2004–05 La Liga

74th season of La Liga September 2021 La Liga 2004–05 28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005 Barcelona17th title LevanteNumanciaAlbacete Champions League BarcelonaReal MadridVillarrealReal Betis UEFA Cup EspanyolSevillaOsasuna (as Copa del Rey runners-up) Intertoto Cup ValenciaDeportivo La CoruñaAthletic Bilbao Samuel Eto'oDiego Forlán(25 goals each) Real Madrid 6–1 Albacete(14 November 2004)Real Madrid 6-1 Albacete http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=1106 RFEF 14 November 2004 8 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Real Madrid 5–0 Levante(28 November 2004)Real Madrid 5-0 Levante http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=1126 RFEF 28 November 2004 8 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Real Madrid 5–0 Racing Santander(7 May 2005)Real Madrid 5-0 Racing http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=1344 RFEF 7 May 2005 8 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Osasuna 1–6 Málaga(27 February 2005)Osasuna 1-6 Málaga http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=1248 RFEF 27 February 2005 8 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Athletic Bilbao 4–4 Real Betis(13 February 2005)Athletic Bilbao 4-4 Betis http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=1225 RFEF 13 February 2005 8 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot 380 980 2003–04 2005–06 The 2004–05 La Liga season was the 74th since its establishment. It began on 28 August 2004, and concluded on 29 May 2005. Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Levante (playing top flight football for the first time in thirty nine years), Getafe (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) and Numancia (returning after a three-year absence). They replaced Valladolid, Celta de Vigo and Murcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively. Promoted to 2004–05 La Liga Relegated from 2003–04 La Liga LevanteGetafeNumancia ValladolidCelta VigoMurcia Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 2004–05 Spain 38.981136 -1.852131 Albacete left Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic     bottom Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 40.325728 -3.714950 Getafe bottom Spain 39.494703 -0.363842 Levante Spain 36.734217 -4.426603 Málaga top Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 41.754619 -2.467950 Numancia left Spain 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna bottom Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing     top Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid Spain 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain 37.384064 -5.9705 Sevilla top Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 39.944128 -0.103472 Villarreal Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza top Team Stadium Capacity Albacete Carlos Belmonte 18,000 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005 Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926 Getafe* Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 16,300 Levante* Ciudad de Valencia 25,354 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Numancia* Los Pajaritos 8,261 Osasuna El Sadar 19,553 Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,400 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Villarreal El Madrigal 23,000 Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 (*) Promoted from Segunda División. Personnel and sponsors TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlbaceteESP Martín MonteagudoLe Coq SportifIV Centenario Don Quijote de La ManchaCaja Castilla-La Mancha/Arcos CuchillosNoneCaja Castilla-La Mancha, Metalpanel La ManchaAthletic BilbaoESP Ernesto Valverde100% AthleticEuskadi (in UEFA matches)NoneNoneNoneAtlético MadridESP César FerrandoNikeColumbia PicturesNoneNoneAXNBarcelonaNED Frank RijkaardNikeNoneNoneTV3NoneBetisESP Lorenzo Serra FerrerKappaAndalucía/Globet/El Monte (in cup matches)Globet/AndalucíaNoneCoosurDeportivo de La CoruñaESP Javier IruretaJomaFadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyolESP Miguel Ángel LotinaUmbroGrup TarradellasInterapuestas.comTV3Hoteles HesperiaGetafeESP Quique Sánchez FloresJomaOpción Centro de OcioNoneNonePropietarios del Suelo de GetafeLevanteESP José Luis OltraHummelMutua Valenciana AutomovilistaNoneNoneMutua Valenciana AutomovilistaMálagaESP Antonio TapiaUmbroUnicaja/AndalucíaNoneNoneNoneMallorcaARG Héctor CúperReialSpanairNoneNoneIlles BalearsNumanciaESP Máximo HernándezJomaCaja DueroNoneNoneSoriaOsasunaMEX Javier AguirreAstoreCaja NavarraNoneReyno de NavarraNoneRacing de SantanderESP Nando YosuJomaOrganización Impulsora de DiscapacitadosSantander 250CantabriaCantabriaReal MadridBRA Vanderlei LuxemburgoAdidasSiemens MobileNoneNoneNoneReal SociedadESP José Mari AmorrortuAstoreFIATC SegurosNGS EuropeNGS EuropeFIATC Seguros, NGS EuropeSevillaESP Joaquín CaparrósJomaFont Lys Agua Mineral/Vinícola Hidalgo/La Gitana (in UEFA matches)Font Lys Agua Mineral/La GitanaLocura Energy DrinkCoosurValenciaESP Antonio LópezNikeToyotaNoneCanal NouNoneVillarrealCHL Manuel PellegriniPumaAeroport CastellóNoneCanal NouNoneZaragozaESP Víctor MuñozLottoPikolinNoneNoneNone League table main WDL 5 QR FCB Barcelona RMA Real Madrid VIL Villarreal BET Real Betis ESP Espanyol SFC Sevilla VCF Valencia RCD Deportivo La Coruña ATH Athletic Bilbao MCF Málaga ATM Atlético Madrid ZAR Zaragoza GET Getafe RSO Real Sociedad OSA Osasuna RAC Racing Santander MLL Mallorca LEV Levante NUM Numancia ALB Albacete 25 9 4 73 29 C 25 5 8 71 32 18 11 9 69 37 16 14 8 62 50 17 10 11 54 46 17 9 12 44 41 14 16 8 54 39 12 15 11 46 50 14 9 15 59 54 15 6 17 40 48 13 11 14 40 34 14 8 16 52 57 12 11 15 38 46 13 8 17 47 56 12 10 16 46 65 12 8 18 41 58 10 9 19 42 63 9 10 19 39 58 R 6 11 21 30 61 R 6 10 22 33 56 R DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH RCD RCD ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM ATM RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO RSO green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 IC2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Since Betis, winners of 2004–05 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Osasuna earned a spot in the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. UC1b red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R R 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points complete LFP Overall Most wins – Barcelona and Real Madrid (25) Fewest wins – Numancia and Albacete (6) Most draws – Valencia (16) Fewest draws – Real Madrid (5) Most losses – Albacete (22) Fewest losses – Barcelona (4) Most goals scored – Barcelona (73) Fewest goals scored – Numancia (30) Most goals conceded – Osasuna (65) Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (29) Results main FBR grey ALB ATH ATM FCB BET RCD ESP GET LEV MCF MLL NUM OSA RAC RMA RSO SFC VCF VIL ZAR Albacete 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 Athletic Bilbao 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 Atlético Madrid 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 Barcelona 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–1 Betis 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–5 1–1 2–3 Espanyol 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–1 Getafe 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 Levante 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–4 0–0 Málaga 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 Mallorca 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 Numancia 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Osasuna 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–6 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 Racing Santander 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 Real Madrid 6–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 Real Sociedad 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 0–4 2–1 Sevilla 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 Valencia 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 Villarreal 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 Zaragoza 4–3 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–3 1–0 0–1 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 complete LFP es Awards Individual Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Pichichi Trophy Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal Ricardo Zamora Trophy Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona Don Balón Spanish Player of the Year Spain Xavi Barcelona Don Balón Foreign Player of the Year Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal Don Balón Young Player of the Year Spain Sergio Ramos Sevilla Don Balón Coach of the Year Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Barcelona Don Balón Referee of the Year Spain Alberto Undiano Mallenco — Team of the Season Soccer Field Transparant.svg 175 87% 0.40 1.35 175 Casillas 0.74 1.00 175 Sergio Ramos 0.60 1.11 175 Puyol 0.23 1.11 175 Perea 0.11 1.00 175 Del Horno 0.69 0.57 175 Joaquín 0.51 0.71 175 Deco 0.23 0.57 175 Riquelme 0.69 0.42 175 Baptista 0.23 0.31 175 Eto'o 0.63 0.31 175 Forlán La Liga Team of the Seasonhttps://es.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0f909c049dab-09e3a6474de5-1000--el-equipo-de-la-liga/ El Equipo de la Liga 7 June 2005 UEFA.com Jorge Sagarminaga es 23 September 2026 Goalkeeper Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Defenders Spain Sergio Ramos (Sevilla) Colombia Luis Amaranto Perea (Atlético Madrid) Spain Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Spain Asier del Horno (Athletic Bilbao) Midfielders Spain Joaquín (Real Betis) Portugal Deco (Barcelona) Argentina Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal) Brazil Júlio Baptista (Sevilla) Forwards Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) Uruguay Diego Forlán (Villarreal) Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1Cameroon Samuel Eto'oMarca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals. Barcelona 25Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 3Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Real Betis 22 4Brazil Ronaldo Real Madrid 21 5Brazil Júlio Baptista Sevilla 18 6Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 16 7Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 15Argentina Maxi Rodríguez EspanyolSpain David Villa Zaragoza 10Turkey Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad 13England Michael Owen Real Madrid Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Spain JoaquínReal Betis152 POR DecoBarcelona113 Spain Francisco YesteAthletic Bilbao104 Argentina Juan Román RiquelmeVillarreal9 BRA RonaldinhoBarcelona Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 25 35 2 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 30 37 3 Argentina Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 32 37 4 Spain Pepe Reina Villarreal 37 38 5 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 29 29 6 Spain Esteban Sevilla 33 28 Cameroon Carlos Kameni Espanyol 45 38 8 Spain Toni Doblas Real Betis 35 29 9 Spain Daniel Aranzubia Athletic Bilbao 52 37 Spain Luis García Zaragoza 52 37 Fair Play award This season, the award was not published neither given to any club due to an administrative affair.Recibirá Barcelona premio al Juego Limpio Barcelona will receive Fair Play Award http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbolinternacional/550548.html esmas.com 12 July 2006 6 September 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110710201931/http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbolinternacional/550548.html 10 July 2011 Hat-tricks List of La Liga hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDateARG Maxi RodríguezEspanyolReal Betis 4–1 (A)dmy 2004 9 12ESP Sergio PachónGetafeAthletic Bilbao 3–1 (H)dmy 2004 10 3ARG Juan Román RiquelmeVillarrealValencia 3–1 (H)dmy 2005 1 23BRA Ricardo OliveiraReal BetisAthletic Bilbao 4–4 (A)dmy 2005 2 13ESP SalvaAtlético MadridMallorca 3–1 (H)dmy 2005 4 3ISR Yossi BenayounRacing SantanderDeportivo La Coruña 4–1 (A)dmy 2005 4 24URU Diego ForlánVillarrealBarcelona 3–3 (A)dmy 2005 5 22 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp05.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 18 July 2026 # Club Avg. attendance % change Highest 1 FC Barcelona 73,357 8.5% 97,905 2 Real Madrid 71,934 3.9% 80,000 3 Atlético de Madrid 42,579 -4.0% 57,000 4 Valencia CF 42,442 -8.3% 50,000 5 Sevilla FC 39,526 12.0% 45,000 6 Real Betis 33,263 1.7% 45,000 7 Athletic Club 32,427 -0.5% 40,000 8 Real Zaragoza 30,947 4.4% 34,000 9 RCD Espanyol 24,067 0.7% 41,850 10 Málaga CF 22,053 6.7% 30,000 11 Deportivo de La Coruña 21,684 -16.8% 35,000 12 Real Sociedad 21,090 -19.5% 26,588 13 Villarreal CF 18,211 14.4% 22,000 14 Levante UD 16,964 19.1% 25,000 15 RCD Mallorca 15,399 -6.7% 23,620 16 CA Osasuna 14,967 -1.9% 17,814 17 Racing de Santander 13,452 -0.6% 17,589 18 Albacete Balompié 12,900 -16.5% 17,000 19 Getafe CF 12,811 81.8% 14,500 20 CD Numancia 7,958 54.0% 12,000 See also 2004–05 Segunda División 2004–05 Copa del Rey References External links 2004–05 1 Spain