2014–15 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2014–15
Champions Benfica
34th title
Relegated Gil Vicente
Penafiel
Champions League Benfica
Porto
Sporting CP
Europa League Braga
Vitória de Guimarães
Belenenses
Matches played 306
Goals scored 763 (2.49 per match)
Best Player Jonas[1]
Top goalscorer Jackson Martínez
(21 goals)[2]
Best goalkeeper Júlio César[1]
Biggest home win Benfica 6–0 Estoril
(28 February 2015)
Biggest away win V. Setúbal 0–5 Benfica
(12 September 2014)
Arouca 0–5 Porto
(25 October 2014)
Penafiel 1–6 Braga
(29 November 2014)
Gil Vicente 0–5 Benfica
(2 May 2015)
Highest scoring Penafiel 1–6 Braga
(29 November 2014)
Longest winning run 9 games
Benfica
Longest unbeaten run 16 games
Porto
Longest winless run 15 games
Gil Vicente
Académica
Longest losing run 5 games
Penafiel
Estoril
Highest attendance 63,534[3]
Benfica 0–0 Porto
(26 April 2015)
Lowest attendance 430[3]
Arouca 1–3 P. Ferreira
(26 April 2015)
Total attendance 3,091,276[4]
Average attendance 10,102[4]

All statistics correct as of 23 May 2015.

The 2014–15 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga NOS for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 15 August 2014 and concluded on 23 May 2015.[5]

On 17 May 2015, Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall title.

Events

The league was scaled up to 18 teams, after the Court's rule to nullify Boavista's relegation from the Primeira Liga in the 2007–08 season. Boavista has been invited back in the Primeira Liga, after the club won a legal battle that eventually deemed their forced relegation five years ago unlawful. The club therefore went straight from the third level to the top league.[6][7]

The league was named Liga ZON Sagres until 2013–14 after the sponsorship agreement between Sagres, ZON (now NOS) and the league ended. The league is named Liga NOS since 5 February 2015.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Liga NOS 2014–15 (Madeira)
Team Home City Stadium Capacity 2013–14 finish
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 8th
Arouca Arouca Estádio Municipal de Arouca 5,000 12th
Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 19,300 14th
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,647 1st
Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa 28,263 344th in the North Zone in C.N.
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,154 9th
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,000 4th
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,504 13th
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7,000 6th
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 6,100 211st in Segunda Liga
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,142 5th
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio Capital do Móvel 5,250 15th and
Play-off Winner
Penafiel Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 7,000 233rd in Segunda Liga
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 52,002 3rd
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio do Rio Ave 12,820 11th
Sporting Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 52,466 2nd
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,146 10th
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 18,692 7th

Personnel and sponsors

Team Head manager Manufacturer Sponsors
Académica Portugal José Viterbo Nike EFAPEL
Arouca Portugal Pedro Emanuel Macron Banco BIC
Belenenses Portugal Jorge Simão Lacatoni
Benfica Portugal Jorge Jesus Adidas MEO (home)
Moche (away)
Boavista Portugal Petit Erreà Mestre da Cor
Braga Portugal Sérgio Conceição Macron Banco BIC
Estoril Portugal Hugo Leal
Brazil Fabiano
Hummel Banco BIC
Gil Vicente Portugal José Mota Macron Barcelos
Marítimo Portugal Ivo Vieira Lacatoni BANIF
Moreirense Portugal Miguel Leal cdt
Nacional Portugal Manuel Machado Hummel BANIF
Paços de Ferreira Portugal Paulo Fonseca Lacatoni Banco BIC
Penafiel Portugal Carlos Brito Desportreino Banco BIC
Porto Spain Julen Lopetegui Warrior MEO (home)
Moche (away)
Rio Ave Portugal Pedro Martins Lacatoni
Sporting Portugal Marco Silva Macron MEO (home)
Moche (away)
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Rui Vitória Nike Banco BIC
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Bruno Ribeiro Hummel KIA

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Marítimo Portugal Pedro Martins Resigned 11 May 2014[8][9] Pre-season Portugal Leonel Pontes 8 May 2014[10]
Porto Portugal Luís Castro Contract expired 11 May 2014[11] Spain Julen Lopetegui 6 May 2014[12]
Braga Portugal Jorge Paixão Contract expired 11 May 2014[13] Portugal Sérgio Conceição 26 May 2014[14]
Estoril Portugal Marco Silva Resigned 12 May 2014[15] Portugal José Couceiro 24 May 2014[16]
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal José Couceiro Mutual agreement 15 May 2014[17] Portugal Domingos Paciência 22 May 2014[18]
Moreirense Portugal Toni Conceição Mutual agreement 15 May 2014[19] Portugal Miguel Leal 16 May 2014[20]
Penafiel Portugal Miguel Leal Signed by Moreirense 16 May 2014[20] Portugal Ricardo Chéu 16 May 2014[21]
Rio Ave Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Resigned 19 May 2014[22] Portugal Pedro Martins 22 May 2014[23]
Sporting CP Portugal Leonardo Jardim Signed by Monaco 21 May 2014[24] Portugal Marco Silva 21 May 2014[25]
Académica Portugal Sérgio Conceição Signed by Braga 26 May 2014[14] Portugal Paulo Sérgio 31 May 2014[26]
Gil Vicente Portugal João de Deus Mutual agreement 31 August 2014[27] 17th Portugal José Mota 2 September 2014
Penafiel Portugal Ricardo Chéu Mutual agreement 16 September 2014 18th Portugal Rui Quinta 16 September 2014
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Domingos Paciência Mutual agreement 19 January 2015[28] 15th Portugal Bruno Ribeiro 20 January 2015[29]
Académica Portugal Paulo Sérgio Resigned 17 February 2015 17th Portugal José Viterbo 18 February 2015
Estoril Portugal José Couceiro Resigned 3 March 2015 12th Portugal Hugo Leal
Brazil Fabiano
3 March 2015
Marítimo Portugal Leonel Pontes Resigned 3 March 2015 11th Portugal Ivo Vieira 4 March 2015
Penafiel Portugal Rui Quinta Mutual agreement 16 March 2015[30] 18th Portugal Carlos Brito 19 March 2015
Belenenses Angola Lito Vidigal Resigned 17 March 2015 7th Portugal Jorge Simão 20 March 2015

Season summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 27 4 3 86 16 +70 85 Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 25 7 2 74 13 +61 82
3 Sporting CP 34 22 10 2 67 29 +38 76 Qualification to UEFA Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 34 17 7 10 55 28 +27 58 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 15 10 9 50 35 +15 55 Qualification to UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
6 Belenenses 34 12 12 10 34 35 1 48
7 Nacional 34 13 8 13 45 46 1 47
8 Paços de Ferreira 34 12 11 11 40 45 5 47
9 Marítimo 34 12 8 14 46 45 +1 44
10 Rio Ave 34 10 13 11 38 42 4 43
11 Moreirense 34 11 10 13 33 42 9 43
12 Estoril 34 9 13 12 38 56 18 40
13 Boavista 34 9 7 18 27 50 23 34
14 Vitória de Setúbal 34 7 8 19 24 56 32 29
15 Académica 34 4 17 13 26 46 20 29
16 Arouca 34 7 7 20 26 50 24 28
17 Gil Vicente (R) 34 4 11 19 25 60 35 23 Relegation to LigaPro
18 Penafiel (R) 34 5 7 22 29 69 40 22
Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in matches between tied teams; 3) goal difference in matches between tied teams; 4) away goals in matches between tied teams; 5) goal difference; 6) wins; 7) goals scored. The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.[31] Qualification for the 2015–16 Europa League has changed:[32] the best-placed non-qualified domestic championship club will enter the UEFA Europa League from the 2015–16 season, rather than the domestic cup runners-up, should the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Champions League via the final championship standings.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

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 31 32 33 34
Benfica 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Porto 5 5 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sporting CP 11 7 8 8 6 7 4 4 6 8 6 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Braga 1 6 4 6 8 4 7 6 7 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vitória de Guimarães 3 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Belenenses 2 3 6 7 5 8 9 8 5 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6
Nacional 12 14 11 14 13 16 16 11 13 15 14 12 13 13 14 13 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 10 9 7
Paços de Ferreira 16 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 4 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 9 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8
Marítimo 15 10 7 5 7 3 5 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 9
Rio Ave 6 1 1 1 4 6 6 5 8 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 7 9 6 8 7 8 9 9 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 10 10
Moreirense 7 8 10 9 12 14 12 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 11 12 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Estoril 10 13 15 12 11 15 15 16 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 10 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Boavista 18 17 18 15 15 12 14 14 16 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Vitória de Setúbal 17 9 9 13 14 11 10 12 14 11 12 13 14 16 13 15 15 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 14
Académica 8 11 13 16 16 13 11 13 12 14 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 15 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15
Arouca 9 12 14 10 9 10 13 15 15 16 15 15 17 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 16 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16
Gil Vicente 13 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Penafiel 14 18 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Leader
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2015–16 Segunda Liga

Results

Home ╲ Away ACA ARO BELBENBOABRAESTGVIMARMORNACPAÇPENPORRAVSCPVGUVSE
Académica 11 11 02 00 11 22 12 11 00 21 22 11 03 00 11 24 11
Arouca 01 01 13 00 10 11 31 10 12 33 13 01 05 10 13 12 10
Belenenses 00 00 02 31 01 22 20 10 20 31 01 00 11 13 11 03 11
Benfica 51 40 30 30 20 60 10 41 31 31 20 40 00 10 11 30 30
Boavista 10 31 10 01 10 12 32 02 31 01 12 10 02 11 13 31 00
Braga 00 20 11 21 30 21 20 13 10 31 30 40 01 30 01 00 50
Estoril 12 10 12 23 20 02 11 11 11 21 10 33 22 15 11 10 10
Gil Vicente 11 11 02 05 11 02 11 12 01 00 10 21 15 00 04 13 11
Marítimo 21 11 12 04 40 21 00 12 12 11 21 20 10 40 01 40 11
Moreirense 02 10 01 13 10 00 11 20 11 23 20 00 02 11 14 21 31
Nacional 10 20 21 12 21 11 10 32 30 01 30 20 11 00 01 22 30
Paços de Ferreira 32 21 20 10 10 22 11 11 32 00 23 21 01 12 11 22 41
Penafiel 00 02 13 03 22 16 12 21 34 12 21 01 13 02 04 11 20
Porto 10 10 30 02 00 21 50 20 20 30 20 50 20 50 30 10 40
Rio Ave 30 12 00 21 40 02 21 00 00 11 11 00 32 13 01 11 20
Sporting CP 10 10 11 11 21 41 30 20 42 11 20 11 32 11 42 41 30
Vitória de Guimarães 40 10 01 00 30 10 20 22 10 21 40 11 30 11 00 30 01
Vitória de Setúbal 00 21 11 05 01 13 12 20 10 21 20 00 01 02 41 12 01

Updated to games played on 23 May 2015.
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 23 May 2015[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Jackson Martínez Porto 21
2 Brazil Jonas Benfica 20
3 Brazil Lima Benfica 19
4 Portugal Marco Matias Nacional 17
5 Algeria Islam Slimani Sporting CP 12
Egypt Hassan Rio Ave
7 Colombia Fredy Montero Sporting CP 11
Portugal André André Vitória de Guimarães
9 Portugal Éder Braga 10
Portugal Bruno Moreira Paços de Ferreira

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Egypt Ahmed Hassan Rio Ave Estoril 1–5 24 August 2014
Brazil Talisca Benfica Vitória de Setúbal 0–5 12 September 2014
Portugal André André Vitória de Guimarães Nacional 4–0 4 January 2015
Venezuela Mario Rondón Nacional Arouca 3–3 8 February 2015
Spain Cristian Tello Porto Sporting CP 3–0 1 March 2015

Awards

SJPF Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
August/September Brazil Talisca Benfica
October/November Portugal Nani Sporting CP
December Colombia Jackson Martínez Porto
January Colombia Jackson Martínez Porto
February Brazil Jonas Benfica
March Spain Cristian Tello Porto
April[33] Brazil Jonas Benfica

SJPF Young Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
August/September[34] Portugal Sérgio Oliveira Paços de Ferreira
October/November[35] Portugal Hernâni Porto
December[36] Portugal Rafa Silva Braga
January Portugal João Mário Sporting CP
February Portugal Tobias Figueiredo Sporting CP
March Portugal Filipe Ferreira Belenenses
April Portugal Afonso Figueiredo Boavista

See also

References

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  30. "Rui Quinta já não é o treinador do Penafiel" [Rui Quinta is not Penafiel's coach anymore] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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  32. "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  33. Jonas é o Melhor Jogador da Liga NOS em Abril (Jonas is April's Best Player of Liga NOS)
  34. Sérgio Oliveira recebe prémio de Melhor Jovem (Sérgio Oliveira wins Best Young Player Award); SJPF, 17 January 2015 (Portuguese)
  35. SJPF entrega prémio Melhor Jovem a Hernâni (SJPF awards Hernâni with Best Young Player award); SJPF, 16 January 2015 Portuguese)
  36. Rafa Silva eleito o Melhor Jovem da Primeira Liga (Rafa Silva wins Best Young Player Award); SJPF, 23 January 2015 Portuguese)

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