2004–05 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2004–05
Dates	28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005
Champions	Barcelona; 17th title
Relegated	Levante; Numancia; Albacete
Champions League	Barcelona (group stage); Real Madrid (group stage); Villarreal (3rd qualifying round); Betis (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Espanyol (first round); Sevilla (first round); Osasuna (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Valencia (third round); Deportivo (second round); Athletic Bilbao (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	980 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Eto'o; Diego Forlán; (25 goals each)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 6–1 Albacete; (14 November 2004); Real Madrid 5–0 Levante; (28 November 2004); Real Madrid 5–0 Racing; (7 May 2005)
Biggest away win	Osasuna 1–6 Málaga; (27 February 2005)
Highest scoring	Athletic Bilbao 4–4 Betis; (13 February 2005)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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.

Athletic

Racing

Location of teams in La Liga 2004–05

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

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	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
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:

^ a b c DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
^ a b ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
^ a b RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO
^ 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

Most wins – Barcelona and Real Madrid (25)
Fewest wins – Numancia and Albacete (6)
Most draws – Valencia (16)
Fewest draws – Real Madrid (5)
Most losses – Albacete (22)
Fewest losses – Barcelona (4)
Most goals scored – Barcelona (73)
Fewest goals scored – Numancia (30)
Most goals conceded – Osasuna (65)
Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (29)

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	Diego Forlán	Villarreal	25	1
2	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	25^[6]	4
3	Ricardo Oliveira	Betis	22	1
4	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	21	1
5	Júlio Baptista	Sevilla	18	2
6	Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	16	4
7	David Villa	Zaragoza	15	3
	Maxi Rodríguez	Espanyol	15	1
	Juan Román Riquelme	Villarreal	15	8
10	Michael Owen	Real Madrid	13	0
10	Nihat Kahveci	Real Sociedad	13	0

Assists Table


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

Zamora Trophy

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

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Víctor Valdés	25	35	0.71	Barcelona
Iker Casillas	30	37	0.81	Real Madrid
Leo Franco	32	37	0.86	Atlético Madrid
Pepe Reina	37	38	0.97	Villarreal
Santiago Cañizares	29	29	1	Valencia
Esteban	33	28	1.18	Sevilla
Carlos Kameni	45	38	1.18	Espanyol
Toni Doblas	35	29	1.21	Betis
Daniel Aranzubia	52	37	1.41	Athletic Bilbao
Luis García	52	37	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
Maxi Rodríguez	Espanyol	Betis	4-1	12 September 2004
Sergio Pachón	Getafe	Athletic Bilbao	3-1	3 October 2004
Juan Román Riquelme	Villarreal	Valencia	3-1	23 January 2005
Ricardo Oliveira	Betis	Athletic Bilbao	4-4	13 February 2005
Salva	Atlético Madrid	Mallorca	3-1	3 April 2005
Yossi Benayoun	Racing Santander	Deportivo La Coruña	4-1	24 April 2005
Diego Forlán	Villarreal	Barcelona	4-4	22 May 2005

References

^ "Real Madrid 6-1 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Real Madrid 5-0 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Osasuna 1-6 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Athletic Bilbao 4-4 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
^ "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.

External links

[table_hth_RCD0.049385629151662-6] DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH

[table_hth_ATM0.049385629151662-7] ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM

[table_hth_RSO0.049385629151662-8] RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO

[table_note_res_UC1b0.049385629151662-9] 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.

[Real_Madrid_6-1_Albacete-1] "Real Madrid 6-1 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Real_Madrid_5-0_Levante-2] "Real Madrid 5-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Real_Madrid_5-0_Racing-3] "Real Madrid 5-0 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Osasuna_1-6_Málaga-4] "Osasuna 1-6 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Athletic_Bilbao_4-4_Betis-5] "Athletic Bilbao 4-4 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[note3-10] Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.

[FairPlay-11] "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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