2007–08 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

2007–08 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Fernando Santos(till 20-08-07) José Antonio Camacho (till 09-03-08) Fernando Chalana (Till 11-05-08)
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	4th
Champions League	Group Stage
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Fourth Round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar Cardozo (13) All: Óscar Cardozo (22)
Highest home attendance	60,116 vs Porto (1 December)
Lowest home attendance	10,494 vs Moreirense (27 February)
Home colours Away colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Following are the results of the 2007–08 S.L. Benfica football season. Benfica or SLB, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a transitional season, since long time captain Simao Sabrosa left for Atlético Madrid for 20M€.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App(GS/Sub)	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	POR	Moreira	25	EU	1999	120 (120/0)	0	2011	Youth system
12	GK	POR	Quim	31	EU	2004	84 (84/0)	0	2011	€2.5M
24	GK	GER	Butt	33	EU	2007	0 (/0)	0	2010	Free
22	RB	PORCPV	Nélson	24	EU	2005	77 (77/0)	2	2010	Undisclosed
2	RB	POR	Luís Filipe	28	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2011	€0.337M
4	CB	BRA	Luisão	27	Non-EU	2003	137 (137/0)	10	2011	€3M
3	CB	BRA	Edcarlos	23	Non-EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€1.8M
23	CB	BRA	David Luiz	21	Non-EU	2007	14 (14/0)	0	2012	€0.5M
58	CB	POR	Miguel Vítor	18	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2012	Youth system
17	CB	CIV	Zoro	23	Non-EU	2007	0 (/0)	0	2011	Free
5	LB	BRA	Léo	32	Non-EU	2005	80 (80/0)	2	2010	Free
11	LB	POR	Miguelito	26	EU	2006	7 (7/0)	0	2010	€1.5M
33	LB	ROM	Sepsi	21	Non-EU	2007	0 (/0)	0	2011	€1.5M
6	DM	POR	Petit	30	EU	2002	147 (147/0)	13	2009	€4M
18	DM	CMR	Gilles	22	Non-EU	2007	0 (/0)	0	2011	€0.3M
32	DM	POR	Romeu Ribeiro	17	EU	2006	0 (/0)	0	2010	Youth system
8	CM	GRE	Katsouranis	28	EU	2006	44 (44/0)	8	2010	€1.9M
15	CM	ARG	Díaz	24	Non-EU	2007	0 (/0)	0	2010	€0.5M
10	AM	POR	Rui Costa	35	EU	2006	133 (133/0)	19	2008	Free
25	AM	POR	Nuno Assis	29	EU	2005	53 (53/0)	4	2009	€0.45M
14	RW	URU	Maxi Pereira	23	Non-EU	2007	2 (2/0)	0	2012	€3M
16	LW	POR	F. Coentrão	19	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€0.9M
26	LW	URU	Rodríguez	21	Non-EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2008	Loan
20	LW	ITAARG	Di María	19	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€8M
30	LW	USAGHA	Adu	18	Non-EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€1.5M
7	CF	PAR	Cardozo	24	Non-EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€11.6M
9	CF	ANG	Mantorras	25	Non-EU	2001	109 (109/0)	27	2008	€7M
21	CF	POR	Nuno Gomes	30	EU	2002	298 (298/0)	139	2011	Free
19	CF	ARG	Bergessio	22	Non-EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€2.5M
38	CF	POR	Makukula	26	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2012	€4.6M
27	CF	PRC	Dabao	19	Non-EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2011	Youth system

• Last updated: 12 December
• Source: zerozero.com
• Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
7	FW	Óscar Cardozo	24	No	Newell's Old Boys	Transfer	Summer	2012	€11.6M
14	DF/MF	Maxi Pereira	23	No	Defensor Sporting	Transfer	Summer	2012	€3M
3	DF	Edcarlos	22	No	São Paulo	Transfer	Summer	2011	€1.8M
30	MF	Freddy Adu	18	No	Real Salt Lake	Transfer	Summer	2012	€1.5M
20	MF	Ángel Di María	19	Yes	Rosario Central	Transfer	Summer	2012	€8M
19	FW	Bergessio	22	No	Racing Avellaneda	Transfer	Summer	2011	€2.5M
16	MF	Fábio Coentrão	19	Yes	Rio Ave	Transfer	Summer	2012	€0.9M
23	DF	David Luiz	20	No	Vitória	Transfer	Summer	2012	€0.5M
2	DF	Luís Filipe	28	Yes	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2011	€0.337M
15	MF	Andrés Diaz	24	No	Rosario Central	Transfer	Summer	2011	€0.5M
18	MF	Gilles Binya	22	No	MC Oran	Transfer	Summer	2011	€0.3M
17	DF	Zoro	23	No	Messina	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
24	GK	Hans-Jörg Butt	33	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	2009	Free
#	DF	Sreten Sretenović	22	No	Rad Belgrade	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free
#	FW	Jaílson	26	No	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free
28	DF	Miguel Vitor	18	Yes	S.L. Benfica Juniors	Promoted	Summer	2013	Free
32	MF	Romeu Ribeiro	18	Yes	S.L. Benfica Juniors	Promoted	Summer	2011	Free
27	FW	Yu Dabao	19	Yes	S.L. Benfica Juniors	Promoted	Summer	2010	Free
38	FW	Makukula	26	Yes	Sevilla FC	Transfer	Winter	2012	€4.6M
33	DF	László Sepsi	21	Yes	Gloria Bistriţa	Transfer	Winter	2011	€1.5M

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
#	MF	Simao Sabrosa	27	Yes	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	€20M
#	MF	Manuel Fernandes	21	Yes	Valencia CF	Transfer	Summer	€18M
#	DF	Anderson	27	No	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	€4M
#	DF	Amoreirinha	22	Yes	CFR Cluj	Transfer	Summer	€1M
#	FW	Carlitos	24	Yes	FC Basel	Transfer	Summer	€1.5M
#	FW	Gustavo Manduca	27	No	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	€0.75M
#	FW	Azar Karadas	25	No	SK Brann	Transfer	Summer	€0.4M
#	MF	Giorgos Karagounis	30	Yes	Panathinaikos F.C.	Transfer	Summer	Free
#	MF	Hélio Roque	21	Yes	AEL	Transfer	Summer	Free
#	FW	Marcel	27	No	Grêmio	Loan	Summer	Free
31	GK	Marcelo Moretto	29	No	AEK Athens	Loan	Summer	Free
#	DF	Tiago Gomes	20	Yes	Zagłębie Lubin	Loan	Summer	Free
#	DF	Sreten Sretenović	22	No	Zagłębie Lubin	Loan	Summer	Free
#	MF	Paulo Jorge	27	Yes	Málaga	Loan	Summer	Free
#	FW	Jaílson	26	No	Braga	Loan	Summer	Free
#	MF	João Coimbra	21	Yes	Nacional	Loan	Summer	Free
#	FW	Manú	24	Yes	AEK Athens	Loan	Summer	Free
#	FW	Marco Ferreira	30	Yes	Leicester City	Loan	Summer	Free
#	FW	Miccoli	28	Yes	Juventus F.C.	Loan Return	Summer	Free
#	FW	Derlei	31	Yes	FC Dynamo Moscow	Loan Return	Summer	Free
#	MF	Diego Souza	22	No	Palmeiras	Transfer	Winter	€3.75M
#	MF	Andrei Karyaka	29	No	Saturn Moscow Oblast	Transfer	Winter	€2M
#	FW	Bergessio	23	No	San Lorenzo	Transfer	Winter	€2M
#	MF	Andrés Díaz	24	No	Banfield	Loan	Winter	Free
#	FW	Marco Ferreira	29	Yes	C.F. Os Belenenses	Loan	Winter	Free
#	DF	Miguel Vítor	18	Yes	Desportivo de Aves	Loan	Winter	Free
#	DF	Miguelito	26	Yes	Braga	Loan	Winter	Free
#	DF	Romeu Ribeiro	18	Yes	Desportivo de Aves	Loan	Winter	Free
#	FW	Yu Dabao	19	No	Desportivo de Aves	Loan	Winter	Free
#	FW	Marcel	27	No	Cruzeiro	Loan	Winter	Free
#	GK	Bruno Costa	21	Yes	Otopeni	Loan	Winter	Free
#	FW	Fábio Coentrão	19	Yes	Nacional	Loan	Winter	Free

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 12 December 2012 (2012-12-12).

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		GK	Quim	44	-39	30	-21	1	-5	1	-1	12	-12
24		GK	Butt	7	-6	1	-1	4	-2	2	-3	0	0
Defenders
22		DF	Nélson	30	0	19	0	4	0	1	0	6	0
2		DF	Luís Filipe	32	0	19	0	3	0	2	0	8	0
3		DF	Edcarlos	27	0	16	0	4	0	1	0	6	0
4		DF	Luisão	35	4	19	3	4	1	3	0	9	0
23		DF	David Luiz	14	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
58		DF	Miguel Vítor	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		DF	Zoro	7	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
5		DF	Léo	42	0	27	0	3	0	0	0	12	0
11		DF	Miguelito	13	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
33		DF	Sepsi	12	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Midfielders
6		MF	Petit	26	1	17	1	2	0	0	0	7	0
18		MF	Binya	25	0	16	0	2	0	3	0	4	0
32		DF	Romeu Ribeiro	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		DF	Katsouranis	43	3	27	2	3	0	1	0	12	1
15		MF	Andrés Díaz	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10		MF	Rui Costa	45	10	29	5	4	3	0	0	12	2
25		MF	Nuno Assis	30	2	17	1	4	1	2	0	7	0
14		MF	Maxi Pereira	36	2	23	2	4	0	1	0	8	0
16		MF	F. Coentrão	7	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
26		MF	Rodríguez	33	7	24	6	2	1	2	0	5	0
20		MF	Di María	45	0	26	0	5	0	3	0	11	0
30		MF	Adu	21	5	11	2	3	0	3	3	4	0
Strikers
7		FW	Óscar Cardozo	45	22	29	13	5	5	0	0	11	4
9		FW	Mantorras	14	1	9	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
21		FW	Nuno Gomes	36	9	25	7	3	1	0	0	8	1
38		MF	Makukula	8	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	1
19		FW	Bergessio	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
27		MF	Dabao	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

• 1.^ Includes 2007-08 UEFA Cup

Most frequent start

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	POR	Quim	44
2	RB	POR	Luís Filipe	32
3	CB	BRA	Edcarlos	27
4	CB	BRA	Luisão	35
5	LB	BRA	Léo	42
6	DM	POR	Petit	26
8	CM	GRE	Katsouranis	43
14	RW	URU	Maxi Pereira	36
10	AM	POR	Rui Costa	45
26	LW	URU	Rodríguez	33
7	CF	PAR	Cardozo	45

Last updated: 12 December 2012
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga	—	4	4	18 Aug 2007	11 May 2008
UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	Group Stage	3	14 Aug 2007	4 December 2007
UEFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 16	14 February 2008	12 March 2008
League Cup	Third Round	—	4R	26 Sep 2007	31 October 2007
Cup of Portugal	Fourth Round	—	SF	9 December 2007	16 March 2008

Last updated: 12 December 2012
Source: Competitions

Competitions

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2007-08 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	24	3	3	60	13	+47	069*	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Sporting CP	30	16	7	7	46	28	+18	55
3	Vitória de Guimarães	30	15	8	7	35	31	+4	53	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Benfica	30	13	13	4	45	21	+24	52	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round

Updated to games played on May 10, 2008.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	13	4	45	20	+25	52	7	6	2	26	10	+16	6	7	2	19	10	+9

Last updated: 12 July 2011.
Source: LPFP

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W

Last updated: 12 July 2011.
Source: LPFP
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

1 18 August 2007	Leixões	1–1	Benfica	Leixões
21:00	Nwoko  90'	Report	Petit  89'	Stadium: Estádio do Mar Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Jorge Sousa

2 25 August 2007	Benfica	0–0	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
19:15		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52.464 Referee: Lucilio Baptista

3 2 September 2007	Nacional	0–3	Benfica	Funchal
21:15		Report	Cardozo  17', 76' Rui Costa  69'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão

4 15 September 2007	Benfica	3–0	Naval	Lisbon
21:15	Rodríguez  22' Rui Costa  35' Nuno Gomes  52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,712 Referee: Rui Silva

5 23 September 2007	Braga	0–0	Benfica	Braga
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 21,804 Referee: Paulo Costa

6 29 September 2007	Benfica	0–0	Sporting	Lisbon
19:15		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48.222 Referee: Pedro Henriques

7 7 October 2007	União Leiria	1–2	Benfica	Leiria
19:15	Cadu  1'	Report	Nuno Gomes  15', 65'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 8.960 Referee: João Ferreira

8 28 October 2007	Benfica	2–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:45	Cardozo  18' Adu  86'	Report	Kanú  86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Pedro Proença

9 3 November 2007	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
19:45	Tiago Valente  29'	Report	Rodríguez  21' Katsouranis  85'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão

10 11 November 2007	Benfica	6–1	Boavista	Lisbon
18:00	Cardozo  18' Maxi Pereira  62' Rodríguez  66' Ricardo  80' (o.g.) Nuno Gomes  85', 88' (pen.)	Report	Ribeiro  57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,379 Referee: Paulo Paraty

11 24 November 2007	Académica	1–3	Benfica	Coimbra
21:15	Lito  24'	Report	Rui Costa  34' Luisão  86' Adu  90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 16,185 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

12 1 December 2007	Benfica	0–1	Porto	Lisbon
19:45		Report	Quaresma  42'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,116 Referee: Jorge Sousa

13 15 December 2007	Belenenses	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
19:30	Weldon  70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

14 20 December 2007	Benfica	3–0	Estrela Amadora	Lisbon
21:15	Rodríguez  52' Cardozo  71' (pen.) Nuno Gomes  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 24,823 Referee: Hugo Miguel

15 5 January 2008	Vitória Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal
19:15	Edinho  88'	Report	Mantorras  71'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

16 12 January 2008	Benfica	0–0	Leixões	Lisbon
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 28,930 Referee: Paulo Costa

17 26 January 2008	Vitória Guimarães	1–3	Benfica	Guimarães
21:15	Ghilas  60'	Report	Cardozo  7', 90' Maxi Pereira  26'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 25,710 Referee: João Ferreira

18 2 February 2008	Benfica	0–0	Nacional	Lisbon
21:15		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,694 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

19 17 February 2008	Naval	0–2	Benfica	Figueira da Foz
19:15		Report	Rodríguez  19' Nuno Assis  90'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Attendance: 4,981 Referee: Rui Costa

20 24 February 2008	Benfica	1–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:00	Luisão  20'	Report	Zé Manel  5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,220 Referee: Jorge Sousa

21 2 March 2008	Sporting	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30	Vukčević  11'	Report	Cardozo  40'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 40,659 Referee: Paulo Paraty

22 9 March 2008	Benfica	2–2	União Leiria	Lisbon
18:00	Zoro  51' Cardozo  56'	Report	Paulo César  42' N'Gal  69'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,496 Referee: Vasco Santos

23 16 March 2008	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Ytalo  74'	Report	Cardozo  25'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão

24 30 March 2008	Benfica	4–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15	Rodríguez  24' Cardozo  69' Rui Costa  75', 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 23,772 Referee: Elmano Santos

25 6 April 2008	Boavista	0–0	Benfica	Porto
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 14,341 Referee: Lucilio Baptista

26 11 April 2008	Benfica	0–3	Académica	Lisbon
19:30		Report	Miguel Pedro  4' Berger  31' L. Aguiar  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,222 Referee: Paulo Baptista

27 20 April 2008	Porto	2–0	Benfica	Porto
19:30	Lisandro  7', 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,199 Referee: Bruno Paixão

28 26 April 2008	Benfica	2–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
18:45	Luisão  41' Cardozo  65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,047 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

29 4 May 2008	Estrela Amadora	0–0	Benfica	Lisbon
18:15		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Reboleira Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Pedro Proença

30 11 May 2008	Benfica	3–0	Vitória Setúbal	Lisbon
19:15	Katsouranis  25' Cardozo  42' Nuno Gomes  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,222 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Portuguese Cup

Main article: 2007-08 Taça de Portugal

Fourth Round 9 December 2007	Benfica	3–1	Académica	Lisbon
20:45	Luisão  40' Cardozo  45', 80'	Report	Ousmane N'Doye 53'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Fifth Round 19 January 2008	Benfica	1–0	Feirense	Lisbon
16:00	Cardozo  51'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15000 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Sixth Round 10 February 2008	Benfica	1–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
16:00	Cardozo  40' (pen), pen' Rui Costa  77' Nuno Assis  90'	Report	Pedrinha  2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Augusto Duarte

Quarter Final 27 February 2008	Benfica	2–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
19:45	Rui Costa  70' Makukula  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10,494 Referee: Elmano Santos

Semi Final 16 April 2008	Sporting	5–3	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30	Yannick Djálo  68', 84' Liedson  76' Derlei  79' Vukčević  90+3'	Report	Rui Costa  19' Nuno Gomes  31' Rodríguez  24'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 37,204 Referee: Jorge Sousa

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Taça da Liga

Third Round

26 September 2007	Estrela da Amadora	1 – 1 (4 – 5 p)	Benfica	Estádio José Gomes, Amadora
20:30	Maurício  36'	Report	90+3' (pen.) Freddy Adu	Referee: Duarte Gomes, Lisboa
		Penalties
	Maurício Mateus Tiago Gomes Cardoso Fernando Yoni		Adu Rodríguez Butt Luisão F. Coentrão Díaz

Fourth Round

First Leg 21 October 2007	Benfica	1 – 1	Vitória de Setúbal	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
21:00	Adu  90+4'	Report	12' Matheus	Attendance: 17,278 Referee: Jorge Sousa, Porto

Second Leg 31 October 2007	Vitória de Setúbal	2 – 1	Benfica	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal
20:45	Matheus  67' Edinho  82'	Report	45' (pen.) Freddy Adu	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Costa, Porto

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First Leg 14 August 2007	Benfica	2 – 1	Copenhagen	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
19:45	Rui Costa  25', 85'		Hutchinson  35'	Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Second Leg 29 August 2007	Copenhagen	0 – 1 (1-3 agg.)	Benfica	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
19:45			Katsouranis  17'	Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group Stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
Celtic	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9
Benfica	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

1 18 September 2007	Milan	2 – 1	Benfica	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Pirlo  9' Inzaghi  24'	Report	Nuno Gomes  90+2'	Attendance: 37,929 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

2 3 October 2007	Benfica	0 – 1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45		Report	Jádson  42'	Attendance: 34,647 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

3 24 October 2007	Benfica	1 – 0	Celtic	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45	Cardozo  87'	Report		Attendance: 38,512 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

4 6 November 2007	Celtic	1 – 0	Benfica	Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45	McGeady  45'	Report		Attendance: 58,691 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

5 28 November 2007	Benfica	1 – 1	Milan	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
20:45	M. Pereira  20'	Report	Pirlo  15'	Attendance: 46,034 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

6 4 December 2007	Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 2	Benfica	RSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk
20:45	Lucarelli  30' (pen.)	Report	Cardozo  6', 22'	Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage

First Leg 14 February 2008	Benfica	1 – 0	Nuremberg	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
21:45	Makukula  43'	(Report)		Attendance: 28,378 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Second Leg 21 February 2008	Nuremberg	2 – 2 (2-3 agg.)	Benfica	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
21:00	Charisteas  59' Saenko  66'	(Report)	Cardozo  90' Di María  90+2'	Attendance: 42,846 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Round of 16

First Leg 6 March 2008	Benfica	1 – 2	Getafe	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
21:30	Mantorras  76'	(Report)	de la Red  25' Pablo  67'	Attendance: 26,925 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Second Leg 12 March 2008	Getafe	1 – 0 (3-1 agg.)	Benfica	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
21:00	Albín  77'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)