The 2004–05 La Liga season was the 74th since its establishment. It began on 28 August 2004, and concluded on 29 May 2005.

Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Levante (playing top flight football for the first time in thirty nine years), Getafe (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) and Numancia (returning after a three-year absence). They replaced Valladolid, Celta de Vigo and Murcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively.

Promoted to 2004–05 La Liga Relegated from 2003–04 La Liga LevanteGetafeNumancia ValladolidCelta VigoMurcia

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 from Segunda División.

Personnel and sponsors TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlbacete Martín MonteagudoLe Coq SportifIV Centenario Don Quijote de La ManchaCaja Castilla-La Mancha/Arcos CuchillosNoneCaja Castilla-La Mancha, Metalpanel La ManchaAthletic Bilbao Ernesto Valverde100% AthleticEuskadi (in UEFA matches)NoneNoneNoneAtlético Madrid César FerrandoNikeColumbia PicturesNoneNoneAXNBarcelona Frank RijkaardNikeNoneNoneTV3NoneBetis Lorenzo Serra FerrerKappaAndalucía/Globet/El Monte (in cup matches)Globet/AndalucíaNoneCoosurDeportivo de La Coruña Javier IruretaJomaFadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyol Miguel Ángel LotinaUmbroGrup TarradellasInterapuestas.comTV3Hoteles HesperiaGetafe Quique Sánchez FloresJomaOpción Centro de OcioNoneNonePropietarios del Suelo de GetafeLevante José Luis OltraHummelMutua Valenciana AutomovilistaNoneNoneMutua Valenciana AutomovilistaMálaga Antonio TapiaUmbroUnicaja/AndalucíaNoneNoneNoneMallorca Héctor CúperReialSpanairNoneNoneIlles BalearsNumancia Máximo HernándezJomaCaja DueroNoneNoneSoriaOsasuna Javier AguirreAstoreCaja NavarraNoneReyno de NavarraNoneRacing de Santander Nando YosuJomaOrganización Impulsora de DiscapacitadosSantander 250CantabriaCantabriaReal Madrid Vanderlei LuxemburgoAdidasSiemens MobileNoneNoneNoneReal Sociedad José Mari AmorrortuAstoreFIATC SegurosNGS EuropeNGS EuropeFIATC Seguros, NGS EuropeSevilla Joaquín CaparrósJomaFont Lys Agua Mineral/Vinícola Hidalgo/La Gitana (in UEFA matches)Font Lys Agua Mineral/La GitanaLocura Energy DrinkCoosurValencia Antonio LópezNikeToyotaNoneCanal NouNoneVillarreal Manuel PellegriniPumaAeroport CastellóNoneCanal NouNoneZaragoza Víctor MuñozLottoPikolinNoneNoneNone

League table

Overall Most wins – Barcelona and Real Madrid (25) Fewest wins – Numancia and Albacete (6) Most draws – Valencia (16) Fewest draws – Real Madrid (5) Most losses – Albacete (22) Fewest losses – Barcelona (4) Most goals scored – Barcelona (73) Fewest goals scored – Numancia (30) Most goals conceded – Osasuna (65) Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (29)

Results

Awards Individual Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Pichichi Trophy Diego Forlán Villarreal Ricardo Zamora Trophy Víctor Valdés Barcelona Don Balón Spanish Player of the Year Xavi Barcelona Don Balón Foreign Player of the Year Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal Don Balón Young Player of the Year Sergio Ramos Sevilla Don Balón Coach of the Year Frank Rijkaard Barcelona Don Balón Referee of the Year Alberto Undiano Mallenco — Team of the Season

La Liga Team of the Season Goalkeeper Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Defenders Sergio Ramos (Sevilla) Luis Amaranto Perea (Atlético Madrid) Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Asier del Horno (Athletic Bilbao) Midfielders Joaquín (Real Betis) Deco (Barcelona) Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal) Júlio Baptista (Sevilla) Forwards Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) Diego Forlán (Villarreal)

Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Samuel Eto'oMarca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals. Barcelona 25 Diego Forlán Villarreal 3 Ricardo Oliveira Real Betis 22 4 Ronaldo Real Madrid 21 5 Júlio Baptista Sevilla 18 6 Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 16 7 Juan Román Riquelme Villarreal 15 Maxi Rodríguez Espanyol David Villa Zaragoza 10 Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad 13 Michael Owen Real Madrid

Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 JoaquínReal Betis152 DecoBarcelona113 Francisco YesteAthletic Bilbao104 Juan Román RiquelmeVillarreal9 RonaldinhoBarcelona

Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1 Víctor Valdés Barcelona 25 35 2 Iker Casillas Real Madrid 30 37 3 Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 32 37 4 Pepe Reina Villarreal 37 38 5 Santiago Cañizares Valencia 29 29 6 Esteban Sevilla 33 28 Carlos Kameni Espanyol 45 38 8 Toni Doblas Real Betis 35 29 9 Daniel Aranzubia Athletic Bilbao 52 37 Luis García Zaragoza 52 37

Fair Play award This season, the award was not published neither given to any club due to an administrative affair.

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Maxi RodríguezEspanyolReal Betis 4–1 (A) Sergio PachónGetafeAthletic Bilbao 3–1 (H) Juan Román RiquelmeVillarrealValencia 3–1 (H) Ricardo OliveiraReal BetisAthletic Bilbao 4–4 (A) SalvaAtlético MadridMallorca 3–1 (H) Yossi BenayounRacing SantanderDeportivo La Coruña 4–1 (A) Diego ForlánVillarrealBarcelona 3–3 (A)

Attendances Source:

# 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

See also 2004–05 Segunda División 2004–05 Copa del Rey

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