# 2005–06 Primeira Liga

The 2005–06 Primeira Liga was the 72nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting CP and Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as defending champions.
Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage, and Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round; Braga, Nacional and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup; in opposite, with the league dropping to 16 teams, four teams were relegated to the Liga de Honra; Gil Vicente, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães and Penafiel. Meyong was the top scorer with 17 goals.
The season's first goal was scored by Rogério, who scored a 39th-minute goal for Sporting against Belenenses. The first yellow card of the season was given to Sporting's Fábio Rochemback in the opening game of the season, and the first red card was given to Benfica's João Pereira in his club's away draw against Académica de Coimbra.

## Promotion and relegation
### Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

* Moreirense
* Beira-Mar
* Estoril
Moreirense, Beira-Mar and Estoril were relegated to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2004–05 season.

### Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

* Estrela da Amadora
* Paços de Ferreira
* Naval 1º de Maio
The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, Paços de Ferreira and Naval 1º de Maio from the Liga de Honra.

## Club information

| Club | Season's Last Head Coach | City | Stadium | 2004–2005 season |
| Académica de Coimbra | Nelo Vingada | Coimbra | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | 14th |
| Belenenses | Carlos Carvalhal | Lisbon | Estádio do Restelo | 9th |
| Benfica | Ronald Koeman | Lisbon | Estádio da Luz | 1st |
| Boavista | Carlos Brito | Porto | Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI | 6th |
| Braga | Jesualdo Ferreira | Braga | Estádio Municipal de Braga – AXA | 4th |
| Estrela da Amadora | Toni Conceição | Amadora | Estádio José Gomes | 3rd in the Liga de Honra |
| Gil Vicente | Paulo Alves | Barcelos | Estádio Cidade de Barcelos | 13th |
| União de Leiria | Jorge Jesus | Leiria | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | 15th |
| Penafiel | Luís Castro | Penafiel | Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril | 11th |
| Marítimo | Ulisses Morais | Funchal | Estádio dos Barreiros | 7th |
| Nacional | Manuel Machado | Funchal | Estádio da Madeira | 12th |
| Naval 1° de Maio | Rogério Gonçalves | Figueira da Foz | Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa | 2nd in the Liga de Honra |
| Paços de Ferreira | José Mota | Paços de Ferreira | Estádio da Mata Real | 1st in the Liga de Honra |
| Porto | Co Adriaanse | Porto | Estádio do Dragão | 2nd |
| Sporting CP | Paulo Bento | Lisbon | Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI | 3rd |
| Rio Ave | João Eusébio | Vila do Conde | Estádio dos Arcos | 8th |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Vítor Pontes | Guimarães | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | 5th |
| Vitória de Setúbal | Hélio Sousa | Setúbal | Estádio do Bonfim | 10th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Nacional | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 50 | |
| 7 | União de Leiria | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Vitória de Setúbal | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Estrela da Amadora | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 45 | |
| 10 | Marítimo | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 44 | |
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 42 | |
| 12 | Gil Vicente (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 40 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 13 | Académica | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 39 | |
| 14 | Naval 1º de Maio | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 39 | |
| 15 | Belenenses | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 39 | Spared from relegation |
| 16 | Rio Ave (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 34 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 17 | Vitória de Guimarães (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 18 | Penafiel (R) | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
* ↑ Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
* 1 2 Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player, Angolan forward Mateus. Due to this they lost the right to participate in the 2006–07 Primeira Liga which as a result meant Belenenses remained in the league

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | BEL | BEN | BOA | BRA | EST | GVI | MAR | NAV | NAC | PAÇ | PEN | POR | RAV | SCP | ULE | VGU | VSE |
| Académica | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Belenenses | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Benfica | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Boavista | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Braga | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Estrela da Amadora | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Gil Vicente | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Marítimo | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Naval 1º de Maio | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Nacional | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Paços de Ferreira | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Penafiel | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Porto | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Rio Ave | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting CP | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| União de Leiria | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 4–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |

## Top goal scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Albert Meyong | 17 | Belenenses |
| 2 | Nuno Gomes | 15 | Benfica |
| 2 | Liédson | 15 | Sporting CP |
| 2 | João Tomás | 15 | Braga |
| 5 | André Pinto | 14 | Nacional |
| 6 | Joeano | 13 | Académica de Coimbra |
| 7 | Marek Saganowski | 12 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 8 | Alexandre | 10 | Nacional |
| 8 | Lucho González | 10 | Porto |
| 8 | Gaúcho | 10 | Rio Ave |

## Awards
### Footballer of the Year

The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma of Porto, for a second successive season.

### Portuguese Golden Shoe

The Portuguese Golden Shoe award was won by the Cameroonian Albert Meyong of Belenenses, scoring 17 goals.