2004–05 in Portuguese football

June 2025 The 2004–05 season in Portuguese football saw Benfica clinch the SuperLiga Galp Energia title after almost 11 years without the championship.https://www.publico.pt/2005/05/23/jornal/sl-benfica--o-campeonato-11-anos-depois-22044 SL Benfica - O campeonato 11 anos depois SL Benfica - The championship 11 years later pt www.publico.pt 23 May 2005 11 June 2025 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. The Portuguese teams that qualified for the UEFA competitions 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 CompetitionWinnerIntercontinental CupPortoSuperLiga Galp EnergiaBenficaCup of PortugalVitória SetúbalSuperCup Cândido de OliveiraPortoLeague of HonourPaços de FerreiraSecond Division BFC Vizela (North)Sporting Covilhã (Centre)FC Barreirense (South)Terceira Divisão«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. Promoted teams These teams were promoted from the League of Honour at the start of the season: Estoril (champion) Vitória de Setúbal (2nd placed) Penafiel (3rd placed) Final standings PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePoints1Benfica3419875131+2065 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 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 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 3816Moreirense34713143043 -133417Estoril3486203855 -173018Beira-Mar34612163056 -2630 UEFA competitions and relegations These teams were qualified for the UEFA competitions of 2005–06: UEFA Champions League Champions Benfica (group stage) 2nd placed Porto (group stage) 3rd placed Sporting CP (third qualifying round) UEFA Cup 4th placed Braga (first round) 5th placed Vitória de Guimarães (first round) Cup winner Vitória de Setúbal (first round) These teams were relegated to the League of Honour at the end of the season: Relegations 16th placed Moreirense 17th placed Estoril 18th placed Beira-Mar Top scorers 1 Liédson (Sporting CP) 24 =2 João Tomás (Braga) 15 =2 Simão (Benfica) 15 4 Wesley (Penafiel) 14 5 Henry Antchouet (Belenenses) 12 =6 Albert Meyong (Vitória de Setúbal) 11 =6 Benni McCarthy (Porto) 11 8 Zé Manuel (Boavista) 10 =9 Roberto (Penafiel) 9 =9 Wender (Braga) 9 =9 Jorginho (Vitória de Setúbal) 9 UEFA competitions UEFA Champions League Porto UEFA Champions League group H Match One 14 September 2004 Porto 0–0 CSKA Moscow Match Two 29 September 2004 Chelsea 3–1 Porto Match Three 20 October 2004 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Porto Match Four 2 November 2004 Porto 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Match Five 24 November 2004 CSKA Moscow 0–1 Porto Match Six 7 December 2004 Porto 2–1 Chelsea UEFA Champions League round of 16 1st leg 23 February 2005 Porto 1–1 Internazionale 2nd leg 15 March 2005 Internazionale 3–1 Porto Benfica UEFA Champions League third qualifying round 1st leg 10 August 2004 Benfica 1–0 Anderlecht 2nd leg 24 August 2004 Anderlecht 3–0 Benfica UEFA Cup first round 1st leg 16 September 2004 Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 Benfica 2nd leg 30 September 2004 Benfica 2–0 Dukla Banská Bystrica UEFA Cup group F Match One 21 October 2004 Benfica 4–2 Heerenveen Match Two 4 November 2004 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Benfica Match Three 25 November 2004 Benfica 2–0 Dinamo Zagreb Match Four 2 December 2004 Beveren 0–3 Benfica UEFA Cup round of 32 1st leg 17 February 2005 CSKA Moscow 2–0 Benfica 2nd leg 24 February 2005 Benfica 1–1 CSKA Moscow Sporting CP UEFA Cup first round 1st leg 16 September 2004 Sporting CP 2–0 Rapid Wien 2nd leg 30 September 2004 Rapid Wien 0–0 Sporting CP UEFA Cup group D Match Two 4 November 2004 Sporting CP 4–1 Panionios Match Three 25 November 2004 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–4 Sporting CP Match Four 1 December 2004 Sporting CP 0–1 Sochaux Match Five 16 December 2004 Newcastle United 1–1 Sporting CP UEFA Cup round of 32 1st leg 16 February 2005 Sporting CP 2–1 Feyenoord 2nd leg 24 February 2005 Feyenoord 1–2 Sporting CP UEFA Cup round of 16 1st leg 10 March 2005 Middlesbrough 2–3 Sporting CP 2nd leg 17 March 2005 Sporting CP 1–0 Middlesbrough UEFA Cup quarter-finals 1st leg 7 April 2005 Newcastle United 1–0 Sporting CP 2nd leg 14 April 2005 Sporting CP 4–1 Newcastle United UEFA Cup semi-finals 1st leg 28 April 2005 Sporting CP 2–1 AZ Alkmaar 2nd leg 5 May 2005 AZ Alkmaar 3–2 Sporting CP(a.e.t.) UEFA Cup final Final 18 May 2005 Sporting CP 1–3 CSKA Moscow Braga UEFA Cup first round 1st leg 16 September 2004 Hearts 3–1 Braga 2nd leg 30 September 2004 Braga 2–2 Hearts Marítimo UEFA Cup first round 1st leg 16 September 2004 Marítimo 1–0 Rangers 2nd leg 30 September 2004 Rangers 1–0 Marítimo(a.e.t.; 4–2 on penalties) Nacional UEFA Cup first round 1st leg 16 September 2004 Sevilla 2–0 Nacional 2nd leg 30 September 2004 Nacional 1–2 Sevilla União de Leiria UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 1st leg 17 July 2004 Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–4 União de Leiria 2nd leg 24 July 2004 União de Leiria 2–1 Shinnik Yaroslavl UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 1st leg 28 July 2004 Genk 0–0 União de Leiria 2nd leg 24 July 2004 União de Leiria 2–0 Genk UEFA Intertoto Cup finals 1st leg 10 August 2004 Lille 0–0 União de Leiria 2nd leg 24 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 2B Oliveira do Hospital 0 1 Braga 1 1 Vitória de Setúbal 3 1 Vitória de Guimarães 1 1 Nacional 1 (3) 3 Boavista (a.e.t.) 1 (4) 1 Académica 1 1 Marítimo 2 1 Beira-Mar - - bye - 3 Pinhalnovense 1 1 Belenenses 2 2 Estrela da Amadora 1 1 Penafiel 0 1 Benfica (a.e.t., pen.) 2 (3) (7) 1 Sporting CP 2 (3) (6) 1 Marítimo 0 1 Boavista 2 1 Vitória de Setúbal 3 1 Braga 2 1 Benfica 1 1 Beira-Mar 0 2 Estrela da Amadora (pen.) 0 (8) 1 Belenenses 0 (7) 2 Estrela da Amadora 0 1 Benfica 3 1 Vitória de Setúbal (a.e.t.) 1 (2) 1 Boavista 1 (1) 1 Vitória de Setúbal 2 1 Benfica 1 League of Honour Promoted teams These teams were promoted from the Second Division B at the start of the season: Gondomar (North Zone champion) Espinho (Centre Zone champion) Olhanense (South Zone champion) Final standings PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePoints1Paços de Ferreira3420956143+1869 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 3916Gondomar34116173845 -73917Chaves34910152438 -143718Espinho3499163751 -1436 Promotions and relegations The following teams were promoted to the SuperLiga (future Liga betandwin.com) for 2005–06: Promotions Champions – Paços de Ferreira 2nd placed – Naval 1º de Maio 3rd – Estrela da Amadora 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 PlaceScorerGoalsTeam1.Brazil Rincón18Paços de Ferreira2.Brazil Evandro17Maia3.Brazil Hermes16Marco4.Brazil Hugo Henrique15Santa ClaraPortugal João PedroLeixões6.Brazil Wesley14Gondomar7.Portugal Rui Miguel13Desportivo das Aves8.Brazil Didi12Marco9.Cape Verde Mateus11PortimonenseBrazil SerjãoPortimonense Second Division B Promoted and relegated teams Final standings Promotions and relegations Top scorers Third Division Promoted and relegated teams Final standings Promotions and relegations Top scorers District championships July 2010 Portugal national team DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompPortugal scorersSeptember 4, 2004Stadionas Skonto, RigaLatvia0-2WCQ3Cristiano Ronaldo, PauletaSeptember 8, 2004Estádio Municipal de Leiria, LeiriaEstonia4-0WCQ3Cristiano Ronaldo, Hélder Postiga (2), PauletaOctober 9, 2004Rheinpark Stadion, VaduzLiechtenstein2-2WCQ3Own goal, PauletaOctober 13, 2004Estádio José Alvalade, LisbonRussia7-1WCQ3Pauleta, Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Deco, Simão, Petit (2)November 17, 2004Stade Josy Barthel, LuxembourgLuxembourg0-5WCQ3Own goal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maniche, Pauleta (2)February 9, 2005Lansdowne Road, DublinRep. Ireland1-0F -March 26, 2005Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, BarcelosCanada4-1FManuel Fernandes, Pauleta, Hélder Postiga, Nuno GomesJune 4, 2005Estádio da Luz, LisbonSlovakia2-0WCQ3Fernando Meira, Cristiano RonaldoJune 8, 2005A.Le Coq Arena, TallinnEstonia0-1WCQ3Cristiano Ronaldo KEY: WCQ3 = World Cup Qualification match - Group 3; F = Friendly References Category:Seasons in Portuguese football Portuguese football Football Football