2005–06_Primeira_Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2005–06
Dates	19 August 2005 – 7 May 2006
Champions	Porto; 21st title
Relegated	Gil Vicente; Rio Ave; Vitória de Guimarães; Penafiel
Champions League	Porto; Sporting CP; Benfica
UEFA Cup	Braga; Nacional; Vitória de Setúbal
Matches played	306
Goals scored	681 (2.23 per match)
Average goals/game	2.23
Best Player	Ricardo Quaresma
Top goalscorer	Albert 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)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Primeira Liga

72nd season of top-tier Portuguese football

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 CP and Belenenses and ended on 7 May 2006. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Benfica as defending champions.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

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 2006–07 UEFA Cup; 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 season's first goal was scored by 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 his club's away draw against Académica de Coimbra.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACA ...

Home \ Away	ACA	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	EST	GVI	MAR	NAV	NAC	PAÇ	PEN	POR	RAV	SCP	ULE	VGU	VSE
Académica		0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	0–1
Belenenses	0–0		1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	5–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	3–1
Benfica	3–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	2–1	1–0
Boavista	2–1	0–2	0–2		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0
Braga	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1
Estrela da Amadora	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0
Gil Vicente	4–3	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	5–0
Marítimo	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0
Naval 1º de Maio	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–4	2–0		3–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–3
Nacional	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0		2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–2
Paços de Ferreira	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1		2–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
Penafiel	1–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	2–2		0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Porto	5–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
Rio Ave	1–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–0		1–3	1–2	3–1	1–0
Sporting CP	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–0		2–1	2–0	1–0
União de Leiria	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	5–2	0–1		1–0	0–2
Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–3		4–0
Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1

Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_res_VSE0.49595723929627-2] Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

[table_note_res_GVI0.49595723929627-4] Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player, Angolan forward Mateus.^[2] 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

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"Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave" [Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). 7 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

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"More turmoil in Portuguese football". The Portugal News. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	24	7	3	54	16	+38	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	22	6	6	50	24	+26	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Benfica	34	20	7	7	51	29	+22	67	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	17	7	10	38	22	+16	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Nacional	34	14	10	10	40	32	+8	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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 (R)	34	11	7	16	37	42	−5	40	Relegation to Liga de Honra^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13	Académica	34	10	9	15	37	48	−11	39
14	Naval 1º de Maio	34	11	6	17	35	48	−13	39
15	Belenenses	34	11	6	17	40	42	−2	39
16	Rio Ave (R)	34	8	10	16	34	53	−19	34	Relegation to Liga de Honra
17	Vitória de Guimarães (R)	34	8	10	16	28	41	−13	34
18	Penafiel (R)	34	2	9	23	21	61	−40	15

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	10	Nacional
	Lucho González		Porto
	Gaúcho		Rio Ave

2005–06_Primeira_Liga

2005–06 Primeira Liga

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

Club information

League table

Results

Top goal scorers

Awards

Footballer of the Year

Portuguese Golden Shoe

References

External links

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