2003–04 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2003–04
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)

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

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

Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Team summaries

Club Head Coach City Stadium 2002-2003 season
Académica de Coimbra Portugal João Carlos Pereira Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra 15th
Alverca Portugal Couceiro, JoséJosé Couceiro Alverca Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca 2nd in the Segunda Liga
Belenenses Portugal Inácio, AugustoAugusto Inácio Lisbon Estádio do Restelo 9th
Benfica Spain José Camacho Lisbon Estádio da Luz 2nd
Boavista Portugal Jaime Pacheco Porto Estádio do Bessa 10th
Braga Portugal Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga 14th
Estrela da Amadora Portugal Miguel Quaresma Amadora Estádio José Gomes 3rd in the Segunda Liga
Gil Vicente Portugal Luís Campos Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos 8th
União de Leiria Portugal Vítor Pontes Leiria Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa 5th
Marítimo Portugal Manuel Cajuda Funchal Estádio dos Barreiros 7th
Nacional Brazil Casemiro Mior Funchal Estádio da Madeira 11th
Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Mota Paços de Ferreira Estádio da Mata Real 6th
Beira-Mar Portugal António Sousa Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro 13th
Moreirense Portugal Machado, ManuelManuel Machado Guimarães Estádio do Moreirense 12th
Porto Portugal Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho Porto Estádio do Dragão 1st
Sporting CP Portugal Santos, FernandoFernando Santos Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade 3rd
Rio Ave Portugal Carlos Brito Vila do Conde Estádio dos Arcos 1st in the Segunda Liga
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques 4th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manage Manner Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Artur Jorge Resigned 28 August 2003[1] Portugal Vítor Oliveira 28 August 2003[2]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Augusto Inácio Sacked 8 December 2003[3] Portugal Jorge Jesus 8 December 2003[3]
Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Gomes Mutual Consent 21 October 2003[4] Portugal José Mota 22 October 2003[5]
Estrela da Amadora Portugal João Alves Sacked 3 November 2003[6] Portugal Miguel Quaresma 3 November 2003[7]
Gil Vicente Portugal Mário Reis Sacked 11 November 2003[8] Portugal Luís Campos 25 November 2003[9]
Belenenses Portugal Manuel José Resigned 22 November 2003[10] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogićević 23 November 2003[11]
Belenenses Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogićević Sacked 19 January 2004[12] Portugal Augusto Inácio 20 January 2004[13]
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Vítor Oliveira Sacked 26 January 2004[14] Portugal João Pereira 27 January 2004[14]
Boavista Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Sacked 8 March 2004[15] Portugal Jaime Pacheco 8 March 2004[16]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 25 7 2 63 19+44 82 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Benfica 34 22 8 4 62 28+34 74 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 34 23 4 7 60 33+27 73 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round 1
4 Nacional 34 17 5 12 56 35+21 56
5 Braga 34 15 9 10 36 382 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 33 330 46
10 União de Leiria 34 11 12 11 43 452 45 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
11 Beira-Mar 34 11 8 15 36 459 41
12 Gil Vicente 34 10 10 14 43 40+3 40
13 Académica 34 11 5 18 40 422 38
14 Vitória de Guimarães 34 9 10 15 31 409 37
15 Belenenses 34 8 11 15 35 5419 35
16 Alverca (R) 34 10 5 19 33 4916 35 Relegation to 2004–05 Segunda Liga
17 Paços de Ferreira (R) 34 8 4 22 27 5326 28
18 Estrela da Amadora (R) 34 4 5 25 22 7452 17

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ACA ALV BEMBELBENBOABRAESTGVIMARMORNACPAÇPORRAVSCPULEVGU
Académica 40 01 01 13 10 01 41 21 20 03 01 32 01 00 12 12 11
Alverca 21 12 10 03 11 12 30 00 01 12 21 21 12 10 12 14 14
Beira-Mar 00 10 20 01 02 02 30 11 22 10 10 41 00 11 02 42 22
Belenenses 05 20 10 02 11 02 40 20 22 00 01 02 14 30 13 11 20
Benfica 20 20 12 33 32 20 31 21 10 11 10 21 11 20 13 00 20
Boavista 00 21 10 11 00 11 12 03 21 10 21 11 01 11 21 10 10
Braga 21 00 02 21 03 00 21 21 00 11 10 21 03 11 23 31 21
Estrela da Amadora 21 03 22 22 03 21 01 11 10 12 01 01 11 14 14 00 01
Gil Vicente 01 01 30 00 12 01 10 51 21 10 44 20 20 12 11 20 11
Marítimo 02 11 10 20 11 00 11 10 20 10 20 20 22 10 21 22 11
Moreirense 11 31 31 00 14 21 02 10 00 30 21 10 11 10 10 00 11
Nacional 21 30 30 40 32 10 51 40 21 01 31 20 00 40 33 02 42
Paços de Ferreira 10 03 21 11 03 03 01 10 32 01 10 11 02 12 12 12 10
Porto 41 10 30 41 20 10 20 20 41 10 10 10 31 10 41 21 30
Rio Ave 32 12 11 41 11 12 00 31 11 21 11 00 21 10 40 30 10
Sporting CP 20 20 31 42 01 10 20 40 10 10 10 20 10 11 11 20 21
União de Leiria 02 21 21 11 33 20 22 41 22 22 21 01 10 13 11 10 00
Vitória de Guimarães 12 22 20 01 01 11 10 10 02 11 30 21 11 12 20 02 10

Source: Foradejogo (Portuguese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[17]
1 South Africa Benni McCarthy Porto 20
2 Brazil Adriano Nacional 19
3 Brazil Evandro Rio Ave 15
Brazil Liédson Sporting
5 Portugal Ricardo Sousa Boavista 14
6 Brazil Derlei Porto 13
7 Portugal Simão Sabrosa Benfica 12
8 Portugal Zé Manuel Paços de Ferreira 11
Brazil Ferreira Gil Vicente
Brazil Wender Braga

Hat-tricks

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

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
September[18] Brazil Juninho Petrolina Beira-Mar
October[19] Brazil Derlei FC Porto
November[20] Portugal Pedro Barbosa Sporting CP
December[21] Brazil Evandro Rio Ave
January[22] South Africa Benni McCarthy FC Porto
February[23] Portugal Petit Benfica
March[24] Cameroon Doula Sporting CP
April[25] Brazil Rossato Nacional
May[26] South Africa Benni McCarthy FC Porto

Annual awards

Portuguese Silver Boot

The Portuguese Silver Boot award was won by the South African Benni McCarthy of Porto, by scoring 20 goals.

References

  1. "Artur Jorge anuncia saída" [Artur Jorge announces departure] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  2. "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.
  3. 1 2 "Jorge Jesus substitui Inácio no comando técnico" [Jorge Jesus replaces Inácio as coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 December 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  4. "José Gomes rescinde" [José Gomes ends contract] (in Portuguese). Record. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  5. "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.
  6. "João Alves deixa comando técnico" [João Alves leaves] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  7. "Miguel Quaresma sucede a João Alves" [Miguel Quaresma succeeds João Alves] (in Portuguese). Record. 4 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  8. "Mário Reis demitido" [Mário Reis fired] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  9. "Luís Campos é o novo treinador" [Luís Campos is the new coach] (in Portuguese). Record. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  10. "Manuel José despede-se" [Manuel José fired himself] (in Portuguese). Record. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  11. "Bogicevic apresentado no Restelo" [Bogicevic presented in Restelo] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 November 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  12. "Bogicevic abandona comando do Belém" [Bogicevic abandons Belém commands] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  13. "Inácio apresentado" [Inácio presented] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  14. 1 2 "Vítor Oliveira afastado pelos maus resultados" [Vítor Oliveira fired by bad results] (in Portuguese). Record. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  15. "Sanchez acerta a rescisão" [Sanchez solves end of contract] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 March 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  16. "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.
  17. "Portugal 2003/04". RSSSF. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  18. "Petrolina foi o melhor no mês de Setembro" [Petrolina was September's best player] (in Portuguese). Record. 24 October 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  19. "Derlei é o melhor de Outubro" [Derlei elected October's best player] (in Portuguese). Record. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  20. "Barbosa eleito Jogador do Mês" [Barbosa elected the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  21. "Evandro eleito o melhor do mês" [Evandro elected the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  22. "McCarthy é o jogador do mês" [McCarthy is the player of the month] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  23. "Sindicato premeia Petit" [Syndicate awards Petit] (in Portuguese). Record. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  24. "Douala eleito melhor jogador do mês de Março" [Douala elected March's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  25. "Rossato eleito melhor jogador do mês de Abril" [Rossato elected April's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  26. "McCarthy eleito melhor jogador de Maio" [McCarthy elected May's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)

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