2004–05 Fc Porto Season

Initial coach Luigi Delneri was sacked even before the season started, due to too little presence in his new town in pre-season. New signings Ricardo Quaresma, Pepe, Giourkas Seitaridis, Luís Fabiano, Raul Meireles and Diego looked spectacular on paper, but in reality, Porto had a miserable offensive performance, culminating in just 39 league goals and a loss of the league title to arch rivals Benfica. As a consolation, it won the Intercontinental Cup title with a victory against Once Caldas on penalties.

FC Porto

2004–05 season
Manager	Luigi Delneri Víctor Fernández José Couceiro
Primeira Liga	2nd
Champions League	Round of 16
Taça de Portugal	Round of 32
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Intercontinental Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Benni McCarthy (11) All: Benni McCarthy (14)
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Goalkeepers

•   Vítor Baía
•   Nuno

Defenders

•   Jorge Costa
•    Pedro Emanuel
•    Pepe
•   Ricardo Costa
•   Miguel Areias
•   Nuno Valente
•   César Peixoto
•   José Bosingwa
•   Giourkas Seitaridis
•   Mário Silva
•    Evaldo

Midfielders

•   Leandro
•   Hugo Leal
•    Diego
•   Ricardo Quaresma
•   Maniche
•   Carlos Alberto
•   Raul Meireles
•   Léo Lima
•   Ricardo Fernandes
•   Ibson

Attackers

•   Luís Fabiano
•    Derlei
•    Maciel
•   Hélder Postiga
•   Hugo Almeida
•   Benni McCarthy
•    Pitbull

League table

Matches

• Porto-União de Leiria 1-1
• 1-0 Ricardo Quaresma   8'
• 1-1 Petar Krpan   75'
• Braga-Porto 1-1
• 0-1 Maniche   3'
• 1-1 Wender   60' (pen.)
• Porto-Estoril 2-2
• 0-1 Ousmane N'Doye   13'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano   17'
• 1-2 Pinheiro   44'
• 2-2 Pepe   69'
• Vitória de Guimarães-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Costinha   83'
• Porto-Belenenses 3-0
• 1-0 Maniche   34'
• 2-0 Benni McCarthy   72'
• 3-0 Benni McCarthy   90'
• Benfica-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy   10'
• Porto-Penafiel 2-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy   14'
• 2-0 Benni McCarthy   25'
• Nacional-Porto 2-2
• 0-1 Diego   1'
• 0-2 Benni McCarthy   51'
• 1-2 Raul Meireles   90 + 2' (o.g.)
• 2-2 Adriano   90 + 4'
• Porto-Sporting CP 3-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy   57'
• 2-0 Diego   81'
• 3-0 Carlos Alberto   87'
• Gil Vicente-Porto 0-2
• 0-1 Ricardo Quaresma   31'
• 0-2 Costinha   87'
• Porto-Boavista 0-1
• 0-1 Cafú   90 + 3'
• Vitória Setúbal-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Jorge Costa   24'
• Porto-Beira-Mar 0-1
• 0-1 Beto   38'
• Marítimo-Porto 1-1
• 1-0 Pena   13'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano   33'
• Porto-Moreirense 1-0
• 1-0 Maniche   26'
• Porto-Rio Ave 1-1
• 0-1 Gaúcho   28'
• 1-1 Luís Fabiano   73'
• Académica-Porto 0-0
• União de Leiria-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Ricardo Costa   17'
• Porto-Braga 1-3
• 0-1 João Tomás   22'
• 1-1 Diego   33' (pen.)
• 1-2 Wender   42'
• 1-3 João Tomás   76'
• Estoril-Porto 1-2
• 0-1 José Bosingwa   19'
• 0-2 Ricardo Quaresma   23'
• 1-2 Fellahi   38' (pen.)
• Porto-Vitória de Guimarães 0-0
• Belenenses-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Costinha   47'
• Porto-Benfica 1-1
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy   66'
• 1-1 Geovanni   77'
• Penafiel-Porto 1-2
• 1-0 Wesley   1'
• 1-1 Pedro Emanuel   80'
• 1-2 Benni McCarthy   90 + 3'
• Porto-Nacional 0-4
• 0-1 Miguel Fidalgo   4'
• 0-2 Alonso   60'
• 0-3 Nuno Viveiros   69'
• 0-4 Bruno   84'
• Sporting CP-Porto 2-0
• 1-0 Liédson   62' (pen.)
• 2-0 Carlos Martins   90 + 4'
• Porto-Gil Vicente 1-0
• 1-0 Hélder Postiga   37'
• Boavista-Porto 1-0
• 1-0 Cadú   52'
• Porto-Vitória Setúbal 2-1
• 0-1 Albert Meyong   26'
• 1-1 Hélder Postiga   41'
• 2-1 Ricardo Quaresma   60'
• Beira-Mar-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Ricardo Quaresma   90'
• Porto-Marítimo 1-0
• 1-0 Benni McCarthy   27'
• Moreirense-Porto 1-1
• 1-0 Nei   9'
• 1-1 Hélder Postiga   75'
• Rio Ave-Porto 0-2
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy   56'
• 0-2 Leandro   79'
• Porto-Académica 1-1
• 1-0 Ibson   61'
• 1-1 Joeano   90'

Topscorers

•   Benni McCarthy 11
•   Ricardo Quaresma 4
•   Luís Fabiano 3
•   Diego 3
•   Hélder Postiga 3

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	2	2	2	4	6	−2	8
3	CSKA Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Paris Saint-Germain	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5

• Porto-CSKA Moskva 0-0
• Chelsea-Porto 3-1
• 1-0 Alexey Smertin   7'
• 2-0 Didier Drogba   50'
• 2-1 Benni McCarthy   68'
• 3-1 John Terry   70'
• Paris Saint-Germain-Porto 2-0
• 1-0 Charles-Édouard Coridon   30'
• 2-0 Pauleta   31'
• Porto-Paris Saint-Germain 0-0
• CSKA Moskva-Porto 0-1
• 0-1 Benni McCarthy   28'
• Porto-Chelsea 2-1
• 0-1 Damien Duff   33'
• 1-1 Diego   60'
• 2-1 Benni McCarthy   85'

First knockout round

• Porto-Internazionale 1-1
• 0-1 Obafemi Martins   23'
• 1-1 Ricardo Costa   61'
• Internazionale-Porto 3-1
• 1-0 Adriano   5'
• 2-0 Adriano   63'
• 2-1 Jorge Costa   69'
• 3-1 Adriano   87'