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2003–04 Primeira Liga

70th season of top-tier Portuguese football


70th season of top-tier Portuguese football

FieldValue
competitionPrimeira Liga
season2003–04
dates16 August 2003 – 9 May 2004
winnersPorto
20th title
relegatedAlverca
Paços de Ferreira
Estrela da Amadora
continentalcup1[Champions League](2004-05-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersPorto
Benfica
continentalcup2[UEFA Cup](2004-05-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiersSporting CP
Nacional
Braga
Marítimo
league topscorerBenni McCarthy (20 goals)
biggest home winGil Vicente 5–1 Estrela da Amadora
(23 September 2003)
Nacional 5–1 Braga
(25 January 2004)
biggest away winAcadémica 0–5 Belenenses
(21 February 2004)
highest scoringGil Vicente 4–4 Nacional
(7 December 2003)
matches306
total goals726
prevseason[2002–03](2002-03-primeira-liga)
nextseason[2004–05](2004-05-primeira-liga)

20th title Paços de Ferreira Estrela da Amadora Benfica Nacional Braga Marítimo (23 September 2003) Nacional 5–1 Braga (25 January 2004) (21 February 2004) (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
  • 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

Team summaries

ClubHead coachCityStadium2002–2003 season
Académica de CoimbraPortugal João Carlos PereiraCoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra[15th](2002-03-primeira-liga)
AlvercaPortugalAlvercaComplexo Desportivo FC Alverca[2nd in the Segunda Liga](2002-03-segunda-liga)
BelenensesPortugalLisbonEstádio do Restelo9th
BenficaSpain José CamachoLisbonEstádio da Luz2nd
BoavistaPortugal Jaime PachecoPortoEstádio do Bessa10th
BragaPortugalBragaEstádio Municipal de Braga14th
Estrela da AmadoraPortugal Miguel QuaresmaAmadoraEstádio José Gomes3rd in the Segunda Liga
Gil VicentePortugal Luís CamposBarcelosEstádio Cidade de Barcelos8th
União de LeiriaPortugal Vítor PontesLeiriaEstádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa5th
MarítimoPortugal Manuel CajudaFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros7th
NacionalBRA Casemiro MiorFunchalEstádio da Madeira11th
Paços de FerreiraPortugal José MotaPaços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real6th
Beira-MarPortugal António SousaAveiroEstádio Municipal de Aveiro13th
MoreirensePortugalGuimarãesEstádio do Moreirense12th
PortoPortugalPortoEstádio do Dragão1st
Sporting CPPortugalLisbonEstádio José Alvalade3rd
Rio AvePortugal Carlos BritoVila do CondeEstádio dos Arcos1st in the Segunda Liga
Vitória de GuimarãesPortugalGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques4th

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing manageMannerDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
Académica de CoimbraPOR Artur JorgeResigned28 August 2003POR Vítor Oliveira28 August 2003
Vitória de GuimarãesPortugal Augusto InácioSackedurl= http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=181358title= Jorge Jesus substitui Inácio no comando técnicotrans-title= Jorge Jesus replaces Inácio as coachpublisher= Recordlanguage= ptdate= 8 December 2003access-date= 7 November 2010}}Portugal Jorge Jesus8 December 2003
Paços de FerreiraPortugal José GomesMutual Consent21 October 2003Portugal José Mota22 October 2003
Estrela da AmadoraPortugal João AlvesSacked3 November 2003Portugal Miguel Quaresma3 November 2003
Gil VicentePortugal Mário ReisSacked11 November 2003Portugal Luís Campos25 November 2003
BelenensesPortugal Manuel JoséResigned22 November 2003Serbia and Montenegro Bogićević23 November 2003
BelenensesSerbia and Montenegro BogićevićSacked19 January 2004Portugal Augusto Inácio20 January 2004
Académica de CoimbraPOR Vítor OliveiraSackedurl= http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=185991title= Vítor Oliveira afastado pelos maus resultadostrans-title= Vítor Oliveira fired by bad resultspublisher= Recordlanguage= ptdate= 27 January 2004access-date= 7 November 2010}}POR João Pereira27 January 2004
BoavistaBolivia Erwin SánchezSacked8 March 2004Portugal Jaime Pacheco8 March 2004

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goal scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1RSA Benni McCarthyPorto20
2BRA AdrianoNacional19
3BRA EvandroRio Ave15
BRA LiédsonSporting
5POR Ricardo SousaBoavista14
6Brazil DerleiPorto13
7POR Simão SabrosaBenfica12
8POR Zé ManuelPaços de Ferreira11
BRA FerreiraGil Vicente
BRA WenderBraga

Hat-tricks

PlayerNationalityForAgainstResultDate
Henry AntchouetGabonBelenensesEstrela da Amadora[4–0](https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=319)
AdrianoBrazilNacionalVitória de Guimarães[4–2](https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=371)
LiédsonBrazilSportingEstrela da Amadora[4–0](https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=572)
Adriano RossatoBrazilNacionalBeira Mar[3-0](https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=596)
Benni McCarthyPortoPaços de Ferreira[3–1](https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=612)

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClub
SeptemberBRA Juninho PetrolinaBeira-Mar
OctoberBRA DerleiFC Porto
NovemberPOR Pedro BarbosaSporting CP
DecemberBRA EvandroRio Ave
JanuaryRSA Benni McCarthyFC Porto
FebruaryPOR PetitBenfica
MarchCMR DoulaSporting CP
AprilBRA RossatoNacional
MayRSA Benni McCarthyFC 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.

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Porto34,143
2Sporting30,958
3Benfica28,395
4Vitória SC10,728
5Braga9,441
6Académica7,693
7Beira-Mar6,990
8Boavista5,806
9União de Leiria5,509
10Os Belenenses5,353
11Marítimo4,735
12Moreirense3,647
13Rio Ave3,324
14Paços de Ferreira3,300
15CD Nacional3,047
16Gil Vicente2,788
17Alverca2,382
18Estrela da Amadora2,176

Source:

References

References

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  2. (28 August 2003). "Vítor Oliveira é o novo técnico da briosa". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  3. (8 December 2003). "Jorge Jesus substitui Inácio no comando técnico". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  4. (21 October 2003). "José Gomes rescinde". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  5. (22 October 2003). "José Mota: "Toda a gente fugia de responsabilidades"". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  6. (3 November 2003). "João Alves deixa comando técnico". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  7. (4 November 2003). "Miguel Quaresma sucede a João Alves". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  8. (11 November 2003). "Mário Reis demitido". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  9. (25 November 2003). "Luís Campos é o novo treinador". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  10. (25 November 2003). "Manuel José despede-se". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  11. (23 November 2003). "Bogicevic apresentado no Restelo". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  12. (20 January 2004). "Bogicevic abandona comando do Belém". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  13. (20 January 2004). "Inácio apresentado". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  14. (27 January 2004). "Vítor Oliveira afastado pelos maus resultados". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  15. (8 March 2004). "Sanchez acerta a rescisão". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  16. (8 March 2004). "Jaime Pacheco: "Prometemos estar de corpo e alma neste projecto"". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  17. (30 March 2006). "Portugal 2003/04". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
  18. (24 October 2003). "Petrolina foi o melhor no mês de Setembro". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  19. (15 November 2003). "Derlei é o melhor de Outubro". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  20. (13 December 2003). "Barbosa eleito Jogador do Mês". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  21. (30 December 2003). "Evandro eleito o melhor do mês". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  22. (3 February 2004). "McCarthy é o jogador do mês". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  23. (6 March 2004). "Sindicato premeia Petit". [[Record (Portuguese newspaper).
  24. (15 April 2005). "Douala eleito melhor jogador do mês de Março". maisfutebol.iol.pt.
  25. (28 April 2005). "Rossato eleito melhor jogador do mês de Abril". maisfutebol.iol.pt.
  26. (13 May 2005). "McCarthy eleito melhor jogador de Maio". maisfutebol.iol.pt.
  27. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt04.htm
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