2004–05 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

2004–05 season
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Primeira Liga	1st
Champions League	3rd Qualifying Round
Taça de Portugal	Final
UEFA Cup	Last 32
Top goalscorer	Simão (15)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

S.L. Benfica claimed its first league title since 1994, much to due to Luisão's late winner against arch rivals Sporting in the penultimate round. The title was the only domestic league victory in a decade dominated by F.C. Porto, which suffered from a brief blip following a mass exodus following their Champions League victory. The 65 points claimed by Benfica in the 2004-05 season was actually nine points less than in the previous season.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Goalkeepers 1.2 Defenders 1.3 Midfielders 1.4 Attackers 2 Primeira Liga 2.1 Matches 2.2 Top Scorers

Squad

Goalkeepers

• José Moreira
• Quim

Defenders

• Manuel dos Santos
• Argel
• Luisão
• Azar Karadas
• Panagiotis Fyssas
• André Luís
• Miguel
• Ricardo Rocha
• João Pereira

Midfielders

• Petit
• Paulo Almeida
• Bruno Aguiar
• Zlatko Zahovič
• Geovanni
• Nuno Assis
• Simão
• Carlitos
• Everson
• Manuel Fernandes
• Fernando Alexandre

Attackers

• Mantorras
• Nuno Gomes
• Tomislav Šokota
• Andrija Delibašić

Primeira Liga

Matches

1	Beira-Mar	2–3	Benfica
	Alcaraz  63' Beto  68'		Karadas  42, 49' Petit  45'

2	Benfica	2–0	Moreirense
	Petit  24' Simão  83'

3	Académica	0–1	Benfica
			Simão  74'

4	Benfica	0–0	Braga

5	Vitória Guimarães	1–2	Benfica
	Moreno  78'		Simão  68' Geovanni  90 + 1'

6	Benfica	0–1	Porto
			McCarthy  10'

7	Benfica	2–1	Nacional
	Karadas  61' Šokota  80'		Goulart  87'

8	Gil Vicente	1–1	Benfica
	Nandinho  39'		Simão  90 + 6'

9	Benfica	4–0	Vitória Setúbal
	Karadas  31' Šokota  50' Geovanni  72' Simão  90 + 2'

10	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica
	Pena  10'		Simão  16'

11	Benfica	3–3	Rio Ave
	Simão  3, 23' Šokota  30'		Franco  25' Paulo César  60' Jacques  80'

12	União Leiria	1–0	Benfica
	Fangueiro  13'

13	Benfica	2–1	Estoril-Praia
	Simão  34', 43' (pen.)		João Paulo  5'

14	Belenenses	4–1	Benfica
	Antchouet  24' Lourenço  29' (pen.) José Pedro  34, 73'		Šokota  75'

15	Benfica	1–0	Penafiel
	Argel  22'

16	Sporting	2–1	Benfica
	Liédson  22, 68'		Nuno Gomes  26'

17	Benfica	4–0	Boavista
	Simão  40' (pen.) Nuno Gomes  58, 67' Mantorras  90 + 4'

18	Benfica	0–2	Beira-Mar
			S. Silva  37, 66'

19	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica
	Armando  75'		Nuno Gomes  9' Nuno Assis  37'

20	Benfica	3–0	Académica
	Geovanni  32' Simão  58, 80'

21	Braga	0–0	Benfica

22	Benfica	2–1	Vitória Guimarães
	Geovanni  12' Nuno Assis  44'		Peixoto  46'

23	Porto	1–1	Benfica
	McCarthy  66'		Geovanni  75'

24	Nacional	0–1	Benfica
			Nuno Gomes  49'

25	Benfica	2–0	Gil Vicente
	Mantorras  52' Miguel  88'

26	Vitória Setúbal	0–2	Benfica
			Fernandes  43' Geovanni  64'

27	Benfica	4–3	Marítimo
	Nuno Gomes  6, 23' Miguel  17' Mantorras  58'		Pena  7, 48' van der Gaag  30'

28	Rio Ave	1–0	Benfica
	Miguelito  90 + 1'

29	Benfica	1–1	União Leiria
	Mantorras  90 + 3'		João Paulo  17'

30	Estoril-Praia	1–2	Benfica
	Paulo Sousa  11'		Luisão  76' Mantorras  82'

31	Benfica	1–0	Belenenses
	Simão  69' (pen.)

32	Penafiel	1–0	Benfica
	N'Doye  60'

33	Benfica	1–0	Sporting
	Luisão  83'

34	Boavista	1–1	Benfica
	Éder  43'		Simão  38' (pen.)

Top Scorers

• Simão 15 (4)
• Nuno Gomes 7
• Geovanni 5
• Tomislav Šokota 4
• Azar Karadas 4
• Mantorras 4

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