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

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]

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

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and sponsors

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Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Albacete   Martín Monteagudo Le Coq Sportif IV Centenario Don Quijote de La Mancha Caja Castilla-La Mancha/Arcos Cuchillos None Caja Castilla-La Mancha, Metalpanel La Mancha
Athletic Bilbao   Ernesto Valverde 100% Athletic Euskadi (in UEFA matches) None None None
Atlético Madrid   César Ferrando Nike Columbia Pictures None None AXN
Barcelona   Frank Rijkaard Nike None None TV3 None
Betis   Lorenzo Serra Ferrer Kappa Andalucía/Globet/El Monte (in cup matches) Globet/Andalucía None Coosur
Deportivo de La Coruña   Javier Irureta Joma Fadesa None None None
Espanyol   Miguel Ángel Lotina Umbro Grup Tarradellas Interapuestas.com TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe   Quique Sánchez Flores Joma Opción Centro de Ocio None None Propietarios del Suelo de Getafe
Levante   José Luis Oltra Hummel Mutua Valenciana Automovilista None None Mutua Valenciana Automovilista
Málaga   Antonio Tapia Umbro Unicaja/Andalucía None None None
Mallorca   Héctor Cúper Reial Spanair None None Illes Balears
Numancia   Máximo Hernández Joma Caja Duero None None Soria
Osasuna   Javier Aguirre Astore Caja Navarra None Reyno de Navarra None
Racing de Santander   Nando Yosu Joma Organización Impulsora de Discapacitados Santander 250 Cantabria Cantabria
Real Madrid   Vanderlei Luxemburgo Adidas Siemens Mobile None None None
Real Sociedad   José Mari Amorrortu Astore FIATC Seguros NGS Europe NGS Europe FIATC Seguros, NGS Europe
Sevilla   Joaquín Caparrós Joma Font Lys Agua Mineral/Vinícola Hidalgo/La Gitana (in UEFA matches) Font Lys Agua Mineral/La Gitana Locura Energy Drink Coosur
Valencia   Antonio López Nike Toyota None Canal Nou None
Villarreal   Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
Zaragoza   Víctor Muñoz Lotto Pikolin None None None

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

Top assists

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Rank Player Club Assists
1   Joaquín Real Betis 15
2   Deco Barcelona 11
3   Francisco Yeste Athletic Bilbao 10
4   Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 9
  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   Víctor Valdés Barcelona 25 35 0.71
2   Iker Casillas Real Madrid 30 37 0.81
3   Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 32 37 0.86
4   Pepe Reina Villarreal 37 38 0.97
5   Santiago Cañizares Valencia 29 29 1
6   Esteban Sevilla 33 28 1.18
  Carlos Kameni Espanyol 45 38
8   Toni Doblas Real Betis 35 29 1.21
9   Daniel Aranzubia Athletic Bilbao 52 37 1.41
  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
  Maxi Rodríguez Espanyol Real Betis 4–1 (A) 12 September 2004
  Sergio Pachón Getafe Athletic Bilbao 3–1 (H) 3 October 2004
  Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal Valencia 3–1 (H) 23 January 2005
  Ricardo Oliveira Real Betis Athletic Bilbao 4–4 (A) 13 February 2005
  Salva Atlético Madrid Mallorca 3–1 (H) 3 April 2005
  Yossi Benayoun Racing Santander Deportivo La Coruña 4–1 (A) 24 April 2005
  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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