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In the League Of Honour , FC Paços De Ferreira won the title and alongside with newcommers A. Naval 1º De Maio and fomer competitors CF Estrela Da Amadora secured their place in the 1st level of Portuguese football for 2005-06 .

In the UEFA competitions, the Portuguese teams qualified in the 2003-04 Season were Porto and Benfica in the Champions League; Sporting, Sporting de Braga, CS Marítimo and CD Nacional in the UEFA Cup; and União D. De Leiria in the UEFA Intertoto Cup . Early in the season, Porto lost the UEFA Super Cup to AC Milan . Eventually they would reach the round of 16 of the Champions League where they were eliminated by Inter Milan . In the middle of the season Porto also won their second Intercontinental Cup against Once Caldas . Meanwhile Sporting managed to reach the UEFA cup final (which was already chosen to be played at Sporting's Estádio José De Alvalade ) where they lost to CSKA Moscow . The fact that Leiria reached the finals of the Intertoto Cup is also noteworthy.

Meanwhile, the ''Selecção Nacional'' (national team) managed to secure a comfortable position that would prove decisive in the qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2006 .


HONOURS



SUPERLIGA

After almost 11 years, the longest "drought" period in Benfica's history comes to an end. It was an awekward season, mainly because of the inconsistency of the chronically title candidates. Never a team had won the championship with such a small amount of points, since victory is equivalent to three points. The 65 points of Benfica would only be sufficient to manage a 4th place in the year before and, considering a percentage of points awarded, their score of 64% wouldn't be enough to place them in first or second place in any other of the previous Portuguese championships. Inconsistency was present in Benfica's season, but their main rivals were no better. In the upper part o the table the Sporting de Braga's season is noteworthy, that was fighting for the title 4 games before the end of the season.


Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the League Of Honour at the start of the season:


Final standings



UEFA competitions and relegations

These teams were qualified for the UEFA competitions of 2005-06:



Top scorers



UEFA COMPETITIONS


UEFA Champions League


FC Porto


UEFA Champions League group H



UEFA Champions League round of 16




SL Benfica


UEFA Champions League third qualifying round



UEFA Cup first round



UEFA Cup group F



UEFA Cup round of 32




Sporting CP


UEFA Cup first round



UEFA Cup group D



UEFA Cup round of 32



UEFA Cup round of 16



UEFA Cup quarter-finals



UEFA Cup semi-finals



UEFA Cup final




Sporting C. de Braga


UEFA Cup first round




CS Marítimo


UEFA Cup first round




CD Nacional


UEFA Cup first round




CD Nacional


UEFA Intertoto Cup third round



UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals



UEFA Intertoto Cup finals




European/South American Cup


UEFA Super Cup



CUP OF PORTUGAL



LEAGUE OF HONOUR



Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the Second Division B at the start of the season:


Final standings



Promotions and relegations

These teams were promoted to the SuperLiga (future Liga Betandwin.com ) of 2005-06:



Top scorers



SECOND DIVISION B


Promoted and relegated teams


Final standings


Promotions and relegations


Top scorers



THIRD DIVISION


Promoted and relegated teams


Final standings


Promotions and relegations


Top scorers



DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS



PORTUGAL NATIONAL TEAM


''KEY: WCQ3 = World Cup Qualification Match - Group 3 ; F = Friendly''