Season 2005–06 Matches played 306 Dates 19 Aug 2005 – 7 May 2006 Location Portugal Goals scored 681 | Champions Porto
21st title Average goals/game 2.23 Champion FC Porto Best player Ricardo Quaresma | |
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Champions League Porto
Sporting CP
Benfica UEFA Cup Braga
Nacional
Vitória de Setúbal Relegated Gil Vicente F.C., Rio Ave F.C., Vitória S.C., F.C. Penafiel Similar 2007–08 Primeira Liga, 2008–09 Primeira Liga, 2010–11 Primeira Liga, 2012–13 Primeira Liga | ||
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.
Contents
- Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
- Teams promoted from Liga de Honra
- League table
- Results
- Footballer of the Year
- Portuguese Golden Shoe
- References
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 UEFA Cup 2006–07; 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.
Teams relegated to Liga de Honra
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
The other three teams were replaced by Estrela da Amadora, Paços de Ferreira and Naval 1º de Maio from the Liga de Honra.
League table
Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
2 Gil Vicente fielded an ineligible player, Angolan forward Mateus. 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
(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
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.
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.