Leixões 1 - 0 Maritimo
Vitoria Guimaraes 3 - 2 Academica
Benfica 3 - 1 OS Belenenses
Paços de Ferreira 1 - 0 CD Trofense
Naval 2 - 2 Vitoria Setubal
Rio Ave 2 - 1 Estrela Amadora
FC Porto 1 - 1 Sporting Braga
Sporting CP 3 - 1 Nacional
After Trofense were all but mathematically confirmed as down (sealed this week with defeat at Pacos), Belenenses joined them after Benfica emerged victorious from the season's final game at the Estadio da Luz, thus ending a 10-year stay in the top division. Oscar Cardozo, Felipe Bastos and Mantorras all got on the scoresheet for the hosts, cancelling out Silas's early opener for O Belem. Belensenses kept just four clean sheets all season and won only once away from home - relegation form if ever there was.
Setubal escaped thanks to a draw at Naval. After Marcelinho gave Naval the lead, Bruno Gama and then Brazilian Auri grabbed Vitoria the lead, only for subsitute Marinho to equalise late on. For Setubal, goals were their problem and for a side not long ago in European competition, it completes a real slide for them. Rio Ave, who not so long ago looked doomed, completed a remarkable turnaround with 4 wins in their last 6 matches, including the weekend's victory over Amadora thanks to goals from Edson and Livramento.
Up top, all the positions had really been decided prior to the final round of matches. Champions Porto ended the league campaign with a home draw to Sporting Braga, with Edimar cancelling out Ernesto Farias's opener (his 10th of the season). Benfica's win kept them in third, while Sporting were indebted to Derlei (2 goals) and a Romangoli penalty to beat Nacional, for whom Nene bagged his 20th of the season. Nacional join Benfica and Braga in the UEFA Cup, while Leixoes, whose season badly fell away after Christmas, and the likes of Maritimo, who lost their last six matches, and Academica, miss out.
The Euroballs Superliga team of the season is thus:
Eduardo (Braga); Anderson Polga (Sporting), Bruno Alves (FC Porto), Sidnei (Benfica); Raul Meirelles (FC Porto), Ruben Micael (Nacional), Bruno Braga (Leixoes), Pereirinha (Sporting) Nene (Nacional), Liedson (Sporting), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica)
Honourable mentions: Helton (FC Porto), Bruno Gama (Vitoria Setubal), William (Pacos), Lisandro Lopez (FC Porto), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Aly Cissokho (FC Porto), Albert Meyong (Sporting Braga), Papa Diawara (Maritimo), Lito, Nuno Piloto (Academica)
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