2003–04 Primeira Liga

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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.

Season2003–04
Dates16 August 2003 – 9 May 2004
ChampionsPorto
20th title
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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
Matches306
Goals726 (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)
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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, 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

Location of teams in the 2003-04 Liga

Team summaries

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manage Manner Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Artur Jorge Resigned 28 August 2003[1] Portugal Vítor Oliveira 28 August 2003[2]
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal Augusto Inácio Sacked 8 December 2003[3] Portugal Jorge Jesus 8 December 2003[3]
Paços de Ferreira Portugal José Gomes Mutual Consent 21 October 2003[4] Portugal José Mota 22 October 2003[5]
Estrela da Amadora Portugal João Alves Sacked 3 November 2003[6] Portugal Miguel Quaresma 3 November 2003[7]
Gil Vicente Portugal Mário Reis Sacked 11 November 2003[8] Portugal Luís Campos 25 November 2003[9]
Belenenses Portugal Manuel José Resigned 22 November 2003[10] Serbia and Montenegro Bogićević 23 November 2003[11]
Belenenses Serbia and Montenegro Bogićević Sacked 19 January 2004[12] Portugal Augusto Inácio 20 January 2004[13]
Académica de Coimbra Portugal Vítor Oliveira Sacked 26 January 2004[14] Portugal João Pereira 27 January 2004[14]
Boavista Bolivia Erwin Sánchez Sacked 8 March 2004[15] Portugal Jaime Pacheco 8 March 2004[16]
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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
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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 the 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
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Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Hat-tricks

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Awards

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Attendances

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#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
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