2003–04 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2003-04
Champions Porto
20th title
Relegated Alverca
Paços de Ferreira
Estrela da Amadora
Champions League Porto (group stage)
Benfica (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Sporting CP (first round)
Nacional (first round)
Braga (first round)
Marítimo (first round)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 726 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer Benni McCarthy (20)

The Primeira Liga 2003-04 began on 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. Futebol Clube do Porto was the defending champion and the new champion again, winning the Portuguese title in two consecutive seasons. As well as winning the domestic league, Porto also won the most prestigious club trophy in Europe: the UEFA Champions League, beating AS Monaco in the final.

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, including an impressive hat-trick in a 3-1 victory against Paços de Ferreira; it was Porto's last league game of the season.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

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 Liga de Honra

The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Alverca, Estrela da Amadora from Liga de Honra.

Teams

Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional
Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga
Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Team summaries

Club Head Coach City Stadium 2002-2003 season
Académica de Coimbra João Pereira Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th in the Liga
Alverca Couceiro, JoséJosé Couceiro Alverca Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca 2nd in the Liga de Honra
Belenenses Inácio, AugustoAugusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 9th in the Liga
Benfica José Camacho Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd in the Liga
Boavista Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 10th in the Liga
Braga Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 14th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora Miguel Quaresma Amadora Estádio José Gomes 3rd in the Liga de Honra
Gil Vicente Luís Campos Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 8th in the Liga
União de Leiria Vítor Pontes Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 5th in the Liga
Marítimo Manuel Cajuda Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th in the Liga
Nacional Casemiro Mior Funchal Estádio da Madeira 11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 6th in the Liga
Beira-Mar António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 13th in the Liga
Moreirense Machado, ManuelManuel Machado Guimarães Estádio do Moreirense 12th in the Liga
Porto Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st in the Liga
Sporting CP Santos, FernandoFernando Santos Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd in the Liga
Rio Ave Brito, CarlosCarlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 1st in the Liga de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th in the Liga

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manage Manner Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Académica de Coimbra Artur Jorge Resigned 28 August 2003[1] Vítor Oliveira 28 August 2003[2]
Vitória de Guimarães Augusto Inácio Sacked 8 December 2003[3] Jorge Jesus 8 December 2003[3]
Paços de Ferreira José Gomes Mutual Consent 21 October 2003[4] José Mota 22 October 2003[5]
Estrela da Amadora João Alves Sacked 3 November 2003[6] Miguel Quaresma 3 November 2003[7]
Gil Vicente Mário Reis Sacked 11 November 2003[8] Luís Campos 25 November 2003[9]
Belenenses Manuel José Resigned 22 November 2003[10] Bogićević 23 November 2003[11]
Belenenses Bogićević Sacked 19 January 2004[12] Augusto Inácio 20 January 2004[13]
Académica de Coimbra Vítor Oliveira Sacked 26 January 2004[14] João Pereira 27 January 2004[14]
Boavista Erwin Sánchez Sacked 8 March 2004[15] Jaime Pacheco 8 March 2004[16]

Final table standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Comments
1 Porto (C) 34 25 07 02 63 19 +44 82 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2 Benfica 34 22 08 04 62 28 +34 74 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
3 Sporting CP 34 23 04 07 60 33 +27 73 UEFA Cup First round
4 Nacional 34 17 05 12 56 35 +21 56
5 Braga 34 15 08 11 33 36 -3 54
6 Marítimo 34 12 12 10 35 33 +2 48
7 Rio Ave 34 12 12 10 42 37 +5 48
8 Boavista 34 12 11 11 32 31 +1 47
9 Moreirense 34 12 10 12 33 33 00 46
10 União de Leiria 34 11 12 11 43 45 -1 45 Intertoto Cup
11 Beira Mar 34 11 08 15 36 45 -9 41
12 Gil Vicente 34 10 10 14 43 40 +3 40
13 Académica de Coimbra 34 11 05 18 40 42 -2 38
14 Vitória de Guimarães 34 09 10 15 31 40 -9 37
15 Belenenses 34 08 11 15 35 54 -19 35
16 Alverca 34 10 05 19 33 49 -16 35 Relegation to Liga de Honra
17 Paços de Ferreira 34 08 04 22 27 53 -26 28
18 Estrela da Amadora 34 04 05 25 22 74 -52 17

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[17]
1 Benni McCarthy Porto 20
2 Adriano Nacional 19
3 Evandro Rio Ave 15
Liédson Sporting
5 Ricardo Sousa Boavista 14
6 Derlei Porto 13
7 Simão Sabrosa Benfica 12
8 Zé Manuel Paços de Ferreira 11
Ferreira Gil Vicente
Wender Braga

Hat-tricks

Player Nationality For Against Result Date
Henry Antchouet  Gabon Belenenses Estrela da Amadora 4–0 02003-09-07 7 September 2003
Adriano  Brazil Nacional Vitória de Guimarães 4–2 02003-10-05 5 October 2003
Liédson  Brazil Sporting Estrela da Amadora 4–0 02004-04-10 10 April 2004
Adriano Rossato  Brazil Nacional Beira Mar 3-0 02004-04-25 25 April 2004
Benni McCarthy  South Africa Porto Paços de Ferreira 3–1 02004-05-09 9 May 2004

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
September[18] Juninho Petrolina Beira-Mar
October[19] Derlei FC Porto
November[20] Pedro Barbosa Sporting CP
December[21] Evandro Rio Ave
January[22] Benni McCarthy FC Porto
February[23] Petit Benfica
March[24] Doula Sporting CP
April[25] Rossato Nacional
May[26] Benni McCarthy FC Porto

Annual awards

Portuguese League Footballer of the Year

The Portuguese League Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese International Deco of Porto.

Portuguese Silver Boot

The Portuguese Silver Boot award was won by the South African Benni McCarthy of Porto, by scoring 20 goals.

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