2004–05 FC Porto season

FC Porto followed up its UEFA Champions League victory with a chaotic season, following the departure of coach José Mourinho and several key players.[1] Initial coach Luigi Delneri was sacked even before the season started, due to too little presence in his new town in pre-season. New signings Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, Giourkas Seitaridis, Luís Fabiano, Raul Meireles and Diego looked spectacular on paper, but in reality, Porto had a miserable offensive performance, culminating in just 39 league goals and a loss of the league title to arch rivals Benfica. As a consolation, it won the Intercontinental Cup title with a victory against Once Caldas on penalties.

FC Porto

2004–05 season
Manager	Luigi Delneri Víctor Fernández José Couceiro
Primeira Liga	2nd
Champions League	Last 16
Taça de Portugal	Last 32
UEFA Super Cup	Final
Intercontinental Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	Benni McCarthy (11)

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Vítor Baía
• Nuno

Defenders

• Jorge Costa
• Pedro Emanuel
• Pepe
• Ricardo Costa
• Miguel Areias
• Nuno Valente
• César Peixoto
• José Bosingwa
• Giourkas Seitaridis
• Mário Silva
• Evaldo

Midfielders

• Leandro
• Hugo Leal
• Diego
• Ricardo Quaresma
• Maniche
• Carlos Alberto
• Raul Meireles
• Léo Lima
• Ricardo Fernandes
• Ibson

Attackers

• Luís Fabiano
• Derlei
• Maciel
• Hélder Postiga
• Hugo Almeida
• Benni McCarthy
• Pitbull

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2004–05 Primeira Liga

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
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

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) Champion.

Matches

• Porto-União de Leiria 1-1
• 1-0 Ricardo Quaresma  8'
• 1-1 Petar Krpan  75'
• Braga-Porto 1-1
• 0-1 Maniche  3'
• 1-1 Wender  60' (pen.)
• Porto-Estoril 2-2
• 0-1 Ousmane N'Doye  13'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano  17'
• 1-2 Pinheiro  44'
• 2-2 Pepe  69'
• Vitória de Guimarães-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Costinha  83'
• Porto-Belenenses 3-0
• 1-0 Maniche  34'
• 2-0 Benni McCarthy  72'
• 3-0 Benni McCarthy  90'
• Benfica-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy  10'
• Porto-Penafiel 2-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy  14'
• 2-0 Benni McCarthy  25'
• Nacional-Porto 2-2
• 0-1 Diego  1'
• 0-2 Benni McCarthy  51'
• 1-2 Raul Meireles  90 + 2' (o.g.)
• 2-2 Adriano  90 + 4'
• Porto-Sporting CP 3-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy  57'
• 2-0 Diego  81'
• 3-0 Carlos Alberto  87'
• Gil Vicente-Porto 0-2
• 0-1 Ricardo Quaresma  31'
• 0-2 Costinha  87'
• Porto-Boavista 0-1
• 0-1 Cafú  90 + 3'
• Vitória Setúbal-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Jorge Costa  24'
• Porto-Beira-Mar 0-1
• 0-1 Beto  38'
• Marítimo-Porto 1-1
• 1-0 Pena  13'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano  33'
• Porto-Moreirense 1-0
• 1-0 Maniche  26'
• Porto-Rio Ave 1-1
• 0-1 Gaúcho  28'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano  73'
• Académica-Porto 0-0
• União de Leiria-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Ricardo Costa  17'
• Porto-Braga 1-3
• 0-1 João Tomás  22'
• 1-1 Diego  33' (pen.)
• 1-2 Wender  42'
• 1-3 João Tomás  76'
• Estoril-Porto 1-2
• 0-1 José Bosingwa  19'
• 0-2 Ricardo Quaresma  23'
• 1-2 Fellahi  38' (pen.)
• Porto-Vitória de Guimarães 0-0
• Belenenses-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Costinha  47'
• Porto-Benfica 1-1
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy  66'
• 1-1 Geovanni  77'
• Penafiel-Porto 1-2
• 1-0 Wesley  1'
• 1-1 Pedro Emanuel  80'
• 1-2 Benni McCarthy  90 + 3'
• Porto-Nacional 0-4
• 0-1 Miguel Fidalgo  4'
• 0-2 Alonso  60'
• 0-3 Nuno Viveiros  69'
• 0-4 Bruno  84'
• Sporting CP-Porto 2-0
• 1-0 Liédson  62' (pen.)
• 2-0 Carlos Martins  90 + 4'
• Porto-Gil Vicente 1-0
• 1-0 Hélder Postiga  37'
• Boavista-Porto 1-0
• 1-0 Cadú  52'
• Porto-Vitória Setúbal 2-1
• 0-1 Albert Meyong  26'
• 1-1 Hélder Postiga  41'
• 2-1 Ricardo Quaresma  60'
• Beira-Mar-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Ricardo Quaresma  90'
• Porto-Marítimo 1-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy  27'
• Moreirense-Porto 1-1
• 1-0 Nei  9'
• 1-1 Hélder Postiga  75'
• Rio Ave-Porto 0-2
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy  56'
• 0-2 Leandro  79'
• Porto-Académica 1-1
• 1-0 Ibson  61'
• 1-1 Joeano  90'

Topscorers

• Benni McCarthy 11
• Ricardo Quaresma 4
• Luís Fabiano 3
• Diego 3
• Hélder Postiga 3

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
3	CSKA Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Paris Saint-Germain	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5

Source:

• Porto-CSKA Moskva 0-0
• Chelsea-Porto 3-1
• 1-0 Alexey Smertin  7'
• 2-0 Didier Drogba  50'
• 2-1 Benni McCarthy  68'
• 3-1 John Terry  70'
• Paris Saint-Germain-Porto 2-0
• 1-0 Charles-Édouard Coridon  30'
• 2-0 Pauleta  31'
• Porto-Paris Saint-Germain 0-0
• CSKA Moskva-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy  28'
• Porto-Chelsea 2-1
• 0-1 Damien Duff  33'
• 1-1 Diego  60'
• 2-1 Benni McCarthy  85'

First knockout round

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage § First knockout round

• Porto-Internazionale 1-1
• 0-1 Obafemi Martins  23'
• 1-1 Ricardo Costa  61'
• Internazionale-Porto 3-1
• 1-0 Adriano  5'
• 2-0 Adriano  63'
• 2-1 Jorge Costa  69'
• 3-1 Adriano  87'

References

1. "Futebol Clube do Porto in 2004–05". Zerozero. Retrieved 24 April 2020.