# 2004–05 Primeira Liga

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
* Estrela da Amadora
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

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

## Teams
### Team summaries

| 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 | Víctor Fernández | 11 August 2004 |
| Porto | Víctor Fernández | Sacked | 1 February 2005 | José Couceiro | 1 February 2005 |
| Boavista | Jaime Pacheco | Resigned | 1 May 2005 | Pedro Barny | 1 May 2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 18 | Beira-Mar (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 30 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
* ↑ 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 | |

## 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.