2004–05 in Portuguese football

The 2004–05 season saw Benfica clinch the SuperLiga Galp Energia title after almost 11 years without the championship. The SuperLiga had one of the most competitive years, with both Braga and Boavista fighting for the title for a reasonable amount of time, closing the gap on the Big Three of Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP. The Big Three all managed to qualify for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, while Braga, Vitória de Guimarães and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. Benfica did not manage to achieve the double, losing to Vitória de Setúbal in the 2004–05 Taça de Portugal final.

In the League of Honour, Paços de Ferreira won the title and alongside newcomers Naval 1º de Maio and former competitors Estrela da Amadora secured their place in the first level of Portuguese football for 2005–06.

In the UEFA competitions, the Portuguese teams qualified in the 2003–04 season were Porto and Benfica in the Champions League; Sporting CP, Braga, Martítimo and Nacional in the UEFA Cup; and União de Leiria in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Early in the season, Porto lost the 2003 UEFA Super Cup to 2002–03 Champions League victors Milan. Porto would ultimately reach the round of 16 of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by Internazionale. In the middle of the season, Porto also won their second Intercontinental Cup against Once Caldas. Meanwhile, Sporting CP managed to reach the UEFA Cup Final (which was already chosen to be played at Sporting's Estádio José de Alvalade) where they lost to CSKA Moscow. The fact that Leiria reached the finals of the Intertoto Cup is also noteworthy.

Meanwhile, the Portugal national football team managed to secure a comfortable position that would prove decisive in the qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2006.

Honours
Competition Winner
Intercontinental Cup Porto
SuperLiga Galp Energia Benfica
Cup of Portugal Vitória Setúbal
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira Porto
League of Honour Paços de Ferreira
Second Division B FC Vizela (North)
Sporting Covilhã (Centre)
FC Barreirense (South)
Portuguese Third Division «Os Sandinenses» GDRC (A)
Aliados FC do Lordelo (B)
SL Nelas (C)
AD Portomosense (D)
Benfica B (E)
Silves FC (F)
FC Madalena (Azores)

SuperLiga

After almost 11 years, the longest "drought" period in Benfica's history comes to an end. It was an "awkward" season, mainly due to the inconsistency of the perennial title candidates. Never a team had won the championship with such a small number of points since victories awarded three points. The 65 points of Benfica would only be sufficient to manage a fourth-place finish the year before and, considering a percentage of points awarded, their score of 64% would not have been enough to place them in first or second in any other of the previous Portuguese championships. Inconsistency was present in Benfica's season, but their main rivals were no better. In the upper part of the table, Braga's season was noteworthy: it was fighting for the title only four games before the end of the season.

These teams were promoted from the League of Honour at the start of the season:

Final standings
Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 Benfica 34 19 8 7 51 31 +20 65
2 Porto 34 17 11 6 39 26 +13 62
3 Sporting CP 34 18 7 9 66 36 +30 61
4 Braga 34 16 10 8 45 28 +17 58
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 15 9 10 38 29 +9 54
6 Boavista 34 13 11 10 39 43 -4 50
7 Martítimo 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
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
16 Moreirense 34 7 13 14 30 43 -13 34
17 Estoril 34 8 6 20 38 55 -17 30
18 Beira-Mar 34 6 12 16 30 56 -26 30

UEFA competitions and relegations

These teams were qualified for the UEFA competitions of 2005–06:

These teams were relegated to the League of Honour at the end of the season:

Top scorers

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Porto

UEFA Champions League group H

Match One14 September 2004 Porto 0–0 CSKA Moscow
Match Two29 September 2004 Chelsea 3–1 Porto
Match Three20 October 2004 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Porto
Match Four2 November 2004 Porto 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain
Match Five24 November 2004 CSKA Moscow 0–1 Porto
Match Six7 December 2004 Porto 2–1 Chelsea

UEFA Champions League round of 16

1st leg23 February 2005 Porto 1–1 Internazionale
2nd leg15 March 2005 Internazionale 3–1 Porto

Benfica

UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

1st leg10 August 2004 Benfica 1–0 Anderlecht
2nd leg24 August 2004 Anderlecht 3–0 Benfica

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg16 September 2004 Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 Benfica
2nd leg30 September 2004 Benfica 2–0 Dukla Banská Bystrica

UEFA Cup group F

Match One21 October 2004 Benfica 4–2 Heerenveen
Match Two4 November 2004 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Benfica
Match Three25 November 2004 Benfica 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Match Four2 December 2004 Beveren 0–3 Benfica

UEFA Cup round of 32

1st leg17 February 2005 CSKA Moscow 2–0 Benfica
2nd leg24 February 2005 Benfica 1–1 CSKA Moscow

Sporting CP

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg16 September 2004 Sporting CP 2–0 Rapid Wien
2nd leg30 September 2004 Rapid Wien 0–0 Sporting CP

UEFA Cup group D

Match Two4 November 2004 Sporting CP 4–1 Panionios
Match Three25 November 2004 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–4 Sporting CP
Match Four1 December 2004 Sporting CP 0–1 Sochaux
Match Five16 December 2004 Newcastle United 1–1 Sporting CP

UEFA Cup round of 32

1st leg16 February 2005 Sporting CP 2–1 Feyenoord
2nd leg24 February 2005 Feyenoord 1–2 Sporting CP

UEFA Cup round of 16

1st leg10 March 2005 Middlesbrough 2–3 Sporting CP
2nd leg17 March 2005 Sporting CP 1–0 Middlesbrough

UEFA Cup quarter-finals

1st leg7 April 2005 Newcastle United 1–0 Sporting CP
2nd leg14 April 2005 Sporting CP 4–1 Newcastle United

UEFA Cup semi-finals

1st leg28 April 2005 Sporting CP 2–1 AZ Alkmaar
2nd leg5 May 2005 AZ Alkmaar 3–2 Sporting CP
(a.e.t.)

UEFA Cup final

Final18 May 2005 Sporting CP 1–3 CSKA Moscow

Braga

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg16 September 2004 Hearts 3–1 Braga
2nd leg30 September 2004 Braga 2–2 Hearts

Marítimo

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg16 September 2004 Marítimo 1–0 Rangers
2nd leg30 September 2004 Rangers 1–0 Marítimo
(a.e.t.; 4–2 on penalties)

Nacional

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg16 September 2004 Sevilla 2–0 Nacional
2nd leg30 September 2004 Nacional 1–2 Sevilla

União de Leiria

UEFA Intertoto Cup third round

1st leg17 July 2004 Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–4 União de Leiria
2nd leg24 July 2004 União de Leiria 2–1 Shinnik Yaroslavl

UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals

1st leg28 July 2004 Genk 0–0 União de Leiria
2nd leg24 July 2004 União de Leiria 2–0 Genk

UEFA Intertoto Cup finals

1st leg10 August 2004 Lille 0–0 União de Leiria
2nd leg24 July 2004 União de Leiria 0–2 Lille
(a.e.t.)

European/South American Cup

UEFA Super Cup

Taça de Portugal

Vitória de Setúbal won their third Cup after beating Benfica 2–1 at the final played 29 May in the Estádio do Jamor. Simão scored first for Benfica, a penalty in the fifth minute, but an own goal by Ricardo Rocha in the 26th minute and another by Albert Meyong for Setúbal turned the game around.

Round of 16 to Final
Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
            
1 Vitória de Setúbal 3
1 Vitória de Guimarães 1
1 Vitória de Setúbal 3
1 Braga 2
2B Oliveira do Hospital 0
1 Braga 1
1 Vitória de Setúbal (a.e.t.) 1 (2)
1 Boavista 1 (1)
1 Académica 1
1 Marítimo 2
1 Marítimo 0
1 Boavista 2
1 Nacional 1 (3)
3 Boavista (a.e.t.) 1 (4)
1 Vitória de Setúbal 2
1 Benfica 1
2 Estrela da Amadora 1
1 Penafiel 0
2 Estrela da Amadora (pen.) 0 (8)
1 Belenenses 0 (7)
3 Pinhalnovense 1
1 Belenenses 2
2 Estrela da Amadora 0
1 Benfica 3
1 Benfica (a.e.t., pen.) 2 (3) (7)
1 Sporting CP 2 (3) (6)
1 Benfica 1
1 Beira-Mar 0
1 Beira-Mar -
- bye -

League of Honour

These teams were promoted from the Second Division B at the start of the season:

Final standings
Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 Paços de Ferreira 34 20 9 5 61 43 +18 69
2 Naval 1º de Maio 34 17 11 6 53 30 +23 62
3 Estrela da Amadora 34 17 9 8 47 30 +17 60
4 Marco 34 13 12 9 51 43 +8 51
5 Desportivo das Aves 34 15 6 13 45 35 +10 51
6 Leixões 34 14 8 12 40 33 +7 50
7 Feirense 34 14 7 13 45 48 -3 49
8 Maia 34 13 10 11 46 36 +10 49
9 Olhanense 34 11 11 12 32 32 0 44
10 Varzim 34 11 10 13 37 42 -5 43
11 Felgueiras 34 11 9 14 37 44 -7 42
12 Ovarense 34 11 8 15 40 51 -9 41
13 Alverca 34 11 6 17 28 40 -12 39
14 Portimonense 34 10 9 15 40 49 -9 39
15 Santa Clara 34 11 6 17 39 50 -11 39
16 Gondomar 34 11 6 17 38 45 -7 39
17 Chaves 34 9 10 15 24 38 -14 37
18 Espinho 34 9 9 16 37 51 -14 36

Promotions and relegations

The following teams were promoted to the SuperLiga (future Liga betandwin.com) for 2005–06:

The following teams were relegated to the Second Division for 2005–06:

  • Relegations
    • 11th placed – Felgueiras (due to economical problems)
    • 13th placed – Alverca (due to economical problems)
    • 18th placed – Espinho

Top scorers
Place Scorer Goals Team
1. Rincón 18 Paços de Ferreira
2. Evandro 17 Maia
3. Hermes 16 Marco
4. Hugo Henrique 15 Santa Clara
João Pedro Leixões
6. Wesley 14 Gondomar
7. Rui Miguel 13 Desportivo das Aves
8. Didi 12 Marco
9. Mateus 11 Portimonense
Serjão Portimonense

Second Division B

Final standings

Promotions and relegations

Top scorers

Third Division

Final standings

Promotions and relegations

Top scorers

District championships

Portugal national team
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Portugal scorers
September 4, 2004 Stadionas Skonto, Riga Latvia 0-2 WCQ3 Cristiano Ronaldo, Pauleta
September 8, 2004 Estádio Municipal de Leiria, Leiria Estonia 4-0 WCQ3 Cristiano Ronaldo, Hélder Postiga (2), Pauleta
October 9, 2004 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Liechtenstein 2-2 WCQ3 Own goal, Pauleta
October 13, 2004 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Russia 7-1 WCQ3 Pauleta, Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Deco, Simão, Petit (2)
November 17, 2004 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-5 WCQ3 Own goal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maniche, Pauleta (2)
February 9, 2005 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Rep. Ireland 1-0 F -
March 26, 2005 Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Canada 4-1 F Manuel Fernandes, Pauleta, Hélder Postiga, Nuno Gomes
June 4, 2005 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Slovakia 2-0 WCQ3 Fernando Meira, Cristiano Ronaldo
June 8, 2005 A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Estonia 0-1 WCQ3 Cristiano Ronaldo

KEY: WCQ3 = World Cup Qualification match - Group 3; F = Friendly

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