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2003–04 Primeira Liga

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.

Primeira Liga
Season2003–04
Dates16 August 2003 – 9 May 2004
ChampionsPorto
20th title
RelegatedAlverca
Paços de Ferreira
Estrela da Amadora
Champions LeaguePorto
Benfica
UEFA CupSporting CP
Nacional
Braga
Marítimo
Matches played306
Goals scored726 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerBenni 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)

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

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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

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Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga
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Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Team summaries

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 25 7 2 63 19 +44 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 34 22 8 4 62 28 +34 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 34 23 4 7 60 33 +27 73 Qualification to 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 Qualification to 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 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: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League

Results

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Home \ Away 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 (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top goal scorers

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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

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  25. ^ "Rossato eleito melhor jogador do mês de Abril" [Rossato elected April's best player] (in Portuguese). maisfutebol.iol.pt. 28 April 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. 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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
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