2004–05 La Liga

La Liga
Season2004–05
Dates28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005
ChampionsBarcelona
17th title
RelegatedLevante
Numancia
Albacete
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Villarreal
Real Betis
UEFA CupEspanyol
Sevilla
Osasuna (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
Intertoto CupValencia
Deportivo La Coruña
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played380
Goals scored980 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Eto'o
Diego Forlán
(25 goals each)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 6–1 Albacete
(14 November 2004)[1]
Real Madrid 5–0 Levante
(28 November 2004)[2]
Real Madrid 5–0 Racing Santander
(7 May 2005)[3]
Biggest away winOsasuna 1–6 Málaga
(27 February 2005)[4]
Highest scoringAthletic Bilbao 4–4 Real Betis
(13 February 2005)[5]

The 2004–05 La Liga season was the 74th since its establishment. It began on 28 August 2004, and concluded on 29 May 2005.

Teams

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Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Levante (playing top flight football for the first time in thirty nine years), Getafe (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) and Numancia (returning after a three-year absence). They replaced Valladolid, Celta de Vigo and Murcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively.

Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132
Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044
Levante* Ciudad de Valencia 25,354
Mallorca Son Moix 23,142
Villarreal El Madrigal 23,000
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,400
Osasuna El Sadar 19,553
Albacete Carlos Belmonte 18,000
Getafe* Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 16,300
Numancia* Los Pajaritos 8,261

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 25 9 4 73 29 +44 84 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 25 5 8 71 32 +39 80
3 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 69 37 +32 65 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Real Betis 38 16 14 8 62 50 +12 62
5 Espanyol 38 17 10 11 54 46 +8 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Sevilla 38 17 9 12 44 41 +3 60
7 Valencia 38 14 16 8 54 39 +15 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 15 11 46 50 −4 51[a] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[a]
10 Málaga 38 15 6 17 40 48 −8 51[a]
11 Atlético Madrid 38 13 11 14 40 34 +6 50[b]
12 Zaragoza 38 14 8 16 52 57 −5 50[b]
13 Getafe 38 12 11 15 38 46 −8 47[c]
14 Real Sociedad 38 13 8 17 47 56 −9 47[c]
15 Osasuna 38 12 10 16 46 65 −19 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[d]
16 Racing Santander 38 12 8 18 41 58 −17 44
17 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 42 63 −21 39
18 Levante (R) 38 9 10 19 39 58 −19 37 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Numancia (R) 38 6 11 21 30 61 −31 29
20 Albacete (R) 38 6 10 22 33 56 −23 28
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
  2. ^ a b ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
  3. ^ a b RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO
  4. ^ Since Betis, winners of 2004–05 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Osasuna earned a spot in the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

Overall

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Results

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Home \ Away ALB ATH ATM FCB BET RCD ESP GET LEV MCF MLL NUM OSA RAC RMA RSO SFC VCF VIL ZAR
Albacete 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1
Athletic Bilbao 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–0
Atlético Madrid 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Barcelona 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–1
Betis 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2
Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–5 1–1 2–3
Espanyol 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–1
Getafe 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0
Levante 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–4 0–0
Málaga 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0
Mallorca 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2
Numancia 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
Osasuna 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–6 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–2
Racing Santander 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Real Madrid 6–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1
Real Sociedad 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 0–4 2–1
Sevilla 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Valencia 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0
Villarreal 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0
Zaragoza 4–3 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–3 1–0 0–1 4–1 5–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

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Pichichi Trophy

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The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o[6] Barcelona 25
Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal
3 Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Real Betis 22
4 Brazil Ronaldo Real Madrid 21
5 Brazil Júlio Baptista Sevilla 18
6 Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 16
7 Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 15
Argentina Maxi Rodríguez Espanyol
Spain David Villa Zaragoza
10 Turkey Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad 13
England Michael Owen Real Madrid

Top assists

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Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Joaquín Real Betis 15
2 Portugal Deco Barcelona 11
3 Spain Francisco Yeste Athletic Bilbao 10
4 Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 9
Brazil Ronaldinho Barcelona

Zamora Trophy

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The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 25 35 0.71
2 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 30 37 0.81
3 Argentina Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 32 37 0.86
4 Spain Pepe Reina Villarreal 37 38 0.97
5 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 29 29 1
6 Spain Esteban Sevilla 33 28 1.18
Cameroon Carlos Kameni Espanyol 45 38
8 Spain Toni Doblas Real Betis 35 29 1.21
9 Spain Daniel Aranzubia Athletic Bilbao 52 37 1.41
Spain Luis García Zaragoza 52 37

Fair Play award

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This season, the award was not published neither given to any club due to an administrative affair.[7]

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Argentina Maxi Rodríguez Espanyol Real Betis 4–1 (A) 12 September 2004
Spain Sergio Pachón Getafe Athletic Bilbao 3–1 (H) 3 October 2004
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal Valencia 3–1 (H) 23 January 2005
Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Real Betis Athletic Bilbao 4–4 (A) 13 February 2005
Spain Salva Atlético Madrid Mallorca 3–1 (H) 3 April 2005
Israel Yossi Benayoun Racing Santander Deportivo La Coruña 4–1 (A) 24 April 2005
Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal Barcelona 3–3 (A) 22 May 2005

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Real Madrid 6-1 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Osasuna 1-6 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Athletic Bilbao 4-4 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  6. ^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
  7. ^ "Recibirá Barcelona premio al Juego Limpio" [Barcelona will receive Fair Play Award] (in Spanish). esmas.com. 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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