La Liga
Season2004–05
Dates28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005
ChampionsBarcelona
17th title
RelegatedLevante
Numancia
Albacete
Champions LeagueBarcelona (group stage)
Real Madrid (group stage)
Villarreal (3rd qualifying round)
Betis (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupEspanyol (first round)
Sevilla (first round)
Osasuna (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto CupValencia (third round)
Deportivo (second round)
Athletic Bilbao (second round)
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
(7 May 2005)[3]
Biggest away winOsasuna 1–6 Málaga
(27 February 2005)[4]
Highest scoringAthletic Bilbao 4–4 Betis
(13 February 2005)[5]

The 2004–05 La Liga season, the 74th since its establishment, started on 28 August 2004 and finished on 29 May 2005.

Teams

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
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
MálagaLa Rosaleda30,044
Levante*Ciudad de Valencia25,354
MallorcaSon Moix23,142
VillarrealEl Madrigal23,000
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,400
OsasunaEl Sadar19,553
AlbaceteCarlos Belmonte18,000
Getafe*Coliseum Alfonso Pérez16,300
Numancia*Los Pajaritos8,261

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

League table

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 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[lower-alpha 1]
10 Málaga 38 15 6 17 40 48 −8 51[lower-alpha 1]
11 Atlético Madrid 38 13 11 14 40 34 +6 50[lower-alpha 2]
12 Zaragoza 38 14 8 16 52 57 −5 50[lower-alpha 2]
13 Getafe 38 12 11 15 38 46 −8 47[lower-alpha 3]
14 Real Sociedad 38 13 8 17 47 56 −9 47[lower-alpha 3]
15 Osasuna 38 12 10 16 46 65 −19 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 4]
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. 1 2 3 DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
  2. 1 2 ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
  3. 1 2 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

Results

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

Pichichi Trophy

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

Position Scorer Team Goals Penalties
1 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 251
2 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 25[6]4
3 Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Betis 221
4 Brazil Ronaldo Real Madrid 211
5 Brazil Júlio Baptista Sevilla 182
6 Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 164
7 Spain David Villa Zaragoza 153
Argentina Maxi Rodríguez Espanyol 151
Argentina Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 158
10 England Michael Owen Real Madrid 130
Turkey Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad 130

Assists Table

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Joaquín 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

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
Spain Víctor Valdés 2535 0.71 Barcelona
Spain Iker Casillas 3037 0.81 Real Madrid
Argentina Leo Franco 3237 0.86 Atlético Madrid
Spain Pepe Reina 3738 0.97 Villarreal
Spain Santiago Cañizares 2929 1 Valencia
Spain Esteban 3328 1.18 Sevilla
Cameroon Carlos Kameni 4538 1.18 Espanyol
Spain Toni Doblas 3529 1.21 Betis
Spain Daniel Aranzubia 5237 1.41 Athletic Bilbao
Spain Luis García 5237 1.41 Zaragoza

Fair Play award

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

Hat-tricks

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

See also

References

  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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