2004–05 Sporting CP season

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

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)[1]
Lowest home attendance	19,000 vs Estoril (28 February 2005)[2]
Home colours Away colours

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 2003–04 season, the Leões secured a place in the first round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.[7] After progressing through the group stages, Sporting CP defeated Dutch side Feyenoord, and English sides Middlesbrough and Newcastle United to set up a semi-final tie against AZ. Despite taking a 2–1 lead into the second leg,[8] the Cheese Farmers equaled the first leg result which led to extra time. After Kew Jaliens's 109th-minute strike which gave AZ the aggregate lead, Miguel Garcia scored a stoppage time goal to see Sporting CP progress to the final on the away goals rule.[9] 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	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nélson		GK	1997	20 October 1975 (aged 29)	Torreense	56	0
12	Tiago		GK	1995	16 April 1975 (aged 30)	Estrela da Amadora	78	0
13	Mário Felgueiras		GK	2005	12 December 1986 (aged 18)	Youth System	0	0
76	Ricardo		GK	2003	11 February 1976 (aged 29)	Boavista	67	0
Defenders
4	Ânderson Polga		CB	2003	9 February 1979 (aged 26)	Grêmio	55	0
6	Hugo		CB	2000	11 August 1976 (aged 28)	Sampdoria	59	3
14	Joseph Enakarhire		CB	2004	6 November 1982 (aged 22)	Standard Liège	19	0
15	Miguel Garcia		RB	2003	4 February 1983 (aged 22)	Youth System	40	0
18	Mário Sérgio		RB	2003	28 July 1981 (aged 23)	Paços de Ferreira	12	0
21	Paíto		LB	2003	5 July 1982 (aged 22)	Youth System	22	0
22	Beto		CB	1994	3 May 1976 (aged 29)	Youth System	235	20
23	Rui Jorge		LB	1998	27 March 1973 (aged 32)	Porto	191	5
Midfielders
5	Carlos Martins		AM / CM	2000	29 April 1982 (aged 23)	Youth System	43	7
8	Pedro Barbosa (C)		AM / CM	1995	6 August 1970 (aged 34)	Vitória de Guimarães	259	39
11	Rodrigo Tello		LB / LM	2001	14 October 1979 (aged 25)	Universidad de Chile	65	4
24	Miguel Veloso		LB / CM	2005	11 May 1986 (aged 19)	Youth System	0	0
26	Fábio Rochemback		AM / CM / DM	2003	10 December 1981 (aged 23)	Barcelona	44	9
27	Custódio		DM	2002	25 May 1983 (aged 21)	Youth System	52	4
28	João Moutinho		AM / CM	2005	8 September 1986 (aged 18)	Youth System	15	0
37	Rogério		RWB / RM	2004	28 February 1976 (aged 29)	Corinthians	29	2
45	Hugo Viana		CM / LM	2004	15 January 1983 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	59	7
77	Tinga		DM	2004	13 January 1978 (aged 27)	Grêmio	20	0
Forwards
9	Marius Niculae		CF	2001	16 May 1981 (aged 24)	Dinamo București	59	14
10	Ricardo Sá Pinto		AM / CF / RW	2000	10 October 1972 (aged 32)	Real Sociedad	146	32
17	Roudolphe Douala		LW / CF / RW	2004	25 September 1978 (aged 26)	Boavista	22	4
20	Danny		AM / LW	2002	7 August 1983 (aged 21)	Marítimo	10	0
25	Paulo Sérgio		LW / RW	2003	24 January 1984 (aged 21)	Youth System	0	0
31	Liédson		CF	2003	17 December 1977 (aged 27)	Corinthians	61	40
36	Carlos Saleiro		CF	2005	25 February 1986 (aged 19)	Youth System	0	0
87	Mauricio Pinilla		CF	2004	4 February 1984 (aged 21)	Inter Milan	16	5
99	João Mota		CF	2005	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	Crystal Palace	1 – 0	Sporting CP	London
19:45 WEST	Popovic  72'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park

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	Newcastle United	0 – 1	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	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Blackburn
19:30 WEST		(Report)	Niculae  46'	Stadium: Ewood Park

8 August 2004 Friendly	Penafiel	0 – 1	Sporting CP	Penafiel
21:00 WEST		(Report)	Garcia  43'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril

13 August 2004 Teresa Herrera Trophy	Deportivo La Coruña	2 – 0	Sporting CP	A Coruña
20:00 WEST	Amo Acuña	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

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

18 August 2004 Friendly	Boavista	1 – 1	Sporting CP	Porto
21:15 WEST	Rosário  63'	(Report)	Rogério  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa

21 August 2004 Friendly	Sporting CP	1 – 0	Chievo Verona	Lisbon
21:00 WEST	Liédson  46'	(Report)		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

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	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) Champion.

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'
• Vitória Setúbal-Sporting 2-0
• 1-0 Jorginho  51' (pen.)
• 2-0 Albert Meyong  69'
• Sporting-Marítimo 0-1
• 0-1 Gustavo Manduca  12'
• Rio Ave-Sporting 0-0
• Sporting-União Leiria 2-2
• 1-0 Rogério  25'
• 1-1 João Paulo  36'
• 1-2 Fábio Felício  73'
• 2-2 Beto  90 + 3'
• Estoril-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'
• Penafiel-Sporting 0-3
• 0-1 Liédson  48'
• 0-2 Custódio  72'
• 0-3 Liédson  88'
• Porto-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'
• Beira-Mar-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'

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