2004–05 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2004–05
Dates	28 August 2004 – 22 May 2005
Champions	Benfica; 31st title
Relegated	Moreirense; Estoril; Beira-Mar
Champions League	Benfica; Porto; Sporting CP
UEFA Cup	Braga; Vitória de Guimarães; Vitória de Setúbal
Matches played	306
Goals scored	711 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Liédson (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting CP 6–1 Boavista; (13 November 2004)
Biggest away win	0–4 (3 times)
Highest scoring	Sporting CP 6–1 Boavista; (13 November 2004)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Primeira Liga was the 71st edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 28 August 2004 with a match between Belenenses and Marítimo, and ended on 22 May 2005.

Benfica won their 31st league title, with 65 points, three points ahead of the defending champions Porto. The league was contested by 18 clubs, and was considered one of the most competitive seasons in recent years.

The first goal of the season was scored by Belenenses centre-back Rolando. The first red card of the season was given to Vitória de Setúbal's Bruno Ribeiro, and the first yellow was given to Belenenses' Juninho Petrolina in the opening match of the season. Benfica and Porto were both qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage, and Sporting CP qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. At the bottom of the table, Moreirense, Estoril and Beira-Mar were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Liédson was the top scorer with 25 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Alverca, Paços de Ferreira, and Estrela da Amadora were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2003–04 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Estoril, Vitória de Setúbal, and Penafiel from the Liga de Honra.

Teams

Team summaries

Leiria

Académica

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting

Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional

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Location of teams in the 2004-05 Liga

Marítimo

Nacional

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Location of teams in the '2004-05 Liga

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	2003–2004 season
Académica de Coimbra	João Carlos Pereira	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	13th
Belenenses	Carlos Carvalhal	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	15th
Benfica	Giovanni Trapattoni	Lisbon	Estádio da Luz	2nd
Boavista	Jaime Pacheco	Porto	Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI	8th
Braga	Jesualdo Ferreira	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga - AXA	5th
Estoril	Litos	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	1st in the Liga de Honra
Gil Vicente	Luís Campos	Barcelos	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos	12th
União de Leiria	Vítor Pontes	Leiria	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	10th
Penafiel	Manuel Fernandes	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	3rd in the Liga de Honra
Marítimo	Manuel Cajuda	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	6th
Nacional	Casemiro Mior	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	4th
Beira-Mar	Mick Wadsworth	Aveiro	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	11th
Moreirense	Vítor Oliveira	Guimarães	Estádio do Moreirense	9th
Porto	Luigi Delneri	Porto	Estádio do Dragão	1st
Sporting CP	José Peseiro	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI	3rd
Rio Ave	Carlos Brito	Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos	7th
Vitória de Guimarães	Manuel Machado	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	14th
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	2nd in the Liga de Honra

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manage	Manner	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Porto	Luigi Delneri	Sacked	7 August 2004^[1]	Víctor Fernández	11 August 2004^[2]
Porto	Víctor Fernández	Sacked	1 February 2005^[3]	José Couceiro	1 February 2005^[4]
Boavista	Jaime Pacheco	Resigned	1 May 2005^[5]	Pedro Barny	1 May 2005^[5]

Team	Outgoing manager	Replaced by
Marítimo	Manuel Cajuda	Mariano Barreto
Vitória de Setúbal	José Couceiro	José Rachão
Penafiel	Manuel Fernandes	Luís Castro
Nacional	Casemiro Mior	João Carlos Pereira
Gil Vicente	Luís Campos	Ulisses Morais
Académica de Coimbra	João Carlos Pereira	Nelo Vingada
Moreirense	Vítor Oliveira	Jorge Jesus
Beira-Mar	Mick Wadsworth	Luís Campos
Beira-Mar	Luís Campos	Augusto Inácio

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	19	8	7	51	31	+20	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	17	11	6	39	26	+13	62	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Sporting CP	34	18	7	9	66	36	+30	61	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	16	10	8	45	28	+17	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	9	10	38	29	+9	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Boavista	34	13	11	10	39	43	−4	50
7	Marítimo	34	12	13	9	39	32	+7	49
8	Rio Ave	34	10	17	7	35	35	0	47
9	Belenenses	34	13	7	14	38	34	+4	46
10	Vitória de Setúbal	34	11	11	12	46	45	+1	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
11	Penafiel	34	13	4	17	39	53	−14	43
12	Nacional	34	12	5	17	46	48	−2	41
13	Gil Vicente	34	11	7	16	34	40	−6	40
14	Académica	34	9	11	14	29	41	−12	38
15	União de Leiria	34	8	14	12	29	36	−7	38	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
16	Moreirense (R)	34	7	13	14	30	43	−13	34	Relegation to Liga de Honra
17	Estoril (R)	34	8	6	20	38	55	−17	30
18	Beira-Mar (R)	34	6	12	16	30	56	−26	30

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	ESP	GVI	MAR	MOR	NAC	PEN	POR	RAV	SCP	ULE	VGU	VSE
Académica		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–2	3–3
Beira-Mar	0–0		3–3	2–3	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–1
Belenenses	0–0	2–0		4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0
Benfica	3–0	0–2	1–0		4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0
Boavista	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	1–1
Braga	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–3
Estoril Praia	0–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	0–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–1
Gil Vicente	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–1
Marítimo	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–1
Moreirense	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		3–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–2
Nacional	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	4–1		1–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–3
Penafiel	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–1		1–2	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–3	1–4
Porto	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–0		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Rio Ave	3–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Sporting CP	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	6–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	4–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	5–0		2–2	1–0	1–1
União de Leiria	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–0		0–1	0–2
Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–1		3–1
Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–4	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0

Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Liédson	25	Sporting CP
2	João Tomás	15	Braga
2	Simão	15	Benfica
4	Wesley	14	Penafiel
5	Henry Antchouet	12	Belenenses
6	Benni McCarthy	11	Porto
6	Albert Meyong	11	Vitória de Setúbal
8	Zé Manel	10	Boavista
9	Pena	9	Maritimo
9	Roberto	9	Penafiel

Awards

Footballer of the Year

The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma of Porto.

Portuguese Golden Shoe

The Portuguese Golden Shoe award was won by the Brazilian Liédson of Sporting CP, scoring 25 goals.

References

^ "Dragões confirmam rescisão com Del Neri" [Dragons confirm end of contract with Del Neri] (in Portuguese). Record. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^ "Víctor Fernández apresentado oficialmente" [Víctor Fernández officially presented] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "SAD oficializa saída de Fernández" [SAD formalizes dismissal of Fernandez] (in Portuguese). Record. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "José Couceiro apresentado às 18:00" [José Couceiro presented at 18:00] (in Portuguese). Record. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Jaime Pacheco despediu-se" [Jaime Pacheco resigned] (in Portuguese). Record. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2010.