2010–11 in Portuguese football

This article is about the 2010–11 season in Portuguese football.

Portuguese Clubs' Performance in Europe

Team results

Team	Competition	Result	Coach	Top scorer
Porto	Europa League	Winner	André Villas-Boas	Radamel Falcao
Braga	Europa League	Runner-up	Domingos Paciência	Alan
Benfica	Europa League	Semi-finals	Jorge Jesus	Óscar Cardozo

UEFA ranking

Team	Ranking		Points
Team	Start of the Season	End of the Season	Start of the Season	End of the Season
Porto	15th	8th	76.659	100.319
SL Benfica	17th	17th	72.659	81.319
Sporting CP	28th	25th	57.659	68.319
Braga	48th	28th	39.659	62.319
Marítimo	-	138th	-	11.819
Portugal	9th	6th	38.296	51.596

Earnings

Team	Competition	Group Stage	Market-Pool	Knockout phase	Total
Braga	Champions League	€9,600,000	€2,242,000	-	€16,370,191
Braga	Europa League	-	€928,191	€3,600,000	€16,370,191
Benfica	Champions League	€8,800,000	€3,034,000	-	€13,762,191
Benfica	Europa League	-	€328,191	€1,600,000	€13,762,191

Results

Team	Contest and round		Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Team	Competition	Round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score**	Aggregate score
Porto	Europa League	Play-off round	Genk	3–0	4–2	7–2
		Group stage	Rapid Wien	3–0	3–1	None
			CSKA Sofia	1–0	3–1
			Beşiktaş	3–1	1–1
		Round of 32	Sevilla	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
		Round of 16	CSKA Moscow	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals	Spartak Moscow	5–1	5–2	10–3
		Semi-finals	Villarreal	5–1	2–3	7–4
		Final	Braga	1–0		None

Benfica	Champions League	Group stage	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	0–3	None
			Schalke 04	0–2	1–2
			Lyon	0–2	4–3
	Europa League	Round of 32	Stuttgart	2–1	2–0	4–1
		Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	1–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals	PSV Eindhoven	4–1	2–2	6–3
		Semi-finals	Braga	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Sporting CP	Europa League	3rd qual. round	Nordsjælland	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Play-off round	Brøndby	0–2	3–0	3–2
		Group stage	Lille	2–1	1–0	None
			Levski Sofia	5–0	0–1
			Gent	5–1	1–3
		Round of 32	Rangers	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)

Braga	Champions League	3rd qual. round	Celtic	3–0	1–2	4–2
		Play-off round	Sevilla	1–0	4–3	5–3
		Group stage	Arsenal	0–6	2–0	None
			Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	0–2
			Partizan	2–0	1–0
	Europa League	Round of 32	Lech Poznań	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Round of 16	Liverpool	1–0	2–0	1–0
		Quarter-finals	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
		Semi-finals	Benfica	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
		Final	Porto	0–1		None

Marítimo	Europa League	2nd qual. round	Sporting Fingal	3–1	3–2	6–4
		3rd qual. round	Bangor City	8–2	2–1	10–3
		Play-off round	BATE Borisov	0–3	1–2	1–5

* For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in home game is displayed
** For group games in Champions League or Europa League, score in away game is displayed

Domestic league tables

Primeira Liga

Liga de Honra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gil Vicente (C, P)	30	15	10	5	55	38	+17	55^[a]	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Feirense (P)	30	17	4	9	41	31	+10	55^[a]	Promotion to Primeira Liga
3	Trofense	30	15	9	6	41	27	+14	54
4	Oliveirense	30	12	9	9	36	35	+1	45
5	Arouca	30	11	10	9	47	41	+6	43
6	Leixões	30	10	12	8	35	27	+8	42
7	Moreirense	30	10	10	10	36	41	−5	40^[b]
8	Desportivo das Aves	30	10	10	10	35	31	+4	40^[b]
9	Santa Clara	30	10	8	12	26	29	−3	38^[c]
10	Estoril	30	9	11	10	36	31	+5	38^[c]
11	Freamunde	30	8	13	9	37	39	−2	37
12	Penafiel	30	9	9	12	37	44	−7	36
13	Belenenses	30	8	11	11	33	36	−3	35
14	Sporting da Covilhã	30	9	5	16	32	48	−16	32
15	Varzim (R)	30	6	13	11	38	48	−10	31	Relegation to Segunda Divisão
16	Fátima (R)	30	5	8	17	29	49	−20	23	Relegation to Segunda Divisão

Source: Liga Orangina (Liga Honra)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b GVI 3–2 FEI; FEI 0–1 GIV
^ ^a ^b MFC 1–0 DAV; DAV 2–2 MFC
^ ^a ^b STC 1–0 ESP; ESP 0–2 STC

Portugal national football team

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Qualifying group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	6	1	1	15	6	+9	19	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	+9	16^[a]	Advance to play-offs	3–1	—	1–0	5–3	4–4
3	Norway	8	5	1	2	10	7	+3	16^[a]		1–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1
4	Iceland	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	4		0–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–0
5	Cyprus	8	0	2	6	7	20	−13	2		1–4	0–4	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

3 September 2010

20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	4 – 4	Cyprus
Almeida 8' Meireles 29' Danny 50' Fernandes 60'	Report	Aloneftis 3' Konstantinou 11' Okkas 57' Avraam 89'

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães

Attendance: 9,100^[1]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

7 September 2010

20:30 UTC+2

Norway	1 – 0	Portugal
Huseklepp 21'	Report

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 24,535^[2]

Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

8 October 2010

20:45 UTC+1

Portugal	3 – 1	Denmark
Nani 29', 31' Ronaldo 85'	Report	Carvalho 80' (o.g.)

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 27,117^[3]

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

12 October 2010

19:45 UTC±0

Iceland	1 – 3	Portugal
Helguson 17'	Report	Ronaldo 3' Meireles 27' Postiga 72'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 9,767^[4]

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

4 June 2011

21:00 UTC+1

Portugal	1 – 0	Norway
Postiga 53'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,829^[5]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2 September 2011

21:45 UTC+3

Cyprus	0 – 4	Portugal
	Report	Ronaldo 35' (pen.), 83' Almeida 84' Danny 90+2'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 15,444^[6]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

7 October 2011

21:00 UTC+1

Portugal	5 – 3	Iceland
Nani 13', 21' Postiga 45' Moutinho 81' Eliseu 87'	Report	Jónasson 48', 68' G. Sigurðsson 90+3' (pen.)

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 35,715^[7]

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

11 October 2011

20:15 UTC+2

Denmark	2 – 1	Portugal
Krohn-Dehli 13' Bendtner 63'	Report	Ronaldo 90+2'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 37,012^[8]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Qualifying play-offs

11 November 2011

20:00 UTC+1

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 0	Portugal
	Report

Bilino Polje, Zenica

Attendance: 12,352^[9]

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

15 November 2011

21:00 UTC±0

Portugal	6 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ronaldo 8', 53' Nani 24' Postiga 72', 82' Veloso 80'	Report	Misimović 41' (pen.) Spahić 65'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,728^[10]

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References

[table_hth_GVI0.81903317748524-1] GVI 3–2 FEI; FEI 0–1 GIV

[table_hth_MOR0.81903317748524-2] MFC 1–0 DAV; DAV 2–2 MFC

[table_hth_STC0.81903317748524-3] STC 1–0 ESP; ESP 0–2 STC

[table_hth_POR0.042952576672171-4] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[5] "Portugal vs. Cyprus - 3 September 2010 - Soccerway".

[6] "Norway vs. Portugal - 7 September 2010 - Soccerway".

[7] "Portugal vs. Denmark - 8 October 2010 - Soccerway".

[8] "Iceland vs. Portugal - 12 October 2010 - Soccerway".

[9] "Portugal vs. Norway - 4 June 2011 - Soccerway".

[10] "Cyprus vs. Portugal - 2 September 2011 - Soccerway".

[11] "Portugal vs. Iceland - 7 October 2011 - Soccerway".

[12] "Denmark vs. Portugal - 11 October 2011 - Soccerway".

[13] "Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Portugal - 11 November 2011 - Soccerway".

[14] "Portugal vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina - 15 November 2011 - Soccerway".

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Domestic leagues	Primeira Liga Liga de Honra Second Division Third Division
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Taça da Liga (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Europa League (Final)
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification (Group H) Carlos Queiroz Paulo Bento
Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Académica de Coimbra Beira-Mar Benfica Braga Marítimo Nacional Naval 1º de Maio Olhanense Paços de Ferreira Portimonense Porto Rio Ave Sporting CP União de Leiria Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal
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