2005–06 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2005–06
Champions Porto
21st title
Relegated Gil Vicente
Rio Ave
Vitória de Guimarães
Penafiel
Champions League Porto
Sporting CP (group stage)
Benfica (third qualifying 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
Best Player Ricardo Quaresma
Top goalscorer Meyong (17 goals)
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 May 2006) [1]

The 2005–06 Primeira Liga was the 72nd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 19 August 2005 with a match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as defending champions.

Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage, and Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round; Braga, Nacional and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup 2006–07; in opposite, with the league dropping to 16 teams, four teams were relegated to the Liga de Honra; Gil Vicente, Rio Ave, Vitória de Guimarães and Penafiel. Meyong was the top scorer with 17 goals.

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.

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.


Location of teams in the '2005-06 Liga

Club information

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

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 7 3 54 16+38 79 2006–07 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 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Braga 34 17 7 10 38 22+16 58 2006–07 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 28 335 46 2006–07 UEFA Cup First round 1
9 Estrela da Amadora 34 12 9 13 31 332 45
10 Marítimo 34 10 14 10 38 37+1 44
11 Paços de Ferreira 34 11 9 14 38 4911 42
12 Gil Vicente (R) 34 11 7 16 37 425 40 Relegation to 2006–07 Liga de Honra 2
13 Académica 34 10 9 15 37 4811 39
14 Naval 1º de Maio 34 11 6 17 35 4813 39
15 Belenenses 34 11 6 17 40 422 39
16 Rio Ave (R) 34 8 10 16 34 5319 34 Relegation to 2006–07 Liga de Honra
17 Vitória de Guimarães (R) 34 8 10 16 28 4113 34
18 Penafiel (R) 34 2 9 23 21 6140 15

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
2 Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player, Angolan forward Mateus. Due to this they lost the right to participate in the 2006–07 Primeira Liga which as a result meant Belenenses remained in the league
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ACA BEL BENBOABRAESTGVIMARNACNAVPAÇPENPORRAVSCPULEVGUVSE
Académica 01 00 02 03 10 20 22 22 00 30 10 01 22 03 13 10 01
Belenenses 00 12 11 20 02 02 01 23 10 20 50 02 12 01 31 31 31
Benfica 30 00 10 10 20 02 22 00 10 20 40 10 22 13 40 21 10
Boavista 21 02 02 00 21 20 11 30 03 41 21 11 21 22 20 11 00
Braga 20 20 32 10 11 11 20 10 10 23 10 00 50 32 10 10 01
Estrela da Amadora 32 12 12 11 00 10 22 21 02 00 10 21 00 00 12 20 10
Gil Vicente 43 10 13 01 21 11 10 20 01 20 22 01 10 22 12 11 50
Marítimo 22 10 01 11 10 10 11 21 20 11 22 22 00 12 30 01 10
Naval 1º de Maio 01 21 11 22 01 20 14 20 31 10 41 23 10 02 02 00 03
Nacional 22 40 11 10 10 12 20 21 20 22 20 01 11 21 14 11 22
Paços de Ferreira 21 11 31 01 10 21 10 12 31 01 22 01 21 30 11 11 12
Penafiel 10 03 13 00 00 01 11 32 01 12 22 01 02 01 11 01 01
Porto 51 20 02 10 11 10 30 10 10 30 30 31 30 11 10 31 00
Rio Ave 14 21 01 11 12 21 10 22 01 02 22 20 00 13 12 31 10
Sporting CP 01 21 21 10 10 01 20 11 00 10 30 20 01 30 21 20 10
União de Leiria 02 22 31 00 01 11 30 00 21 00 30 11 13 52 01 10 02
Vitória de Guimarães 11 22 20 11 02 01 20 10 02 00 02 31 02 11 01 03 40
Vitória de Setúbal 01 10 01 02 10 10 10 01 41 11 01 20 02 10 12 20 01

Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Goals Team
1 Cameroon Albert Meyong 17 Belenenses
2 Portugal Nuno Gomes 15 Benfica
Brazil Liédson Sporting CP
Portugal João Tomás Braga
5 Brazil André Pinto 14 Nacional
6 Brazil Joeano 13 Académica de Coimbra
7 Poland Marek Saganowski 12 Vitória de Guimarães
8 Brazil Alexandre Goulart 10 Nacional
Argentina Lucho González Porto
Brazil 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.

References

  1. "Leiria 5 - 2 Rio Ave" [Leiria 5 - 2 Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). 7 May 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

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