Portuguese Liga 2007-08
| Season | 2007–08 |
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| Champions |
Porto (23rd title) |
| Relegated |
Boavista União de Leiria |
| Champions League |
Porto Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães |
| UEFA Cup |
Benfica Marítimo Vitória de Setúbal |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 554 (2.31 per match) |
| Best Player | Lisandro López |
| Top goalscorer | Lisandro López (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Porto 6–0 Estrela da Amadora (5 April 2008) |
| Biggest away win |
Vitória de Guimarães 0–5 Porto (27 April 2008) |
| Highest scoring |
Benfica 6–1 Boavista (11 November 2007) Boavista 4–3 Paços de Ferreira (3 February 2008) |
| Highest attendance | 60,116 (Benfica 0–1 Porto) (1 December 2007) |
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The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history.
Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage; Benfica, Marítimo and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Boavista and União de Leiria were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Lisandro López was the top scorer with 24 goals.
Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07.
Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar will be replaced by two promoted teams from the Liga de Honra. The first is Leixões, who clinched the second level title, and are returning to the 1st level since their last participation in 1989. The other was Vitória de Guimarães, who managed to return to the Liga after a brief spell in the Liga de Honra.
Updated to games played on 10 May 2008.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Porto were docked 6 points due to alleged bribery of referees in the 2003–04 season.
**However, the Council of Justice of the Portuguese Federation later returned them. Belenenses were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
***Boavista was relegated to Liga de Honra for next season due to bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season.
****Paços de Ferreira were originally relegated but stayed in the league because of Boavista being relegated over the bribery scandal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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