The Primeira Liga 2003-04 began on 16 August 2003 with an opening game between Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal, and ended on 9 May 2004. It was contested by 18 teams. Futebol Clube do Porto was the defending champion and the new champion again, winning the Portuguese title in two consecutive seasons. As well as winning the domestic league, Porto also won the most prestigious club trophy in Europe: the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

, beating AS Monaco

AS Monaco FC

Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...

 in the final.

The first goal of the season was scored by Académica's Filipe Alvim in the opening game against Sporting CP. The first red card of the season was given to Paços de Ferreira's Portuguese midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 Pedrinha

Pedrinha

Pedro Ricardo Marques Pereira Monteiro , aka Pedrinha, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Penafiel as a central midfielder.-Football career:...

 in the 3rd game of the season against Nacional and the first yellow card was given to Sporting's Portuguese midfielder Custódio in the opening game of the season. Porto's Benni McCarthy

Benni McCarthy

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...

 was the top scorer of the season, scoring 20 goals, including an impressive hat-trick

Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...

 in a 3-1 victory against Paços de Ferreira; it was Porto's last league game of the season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Liga de Honra

Liga de Honra

The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

• Varzim
• Santa Clara
  C.D. Santa Clara
  Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They are the most successful football team from the Azores islands. To date, it is the only club from the Azores islands to have competed in the top division of the Portuguese Liga, although they currently...
  
  
• Vitória de Setúbal
  Vitória F.C.
  Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...
  
  

Varzim, Santa Clara, and Vitória de Setúbal were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2002–03 season.

Teams promoted from Liga de Honra

• Rio Ave
• Alverca
  F.C. Alverca
  Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon. Founded on 1 September 1939, it currently plays in the Lisbon District Championships.-History:...
  
  
• Estrela da Amadora

The other three teams were replaced by Rio Ave, Alverca, Estrela da Amadora from Liga de Honra.

Teams

Team summaries

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	2002-2003 season
Académica de Coimbra	João Pereira	Coimbra Coimbra Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra The Estádio Finibanco Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team...	15th in the Liga Portuguese Liga 2002-03 -Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Porto won the championship.-League standings:...
Alverca F.C. Alverca Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon. Founded on 1 September 1939, it currently plays in the Lisbon District Championships.-History:...		Alverca Alverca do Ribatejo Alverca do Ribatejo is a city and a parish in Vila Franca de Xira Municipality in Portugal. It covers an area of 17.89 km² and had a population of 29,086 as of 2001. It was promoted to city status in 1990. It is a city and a suburb near the Tagus River , in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area...	Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca	2nd in the Liga de Honra Liga de Honra The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
Belenenses		Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio do Restelo Estádio do Restelo The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1956.It is situated behind the world-renowned Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon district of Santa Maria de Belém....	9th in the Liga
Benfica	José Camacho José Antonio Camacho José Antonio Camacho Alfaro is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender, and the current coach of the China PR national football team....	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio da Luz	2nd in the Liga
Boavista	Jaime Pacheco Jaime Pacheco Jaime Moreira Pacheco is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.During his career he played, among others, for F.C. Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal...	Porto Porto Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...	Estádio do Bessa Estádio do Bessa The Estádio do Bessa is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista.Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground, but built on top of the old stands, and each one of them was built at a time, which allowed Boavista to continue playing...	10th in the Liga
Braga		Braga Braga Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...	Estádio Municipal de Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club Sporting Clube de Braga, and as a UEFA Euro 2004 venue. Its architect was Portuguese Eduardo Souto de Moura...	14th in the Liga
Estrela da Amadora	Miguel Quaresma	Amadora Amadora Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...	Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes, informally known as Estádio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portuguese football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora and it has a capacity of 9,288....	3rd in the Liga de Honra
Gil Vicente	Luís Campos	Barcelos Barcelos, Portugal Barcelos is a city in Barcelos Municipality in Braga District. The city has a population of 20,625.-History:Originally a Roman settlement, it expanded and became the seat of the First Duke of Bragança in the 15th century...	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Estádio Cidade de Barcelos is a multi-use stadium in Barcelos, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,374 people and was built in 2004. The first game played there was between the home team Gil Vicente FC and the Nacional de Montevideo, the...	8th in the Liga
União de Leiria	Vítor Pontes	Leiria Leiria Leiria is a city in Leiria Municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal. It is the capital of Leiria District. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000...	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football stadium in Leiria, Portugal, built as a venue for the UEFA Euro 2004 finals held in Portugal. It is the home for Leiria's main football club, União de Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira in 2003. The stadium contains different coloured seats as...	5th in the Liga
Marítimo	Manuel Cajuda Manuel Cajuda Manuel Ventura Cajuda de Sousa is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of União de Leiria....	Funchal Funchal Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...	Estádio dos Barreiros Estádio dos Barreiros Estádio dos Barreiros is a multi-purpose stadium in Funchal, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Club Sport Marítimo and although much larger in its hey-day, the stadium is now able to hold just 8,922 people....	7th in the Liga
Nacional	Casemiro Mior Casemiro Mior Casemiro Mior is a Brazilian football head coach.During his career as a footballer, he played for Grêmio, Internacional and Internacional de Limeira.In 2002, Mior was appointed to be the head coach of Hong Kong....	Funchal Funchal Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...	Estádio da Madeira Estádio da Madeira Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Estádio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for the home matches of C.D. Nacional, one of two Liga Sagres teams located in Funchal Estádio da Madeira, formerly...	11th in the Liga
Paços de Ferreira	José Mota José Mota (football manager) José Albano Ferreira da Mota is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a right defender, and a current manager.-Football career:...	Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira is a city in Portugal. It is sometimes also called Capital do Móvel , since the city is home to numerous furniture manufacturing plants. Besides older Portuguese furniture companies, Portugal's major industrial operations of IKEA are also located there...	Estádio da Mata Real Estádio da Mata Real Estadio da Mata Real is a multi-use stadium in Paços de Ferreira, Portugal. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 5,255 people and was built in 1973....	6th in the Liga
Beira-Mar	António Sousa António Sousa António Augusto Gomes de Sousa is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.During his career he played, among others, for F.C. Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal...	Aveiro	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira...	13th in the Liga
Moreirense		Guimarães Guimarães Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...	Estádio do Moreirense Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas is a multi-use stadium in Moreira de Cónegos, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Moreirense FC....	12th in the Liga
Porto		Porto Porto Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...	Estádio do Dragão Estádio do Dragão The Estádio do Dragão is a football stadium located in Porto, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 50,399. Inaugurated on November 16, 2003, it is the current home ground of F.C. Porto, having replaced the club's old venue, the Estádio das Antas...	1st in the Liga
Sporting CP		Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Estádio José Alvalade Estádio José Alvalade Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect...	3rd in the Liga
Rio Ave		Vila do Conde	Estádio dos Arcos Estádio do Rio Ave FC Estadio do Rio Ave FC is a multi-use stadium in Vila do Conde, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 12,815 people and was built in 1985....	1st in the Liga de Honra
Vitória de Guimarães		Guimarães Guimarães Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Estádio D. Afonso Henriques The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently completing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga...	4th in the Liga

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manage	Manner	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Académica de Coimbra	Artur Jorge Artur Jorge Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira , commonly known as simply Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese football coach and a former football player. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players of all time.-Club career:As a junior player, he started at the...	Resigned	28 August 2003	Vítor Oliveira Vítor Oliveira Vítor Manuel Oliveira is a Portuguese football manager currently managing in the Liga de Honra for Trofense. Oliveira has managed several clubs in the Portuguese Liga, some multiple times in non-consecutive seasons...	28 August 2003
Vitória de Guimarães	Augusto Inácio Augusto Inácio Augusto Soares Inácio is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender, and a current coach.Having represented both Sporting Clube de Portugal and F.C...	Sacked	8 December 2003	Jorge Jesus	8 December 2003
Paços de Ferreira	José Gomes José Gomes José Manuel Gomes da Silva , aka Zé Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a right defender.-External links:** **...	Mutual Consent	21 October 2003	José Mota José Mota (football manager) José Albano Ferreira da Mota is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a right defender, and a current manager.-Football career:...	22 October 2003
Estrela da Amadora	João Alves João Alves João Artur Rosa Alves is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães as a central midfielder.-Club career:...	Sacked	3 November 2003	Miguel Quaresma	3 November 2003
Gil Vicente	Mário Reis	Sacked	11 November 2003	Luís Campos	25 November 2003
Belenenses	Manuel José	Resigned	22 November 2003	Bogićević Vladislav Bogicevic Vladislav Bogićević is a Serbian former football player. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Club career:...	23 November 2003
Belenenses	Bogićević Vladislav Bogicevic Vladislav Bogićević is a Serbian former football player. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Club career:...	Sacked	19 January 2004	Augusto Inácio Augusto Inácio Augusto Soares Inácio is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender, and a current coach.Having represented both Sporting Clube de Portugal and F.C...	20 January 2004
Académica de Coimbra	Vítor Oliveira Vítor Oliveira Vítor Manuel Oliveira is a Portuguese football manager currently managing in the Liga de Honra for Trofense. Oliveira has managed several clubs in the Portuguese Liga, some multiple times in non-consecutive seasons...	Sacked	26 January 2004	João Pereira João Carlos Pereira João Carlos Pereira is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of Servette FC.-Football career:...	27 January 2004
Boavista	Erwin Sánchez Erwin Sánchez Erwin Sánchez Freking is a retired Bolivian footballer.Dubbed Platini, he played as an attacking midfielder, with scoring range...	Sacked	8 March 2004	Jaime Pacheco Jaime Pacheco Jaime Moreira Pacheco is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.During his career he played, among others, for F.C. Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal...	8 March 2004

Final table standings

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Porto (C)	34	25	7	2	63	19
82	UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2	Benfica	34	22	8	4	62	28
74	UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	4	7	60	33
73	UEFA Cup First round
4		Nacional	34	17	5	12	56	35
56
5		Braga	34	15	8	11	33	36
54
6	Marítimo	34	12	12	10	35	33
48
7	Rio Ave	34	12	12	10	42	37
48
8	Boavista	34	12	11	11	32	31
47
9	Moreirense	34	12	10	12	33	33	0	46
10	União de Leiria	34	11	12	11	43	45
45	Intertoto Cup
11	Beira Mar	34	11	8	15	36	45
41
12	Gil Vicente	34	10	10	14	43	40
40
13	Académica de Coimbra	34	11	5	18	40	42
38
14	Vitória de Guimarães	34	9	10	15	31	40
37
15	Belenenses	34	8	11	15	35	54
35
16	Alverca F.C. Alverca Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon. Founded on 1 September 1939, it currently plays in the Lisbon District Championships.-History:...	34	10	5	19	33	49
35	Relegation to Liga de Honra Liga de Honra The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
17		Paços de Ferreira	34	8	4	22	27	53
28
18	Estrela da Amadora	34	4	5	25	22	74
17

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Benni McCarthy Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...	Porto	20
2	Adriano Adriano Vieira Louzada Adriano Vieira Louzada, simply Adriano , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for U.D. Oliveirense in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...	Nacional	19
3	Evandro Evandro Carlos Escardalete Evandro Carlos Escardalete , simply Evandro, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a forward.-Football career:...	Rio Ave	15
	Liédson Liédson Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....	Sporting
5	Ricardo Sousa Ricardo Sousa Ricardo André de Pinho Sousa is a Portuguese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:...	Boavista	14
6	Derlei Derlei Vanderlei Fernandes Silva , aka Derlei, is a retired Brazilian-Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal , having represented all three most important clubs in the country, and amassing top division totals of 187 games and 70...	Porto	13
7	Simão Sabrosa Simão Sabrosa Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa, OIH , commonly known as Simão , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, mainly as a left winger - he can also play as a forward - with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.Having played in his country for two of the three...	Benfica	12
8	Zé Manuel	Paços de Ferreira	11
	Ferreira Josiesley Ferreira Rosa Josiesley Ferreira Rosa, best known as Ferreira is a Brazilian football striker playing for Naft Tehran in the Iran Pro League.-Career:...	Gil Vicente
	Wender	Braga

Hat-tricks

Player	Nationality	Result !! Date
Henry Antchouet Henry Antchouet Henry Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot , known as Antchouet, is a Gabonese footballer who plays for Churchill Brothers S.C...	Gabon	Belenenses	Estrela da Amadora	4–0
Adriano Adriano Vieira Louzada Adriano Vieira Louzada, simply Adriano , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for U.D. Oliveirense in Portugal, as a striker.-Football career:...	Brazil	Nacional	Vitória de Guimarães	4–2
Liédson Liédson Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....	Brazil	Sporting	Estrela da Amadora	4–0
Adriano Rossato	Brazil	Nacional	Beira Mar	3-0
Benni McCarthy Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...		Porto	Paços de Ferreira	3–1

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month SJPF Player of the Month The SJPF Player of the Month is an association football award that recognizes the best Portuguese League player each month of the season and is conceived by the SJPF...
	Player	Club
September	Juninho Petrolina Juninho Petrolina Hamilton Timbira Dias dos Santos Júnior, best known as Juninho Petrolina is a Brazilian football who plays for FC Kəpəz on loan from FK Khazar Lankaran as a midfielder.-Career:...	Beira-Mar
October	Derlei Derlei Vanderlei Fernandes Silva , aka Derlei, is a retired Brazilian-Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal , having represented all three most important clubs in the country, and amassing top division totals of 187 games and 70...	FC Porto
November	Pedro Barbosa Pedro Barbosa Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder....	Sporting CP
December	Evandro Evandro Carlos Escardalete Evandro Carlos Escardalete , simply Evandro, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a forward.-Football career:...	Rio Ave
January	Benni McCarthy Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...	FC Porto
February	Petit Petit (Portuguese footballer) Armando Gonçalves Teixeira , commonly known as Petit, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln in the German first division, as a defensive midfielder....	Benfica
March	Doula Roudolphe Douala Roudolphe Douala M'bele , known as Douala, is a Cameroonian footballer. Mainly a winger, he can also operate as a forward, and played professionally in five countries, mainly in Portugal.-Football career:...	Sporting CP
April	Rossato Adriano Fabiano Rossato Adriano Fabiano Rossato is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Comercial Futebol Clube. A left defender who is a deadball specialist, he also holds Italian nationality.-Football career:...	Nacional
May	Benni McCarthy Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...	FC Porto

Annual awards

Portuguese League Footballer of the Year
The Portuguese League Footballer of the Year award was won by the Portuguese International Deco

Deco

Anderson Luís de Souza, OIH , commonly known as Deco, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for Fluminense....

 of Porto.

Portuguese Silver Boot
The Portuguese Silver Boot award was won by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n Benni McCarthy

Benni McCarthy

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...

 of Porto, by scoring 20 goals.

External links

• Portuguese Liga 2003-04 at rsssf.com