1977–78 S.L. Benfica season
1977–78 season | ||
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President | Ferreira Queimado | |
Head coach | John Mortimore | |
Stadium | Estádio da Luz | |
Primeira Divisão | 2nd | |
Taça de Portugal | Quarter-final | |
European Cup | Quarter-final | |
Top goalscorer | League: Nené (12) All: Nené (21) | |
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The 1977–78 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 74th season in existence and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.
After John Mortimore secured the third consecutive league title, Benfica streghtned their squad with Humberto Coelho. Still, they lost players like Nelinho, Artur Correia and Carlos Alhinho. In the league, Benfica campaign started with a draw against Sporting on 3 September, but they won all remaining matches in that month. They drew again in October, before racking up seven consecutive wins that propelled them to first place. In Europe, they knocked-out Torpedo Moscow and Boldklubben 1903 in the first two rounds. Domestically, the second half of the season was not so dominant. They allowed themselves to be caught by Porto at the top of the table and were knocked of the Portuguese Cup by Sporting and the European Cup by Liverpool. In the final stages of the Primeira Divisão, Benfica intertwined wins with draws and were overtaken by Porto. The decisive Clássico in May, Porto secured a 1–1 draw after trailing most of the game, putting them on the course to win the league. Two weeks later, an unbeaten Benfica came second to Porto due to a 15 goal-average deficit.
Season summary
Benfica started the new season as three time Champion for the second time in the decade.[1] In the transfer window, Benfica brought back Humberto Coelho and others like Celso Pita.[2][3] Departing players included Nelinho, Artur Correia and Carlos Alhinho.[4][5][6] One of biggest sagas of the transfer window was the return of Rui Jordão to Portugal, which Benfica approached to re-sign, but the player refused and insisted on going to rivals Sporting.[7][8][9] The pre-season began on 1 August, without Humberto and Toni, who were still competing in the United States.[10] The training sessions were mostly spent around Monsanto,[11] and the first preparation game was on 11 August with Portimonense in Estádio do Jamor. Afterwards they travelled to Seville to take part in the Trofeo Ciudad de Sevilla, with Sevilla and Vasas.[12][13][14]
Benfica started defending their league title on 3 September in the Derby de Lisboa with Sporting.[9] They drew 1–1 with Jordão starting for Sporting and Humberto for Benfica.[9] Throughout the month, Benfica won all remaining league matches and finished the month in first place.[15] In the European Cup, they progressed to the second round after beating Torpedo Moscow on penalties, with Bento making an important contribution.[9] In the opening league game of October, Benfica drew in Bessa with Boavista and was caught by Vitória de Guimarães in first, both with 8 points.[16] Four days later, Benfica met Boldklubben 1903 for the second round of the European Cup, beating them with a goal from Pietra.[17] Pietra would also score in Denmark, helping Benfica qualify for the quarter-finals.[17] Meanwhile, domestically, after the draw in Bessa, Benfica won all remaining league matches in 1977, finishing the year in first with 21 points, four more than Sporting and Porto, who still had a game in hand.[18] They resumed their league campaign with the reception to Porto in the Clássico on 15 January.[19] They drew 0–0 and kept Porto at bay, retaining a two-point lead over them.[19] Benfica won the next three matches,[20] one of them a Derby against Sporting with a goal from Vítor Baptista, who subsequently lost an earring, an episode he was best remembered.[21] On 19 February, in a visit to Estádio do Restelo, Benfica drew 0–0 with Belenenses and lost a point to Porto, reducing their lead to a single point.[22]
Benfica began March with a home loss to Liverpool in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Cup.[23] Four days later, they were knocked-out of the Portuguese Cup by Sporting, with a 3–1 loss.[19] It was the third consecutive year that Sporting had eliminated them from the competition.[19] On 12 March, they dropped points in the league again, in another 0–0, now with Varzim.[24] This result put Benfica at risk of being caught in the top of the table by Porto, which had a game in hand.[24] Three days later, Benfica lost 4–1 in Anfield Road and were eliminated of the European Cup. Toni said the result expressed the difference between both teams.[21] Back at domestic competition, Benfica regained their footing and won the following two matches.[25] However, on 8 April, they drew again, at home with Portimonense and fell to second, a point from Porto.[26] They responded with two more wins,[27] before conceding another draw, the eight all season, against Braga.[21] This opened Porto's lead to two points with five matches to go.[28] As they had done before, Benfica reacted and won two more matches,[29] one them in Bonfim, where Bento was sent-off.[21] This allowed them to reduce Porto's lead to a point, after their rivals had slipped.[30] This made the visit to Estádio das Antas on 28 May, a title defining match.[31] On that day, Benfica scored first on the 3rd minute with Porto levelling it on the 83rd minute, thus keeping them at the front.[31] From the match, Toni said "It was the divine providence that saved Porto".[31] In the second-to-last match, Porto drew away and Benfica won, which tied both teams with the same points, although Porto remained leader with a better goal-average.[32] On the final match-day, Benfica won, but so did Porto, which celebrated their first title in 19 years.[33] Despite going unbeaten all season and only conceding 11 goals, they had lost the title by a 15-goal deficit.[29]
Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Record | ||||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Source | |||
Primeira Divisão | 3 September 1977 | 11 June 1978 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 56 | 11 | +45 | 70.00 | [34] |
Taça de Portugal | 13 November 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 80.00 | [34] |
European Cup | 14 September 1977 | 15 March 1978 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 33.33 | [34] |
Total | 41 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 83 | 22 | +61 | 65.85 |
Primeira Divisão
League table
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Results by round
Matches
3 September 1977 1 | Sporting | 1–1 | Benfica | Lisbon |
17:00 | Fraguito 20' | Report | 7' Chalana | Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Guilherme Alves |
10 September 1977 2 | Benfica | 2–0 | Belenenses | Lisbon |
18:00 | Vítor Baptista 26' (pen.) Chalana 33' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: César Correia |
18 September 1977 3 | Vitória de Guimarães | 0–1 | Benfica | Guimarães |
18:00 | Report | 78' Bastos Lopes | Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Raúl Nazaré |
24 September 1977 4 | Benfica | 2–1 | Varzim | Lisbon |
19:00 | Pietra 3', 78' | Report | 44' Marques | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Francisco Lobo |
15 October 1977 5 | Boavista | 1–1 | Benfica | Porto |
20:00 | Artur Ferreira 74' (pen.) | Report | 26' Chalana | Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Castro de Sousa |
23 October 1977 6 | Benfica | 2–0 | Espinho | Lisbon |
19:00 | José Luís 5' (pen.) Celso 30' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: António Espanhol |
6 November 1977 7 | Portimonense | 0–3 | Benfica | Portimão |
18:00 | Report | 8' Chalana 11' Vítor Baptista 73' (pen.) Pietra |
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Rosa Santos |
20 November 1977 8 | Benfica | 6–0 | Marítimo | Lisbon |
18:00 | Vítor Baptista 40', 85', 89' Chalana 58' Shéu 61' Cavungi 64' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Inácio de Almeida |
27 November 1977 9 | Benfica | 3–1 | Académica de Coimbra | Lisbon |
19:00 | Vítor Baptista 16' Nené 20', 44' |
Report | 70' Freitas | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Albino Rodrigues |
4 December 1977 10 | Braga | 0–0 | Benfica | Braga |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: Américo Borges |
11 December 1977 11 | Benfica | 3–2 | Vitória de Setúbal | Lisbon |
19:00 | Nené 41', 58' Chalana 84' (pen.) |
Report | 2' Rachão 89' Jacinto João |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Amiguinho |
18 December 1977 12 | Estoril Praia | 0–3 | Benfica | Estoril |
19:00 | Report | 10' Shéu 23' Cavungi 77' Nené |
Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Referee: Américo Borges |
15 January 1978 13 | Benfica | 0–0 | Porto | Lisbon |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Alder Dante |
22 January 1978 14 | Feirense | 0–1 | Benfica | Santa Maria da Feira |
18:30 | Report | 13' Nené | Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Referee: António Espanhol |
28 January 1978 15 | Benfica | 3–0 | Riopele | Lisbon |
18:00 | Nené 11' Toni 79' Vítor Baptista 89' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Marques Pires |
12 February 1978 16 | Benfica | 1–0 | Sporting | Lisbon |
19:00 | Vítor Baptista 54' | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos |
19 February 1978 17 | Belenenses | 0–0 | Benfica | Lisbon |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Mário Luís |
26 February 1978 18 | Benfica | 2–0 | Vitória de Guimarães | Lisbon |
19:00 | Toni 44' Nené 64' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: César Correia |
12 March 1978 19 | Varzim | 0–0 | Benfica | Póvoa de Varzim |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Referee: Raúl Nazaré |
19 March 1978 20 | Benfica | 2–0 | Boavista | Lisbon |
18:00 | Humberto Coelho 84' Celso 89' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Albino Rodrigues |
2 April 1978 21 | Espinho | 1–5 | Benfica | Espinho |
18:30 | Canavarro 52' | Report | 39', 86' Nené 42' Rui Lopes 44' Pietra 66' Humberto Coelho |
Stadium: Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas Referee: António Garrido |
8 April 1978 22 | Benfica | 1–1 | Portimonense | Lisbon |
18:00 | Chalana 60' | Report | 37' Sapinho | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Vicente |
16 April 1978 23 | Marítimo | 0–1 | Benfica | Funchal |
19:00 | Report | 77' Shéu | Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Rosa Santos |
30 April 1978 24 | Académica de Coimbra | 0–3 | Benfica | Coimbra |
18:00 | Report | 60', 68' José Luís 74' Nené |
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra Referee: César Correia |
7 May 1978 25 | Benfica | 0–0 | Braga | Lisbon |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Luís Tavares |
14 May 1978 26 | Vitória de Setúbal | 0–1 | Benfica | Setúbal |
18:00 | Report | 43' Eurico | Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Santos Luís |
21 May 1978 27 | Benfica | 2–1 | Estoril Praia | Lisbon |
19:30 | Chalana 10' Shéu 52' |
Report | 20' Cepeda | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos |
28 May 1978 28 | Porto | 1–1 | Benfica | Porto |
20:00 | Ademir 83' | Report | 3' (o.g.) Simões | Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Manuel Vicente |
4 June 1978 29 | Benfica | 2–0 | Feirense | Lisbon |
18:00 | Shéu 38' Jorge Silva 87' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Raúl Nazaré |
11 June 1978 30 | Riopele | 1–4 | Benfica | Braga |
18:00 | António Luís 33' | Report | 9' Nené 23', 79' Rui Lopes 76' José Luís |
Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: Castro e Sousa |
Taça de Portugal
13 November 1977 Second Rd | Benfica | 2–0 | Chaves | Lisbon |
16:00 | Pereirinha 47' Pietra 54' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Evaristo Faustino |
1 December 1977 Third Rd | CUF | 0–8 | Benfica | Barreiro |
16:00 | Report | 31' Vítor Baptista 44' Toni 57', 84' Nené 63' Bastos Lopes 65', 70' (pen.) Pietra 87' Mário Wilson |
Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva Referee: Alder Dante |
8 January 1978 Fourth Rd | Benfica | 5–0 | Belenenses | Lisbon |
16:00 | Nené 10' Shéu 25' Vítor Baptista 44' Cavungi 70', 89' |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Luís Tavares |
5 February 1978 Fifth Rd | Benfica | 7–2 | SC Régua | Lisbon |
16:00 | Nené 8', 28', 39', 46' Vítor Baptista 18', 33' Humberto Coelho 48' |
Report | 31', 69' Albino | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Francisco Lobo |
5 March 1978 Quarter-final | Sporting | 3–1 | Benfica | Lisbon |
16:00 | Manuel Fernandes 13', 35' Keita 55' |
Report | 81' Humberto Coelho | Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Porém Luís |
European Cup
First Round
14 September 1977 First leg | Benfica | 0–0 | Torpedo Moscow | Lisbon |
21:30 | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wurtz |
29 September 1977 Second Leg | Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | Benfica | Moscow |
19:30 | Report | Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson | ||
Penalties | ||||
Yurin Nikonov Belenkov |
Pietra José Luís Chalana Bento |
Second Round
19 October 1977 First leg | Benfica | 1–0 | Boldklubben 1903 | Lisbon |
21:30 | Pietra 47' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: John Carpenter |
2 November 1977 Second Leg | Boldklubben 1903 | 0–1 (0–2 agg.) | Benfica | Copenhagen |
19:00 | Report | 49' Pietra | Stadium: Idrætsparken Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Michal Jursa |
Quarter-finals
1 March 1978 First leg | Benfica | 1–2 | Liverpool | Lisbon |
21:30 | Nené 13' | Report | 36' Case 71' Hughes |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Frans Derks |
15 March 1978 Second Leg | Liverpool | 4–1 (6–2 agg.) | Benfica | Liverpool |
19:30 | Callaghan 6' Dalglish 17' McDermott 78' Neal 88' |
Report | 25' Nené | Stadium: Anfield Road Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Georges Konrath |
Friendlies
11 August 1977[12] | Benfica | 4–3 | Portimonense | Lisbon |
Nené Chalana Cavungi |
Valter Sardinheira |
Stadium: Estádio Nacional |
23 August 1977[13] Trofeo de Sevilla | Sevilla | 3–0 | Benfica | Seville |
Humberto Coelho o.g.' Jaén pen.' Biri Biri |
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 60,000 |
25 August 1977[14] Trofeo de Sevilla | Vasas | 2–1 | Benfica | Seville |
Béla Várady Pietra o.g.' |
Vítor Baptista | Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín |
21 December 1977[35] Taça de Honra | Belenenses | 0–1 | Benfica | Lisbon |
87' Celso Pita | Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Alfredo Pereira |
28 December 1977[36] Taça de Honra | Benfica | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) | Sporting | Lisbon |
Celso Pita | 17' Augusto Inácio | Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Costa | ||
Penalties | ||||
Vítor Baptista Mário Wilson Humberto Coelho Manuel Bento Cavungi Toni Eurico Pereirinha |
Murça Manuel Fernandes Rui Jordão Manaca Francisco Barão Ailton Ballesteros Artur Rui Cerdeira |
30 January 1978[37] | Saudi Arabia B | 3–2 | Benfica | Riyadh |
Diamantino Celso Pita |
31 January 1978[38] | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Benfica | Riyadh |
23 April 1978[40] | Académico de Viseu | 0–7 | Benfica | Viseu |
Celso Pita Shéu Toni José Luís Chalana |
Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo |
31 May 1978[41] | Beira-Mar | 0–0 | Benfica | Aveiro |
Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte |
14 June 1978[42] | Chaves | 1–0 | Benfica | Chaves |
22' (o.g.) António Bastos Lopes | Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves |
25 June 1978[44] | Toronto Panhellenic | 0–7 | Benfica | Toronto |
Chalana Rui Lopes Humberto Jorge Silva Nené Celso Pito |
Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte |
28 June 1978[45] | Montreal Castors | 0–1 | Benfica | Montreal |
47' Humberto | Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard |
Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member John Mortimore (manager), Rui Silva (assistant manager).[46]
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 1977-78 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Primeira Divisão | Taça de Portugal | European Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | POR | Manuel Bento | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
1‡ | GK | POR | António Fidalgo | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | POR | Minervino Pietra | 32 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
2 | DF | POR | Alberto Fonseca | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
3‡ | DF | POR | Humberto Coelho | 39 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
4 | DF | POR | Eurico Gomes | 41 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
4 | DF | POR | Joaquim Pereirinha | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | POR | António Bastos Lopes | 40 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
5‡ | MF | POR | Mário Wilson | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
5 | MF | POR | José Luís | 21 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
6 | MF | POR | Toni | 41 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
7 | FW | POR | Nené | 36 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
8 | MF | POR | Vítor Martins | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
9 | FW | POR | Vítor Baptista | 21 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
9‡ | FW | POR | Rui Lopes | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | POR | Jorge Silva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9‡ | FW | POR | Celso Pita | 23 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
10 | MF | POR | Fernando Chalana | 35 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
11 | MF | POR | Shéu | 39 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
11 | FW | POR | Cavungi | 20 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
- Source: [34]
Transfers
In
Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Fee | Ref |
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14 April 1977 | DF | Humberto Coelho | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | [2] |
30 June 1977 | MF | Diamantino Miranda | Vitória de Setúbal | Undisclosed | [47] |
30 June 1977 | MF | Mário Wilson | Atlético | Undisclosed | [47] |
1 July 1977 | FW | Rui Lopes | Vitória de Guimarães | Free | [48] |
16 July 1977 | FW | Celso Pita | Boavista | Undisclosed | [3] |
28 July 1977 | GK | António Fidalgo | Braga | Loan return | [49] |
4 August 1977 | MF | Toni | Las Vegas Quicksilvers | Loan return | [50] |
Out
Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 June 1977 | MF | Mário Moinhos | Boavista | Free | [51] |
1 July 1977 | GK | Álvaro Reis | Sesimbra | Free | |
13 July 1977 | MF | Romeu Silva | Vitória de Guimarães | Free | [52] |
15 July 1977 | DF | Carlos Alhinho | Molenbeek | Loan end | [6] |
23 July 1977 | DF | Artur Correia | Sporting CP | Free | [5] |
5 August 1977 | FW | Nelinho | Braga | Free | [4] |
10 August 1977 | FW | José Domingos | Feirense | Free | [53] |
12 August 1977 | DF | Messias Timula | Riopele | Free | [54] |
Out by loan
Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Return date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 1977 | FW | Orlando Fonseca | Riopele | 30 June 1978 | [55] |
See also
References
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- ^ "Outro Futebol" [Another football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (19639): 17. 24 April 1978. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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