2005–06 Primeira Liga

Nowadays, 2005–06 Primeira Liga is in the focus of many people. Its relevance has grown significantly in different aspects, generating debates, research and multiple opinions on the matter. This topic is of great interest to society in general, since it impacts in some way on people's daily lives. In this article, we will explore different perspectives on 2005–06 Primeira Liga, its evolution over time and its influence in various areas. Likewise, we will analyze how 2005–06 Primeira Liga has been gaining importance today and what are the implications of its relevance in different areas.

Primeira Liga
Season2005–06
Dates19 August 2005 – 7 May 2006
ChampionsPorto
21st title
RelegatedGil Vicente
Rio Ave
Vitória de Guimarães
Penafiel
Champions LeaguePorto
Sporting CP
Benfica
UEFA CupBraga
Nacional
Vitória de Setúbal
Matches played306
Goals scored681 (2.23 per match)
Average goals/game2.23
Best PlayerRicardo Quaresma
Top goalscorerAlbert Meyong (17 goals)
Biggest home winBraga 5–0 Rio Ave
(17 February 2006)
Biggest away win1-4
(3 times)
0-3
(6 times)
Highest scoringUnião de Leiria 5–2 Rio Ave
(7 May 2006)[1]

The 2005–06 Primeira Liga was the 72nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting CP and Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as defending champions.

Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage, and Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round; Braga, Nacional and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup; in opposite, with the league dropping to 16 teams, four teams were relegated to the Liga de Honra; Gil Vicente, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães and Penafiel. Meyong was the top scorer with 17 goals.

The season's first goal was scored by Rogério, who scored a 39th-minute goal for Sporting against Belenenses. The first yellow card of the season was given to Sporting's Fábio Rochemback in the opening game of the season, and the first red card was given to Benfica's João Pereira in his club's away draw against Académica de Coimbra.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Moreirense, Beira-Mar and Estoril were relegated to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2004–05 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, Paços de Ferreira and Naval 1º de Maio from the Liga de Honra.

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Location of teams in the 2005-06 Liga
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Location of teams in the '2005-06 Liga

Club information

Club Season's Last Head Coach City Stadium 2004–2005 season
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Nelo Vingada Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 14th
Belenenses Portugal Carlos Carvalhal Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 9th
Benfica Netherlands Ronald Koeman Lisbon Estádio da Luz 1st
Boavista Portugal Carlos Brito Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 6th
Braga Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga – AXA 4th
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Toni Conceição Amadora Estádio José Gomes 3rd in the Liga de Honra
Gil Vicente Portugal Paulo Alves Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 13th
União de Leiria Portugal Jorge Jesus Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 15th
Penafiel Portugal Luís Castro Penafiel Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril 11th
Marítimo Portugal Ulisses Morais Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th
Nacional Portugal Manuel Machado Funchal Estádio da Madeira 12th
Naval 1° de Maio Portugal Rogério Gonçalves Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 1st in the Liga de Honra
Porto Netherlands Co Adriaanse Porto Estádio do Dragão 2nd
Sporting CP Portugal Paulo Bento Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 3rd
Rio Ave Portugal João Eusébio Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 8th
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Vítor Pontes Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal Hélio Sousa Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 7 3 54 16 +38 79 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 34 17 7 10 38 22 +16 58 Qualification to 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 34 14 4 16 28 33 −5 46 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Estrela da Amadora 34 12 9 13 31 33 −2 45
10 Marítimo 34 10 14 10 38 37 +1 44
11 Paços de Ferreira 34 11 9 14 38 49 −11 42
12 Gil Vicente (R) 34 11 7 16 37 42 −5 40 Relegation to Liga de Honra[b]
13 Académica 34 10 9 15 37 48 −11 39
14 Naval 1º de Maio 34 11 6 17 35 48 −13 39
15 Belenenses 34 11 6 17 40 42 −2 39 Spared from relegation[b]
16 Rio Ave (R) 34 8 10 16 34 53 −19 34 Relegation to Liga de Honra
17 Vitória de Guimarães (R) 34 8 10 16 28 41 −13 34
18 Penafiel (R) 34 2 9 23 21 61 −40 15
Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Taça de Portugal winners Porto qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Vitória de Setúbal, who were the Taça de Portugal runners-up.
  2. ^ a b Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player, Angolan forward Mateus.[2] Due to this they lost the right to participate in the 2006–07 Primeira Liga which as a result meant Belenenses remained in the league

Results

Home \ Away ACA BEL BEN BOA BRA EST GVI MAR NAV NAC PAÇ PEN POR RAV SCP ULE VGU VSE
Académica 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–0 0–1
Belenenses 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–1
Benfica 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–0
Boavista 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0
Braga 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Estrela da Amadora 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0
Gil Vicente 4–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 5–0
Marítimo 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0
Naval 1º de Maio 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–3
Nacional 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–2
Paços de Ferreira 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2
Penafiel 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Porto 5–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0
Rio Ave 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0
Sporting CP 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
União de Leiria 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 5–2 0–1 1–0 0–2
Vitória de Guimarães 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–0
Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1
Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Goals Team
1 Cameroon Albert Meyong 17 Belenenses
2 Portugal Nuno Gomes 15 Benfica
Brazil Liédson Sporting CP
Portugal João Tomás Braga
5 Brazil André Pinto 14 Nacional
6 Brazil Joeano 13 Académica de Coimbra
7 Poland Marek Saganowski 12 Vitória de Guimarães
8 Brazil Alexandre 10 Nacional
Argentina Lucho González Porto
Brazil Gaúcho Rio Ave

Awards

Footballer of the Year

The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma of Porto, for a second successive season.

Portuguese Golden Shoe

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

References

  1. ^ "Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave" [Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). 7 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. ^ "More turmoil in Portuguese football". The Portugal News. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.