2005–06 Primeira Liga
Season | 2005–06 |
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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)[1] |
← 2004–05 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
[edit]Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
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 | |
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[a] |
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[b] |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
- ^ 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
Results
[edit]Top goal scorers
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Goals | Team |
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1 | ![]() | 17 | Belenenses |
2 | ![]() | 15 | Benfica |
![]() | Sporting CP | ||
![]() | Braga | ||
5 | ![]() | 14 | Nacional |
6 | ![]() | 13 | Académica de Coimbra |
7 | ![]() | 12 | Vitória de Guimarães |
8 | ![]() | 10 | Nacional |
![]() | Porto | ||
![]() | Rio Ave |
Awards
[edit]The Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese Ricardo Quaresma of Porto, for a second successive season.
Portuguese Golden Shoe
[edit]The Portuguese Golden Shoe award was won by the Cameroonian Albert Meyong of Belenenses, scoring 17 goals.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "More turmoil in Portuguese football". The Portugal News. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.