| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 August 2008 – 24 May 2009 |
| Champions | Porto 24th title |
| Relegated | Estrela da Amadora Trofense |
| Champions League | Porto Sporting CP |
| Europa League | Benfica Nacional Braga Paços de Ferreira |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 552 (2.3 per match) |
| Average goals/game | 2.30 |
| Best Player | Bruno Alves |
| Top goalscorer | Nenê (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Braga 5–0Estrela da Amadora (27 October 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Maritimo 0–6Benfica (12 July 2008) |
| Highest scoring | Paços de Ferreira 3–4Benfica (7 goals) (22 September 2008) |
| Highest attendance | 60,022(Benfica 2–0Sporting CP) (27 September 2008) |
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The2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of thePrimeira Liga, the top professional league for Portugueseassociation football clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.Porto was the three-time defending champions and secured a fourth consecutive title for the second time in its history.
União de Leiria have been relegated to theLiga de Honra after finishing in last place in2007–08 Primeira Liga.
Boavista were also relegated as a punishment for their participation in a match fixing scandal in2003–04 season. Accordingly,Paços de Ferreira, which was originally scheduled to be relegated, was saved from demotion.
Leiria and Boavista were replaced by two promoted teams from Liga de Honra. The first wasTrofense, which clinched the second level title. This was its first appearance in Primeira Liga.
Trofense was accompanied byRio Ave, which returned to the Primeira Liga after two seasons in the Liga de Honra.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto(C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 70 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 66 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Benfica | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 59 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round |
| 4 | Nacional | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 52 | |
| 5 | Braga | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 50 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Leixões | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Académica | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Marítimo | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 34[a] | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round[b] |
| 11 | Estrela da Amadora(R) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 34[a] | Relegation toLiga de Honra[c] |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 30 | |
| 13 | Naval 1º de Maio | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 29 | |
| 14 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 26 | |
| 15 | Belenenses | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 24 | |
| 16 | Trofense(R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 23 | Relegation toLiga de Honra |
| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BRA | EST | LEI | MAR | NAC | NAV | PAÇ | POR | RAV | SCP | TRO | VGU | VSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Belenenses | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Benfica | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Braga | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Estrela da Amadora | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Leixões | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Marítimo | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
| Nacional | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Naval 1º de Maio | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Porto | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Rio Ave | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Sporting CP | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Trofense | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
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