2005–06 Primeira Liga

Portuguese Liga
Season 2005–06
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]
Location of teams in the '2005-06 Liga

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.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Moreirense, Beira-Mar, and Estoril-Praia were consigned 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.

Club information

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

Final table standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Comments
1 Porto (C) 34 24 07 03 54 16 +38 79 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2 Sporting CP 34 22 06 06 50 24 +26 72
3 Benfica 34 20 07 07 51 29 +22 67 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4 Braga 34 17 07 10 38 22 +16 58 UEFA Cup First round
5 Nacional 34 14 10 10 40 32 +8 52
6 Boavista 34 12 14 08 37 29 +8 50
7 União de Leiria 34 13 08 13 44 42 +2 47
8 Vitória de Setúbal 34 14 04 16 28 33 -5 46 UEFA Cup First round
9 Estrela da Amadora 34 12 09 13 31 33 -2 45
10 Marítimo 34 10 14 10 38 37 +1 44
11 Paços de Ferreira 34 11 09 14 38 49 -11 42
12 Gil Vicente 34 11 07 16 37 42 -5 40 Relegation to Liga de Honra
13 Naval 1º de Maio 34 11 06 17 35 48 -13 39
14 Académica de Coimbra 34 10 09 15 37 48 -11 39
15 Belenenses 34 11 06 17 40 42 -2 39
16 Rio Ave 34 08 10 16 34 53 -19 34 Relegation to Liga de Honra
17 Vitória de Guimarães 34 08 10 16 28 41 -13 34
18 Penafiel 34 02 09 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

F.C. Porto
21st Title

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Goals Team
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

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.

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