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 Estoril
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 Estrela da Amadora Paços de Ferreira Naval 1º de Maio
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 Club Season's Last Head Coach City Stadium 2004–2005 season Académica de Coimbra Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 14th Belenenses Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 9th Benfica Lisbon Estádio da Luz 1st Boavista Porto Estádio do Bessa – Século XXI 6th Braga Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga – AXA 4th Estrela da Amadora Amadora Estádio José Gomes 3rd in the Liga de Honra Gil Vicente 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 Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th Nacional Funchal Estádio da Madeira 12th Naval 1° de Maio Figueira da Foz Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa 2nd in the Liga de Honra Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 1st in the Liga de Honra Porto Porto Estádio do Dragão 2nd Sporting CP Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade – Século XXI 3rd Rio Ave João Eusébio Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 8th Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 5th Vitória de Setúbal Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim 10th
League table
Results
Top goal scorers RankScorerGoalsTeam1 Albert Meyong17Belenenses2 Nuno Gomes15Benfica LiédsonSporting CP João TomásBraga5 André Pinto14Nacional6 Joeano13Académica de Coimbra7 Marek Saganowski12Vitória de Guimarães8 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.
Attendances
# Club Average Highest 1 Benfica 43,057 63,489 2 Porto 38,679 50,109 3 Sporting 31,640 48,018 4 Vitória SC 15,979 23,183 5 Braga 11,550 25,000 6 Académica 9,865 26,118 7 Os Belenenses 5,365 16,000 8 Boavista 4,694 9,500 9 Gil Vicente 4,495 10,653 10 Marítimo 4,324 10,000 11 Vitória FC 3,835 8,000 12 União de Leiria 3,256 16,796 13 Paços de Ferreira 3,076 5,000 14 Rio Ave 2,824 6,000 15 Penafiel 2,253 8,000 16 Naval 2,101 6,000 17 CD Nacional 1,935 3,000 18 Estrela da Amadora 1,865 5,000 Source:
References
External links Portuguese Liga 2005-06 at rsssf.com