2006–07 Primeira Liga

The 2006-2007 season of Portuguese football started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The professional competitions (BWINLIGA and League of Honour) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, won by the national champions F.C. Porto against Cup of Portugal runners-up Vitória F.C. "de Setúbal" by 3-0, played at the Estádio Municipal de Leiria. The first round of the Cup, played by clubs from the Third Division and Districtal Championship clubs was played on 3 September 2006. This date corresponded also to the start of the Second Division. The Third Division started on 10 September, while the Serie Azores of the Third Division begun a week later.

Overview

The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. S.C. Beira-Mar and C.D. Aves were promoted to the Liga, and F.C. Penafiel, Rio Ave F.C., Vitória S.C. "de Guimarães" were relegated to the League of Honour.

In June 2006, C.F. Os Belenenses, that finished 15th last season, was scheduled to be relegated. However, the Lisbon team presented a complaint to the Portuguese League for Professional Football regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus) by 13th placed Gil Vicente F.C.. 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 August 23 and made Belenenses stay in the BWINLIGA while Gil Vicente F.C. was relegated to the League of Honour.

Events

• August 9, 2006 - Co Adriaanse resigns as manager of F.C. Porto
• August 16, 2006 - Jesualdo Ferreira is announced as the new manager of the champions Porto
• August 19, 2006 - F.C. Porto beats Vitória de Setúbal 3-0 in Leiria and wins the SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira with Rui Barros commanding the team
• August 23, 2006 - Courts confirm that C.F. Os Belenenses will play instead of Gil Vicente F.C. due to the Mateus affair. The following days met much controversy: the day the league started, it was still not known which teams would play in the major league.
• August 25-August 28, 2006 - The BWINLIGA and the League of Honour seasons begin.
• September 1, 2006 - The Selecção (national team) plays its first game since the World Cup, against Denmark
• September 3, 2006 - The Cup of Portugal and the Second Division season begin.
• September 10, 2006 - The Third Division begins
• September 17, 2006 - The Serie Azores of the Third Division begins in the archipelago of Azores

National team

The Selecção played its first game against Denmark in September, losing to the Northern European side. After that friendly, the national team started the qualification for Euro 2008 with a draw against Finland.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers	Match Report
September 1, 2006	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby (A)	Template:DENf	2-4	Friendly	Ricardo Carvalho, Nani	UEFA.com
September 6, 2006	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (A)	Template:FINf	1-1	ECQ	Nuno Gomes	UEFA.com
October 10, 2006	Estádio do Bessa, Porto (H)	Template:AZEf	3-0	ECQ	Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Ricardo Carvalho	UEFA.com
October 11, 2006	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (A)	Template:POLf	1-2	ECQ	Nuno Gomes	UEFA.com
November 15, 2006	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (H)	Template:KAZf	3-0	ECQ	Simão (2), Cristiano Ronaldo	UEFA.com
February 6, 2007	Emirates Stadium, London (N)	Template:BRAf	2-0	Friendly	Simão, Ricardo Carvalho	UEFA.com
March 24, 2007	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (H)	Template:BELf	4-0	ECQ	Nuno Gomes, Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Ricardo Quaresma	UEFA.com
March 28, 2007	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (A)	Template:SERf	1-1	ECQ	Tiago	UEFA.com
June 6, 2007	Still unknown (A)	Template:BELf		ECQ

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral field
• F = Friendly
• ECQ = European Championship Qualifier

Honours

Competition	Winner
BWINLIGA
Cup of Portugal
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira	F.C. Porto
Liga Vitalis
Second Division
Third Division

Transfer Deals

Major Summer transfers

The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.

May 13 2006

• Adriano from Cruzeiro E.C. to F.C. Porto, €1,2m fee

May 17 2006

• Hilário from C.D. Nacional to Chelsea F.C., free transfer

May 21 2006

• Diego from F.C. Porto to S.V. Werder Bremen, €6m

May 25 2006

• Rui Costa from A.C. Milan to S.L. Benfica, free transfer

May 27 2006

• Zé Castro from Académica to C. Atlético Madrid, undisclosed fee

June 2 2006

• João Vieira Pinto from Boavista F.C. to S.C. Braga, free transfer

June 6 2006

• Geovanni from S.L. Benfica to Cruzeiro E.C., €1,5m

June 7 2006

• Kaźmierczak from Pogoń Szczecin to Boavista F.C., on loan

June 13 2006

• Roland Linz from Austria Wien to Boavista F.C., undisclosed fee

June 22 2006

• Pontus Farnerud from R.C. Strasbourg to Sporting, free transfer
• Kostas Katsouranis from AEK Athens F.C. to S.L. Benfica, €2m

July 4 2006

• Carlos Paredes from Reggina Calcio to Sporting

July 9 2006

• Mário Jardel from Goiás E.C. to S.C. Beira-Mar

July 11 2006

• Laurent Robert from S.L. Benfica to Levante U.D.
• Tarik Sektioui from AZ Alkmaar to F.C. Porto
• Hugo Almeida from F.C. Porto to S.V. Werder Bremen

Liga betandwin.com

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the League of Honour at the start of the season:

• S.C. Beira-Mar (champion)
• C.D. Aves (2nd placed)

Current standings

As of 11 May 2007 - 28th round.

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	Won	Drwn	Lost	GFor	GAga	GDif	Eur. Comp.
1	F.C. Porto	65	28	21	2	5	60	18	42	CL (Group Stage)
2	Sporting C.P.	62	28	18	8	2	48	15	33	CL (Group Stage)
3	S.L. Benfica	61	28	18	7	3	52	20	32	CL (3rd Q.)
4	C.F. Os Belenenses	46	28	14	4	10	34	25	9	UC (1st R.)
5	S.C. Braga	46	28	13	7	8	33	29	4	UC (1st R.)
6	F.C. Paços de Ferreira	40	28	10	10	8	29	34	-5	UC (1st R.)
7	U.D. Leiria	39	28	10	9	9	22	24	-2
8	C.D. Nacional	35	28	10	5	13	37	37	0
9	C.S. Marítimo	32	28	8	8	12	29	40	-11
10	Boavista F.C.	32	28	7	11	10	30	32	-2
11	A. Naval 1º de Maio	31	28	7	10	11	25	33	-8
12	C.F. Estrela da Amadora	31	28	8	7	13	21	35	-14
13	A. Académica de Coimbra	26	28	6	8	14	28	42	-14
14	C.D. Aves	22	28	5	7	16	21	37	-16
15	S.C. Beira-Mar	22	28	4	10	14	27	51	-24
16	Vitória F.C. (de Setúbal)	21	28	4	9	15	19	43	-24

Table results

As of 14 January 2007 - 15th Round

	ACA	AVE	B-M	BEL	BEN	BOA	EAM	POR	MAR	NAC	NAV	PÇF	SPO	BRA	LEI	SET
Académica	XXX	2-0	3-1	1-1			2-0		1-2	1-3	1-2
Aves		XXX		0-1						3-1	2-0		0-2	0-1	0-1	1-2
Beira-Mar		2-2	XXX	1-2			2-0			1-1			3-3	0-3		1-1
Belenenses				XXX		0-2		0-1			0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	0-1	2-0
Benfica		4-1	3-0	4-0	XXX	0-0	3-1		2-1	1-0		3-1				3-0
Boavista	2-2	2-1	3-0		3-0	XXX	1-1		1-1	0-4	0-1
E. Amadora		1-0		1-0			XXX	0-3		2-0			0-1	0-0		1-0
FC Porto	2-1		3-0		3-2			XXX	3-0			4-0			2-1
Marítimo		0-0	2-1	1-4			2-1		XXX	1-0			0-1			1-0
Nacional				2-1				1-2		XXX	1-1	5-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	1-0
Naval			2-1		0-0		2-0	0-2	0-1		XXX		0-1	1-1	2-1
P. Ferreira	1-1	2-0			1-1	2-0	1-1		2-1		1-1	XXX
Sporting Lisbon	1-0	0-0			0-2	3-2		1-1				0-1	XXX	3-0	2-0
Sp. Braga	4-2				3-1		2-2	2-1	1-4			2-1		XXX	0-1
U. Leiria	2-0		2-2		0-4	0-0			1-0			0-0			XXX
Vit. Setúbal	1-1					1-0	0-3					1-1	0-3	1-2	1-2	XXX

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Simão Sabrosa	Portugal	S.L. Benfica	10
2	Hélder Postiga	Portugal	FC Porto	9
3	José Pedro	Portugal	CF Belenenses	8
4	Nei	Brazil	Naval	8
5	Liedson	Brazil	Sporting	8
6	Lucho González	Argentina	FC Porto	7
7	Roland Linz	Austria	Boavista FC	7
8	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	FC Porto	6
9	Collins Mbesuma	Zambia	C.S. Marítimo	6
10	Nuno Gomes	Portugal	Benfica	6

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: UEFA Champions League 2006-07

F.C. Porto

Group G

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Arsenal	11	6	3	2	1	7	3	4
2. Porto	11	6	3	2	1	9	4	5
3. CSKA Moscow	8	6	2	2	2	4	5	-1
4. Hamburg	3	6	1	0	5	7	15	-8

All times CET

September 13, 2006
20:45

Porto	0–0	CSKA Moscow
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance:
Referee: Øvrebø (NOR)

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September 26, 2006
20:45

Arsenal	2–0	Porto
Henry 38' Hleb 48'	Report

Emirates Stadium, London
Attendance:
Referee: Farina (ITA)

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October 17, 2006
20:45

Porto	4–1	Hamburg
Lopez 14', 81' González (pen) 48' Postiga 69'	Report	Trochowski 89'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Hamer (LUX)

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November 1, 2006
20:45

Hamburg	1–3	Porto
van der Vaart 62'	Report	González 44' López 61' Moraes 87'

AOL Arena, Hamburg
Attendance:
Referee: Duhamel (FRA)

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November 21, 2006
18:30

CSKA Moscow	0–2	Porto
	Report	Quaresma 2' González 61'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance:
Referee: Vassaras (GRE)

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December 6, 2006
20:45

Porto	0–0	Arsenal
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance:
Referee: Merk (GER)

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	2-3	Chelsea	1-1	1-2

February 21, 2007
20:45

Porto	1–1	Chelsea
Meireles 12'	(Report)	Shevchenko 16'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance:
Referee: Busacca (SUI)

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March 6, 2007
20:45

Chelsea	2–1	Porto
Robben 48' Ballack 78'	(Report)	Quaresma 15'

Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 39,041
Referee: Rosetti (ITA)

Sporting Lisbon

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Bayern Munich	12	6	3	3	0	10	3	+7
2. Inter Milan	10	6	3	1	2	5	5	0
3. Spartak Moscow	5	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4
4. Sporting Lisbon	5	6	1	2	3	3	6	-3

All times CET

September 12, 2006
20:45

Sporting Lisbon	1-0	Inter Milan
Caneira 64'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance:30,222
Referee: Hamer (LUX)

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September 27, 2006
20:45

Spartak Moscow	1–1	Sporting Lisbon
Boyarintsev 5'	Report	Nani 59'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance:
Referee: Hansson (SWE)

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October 18, 2006
20:45

Sporting Lisbon	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Schweinsteiger 19'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance:
Referee: Hauge (NOR)

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October 31, 2006
20:45

Bayern Munich	0–0	Sporting Lisbon
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance:
Referee: Busacca (SUI)

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November 22, 2006
20:45

Inter Milan	1–0	Sporting Lisbon
Crespo 36'	Report

San Siro, Milan
Attendance:
Referee: De Bleeckere (BEL)

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December 5, 2006
20:45

Sporting Lisbon	1–3	Spartak Moscow
Carlos Bueno 31'	Report	Pavlyuchenko 7' Kalynychenko 16' Boyarinstev 89'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance:
Referee: Vollquartz (DEN)

SL Benfica

3rd Qualifying Round

SL Benfica played the 3rd qualifying round on August 8 (first leg) and August 22 (second leg), 2006, against Austria Vienna and qualified to the group stage of the Champions League.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Austria Vienna	1-4	Benfica	1-1	0-3

Group Stage

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Manchester United	12	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5
2. Celtic	9	6	3	0	3	8	9	-1
3. Benfica	7	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1
4. Copenhagen	7	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3

All times CET

September 13, 2006
20:45

F.C. Copenhagen	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 40,085
Referee: Baskakov (RUS)

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September 26, 2006
20:45

Benfica	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	Saha 60'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance:
Referee: De Bleeckere (BEL)

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October 17, 2006
20:45

Celtic	3–0	Benfica
Miller 56', 66' Pearson 90'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance:58,313
Referee: Braamhaar (NED)

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November 1, 2006
20:45

Benfica	3–0	Celtic
Caldwell 10' (o.g.) Nuno Gomes 22' Karyaka 76'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance:
Referee: Vassaras (GRE)

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November 21, 2006
20:45

Benfica	3–1	F.C. Copenhagen
Léo 14' Miccoli 16', 37'	Report	Allbäck 89'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance:
Referee:

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December 6, 2006
20:45

Manchester United	3–1	Benfica
Vidić 45+1 Giggs 61' Saha 75'	Report	Nélson 27'

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance:
Referee:

UEFA Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup 2006-07

Portuguese teams entered the UEFA Cup in the 1st round, immediately after the two qualifying rounds. This year's teams in the UEFA Cup were Sporting de Braga, Nacional and Vitória de Setúbal. SL Benfica eventually entered into the Round of 32 after achieving a 3rd placed finish in its UEFA Champions League group.

First Round

The 1st leg was played on September 14, 2006. The 2nd leg is going to be played on September 28, 2006.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Braga	3-2	Chievo	2-0	1-2(aet)
Vitória Setúbal	0-3	Heerenveen	0-3	0-0
Rapid Bucharest	3-1	Nacional	1-0	2-1(aet)

Group Stage

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. AZ Alkmaar	10	4	3	1	0	12	5	7
2. Sevilla	7	4	2	1	1	7	2	5
3. Sporting Braga	6	4	2	0	2	6	5	1
4. Slovan Liberec	5	4	1	2	1	6	7	-1
5. Grasshoppers	0	4	0	0	4	3	15	-12

October 19, 2006
AZ	3–0	Braga
November 2, 2006
Braga	4–0	Liberec
November 23, 2006
Sevilla	2–0	Braga
December 14, 2006
Braga	2–0	Grasshoppers

Round of 32

The first leg was held on 14th or 15 February 2007, while the second leg was held on 22 February 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Braga	2-0	Parma1	1-0	1-0
Benfica2	3-1	Dinamo Bucharest	1-0	2-1

¹ On February 7, the Italian Government ruled that Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet requirements following riots held after an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. Livorno played its home leg behind closed doors on February 14. Parma played its home leg behind closed doors on February 22. ² Transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage as third-place finishers in their groups.

Round of 16

The first leg will be held on 8th March 2007, while the second leg will be held on 14th or 15th March 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting Braga	4-6	Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	2-3
Paris Saint-Germain	3-4	Benfica	2-1	1-3

Cup of Portugal

The Cup of Portugal started on September 3, 2006 with teams from the minor divisions.

SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

The SuperCup was played on 19 August 2006 in Leiria between the champions FC Porto and Cup of Portugal runners-up Vitória de Setúbal (that had lost the Cup to FC Porto in the previous season). The result was 3-0 for the Portugueses champions. It was their 15th Cup title.

Saturday, August 19, 2006
21:00 - Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria - Attendance: 8,890

FC Porto	3–0 (0–0)	Vitória FC
Adriano 54'
Anderson 76'
Vieirinha 90'

FC PORTO: GK 1 Helton LD 12 Bosingwa CD 3 Pepe RD 5 Marek Čech DM 18 Paulo Assunção  73' MD 16 Raul Meireles MD 6 Ibson AM 10 Anderson (- 87') RW 21 Alan FW 28 Adriano (- 80') LW 7 R. Quaresma  70' (- 71') Substitutions: RW 17 Vieirinha (+ 71') FW 9 Lisandro Lopez (+ 80') AM 20 Jorginho (+ 87') Unused players: GK 99 Vítor Baía DF 2 Ricardo Costa DF 14 Bruno Alves RW 11 Tarik Sektioui Coach: Rui Barros

VITÓRIA SETÚBAL: GK 1 Marco Tábuas RD 14 Janício CD 3 Hugo  79' CD 15 Auri LD 82 Nandinho RM 5 Binho AM 13 Adalto  42' (- 61') AM 6 Sandro RW 9 Ademar (- 67') FW 17 Varela LW 10 Lourenço (- 76') Substitutions: FW 47 Fonseca (+ 61') RW 16 Mário Carlos (+ 67') AM 7 Labarthe (+ 76') Unused players: GK 26 João Paulo DF 27 Madior DF 23 Veríssimo MD 30 Julien Coach: Hélio Sousa

• Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)
• Assistant referees
  • Pedro Garcia
  • José Lima
• Fourth official: Hélio Santos

League of Honour

Promoted and relegated teams

These teams were relegated from the Liga betandwin.com at the start of the season:

• Gil Vicente F.C. (12th placed, instead of 15th placed C.F. Os Belenenses due to the use of a footballer – Mateus Galiano da Costa – who had played with a status of amateur and professional in the same year)
• Rio Ave F.C. (16th placed)
• Vitória S.C. "de Guimarães" (17th placed)
• F.C. Penafiel (18th placed)

These teams were promoted from the Second Division at the start of the season:

• C.D. Olivais e Moscavide (champions)
• C.D. Trofense (runners-up)

Current standings

After the 19th round - 26th February 2007

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drwn	Lost	GFor	GAga	GDif	Pts
1	Leixões S.C.	19	11	3	5	30	17	13	36
2	Rio Ave F.C.	19	9	7	3	30	22	7	36
3	C.D. Santa Clara	19	10	4	5	23	21	2	34
4	C.D. Feirense	19	8	8	3	26	15	11	32
5	Vitória S.C. (de Guimarães)	19	8	4	7	25	18	7	28
6	Gondomar S.C.	19	7	5	7	20	18	2	26
7	C.D. Olivais e Moscavide	19	7	4	8	20	27	-7	25
8	G.D. Estoril-Praia	19	6	6	7	17	19	-2	24
9	C.D. Trofense	19	5	8	6	19	16	3	23
10	S.C. Olhanense	19	5	8	6	17	20	-3	23
11	F.C. Penafiel	19	5	8	6	13	17	-4	23
12	Varzim S.C.	19	6	5	8	18	25	-7	23
13	F.C. Vizela	19	6	4	9	21	21	0	22
14	Gil Vicente F.C.	19	7	6	6	15	20	-5	18
15	Portimonense S.C.	19	4	6	9	18	25	-7	18
16	G.D. Chaves	19	2	6	11	14	25	-11	12

Note: Gil Vicente's 9 points are deducted.

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