEDULE
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Primeira
volta
1ª
Jornada
Friday,
August 14
Leixões 0-0 Belenenses
Saturday,
August 15
Nacional 1-1 Sporting
Braga 1-0 Académica
Sunday,
August 16
Naval 0-0 Olhanense
Leiria 1-1 Rio Ave
Paços de Ferreira 1-1 Porto
Benfica 1-1 Marítimo
Sunday,
August 23
Maritimo 1-0 Leixoes
Rio Ave 1-0 Vitoria Setubal
Vitoria Guimaraes 0-1 Benfica
FC Porto 3-0 Nacional
Monday, August 24
Belenenses 2-0 Naval
3ª
Jornada
Saturday,
August 29
Paços Ferreira 0-0 V. Guimarães
Naval 1-3 Porto
Sunday,
August 30
Leiria 0-0 Marítimo
Leixões 0-0 Rio Ave
Braga 3-1 Belenenses
Académica 0-2 Sporting
Monday, August 31
Nacional 1-1 Olhanense
Benfica 8-1 V. Setúbal
4ª
Jornada
Friday,
September 11
Vitoria Guimaraes 3-0 Naval
Saturday,
September
12
Rio Ave 2-0 Nacional
FC Porto 4-1 Leixões
Sunday,
September
13
Olhanense 2-1 Académica
V. Setúbal 0-4 U. Leiria
Belenenses 0-4 Benfica
Sporting 1-0 P. Ferreira
Maritimo 1-2 Braga
5ª
Jornada
Friday,
September 18
Leixões 3-1 V. Guimarães
Saturday,
September
19
P. Ferreira 1-1 Rio Ave
Sp. Braga 1-0 FC Porto
Sunday,
September
20
Académica 1-1 Belenenses
Naval 0-1 V. Setúbal
Nacional 2-1 Marítimo
U. Leiria 1-2 Benfica
Monday,
September
21
Sporting 3-2 Olhanense
6ª
Jornada
Friday,
September 25
Olhanense 0-1 Sp. Braga
Saturday,
September
26
Vitória de Setúbal 0-1 Paços de Ferreira
Marítimo 1-2 Naval
Rio Ave 0-0 Académica
F.C. Porto 1-0 Sporting
Benfica 5-0 Leixões
Monday,
September
28
Vitória de Guimarães 2-2 U. Leiria
Monday,
October 12
Belenenses 1-0 Nacional
7ª
Jornada
Friday, October 2
Académica 2-4 Marítimo
Saturday, October 3
Naval 3-2 Rio Ave
Braga 2-0 V.Setúbal
Sunday, October 4
Leixões 3-2 Leiria
Sporting 0-0 Belenenses
Olhanense 0-3 Porto
Monday , October 5
Nacional 2-0 V.Guimarães
P. Ferreira 1-3 Benfica
8ª
Jornada
Friday, October 23
Belenenses 0-0 Olhanense Saturday, October 24
U. Leiria 2-0 Naval
Rio Ave 1-1 Braga Sunday, October 25
Maritimo 3-1 Pacos Ferreir
Vitoria Setubal 1-0 Leixoes
FC Porto 3-2 Academica Monday, October 26
Benfica 6-1 Nacional Tuesday, October 27
Vitoria Guimaraes 1-1 Sporting C.P.
9ª
Jornada
Friday, October 30
FC Porto 1-1 Belenenses
Saturday, October 31
Sp. Braga 2-0 Benfica
Naval 1-0 Leixões
Sunday, November 1
Sporting 1-1 Marítimo
Olhanense 0-1 Rio Ave
Nacional 2-1 V. Setúbal
P. Ferreira 0-1 U. Leiria
Monday, November 2
Académica 2-0 V. Guimarães
10ª
Jornada
Friday, November 6
Belenenses 0-3 P. Ferreira
Saturday, November 7
V. Guimarães 1-0 Sp. Braga
V. Setúbal 0-0 Olhanense
Sunday, November 8
U. Leiria 1-1 Académica
Leixões 2-4 Nacional
Marítimo 1-0 FC Porto
Rio Ave 2-2 Sporting
Monday, November 9
Benfica 1-0 Naval
11ª
Jornada
Friday, November 27
Olhanense 0-2 V. Guimaraes
Saturday, November 28
Sporting C.P. 0-0 Benfica
Sunday, November 29
Nacional 1-1 Naval
Academica 3-0 V. Setubal
P. Ferreira 1-1 Leixoes
Belenenses 2-2 Maritimo
FC Porto 2-1 Rio Ave
Monday, November 30
Braga 2-0 Uniao Leiria
12ª
Jornada
Friday, December 4
V. Guimarães 1-4 FC Porto
Saturday, December 5
Leixões 1-1 Sp. Braga
Naval 1-0 P. Ferreira
Rio Ave 0-0 Belenenses
Sunday, December 6
Benfica 4-0 Académica
Marítimo 5-2 Olhanense
Monday, December 7
V. Setúbal 0-2 Sporting
U. Leiria 1-2 Nacional
13ª
Jornada
Friday, December 11
P. Ferreira 2-1 Nacional
Saturday, December 12
Sporting 0-1 U. Leiria
Olhanense 2-2 Benfica
Sunday, December 13
Sp. Braga 0-0 Naval
Académica 2-0 Leixões
FC Porto 2-0 V. Setúbal
Marítimo 0-1 Rio Ave
Monday, December 14
Belenenses 0-1 V. Guimarães
14ª
Jornada
Friday, December 18
Pacos Ferreira 0-1 Braga
Saturday, December 19
V. Guimaraes 1-0 Rio Ave
Naval 0-1 Sporting C.P.
Sunday, December 20
V. Setubal 3-2 Maritimo
U. Leiria 1-0 Belenenses
Nacional 4-3 Academica
Benfica 1-0 FC Porto
Monday, December 21
Leixoes 2-2 Olhanense
15ª
Jornada
Friday, January 8
Sp. Braga 2-0 Nacional
Saturday, January 9
Sporting 1-0 Leixões
Marítimo 0-1 V. Guimarães
Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica
Sunday, January 10
Académica 2-0 Naval
Olhanense 1-1 P. Ferreira
FC Porto 3-2 U. Leiria
Monday, January 11
Belenenses 0-0 V. Setúbal
Segunda
volta
16ª
Jornada
Saturday, January 16
V. Guimarães 2-2 V. Setúbal
Olhanense 1-0 Naval
Sporting 3-2 Nacional
FC Porto 1-1 P. Ferreira
Sunday, January 17
Académica 0-2 Sp. Braga
Marítimo 0-5 Benfica
Rio Ave 0-2 U. Leiria
Belenenses 1-3 Leixões
17ª
Jornada
Friday,
January 29
Braga 1-0 Sporting C.P.
Saturday, January 30
Uniao Leiria 2-0 Olhanense
Naval 1-0 Belenenses
Nacional 0-4 FC Porto
Benfica 3-1 V. Guimaraes
Sunday, January 31
V. Setubal 2-2 Rio Ave
Pacos Ferreira 2-1 Academica
Monday,
February 1
Leixoes 1-2 Maritimo
18ª
Jornada
Saturday,
February 6
Sporting 1-2 Académica
V. Setúbal 1-1 Benfica
Sunday,
February 7
Marítimo 1-0 U. Leiria
Rio Ave 2-0 Leixões
FC Porto 3-0 Naval
Olhanense 1-0 Nacional
V. Guimarães 1-2 P. Ferreira
Monday,
February 8
Belenenses 1-3 Sp. Braga
19ª
Jornada
Friday,
February 12
P. Ferreira 0-0 Sporting
Saturday,
February 13
Leixões 0-0 FC Porto
Benfica 1-0 Belenenses
Sunday,
February 14
U. Leiria 3-3 V. Setúbal
Académica 1-1 Olhanense
Sp. Braga 2-1 Marítimo
Nacional 1-1 Rio Ave
Monday,
February 15
Naval 0-0 V. Guimarães
20ª
Jornada
Wednesday,
February 3
Benfica 3-0 União de Leiria
Friday,
February 19
Marítimo 1-1 Nacional
Saturday,
February 20
Olhanense 0-0 Sporting
V. Guimarães 2-0 Leixões
Sunday,
February 21
FC Porto 5-1 Sp. Braga
V. Setúbal 0-1 Naval
Rio Ave 1-2 P. Ferreira
Sunday,
February 28
P. Ferreira 5-3 V. Setúbal
Sporting 3-0 FC Porto
Académica 0-1 Rio Ave
Monday,
March 1
Nacional 1-0 Belenenses
22ª
Jornada
Friday, March 5
U. Leiria 2-1 Leixões
Saturday, March 6
FC Porto 2-2 Olhanense
Rio Ave 0-0 Naval
V. Setúbal 0-0 Sp. Braga
Sunday, March 7
Marítimo 0-0 Académica
Belenenses 0-4 Sporting
Benfica 3-1 P. Ferreira
Monday, March 8
V.Guimarães 2-0 Nacional
23ª
Jornada (14 Março):
Sporting - Vitória de Guimarães
Leixões - Vitória de Setúbal
Nacional - Benfica
Naval - União de Leiria
Académica - FC Porto
Olhanense - Belenenses
Paços de Ferreira - Marítimo
Sporting de Braga - Rio Ave
24ª
Jornada (28 Março):
Benfica - Sporting de Braga
Vitória de Guimarães - Académica
Marítimo - Sporting
Rio Ave - Olhanense
Belenenses - FC Porto
Leixões - Naval
Vitória de Setúbal - Nacional
União de Leiria - Paços de Ferreira
25ª
Jornada (3 Abril):
Sporting de Braga - Vitória de Guimarães
Olhanense - Vitória de Setúbal
Naval - Benfica
Académica - União de Leiria
Nacional - Leixões
Paços de Ferreira - Belenenses
FC Porto - Marítimo
Sporting - Rio Ave
26ª
Jornada (11 Abril):
União de Leiria - Sporting de Braga
Vitória de Setúbal - Académica
Benfica - Sporting
Vitória de Guimarães - Olhanense
Rio Ave - FC Porto
Marítimo - Belenenses
Naval - Nacional
Leixões - Paços de Ferreira
27ª
Jornada (18 Abril):
FC Porto - Vitória de Guimarães
Sporting - Vitória de Setúbal
Académica - Benfica
Nacional - União de Leiria
Sporting de Braga - Leixões
Paços de Ferreira - Naval
Olhanense - Marítimo
Belenenses - Rio Ave
28ª
Jornada (25 Abril):
Naval - Sporting de Braga
Leixões - Académica
União de Leiria - Sporting
Benfica - Olhanense
Vitória de Setúbal - FC Porto
Vitória de Guimarães - Belenenses
Rio Ave - Marítimo
Nacional - Paços de Ferreira
29ª
Jornada (2 Maio):
Rio Ave - Vitória de Guimarães
Marítimo - Vitória de Setúbal
FC Porto - Benfica
Belenenses - União de Leiria
Olhanense - Leixões
Sporting - Naval
Académica - Nacional
Sporting de Braga - Paços de Ferreira
30ª
Jornada (9 Maio):
Nacional - Sporting de Braga
Naval - Académica
Leixões - Sporting
Paços de Ferreira - Olhanense
União de Leiria - FC Porto
Vitória de Setúbal - Belenenses
Vitória de Guimarães - Marítimo
Benfica - Rio Ave
COMPETITION
INFORMATION
History
Before the Portuguese football reform of 1938, an experimental competition
on a round-basis was already being held — the Primeira Liga
(Premier League) and the winners of that competition were named
League Champions. Despite that, a Portuguese Championship in a knock-out
cup format was the most popular and defined the Portuguese Champion.
Then,
with the reform, a round-basis competition was implemented as the
most important of the calendar and began defining the Portuguese
champion. From 1938 to 2000 the name Campeonato Nacional da Primeira
Divisão (National Championship of the First Division), or
just Primeira Divisão (First Division) was used. When the
LPFP took control of the two nationwide leagues in 1999 it was renamed
Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Liga (Premier League National Championship),
or simply Primeira Liga (Premier League), and after Galp acquired
the naming rights in 2002, SuperLiga Galp Energia. However a four
year deal with the Austrian sports betting web portal bwin was announced
on 18 August 2005, amid questioning by the other gambling authorities
in Portugal (the Santa Casa da Misericórdia and the Portuguese
Casinos Association), which claimed to hold the exclusive of legal
gambling games in national territory. After holding the name Liga
betandwin.com for the 2005/2006 season, a name change to BWINLIGA
(all caps) was announced on 21 July 2006. From 2008/2009 season
on the league name will be Liga Sagres. Since the 1995/96 season,
each win is worth 3 points instead of the usual 2.
The League
From the 2006-07 season on there are 16 clubs in the Portuguese
Liga, down from 18 in the previous seasons. During the course of
a season each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium
and once at their opponent's, for a total of 30 games. At the end
of each season, the two lowest placed teams are relegated to the
Liga Vitalis, and the top two teams from Liga Vitalis are promoted
to the Portuguese Liga.
Currently,
for the 2009-10 season, the top two teams in the Liga qualify for
the UEFA Champions League. The Champion (first place finish) goes
directly into the group phase of the competion, with the runner-up
(second place finish) entering the competition at the third qualifying
round, and must survive a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter
the playoff round. The teams classified in the third to fourth positions
enters the UEFA Europa League together with the winner of the Cup
of Portugal. If the winner of the Cup of Portugal is already qualified
for the Champions League, or would be qualified for the UEFA Europa
League by its league position, the runner-up will occupy the spot
in the UEFA Europa League. If the runner-up is also qualified for
European competition through its league position, the spot is given
to a third to fifth placed team in the Liga.
For more information on how many European competition positions
will be granted to the Portuguese Superliga (based on UEFA Coefficient
Ranking) please visit the following website: UEFA
Coefficient Rankings
Regulations
Current regulations
The current regulations can be downloaded here.
(Adobe Acrobat required)
Official Ball
Titled the "Adidas Terrapass Liga Sagres",
this ball will be used in every league game for the 2009/2010 season.
The ball was presented during the event "5 Stars Weekend Portimão
09" that took place July 11, 2009. The new ball was inspired
from the colors of the Portuguese flag, with the colors green, yellow
and red.
Previous official matchballs:
2002-2004: Adidas Fevernova
2004-2005: Adidas Roteiro
2006-2007: Adidas Teamgeist
2008: Adidas Europass
2008-2009: Adidas Europass Portugal [View
photo here]
2009-2010: Adidas Terrapass Liga Sagres
[View
photo here]
Official
Trophy
Titled the "Taca de Primeira Divisão", this trophy
will be awarded to the winner of the League Championship in the
event that Sagres is no longer the official sponsor.
Titled the "Liga Sagres Trophy", this trophy will be awarded
to the winner of the 2008/2009 season, awarded by it's main sponsor,
Sagres.
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