2004–05 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2004–05 season
Chairman	António Dias da Cunha
Manager	José Peseiro
Stadium	Estádio José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Sixth round
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Liédson (25); All: ; Liédson (35)
Highest home attendance	49,032 vs Benfica; (8 January 2005)
Lowest home attendance	19,000 vs Estoril; (28 February 2005)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was

Sporting Clube de Portugal's 97th competitive season, 71st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 98th year in existence as a football club

.

Sporting CP's season began on 29 August 2004 with the first game of the Primeira Liga campaign, with a 3–2 home victory over Gil Vicente.^[3] Despite being top of the league at the half way mark of the season, and claiming home victories over rivals Benfica and Porto, the Leões finished in third place, four points behind league champions Benfica.^[4]^[5]

Aside from the Primeira Liga, Sporting CP also competed in the Taça de Portugal, where they entered the fourth round courtesy of their league position. After claiming straightforward victories over Naval 1º de Maio and Pampilhosa, Sporting CP were eliminated by Lisbon rivals Benfica in the sixth round. In a highly entertaining 3–3 game, the tie went to penalties which saw the Encarnados defeat the Leões 7–6 on penalties.^[6]

Given their third-place finish in the

final taking place at the Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting CP met Russian side CSKA Moscow. Despite taking a first half lead, Sporting CP lost their advantage and conceded three second half goals to lose the final 3–1.^[10]

First team squad

Stats as of the end of the 2004–05 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nélson	GK	1997	(1975-10-20)20 October 1975 (aged 29)	Torreense	56	0
12	Tiago	GK	1995	(1975-04-16)16 April 1975 (aged 30)	Estrela da Amadora	78	0
13	Mário Felgueiras	GK	2005	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 18)	Youth System	0	0
76	Ricardo	GK	2003	(1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 29)	Boavista	67	0
Defenders
4	Ânderson Polga	CB	2003	(1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 26)	Grêmio	55	0
6	Hugo	CB	2000	(1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 28)	Sampdoria	59	3
14	Joseph Enakarhire	CB	2004	(1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 22)	Standard Liège	19	0
15	Miguel Garcia	RB	2003	(1983-02-04)4 February 1983 (aged 22)	Youth System	40	0
18	Mário Sérgio	RB	2003	(1981-07-28)28 July 1981 (aged 23)	Paços de Ferreira	12	0
21	Paíto	LB	2003	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 22)	Youth System	22	0
22	Beto	CB	1994	(1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 29)	Youth System	235	20
23	Rui Jorge	LB	1998	(1973-03-27)27 March 1973 (aged 32)	Porto	191	5
Midfielders
5	Carlos Martins	AM / CM	2000	(1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 23)	Youth System	43	7
8	Pedro Barbosa (C)	AM / CM	1995	(1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (aged 34)	Vitória de Guimarães	259	39
11	Rodrigo Tello	LB / LM	2001	(1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 25)	Universidad de Chile	65	4
24	Miguel Veloso	LB / CM	2005	(1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 19)	Youth System	0	0
26	Fábio Rochemback	AM / CM / DM	2003	(1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 23)	Barcelona	44	9
27	Custódio	DM	2002	(1983-05-25)25 May 1983 (aged 21)	Youth System	52	4
28	João Moutinho	AM / CM	2005	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 18)	Youth System	15	0
37	Rogério	RWB / RM	2004	(1976-02-28)28 February 1976 (aged 29)	Corinthians	29	2
45	Hugo Viana	CM / LM	2004	(1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	59	7
77	Tinga	DM	2004	(1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 27)	Grêmio	20	0
Forwards
9	Marius Niculae	CF	2001	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 24)	Dinamo București	59	14
10	Ricardo Sá Pinto	AM / CF / RW	2000	(1972-10-10)10 October 1972 (aged 32)	Real Sociedad	146	32
17	Roudolphe Douala	LW / CF / RW	2004	(1978-09-25)25 September 1978 (aged 26)	Boavista	22	4
20	Danny	AM / LW	2002	(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 21)	Marítimo	10	0
25	Paulo Sérgio	LW / RW	2003	(1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 21)	Youth System	0	0
31	Liédson	CF	2003	(1977-12-17)17 December 1977 (aged 27)	Corinthians	61	40
36	Carlos Saleiro	CF	2005	(1986-02-25)25 February 1986 (aged 19)	Youth System	0	0
87	Mauricio Pinilla	CF	2004	(1984-02-04)4 February 1984 (aged 21)	Inter Milan	16	5
99	João Mota	CF	2005	(1980-11-21)21 November 1980 (aged 24)	Jeonnam Dragons	5	0

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	José Peseiro
Assistant Manager	Eduardinho
	Luís Martins
	Pedro Caixinha
Goalkeeper Coach	Fernando Justino
Training Coach	Flávio Baia dos Santos
Scout	João Ruas
Doctor	Gomes Pereira
Kit man	Paulinho

Source: Sporting

Other information

Chairman	António Dias da Cunha
Sporting Director	Carlos Freitas
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Estádio José Alvalade (50,095 / 105 x 68 metres)
Training Ground	Academia Sporting

Source: Sporting

Pre-season and Post-season friendlies

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Matches

21 July 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	1 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Lisbon
20:00 WEST	Martins 43'	(Report)	Fadiga Pedersen	Stadium: Academia Sporting

28 July 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	London
19:45 WEST	Popovic 72'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park

Sporting CP v

Feyenoord

31 July 2004 Gateshead Cup	Sporting CP	1 – 1 (4–3 p)	Feyenoord	Newcastle upon Tyne
12:30 WEST	Hugo 40'	(Report)	Kuyt 56'	Stadium: St James' Park
	Penalties
	Rogério Polga Niculae Beto

1 August 2004 Gateshead Cup	Sporting CP	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 WEST		(Report)	Tello 33'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 23,446 Referee: Neale Barry

4 August 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	Blackburn
19:30 WEST		(Report)	Niculae 46'	Stadium: Ewood Park

8 August 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	Penafiel
21:00 WEST		(Report)	Garcia 43'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril

13 August 2004 Sporting CP	A Coruña
20:00 WEST	Amo Acuña	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

Sporting CP v

Real Zaragoza

15 August 2004 Sporting CP	0 – 2	Real Zaragoza	A Coruña
18:00 WEST		(Report)	Soriano 19' Sávio 37'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor

18 August 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	Porto
21:15 WEST	Rosário 63'	(Report)	Rogério 51' (pen. )	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

21 August 2004 Friendly	Chievo Verona	Lisbon
21:00 WEST	Liédson 46'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

Sporting CP v

Hertha Berlin

27 May 2005 Friendly	Sporting CP	2 – 2 (5–4 p)	Hertha Berlin	Paris
20:15 WEST	Sá Pinto 55' (pen.) Paíto 69'	(Report)	Wichniarek 13' Mansız 41'
	Penalties

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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

Sporting-Gil Vicente
3-2

1-0
Marcos António 18' (o.g.
)

2-0 Liédson 26'
2-1
Marcos António
74'
3-1 Liédson 76'
3-2 Fábio 80'
Sporting
2-0
1-0
Jorginho 51' (pen.
)

2-0 Albert Meyong 69'
Sporting-Marítimo
0-1

0-1 Gustavo Manduca 12'
Sporting
0-0
União Leiria
2-2
1-0
Rogério
25'
1-1
João Paulo
36'
1-2 Fábio Felício 73'
2-2 Beto 90 + 3'
Sporting
1-4
0-1 Liédson 6'
0-2 Liédson 19'
1-2
João Paulo
51'
1-3 Hugo Viana 62'
1-4 Hugo Viana 84'
Sporting-Belenenses
2-0

1-0 Liédson 85'
2-0 Roudolphe Douala 86'
Sporting
0-3
0-1 Liédson 48'
0-2 Custódio 72'
0-3 Liédson 88'
Sporting
3-0
1-0 Benni McCarthy 57'
2-0 Diego 81'
3-0
Carlos Alberto
87'
Sporting-Boavista
6-1

1-0 Roudolphe Douala 15'
2-0 Hugo Viana 43'
3-0 Hugo Viana 44'
4-0 Custódio 49'
4-1
Felipe Flores
78'
5-1 Liédson 81'
6-1 Mauricio Pinilla 90+2'
Sporting
2-2
1-0 Sunny Ekeh Kingsley 34'
1-1 Roudolphe Douala 39'
1-2 Bruno Ribeiro 54' (o.g.)
2-2
Heitor
90+2'

References

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[2] "Superliga Galp Energia - Day 23". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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v t e 2004–05 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Liga Segunda Liga Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Académica de Coimbra Beira-Mar Belenenses Benfica Braga Estoril Gil Vicente Moreirense Penafiel Porto Sporting CP Rio Ave União de Leiria Vitória de Guimarães Vitória de Setúbal
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