2004–05 La Liga
Season | 2004–05 |
---|---|
Dates | 28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005 |
Champions | Barcelona 17th title |
Relegated | Levante Numancia Albacete |
Champions League | Barcelona Real Madrid Villarreal Real Betis |
UEFA Cup | Espanyol Sevilla Osasuna (as Copa del Rey runners-up) |
Intertoto Cup | Valencia Deportivo La Coruña Athletic Bilbao |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 980 (2.58 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Samuel Eto'o Diego Forlán (25 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Real Madrid 6–1 Albacete (14 November 2004)[1] Real Madrid 5–0 Levante (28 November 2004)[2] Real Madrid 5–0 Racing Santander (7 May 2005)[3] |
Biggest away win | Osasuna 1–6 Málaga (27 February 2005)[4] |
Highest scoring | Athletic Bilbao 4–4 Real Betis (13 February 2005)[5] |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
The 2004–05 La Liga season was the 74th since its establishment. It began on 28 August 2004, and concluded on 29 May 2005.
Teams
[edit]Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Levante (playing top flight football for the first time in thirty nine years), Getafe (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) and Numancia (returning after a three-year absence). They replaced Valladolid, Celta de Vigo and Murcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 18,000 |
Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
Getafe* | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 16,300 |
Levante* | Ciudad de Valencia | 25,354 |
Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
Numancia* | Los Pajaritos | 8,261 |
Osasuna | El Sadar | 19,553 |
Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,400 |
Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
(*) Promoted from Segunda División.
Personnel and sponsors
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 80 | |
3 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Real Betis | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 62 | |
5 | Espanyol | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 61 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Sevilla | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 60 | |
7 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 58 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 51[a] | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
9 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 51[a] | |
10 | Málaga | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 51[a] | |
11 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 50[b] | |
12 | Zaragoza | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 50[b] | |
13 | Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 47[c] | |
14 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 47[c] | |
15 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[d] |
16 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 44 | |
17 | Mallorca | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 39 | |
18 | Levante (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 37 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
19 | Numancia (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 29 | |
20 | Albacete (R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 28 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b c DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
- ^ a b ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
- ^ a b RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO
- ^ Since Betis, winners of 2004–05 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Osasuna earned a spot in the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
Overall
[edit]- Most wins – Barcelona and Real Madrid (25)
- Fewest wins – Numancia and Albacete (6)
- Most draws – Valencia (16)
- Fewest draws – Real Madrid (5)
- Most losses – Albacete (22)
- Fewest losses – Barcelona (4)
- Most goals scored – Barcelona (73)
- Fewest goals scored – Numancia (30)
- Most goals conceded – Osasuna (65)
- Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (29)
Results
[edit]Awards
[edit]Pichichi Trophy
[edit]The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Samuel Eto'o[6] | Barcelona | 25 |
Diego Forlán | Villarreal | ||
3 | Ricardo Oliveira | Real Betis | 22 |
4 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 21 |
5 | Júlio Baptista | Sevilla | 18 |
6 | Fernando Torres | Atlético Madrid | 16 |
7 | Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | 15 |
Maxi Rodríguez | Espanyol | ||
David Villa | Zaragoza | ||
10 | Nihat Kahveci | Real Sociedad | 13 |
Michael Owen | Real Madrid |
Top assists
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Joaquín | Real Betis | 15 |
2 | Deco | Barcelona | 11 |
3 | Francisco Yeste | Athletic Bilbao | 10 |
4 | Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | 9 |
Ronaldinho | Barcelona |
Zamora Trophy
[edit]The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Víctor Valdés | Barcelona | 25 | 35 | 0.71 |
2 | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | 30 | 37 | 0.81 |
3 | Leo Franco | Atlético Madrid | 32 | 37 | 0.86 |
4 | Pepe Reina | Villarreal | 37 | 38 | 0.97 |
5 | Santiago Cañizares | Valencia | 29 | 29 | 1 |
6 | Esteban | Sevilla | 33 | 28 | 1.18 |
Carlos Kameni | Espanyol | 45 | 38 | ||
8 | Toni Doblas | Real Betis | 35 | 29 | 1.21 |
9 | Daniel Aranzubia | Athletic Bilbao | 52 | 37 | 1.41 |
Luis García | Zaragoza | 52 | 37 |
Fair Play award
[edit]This season, the award was not published neither given to any club due to an administrative affair.[7]
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maxi Rodríguez | Espanyol | Real Betis | 4–1 (A) | 12 September 2004 |
Sergio Pachón | Getafe | Athletic Bilbao | 3–1 (H) | 3 October 2004 |
Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | Valencia | 3–1 (H) | 23 January 2005 |
Ricardo Oliveira | Real Betis | Athletic Bilbao | 4–4 (A) | 13 February 2005 |
Salva | Atlético Madrid | Mallorca | 3–1 (H) | 3 April 2005 |
Yossi Benayoun | Racing Santander | Deportivo La Coruña | 4–1 (A) | 24 April 2005 |
Diego Forlán | Villarreal | Barcelona | 3–3 (A) | 22 May 2005 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Real Madrid 6-1 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Osasuna 1-6 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Athletic Bilbao 4-4 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
- ^ "Recibirá Barcelona premio al Juego Limpio" [Barcelona will receive Fair Play Award] (in Spanish). esmas.com. 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2010.