2006–07 in Portuguese football

Events

• August 9, 2006 - Co Adriaanse resigns as manager of F.C. Porto
• August 16, 2006 - Jesualdo Ferreira is announced as the new manager of the champions Porto
• August 19, 2006 - F.C. Porto beats Vitória de Setúbal 3-0 in Leiria and wins the SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira with Rui Barros commanding the team
• August 23, 2006 - Courts confirm that C.F. Os Belenenses will play instead of Gil Vicente F.C. due to the Mateus affair. The following days met much controversy: the day the league started, it was still not known which teams would play in the major league.
• August 25-August 28, 2006 - The BWINLIGA and the League of Honour seasons begin.
• September 1, 2006 - The Selecção (national team) plays its first game since the World Cup, against Denmark
• September 3, 2006 - The Cup of Portugal and the Second Division season begin.
• September 10, 2006 - The Third Division begins
• September 17, 2006 - The Serie Azores of the Third Division begins in the archipelago of Azores

Transfer Deals

Major Summer transfers

The summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.

May 13, 2006

• Adriano from Cruzeiro E.C. to F.C. Porto, €1,2m fee

May 17, 2006

• Hilário from C.D. Nacional to Chelsea F.C., free transfer

May 21, 2006

• Diego from F.C. Porto to S.V. Werder Bremen, €6m

May 25, 2006

• Rui Costa from A.C. Milan to S.L. Benfica, free transfer

May 27, 2006

• Zé Castro from Académica to C. Atlético Madrid, undisclosed fee

June 2, 2006

• João Vieira Pinto from Boavista F.C. to S.C. Braga, free transfer

June 6, 2006

• Geovanni from S.L. Benfica to Cruzeiro E.C., €1,5m

June 7, 2006

• Kaźmierczak from Pogoń Szczecin to Boavista F.C., on loan

June 13, 2006

• Roland Linz from Austria Wien to Boavista F.C., undisclosed fee

June 22, 2006

• Pontus Farnerud from R.C. Strasbourg to Sporting, free transfer
• Kostas Katsouranis from AEK Athens F.C. to S.L. Benfica, €2m

July 4, 2006

• Carlos Paredes from Reggina Calcio to Sporting

July 9, 2006

• Mário Jardel from Goiás E.C. to S.C. Beira-Mar

July 11, 2006

• Laurent Robert from S.L. Benfica to Levante U.D.
• Tarik Sektioui from AZ Alkmaar to F.C. Porto
• Hugo Almeida from F.C. Porto to S.V. Werder Bremen

UEFA competitions

Main article: Portuguese football in 2006-07 UEFA competitions

Honours

Competition	Winner
BWINLIGA	F.C. Porto
Cup of Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira	F.C. Porto
Liga Vitalis	Leixões SC
Second Division	SC Freamunde
Third Division

National team

The Selecção played its first game against Denmark in September, losing to the Northern European side. After that friendly, the national team started the qualification for Euro 2008 with a draw against Finland.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers	Match Report
September 1, 2006	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby (A)	Denmark	2-4	Friendly	Ricardo Carvalho, Nani	UEFA.com
September 6, 2006	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (A)	Finland	1-1	ECQ	Nuno Gomes	UEFA.com
October 10, 2006	Estádio do Bessa, Porto (H)	Azerbaijan	3-0	ECQ	Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Ricardo Carvalho	UEFA.com
October 11, 2006	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (A)	Poland	1-2	ECQ	Nuno Gomes	UEFA.com
November 15, 2006	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (H)	Kazakhstan	3-0	ECQ	Simão (2), Cristiano Ronaldo	UEFA.com
February 6, 2007	Emirates Stadium, London (N)	Brazil	2-0	Friendly	Simão, Ricardo Carvalho	UEFA.com
March 24, 2007	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (H)	Belgium	4-0	ECQ	Nuno Gomes, Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Ricardo Quaresma	UEFA.com
March 28, 2007	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (A)	Serbia	1-1	ECQ	Tiago	UEFA.com
June 2, 2007	Still unknown (A)	Belgium		ECQ

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = Neutral field
• F = Friendly
• ECQ = European Championship Qualifier