Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Sporting Lisbon 0 – Academica Coimbra 1 (Taca de Portugal Final, May 20, 2012) Academica took a suprised lead in the final when Marinho steered the ball home at the back post.

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Sporting Lisbon 3 – Braga 2 (Liga Sagres, May 12, 2012) A Ricky van Wolfswinkel hat-trick gave Sporting victory, but goals from Helder Barbosa and Lima kept it interesting until the end.

Vitoria Setubal 1 – Benfica 3 (Liga Sagres, May 12, 2012) Second-placed Benfica won 3-1 at Vitoria Setubal, recovering from conceding a 12th minute goal from Rafael Lopes to win thanks to a Bruno Cesar brace and an effort from Oscar Cardozo.

Rio Ave 2 – FC Porto 5 (Liga Sagres, May 12, 2012) Brazilian striker Kleber scored a hat-trick after Djalma and James Rodriguez had opened for Porto.

Gil Vicente 3 – Feirense 1 (Liga Sagres, May 12, 2012) Hugo Vieira put the hosts in front in the 43rd minute and, although Diogo Rosado levelled a minute after the break, a late brace from Ze Luis earned victory for Gil.

Vitoria Guimaraes 1 – Academica Coimbra 2 (Liga Sagres, May 12, 2012) Diogo Valente gave Academica the lead on the stroke of half-time and Edinho grabbed the winner nine minutes from time following Bruno Telles’ equaliser.

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

FC Porto 2 – Sporting Lisbon 0 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Champions Porto won their final home game 2-0 against nine-man Sporting in an entertaining Classico, with Hulk’s brace the difference. The loss sees the Lions fail in their late surge for a Champions League spot.

Benfica 1 – Uniao Leiria 0 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Bruno Cesar grabbed the only goal of the match with a 21st minute free kick, as Benfica sealed 2nd place and Leiria were relegated tonight in front of the half-empty Estadio da Luz.

Braga 1 – Beira Mar 0 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Braga’s nerves were eased ten minutes into the second half, when former Sporting midfielder Custodio put the home side ahead. That proved sufficient for the Arsenalistas, who with the victory guarantee their place in the Champions League qualifying rounds next season.

Feirense 1 – Vitoria Guimaraes 3 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) A pair of late strikes from Urreta and Soudani handed Guimaraes the points.

Nacional 3 – Gil Vicente 1 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Hugo Vieira gave the away side the lead on 36 minutes, but Claudemir levelled for the home side in first half stoppage time, and Keita put the home side ahead with 20 minutes remaining. Rondon added the third moments before full time.

Pacos Ferreira 2 – Rio Ave 2 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Joao Tomas’ fourteenth strike of the season put Rio Ave ahead early at Pacos, but Benfica loanee Melgarejo levelled the scores shortly before the half hour mark – the promising Paraguayan’s eleventh of the campaign. A frantic finale saw Alvarez net for the home side, only for Tomas to pop with a last-minute equaliser, which was enough to guarantee Rio Ave top-flight football next season.

Academica Coimbra 1 – Vitoria Setubal 0 (Liga Sagres, May 5, 2012) Edinho opened the scoring shortly before half time, and it proved enough to lift them out of the relegation zone.

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Sporting Lisbon 2 – Academica Coimbra 1 (Liga Sagres, April 30, 2012) Andre Carrillo headed Sporting ahead on the half hour, but an own goal from Anderson Polga in the 44th minute made it 1-1 at the break. Ricky van Wolfswinkel won the match in the 76th minute with a header from a rebound off the bar.

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Rio Ave 2 – Benfica 2 (Liga Sagres, April 29, 2012) Benfica trailed early on to a Christian goal, but battled back to take a half-time lead through goals from Nolito (37) and Oscar Cardozo (40). However, hosts Rio Ave drew level again five minutes after the break through Yazalde and Benfica could not get another goal to leave reigning champions Porto celebrating their sixth league title in the last seven years.

Uniao Leiria 0 – Feirense 4 (Liga Sagres, April 29, 2012) Uniao Leiria started the match with just eight player (six first-teammers and two youth players) amid a players dispute for unpaid wages, and amazingly the 8-men held out for nearly the entire first half, before Miguel Pedro broke the deadlock in stoppage time. Pedro Queiros added a second soon after the restart, before Pedro grabbed his second of the game just before the hour mark. Buval completed the rout moments before the final whistle.

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Maritimo 0 – FC Porto 2 (Portugal Primeira Liga, April 28, 2012) Hulk scored a penalty in each half to move Porto to the brink of the title.

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Braga 1 – Olhanense 2 (Liga Sagres, April 27, 2012) Although Braga went ahead after 19 minutes through Nuno Andre, Caue equalised after 55 minutes before Eduardo Dady added another in the 76th minute. The dismissal of Douglao two minutes later then ended Braga’s hopes of a comeback. The defeat leaves Braga seven points adrift of leaders Porto with just two matches remaining.

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Academica Coimbra 0 – Olhanense 1 (Liga Sagres, April 23, 2012) Rui Duarte scored the only goal just past the hour mark, before Academica’s Flavio was sent off minutes later for a second bookable offence.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Nacional 2 – Sporting Lisbon 3 (Liga Sagres, April 22, 2012) Ricky Van Wolfswinkel’s late spot kick earned a difficult 3-2 victory for Sporting over Nacional at the Choupana after a back and forth offensive match.

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Benfica 4 – Maritimo 1 (Liga Sagres, April 21, 2012) Inspired by a memorable display from Nolito, Benfica reduced their arrears on FC Porto with a 4-1 win at home to Maritimo. The Spaniard struck twice during the first half, and then turned provider after half time, teeing up Rodrigo and Bruno Cesar. Fidelis’ effort caused some concern at the Luz, but it was a largely comfortable outing for Jorge Jesus’ side.

FC Porto 3 – Beira Mar 0 (Liga Sagres, April 21, 2012) Porto reinstated their lead at the top of the league table with a comfortable victory over Beira-Mar thanks to a Hulk brace and a Marc Janko goal.

Vitoria Guimaraes 3 – Uniao Leiria 2 (Liga Sagres, April 21, 2012)