1983–84 S.L. Benfica season

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European Cup
Quarter-finals
SupertaçaRunners-up
Iberian CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Nené (21)
All: Nené (30)

The 1983–84 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 80th season in existence and the club's 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1983 to 30 June 1984. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league. They also played in the Iberian Cup with the La Liga winners, Athletic Bilbao.

In the second year of Eriksson at Benfica, he lost

António Oliveira and Michael Manniche
. Benfica started the season by winning the Portuguese Cup final of the past season and the Iberian Cup. In the league, Benfica started strong until their drop points in October. A home win against Porto propelled them into first place, which they never lost. Twelve consecutive wins followed until they were stopped in February. In March, Benfica was knocked out of Europe and lost for the first time in the league. They reacted with five wins and a draw in the next month, before losing for a second time in late April. In May, Benfica confirmed their 26th league title, as Eriksson departed the club in June.

Season summary

Benfica entered the new season having won the league, and reached the Portuguese Cup final and the UEFA Cup final.[1][2] Due to conflict between

Toronto Blizzard.[10][11][12] The pre-season closed with the Lisbon International Tournament, which they won.[13] On 10 August, it was confirmed that the Portuguese Cup final of the past season would be played on the 21, at Estádio das Antas.[14]
The first official game was the Iberian Cup with the La Liga winners, Athletic Bilbao.[15] In a competition sponsored by the Portuguese Football Federation and the Royal Spanish Football Federation, that joined the Primeira Divisão and La Liga Champions in a two-legged Super cup.[15]

Museu Cosme Damião

Benfica first visited the San Mamés Stadium on the 17, losing 2–1.[15] A week later, they received Bilbao at home and won by 3–1, thus keeping the trophy.[16] Between that, Benfica played the Portuguese Cup final with Porto, winning one-nil with a goal from Carlos Manuel.[17] The league campaign started in the best of terms, with four consecutive wins, while in the European Cup, Benfica eliminated Linfield in the first round.[18][19] In October, they dropped the first points, in a draw with Braga, which left the club in second, a point shy of the leader Porto, their next opponent.[18] In the Clássico, Benfica beat his rival Porto and assumed first place.[18] Later in the month, Benfica defeated Olympiacos in the second round of the European Cup, qualifying for the quarter-final.[2] In November and December, Benfica won all their league matches, but lost the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira to Porto.[20]

Benfica kept on winning in the Primeira Divisão in January, lapping the first part of league with a three-point lead.

Roma, having won back-to-back league titles in his two-year stint in Portugal.[27][25][18]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 28 August 1983 13 May 1984 30 24 4 2 86 22 +64 080.00 [28]
Taça de Portugal 6 November 1983 29 January 1984 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 075.00 [28]
European Cup 14 September 1983 21 March 1984 6 3 0 3 10 8 +2 050.00 [28]
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 8 December 1983 14 December 1983 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00 [28]
Iberian Cup 17 August 1983 24 August 1983 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 050.00 [16]
Total 44 31 5 8 115 38 +77 070.45

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

8 December 1983 First leg Porto 0–0 Benfica Porto
21:30 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Ezequiel Feijão
14 December 1983 Second leg Benfica 1–2 Porto Lisbon
20:30 Manniche 12' Report Frasco 20'
Vermelhinho 64'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Veiga Trigo

Iberian Cup

17 August 1983 First leg Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–1 Portugal Benfica Bilbao
Sola 16'
De Andrés
86'
Nené 79' Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
24 August 1983 Second leg Benfica Portugal 3–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao Lisbon
Filipovic 23'
Nené
30', 44'
Sola
70'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rosa Santos

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 24 4 2 86 22 +64 52 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Porto 30 22 5 3 65 9 +56 49 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Sporting CP 30 19 4 7 58 24 +34 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Braga 30 15 7 8 40 32 +8 37
5 Vitória de Setúbal 30 13 8 9 43 28 +15 34
Source: RSSSF[29] and footballzz.co.uk[30]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Portuguese Cup winners

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWLWWDWWWLDW
Position333231111111111111111111111111
Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 August 1983 1 Vitória de Setúbal 2–3 Benfica Setúbal
19:00 Freire 15'
Jorge Plácido 70'
Report
Filipovic
86'
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: Santos Ruivo
3 September 1983 2 Benfica 1–0 Rio Ave Lisbon
19:30
Filipovic
86'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ramiro Santiago
11 September 1983 3 Estoril Praia 1–4 Benfica Estoril
18:30 José Pedro 40' Report Carlos Manuel 31', 63'
Nené 60'
Manniche 78'
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Referee: Albino Rodrigues
24 September 1983 4 Benfica 2–0 Águeda Lisbon
19:45 Manniche 75'
Diamantino 86' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francisco Silva
2 October 1983 5 Braga 1–1 Benfica Braga
19:00
Jorge Gomes
25'
Report
Filipovic
79'
Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
Referee: Mário Luís
9 October 1983 6 Benfica 1–0 Porto Lisbon
20:00 Diamantino 62' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Alder Dante
15 October 1983 7 Benfica 6–2 Farense Lisbon
19:00 Diamantino 34', 65'
Chalana 40'
José Luís 43' (pen.), 79'
Nené 71'
Report Alexandre Alhinho 26'
José Rafael 78'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: José Guedes
19 November 1983 8 Penafiel 0–3 Benfica Penafiel
19:00 Report
Filipovic 20'
Diamantino
26', 30'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Referee: Rosa Santos
26 November 1983 9 Benfica 2–0 Varzim Lisbon
19:20
Filipovic
62'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Azevedo Duarte
4 December 1983 10 Boavista 1–2 Benfica Porto
19:30
Jorge Silva
57'
Report
Filipovic 10'
Diamantino 32' (pen.
)
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Referee: Marques Pires
11 December 1983 11 Benfica 3–0 Salgueiros Lisbon
19:00 Manniche 22'
Carlos Manuel 34'
Shéu 49'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Raúl Ribeiro
18 December 1983 12 Espinho 0–2 Benfica Espinho
19:30 Valério Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 76' Report Nené 29'
Manniche 90'
Stadium: Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas
Referee: Graça Oliva
22 January 1984 15
Portimonense
Lisbon
19:00 Pietra 52' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Fernando Alberto
Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal
5 February 1984 16 Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
19:30 Chalana 36' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Rosa Santos
11 February 1984 17 Rio Ave 2–3 Benfica Vila do Conde
18:00 N'Habola 37'
Quim 76'
Report
Oliveira
64'
Stadium: Campo da Avenida
Referee: Ezequiel Feijão
19 February 1984 18 Benfica 1–1 Estoril Praia Lisbon
18:00
Filipovic
Report José Pedro 75' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: António Ferreira
26 February 1984 19 Águeda 1–4 Benfica Águeda
18:30 César 23' Report Nené 19' (pen.), 62'
Diamantino 55'
Paulo César 87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda
Referee: Carlos Valente
3 March 1984 20 Benfica 7–0 Braga Lisbon
19:00 Pietra 5'
José Luís 20'
Nené 37', 59', 67'
Diamantino 44'
Chalana 75'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Raúl Nazaré
11 March 1984 21 Porto 3–1 Benfica Porto
19:30
Oliveira 71' (o.g.
)
Report Nené 57' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Alder Dante
17 March 1984 22 Farense 2–7 Benfica Faro
19:00 Mário Wilson 23'
Rogério 69'
Report Nené 6' (pen.), 57', 66'
Manniche 12', 34'
Strömberg 32'
Chalana 59'
Stadium: Estádio de São Luís
Referee: Carlos Valente
25 March 1984 23 Benfica 8–0 Penafiel Lisbon
18:30 Nené 19', 53', 69', 85'
Diamantino 34'
Carlos Manuel 36'
Manniche 38'
Strömberg 75'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: João Rosa
1 April 1984 24 Varzim 1–1 Benfica Póvoa de Varzim
19:00 Folha 30' Report José Luís 43' Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC
Referee: Marques Pires
8 April 1984 25 Benfica 1–0 Boavista Lisbon
20:45 Manniche 33' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francisco Silva
15 April 1984 26 Salgueiros 0–2 Benfica Porto
19:00 Report Diamantino 37', 64' Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro
Referee: Carvalho Araújo
21 April 1984 27 Benfica 6–0 Espinho Lisbon
19:45 Diamantino 29', 55', 82'
Manniche 39'
Álvaro 53'
Nené 70'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Manuel Correia
6 May 1984 29
Sporting
Lisbon
20:00 Chalana 17' Report Kostov 66' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Marques Pires

Taça de Portugal

1982–83 Edition

21 August 1983 Final Porto 0–1 Benfica Porto
17:00 Report Carlos Manuel 20' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Mário Luís

1983–84 Edition

6 November 1983 Second Rd Estarreja 0–3 Benfica Estarreja
16:00 Report Diamantino 15' (pen.)
Nené 86', 89'
Stadium: Campo Dr. Tavares da Silva
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Isidro Santos
1 December 1983 Third Rd Casa Pia 1–6 Benfica Lisbon
16:00 José Luís 89' Report Nené 1', 53'
Manniche 38', 54'
Strömberg 44'
Carlos Manuel 86'
Stadium: Estádio Pina Manique
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: João Rosa
30 December 1983 Fourth Rd Benfica 4–0 Desportivo de Chaves Lisbon
18:00 Diamantino 44', 55'
Manniche 51'
Álvaro 78'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gil Rosa

European Cup

First round

14 September 1983 First leg Benfica Portugal 3–0 Northern Ireland Linfield Lisbon
20:00 Diamantino 72'
Nené 83'
Manniche 89'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet
28 September 1983 Second leg Linfield Northern Ireland 2–3
(2–6 agg.)
Portugal Benfica Belfast
19:30 Diamantino 29' (o.g.)
Walsh 81'
Report Strömberg 36', 75'
Diamantino 39'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 9,133
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen

Second round

19 October 1983 First leg Olympiacos Greece 1–0 Portugal Benfica Athens
20:30 Anastopoulos 21' Report Stadium:
Edvard Sostaric
2 November 1983 Second leg Benfica Portugal 3–0
(3–1 agg.)
Greece Olympiacos Lisbon
21:00
Filipovic 17'
Diamantino 28'
Manniche
76'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Neil Midgley

Quarter-final

7 March 1984 First leg Liverpool England 1–0 Portugal Benfica Liverpool
19:30 Rush 67' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,096
Referee: Heinz Fahnler
21 March 1984 Second leg Benfica Portugal 1–4
(1–5 agg.)
England Liverpool Lisbon
21:00 Nené 73' Report Whelan 9', 87'
Johnston 32'
Rush 78'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Volker Roth

Friendlies

31 July 1983[10] Benfica 2–2 Coventry City Lisbon
Diamantino 16', 53' Butterworth 77'
Bamber 82'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Vítor Correia
Benfica v Vasas
13 August 1983[13] Lisbon TM Benfica 2–1 Vasas Lisbon
21:00 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
14 August 1984
Sporting
Lisbon
Nené 24'
Veloso 88'
Manuel Fernandes 59' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Alder Dante
11 October 1983[32] Taça de Honra Benfica 1–0 Belenenses Lisbon
Paulo Padinha 86' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
4 March 1984[33] Benfica 0–5 Hvidovre Lisbon
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Carlos Esteves

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Sven-Goran Eriksson (manager), Toni (assistant manager), Eusébio (assistant manager), Júlio Borges (Director of Football), Amilcar Miranda (Doctor).[9]

Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1983-84 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Divisão Taça de Portugal European Cup Supertaça Iberian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Portugal Manuel Bento 43 0 29 0 4 0 6 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF Portugal Minervino Pietra 39 3 27 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF Portugal António Veloso 16 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Portugal
António Oliveira
36 1 24 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF Portugal Humberto Coelho 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal Álvaro Magalhães 44 2 30 1 4 1 6 0 2 0 2 0
4 DF Portugal Samuel Quina 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Portugal Alberto Bastos Lopes 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Portugal António Bastos Lopes 41 0 28 0 3 0 6 0 2 0 2 0
6 MF Portugal José Luís 41 4 29 4 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0
6 MF Portugal Carlos Manuel 42 7 28 5 4 2 6 0 2 0 2 0
7 FW Portugal Nené 38 30 26 21 3 4 5 2 2 0 2 3
8 MF Sweden Glenn Strömberg 38 6 25 3 3 1 6 2 2 0 2 0
8 FW Denmark Michael Manniche 33 16 21 11 4 3 6 2 1 0 1 0
9 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Zoran Filipovic
16 9 8 7 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 1
9 FW Portugal Paulo Padinha 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Portugal Fernando Chalana 33 7 23 7 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
11 MF Portugal Diamantino Miranda 42 26 29 19 3 3 6 3 2 1 2 0
11 MF Portugal Shéu 38 2 27 2 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 0
12 GK Portugal Delgado 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
22 July 1983 DF
António Oliveira
Marítimo Undisclosed [6]
22 July 1983 FW Cláudio Adão Al Ain Free [6]
24 August 1983 FW Michael Manniche Hvidovre Undisclosed [7]
24 August 1983 GK
Neno
Barreirense Undisclosed [7]

Out

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
15 July 1983 MF
João Alves
Boavista
Free [4]
19 July 1983 DF Frederico Rosa
Boavista
Free [5]
24 August 1983 MF Carlos Manuel II Rio Ave Free [7]
30 August 1983 FW Cláudio Adão
Flamengo
Free [8]

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
20 July 1983 FW Fernando Folha Varzim 30 June 1984 [35]
24 August 1983 GK
Neno
Barreirense 30 June 1984 [36]

References

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  2. ^ a b Simões 1994, p. 250.
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  4. ^ a b "João Alves e Boavista: a transferência mais cara do futebol português" [João Alves and Boavista: the most expensive transfer of Portuguese football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21204. 15 July 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Frederico no Boavista" [Frederico signs with Boavista]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21207. 19 July 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Oliveira assina pelo Benfica" [Oliveira signs for Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21210. 22 July 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "Maniche:500 por mês ao dinamarquês da Luz" [Maniche: 500 per month for Danish player]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21237. 24 August 1983. p. 19. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Adão volta ao Brasil" [Adão returns to Brasil]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21242. 30 August 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Benfica atira-se ao trabalho" [Benfica back to work]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21206. 18 July 1983. p. 15. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Benfica: do aplauso ao bocejo" [Benfica: From the applause to yawning]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21218. 1 August 1983. p. 14. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Benfica perde no Canadá" [Benfica loses in Canada]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21224. 8 August 1983. p. 19. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Benfica triunfo na Califórnia" [Benfica wins in California]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21223. 6 August 1983. p. 15. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. ^ a b c "Benfica venceu o Sporting na Luz e conquistou o Torneio Cidade de Lisboa" [Benfica beats Sporting in Luz and wins Lisbon Tournament]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21230. 16 August 1983. p. 14. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Final da Taça será mesmo no dia 21" [Cup final will be played on the 21]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21226. 10 August 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  15. ^ a b c Miguéns 2005, p. 216.
  16. ^ a b c Miguéns 2005, p. 217.
  17. ^ Miguéns 2005, p. 131.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Miguéns 2005, p. 80.
  19. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 453.
  20. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 448.
  21. ^ a b Miguéns 2005, p. 81.
  22. ^ Simões 1994, p. 251.
  23. ^ Simões 1994, p. 252.
  24. ^ "Benfica: palmas para o campeão" [Benfica: applause for the champions]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21450. 7 May 1984. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  25. ^ a b Quidnovi 2004, p. 76.
  26. ^ Simões 1994, p. 253.
  27. ^ "Eriksson já em Roma" [Eriksson is already in Rome]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21477. 7 June 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  28. ^ a b c d e Tovar 2012, p. 454.
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  36. ^ "Sessão de boas vindas" [Welcome party]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21511. 19 July 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

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