The Official Portuguese Primeira Liga Thread

[diogo_pt]

The Teams:

FCPorto (the champion)
Benfica
Sporting
Braga
Vitória Guimarães
Nacional
Paços Ferreira
Rio Ave
Marítimo
União Leiria
Olhanense
Vitória Setúbal
Beira-Mar
Académica
Gil Vicente
Feirense

[diogo_pt]

Most important transfers (FCPorto, Benfica and Sporting):

Andre Villas Boas (FCPorto coach to Chelsea)
Kleber (FCPorto from Maritimo)
Danilo (FCPorto from Santos)
Alex Sandro (FCPorto from Santos)
Iturbe (FCPorto from Cerro Porteño)

Fabio Coentrão (Real Madrid)
Salvio (returns to Atl Madrid)
Artur Moraes (Benfica from Braga)
Matic (Benfica from Chelsea)
Enzo Perez (Benfica from Estudiantes)
Bruno Cesar (Benfica from Corinthians)
Nolito (Benfica from Barcelona)
Garay (Benfica from Real Madrid)
Witsel (Benfica from Standard Liege)
Eduardo (Benfica from Genova)
Emerson (Benfica from Lille)
Capdevilla (Benfica from Villarreal)

Diego Capel (Sporting from Sevilla)
Schaars (Sporting from AZ Alkmaar)
Jeffren (Sporting from Barcelona)
Rinaudo (Sporting from Gimnasia)
Oniewu (Sporting from Milan)
Wolfswinkel (Sporting from Utrecht)
Diego Rubio (Sporting from Colo Colo)
Bojinov (Sporting from Parma)
A. Rodriguez (Sporting from Braga)

[diogo_pt]

Today:

Sporting - Udinese
Braga - Aston Villa
Benfica - Arsenal

Tomorrow:

FCPorto - Vitória Guimarães (Portuguese Supercup)

[diogo_pt]

Yesterday:

Sporting 2 - 2 Udinese (9-10 penalties)
Braga 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Benfica 2 - 1 Arsenal

[diogo_pt]

FCPorto 2 - 1 Vitoria Guimarães

FCPorto wins the Portuguese Supercup

[diogo_pt]

Quality is not great, but that's the first goal:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8zKxqAOvM[/youtube]

Looks easy!

[5DOM]

Two great passes

[Slava]

That was a sick cross.

[diogo_pt]

Week 1 results:

Gil Vicente 2 - 2 Benfica
Rio Ave 0 - 0 Braga
Sporting 1 - 1 Olhanense
Marítimo 0 - 0 Beira Mar
Feirense 0 - 0 Nacional
Vitória Setubal 2 - 1 Paços Ferreira
Vitória Guimarães 0 - 1 FCPorto
União Leiria - Académica (tomorrow)

[LittleOzzy]

Since this thread was not very popular this season it will change from a yearly thread to simply a league thread.

The Official Portuguese Primeira Liga Thread

Please continue to discuss the league here.

Thanks.

[5DOM]

Porto pretty much wins the title in the 92nd minute.

Epic finish: http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/2- ... xU.twitter

[El Turco]

that's some damn good finishing from that angle

[Massimo]

that's some damn good finishing from that angle

I watched Benfica full in both Fenerbahce matches and this match.

Porto against PSG twice and this match.

Galatasaray would destroy these both teams. I thought that Porto and Benfica are really strong teams but what I saw from them is just awful. There is no way I would put Portuguese League in top 5 league ever.

[El Turco]

i don't think anybody could put portuguese league top 5, other than benfica and porto it's bucket full of suck. those two teams have some talented players though.

[BUCKnation]

Who said it was top 5? EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 is the top 5 and it drops off from there.

Because of Porto, Benfica, and Sporting to an extent, the Portuguese league is somewhere in the group outside of the top 5 with Brazil, Turkey, etc.

[Massimo]

Who said it was top 5? EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 is the top 5 and it drops off from there.

Because of Porto, Benfica, and Sporting to an extent, the Portuguese league is somewhere in the group outside of the top 5 with Brazil, Turkey, etc.

If Arabs hadn't bought PSG, people would have put Portugal League ahead of Ligue 1.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/130511/x5x2si6q.swf

[LittleOzzy]

Sponsor of Portuguese second division drops demands for 10 Chinese to start

A Chinese company that agreed to sponsor the Portuguese second division has been forced to row back on its demands that 10 Chinese players be included in the starting line-ups of the top teams following a national outcry.

The move was criticised by the Portuguese players’ union, which argued that players would not be selected on merit, and it was considered that such a demand would be illegal anyway.

The Portuguese Liga has indicated that it is open to the exchange of players and that clubs may receive money for playing with Chinese players, but that no team is obligated to use them.

The Chinese LED light manufacturer Ledman is also sending three assistant coaches to work with the clubs.

Ledman describes itself as “the official sponsor of Chinese Super League and the strategic partner of Chinese Football Association”.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/26/sponsor-portuguese-second-division-chinese-players-ledman

[J-Mezzy]

Are there even 10 Chinese players in Portugal?

[Merc_Porto]

Do we have a thread ?
Nice

[Lord Eder]

Do we have a thread ?
Nice

Apparently we do

An inactive one

But one none the less