2011–12 Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

Season	2011–12
Champions	Estoril Praia (2nd title)
Promoted	Estoril Praia Moreirense
Matches played	240
Goals scored	554 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joeano (19)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Liga de Honra (known as Liga Orangina due to sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season of the second-tier of football in Portugal. A total of 16 teams contest the league, 12 of which already contested in the 2009–10, and two of which were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division, and two of which were relegated from the 2010-11 Primeira Liga.

Teams

Changes in 2011–12

Arouca

Atlético CP

Belenenses

Covilhã

Aves

Estoril

Leixões

Oliveirense

Freamunde

Naval

Penafiel

Portimonense

Trofense

Azores Islands
 (see below)

Madeira Islands
 (see below)

Location of teams in Liga Orangina 2011–12

U.Madeira

Location of teams in Liga Orangina 2011–12

Santa Clara

Location of teams in Liga Orangina 2011–12

Teams relegated from 2010–11 Primeira Liga

• 15th Place: Portimonense
• 16th Place: Naval

Teams promoted to 2011–12 Primeira Liga

• Champions: Gil Vicente
• Runners-up: Feirense

Teams promoted from 2010–11 Segunda Divisão

• Champions: União da Madeira
• Runners-up: Atlético CP

Teams relegated to 2011–12 Segunda Divisão

• 15th Place: Varzim
• 16th Place: Fátima

Stadia and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2010–11
Arouca	Arouca	Estádio Municipal de Arouca	2,500	5th
Atlético CP	Lisbon	Estádio da Tapadinha	15,000	2nd (Segunda Divisão)
Belenenses	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	32,500	12th
Desportivo das Aves	Vila das Aves	Estádio do CD das Aves	10,250	8th
Estoril Praia	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,000	10th
Freamunde	Freamunde	Campo Sport Clube Freamunde	5,000	11th
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	16,035	6th
Moreirense	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas	9,000	7th
Naval	Figueira da Foz	Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa	12,630	16th (Primeira Liga)
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Carlos Osório	9,100	4th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	7,000	13th
Portimonense	Portimão	Estádio Municipal de Portimão	9,554	15th (Primeira Liga)
Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	15,277	9th
Sporting da Covilhã	Covilhã	Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã	3,000	14th
Trofense	Trofa	Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense	3,164	3rd
União da Madeira	Funchal	Campo do Adelino Rodrigues	3,000	1st (Segunda Divisão)

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arouca	Vítor Oliveira		Joma	Betclic / Cavadinha / Crédito Agrícola
Atlético CP	Paulo Pedro		Joma	Montepio Geral
Belenenses	Marco Paulo		Macron	BetClic / MetLife / Super Bock
Desportivo das Aves	Paulo Fonseca	Pedro Pacheco	Alitecno	Freitas Transportes
Freamunde	Nicolau Vaqueiro	Bock	Joma	BetClic / Capital do Móvel
Estoril	Marco Silva	Steven Vitória	Joma	Halcon Viagens
Leixões	Horácio Gonçalves		SportZone	Cepsa / Fidelidade Mundial / Super Bock / Vivaci
Moreirense	Jorge Casquilha		Lacatoni	BetClic / Focor
Naval	Filó	Carlitos	Desportreino	Algarve Sol / BetClic / Casino Figueira da Foz / Polar
Oliveirense	Pedro Miguel		Macron	Grupo Simoldes
Penafiel	Francisco Chaló	Pedrinha	Desportreino	BetClic / Nortenha / Restradas / Sentir Penafiel
Portimonense	Lázaro Oliveira		Macron	Sanipóvoa
Santa Clara	Luís Miguel		Lacatoni	Açoreana Seguros / BetClic
Sporting da Covilhã	Rui Nascimento	Milton	Desportreino	BetClic / Joalto
Trofense	João Eusébio		Lacatoni	BetClic / Trofa Saúde
União da Madeira	Predrag Jokanović		Macron	Lena Construções

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Naval	Carlos Mozer	Contract expired	14 May 2011[1]	Pre-season	Daniel Ramos	13 June 2011[2]
Desportivo das Aves	Vítor Oliveira	Contract expired	29 May 2011[3]		Paulo Fonseca	7 June 2011[4]
Portimonense	Carlos Azenha	Resigned	30 May 2011[5]		João Bastos	15 July 2011[6]
União da Madeira	Daniel Ramos	Resigned	9 June 2011[7]		João Abel	13 June 2011[8]
Atlético CP	Toni Pereira	Contract expired	10 June 2011[9]		João de Deus	22 June 2011[10]
Trofense	Porfírio Amorim	Resigned	25 June 2011[11]		António Sousa	15 July 2011[12]
Arouca	Henrique Nunes	Mutual agreement	20 September 2011[13]	7th	Vítor Oliveira	20 September 2011[14]
Estoril	Vinícius Eutrópio	Sacked	27 September 2011[15]	10th	Marco Silva	27 September 2011[16]
Portimonense	João Bastos	Resigned	31 October 2011[17]	16th	Carlos Mozer	1 November 2011[18]
União da Madeira	João Abel	Resigned	8 November 2011[19]	15th	Predrag Jokanović	11 November 2011[20]
Trofense	António Sousa	Resigned	30 November 2011[21]	16th	João Eusébio	6 December 2011[22]
Portimonense	Carlos Mozer	Mutual agreement	13 January 2012[23]	16th	Lázaro Oliveira	18 January 2012[24]
Belenenses	José Mota	Resigned	14 February 2012[25]	12th	Marco Paulo	17 February 2012[26]
Leixões	Litos	Mutual agreement	14 February 2012[27]	8th	Horácio Gonçalves	15 February 2012[28]
Atlético CP	João de Deus	Resigned	28 February 2012[29]	5th	Paulo Pedro	14 March 2012[30]
Santa Clara	Bruno Moura	Mutual agreement	28 March 2012[31]	12th	Luís Miguel	2 April 2012[32]
Sporting da Covilhã	Tulipa	Mutual agreement	2 April 2012[33]	16th	Rui Nascimento	3 April 2012[34]
Naval	Daniel Ramos	Sacked	2 April 2012[35]	4th	Filó	4 April 2012[36]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Estoril Praia (C) (P)	30	16	9	5	40	20	+20	57	Promotion to 2012–13 Primeira Liga
2	Moreirense (P)	30	15	7	8	47	32	+15	52
3	Desportivo das Aves	30	12	14	4	38	23	+15	50
4	Naval 1º de Maio	30	12	10	8	40	33	+7	46
5	Belenenses	30	10	11	9	34	32	+2	41
6	Oliveirense	30	10	9	11	39	38	+1	39		TRO 0–0 OLI OLI 5–0 TRO
7	Trofense	30	11	6	13	36	45	−9	39
8	Penafiel	30	10	8	12	33	36	−3	38
9	Atlético CP	30	9	10	11	27	37	−10	37
10	União da Madeira	30	9	10	11	35	40	−5	37		CFU 1–1 ACP ACP 1–1 CFU
11	Leixões	30	11	7	12	32	34	−2	037^1
12	Santa Clara	30	8	10	12	29	38	−9	34		STC: 3–2, 7 pts FCA: 1–0, 5 pts FRM: 3–3, 4 pts
13	Arouca	30	7	13	10	32	36	−4	34
14	Freamunde	30	7	13	10	35	40	−5	34
15	Sporting da Covilhã	30	7	11	12	22	29	−7	032^2		SCO 2–0 PRM PRM 2–1 SCO
16	Portimonense	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	032^3

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012.
Source: footballzz.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Leixões were deducted 3 points due to inability to pay salaries on time.
²Covilhã were invited to remain in the Liga de Honra after Leiria were forbidden to play due to debts.
³Portimonense were invited to remain in the Liga de Honra after Second Division champions Varzim declined to play due to debts.
(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.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Estoril	7	13	11	11	11	15	10	12	8	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Moreirense	1	6	6	12	12	9	3	5	4	3	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Desportivo das Aves	13	6	6	9	10	4	9	9	5	9	9	7	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Naval 1º de Maio	14	16	13	12	7	11	12	7	10	8	8	6	7	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Belenenses	7	12	12	6	3	5	5	10	12	13	16	13	13	14	15	13	10	11	11	12	14	14	12	13	11	10	9	6	6	5
Leixões	4	9	6	3	2	2	6	11	7	4	7	4	2	4	5	5	6	9	7	7	5	7	7	5	5	4	5	5	5	6
Oliveirense	1	5	5	2	5	8	11	6	9	6	5	9	6	6	7	9	11	8	9	10	12	11	11	9	8	7	6	7	9	7
Trofense	5	14	15	16	14	12	14	15	15	16	15	16	14	12	13	15	13	13	12	15	11	10	10	8	6	8	8	10	10	8
Penafiel	5	11	4	4	8	3	2	2	2	7	6	10	11	11	9	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	9	6	7	9	7	9
União da Madeira	3	1	2	5	9	14	15	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	12	14	15	15	13	11	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	13	11	10
Atlético CP	7	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	5	4	4	5	5	8	5	6	5	5	6	7	9	10	8	8	11
Santa Clara	7	3	6	9	6	10	4	4	3	2	4	5	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	10	11	12	12	12	12
Arouca	7	2	3	7	4	7	12	13	13	11	12	12	10	10	11	8	7	6	5	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	13	13
Freamunde	15	6	6	8	12	6	8	3	6	10	11	11	12	13	14	12	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	11	13	14	15	15	15	14
Sporting da Covilhã	7	15	16	14	15	13	7	8	11	12	10	8	9	8	8	11	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Portimonense	15	10	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	14	16

Leader/Promoted

2nd place/Promoted

3rd place

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: footballzz.co.uk

Results

Home ╲ Away

ARO

ACP

BEL

DAV

ESP

FRM

LEI

MOR

NAV

OLI

PEN

PTM

STC

SCO

TRO

CFU

Arouca

2–0

2–0

2–2

1–4

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

3–3

0–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

Atlético CP

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

2–2

1–0

2–3

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

Belenenses

3–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–3

1–1

Desportivo das Aves

2–0

3–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

3–1

1–1

Estoril Praia

2–2

5–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–0

0–2

1–0

Freamunde

2–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

2–2

1–2

2–2

3–1

2–0

Leixões

0–2

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–3

1–0

Moreirense

0–2

4–1

3–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

4–1

2–0

Naval 1º de Maio

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–1

0–3

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

5–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

Oliveirense

2–2

2–1

3–2

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–4

2–3

3–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

5–0

1–0

Penafiel

2–1

1–0

2–2

0–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–3

1–1

0–1

2–0

3–1

Portimonense

0–0

0–1

2–3

1–1

0–2

2–0

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

3–2

2–2

2–1

2–2

1–2

Santa Clara

0–0

1–2

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

2–2

2–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

Sporting da Covilhã

1–0

2–0

0–0

0–2

0–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

0–2

0–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

0–2

Trofense

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–1

4–0

0–2

2–1

1–2

0–0

2–2

3–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

União da Madeira

2–2

1–1

2–2

3–2

0–0

2–2

3–1

0–3

1–3

2–1

2–3

2–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012.
Source: footballzz.co.uk
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[37]
1	Joeano	Arouca	19
2	Manoel	Penafiel	14
3	Pires	Desportivo das Aves	13
4	Licá	Estoril Praia	12
5	Adriano	Oliveirense	10
	Bock	Freamunde	10
	Bruno Moreira	Moreirense	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Adriano	Oliveirense	Arouca	3–3	11 December 2011
Steven Vitória	Estoril	Arouca	1–4	14 January 2012

Awards

Annual awards

LPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year

The LPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year was awarded to Licá.^[38]

LPFP Liga de Honra Breakthrough Player of the Year

The LPFP Liga de Honra Breakthrough Player of the Year was awarded to Miguel Rosa.^[38]

LPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year

The LPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Vagner.^[38]

LPFP Liga de Honra Manager of the Year

The LPFP Liga de Honra Coach of the Year was awarded to Marco Silva.^[38]

LPFP Liga de Honra Fairplay Award

The LPFP Liga de Honra Fairplay Award was awarded to Moreirense.^[38]

See also

• 2011–12 Primeira Liga
• 2011–12 Segunda Divisão

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