2003–04 Primeira Liga

70th season of top-tier Portuguese football November 2020 Primeira Liga 2003–04 16 August 2003 – 9 May 2004 Porto20th title AlvercaPaços de FerreiraEstrela da Amadora Champions League PortoBenfica UEFA Cup Sporting CPNacionalBragaMarítimo Benni McCarthy (20 goals) Gil Vicente 5–1 Estrela da Amadora (23 September 2003) Nacional 5–1 Braga(25 January 2004) Académica 0–5 Belenenses (21 February 2004) Gil Vicente 4–4 Nacional (7 December 2003) 306 726 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Primeira Liga was the 70th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started 16 August 2003 with an opening game between Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal, and ended on 9 May 2004. It was contested by 18 teams. FC Porto were the defending champions and became champions again, winning the Portuguese title in two consecutive seasons. The first goal of the season was scored by Académica's Filipe Alvim in the opening game against Sporting CP. The first red card of the season was given to Paços de Ferreira's Portuguese midfielder Pedrinha in the 3rd game of the season against Nacional and the first yellow card was given to Sporting's Portuguese midfielder Custódio in the opening game of the season. Porto's Benni McCarthy was the top scorer of the season, scoring 20 goals. Porto qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting, Nacional, Braga and Marítimo qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Alverca, Paços de Ferreira and Estrela da Amadora were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Segunda Liga Varzim Santa Clara Vitória de Setúbal Varzim, Santa Clara, and Vitória de Setúbal were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2002–03 season. Teams promoted from Segunda Liga Rio Ave Alverca Estrela da Amadora The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Alverca, Estrela da Amadora from Segunda Liga. Teams Portugal right 250 Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga Portugal 39.748611 -8.813056 Leiria Portugal 38.7520 -9.2280 Estrela bottom Portugal 40.20333333 -8.407777778 Académica right Portugal 38.70277778 -9.207777778 BelenensesBenficaSporting top Portugal 41.16175833 -8.583933333 PortoBoavista left Portugal 41.5624 -8.4308 Braga top Portugal 38.89 -9.04 Alverca right Portugal 41.35 -8.75 Rio Ave left Portugal 41.300508 -8.378448 Ferreira bottom Portugal 41.445833 -8.301111 GuimarãesMoreirense right Portugal 41.516667 -8.616667 Gil Vicente left Portugal 37 -9.7 Black triangle.svg Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional Portugal Madeira right 250 Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga Portugal Madeira 32.645561 -16.928331 Marítimo left Portugal Madeira 32.670625 -16.883525 Nacional left Team summaries Club Head coach City Stadium 2002–2003 season Académica de Coimbra Portugal João Carlos Pereira Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th Alverca Portugal José Couceiro Alverca Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca 2nd in the Segunda Liga Belenenses Portugal Augusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 9th Benfica Spain José Camacho Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 10th Braga Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 14th Estrela da Amadora Portugal Miguel Quaresma Amadora Estádio José Gomes 3rd in the Segunda Liga Gil Vicente Portugal Luís Campos Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 8th União de Leiria Portugal Vítor Pontes Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 5th Marítimo Portugal Manuel Cajuda Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th Nacional BRA Casemiro Mior Funchal Estádio da Madeira 11th Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 6th Beira-Mar Portugal António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 13th Moreirense Portugal Manuel Machado Manuel Machado (football manager) Guimarães Estádio do Moreirense 12th Porto Portugal José Mourinho Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st Sporting CP Portugal Fernando Santos Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 1st in the Segunda Liga Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Jorge Jesus Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th Managerial changes TeamOutgoing manageManner Date of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentAcadémica de CoimbraPOR Artur JorgeResigned28 August 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=171540 Artur Jorge anuncia saída Artur Jorge announces departure Record pt 28 August 2003 7 November 2010POR Vítor Oliveira28 August 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=171552 Vítor Oliveira é o novo técnico da briosa Vítor Oliveira is briosa's new coach Record pt 28 August 2003 7 November 2010Vitória de GuimarãesPortugal Augusto InácioSacked8 December 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=181358 Jorge Jesus substitui Inácio no comando técnico Jorge Jesus replaces Inácio as coach Record pt 8 December 2003 7 November 2010Portugal Jorge Jesus8 December 2003Paços de FerreiraPortugal José GomesMutual Consent21 October 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=176688 José Gomes rescinde José Gomes ends contract Record pt 21 October 2003 7 November 2010Portugal José Mota22 October 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=176776 José Mota: "Toda a gente fugia de responsabilidades" José Mota: "Everyone was running from the responsibilities" Record pt 22 October 2003 7 November 2010Estrela da AmadoraPortugal João AlvesSacked3 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=177916 João Alves deixa comando técnico João Alves leaves Record pt 3 November 2003 7 November 2010Portugal Miguel Quaresma3 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=177964 Miguel Quaresma sucede a João Alves Miguel Quaresma succeeds João Alves Record pt 4 November 2003 7 November 2010Gil VicentePortugal Mário ReisSacked11 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=178718 Mário Reis demitido Mário Reis fired Record pt 11 November 2003 7 November 2010Portugal Luís Campos25 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=180125 Luís Campos é o novo treinador Luís Campos is the new coach Record pt 25 November 2003 7 November 2010BelenensesPortugal Manuel JoséResigned22 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=180087 Manuel José despede-se Manuel José fired himself Record pt 25 November 2003 7 November 2010Serbia and Montenegro Bogićević23 November 2003 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=179880 Bogicevic apresentado no Restelo Bogicevic presented in Restelo Record pt 23 November 2003 7 November 2010BelenensesSerbia and Montenegro BogićevićSacked19 January 2004 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=185294 Bogicevic abandona comando do Belém Bogicevic abandons Belém commands Record pt 20 January 2004 7 November 2010Portugal Augusto Inácio20 January 2004 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=185302 Inácio apresentado Inácio presented Record pt 20 January 2004 7 November 2010Académica de CoimbraPOR Vítor OliveiraSacked26 January 2004 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=185991 Vítor Oliveira afastado pelos maus resultados Vítor Oliveira fired by bad results Record pt 27 January 2004 7 November 2010POR João Pereira27 January 2004BoavistaBolivia Erwin SánchezSacked8 March 2004 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=190015 Sanchez acerta a rescisão Sanchez solves end of contract Record pt 8 March 2004 10 November 2010Portugal Jaime Pacheco8 March 2004 http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=190079 Jaime Pacheco: "Prometemos estar de corpo e alma neste projecto" Jaime Pacheco: "We promise to be with ours hearts and souls in this project" Record pt 8 March 2004 10 November 2010 League table main WDL 5 QR POR Porto BEN Benfica SCP Sporting CP NAC Nacional BRA Braga MAR Marítimo RAV Rio Ave BOA Boavista MOR Moreirense ULE União de Leiria BEM Beira-Mar GVI Gil Vicente ACA Académica VGU Vitória de Guimarães BEL Belenenses ALV Alverca PAÇ Paços de Ferreira EST Estrela da Amadora 25 7 2 63 19 C 22 8 4 62 28 23 4 7 60 33 17 5 12 56 35 15 9 10 36 38 12 12 10 35 33 12 12 10 42 37 12 11 11 32 31 12 10 12 33 33 11 12 11 43 45 11 8 15 36 45 10 10 14 43 40 11 5 18 40 42 9 10 15 31 40 8 11 15 35 54 10 5 19 33 49 R 8 4 22 27 53 R 4 5 25 22 74 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League. UC1 UC1 UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 red1 Relegation to Segunda Liga R R R complete 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored Foradejogo Results main FBR grey ACA ALV BEM BEL BEN BOA BRA EST GVI MAR MOR NAC PAÇ POR RAV SCP ULE VGU Académica 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 Alverca 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–4 1–4 Beira-Mar 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–2 Belenenses 0–5 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 Benfica 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–3 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 Boavista 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 Braga 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 Estrela da Amadora 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 0–0 0–1 Gil Vicente 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 4–4 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 Marítimo 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 Moreirense 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 Nacional 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–3 0–2 4–2 Paços de Ferreira 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 Porto 4–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 Rio Ave 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 Sporting CP 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 União de Leiria 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 complete Foradejogo pt Statistics Top goal scorers RankScorerClubGoals https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/port04.html Portugal 2003/04 30 March 2006 6 November 2010 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1RSA Benni McCarthyPorto202BRA AdrianoNacional193BRA EvandroRio Ave15BRA LiédsonSporting5POR Ricardo SousaBoavista146Brazil DerleiPorto137POR Simão SabrosaBenfica128POR Zé ManuelPaços de Ferreira11BRA FerreiraGil VicenteBRA WenderBraga Hat-tricks Player Nationality For Against Result Date Henry Antchouet Gabon Belenenses Estrela da Amadora 4–0 dmy 2003 09 7 Adriano Brazil Nacional Vitória de Guimarães 4–2 dmy 2003 10 5 Liédson Brazil Sporting Estrela da Amadora 4–0 dmy 2004 4 10Adriano Rossato Brazil Nacional Beira Mar 3-0 dmy 2004 4 25 Benni McCarthy Porto Paços de Ferreira 3–1 dmy 2004 05 9 Awards Monthly awards Month Player of the Month Player ClubSeptember http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=176914 Petrolina foi o melhor no mês de Setembro Petrolina was September's best player Record pt 24 October 2003 4 November 2010BRA Juninho PetrolinaBeira-MarOctober http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=179082 Derlei é o melhor de Outubro Derlei elected October's best player Record pt 15 November 2003 4 November 2010BRA DerleiFC PortoNovember http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=181818 Barbosa eleito Jogador do Mês Barbosa elected the player of the month Record pt 13 December 2003 4 November 2010POR Pedro BarbosaSporting CPDecember http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=183305 Evandro eleito o melhor do mês Evandro elected the player of the month Record pt 30 December 2003 4 November 2010BRA EvandroRio AveJanuary http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=186675 McCarthy é o jogador do mês McCarthy is the player of the month Record pt 3 February 2004 4 November 2010RSA Benni McCarthyFC PortoFebruary http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=189827 Sindicato premeia Petit Syndicate awards Petit Record pt 6 March 2004 4 November 2010POR PetitBenficaMarch http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=326689&div_id=1459&psec_id=46 Douala eleito melhor jogador do mês de Março Douala elected March's best player maisfutebol.iol.pt pt 15 April 2005 4 November 2010 29 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011008/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=326689&div_id=1459&psec_id=46 dead CMR DoulaSporting CPApril http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=330890&div_id=1465&psec_id=46 Rossato eleito melhor jogador do mês de Abril Rossato elected April's best player maisfutebol.iol.pt pt 28 April 2005 4 November 2010 29 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011110/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=330890&div_id=1465&psec_id=46 dead BRA RossatoNacionalMay http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=337288&div_id=1676&psec_id=46 McCarthy eleito melhor jogador de Maio McCarthy elected May's best player maisfutebol.iol.pt pt 13 May 2005 4 November 2010 29 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011123/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=337288&div_id=1676&psec_id=46 dead RSA Benni McCarthyFC Porto Annual awards Portuguese Silver Boot The Portuguese Silver Boot award was won by the South African Benni McCarthy of Porto, by scoring 20 goals. Attendances # Club Average 1 Porto 34,143 2 Sporting 30,958 3 Benfica 28,395 4 Vitória SC 10,728 5 Braga 9,441 6 Académica 7,693 7 Beira-Mar 6,990 8 Boavista 5,806 9 União de Leiria 5,509 10 Os Belenenses 5,353 11 Marítimo 4,735 12 Moreirense 3,647 13 Rio Ave 3,324 14 Paços de Ferreira 3,300 15 CD Nacional 3,047 16 Gil Vicente 2,788 17 Alverca 2,382 18 Estrela da Amadora 2,176 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt04.htm 2026-09-08 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References 30em External links Portuguese Liga 2003-04 at rsssf.com Category:Primeira Liga seasons Port 1