2004–05 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2004–05 season
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager Giovanni Trapattoni
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga 1st
Taça de Portugal Runners-up
Supertaça Runners-up
Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Simão (15)
All: Simão (22)
Highest home attendance 64,000 vs Sporting
(14 May 2005)
Lowest home attendance 7,500 vs FK Dukla
(30 September 2004)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2004–05 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 101st season in existence and the club's 71st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Benfica qualified for the Champions League by finishing 2nd in the previous Primeira Liga. Benfica also contested the Supertaça for the first time since 1996.

In Giovanni Trapattoni only season in charge, Benfica won the Primeira Liga for a 31st time, its first league title since 1994, after an 11-year wait, the longest in club history. The 65 points claimed by Benfica in the 2004–05 season was actually nine points less than in the previous season. An extremely irregular season by the Big Three, in which Benfica was the most regular, secured the title.

In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica reached the final for a second time in a row, and could claim a double for the first time since 1987, but was surprised by Vitória Setúbal.

For the European competitions, Benfica was quickly dispatched by Anderlecht in the Champions League third qualifying round. Being relegated to the UEFA Cup, it successfully passed his group in second place, but lost in the first knockout round with eventual winners CSKA Moscow.

Season summary

Pre-season

Following Camacho exit to Real Madrid,[1] Benfica hired Giovanni Trapattoni, the then 65-year-old had already won 7 Serie A's and one Bundesliga[2] and followed the president's decision to have an experient manager.[3] He established a defensive and cautious style of play to minimise the team inexperience, since for the Italian manager only Petit and Zlatko Zahovič had experienced in winning Championships.[4] The team was usually set up with Luisão and Ricardo Rocha in the centre of the defence, while in the left side, Fyssas and Manuel dos Santos were most often used, and on the right, Miguel and later João Pereira were the main starters. In the midfield, Petit played alongside teenager, Manuel Fernandes, with Geovanni on the right wing and Simão in the left, with first Zahovič, and then Nuno Assis supporting either Šokota or Nuno Gomes.[5][6][7] In the Portuguese Supercup, Benfica loss to a more experienced Porto, with Ricardo Quaresma scoring from a tight angle. It was the tenth lost in the competition.[8]

League

In the Primeira Liga, Benfica started in good manner, winning the first three matches, an away win in Aveiro against the local Beira-Mar, with Karadas scoring twice.[9] At home against Moreirense, with Petit scoring from a free-kick and Karadas assisting for the second goal.[10] And in Coimbra against Académica, with Simão scoring the decisive goal after Karadas and Nuno Gomes entered minutes earlier.[11] They lost its first points at home against Braga, with Benfica playing Sokota and Nuno Gomes upfront, the lack of a midfielder to link the team from the attackers and missed chances by Sokota explained the draw.[12] Benfica returned to victories in Guimarães, with Geovanni scoring from the free-kick at the 91st minute, taking the three points home.[13] However, they lost their first league game of the season, at home against Porto, with Pepe and Nuno Gomes being sentoff after a scuffle between them. In the 80th minute, Petit kicked the ball from distance and allegedly it passed the goal-line, Olegário Benquerença, following his assistant, didn't validate the goal.[14] A week later, the Eagles beat Nacional with Karadas and Sokota both scoring.[15] A period of two months and 18 points loss followed, they started in an away match against Gil Vicente, with Simão tying the match at very last minute, preventing a loss.[16] A clear win against Vitória Setúbal,[17] followed a draw against Marítimo.[18] A week later, Benfica led Rio Ave by 3–1, only to suffer two goals in the second half, with another two points dropped.[19] A loss in Leiria was next, with 12 points lost in little over a month.[20][21] Benfica then entered a period of extreme irregularity, they won Estoril-Praia at home,[22] suffered a defeat away with Belenenses, with Sokota preventing a clear 4–0,[23] return to victories against Penafiel at home,[24] and loss again, now at Alvalade with Liedson scoring twice.[25] They then followed a 4–0 win against Boavista,[26] with another loss in the immediate match, at home against Beira-Mar, with a double from Santiago Silva.[27] At the end of this series of games, Benfica dropped from first to fifth place. But with the elimination from European competitions, Benfica form improved, they won in Guimarães against Moreirense, with Nuno Assis scoring his first goal with the Red shirt.[28] A home win against Académica followed, with the team returning to the top of the table.[29][30] In mid February, Benfica draw at Braga,[31] and won at home against Vitória Guimarães, with a goal from Nuno Assis, a former Vitória player.[32] Then they faced Porto at Estádio do Dragão, where they tied, winning its first points there in ten seasons.[33][34] A 4-game winning stretch followed, with Benfica beating Nacional,[35] Gil Vicente,[36] Vitória Setúbal,[37] and finally Marítimo, with Mantorras scoring the winning goal in a difficult 4–3 win.[38] By now, Benfica was six points clear of second place, but a loss against Rio Ave,[39] and a high pressure draw against União Leiria, with Mantorras scoring in the last minute, jeopardize the title race.[40] Benfica then beat Estoril-Praia at Estádio Algarve, with another goal from Mantorras, which had given 8 points in the last 4 matches.[41][42] In the final four matches, Benfica beat Belenenses,[43] lost at Penafiel,[44] falling to second place behind Sporting, which faced next. Benfica beat Sporting at home, with a goal from Luisão in the 83rd minute,[45] needing only 1 point to win the championship; which it did, when they tied in Bessa, putting an end to 10 years without a league title, conquering their 31st champions title.[46]

Cup

In the Portuguese Cup, Benfica had a favorable draw, facing 4 opponents at home, they beat Oriental,[47] and Oliveirense after extra-time,[48] and then Sporting in a high pressure match, with overtime and penalty shoot-out,[49] the first time a Portuguese Cup derby between the two was decided on penalties. Next, they defeated Beira-Mar,[50] and Estrela da Amadora, although away, still played in Lisbon.[51] In the final, they lost to Vitória Setúbal, with the extreme fatigue of the season being a factor in the loss.[52]

Europe

In the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Benfica faced Anderlecht, and while they managed to win at home, they struggled to do so, with very few goal opportunities and with Belgians creating enough chances to tie the match.[53] In Belgium, a very effective Anderlecht scored in the three opportunities they had, with Argel being sent off after committing a penalty. The team's last presence in the competition had been in 1998–99.[54] In Europe, the competition followed with the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, with the Slovenians FK Dukla being defeated in both legs.[55][56] In the group stage of the tournament, victories at home against Heerenveen and Dinamo Zagreb, and in Belgium against Beveren, were enough to counter the loss in Germany against Stuttgart.[57][58][59][60] In the round of 32, they were beaten by CSKA Moscow, which had just ended their pre-season. A string of defensive errors in Russia and a lack of pace in Portugal, proved decisive in the playoff.[61][62]

Squad

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Moreira Portugal GK 20 March 1982 (aged 22) Youth system
12 Quim Portugal GK 13 November 1975 (aged 28) Braga
24 Yannick Quesnel France GK 24 October 1973 (aged 30) Alverca
Defenders
2 Amoreirinha Portugal CB 05 August 1984 (aged 19) Alverca
3 Argel Brazil CB 04 September 1974 (aged 29) Palmeiras
4 Luisão Brazil CB 13 February 1981 (aged 23) Cruzeiro
13 Alcides Brazil CB 13 March 1985 (aged 19) Chelsea
14 Fyssas Greece LB 12 June 1973 (aged 31) Panathinaikos
18 Manuel dos Santos France LB 28 March 1974 (aged 30) Marseille
23 Miguel Portugal RB 04 January 1980 (aged 24) Estrela de Amadora
30 André Luís Brazil CB 31 July 1979 (aged 25) Santos
33 Ricardo Rocha Portugal CB 3 October 1978 (aged 25) Braga
36 Tiago Gomes Portugal LB 29 July 1986 (aged 18) Youth system
47 João Pereira Portugal RB 25 February 1984 (aged 20) Youth system
55 Eduardo Simões Portugal CB 25 January 1982 (aged 22) Youth system
Midfielders
5 Paulo Almeida Brazil DM/CM 20 April 1981 (aged 23) Santos
6 Petit Portugal DM/CM 25 September 1976 (aged 27) Boavista
7 Carlitos Portugal RW/LW 06 September 1982 (aged 21) Estoril-Praia
8 Bruno Aguiar Portugal CM 24 February 1981 (aged 23) Alverca
10 Zlatko Zahovič Slovenia AM 01 February 1971 (aged 33) Valencia
11 Geovanni Brazil RW 11 January 1980 (aged 24) Barcelona
15 Nuno Assis Portugal AM 25 November 1977 (aged 26) Vitória Guimarães
19 Everson Brazil CM 10 November 1975 (aged 28) Nice
20 Simão (C) Portugal LW 31 October 1979 (aged 24) Barcelona
37 Manuel Fernandes Portugal DM/CM 05 February 1986 (aged 18) Youth system
65 Fernando Alexandre Portugal DM/CM 02 August 1985 (aged 18) Youth system
Forwards
9 Mantorras Angola ST 18 March 1982 (aged 22) Alverca
21 Nuno Gomes (VC) Portugal FW 05 July 1976 (aged 28) Fiorentina
22 Karadas Norway ST 09 August 1981 (aged 22) Rosenborg
25 Šokota Croatia FW 08 April 1977 (aged 27) Dinamo Zagreb
34 Delibašić Serbia and Montenegro FW 24 April 1981 (aged 23) Mallorca

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref
2 June 2004 CB 13 Brazil Alcides England Chelsea Loan [63]
2 June 2004 RW / LW 7 Portugal Carlitos Portugal Estoril-Praia Undisclosed [63]
2 June 2004 DM /CM 5 Brazil Paulo Almeida Brazil Santos Undisclosed [63]
21 June 2004 CB 30 Portugal Amoreirinha Portugal Alverca Undisclosed [64]
23 June 2004 GK 24 France Yannick Quesnel Portugal Alverca Undisclosed [65]
6 July 2004 CM 8 Portugal Bruno Aguiar Portugal Alverca Loan Return [66]
7 July 2004 GK 12 Portugal Quim Portugal Braga Undisclosed [67]
18 July 2004 LB 18 France Manuel dos Santos France Marseille Undisclosed [68]
29 July 2004 ST 22 Norway Karadas Norway Rosenborg Undisclosed [69]
31 July 2004 CM 19 Brazil Everson France Nice Undisclosed [70]
1 January 2005 CB 30 Brazil André Luís Brazil Santos Loan [71]
30 January 2005 AM 15 Portugal Nuno Assis Portugal Vitória Guimarães Undisclosed [72]
31 January 2005 FW 34 Serbia and MontenegroDelibašić SpainMallorca Loan [73]

Transfer Out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref
4 June 2004 GK 12 Argentina Carlos Bossio Argentina Lanús Free [74]
4 June 2004 GK 24 United States Zach Thornton United States Chicago Fire Free [75]
16 June 2004 RB 19 Portugal Alex Portugal Vitória Guimarães Loan [76]
18 June 2004 RB 4 Portugal Paulo Cabral Portugal Belenenses Free [77]
18 June 2004 RB 2 Mozambique Armando Sá Spain Villarreal Undisclosed [78]
30 June 2003 GK 24 Portugal Nuno Santos Portugal Santa Clara Free [79]
5 July 2004 CB 32 Portugal Hélder France Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed [80]
5 July 2004 LB 5 Brazil Cristiano Portugal Belenenses Undisclosed [80]
5 July 2004 DM 16 Canada Fernando Aguiar Sweden Landskrona BoIS Undisclosed [80]
15 July 2004 AM 39 Portugal Hélio Pinto Spain Sevilla B Undisclosed [81]
15 July 2004 DM 6 Portugal Peixe None Contract terminated [82]
19 July 2004 CM 30 Portugal Tiago England Chelsea €12M [83]
4 August 2004 CM 14 Guinea-Bissau Ednilson Portugal Gil Vicente Loan [84]
17 August 2004 CB 57 Portugal Geraldo Alves Portugal Paços de Ferreira Free [85]
12 January 2005 AM 10 Slovenia Zlatko Zahovič Retired Contract terminated [86]
18 January 2005 CB 3 Brazil Argel Spain Racing de Santander Undisclosed [87]
19 January 2005 FW 25 Croatia Šokota Portugal Benfica B Demoted [88]
22 January 2005 GK 24 France Yannick Quesnel Portugal Estoril-Praia Loan [89]
29 January 2005 RB 2 Serbia and Montenegro Ivan Dudić Belgium Mons Undisclosed [90]
31 January 2005 CB 2 Portugal Amoreirinha Portugal Estoril-Praia Loan [91]
24 February 2005 AM 8 Brazil Roger Brazil Corinthians Undisclosed [92]

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Comments
1Benfica (C)3419875131+2065UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2Porto34171163926+1362
3Sporting CP3418796636+3061UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W W W D W L W D W D D L W L W L W L W W D W D W W W W L D W W L W D
Position 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 4 3 5 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

Last updated: 22 June 2013.
Source: FootballPortugal.net
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Taça de Portugal

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round

Group G

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany Stuttgart 94301103+7
Portugal Benfica 9430195+4
Netherlands Heerenveen 74211660
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4411297+2
Belgium Beveren 04004215-13

Round of 32

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Liga 29 August 2004 22 May 2005 34 19 8 7 51 31 +20 55.88
Portuguese Cup 27 October 2004 29 May 2005 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 66.67
UEFA Champions League 10 August 2004 24 August 2004 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 50.00
UEFA Cup 16 September 2004 24 February 2005 8 5 1 2 15 8 +7 62.50
Supercup 20 August 2004 20 August 2004 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0.00
Total [93] 51 29 10 12 82 50 +32 56.86

Players

Squad information

Appearances and goals

[94]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira Liga Portuguese Cup1 Champions League UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Portugal Moreira 23 -24 15 -17 3 -2 0 0 5 -5
12 GK Portugal Quim 27 -26 19 -14 4 -6 1 -3 3 -3
24 GK France Yannick Quesnel 1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Portugal Amoreirinha 19 1 16 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Brazil Argel 17 1 10 1 3 0 2 0 2 0
4 DF Brazil Luisão 41 2 29 2 3 0 1 0 8 0
13 DF Brazil Alcides 12 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
14 DF Greece Fyssas 25 0 16 0 6 0 0 0 3 0
18 DF France Manuel dos Santos 34 1 21 0 5 0 2 0 6 1
23 DF Portugal Miguel 32 2 22 2 5 0 2 0 3 0
30 DF Brazil André Luís 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Portugal Ricardo Rocha 37 0 25 0 5 0 2 0 5 0
47 MF Portugal João Pereira 40 2 27 0 5 1 1 0 7 1
Midfielders
5 MF Brazil Paulo Almeida 16 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 6 0
6 MF Portugal Petit 43 2 29 2 6 0 2 0 6 0
7 MF Portugal Carlitos 15 0 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Portugal Bruno Aguiar 30 0 18 0 6 0 1 0 5 0
10 MF Slovenia Zahovič 18 4 10 0 2 0 2 1 4 3
11 MF Brazil Geovanni 45 10 31 6 6 4 1 0 7 0
15 MF Portugal Nuno Assis 34 7 28 4 4 3 0 0 2 0
19 MF Brazil Everson 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Portugal Simão 49 22 34 15 5 3 2 0 8 4
37 MF Portugal Manuel Fernandes 43 1 29 1 6 0 1 0 7 0
Forwards
9 FW Angola Mantorras 18 5 15 5 1 0 0 0 2 0
21 FW Portugal Nuno Gomes 34 12 23 7 5 2 0 0 6 3
22 FW Norway Karadas 36 6 27 4 2 0 1 0 6 2
25 FW Croatia Šokota 19 8 11 4 3 3 2 0 3 1
34 FW Serbia and Montenegro Delibašić 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

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