1971–72 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1971–72 season
President Borges Coutinho
Head coach Jimmy Hagan
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão 1st
Taça de Portugal Winners
European Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Artur Jorge (27)
All: Artur Jorge (32)
Home colours

The 1971–72 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 68th season in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1971 to 30 June 1972. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.

After recovering the title in the past season, Hagan remained for second season. He strengthened his team by adding Vítor Baptista, Artur Correia and Rui Rodrigues. To off-set, José Torres departed the club, alongside others, such as Jorge Calado and Jacinto Santos. Benfica began their league campaign by beating Porto in Estádio das Antas, only to be stopped a week later by CUF. They responded with an string of consecutive wins that propelled them into first place on 31 October. They drew again in the following week, now with Boavista and were caught at the top. In the European Cup, Benfica eliminated Wacker in the first round and CSKA Sofia in the second. Domestically, in November, Benfica began a nine-match winning run that allowed them to open a comfortable lead at the top. They drew again in February but that did not stop their momentum, and their continued collecting consecutive wins, five more, until their experienced their first league defeat on 26 March, at the hands of Barreirense. In the European Cup, Benfica faced Feyenoord in the quarter-finals, beating them 5–2 on aggregate but were stopped in the semi-finals by Ajax. Afterwards, Benfica sealed their 19th league title and won their sixth double after beating Sporting in the Taça de Portugal Final

Season summary

Benfica won another Taça de Honra (bottom) in this season.

Benfica started the new season as reigning Primeira Divisão holders after they recovered that honour in 1970–71.[1] English manager Jimmy Hagan began his second season in charge, still with José Augusto as his assistant.[2][3] In the transfer window, Benfica's major signings were Vítor Baptista for the offence and Artur Correia and Rui Rodrigues for the defence.[4][5] Historic player José Torres departed the club for Vitória de Setúbal in the deal involving Vítor Baptista.[4] Other departures included Jorge Calado and Jacinto Santos.[6][7] The pre-season began on 20 July with medical tests,[8] and the first preparation game was on 31 July with Arsenal.[9] Afterwards, Benfica went on a tour for England, where they played Arsenal again, among other teams.[10][11] In late August, Benfica had a second tour, now in Italy and competed in the Ramón de Carranza Trophy in Spain.[12][13] They concluded the preparations by winning the Taça de Honra against Belenenses on 8 September.[14]

The season began on 12 September with visit to Estádio das Antas to play Porto.[15] Benfica won 3–1 with goals from Eusébio and Artur Jorge.[15] Three days later, Benfica started their European Cup campaign with a 4–0 win against Wacker.[16] On the 19, Benfica dropped their first points in the league after a surprising 1–1 draw with CUF.[17][16] That left them in fourth place, one-point behind leaders Vitória de Setúbal and Sporting.[18] On 26 September, Benfica defeated Vitória de Setúbal away and pass them on the league table, placing them in third, one-less than leader Sporting.[19] The month closed with another victory in the European Cup, for a 7–1 aggregate win against Wacker.[16] In October, Benfica won all of his league matches but only reached first place on the 31 after a home win against União de Tomar.[17][16] In Europe, Benfica faced CSKA Sofia for the second round, beating them 2–1 on aggregate and qualifying for the quarter-finals.[16] On 7 November, Benfica played Boavista on the road and drew 2–2 and were therefore caught in first place by Sporting.[20] That situation was short lived as Benfica began a winning streak that lasted until February.[17] Nine consecutive wins, including a 3–0 win in Estádio de Alvalade against Sporting, allowed Benfica to quickly build a comfortable lead.[17] On match-day 12, the lead already stood at three-points, and Benfica lapped the first half of the Primeira Divisão with a five more points than second-place, Vitória de Setúbal. [21][17] They began the second part of the season by beating Porto in the Clássico,[22] but two-weeks later, they were finally stopped in the home draw to Vitória de Setúbal.[17]

Vítor Baptista scored 15 goals in his debut season.

Benfica responded well and kept on winning, increasing their lead to eight-points by match-day 23 after five consecutive wins.[23][17] In the European Cup, on 8 March, the team was defeated in first leg of the quarter-finals by Feyenoord.[23] Benfica complained of referee Kunze as António Simões described: "I never thought I would find a referee like this. Dishonest is all I can say about him.".[23] On 22 March, Benfica received Feyenoord and won 5–1.[24] With the game in 2–1 on the 80th minute, which qualified Feyenoord; Benfica scored three goals in the last ten minutes to progress to the semi-finals.[24] The win was seen as a revenge because Ernst Happel had repeatedly labelled Benfica as an inferior team.[24] Four days later, Benfica lost for the first time in the Primeira Divisão.[25] On match-day 24, Barreirense beat Benfica by 1–0 and prevented their goal of finishing the league undefeated.[23][17] Afterwards, Eusébio said that the game against Feyenoord could not serve as an excuse.[23] Benfica entered in April still in all competitions and their first match was the semi-finals of the European Cup.[25] Facing another Dutch team, Ajax from Johan Cruyff, Benfica was defeated in Amsterdam by 1–0.[25] In the home reception to Ajax, Benfica attempted to qualify for their sixth final, but drew 0–0 and were eliminated.[26][25] Hagan's tactics were blamed by the press for the elimination, while Jaime Graça targeted the referee for annulling a clean goal for Benfica.[27][25] The team finished the month by playing two matches for the Taça de Portugal.[28] On 23 April, they defeated Cova da Piedade by 6–3 for the quarter-finals and on 30, they thrashed Porto by 6–0 in the semi-finals.[28] They ensured their fourth consecutive final and were meeting Sporting in the Taça de Portugal Final, repeating the same teams of the last three finals.[29][28] The Primeira Divisão resumed on 7 May, with Benfica beating Académica de Coimbra by 3–1, thus confirming their 19th league title.[24][17] With three matches still to go, Benfica tied the season 1960–61 for the club record of earliest match-day to win the league.[17] They finished the campaign with 55 points in 60 possible and Artur Jorge was Bola de Prata for league top-scorer with 27 goals.[25][17] The season ended on 4 June with the Taça de Portugal Final where Benfica narrowly beat Sporting by 3–2.[30] Benfica scored first by Eusébio on the 20th minute, but Sporting responded with two goals in the second half.[30] Eusébio scored again to level the game on 2 goals on the 69th minute, requiring the need of extra-time, where on the 117th minute, he scored another to seal the win.[30] It was Eusébio's first hat-trick in a Taça de Portugal Final.[30] Benfica had won another league and cup double, their six double.[28]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 9 September 1972 28 May 1972 30 26 3 1 81 16 +65 086.67 [31]
Taça de Portugal 5 March 1972 4 June 1972 5 5 0 0 21 6 +15 100.00 [31]
European Cup 15 September 1971 19 April 1972 8 4 2 2 14 5 +9 050.00 [31]
Total 43 35 5 3 116 27 +89 081.40

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 26 3 1 81 16+65 55 1972–73 European Cup First round
2 Vitória de Setúbal 30 17 11 2 62 16+46 45 1972–73 UEFA Cup First round
3 Sporting CP 30 17 9 4 51 26+25 43 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1

Source: [31]
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd goals average, 3rd head-to-head
1 Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1972 Taça de Portugal Final, because Taça de Portugal winners, Benfica qualified for the European Cup.
(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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWLWWWWWW
Position453222111111111111111111111111

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

Matches

Taça de Portugal

European Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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), José Augusto (assistant manager), Fernando Neves (Director of Football).[3][2]

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 1971-72 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira DivisãoTaça de PortugalEuropean Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Portugal José Henrique 4103003080
1 GK Portugal João Fonseca 40103000
2 DF Portugal Adolfo Calisto 3522215081
3 DF Portugal Amândio Malta da Silva 2612110050
3‡ DF Portugal Artur Correia 3712714060
4 DF Portugal Humberto Coelho 3802505080
4‡ DF Portugal Rui Rodrigues 2522110041
4 DF Portugal Messias Timula 2601705040
5 DF Portugal Zeca 90700020
5 DF Portugal Jaime Graça 3822614081
6 MF Portugal Toni 3002205030
7 FW Portugal Nené 37132674373
8 MF Portugal Eurico Caires 20101000
8 MF Portugal Vítor Martins 120804000
9‡ FW Portugal Vítor Baptista 241517103540
9 FW Portugal Rui Jordão 30121874382
9 FW Portugal Artur Jorge 363226272184
10 FW Portugal Eusébio 372724185881
11 MF Portugal Diamantino Costa 111712020
11 MF Portugal António Simões 2862350051

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Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
16 July 1971 FW Vítor Baptista Vitória de Setúbal Undisclosed [4]
16 July 1971 DF Artur Correia Académica Undisclosed [4]
19 July 1971 DF Rui Rodrigues Académica Undisclosed [5]
30 July 1971 GK José Henrique Toronto Metros Loan return [41]
10 August 1971 GK Manuel Abrantes Académica Undisclosed [42]

Out

Exit date Position Player To club Fee Ref
16 July 1971 FW José Torres Vitória de Setúbal Undisclosed [4]
16 July 1971 FW Praia Vitória de Setúbal Undisclosed [4]
24 July 1971 MF Jorge Calado União de Tomar Undisclosed [6]
21 August 1971 DF Fernando Severino Beira-Mar Free [43]
27 August 1971 FW Raul Águas Académica Undisclosed [44]
24 September 1971 DF Jacinto Santos Leixões Free [7]
6 June 1971 DF Marques Beira-Mar Free

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
1 September 1971 MF Augusto Matine Vitória de Setúbal 30 June 1972 [45]

Notes

  1. ↑ Almanaque do Benfica gives three goals to Artur Jorge in the 6-0 win against Leixões, while 100 anos 100 troféus and História de 50 anos do Desporto Português give it two to Vitor Baptista. Since most sources give 27 goals to Artur Jorge at the end the league, Artur Jorge is listed with 27 goals instead of 28.

References

  1. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 169.
  2. 1 2 "Fernando Neves e o Futebol do Benfica" [Fernando Neves and Benfica's football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17440): 21/25. 12 July 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 "José Augusto deixa o Benfica" [José Augusto leaves Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17708): 21. 10 April 1972. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Trutas nas redes do Benfica: Vitor Baptista" [Benfica lands Vitor Baptista]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17444): 17. 16 July 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Arsenal: Campeão de Inglaterra, teste benfiquista para a campanha internacional" [Champions Arsenal to test Benfica for international campaign]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17447): 27. 18 July 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Do Congresso de hoje ao amanhã de alguns" [Congress today and the future of some]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17452): 17. 24 July 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Louros, palmas e dinheiro para o novo Benfica europeu" [Praise and money for the new Benficafic]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17514): 25. 24 September 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "O Benfica na hora de trabalho" [Benfica back to work]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17449): 17. 21 July 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Dizer que foi óptimo ainda é pouco" [To say it was great is an understatement]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17460): 16. 1 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Futebol de desforra" [Football of revenge]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17464): 15. 5 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Empate a um golo com o modesto Middlesbrough" [One-all draw with modest Middlesbrough]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17470): 17. 11 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Dez golos em três jogos na terra do catennacio" [10 goals in 3 matches in the land of catennacio]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17485): 17. 26 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Pólvora e lume no triunfo do Benfica" [Gun powder and fire in the victory of Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17489): 25. 30 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  14. 1 2 Miguéns 2005, p. 183.
  15. 1 2 Simões 1994, p. 170.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Simões 1994, p. 171.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Miguéns 2005, p. 66.
  18. ↑ "Classificação geral" [League table]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17510): 27. 20 September 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Classificação geral" [League table]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17517): 26. 26 September 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Lá que ele avisou, avisou" [We warned them]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17558): 20. 8 November 1971. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  21. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 172.
  22. ↑ Simões 1994, p. 173.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 Simões 1994, p. 174.
  24. 1 2 3 4 Simões 1994, p. 175.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Simões 1994, p. 176.
  26. ↑ Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 Gloriosos anos;As Taças Europeias. Portugal: Quidnovi. 2004. p. 15. ISBN 989-554-101-5.
  27. ↑ "Quem indemniza os jogadores do Benfica?" [Who compensates Benfica players?]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17718): 20. 20 April 1972. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  28. 1 2 3 4 Miguéns 2005, p. 124.
  29. ↑ Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 Gloriosos anos;Competições Nacionais 1. Portugal: Quidnovi. 2004. p. 79. ISBN 989-554-102-3.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 Miguéns 2005, p. 125.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 Tovar 2012, p. 371.
  32. ↑ "Derrota imerecida para o onze lisboeta" [Undeserved defeat to Benfica's eleven]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17467): 15. 8 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  33. ↑ "Benfica reduziu a cisco forte equipa do Cagliari" [Benfica reduces to ashes, strong team of Cagliari]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17481): 14. 22 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  34. ↑ "Segundo jogo, Segunda vitória" [Second game, second win]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17483): 16. 24 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  35. ↑ "Benfica e Penãrol: dois gigantes na final de hoje" [Benfica and Peñarol: 2 giants in today's final]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17488): 17. 29 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  36. ↑ Miguéns 2005, p. 182.
  37. 1 2 3 4 António Manuel Morais; Carlos Perdigão; João Loureiro; José de Oliveira Santos (1994). Benfica: 90 Anos de História (in Portuguese). SOGAPAL. p. 255.
  38. ↑ "1972: Riverside Royalty". Fulhamfc.com. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  39. ↑ "Jordão: Um grande passo em frente na vitória categórica do Benfica" [Jordão, a big step forward in the victory of Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17701): 20. 3 April 1972. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  40. ↑ Miguéns 2005, p. 67.
  41. ↑ "Arsenal na Luz" [Arsenal in Luz]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17458): 18. 30 July 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  42. ↑ "Noticias de Futebol" [Football news]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17469): 16. 10 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  43. ↑ "Sporting: Rui Rodrigues Processo Judicial" [Sporting: Rui Rodrigues, lawsuit]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17480): 17. 21 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  44. ↑ "Águas de negro" [Ágiuas in Black]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17486): 16. 27 August 1971. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  45. ↑ "Matine regressa á Luz" [Matine returns to Luz]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (17792): 21. 5 July 1972. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

Bibliography

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  • Miguéns, Alberto (2005). 100 anos 100 troféus. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 972-8820-34-8.
  • Simões, António (1994). História de 50 anos do Desporto Português. Portugal: A Bola.
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