| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 August 2004 – 29 May 2005 |
| Champions | Barcelona 17th title |
| Relegated | Levante Numancia Albacete |
| Champions League | Barcelona Real Madrid Villarreal Real Betis |
| UEFA Cup | Espanyol Sevilla Osasuna (asCopa del Rey runners-up) |
| Intertoto Cup | Valencia Deportivo La Coruña Athletic Bilbao |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 980 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Samuel Eto'o Diego Forlán (25 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Real Madrid 6–1Albacete (14 November 2004)[1] Real Madrid 5–0Levante (28 November 2004)[2] Real Madrid 5–0Racing Santander (7 May 2005)[3] |
| Biggest away win | Osasuna 1–6Málaga (27 February 2005)[4] |
| Highest scoring | Athletic Bilbao 4–4Real Betis (13 February 2005)[5] |
2005–06 → | |
The2004–05La Liga season was the 74th since its establishment. It began on 28 August 2004, and concluded on 29 May 2005.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from theSegunda División. The promoted teams wereLevante (playing top flight football for the first time in thirty nine years),Getafe (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) andNumancia (returning after a three-year absence). They replacedValladolid,Celta de Vigo andMurcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively.
| Levante Getafe Numancia | Valladolid Celta Vigo Murcia |
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 18,000 |
| Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
| Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
| Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
| Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
| Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
| Getafe* | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 16,300 |
| Levante* | Ciudad de Valencia | 25,354 |
| Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
| Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
| Numancia* | Los Pajaritos | 8,261 |
| Osasuna | El Sadar | 19,553 |
| Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,400 |
| Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
| Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
| Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
| Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
| Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
(*) Promoted fromSegunda División.
| 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 theChampions 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 theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Real Betis | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 62 | |
| 5 | Espanyol | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 61 | Qualification for theUEFA 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 theIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 51[a] | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 51[a] | |
| 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 theUEFA 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 theSegunda División |
| 19 | Numancia(R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 29 | |
| 20 | Albacete(R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 28 |
| 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 |
ThePichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Betis | 15 | |
| 2 | Barcelona | 11 | |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 10 | |
| 4 | Villarreal | 9 | |
| Barcelona |
TheRicardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 25 | 35 | 0.71 | |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | 37 | 0.81 | |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 32 | 37 | 0.86 | |
| 4 | Villarreal | 37 | 38 | 0.97 | |
| 5 | Valencia | 29 | 29 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sevilla | 33 | 28 | 1.18 | |
| Espanyol | 45 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Real Betis | 35 | 29 | 1.21 | |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 52 | 37 | 1.41 | |
| Zaragoza | 52 | 37 |
This season, the award was not published neither given to any club due to an administrative affair.[7]
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espanyol | Real Betis | 4–1 (A) | 12 September 2004 | |
| Getafe | Athletic Bilbao | 3–1 (H) | 3 October 2004 | |
| Villarreal | Valencia | 3–1 (H) | 23 January 2005 | |
| Real Betis | Athletic Bilbao | 4–4 (A) | 13 February 2005 | |
| Atlético Madrid | Mallorca | 3–1 (H) | 3 April 2005 | |
| Racing Santander | Deportivo La Coruña | 4–1 (A) | 24 April 2005 | |
| Villarreal | Barcelona | 3–3 (A) | 22 May 2005 |
Source:[8]
| # | Club | Avg. attendance | % change | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 73,357 | 8.5% | 97,905 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 71,934 | 3.9% | 80,000 |
| 3 | Atlético de Madrid | 42,579 | -4.0% | 57,000 |
| 4 | Valencia CF | 42,442 | -8.3% | 50,000 |
| 5 | Sevilla FC | 39,526 | 12.0% | 45,000 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 33,263 | 1.7% | 45,000 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 32,427 | -0.5% | 40,000 |
| 8 | Real Zaragoza | 30,947 | 4.4% | 34,000 |
| 9 | RCD Espanyol | 24,067 | 0.7% | 41,850 |
| 10 | Málaga CF | 22,053 | 6.7% | 30,000 |
| 11 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 21,684 | -16.8% | 35,000 |
| 12 | Real Sociedad | 21,090 | -19.5% | 26,588 |
| 13 | Villarreal CF | 18,211 | 14.4% | 22,000 |
| 14 | Levante UD | 16,964 | 19.1% | 25,000 |
| 15 | RCD Mallorca | 15,399 | -6.7% | 23,620 |
| 16 | CA Osasuna | 14,967 | -1.9% | 17,814 |
| 17 | Racing de Santander | 13,452 | -0.6% | 17,589 |
| 18 | Albacete Balompié | 12,900 | -16.5% | 17,000 |
| 19 | Getafe CF | 12,811 | 81.8% | 14,500 |
| 20 | CD Numancia | 7,958 | 54.0% | 12,000 |