2004–05 FC Porto season

FC Porto
2004–05 season
ManagerLuigi Delneri
Víctor Fernández
José Couceiro
Primeira Liga2nd
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Taça de PortugalRound of 32
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraWinners
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Intercontinental CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Benni McCarthy (11)
All: Benni McCarthy (14)

FC Porto followed up its UEFA Champions League victory with a chaotic season, following the departure of coach José Mourinho and several key players.[1] Initial coach Luigi Delneri was sacked even before the season started, due to too little presence in his new town in pre-season. New signings Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, Giourkas Seitaridis, Luís Fabiano, Raul Meireles and Diego looked spectacular on paper, but in reality, Porto had a miserable offensive performance, culminating in just 39 league goals and a loss of the league title to arch rivals Benfica. As a consolation, it won the Intercontinental Cup title with a victory against Once Caldas on penalties.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 19 8 7 51 31 +20 65 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 17 11 6 39 26 +13 62
3 Sporting CP 34 18 7 9 66 36 +30 61 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 34 16 10 8 45 28 +17 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 15 9 10 38 29 +9 54
Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

Topscorers

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal Porto 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8
3 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5
Source: [2]

First knockout round

References

  1. ^ "Futebol Clube do Porto in 2004–05". Zerozero. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Zea, Antonio (4 February 2016). "UEFA Champions League 2004–05". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 January 2021.