2005–06 in Portuguese football

The 2005–06 season in Portuguese football saw Futebol Clube do Porto, led by Co Adriaanse, clinch their 21st title and win the Portuguese Cup. Sporting Clube de Portugal secured second place, which gives them a direct entrance into next season's UEFA Champions League. Sport Lisboa e Benfica had a disappointing season; however, they returned to the spotlight of European football with a good run in the Champions League.

Sporting Clube de Braga and Clube Desportivo Nacional challenged Sporting, Benfica, and Porto for a major part of the season. Nacional, in particular, broke up Os Grandes for most of the season, beating Sporting 2-1 at home in a memorable victory, before falling away towards the end of the season. Braga finished the season in fourth place and Nacional finished fifth in the table after having slipped all the way to seventh at one point. Two famous Portuguese clubs, Vitória de Guimarães and Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, were relegated.

Also of note was the suspension of Benfica midfielder Nuno Assis after testing positive for a banned substance in a league match [1]. This positive test has been challenged very aggressively by Benfica's management, as the tests seem to have failed to follow proper procedures [2], as 72 hours passed between the collection of the sample and the tests.

Early in the season, Benfica won the Portuguese SuperCup in a match against previous cup winner Vitória de Setúbal.

In European club competitions, Benfica reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League after eliminating Manchester United in the group phase and title-holders Liverpool in the last-32, only to be eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual Champions Barcelona. Meanwhile, Porto had a relatively bad season, failing to qualify through the group stage and not even securing a spot in the UEFA Cup. Sporting was eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Champions by Udinese and went on to fail again in the first round of the UEFA Cup, eliminated at the hands of Halmstad. All Portuguese teams failed to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Cup, with the exception of Vitória de Guimarães, which managed to surpass Wisła Kraków, but failed to progress past the group stages.

In international football, the Selecção secured a place in Germany's 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they were grouped with Mexico, Iran, and newcomer Angola.

Contents

Honours

Competition Winner
Liga Porto
Cup of Portugal Porto
Portuguese SuperCup Benfica
Liga de Honra Beira-Mar
Second Division Trofense (A)
Lousada (B)
Oliveirense (C)
Olivais e Moscavide (D)
Third Division Maria da Fonte (A)
Vila Meã (B)
União Lamas (C)
Eléctrico(D)
Atlético CP (E)
Estrela (F)
Lusitânia (Azores)

Liga

These teams were promoted from the Liga de Honra at the start of the season:

Table results

  Académica Belenenses Benfica Boavista Estrela Am. FC Porto Gil Vicente Marítimo Nacional Naval P. Ferreira Penafiel Rio Ave Sporting Sp. Braga U. Leiria V. Guimarães V. Setúbal
Académica   0-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-0 1-0 2-2 0-3 0-3 1-3 1-0 0-1
Belenenses 0-0   1-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-1 1-0 2-3 2-0 5-0 1-2 0-1 2-0 3-1 3-1 3-1
Benfica 3-0 0-0   1-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 2-2 1-0 0-0 2-0 4-0 2-2 1-3 1-0 4-0 2-1 1-0
Boavista 2-1 0-2 0-2   2-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-3 3-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0
Estrela Am. 3-2 1-2 1-2 1-1   2-1 1-0 2-2 0-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 1-0
FC Porto 5-1 2-0 0-2 1-0 1-0   3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 0-0
Gil Vicente 4-3 1-0 1-3 0-1 1-1 0-1   1-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 2-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 1-2 1-1 5-0
Marítimo 2-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 1-1   2-0 2-1 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-0 3-0 0-1 1-0
Nacional 2-2 4-0 1-1 1-0 1-2 0-1 2-0 2-1   2-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-4 1-1 2-2
Naval 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 2-3 1-4 2-0 3-1   1-0 4-1 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-3
P. Ferreira 2-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 0-1 3-1   2-2 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-2
Penafiel 1-0 0-3 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 3-2 1-2 0-1 2-2   0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-1
Rio Ave 1-4 2-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 2-2 0-2 0-1 2-2 2-0   1-3 1-2 1-2 3-1 1-0
Sporting 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 3-0   1-0 2-1 2-0 1-0
Sp. Braga 2-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-3 1-0 5-0 3-2   1-0 1-0 0-1
U. Leiria 0-2 2-2 3-1 0-0 1-1 1-3 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3-0 1-1 5-2 0-1 0-1   1-0 0-2
V. Guimarães 1-1 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-2 3-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-3   4-0
V. Setúbal 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 4-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 0-1  

Final standings

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 Porto 34 24 7 3 54 16 +38 79
2 Sporting CP 34 22 6 6 50 24 +26 72
3 Benfica 34 20 7 7 51 29 +22 67
4 Sporting de Braga 34 17 7 10 38 22 +16 58
5 Nacional 34 14 10 10 40 32 +8 52
6 Boavista 34 12 14 8 37 29 +9 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
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
13 Naval 1° 34 11 6 17 35 48 -13 39
14 Académica de Coimbra 34 10 9 15 37 48 -11 39
15 CF «Os Belenenses» 34 11 6 17 40 42 -2 39
16 Rio Ave FC 34 8 10 16 34 53 -19 34
17 Vitória SC "de Guimarães" 34 8 10 16 28 41 -13 34
18 FC Penafiel 34 2 9 23 21 61 -39 15

UEFA competitions and relegations

These teams were qualified for the UEFA competitions of 2006-07:

These teams were relegated to the League of Honour at the end of the season:

The SuperLiga will be reduced from 18 to 16 teams for 2006-07. To accommodate this, four teams were relegated from the SuperLiga, with only two promoted from the League of Honour.

Top scorers

UEFA competitions

Sporting CP

UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

1st leg 10 August 2005 Sporting 0-1 Udinese
2nd leg 23 August 2005 Udinese 3-2 Sporting

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg 15 September 2005 Hamstads 1-2 Sporting
2nd leg 29 September 2005 Sporting 2-3 Halmstads
(a.e.t.)

FC Porto

UEFA Champions League group H

Match One 13 September 2005 Rangers 3-2 Porto
Match Two 28 September 2005 Porto 2-3 Artmedia
Match Three 19 October 2005 Porto 2-0 Internazionale
Match Four 1 November 2005 Internazionale 2-1 Porto
Match Five 23 November 2005 Porto 1-1 Rangers
Match Six 6 December 2005 Artmedia 0-0 Porto

SL Benfica

UEFA Champions League group D

Match One 14 September 2005 Benfica 1-0 Lille
Match Two 27 September 2005 Manchester United 2-1 Benfica
Match Three 18 October 2005 Villarreal 1-1 Benfica
Match Four 2 November 2005 Benfica 0-1 Villarreal
Match Five 22 November 2005 Lille 0-0 Benfica
Match Six 7 December 2005 Benfica 2-1 Manchester United

UEFA Champions League first knockout round

1st leg 21 February 2006 Benfica 1-0 Liverpool
2nd leg 8 March 2006 Liverpool 0-2 Benfica

UEFA Champions League quarter-finals

1st leg 28 March 2006 Benfica 0-0 Barcelona
2nd leg 5 April 2006 Barcelona 2-0 Benfica

Sporting C. de Braga

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg 15 September 2005 Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Sporting de Braga
2nd leg 29 September 2005 Sporting de Braga 1-1 Red Star Belgrade

Vitória FC "de Setúbal"

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg 15 September 2005 Vitória de Setúbal 1-1 Sampdoria
2nd leg 29 September 2005 Sampdoria 1-0 Vitória de Setúbal

Vitória SC "de Guimarães"

UEFA Cup first round

1st leg 15 September 2005 Vitória de Guimarães 3-0 Wisła Kraków
2nd leg 29 September 2005 Wisła Kraków 0-1 Vitória de Guimarães

UEFA Cup group H

Match One 20 October 2005 Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 Vitória de Guimarães
Match Three 24 November 2005 Vitória de Guimarães 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Match Four 1 December 2005 Sevilla 3-1 Vitória de Guimarães
Match Five 14 December 2005 Vitória de Guimarães 1-3 Beşiktaş

Cup of Portugal

FC Porto won their 17th Portuguese Cup after beating Vitória FC (Setúbal) 1-0 on May 14, 2006.

Round of 16 to Final

  Round of 16 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                                     
1  CS Marítimo 3  
3  Vila Meã 0  
  1  CS Marítimo 1 (1)  
 
  1  FC Porto (aet) 1 (2)  
1  FC Porto -
-  bye -  
  1  FC Porto (PEN) 1 (5)  
  1  Sporting CP 1 (4)  
2  Desportivo das Aves 1  
1  AA Coimbra 2  
  1  AA Coimbra 0
 
  1  Sporting CP 2  
1  Sporting CP 2
2B  Paredes 1  
  1  FC Porto 1
  1  Vitória Setúbal 0
2B  Lixa 0  
1  Vitória Setúbal 2  
  1  Vitória Setúbal (aet) 1 (2)
 
  1  Boavista FC 1 (1)  
1  Estrela da Amadora 0
1  Boavista FC 1  
  1  Vitória Setúbal (PEN) 1 (3)
  1  Vitória de Guimarães 1 (2)  
1  SL Benfica (pen) 0 (5)  
1  CD Nacional 0 (3)  
  1  SL Benfica 0
 
  1  Vitória de Guimarães 1  
1  Vitória de Guimarães 2
2B  UD Oliveirense 0  

League of Honour

These teams were relegated from the SuperLiga Galp Energia at the start of the season:

These teams were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division B at the start of the season:

Final standings

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 SC Beira-Mar 34 18 14 2 45 18 +27 68
2 C. Desportivo das Aves 34 18 10 6 47 30 +17 64
3 Leixões SC 34 17 11 6 47 19 +28 62
4 Varzim SC 34 13 13 8 47 39 +8 52
5 SC Olhanense 34 13 13 8 41 28 +13 52
6 CD Santa Clara 34 13 12 9 45 32 +13 51
7 Gondomar SC 34 14 9 11 56 41 +15 51
8 G. Desportivo de Chaves 34 13 11 10 40 36 +4 50
9 GD Estoril-Praia 34 11 12 11 44 43 +1 45
10 CD Feirense 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 44
11 FC Vizela 34 11 11 12 42 48 -6 44
12 Portimonense SC 34 10 13 11 36 36 0 43
13 Moreirense FC 34 11 9 14 36 37 -1 42
14 Sporting C. da Covilhã 34 10 12 12 37 42 -5 42
15 FC Barreirense 34 8 11 15 31 41 -10 35
16 FC Marco 34 7 8 19 32 63 -31 29
17 AD Ovarense 34 6 7 21 36 72 -36 25
18 FC Maia 34 6 6 22 30 67 -37 24

Promotions and relegations

These teams were promoted to the Liga betandwin.com at the end of the season:

These teams were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the season:

Top scorers

Only players with at least 10 goals

Place Scorer Goals Team
1. Cássio 20 F.C. Maia/G.D. Chaves
Nuno Sousa Gondomar S.C.
3. Bock 19 F.C. Vizela
4. Fumo 14 Gondomar S.C.
5. Cícero 13 Varzim S.C.
Roma S.C. Beira-Mar
7. Nei 12 Moreirense F.C.
Djalmir C.D. Feirense
9. Ricardo Silva 11 S.C. Olhanense
10. Basílio Almeida 10 C.D. Santa Clara
Brasilia Leixões S.C.

Second Division

The organization of the Second Division was changed for the 2005-06 season. The name was changed from Second Division B to Second Division, and the Northern, Central and Southern zones were abolished to be replaced by another geographical scheme with 4 alphabetically named series.

Only one team was relegated from the League of Honour at the start of the season:

16th placed Gondomar SC and 17th placed G. Desportivo de Chaves that would normally be relegated to the Second Division, were allowed to play again in the League of Honour, since 11th placed FC Felgueiras and 13th placed FC Alverca closed their football sections.

These teams were promoted from the Third Division at the start of the season:

At the end of the 2004-05 season, the winner of the Third Division Serie Azores had to a playoff with the worst placed Azorean team in the Second Division B Southern Zone. 13th placed SC Lusitânia lost the first leg 1-2 to Serie Azores champions FC Madalena, but won the second leg 1-0. Because the Portuguese system doesn't apply the away goal rule, the teams went to penalties, in which Madalena won 5-4.

Meanwhile, Académico de Viseu, that was scheduled to play in the 2005-06 season in the Second Division Series C, decided to quit early in the season, and was accordingly relegated to the district championships. Another entrance in the division was the reserve team Vitória FC "de Setúbal" B.

Final standings

Serie A

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 CD Trofense 26 15 7 4 44 22 +12 52
2 CF União "da Madeira" 26 13 6 7 28 17 +11 45
3 AD Camacha 26 12 6 8 47 29 +18 42
4 GD Ribeirão 26 11 8 7 18 15 +3 41
5 AD Fafe 26 10 8 8 26 27 -1 38
6 GDRC Sandinenses 26 9 10 7 25 24 +1 37
7 FC Famalicão 25 9 10 7 30 29 +1 37
8 CD Portosantense 26 9 8 9 21 22 -1 35
9 Sporting C. de Braga B 26 9 7 10 24 23 +1 34
10 FC Lixa 26 10 4 12 24 30 -6 34
11 SC Freamunde 26 8 9 9 25 20 +5 33
12 C. Atlético de Valdevez 26 9 6 11 28 35 -7 33
13 Vilaverdense FC 26 7 3 16 26 42 -16 24
14 GD União Torcatense 26 3 4 19 18 49 -31 13

Serie B

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 AD Lousada 26 15 6 5 39 22 +17 51
2 Sporting C. de Espinho 26 12 11 3 31 16 +15 47
3 SC Dragões Sandinenses 26 13 6 7 39 24 +15 45
4 USC Paredes 26 11 6 9 33 31 +2 39
5 FC Infesta 26 10 9 8 32 32 0 39
6 FC Porto B 26 10 8 8 28 27 +1 38
7 CD Ribeira Brava 26 9 9 8 30 33 -3 36
8 SC Esmoriz 26 9 7 10 32 34 -2 34
9 AD Pontassolense 26 10 2 14 34 32 +2 32
10 CS Marítimo B 26 9 5 12 34 34 0 32
11 Fiães SC 26 7 9 10 30 32 -2 30
12 Aliados FC de Lordelo 26 7 8 12 26 39 -13 29
13 FC Pedras Rubras 26 7 4 15 20 37 -17 25
14 AD Sanjoanense 26 4 8 14 25 40 -15 20

Serie C

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 UD Oliveirense 26 17 5 4 52 26 +26 56
2 CD Fátima 26 14 8 4 41 18 +23 50
3 GD Tourizense 26 14 5 7 38 22 +16 47
4 FC Pampilhosa 26 12 8 6 36 29 +7 44
5 Abrantes FC 26 13 5 8 38 33 +5 44
6 SL Nelas 26 9 10 7 32 27 +5 37
7 Sporting C. de Pombal 26 9 7 10 34 29 +5 34
8 UD Rio Maior 26 8 10 8 31 32 -1 34
9 SC Penalva do Castelo 26 9 6 11 30 40 -10 33
10 Oliveira do Bairro SC 26 6 12 8 34 35 -1 30
11 Fiães SC 26 7 9 10 30 32 -2 30
12 AD Portomosense 26 5 12 9 26 27 -1 27
13 CF União de Coimbra 26 6 3 17 24 51 -27 21
14 FC Oliveira do Hospital 26 2 6 18 22 53 -31 12

Serie D

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 CD Olivais e Moscavide 30 15 9 6 41 24 +17 54
2 Louletano DC 30 15 7 8 55 32 +23 52
3 CD Pinhalnovense 30 15 7 8 35 26 +9 52
4 C. Operário D. 30 15 6 9 42 32 +10 51
5 FC Madalena 30 15 5 10 32 35 -3 50
6 Odivelas FC 30 15 4 11 39 35 +4 49
7 CD Mafra 30 13 8 9 45 38 +7 47
8 SCU Torreense 30 13 4 13 37 35 +2 43
9 Imortal DC 30 12 6 12 50 38 +12 42
10 C. União Micaelense 30 11 8 11 32 30 +2 41
11 SL Benfica B 30 11 8 11 40 40 0 41
12 Real SC 30 12 5 13 38 40 -2 41
13 Casa Pia AC 30 12 5 13 45 50 -5 41
14 Vitória FC "de Setúbal" B 30 10 6 14 36 42 -6 36
15 Silves FC 30 5 6 19 34 58 -24 21
16 C. Oriental de Lisboa 30 1 6 23 19 65 -46 9

Promotions and relegations

According to the Portuguese Football Federation, only two teams will be promoted to the League of Honour at the end of the season. The champions of Series A will play their Series B counterparts in a playoff, and the same will happen for the champions of Series D and C. The winners will be promoted to the League of Honour.

Also according to the Federation, the last 4 of every Series will be relegated to the Third Division. And, if a reserve "B" team is relegated or quits, another additional team will be relegated to the Third Division.

Portugal national football team

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Portugal scorers
August 17, 2005 Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada Egypt 2-0 F Fernando Meira, Hélder Postiga
September 3, 2005 Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé Luxembourg 6-0 WCQ3 Jorge Andrade, Ricardo Carvalho, Pauleta (2), Simão Sabrosa (2)
September 7, 2005 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Russia 0-0 WCQ3 -
October 8, 2005 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Liechtenstein 2-1 WCQ3 Pauleta, Nuno Gomes
October 10, 2005 Estádio do Dragão, Porto Latvia 3-0 WCQ3 Pauleta (2), Hugo Viana
November 12, 2005 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra Croatia 2-0 F Petit, Pauleta
November 15, 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast Northern Ireland 1-1 F Own goal
March 1, 2006 LTU arena, Düsseldorf Saudi Arabia 3-0 F Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Maniche

KEY: WCQ3 = World Cup Qualification match - Group 3; F = Friendly

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