# 2004–05 Sporting CP season

The 2004–05 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 97th competitive season, 71st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 98th year in existence as a football club.
Sporting CP's season began on 29 August 2004 with the first game of the Primeira Liga campaign, with a 3–2 home victory over Gil Vicente. Despite being top of the league at the half way mark of the season, and claiming home victories over rivals Benfica and Porto, the Leões finished in third place, four points behind league champions Benfica.
Aside from the Primeira Liga, Sporting CP also competed in the Taça de Portugal, where they entered the fourth round courtesy of their league position. After claiming straightforward victories over Naval 1º de Maio and Pampilhosa, Sporting CP were eliminated by Lisbon rivals Benfica in the sixth round. In a highly entertaining 3–3 game, the tie went to penalties which saw the Encarnados defeat the Leões 7–6 on penalties.
Given their third-place finish in the 2003–04 season, the Leões secured a place in the first round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. After progressing through the group stages, Sporting CP defeated Dutch side Feyenoord, and English sides Middlesbrough and Newcastle United to set up a semi-final tie against AZ. Despite taking a 2–1 lead into the second leg, the Cheese Farmers equaled the first leg result which led to extra time. After Kew Jaliens's 109th-minute strike which gave AZ the aggregate lead, Miguel Garcia scored a stoppage time goal to see Sporting CP progress to the final on the away goals rule. In the final taking place at the Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting CP met Russian side CSKA Moscow. Despite taking a first half lead, Sporting CP lost their advantage and conceded three second half goals to lose the final 3–1.

## First team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2004–05 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Nélson | GK | 1997 | (1975-10-20)20 October 1975 (aged 29) | Torreense | 56 | 0 |
| 12 | Tiago | GK | 1995 | (1975-04-16)16 April 1975 (aged 30) | Estrela da Amadora | 78 | 0 |
| 13 | Mário Felgueiras | GK | 2005 | (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 18) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Ricardo | GK | 2003 | (1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 29) | Boavista | 67 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 4 | Ânderson Polga | CB | 2003 | (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 26) | Grêmio | 55 | 0 |
| 6 | Hugo | CB | 2000 | (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 28) | Sampdoria | 59 | 3 |
| 14 | Joseph Enakarhire | CB | 2004 | (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 22) | Standard Liège | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | Miguel Garcia | RB | 2003 | (1983-02-04)4 February 1983 (aged 22) | Youth System | 40 | 0 |
| 18 | Mário Sérgio | RB | 2003 | (1981-07-28)28 July 1981 (aged 23) | Paços de Ferreira | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Paíto | LB | 2003 | (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 22) | Youth System | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | Beto | CB | 1994 | (1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 29) | Youth System | 235 | 20 |
| 23 | Rui Jorge | LB | 1998 | (1973-03-27)27 March 1973 (aged 32) | Porto | 191 | 5 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Carlos Martins | AM / CM | 2000 | (1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 23) | Youth System | 43 | 7 |
| 8 | Pedro Barbosa (C) | AM / CM | 1995 | (1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (aged 34) | Vitória de Guimarães | 259 | 39 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Tello | LB / LM | 2001 | (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 25) | Universidad de Chile | 65 | 4 |
| 24 | Miguel Veloso | LB / CM | 2005 | (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 19) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Fábio Rochemback | AM / CM / DM | 2003 | (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 23) | Barcelona | 44 | 9 |
| 27 | Custódio | DM | 2002 | (1983-05-25)25 May 1983 (aged 21) | Youth System | 52 | 4 |
| 28 | João Moutinho | AM / CM | 2005 | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 18) | Youth System | 15 | 0 |
| 37 | Rogério | RWB / RM | 2004 | (1976-02-28)28 February 1976 (aged 29) | Corinthians | 29 | 2 |
| 45 | Hugo Viana | CM / LM | 2004 | (1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 22) | Newcastle United | 59 | 7 |
| 77 | Tinga | DM | 2004 | (1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 27) | Grêmio | 20 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Marius Niculae | CF | 2001 | (1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 24) | Dinamo București | 59 | 14 |
| 10 | Ricardo Sá Pinto | AM / CF / RW | 2000 | (1972-10-10)10 October 1972 (aged 32) | Real Sociedad | 146 | 32 |
| 17 | Roudolphe Douala | LW / CF / RW | 2004 | (1978-09-25)25 September 1978 (aged 26) | Boavista | 22 | 4 |
| 20 | Danny | AM / LW | 2002 | (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 21) | Marítimo | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Paulo Sérgio | LW / RW | 2003 | (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 21) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Liédson | CF | 2003 | (1977-12-17)17 December 1977 (aged 27) | Corinthians | 61 | 40 |
| 36 | Carlos Saleiro | CF | 2005 | (1986-02-25)25 February 1986 (aged 19) | Youth System | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Mauricio Pinilla | CF | 2004 | (1984-02-04)4 February 1984 (aged 21) | Inter Milan | 16 | 5 |
| 99 | João Mota | CF | 2005 | (1980-11-21)21 November 1980 (aged 24) | Jeonnam Dragons | 5 | 0 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | José Peseiro |
| Assistant Manager | Eduardinho |
| Assistant Manager | Luís Martins |
| Assistant Manager | Pedro Caixinha |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Fernando Justino |
| Training Coach | Flávio Baia dos Santos |
| Scout | João Ruas |
| Doctor | Gomes Pereira |
| Kit man | Paulinho |
Source: Sporting

### Other information

| Chairman | António Dias da Cunha |
| Sporting Director | Carlos Freitas |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estádio José Alvalade (50,095 / 105 x 68 metres) |
| Training Ground | Academia Sporting |
Source: Sporting

## Pre-season and Post-season friendlies
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Matches
## Competitions
### Primeira Liga
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Matches

* Sporting-Gil Vicente 3-2
* 1-0 Marcos António 18' (o.g.)
* 2-0 Liédson 26'
* 2-1 Marcos António 74'
* 3-1 Liédson 76'
* 3-2 Fábio 80'
* Vitória Setúbal-Sporting 2-0
* 1-0 Jorginho 51' (pen.)
* 2-0 Albert Meyong 69'
* Sporting-Marítimo 0-1
* 0-1 Gustavo Manduca 12'
* Rio Ave-Sporting 0-0
* Sporting-União Leiria 2-2
* 1-0 Rogério 25'
* 1-1 João Paulo 36'
* 1-2 Fábio Felício 73'
* 2-2 Beto 90 + 3'
* Estoril-Sporting 1-4
* 0-1 Liédson 6'
* 0-2 Liédson 19'
* 1-2 João Paulo 51'
* 1-3 Hugo Viana 62'
* 1-4 Hugo Viana 84'
* Sporting-Belenenses 2-0
* 1-0 Liédson 85'
* 2-0 Roudolphe Douala 86'
* Penafiel-Sporting 0-3
* 0-1 Liédson 48'
* 0-2 Custódio 72'
* 0-3 Liédson 88'
* Porto-Sporting 3-0
* 1-0 Benni McCarthy 57'
* 2-0 Diego 81'
* 3-0 Carlos Alberto 87'
* Sporting-Boavista 6-1
* 1-0 Roudolphe Douala 15'
* 2-0 Hugo Viana 43'
* 3-0 Hugo Viana 44'
* 4-0 Custódio 49'
* 4-1 Felipe Flores 78'
* 5-1 Liédson 81'
* 6-1 Mauricio Pinilla 90+2'
* Beira-Mar-Sporting 2-2
* 1-0 Sunny Ekeh Kingsley 34'
* 1-1 Roudolphe Douala 39'
* 1-2 Bruno Ribeiro 54' (o.g.)
* 2-2 Heitor 90+2'