2003–04 Primeira Liga
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Dates | 16 August 2003 – 9 May 2004 |
Champions | Porto 20th title |
Relegated | Alverca Paços de Ferreira Estrela da Amadora |
Champions League | Porto Benfica |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP Nacional Braga Marítimo |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 726 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Benni McCarthy (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Gil Vicente 5–1 Estrela da Amadora (23 September 2003) Nacional 5–1 Braga (25 January 2004) |
Biggest away win | Académica 0–5 Belenenses (21 February 2004) |
Highest scoring | Gil Vicente 4–4 Nacional (7 December 2003) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
The 2003–04 Primeira Liga was the 70th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started 16 August 2003 with an opening game between Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal, and ended on 9 May 2004. It was contested by 18 teams. FC Porto were the defending champions and became champions again, winning the Portuguese title in two consecutive seasons.
The first goal of the season was scored by Académica's Filipe Alvim in the opening game against Sporting CP. The first red card of the season was given to Paços de Ferreira's Portuguese midfielder Pedrinha in the 3rd game of the season against Nacional and the first yellow card was given to Sporting's Portuguese midfielder Custódio in the opening game of the season. Porto's Benni McCarthy was the top scorer of the season, scoring 20 goals.
Porto qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting, Nacional, Braga and Marítimo qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Alverca, Paços de Ferreira and Estrela da Amadora were relegated to the Segunda Liga.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]- Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
Varzim, Santa Clara, and Vitória de Setúbal were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2002–03 season.
- Teams promoted from Segunda Liga
The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Alverca, Estrela da Amadora from Segunda Liga.
Teams
[edit]Team summaries
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manage | Manner | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Académica de Coimbra | Artur Jorge | Resigned | 28 August 2003[1] | Vítor Oliveira | 28 August 2003[2] |
Vitória de Guimarães | Augusto Inácio | Sacked | 8 December 2003[3] | Jorge Jesus | 8 December 2003[3] |
Paços de Ferreira | José Gomes | Mutual Consent | 21 October 2003[4] | José Mota | 22 October 2003[5] |
Estrela da Amadora | João Alves | Sacked | 3 November 2003[6] | Miguel Quaresma | 3 November 2003[7] |
Gil Vicente | Mário Reis | Sacked | 11 November 2003[8] | Luís Campos | 25 November 2003[9] |
Belenenses | Manuel José | Resigned | 22 November 2003[10] | Bogićević | 23 November 2003[11] |
Belenenses | Bogićević | Sacked | 19 January 2004[12] | Augusto Inácio | 20 January 2004[13] |
Académica de Coimbra | Vítor Oliveira | Sacked | 26 January 2004[14] | João Pereira | 27 January 2004[14] |
Boavista | Erwin Sánchez | Sacked | 8 March 2004[15] | Jaime Pacheco | 8 March 2004[16] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 19 | +44 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Benfica | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a] |
4 | Nacional | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 56 | |
5 | Braga | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 54 | |
6 | Marítimo | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 48 | |
7 | Rio Ave | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 48 | |
8 | Boavista | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 47 | |
9 | Moreirense | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 46 | |
10 | União de Leiria | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
11 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 41 | |
12 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 40 | |
13 | Académica | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 38 | |
14 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 37 | |
15 | Belenenses | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 35 | |
16 | Alverca (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
17 | Paços de Ferreira (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | |
18 | Estrela da Amadora (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 74 | −52 | 17 |
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:
- ^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League
Results
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top goal scorers
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[17] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Benni McCarthy | Porto | 20 |
2 | Adriano | Nacional | 19 |
3 | Evandro | Rio Ave | 15 |
Liédson | Sporting | ||
5 | Ricardo Sousa | Boavista | 14 |
6 | Derlei | Porto | 13 |
7 | Simão Sabrosa | Benfica | 12 |
8 | Zé Manuel | Paços de Ferreira | 11 |
Ferreira | Gil Vicente | ||
Wender | Braga |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Antchouet | Gabon | Belenenses | Estrela da Amadora | 4–0 | 7 September 2003 |
Adriano | Brazil | Nacional | Vitória de Guimarães | 4–2 | 5 October 2003 |
Liédson | Brazil | Sporting | Estrela da Amadora | 4–0 | 10 April 2004 |
Adriano Rossato | Brazil | Nacional | Beira Mar | 3-0 | 25 April 2004 |
Benni McCarthy | South Africa | Porto | Paços de Ferreira | 3–1 | 9 May 2004 |
Awards
[edit]
Monthly awards[edit]
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Annual awards[edit]
The Portuguese Silver Boot award was won by the South African Benni McCarthy of Porto, by scoring 20 goals. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Artur Jorge anuncia saída" [Artur Jorge announces departure] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Vítor Oliveira é o novo técnico da briosa" [Vítor Oliveira is briosa's new coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Jorge Jesus substitui Inácio no comando técnico" [Jorge Jesus replaces Inácio as coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 December 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "José Gomes rescinde" [José Gomes ends contract] (in Portuguese). Record. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "José Mota: "Toda a gente fugia de responsabilidades"" [José Mota: "Everyone was running from the responsibilities"] (in Portuguese). Record. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "João Alves deixa comando técnico" [João Alves leaves] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Miguel Quaresma sucede a João Alves" [Miguel Quaresma succeeds João Alves] (in Portuguese). Record. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Mário Reis demitido" [Mário Reis fired] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Luís Campos é o novo treinador" [Luís Campos is the new coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Manuel José despede-se" [Manuel José fired himself] (in Portuguese). Record. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Bogicevic apresentado no Restelo" [Bogicevic presented in Restelo] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Bogicevic abandona comando do Belém" [Bogicevic abandons Belém commands] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Inácio apresentado" [Inácio presented] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Vítor Oliveira afastado pelos maus resultados" [Vítor Oliveira fired by bad results] (in Portuguese). Record. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Sanchez acerta a rescisão" [Sanchez solves end of contract] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 March 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Jaime Pacheco: "Prometemos estar de corpo e alma neste projecto"" [Jaime Pacheco: "We promise to be with ours hearts and souls in this project"] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 March 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Portugal 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Petrolina foi o melhor no mês de Setembro" [Petrolina was September's best player] (in Portuguese). Record. 24 October 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Derlei é o melhor de Outubro" [Derlei elected October's best player] (in Portuguese). Record. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Barbosa eleito Jogador do Mês" [Barbosa elected the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Evandro eleito o melhor do mês" [Evandro elected the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "McCarthy é o jogador do mês" [McCarthy is the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Sindicato premeia Petit" [Syndicate awards Petit] (in Portuguese). Record. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Douala eleito melhor jogador do mês de Março" [Douala elected March's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 15 April 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Rossato eleito melhor jogador do mês de Abril" [Rossato elected April's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 28 April 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "McCarthy eleito melhor jogador de Maio" [McCarthy elected May's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 13 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.