2003–04 in Portuguese football

Portuguese football 2003–04
Primeira Liga (Tier 1)
Segunda Liga (Tier 2)
Segunda Divisão (Tier 3)
Terceira Divisão (Tier 4)
Taça de Portugal (Cup)

The 2003-2004 football season in Portuguese football was dominated by FC Porto. Although Porto failed to win the Portuguese Double because of Benfica, the club won the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Portuguese team to do so in the current form of the competition.

Domestic competitions

SuperLiga

Champion: FC Porto (UEFA Champions League group stage)
UEFA Champions League third qualifying round: Benfica
UEFA Cup: Sporting Clube de Portugal, CD Nacional, SC Braga, CS Marítimo
UEFA Intertoto Cup: UD Leiria
Relegation: FC Alverca, FC Paços de Ferreira, CF Estrela da Amadora

The 2003-2004 season was dominated by FC Porto. After winning the SuperLiga, the Cup of Portugal and the UEFA Cup in 2003, José Mourinho's side dominated the championship from start to finish.

Benfica maintained the second place achieved in 2002-2003.

Sporting Clube de Portugal had a disappointing season, finishing third. At the end of the season coach Fernando Santos resigned.

CD Nacional was the great surprise finishing fourth. Due to Porto's success in European competition the previous year, the third (Sporting Clube de Portugal), fourth (CD Nacional) and fifth placed (SC Braga) teams qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Cup of Portugal

Winner: Benfica
Runner-up: FC Porto

The 2003-2004 edition of the Cup of Portugal was won by Benfica that defeated FC Porto 2-1 in the final.

Because both teams in the final had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup spot usually allocated to the winner of the Cup went to CS Marítimo, who finished sixth in the SuperLiga.

SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira

The 2003-2004 SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira was won by FC Porto who defeated UD Leiria in the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, in August 2003.

Minor leagues

League of Honour
- Champion: GD Estoril-Praia
- Promoted: GD Estoril-Praia, Vitória FC, FC Penafiel
- Relegated: Sporting da Covilhã, União da Madeira and SC Salgueiros (due to financial problems)
Second Division B
- Northern zone champion: Gondomar SC
- Central zone champion: SC Espinho
- Southern zone champion: Olhanense SC
- Relegated: ?
Third Division
- Serie A champion: SC Valenciano
- Serie B champion: GD Ribeirão
- Serie C champion: SC Penalva do Castelo
- Serie D champion: Benfica Castelo Branco
- Serie E champion: Casa Pia AC
- Serie F champion: Atlético Clube de Portugal
- Serie Açores champion: Operário dos Açores
- Promoted: ?
- Relegated: ?

International competitions

UEFA Champions League

Two Portuguese teams participated in the 2003-2004 edition of UEFA Champions League: FC Porto and Benfica. FC Porto won their second European trophy in two years, beating Partizan Belgrade, Marseille, Manchester United, Lyon, Deportivo La Coruña and AS Monaco on their way. The only team Porto faced and failed to beat was Real Madrid in the group stage.

UEFA Cup

The Portuguese participants in this edition of the UEFA Cup were: Benfica, Sporting and União de Leiria. Benfica entered the first round of the UEFA Cup. They were the most successful Portuguese team in the competition, reaching the fourth round, where they lost to an Italian team, Inter Milan. Prior to this, they beat La Louvière, Molde and Rosenborg. Sporting beat Malmö in the first round, but were surprised in the following round by Turkish team Gençlerbirligi, who beat Sporting in their own stadium by 3-0. União de Leiria entered in the final preliminary round, where they beat Coleraine, but they were knocked out in the first round by Molde (who were subsequently beaten by Benfica in the following round).

National team

UEFA Euro 2004

See: UEFA Euro 2004

Top-level football seasons in Portugal

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Football in Portugal

FPF LPFP

National teams	Portugal captains hat-tricks Women's B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15

League system	Primeira Liga (hat-tricks) LigaPro Campeonato de Portugal Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino

District Associations	Algarve Angra do Heroísmo Aveiro Beja Braga Bragança Castelo Branco Coimbra Évora Guarda Horta Leiria Lisbon Madeira Ponta Delgada Portalegre Porto Santarém Setúbal Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu

Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Taça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino Supertaça de Futebol Feminino

Defunct competitions	Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão Taça Ribeiro dos Reis Taça Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Liga Intercalar

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