# 2006–07 Primeira Liga

The 2006–07 Primeira Liga (also known as BWINLIGA for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 27 August 2006 with a match between Vitória de Setúbal and Académica and ended on 20 May 2007. The league was contested by 16 clubs, with Porto as defending champions.
Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage, while Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. Braga, Belenenses and Paços de Ferreira qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Liédson was the top scorer with 15 goals.

## Promotion and relegation
### Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

* Penafiel
* Rio Ave
* Vitória de Guimarães
* Gil Vicente
The professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães were relegated to the Liga de Honra.
In June 2006, Belenenses, who finished 15th in the previous season, were 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. 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 on 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Beira-Mar
* Desportivo das Aves
Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.

## Club information

| Club | Season's Last Head Coach | City | Stadium | 2005–06 season |
| Académica | Nelo Vingada | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 14th |
| Beira-Mar | Paco Soler | Aveiro | Estádio Municipal de Aveiro | 1st in the Liga de Honra |
| Belenenses | Jorge Jesus | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 15th |
| Benfica | Fernando Santos | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 3rd |
| Boavista | Pedro Barny | Porto | Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI | 6th |
| Braga | Jorge Costa | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga – AXA | 4th |
| Desportivo das Aves | Professor Neca | Santo Tirso | Estádio do CD das Aves | 2nd in the Liga de Honra |
| Estrela da Amadora | Daúto Faquirá | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 9th |
| Marítimo | Ulisses Morais | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 10th |
| Nacional | Predrag Jokanović | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 5th |
| Naval 1° de Maio | Mariano Barreto | Figueira da Foz | Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa | 13th |
| Paços de Ferreira | José Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 11th |
| Porto | Jesualdo Ferreira | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 1st |
| Sporting CP | Paulo Bento | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI | 2nd |
| União de Leiria | Paulo Duarte | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 7th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Carlos Cardoso | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 8th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 20 | +45 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 15 | +39 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Benfica | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Belenenses | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | União de Leiria | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Nacional | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Estrela da Amadora | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 35 | |
| 10 | Boavista | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 35 | |
| 11 | Marítimo | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 32 | |
| 12 | Naval 1º de Maio | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 32 | |
| 13 | Académica | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 26 | |
| 14 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 24 | |
| 15 | Beira-Mar (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 16 | Desportivo das Aves (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | DAV | EST | MAR | NAV | NAC | PAÇ | POR | SCP | ULE | VSE |
| Académica | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Beira-Mar | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Belenenses | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Boavista | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Braga | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Desportivo das Aves | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Marítimo | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Naval 1º de Maio | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Nacional | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Porto | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Sporting CP | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| União de Leiria | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Liédson | Sporting CP | 15 |
| 2 | Dady | Belenenses | 12 |
| 3 | Adriano | Porto | 11 |
| 3 | Simão | Benfica | 11 |
| 5 | Fabrizio Miccoli | Benfica | 10 |
| 5 | Hélder Postiga | Porto | 10 |
| 5 | Roland Linz | Boavista | 10 |
| 5 | Nei | Naval | 10 |
| 9 | Lucho González | Porto | 9 |
| 10 | Alecsandro | Sporting CP | 8 |
| 10 | Lisandro López | Porto | 8 |
| 10 | Wender | Braga | 8 |
| 10 | José Pedro | Belenenses | 8 |