2005–06 Primeira Liga Explained

Competition:Primeira Liga
Season:2005–06
Dates:19 August 2005 – 7 May 2006
Winners:Porto
21st title
Relegated:Gil Vicente
Rio Ave
Vitória de Guimarães
Penafiel
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Porto
Sporting CP
Benfica
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Braga
Nacional
Vitória de Setúbal
Best Player:Ricardo Quaresma
League Topscorer: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)[1]
Matches:306
Total Goals:681
Average Goals:2.23
Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

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.

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.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Moreirense, Beira-Mar and Estoril were relegated 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

ClubSeason's Last Head Coach CityStadium2004–2005 season
Académica de Coimbra CoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra14th
Belenenses LisbonEstádio do Restelo9th
Benfica LisbonEstádio da Luz1st
Boavista PortoEstádio do Bessa  - Século XXI6th
Braga Braga4th
Estrela da Amadora AmadoraEstádio José Gomes3rd in the Liga de Honra
Gil Vicente BarcelosEstádio Cidade de Barcelos13th
União de Leiria Jorge JesusLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa15th
Penafiel Luís CastroPenafielEstádio Municipal 25 de Abril11th
Marítimo FunchalEstádio dos Barreiros7th
Nacional FunchalEstádio da Madeira12th
Naval 1° de Maio Figueira da FozEstádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa2nd in the Liga de Honra
Paços de Ferreira Paços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real1st in the Liga de Honra
Porto PortoEstádio do Dragão2nd
Sporting CP LisbonEstádio José Alvalade  - Século XXI3rd
Rio Ave João EusébioVila do CondeEstádio dos Arcos8th
Vitória de Guimarães GuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques5th
Vitória de Setúbal SetúbalEstádio do Bonfim10th

League table

Top goal scorers

RankScorerGoalsTeam
1 Albert Meyong17Belenenses
2 Nuno Gomes15Benfica
LiédsonSporting CP
João TomásBraga
5 André Pinto14Nacional
6 Joeano13Académica de Coimbra
7 Marek Saganowski12Vitória de Guimarães
8 Alexandre10Nacional
Lucho GonzálezPorto
GaúchoRio 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave . Leiria 5 – 2 Rio Ave . pt . 7 May 2006 . 11 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120502001719/http://lpfp.pt/liga_zon_sagres/pages/jogo.aspx?epoca=20052006&jornada=34&jogo=3432 . 2 May 2012 . dead .