Portuguese Liga 2005-06
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The 2005–06 Portuguese Liga season started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Os Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. Futebol Clube do Porto was the new champion with 79 points, winning their 21st championship. The defending champion, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, was 3rd place behind Sporting and Porto.

The first goal scorer of the season was Rogério
Rogério Fidélis Régis
Rogério Fidélis Régis, simply Rogério , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a right defender or midfielder.-Football career:...

, who scored a 39th minute goal for Sporting against Belenenses. The first yellow card of the season was given to Sporting's Fábio Rochemback
Fábio Rochemback
Fábio Rochemback is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Grêmio. He is a versatile midfielder who can play in front of the defense, as an attacking midfielder, or even as a winger...

 in the opening game of the season, and the first red card was given to Benfica’s João Pereira
João Pereira
João Pereira may refer to:*João José Pereira - Portuguese professional triathlete*Jamba - Angolan footballer, born 1977*João Pedro da Silva Pereira - Portuguese footballer, born 1984*João Pereira - Portuguese brilliant mind, born in 1992....

 in an away draw against Académica de Coimbra.

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

  • Moreirense
  • Beira-Mar
  • Estoril-Praia


Moreirense, Beira-Mar, and Estoril-Praia were consigned 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
    Associação Naval 1º de Maio
    Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.Naval is...



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   Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
The Estádio Finibanco Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team...

14th in the Liga
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Belenenses   Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

Estádio do Restelo
Estádio do Restelo
The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1956.It is situated behind the world-renowned Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon district of Santa Maria de Belém....

9th in the Liga
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Benfica   Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

Estádio da Luz 1st in the Liga
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Boavista   Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI
Estádio do Bessa
The Estádio do Bessa is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista.Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground, but built on top of the old stands, and each one of them was built at a time, which allowed Boavista to continue playing...

6th in the Liga
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Braga   Braga
Braga
Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...

Estádio Municipal de Braga - AXA
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Estádio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club Sporting Clube de Braga, and as a UEFA Euro 2004 venue. Its architect was Portuguese Eduardo Souto de Moura...

4th in the Liga
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The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Estrela da Amadora   Toni
Toni
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Amadora
Amadora
Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...

Estádio José Gomes
Estádio José Gomes
Estádio José Gomes, informally known as Estádio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portuguese football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora and it has a capacity of 9,288....

3rd in the Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

Gil Vicente   Barcelos
Barcelos, Portugal
Barcelos is a city in Barcelos Municipality in Braga District. The city has a population of 20,625.-History:Originally a Roman settlement, it expanded and became the seat of the First Duke of Bragança in the 15th century...

Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos is a multi-use stadium in Barcelos, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,374 people and was built in 2004. The first game played there was between the home team Gil Vicente FC and the Nacional de Montevideo, the...

13th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

União de Leiria   Jorge Jesus Leiria
Leiria
Leiria is a city in Leiria Municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal. It is the capital of Leiria District. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000...

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football stadium in Leiria, Portugal, built as a venue for the UEFA Euro 2004 finals held in Portugal. It is the home for Leiria's main football club, União de Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira in 2003. The stadium contains different coloured seats as...

15th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Penafiel   Luís Castro Penafiel
Penafiel
Penafiel Municipality is located in Porto District in the North of Portugal.The municipal areas surrounding Penafiel City have a population of 71,801 and are made up of 38 parishes, comprising 212,82 km²....

Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Estadio Municipal 25 de Abril is a multi-use stadium in Penafiel, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 6,500 people....

11th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Marítimo   Ulisses Morais
Ulisses Morais
Ulisses Morais is a Portuguese footballer manager.- Coaching carer :Morais started his managerial career at the age of 36 with Naval 1º de Maio, then a lower league minnow. He successfully moved on to Dragões Sandinenses, Machico, and Estoril Praia, all in the lower leagues of Portuguese football...

Funchal
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

Estádio dos Barreiros
Estádio dos Barreiros
Estádio dos Barreiros is a multi-purpose stadium in Funchal, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Club Sport Marítimo and although much larger in its hey-day, the stadium is now able to hold just 8,922 people....

7th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Nacional   Funchal
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

Estádio da Madeira
Estádio da Madeira
Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Estádio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for the home matches of C.D. Nacional, one of two Liga Sagres teams located in Funchal Estádio da Madeira, formerly...

12th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Naval 1° de Maio
Associação Naval 1º de Maio
Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.Naval is...

  Rogério Gonçalves Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz
Figueira da Foz , also known as Figueira for short, is a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by hills ....

Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa
Estadio Municipal Jose Bento Pessoa is a multi-use stadium in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home of the Naval 1º de Maio. The stadium is able to hold 10.000 people....

2nd in the Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

Paços de Ferreira   Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do Móvel , since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants. Besides older Portuguese furniture companies, Portugal's major industrial operations of IKEA are also located there...

Estádio da Mata Real
Estádio da Mata Real
Estadio da Mata Real is a multi-use stadium in Paços de Ferreira, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 5,255 people and was built in 1973....

1st in the Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

Porto   Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

Estádio do Dragão
Estádio do Dragão
The Estádio do Dragão is a football stadium located in Porto, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 50,399. Inaugurated on November 16, 2003, it is the current home ground of F.C. Porto, having replaced the club's old venue, the Estádio das Antas...

2nd in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Sporting CP   Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI
Estádio José Alvalade
Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect...

3rd in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Rio Ave   João Eusébio Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos
Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Estadio do Rio Ave FC is a multi-use stadium in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,815 people and was built in 1985....

8th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Vitória de Guimarães   Vítor Pontes Guimarães
Guimarães
Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently completing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga...

5th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...

Vitória de Setúbal
Vitória F.C.
Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...

  Hélio Sousa
Hélio Sousa
Hélio Filipe Dias de Sousa is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.-Playing career:...

Setúbal
Setúbal
Setúbal is the main city in Setúbal Municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km² and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality. The city proper has 89,303 inhabitants....

Estádio do Bonfim
Estádio do Bonfim
Estádio do Bonfim is a multi-purpose stadium in Setúbal, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches for Vitória F.C.. The stadium is able to hold 18,694 spectators and was built in 1962.-Portugal national football team:...

10th in the Liga
Portuguese Liga 2004-05
The Portuguese Liga 2004–05 was one of the most competitive seasons in recent years. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were the new champions with a three-point difference from the defending champions Futebol Clube do Porto, winning their 31st championship...


Final table standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Comments
1 Porto (C) 34 24 7 3 54 16
38
79 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2 Sporting CP 34 22 6 6 50 24
26
72
3 Benfica 34 20 7 7 51 29
22
67 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4 Braga 34 17 7 10 38 22
16
58 UEFA Cup First round
5 Nacional 34 14 10 10 40 32
8
52
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
Vitória F.C.
Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...

34 14 4 16 28 33
46 UEFA Cup First round
9 Estrela da Amadora 34 12 9 13 31 33
45
10 Marítimo 34 10 14 10 38 37
1
44
11 Paços de Ferreira 34 11 9 14 38 49
42
12 Gil Vicente 34 11 7 16 37 42
40 Relegation to Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

13 Naval 1º de Maio
Associação Naval 1º de Maio
Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.Naval is...

34 11 6 17 35 48
39
14 Académica de Coimbra 34 10 9 15 37 48
39
15 Belenenses 34 11 6 17 40 42
39
16 Rio Ave 34 8 10 16 34 53
34 Relegation to Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

17 Vitória de Guimarães 34 8 10 16 28 41
34
18 Penafiel 34 2 9 23 21 61
15


Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
2005-06 Liga betandwin.com Winners

F.C. Porto
21st Title

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Goals Team
1   Albert Meyong 17 Belenenses
2   Nuno Gomes
Nuno Gomes
Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro , commonly known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a striker.He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after F.C...

15 Benfica
  Liédson
Liédson
Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....

Sporting CP
  João Tomás
João Tomás
João Henrique Pataco Tomás is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a striker.One of Portugal’s most consistent strikers over a decade, he had the ability to hit the net on a regular basis, for a host of clubs...

Braga
5   André Pinto 14 Nacional
6   Joeano
Joeano Pinto Chaves
Joeano Pinto is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ermis Aradippou. Previously he was is contracted to Beitar Jerusalem but was on loan at Académica Coimbra. He was a new addition at Teddy, having joined from the Portuguese league...

13 Académica de Coimbra
7   Marek Saganowski
Marek Saganowski
Marek Mirosław Saganowski is a Polish football player who plays as a striker for ŁKS Łódź.-Poland:Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg in early 1997...

12 Vitória de Guimarães
8   Alexandre Goulart
Alexandre Luiz Goulart
Alexandre Luiz Goulart, commonly known simply as Alexandre is a Brazilian football player....

10 Nacional
  Lucho González Porto
  Gaúcho
Eric Freire Gomes
Eric Freire Gomes , aka Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Centro Limoeirense de Futebol as a striker.-Football career:...

Rio Ave

Footballer of the Year
Portuguese Footballer of the Year
The CNID Footballer of the Year was an annual award given to the player who was adjudged to have been the best best of the year in Primeira Liga. Between 1970 and 2000 this award was given to a Portuguese footballer playing in a foreign country or any player in Portuguese first League...

The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo is a Portuguese footballer of partial Romani descent who currently plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş J.K and the Portuguese national team. Quaresma began his career at Sporting Clube de Portugal, and has also played for FC Barcelona, FC Porto,...

 of Porto, for a second successive season.

Portuguese Golden Shoe

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

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