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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...

30,210 14th 2002-03
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...

30,127 13th 2010-11
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 65,400 Runner-up 1934-35
Feirense Santa Maria da Feira
Feira (Santa Maria da Feira)
Feira is a Portuguese parish and the seat of the Santa Maria da Feira Municipality. It has a population of 11,040 inhabitants and a total area of 8.40 km². Its name of inhabitants are known as Feirense. Official city name:Santa Maria da Feira....

Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Estadio Marcolino de Castro is a multi-use stadium in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the current home of Liga de Honra club CD Feirense. The stadium is able to hold 4,667 people. The stadium was built in 1962 and opened as well in 1962. The...

4,667 Liga de Honra Runner-up 2011-12
Gil Vicente Barcelos
Barcelos, Portugal
Barcelos is a city in Barcelos Municipality in Braga District. The city has a population of 20,625.-History:Originally a Roman settlement, it expanded and became the seat of the First Duke of Bragança in the 15th century...

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos is a multi-use stadium in Barcelos, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,374 people and was built in 2004. The first game played there was between the home team Gil Vicente FC and the Nacional de Montevideo, the...

12,374 Liga de Honra Champion 2011-12
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....

8,922 9th 1985-86
Nacional Funchal 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...

5,132 6th 2002-03
Olhanense Olhão
Olhão
Olhão , or Olhão da Restauração, is a city and a municipality in the Algarve region, in Southern Portugal. It is located near Faro, which is the district's capital and the capital of the Algarve. It is mostly a fishing port city...

Estádio José Arcanjo
Estádio José Arcanjo
Estadio José Arcanjo is a multi-purpose stadium in Olhão, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Olhanense. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and was built in 1984...

10,000 11th 2009-10
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....

5,255 7th 2005-06
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...

50,399 Champion 1934-35
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Estadio do Rio Ave FC is a multi-use stadium in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,815 people and was built in 1985....

12,815 8th 2008-09
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade
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...

50,080 3rd 1934-35
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
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...

30,152 4th 1974-75
União de Leiria 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 Municipal da Marinha Grande 12,000 10th 2009-10
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães
Guimarães
Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently completing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga...

30,165 5th 2007-08
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:...

25,000 12th 2004-05

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Académica de Coimbra   Pedro Emanuel
Pedro Emanuel
Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva , known as Pedro Emanuel, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a central defender....

  Orlando
Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto
Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto , simply Orlando, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.-Football career:...

Lacatoni EFAPEL
Beira-Mar   Rui Bento
Rui Bento
Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento is a retired Portuguese footballer and a current coach.During his playing days he played mostly as a central defender.-Club career:Bento first represented S.L...

  Hugo
Hugo Vieira
Hugo Miguel Fernandes Vieira, simply Hugo , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Beira-Mar as a central defender.-Football career:...

Joma
Joma
Joma is a Spanish sports apparel manufacturer, which currently produces footwear and apparel for football, running and tennis. Its headquarters are located in the city of Toledo, Spain....

Diatosta
Benfica   Jorge Jesus   Luisão
Luisão
Ânderson Luís da Silva , aka Luisão , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a central defender....

adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

tmn
Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais
TMN – Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais, S.A., headquartered in Lisbon, is Portugal's first mobile communications company, both chronologically and in market share.-Chronology:1991...

 (H) / meo (A)
Feirense   Quim Machado   Luciano adidas E.Leclerc
E.Leclerc
E.Leclerc is a French hypermarket chain, headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine. The chain enables semi-independent stores to operate under the Leclerc brand.E.Leclerc was established on 1st January 1948....

 / BetClic
Gil Vicente   Paulo Alves
Paulo Alves
Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a centre forward, and a current coach.-Football career:Born in Vila Real, Alves moved from local club to F.C...

  Paulo Arantes Madsport GIVEC / Águas de Barcelos / Glassdrive
Marítimo   Pedro Martins   João Guilherme
João Guilherme
João Guilherme Leme Amorim is a professional footballer from Bilac, São Paulo. The Brazilian was born on April 21, 1986 and currently plays for Portuguese club Marítimo....

Lacatoni Banif
Banco Internacional do Funchal
Banif Financial Group is a Portuguese international financial services group based around the bank Banco Internacional do Funchal. The company has a presence in Europe, South America, North America, Africa and Asia.-History:...

Nacional   Pedro Caixinha   Felipe Lopes
Felipe Aliste Lopes
Felipe Aliste Lopes is a Brazilian footballer who plays for C.D. Nacional in Portugal, as a central defender.-Football career:...

Joma Banif
Olhanense   Daúto Faquirá   Rui Duarte
Rui Duarte (footballer born 1978)
Rui Pedro Viegas Silva Gomes Duarte is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Olhanense in the Portuguese first division, as a central midfielder.-External links:** *...

Lacatoni Ria Shopping
Paços de Ferreira   Luís Miguel   Filipe Anunciação
Filipe Anunciação
Filipe Alexandre Dias Anunciação is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira as a midfielder.-Football career:...

Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Porto   Vítor Pereira
Vítor Pereira (football manager)
Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of F.C. Porto.-Football career:...

  Helton
Helton da Silva Arruda
Helton da Silva Arruda , simply Helton, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a goalkeeper.-Vasco:...

Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

meo (H) / tmn (A)
Rio Ave   Carlos Brito
Carlos Luís Brito
Carlos Luís Cereja de Morais Brito is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Rio Ave Futebol Clube....

  Gaspar
Gaspar Azevedo
José Gaspar da Silva Azevedo, known as Gaspar , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.-Football career:...

Lacatoni Nassica
Sporting CP   Domingos Paciência   Daniel Carriço
Daniel Carriço
Daniel Filipe Martins Carriço is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.-Club career:...

Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

tmn (H) / meo (A)
Sporting de Braga   Leonardo Jardim
Leonardo Jardim
José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of S.C. Braga.-Football career:...

  Alan
Alan Osório da Costa Silva
Alan Osório da Costa Silva, simply Alan , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Braga in Portugal, mainly as a winger.-Football career:...

Macron
Macron (sportswear)
Macron is an Italian association football, basketball, baseball, rugby, handball, futsal, and volleyball sportswear manufacturer. It has links throughout Europe and its headquarters are located in Crespellano, Italy. It was founded in 1971...

AXA
AXA
AXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...

União de Leiria   Manuel Cajuda
Manuel Cajuda
Manuel Ventura Cajuda de Sousa is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of União de Leiria....

  Marco Soares
Marco Soares
Marco Paulo da Silva Soares is a Portuguese-born Cape Verdean footballer who plays for União Desportiva de Leiria as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...

Joma Kia
Kia Motors
Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...

Vitória de Guimarães   Rui Vitória
Rui Vitória
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Vitória de Guimarães.-Playing career:...

  João Alves
João Alves
João Artur Rosa Alves is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães as a central midfielder.-Club career:...

Lacatoni Finibanco
Vitória de Setúbal   Bruno Ribeiro
Bruno Ribeiro
Bruno Miguel Fernandes Ribeiro is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left midfielder.His main asset was a powerful left-foot strike, and he spent most of his career playing for local Vitória Futebol Clube, also having a small abroad spell in England.-Club career:After making his...

  Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia
Kia Motors
Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...


Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Porto   André Villas-Boas Resigned/Signed by Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

21 June 2011   Vítor Pereira
Vítor Pereira (football manager)
Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of F.C. Porto.-Football career:...

22 June 2011 Pre-season
Vitória de Guimarães   Manuel Machado
Manuel Machado (football manager)
Manuel António Marques Machado is a Portuguese football manager.-Coaching career:Machado started his career with his local club Vitória de Guimarães' youth sides, having a head coach spell with lowly S.C. Vila Real in between. After two years with another modest team in the north, A.D...

Resigned 26 August 2011   Rui Vitória
Rui Vitória
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Vitória de Guimarães.-Playing career:...

30 August 2011 16th
Paços de Ferreira   Rui Vitória
Rui Vitória
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Vitória de Guimarães.-Playing career:...

Signed by Vitória de Guimarães 30 August 2011   Luís Miguel 30 August 2011 9th
União de Leiria   Pedro Caixinha Sacked 6 September 2011   Vítor Pontes 8 September 2011 16th
União de Leiria   Vítor Pontes Resigned 26 September 2011   Manuel Cajuda
Manuel Cajuda
Manuel Ventura Cajuda de Sousa is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of União de Leiria....

26 September 2011 16th

League table

Positions by round

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Leader
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2012–13 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2012–13 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...



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Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Baba Diawara
Baba Diawara
Papa Babacar 'Baba' Diawara is a Senegalese footballer who plays for C.S. Marítimo in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...

Marítimo 9
2   Edgar
Edgar Bruno da Silva
Edgar Bruno da Silva, simply Edgar , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...

Vitória de Guimarães 7
  Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Rick van Wolfswinkel is a Dutch footballer who plays for Sporting CP and the Netherlands. He is a versatile player who can play either as a striker or as an attacking midfielder, though he favours the striker role. -Vitesse Arnhem:...

Sporting CP 7
4   Óscar Cardozo
Óscar Cardozo
Óscar René Cardozo Marín is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker.Known for his powerful left-foot shot and free-kick skills, he first gained notoriety whilst playing for Newell's Old Boys, which led to a move to Benfica, where he scored more than 100...

Benfica 6
5   Kléber
Kléber
Kléber may refer to:* Jean Baptiste Kléber , a French general* Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa , a Brazilian football player* Kléber de Souza Freitas , a Brazilian football player...

Porto 5
  Nolito
Manuel Agudo Durán
Manuel Agudo Durán, commonly known as Nolito , is a Spanish footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a forward or winger.-Barcelona:...

Benfica 5


Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1   Hulk FC Porto 5
  Danilo Dias
Danilo Dias
Danilo Leandro Dias is a Brazilian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Marítimo in Portugal.- References:...

Marítimo 5
3   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:...

FC Porto 4
4   Elias
Elias Mendes Trindade
Elias Mendes Trindade , known simply as Elias , is a Brazilian football midfielder player for Sporting Clube de Portugal.-Career:...

Sporting CP 3
  Nicolás Gaitán
Nicolás Gaitán
Osvaldo Nicolás Fabián Gaitán is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as an Left midfielder for Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division....

Benfica 3
  Javier Saviola
Javier Saviola
Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker....

Benfica 3
  Lima
Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos
Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos, known as Lima , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for S.C. Braga in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...

SC Braga 3
  Manuel José
Manuel José Vieira
Manuel José Azevedo Vieira , known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the Portuguese first division....

Paços de Ferreira 3


Hat-tricks

Player Result !! Date
  Edgar Silva
Edgar Bruno da Silva
Edgar Bruno da Silva, simply Edgar , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...

Vitória de Guimarães  Paços de Ferreira  5–1

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...

MonthPlayerClub
September   Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Rick van Wolfswinkel is a Dutch footballer who plays for Sporting CP and the Netherlands. He is a versatile player who can play either as a striker or as an attacking midfielder, though he favours the striker role. -Vitesse Arnhem:...

 
Sporting CP
October   Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Rick van Wolfswinkel is a Dutch footballer who plays for Sporting CP and the Netherlands. He is a versatile player who can play either as a striker or as an attacking midfielder, though he favours the striker role. -Vitesse Arnhem:...

 
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