The 2004–05 season was

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's 97th competitive season, 71st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese

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, and 98th year in existence as a

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. Sporting CP's season began on 29 August 2004 with the first game of the Primeira Liga campaign, with a 3–2 home victory over

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. Despite being top of the league at the half way mark of the season, and claiming home victories over rivals Benfica and

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, the ''Leões'' finished in third place, four points behind league champions Benfica. Aside from the

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, Sporting CP also competed in the

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, where they entered the fourth round courtesy of their league position. After claiming straightforward victories over

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and Pampilhosa, Sporting CP were eliminated by Lisbon rivals Benfica in the sixth round. In a highly entertaining 3–3 game, the tie went to penalties which saw the ''Encarnados'' defeat the ''Leões'' 7–6 on penalties. Given their third-place finish in the 2003–04 season, the ''Leões'' secured a place in the first round of the

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. After progressing through the group stages, Sporting CP defeated Dutch side

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, and English sides

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and

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to set up a semi-final tie against AZ. Despite taking a 2–1 lead into the second leg, the ''Cheese Farmers'' equaled the first leg result which led to extra time. After

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's 109th-minute strike which gave AZ the aggregate lead, Miguel Garcia scored a stoppage time goal to see Sporting CP progress to the final on the

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. In the

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taking place at the

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, Sporting CP met Russian side

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. Despite taking a first half lead, Sporting CP lost their advantage and conceded three second half goals to lose the final 3–1.

First team squad

''Stats as of the end of the 2004–05 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in domestic league campaigns.''

Club

Coaching staff

{, class="wikitable" , - !Position !Staff , - , Manager, , José Peseiro , - , rowspan="3", Assistant Manager, , Eduardinho , - , Luís Martins , - ,

Pedro Caixinha Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha (; born 15 November 1970) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He started coaching in his late twenties, acting an assistant with Sporting CP, Al-Hilal, Panath ...

, - , Goalkeeper Coach, , Fernando Justino , - , Training Coach, , Flávio Baia dos Santos , - , Scout, , João Ruas , - , Doctor, , Gomes Pereira , - , Kit man, , Paulinho , -

Other information

Pre-season and Post-season friendlies

Legend

Matches

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Standings

Matches

* Sporting-

3-2 * 1-0 '' Marcos António'' * 2-0

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* 2-1 Marcos António * 3-1

* 3-2

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* Vitória Setúbal- Sporting 2-0 * 1-0 Jorginho * 2-0

Albert Meyong Albert Meyong Zé (born 19 October 1980), known as Meyong, is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 231 matches and ...

* Sporting- Marítimo 0-1 * 0-1 Gustavo Manduca *

Rio Ave Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

- Sporting 0-0 * Sporting-

União Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria (), commonly known as União de Leiria, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pes ...

2-2 * 1-0 Rogério * 1-1 João Paulo * 1-2 Fábio Felício * 2-2 Beto *

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- Sporting 1-4 * 0-1

* 0-2

* 1-2 João Paulo * 1-3 Hugo Viana * 1-4 Hugo Viana * Sporting-

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2-0 * 1-0

* 2-0

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- Sporting 0-3 * 0-1

* 0-2 Custódio * 0-3

- Sporting 3-0 * 1-0

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* 2-0

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* 3-0 Carlos Alberto * Sporting- Boavista 6-1 * 1-0

* 2-0 Hugo Viana * 3-0 Hugo Viana * 4-0 Custódio * 4-1 Felipe Flores * 5-1

* 6-1 Mauricio Pinilla *

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- Sporting 2-2 * 1-0 Sunny Ekeh Kingsley * 1-1

* 1-2 ''

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'' * 2-2 Heitor

References

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