1970–71 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1970–71 season
President Borges Coutinho
Head coach Jimmy Hagan
Stadium Estádio da Luz [upper-alpha 1]
Primeira Divisão 1st
Taça de Portugal Runners-up
European Cup Winners' Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Artur Jorge (24)
All: Artur Jorge (37)
Home colours

The 1970–71 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 67th season in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season.

Benfica began the new season with the task of to regaining the title lost to Sporting the year before. After Otto Glória resigned and José Augusto replaced him, Benfica searched for a manager and selected Jimmy Hagan, with José Augusto as his assistant. With only António Barros as new signing, an improvement in the team was solely dependent on Hagan. In the transfer window, Mário Coluna and Humberto Fernandes departed. The season started with a win over CUF, followed by draw with Sporting. After a second home win and reaching first place, Benfica went through three weeks of consecutive draws. In November, Benfica was knocked-out of Europe and suffered consecutive away losses. Despite winning at home, Benfica had only one win on the road over the course of half a season. They sat in fourth place with a six-point deficit to Sporting. In the second part of the campaign, Benfica regained four points in two match-days, which included a 5–1 win over them. By January, Benfica closed the gap to one point, but a 4–0 loss against Porto stopped them. After a slow February; in March, Benfica caught Sporting at the front and in April, overtook them, after they lost to Porto. On 25 April, Benfica confirmed their 18th league title with Artur Jorge as Bola de Prata. Benfica concluded the season with Taça de Portugal Final, losing it to Sporting.

Season summary

Benfica started the new season with the task of improving on troubled past season, where they lost the title to Sporting and had Estádio da Luz banned for part of the season for pitch invasion.[2] Back-to-back league winner, Otto Glória had resigned and was replaced by José Augusto for the final months of the season.[3] Alfredo Di Stéfano was a approached to replace him,[4] but the choice fell to Englishman, Jimmy Hagan, who arrived in Lisbon on 15 April.[5] Hagan most notorious change was his rigidity and harsh training sessions.[6][7] In the transfer window, Benfica lost Mário Coluna and Humberto Fernandes, both were part of the team for over 10 years and Coluna become a club legend.[8][9] The only signing for the first team was António Barros,[10] with the youth team, bringing in Shéu.[11] The pre-season began on 28 July with the team travelling to Luanda for a tour.[12] After a brief period in Portugal, on 17 August, Benfica embarked on another tour, in South-east Asia, where they played seven games in roughly two weeks.[13] Due to the events of the past season, Benfica still had to play one game at Estádio Nacional.[1][14]

The league campaign began on 13 September with home win against CUF.[15] Three days later, Benfica faced Olimpija Ljubljana for the European Cup Winners' Cup and drew 1–1.[16] In the first away match of the league, Benfica visited Estádio de Alvalade to play Sporting, bringing home his second 1–1 draw of the week.[15] For the final league match of the month, Benfica returned to Estádio da Luz after a prolonged exile.[17] They beat Boavista by 4–0 and reached first place, levelled on points with Sporting.[15][18] Mid week, Benfica played host to Olimpija Ljubljana, winning 8–1 and qualifying for the second round.[16] In October, the club performance dipped and they went three weeks without a win.[15] First they drew nil-nil on the road against Vitória de Guimarães,[19] followed by a 2–2 draw in the Clássico with Porto.[16] On 21 October, Benfica hosted Vorwärts Berlin for the Cup Winners' Cup and beat them by 2–0.[16] Four days later, Benfica concluded their three weeks without a win for the Primeira Divisão, with a third away draw, now with Belenenses.[20] This left Benfica in second place, three points shy of leader Sporting.[15] In the last match of October, Benfica responded to this dark spell with a 7–0 home win against Tirsense.[15] On the 4 November, Benfica was knocked-out of Europe by Vorwärts Berlin on penalties, after a 2–0 loss during 120 minutes.[20] On the opening league match of the month, Benfica won away against Barreirense, their first ever away win in the season.[21] Still, the team remained uncompetitive on the road, losing for the first time in the league on 15 November in a visit to Farense.[22] This put Benfica in fourth place with five points less than Sporting.[22] In the following week, an home win against Leixões, while Sporting dropped points, cut Benfica's deficit to four points.[23] However, a double from Vítor Baptista in the visit to Vitória de Setúbal, inflicted the team their second league loss of the campaign.[20] Sporting had again a six-point lead over Benfica, who remained fourth.[20] Benfica began December with a 3–0 win over Varzim and gained a point over Sporting.[24] The first half of the season ended with a away draw against Académica de Coimbra, putting Benfica with six points less than Sporting at the turn of the season.[20]

José Henrique played in all but ten minutes of the league campaign. João Fonseca replaced him in the final minutes of the last match.[21]

Benfica began the second part of the campaign with an away win over CUF.[25] Sporting lost so Benfica regained two points, right before meeting them.[20] In the Derby de Lisboa, Benfica received and beat Sporting by 5–1 with an hat-trick from Artur Jorge.[20] Jimmy Hagan described the win as "Speed, goals and football, plus an amazing Vítor Damas".[20] Benfica was now with 21 points, two less than Sporting.[15] They kept on winning and beat Boavista by 3–0 on the road.[26] After a tour in South America in mid January,[27] Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães at home and got within a point of Sporting, after they dropped points in the same day.[28][15] On 31 January, Benfica visited Estádio das Antas and was surprised by 4–0 loss.[29] This result kept Benfica in third place and saw Sporting reopen a three–point lead.[15] In the opening match of February, Benfica beat Belenenses at home, while Sporting drew away, resetting the gap between them at two points.[30] In the following two match-days, all of the Big Three won, so no changes occurred at the top of the table; Benfica beat Tirsense on the road and Barreinse in Estádio da Luz.[31][32] On 21 March, Benfica defeated Farense at home by 5–0 and climbed to the top of table, taking advantage of a loss from Sporting and Porto draw.[33] The win put Sporting and Benfica level on points.[15] Benfica closed March with an away win over Leixões, with Porto losing and dropping out of race.[34] This left Benfica and Sporting with a three–point lead and three match-days to go.[34] On 4 April, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal at home and for the first time headed the league isolated, with a two-point lead.[15][35] Sporting had lost with Porto.[36] Three weeks later, Benfica confirmed their league title with an away win over Varzim.[15] It was their 18th league title.[37] They finished the Primeira Divisão with a 5–1 victory over Académica, ending the campaign with a three-point lead over Sporting, having won nine points over them in half a season.[21] Artur Jorge was Bola de Prata with 24 goals.[upper-alpha 2][37][21] The season concluded with Benfica and Sporting both qualifying for the Taça de Portugal Final, with Sporting winning by 4–1.[38] It was Sporting's first ever win against Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal.[39]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 13 September 1970 2 May 1971 26 18 5 3 62 17 +45 069.23 [40]
Taça de Portugal 16 May 1971 17 June 1971 7 6 0 1 35 7 +28 085.71 [40]
European Cup Winners' Cup 16 September 1970 4 November 1970 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 050.00 [40]
Total 37 26 6 5 108 28 +80 070.27

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 26 18 5 3 62 17+45 41 1971–72 European Cup First round
2 Sporting CP 26 16 6 4 45 14+31 38 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
3 Porto 26 16 5 5 44 21+23 37 1971–72 UEFA Cup First round

Source: [40]
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd goals average, 3rd head-to-head
1 Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final
(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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWDWDDDWWLWLWDWWWWLWWWWWWWW
Position52123322444444333332211111

Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Friendlies

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Jimmy Hagan (manager) and José Augusto (assistant manager).[13]

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 1970-71 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira DivisãoTaça de PortugalEuropean Cup Winners' Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Portugal José Henrique 3502605040
1 GK Portugal João Fonseca 30102000
2 DF Portugal Adolfo Calisto 2701907010
3 DF Portugal Amândio Malta da Silva 3302207040
3‡ DF Portugal António Barros 70500020
4 DF Portugal Humberto Coelho 3632537040
4 DF Portugal Marques 20200000
4 DF Portugal Jacinto Santos 10100000
4 DF Portugal Messias Timula 30102000
5 DF Portugal Zeca 3612507041
5 DF Portugal Jaime Graça 2842232041
6 MF Portugal Augusto Matine 2401506030
6 MF Portugal Toni 2011502130
6 MF Portugal Armando Vieira 10001000
7 FW Portugal Nené 2992166320
7 FW Portugal Praia 30201000
8 MF Portugal Jorge Calado 90800010
8 MF Portugal Vítor Martins 2331723130
9 FW Portugal José Torres 1671024520
9 FW Portugal Raul Águas 31210010
9 FW Portugal Artur Jorge 3737262471241
10 FW Portugal Eusébio 323522197937
11 MF Portugal Diamantino Costa 2251317321
11 MF Portugal António Simões 2611905120

Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
14 June 1970 DF António Barros Leixões Undisclosed [10]

Out

Exit date Position Player To club Fee Ref
10 May 1970 FW Abel Miglietti Porto Undisclosed [62]
11 May 1970 DF Humberto Fernandes Estrela de Portalegre Free [9]
11 May 1970 DF Fernandes União de Tomar Free [9]
11 May 1970 GK Nascimento União de Tomar Free [9]
24 July 1970 MF Mário Coluna Lyon Free [8]
8 August 1970 DF Antoninho Boavista Free [63]
8 August 1970 DF Fernando Cruz Paris Saint-Germain Free [64]
1 September 1970 MF Jaime Pavão União de Tomar Free

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
1 May 1971 GK José Henrique Toronto Metros 30 July 1971 [65]

Notes

  1. ↑ One game was played at Estádio Nacional due to the events of past season.[1]
  2. ↑ História de 50 anos do Desporto Português give it 23 goals to Artur Jorge, while Almanaque do Benfica and 100 anos 100 troféus give it 24.

References

  1. 1 2 "O Conselho Superior de Justiça confirmou o castigo aplicado ao Benfica" [The high-court of Justice confirms penalties to Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17108): 19. 7 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Benfica utilizará o Estádio Nacional" [Benfica will play in Estádio Nacional]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (16921): 25. 29 January 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 162.
  4. ↑ "Di Stéfano deve ser o treinador do Benfica" [Di Stéfano should be the next manager of Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (16933): 15. 11 February 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Chega hoje o treinador do Benfica" [Today arrives the new manager of Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (16996): 19. 15 April 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 359.
  7. ↑ "Europe's longest domestic winning streaks". UEFA. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Coluna: Um idolo que já é saudade" [Coluna: An idol that we miss]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17094): 19. 24 July 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Benfica dispensa jogadores" [Benfica releases players]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17021): 27. 11 May 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Barros no Benfica" [Barros in Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17054): 9. 14 June 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Futebolista angolano no Benfica" [Angolan footballer in Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17074): 22. 4 July 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Uns chegam, outros partem" [Some arrive, some leave]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17098): 19. 28 July 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  13. 1 2 "O Benfica partiu esta manhã e na quinta-feira em Macau, disputará o primeiro jogo" [Benfica departed this morning and on Thursday, they will play their first game]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17118): 22. 17 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Os primeiros passos do Campeonato" [The first steps of the Championship]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17144): 21. 12 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Miguéns 2005, p. 64.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Simões 1994, p. 165.
  17. ↑ "A jornada de amanhã começa esta noite" [The match-day of tomorrow starts today]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17158): 21. 26 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Classificação da 1ª divisão" [Table of the Primeira Divisão]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17160): 24. 28 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "V. Guimarães, 0 - Benfica, 0". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17166): 21. 4 October 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Simões 1994, p. 166.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Miguéns 2005, p. 65.
  22. 1 2 "Farense,1 - Benfica, 0". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17207): 27. 15 November 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Campeonato de Futebol da Primeira Divisão" [League Championship of the First Division]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17214): 23. 22 November 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "Classificação" [League table]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17227): 26. 6 December 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Eusébio: A subtileza de um predistinado" [Eusébio: The subtlety of a genious]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17242): 32. 21 December 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  26. ↑ "Simões e Eusébio, a chave da partida" [Simões and Eusébio, the key to the win]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17252): 21. 2 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  27. 1 2 "Cuf e Benfica derrotados em França e Colômbia" [Cuf and Benfica defeated in France and Colombia]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17268): 21. 18 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  28. ↑ "Classificação". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). League table (17274): 23. 24 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "O Benfica perdeu no Porto" [Benfica lost in Porto]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17281): 1. 31 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  30. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 167.
  31. ↑ "O Porto venceu o V. Setúbal e o Benfica em Santo Tirso" [Porto beats V.Setúbal and Benfica wins in Santo Tirso]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17302): 1. 21 February 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  32. ↑ "O Sporting ganhou em Faro" [Sporting wins in Faro]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17308): 1. 28 February 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  33. ↑ "Benfica subiu ao primeiro lugar" [Benfica climb to first place]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17329): 1. 21 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  34. 1 2 "FC Porto perdeu com CUF" [FC Porto lost with CUF]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17336): 1. 28 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  35. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 168.
  36. ↑ "Benfica isolado em primeiro lugar" [Benfica isolated in first place]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17343): 1. 4 April 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  37. 1 2 Simões 1994, p. 169.
  38. ↑ "O Sporting ganhou a Taça de Portugal" [Sporting wins Portuguese Cup]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17425): 1. 27 June 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  39. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 170.
  40. 1 2 3 4 5 Tovar 2012, p. 364.
  41. ↑ "Benfica 2, V.Setúbal, 1". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17104): 27. 3 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  42. ↑ "Futebol de alto nível" [High level football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (: 17107): 19. 6 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  43. ↑ "Benfica, 2 - V.Setúbal, 0". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17111): 26. 10 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  44. ↑ "Benfica, 4-0 á selecção de Macau" [Benfica beats Macau national team by 4-0]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17122): 17. 21 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  45. ↑ "Segundo êxito do Benfica" [Second win of Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17124): 9. 23 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  46. ↑ "Eusébio, rematador de serviço" [Eusebio, goalscorer]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17131): 21. 30 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  47. ↑ "Eusébio, rematador de serviço" [Eusebio, goalscorer]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17131): 21. 30 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  48. ↑ "Terceira vitória sem problemas" [Third win without problems]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17134): 17. 2 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  49. ↑ "Benfica, as goleadas repetem-se" [Benfica, the thrashings continue]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17136): 17. 4 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  50. ↑ "Benfica empatou" [Benfica drew]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17138): 17. 6 September 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  51. ↑ "A saudade virou festa" [Benfica wins in Paris]. Diário de Lisboa (17204): 24. 12 November 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  52. ↑ "Grande festa a um grande jogador" [Great party to a great player]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17230): 25. 9 December 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  53. ↑ "Benfica, empate no Brasil" [Benfica, draw in Brazil]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17264): 17. 14 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  54. ↑ "Vitória por 2-1 sobre misto" [Victory over mixed eleven]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17266): 21. 16 January 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  55. ↑ "Belenenses 1, Benfica, 0". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17315): 22. 7 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  56. ↑ "Os alcastrenses foram positivos" [Benfica loses 2-1 to Atletico]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese): 28. 8 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  57. ↑ "Primeira vitória do Benfica na Pérsia" [Benfica wins first game in Persia]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17321): 25. 13 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  58. ↑ "Benfica: Nova vitória" [Benfica: Another win]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17323): 25. 15 March 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  59. ↑ "Num jogo em familia, ganhou o dono da casa" [In a friendly, the Benfica won]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17347): 28. 8 April 1971. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  60. ↑ Melo, Afonso de (November 2007). 100 anos: 1907-2007, Benfica-Sporting x Sporting Benfica...pior do que inimigos, eram irmãos [100 years: 1907-2007, Benfica-Sporting x Sporting-Benfica...worst than enemies, they were friends] (in Portuguese). Portugal: PrimeBooks. p. 146. ISBN 978-989-8028-52-5.
  61. ↑ Miguéns 2005, p. 69.
  62. ↑ "Abel no FC Porto" [Abel moves to FC Porto]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17020): 10. 10 May 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  63. ↑ "Boavista e Tirsense: a luta vem aí" [Boavista and Tirsense: The fight is coming]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17109): 19. 8 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  64. ↑ "Cruz deixa o Benfica" [Cruz leaves Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17109): 19. 8 August 1970. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  65. ↑ "Jose Rodrigues". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

Bibliography

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