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)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Portuguese football 2003–04
Primeira Liga (Tier 1)
Segunda Liga (Tier 2)
Segunda Divisão (Tier 3)
Terceira Divisão (Tier 4)
Taça de Portugal (Cup)

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.

Contents

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  1 Promotion and relegation
  


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  2 Teams
  
  
  
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    2.1 Team summaries
    
  
  
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    2.2 Managerial changes
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 League table
  


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  4 Results
  


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  5 Statistics
  
  
  
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    5.1 Top goal scorers
    
  
  
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    5.2 Hat-tricks
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Awards
  
  
  
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    6.1 Monthly awards
    
  
  
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    6.2 Annual awards
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

• Varzim


• Santa Clara


• Vitória de Setúbal

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

• Rio Ave


• Alverca


• Estrela da Amadora

The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Alverca, Estrela da Amadora from Segunda Liga.

Teams

Leiria

Estrela

Académica

Belenenses
Benfica
Sporting

Porto
Boavista

Braga

Alverca

Rio Ave

Ferreira

Guimarães
Moreirense

Gil Vicente

Madeira: Marítimo / Nacional

Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Marítimo

Nacional

Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Team summaries

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

Managerial changes

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

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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[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	2004 UEFA 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 2004–05 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

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 
   ^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League
   

Results

Home Away[1]

ACA

ALV

BEM

BEL

BEN

BOA

BRA

EST

GVI

MAR

MOR

NAC

PAÇ

POR

RAV

SCP

ULE

VGU

Académica

4–0

0–1

0–1

1–3

1–0

0–1

4–1

2–1

2–0

0–3

0–1

3–2

0–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

Alverca

2–1

1–2

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–2

3–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

1–2

1–4

1–4

Beira-Mar

0–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

0–2

0–2

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

4–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

4–2

2–2

Belenenses

0–5

2–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

0–2

4–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

0–1

0–2

1–4

3–0

1–3

1–1

2–0

Benfica

2–0

2–0

1–2

3–3

3–2

2–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–3

0–0

2–0

Boavista

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

Braga

2–1

0–0

0–2

2–1

0–3

0–0

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–3

1–1

2–3

3–1

2–1

Estrela da Amadora

2–1

0–3

2–2

2–2

0–3

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–4

1–4

0–0

0–1

Gil Vicente

0–1

0–1

3–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–0

5–1

2–1

1–0

4–4

2–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

Marítimo

0–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–1

Moreirense

1–1

3–1

3–1

0–0

1–4

2–1

0–2

1–0

0–0

3–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

Nacional

2–1

3–0

3–0

4–0

3–2

1–0

5–1

4–0

2–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

4–0

3–3

0–2

4–2

Paços de Ferreira

1–0

0–3

2–1

1–1

0–3

0–3

0–1

1–0

3–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–0

Porto

4–1

1–0

3–0

4–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

4–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

4–1

2–1

3–0

Rio Ave

3–2

1–2

1–1

4–1

1–1

1–2

0–0

3–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

3–0

1–0

Sporting CP

2–0

2–0

3–1

4–2

0–1

1–0

2–0

4–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

União de Leiria

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–1

3–3

2–0

2–2

4–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

0–0

Vitória de Guimarães

1–2

2–2

2–0

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

3–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–0

0–2

1–0

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	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

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] Juninho Petrolina Beira-Mar October[19] Derlei FC Porto November[20] Pedro Barbosa Sporting CP December[21] Evandro Rio Ave January[22] Benni McCarthy FC Porto February[23] Petit Benfica March[24] Doula Sporting CP April[25] Rossato Nacional May[26] 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

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3. 
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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. 
    ^ ^ab "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.
    


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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.
    


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 links

• Portuguese Liga 2003-04 at rsssf.com

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