Benfica Lisbon Portuguese football champions PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 07 June 2010 03:27

 

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On the final day defeated the "eagle" on Sunday evening at home with Rio Ave 2-1 and secured the 32nd Championship, the club history.

Record champion Benfica Lisbon is the first time since 2005 Portuguese football champion. Before 65 000 spectators in the sold-out Estadio da Luz Oscar Cardozo scored in the third and 78 Minutes both goals for the home side. 


Benfica put the era of the FC Porto to an end, the northern Portuguese had won the last four championships. With 76 points from 30 games and a goal difference of 78:20 was the Reds from Lisbon, the dominant team of the season. Sporting Braga (71) secured second place in the meantime and thus also the ticket for the Champions League qualification.
 
The FC Porto, Champions League winner in 2004, was third with 68 points against Sporting Lisbon (48) and must be in the coming season with the Europa League satisfied. Defender Markus Berger During Academica Coimbra played (Sunday 1-0 win over Naval by) eleventh ultimately clear abolished the league, could not prevent brother Hans-Peter Leixoes with the descent. The passage in the second division but was stood firm even before the last round.

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