2012–13 Primeira Liga

The 2012–13 Primeira Liga (also known as Liga ZON Sagres for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs.

It began on 19 August 2012 and concluded on 19 May 2013. Sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which took part in the previous season and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra. Porto were the defending champions and secured their third consecutive and 27th overall title, after completing their second unbeaten season in three years. Porto striker Jackson Martínez was the top scorer with 26 goals.

Primeira Liga
Season2012–13
Dates17 August 2012 – 19 May 2013
ChampionsPorto
27th title
RelegatedMoreirense
Beira-Mar
Champions LeaguePorto
Benfica
Paços de Ferreira
Europa LeagueVitória de Guimarães
Braga
Estoril
Matches played240
Goals scored667 (2.78 per match)
Best PlayerNemanja Matić
Top goalscorerJackson Martínez
(26 goals)
Best goalkeeperHelton
Biggest home winPorto 5–0 Marítimo
Vitória de Setúbal 5–0 Moreirense
Porto 5–0 Gil Vicente
Benfica 5–0 Gil Vicente
Benfica 6–1 Rio Ave
Biggest away winVitória de Setúbal 0–5 Benfica
Moreirense 0–5 Paços de Ferreira
Highest scoringBraga 4–4 Olhanense
Vitória de Setúbal 3–5 Rio Ave
Longest winning runBenfica 9 games
(28 September 2012 – 6 January 2013; 17 February – 29 April 2013)
Longest unbeaten runPorto 30 games
(19 August 2012 – 19 May 2013)
Longest winless runMoreirense 14 games
(2 September 2012 – 27 January 2013)
Longest losing runVitória de Setúbal 5 games
(2 March – 7 April 2013)
Highest attendance62,553
Benfica 2–0 Sporting CP
(21 April 2013)
Lowest attendance1,221
Paços de Ferreira 1–1 Moreirense
(19 August 2012)
Total attendance2,343,284
Average attendance9,764

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, fourteen of which were present in the 2011–12 Primeira Liga and two of which were promoted from the 2011–12 Liga de Honra. The two relegated teams after the 2011–12 season were Feirense and União de Leiria, which returned to the Liga de Honra after one and three years, respectively, in the top level. Replacing them in the top-flight division were 2011–12 Liga de Honra champions Estoril and runners-up Moreirense, both returning after a seven-year absence. Estoril contested their 21st season in the Primeira Liga, while Moreirense participated only for the fourth time.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Liga ZON Sagres
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2011–12 Current spell
Académica Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 30,210 13th 2002–03
Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 65,467 2nd 1934–35
Beira-Mar Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 30,127 12th 2010–11
Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 30,152 3rd 1974–75
Estoril Estoril Estádio António Coimbra da Mota 8,000 Liga de Honra, 1st 2012–13
Gil Vicente Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 12,374 9th 2011–12
Marítimo Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 8,922 5th 1985–86
Moreirense Moreira de Cónegos Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas 9,000 Liga de Honra, 2nd 2012–13
Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 5,132 7th 2002–03
Olhanense Olhão Estádio José Arcanjo 11,622 8th 2009–10
Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 5,255 10th 2005–06
Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 50,399 Champion 1934–35
Rio Ave Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 12,815 14th 2008–09
Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 50,080 4th 1934–35
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 30,165 6th 2007–08
Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 18,692 11th 2004–05

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
Académica 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Pedro Emanuel 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Orlando Nike EFAPEL
Beira-Mar 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Costinha 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Hugo Vieira Hummel 32 Group
Benfica 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jorge Jesus 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Luisão Adidas MEO (H) / TMN (A)
Braga 2012–13 Primeira Liga  José Peseiro 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Alan Macron AXA
Estoril 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Marco Silva 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Vagner Joma Gelpeixe
Gil Vicente 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Paulo Alves 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Paulo Arantes Macron Carnes Campicarn
Marítimo 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Pedro Martins 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Briguel Lacatoni Banif
Moreirense 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Augusto Inácio 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Francisco Castro Cdt
Nacional 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Manuel Machado 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Moreno Hummel Banif
Olhanense 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Manuel Cajuda 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Rui Duarte Lacatoni Casais, SA
Paços de Ferreira 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Paulo Fonseca 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Filipe Anunciação Lacatoni Capital do Móvel
Porto 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Vítor Pereira 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Helton Nike MEO (H) / TMN (A)
Rio Ave 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Nuno Espírito Santo 2012–13 Primeira Liga  José Gaspar Lacatoni ASC ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUÇÃO
Sporting CP 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jesualdo Ferreira 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Rui Patrício Puma TMN (H) / MEO (A)
Vitória de Guimarães 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Rui Vitória 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Alex Lacatoni Espaço Guimarães / Smile.Up / Super Bock
Vitória de Setúbal 2012–13 Primeira Liga  José Mota 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Ricardo Silva Lacatoni Kia

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Paços de Ferreira 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Henrique Calisto Resigned 12 May 2012 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Paulo Fonseca 25 May 2012 Pre-season
Sporting CP 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Ricardo Sá Pinto Resigned 5 October 2012 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Oceano 5 October 2012 7th
Nacional 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Pedro Caixinha Sacked 11 October 2012 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Manuel Machado 13 October 2012 14th
Sporting CP 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Oceano Replaced 24 October 2012 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Franky Vercauteren 24 October 2012 12th
Olhanense 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Sérgio Conceição Resigned 7 January 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Manuel Cajuda 8 January 2013 8th
Sporting CP 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Franky Vercauteren Resigned 7 January 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jesualdo Ferreira 7 January 2013 12th
Moreirense 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jorge Casquilha Resigned 30 January 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Augusto Inácio 30 January 2013 16th
Beira-Mar 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Ulisses Morais Resigned 16 February 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Costinha 18 February 2013 15th
Académica 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Pedro Emanuel Sacked 7 April 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Sérgio Conceição 8 April 2013 14th
Olhanense 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Manuel Cajuda Resigned 1 May 2013 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Bruno Saraiva 1 May 2013 15th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 24 6 0 70 14 +56 78 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 30 24 5 1 77 20 +57 77
3 Paços de Ferreira 30 14 12 4 42 29 +13 54 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 30 16 4 10 60 44 +16 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5 Estoril 30 13 6 11 47 37 +10 45 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6 Rio Ave 30 12 6 12 35 42 −7 42
7 Sporting CP 30 11 9 10 36 36 0 42
8 Nacional 30 11 7 12 45 51 −6 40
9 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 7 12 36 47 −11 40 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
10 Marítimo 30 9 11 10 34 45 −11 38
11 Académica 30 6 10 14 33 45 −12 28
12 Vitória de Setúbal 30 7 5 18 30 55 −25 26
13 Gil Vicente 30 6 7 17 31 54 −23 25
14 Olhanense 30 5 10 15 26 42 −16 25
15 Moreirense (R) 30 5 9 16 30 51 −21 24 Relegation to Segunda Liga
16 Beira-Mar (R) 30 5 8 17 35 55 −20 23
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Porto1122121211122222111112222222211
Benfica511212122211111222221111111122
Paços de Ferreira994469654554444433333443333333
Braga536333333333333344444334444444
Estoril15111155111486666767786877856565655
Rio Ave1678131154454455555555555698108886
Sporting CP11121277121013108910128899109111010108797777
Nacional51416151315151614910111491211111111999971079998
Vitória de Guimarães11151491475687776766687886710956569
Marítimo265812691112138910109101076667856810101010
Académica389114881013141515111410879101212121212131313111111
Vitória de Setúbal51615109101177101115151215151514121011111111111111121212
Gil Vicente11101014847911121313131511131212131313131415121212131313
Olhanense1571215141312911121281314121313141414141513141414141414
Moreirense94361013121415151616161616161616161615151314151515161515
Beira-Mar313131616161615161614891113141415151516161616161616151616
Leader
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2013–14 Segunda Liga
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away ACA BEM BEN BRA ESP GVI MAR MOR NAC OLH PAÇ POR RAV SCP VGU VSE
Académica 3–1 2–2 1–4 0–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–2
Beira-Mar 3–3 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–4 2–2 1–1
Benfica 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 6–1 2–0 3–0 3–0
Braga 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 4–4 2–3 0–2 4–1 2–3 3–2 4–1
Estoril 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 3–0
Gil Vicente 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–2 4–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–0
Marítimo 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Moreirense 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–5 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1
Nacional 2–1 2–4 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
Olhanense 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Paços de Ferreira 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Porto 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0
Rio Ave 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–1
Sporting CP 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 2–1 0–4 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–1
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 5–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–5 2–1 2–3
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jackson Martínez Porto 26
2 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Lima Benfica 20
3 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Óscar Cardozo Benfica 17
4 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Ricky van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP 14
5 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Albert Meyong Vitória de Setúbal 13
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Eder Braga 13
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Edinho Académica 13
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Nabil Ghilas Moreirense 13
9 2012–13 Primeira Liga  Steven Vitória Estoril 11
10 2012–13 Primeira Liga  James Rodríguez Porto 10
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Eduardo Salvio Benfica 10
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Luís Leal Estoril 10

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Luís Leal Estoril Marítimo 3–1 24 September 2012
2012–13 Primeira Liga  João Tomás Rio Ave Vitória de Setúbal 3–5 25 November 2012
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Albert Meyong Vitória de Setúbal Rio Ave 3–5 25 November 2012
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Óscar Cardozo Benfica Sporting CP 1–3 10 December 2012
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Óscar Cardozo Benfica Marítimo 4–1 15 December 2012
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Edinho Académica Vitória de Setúbal 4–2 5 January 2013
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Albert Meyong Vitória de Setúbal Moreirense 5–0 13 January 2013
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Jackson Martínez Porto Vitória de Guimarães 4–0 2 February 2013
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Lima Benfica Rio Ave 6–1 30 March 2013
2012–13 Primeira Liga  Ricky van Wolfswinkel Sporting CP Braga 2–3 1 April 2013

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

References

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