2004–05 La Liga
The 2004–05 La Liga season, the 74th since its establishment, started on 28 August 2004 and finished 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, Getafe and Numancia. They replaced Valladolid, Celta de Vigo and Murcia after spending time in the top flight for eleven, twelve and one years respectively.Team information
Clubs and locations
2004–05 season was composed of the following clubs:| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
| Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
| Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
| Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
| Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
| Real Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
| Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
| Real Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
| Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
| Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
| Levante | Ciudad de Valencia | 25,354 |
| Mallorca | Son Moix | 23,142 |
| Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
| Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,400 |
| Osasuna | El Sadar | 19,553 |
| Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 18,000 |
| Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 16,300 |
| Numancia | Los Pajaritos | 8,261 |
League table
Overall
- Most wins - Barcelona and Real Madrid
- Fewest wins - Numancia and Albacete
- Most draws - Valencia
- Fewest draws - Real Madrid
- Most losses - Albacete
- Fewest losses - Barcelona
- Most goals scored - Barcelona
- Fewest goals scored - Numancia
- Most goals conceded - Osasuna
- Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona
Results
Awards
Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.| Position | Scorer | Team | Goals | Penalties |
| 1 |  Diego Forlán | Villarreal | 25 | 1 |
| 2 |  Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | 25 | 4 |
| 3 |  Ricardo Oliveira | Betis | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | Júlio Baptista | Sevilla | 18 | 2 |
| 6 |  Fernando Torres | Atlético Madrid | 16 | 4 |
| 7 | David Villa | Zaragoza | 15 | 3 |
| 7 |  Maxi Rodríguez | Espanyol | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | 15 | 8 |
| 10 |  Michael Owen | Real Madrid | 13 | 0 |
| 10 |  Nihat Kahveci | Real Sociedad | 13 | 0 |
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.| Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
| Víctor Valdés | 25 | 35 | Barcelona | |
| Iker Casillas | 30 | 37 | Real Madrid | |
| Leo Franco | 32 | 37 | Atlético Madrid | |
| Pepe Reina | 37 | 38 | Villarreal | |
| Santiago Cañizares | 29 | 29 | Valencia | |
| Esteban | 33 | 28 | Sevilla | |
| Carlos Kameni | 45 | 38 | Espanyol | |
| Toni Doblas | 35 | 29 | Betis | |
| Daniel Aranzubia | 52 | 37 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| Luis García | 52 | 37 | Zaragoza |