| Season | 2005–06 |
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| Champions | Porto 21th title |
| Relegated | Gil Vicente Rio Ave Vitória de Guimarães Penafiel |
| Champions League | Porto Sporting CP (group stage) Benfica (third qualifiying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Braga (first round) Nacional (first round) Vitória de Setúbal (first round) |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 681 (2.23 per match) |
| Average goals/game | 2.23 |
| Top goalscorer | Meyong (17) |
| Biggest home win | Braga 5–0 Rio Ave (17 February 2006) |
| Biggest away win | Maritimo 0–6 Vitória de Setúbal (20 November 2005) |
| Highest scoring | União de Leiria 5-2 Rio Ave (7 goals) (07 May 2006) [1] |
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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, 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 an away draw against Académica de Coimbra.
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Moreirense, Beira-Mar, and Estoril-Praia were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2004–05 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, Paços de Ferreira, and Naval 1º de Maio from the Liga de Honra.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Comments |
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| 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 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 46 | UEFA Cup First round |
| 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 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 42 | -5 | 40 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 13 | Naval 1º de Maio | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 48 | -13 | 39 | |
| 14 | Académica de Coimbra | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 48 | -11 | 39 | |
| 15 | Belenenses | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 39 | |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 53 | -19 | 34 | Relegation to Liga de Honra |
| 17 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 41 | -13 | 34 | |
| 18 | Penafiel | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 61 | -40 | 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 |
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F.C. Porto 21st Title |
| Rank | Scorer | Goals | Team |
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| 1 | Albert Meyong | 17 | Belenenses |
| 2 | Nuno Gomes | 15 | Benfica |
| Liédson | Sporting CP | ||
| João Tomás | Braga | ||
| 5 | André Pinto | 14 | Nacional |
| 6 | Joeano | 13 | Académica de Coimbra |
| 7 | Marek Saganowski | 12 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 8 | Alexandre Goulart | 10 | Nacional |
| Lucho González | Porto | ||
| Gaúcho | Rio Ave |
The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma of Porto, for a second successive season.
The Portuguese Golden Shoe award was won by the Cameroonian Albert Meyong of Belenenses, scoring 17 goals.
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