1988–89 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1988–89 season
President João Santos
Head coach Toni
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão 1st
Taça de Portugal Runners-up
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Vata (16)
All: Vata (18)
Home colours

The 1988–89 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 85th season in existence and the club's 55th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup after finishing second in the previous league.

After leading Benfica to their sixth European Cup Final, Toni remained in charge of the team. He lost Rui Águas and Dito to Porto in a controversial case known as "Ademir affair"; but new signings such as Valdo Filho, Vata, Ricardo Gomes, and Ademir Alcântara helped guide the team to the 28th league title. Despite several draws in the first half of the season, and two losses between both half's, Benfica was much more regular. Several consecutive wins opened a six-point lead over Porto, with the title arriving on 7 May. Benfica also contested the 1989 Taça de Portugal Final, but lost it to Belenenses.

Season summary

For the new season former assistant manager, Toni remained in charge of the team after leading them to the European Cup Final. The off-season was marked by tension between Porto and Benfica, after the first signed Rui Águas and Dito, breaking a 20-year gentlemen's agreement of not signing each other's players.[1] The dispute boiled down to the signing of Ademir Alcântara, with Porto accusing Benfica of stealing the player.[1] It became known as the "Ademir affair".[1][2][3] To replace Águas and Dito, Benfica signed Vata and Ricardo Gomes, and added Brazilian international Valdo Filho, amidst several others, including the aforementioned Ademir.[4][5][6][7] The pre-season began on 18 July, with medical tests.[8] The next day, Benfica travelled to Lamego for eleven days of training sessions.[8] Afterwards, they embarked on a tour to the Netherlands, where they competed in the Amsterdam Tournament from 5 to 7 August.[9] Their presentation game occurred on the 11 with Grêmio,[10] and they closed the pre-season with a second tournament, the Marlboro Cup in New York.[8] This caused the opening game with Penafiel, scheduled for 21 August to be postponed to 14 September.[11]

Benfica league campaign started with two draws, followed by three wins which allowed them to reach first place, matched with Belenenses.[12] They dropped to second after a draw with Marítimo but three more wins helped them regain first place, now isolated with a point in hand.[12] Their next match was a Clássico with second-place Porto, ending in a draw.[12] Until Christmas, Benfica increased their lead to four points.[12] However, they lost for the first time in the next match, with Boavista, followed by a second consecutive loss with Penafiel, which did cause them to lose their first place because Porto also lost.[12] In the following weeks, Benfica racked up wins and increased their lead to six points by March.[13] The Clássico on the 29th match-day helped define the course of the remainder of the season.[14][15] It was Porto's last hope of closing the gap, but Benfica did not concede and left with a draw. Porto manager Artur Jorge said that his team made Benfica look better than it was. Toni responded by saying that Benfica was as happy as Porto had been in Estádio da Luz.[14] Five more consecutive wins and Benfica could have won the title at match-day 35, but drew two-equal with Vitória de Setúbal.[12] A week later, Benfica beat Estrela da Amadora and confirmed their 28th league title.[16] Vata, with only 16 goals won Bola de Prata for top scorer.[17][18]

Nonetheless, there was still the 1989 Taça de Portugal Final with Belenenses to play. The Belém-side scored first, but Vata levelled it in the 74th minute. A few minutes later, a goal from Juanico, gave the Cup to Belenenses.[19] Diamantino Miranda said the reason Belenenses had won was of their excessive aggressiveness with referee Alder Dante complacent to everything.[14] Toni in the other hand, already knew he was losing his position to Sven-Göran Eriksson.[17] Shéu retired after 17-year career at the club.[20]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 25 August 1990 26 May 1991 38 27 9 2 60 15 +45 071.05 [21]
Taça de Portugal 27 February 1991 17 April 1991 7 6 0 1 42 7 +35 085.71 [21]
UEFA Cup 19 September 1990 3 October 1990 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 050.00 [21]
Total 49 35 10 4 110 26 +84 071.43

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 38 27 9 2 60 15+45 63 1989–90 European Cup First round
2 Porto 38 21 14 3 52 17+35 56 1989–90 UEFA Cup First round
3 Boavista 38 19 11 8 56 29+27 49 1989–90 UEFA Cup First round

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDWWDWWWDWDDWWWWWLLWWWWWWWWDWWWWWDWWD
Position461062211111111111111111111111111111111

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

Matches

Taça de Portugal

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Friendlies

[22]

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Toni (manager), Jesualdo Ferreira (assistant manager), Eusébio (assistant manager), Gaspar Ramos (Director of Football), Bernardo Vasconcelos (Doctor), Amílcar Miranda (Doctor), Asterónimo Araújo (Masseur), Manuel Jorge (Physiotherapist).[21][42][43]

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 1988-89 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira DivisãoTaça de PortugalUEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Portugal Manuel Bento 10001000
1 GK Portugal Silvino 4703805040
1 GK Brazil Dias Graça 10001000
2 DF Portugal António Veloso 4623725040
2 DF Portugal Abel Silva 20101000
3 DF Portugal Álvaro Magalhães 1601101040
3 DF Brazil Carlos Mozer 3633023031
3‡ DF Brazil Ricardo Gomes 3983184040
4 DF Portugal Samuel Quina 1801404000
4‡ DF Portugal José Garrido 1631114210
5 DF Portugal António Fonseca 3312716000
6 MF Brazil Elzo Coelho 2001601030
6‡ MF Portugal Hernâni Neves 1811302130
7‡ MF Portugal Vítor Paneira 4023214140
7‡ MF Angola Abel Campos 3853135121
8 MF Portugal António Pacheco 3492656420
9‡ FW Angola Vata 341827164230
9‡ FW Brazil Adesvaldo Lima 2681916611
9‡ FW Nigeria Ricky 66402600
10‡ MF Brazil Valdo Filho 3552834131
10 MF Portugal Luís Mariano 20101000
10‡ MF Portugal António Miranda 92603200
10 MF Portugal Fernando Chalana 1841420042
11 MF Portugal Shéu 60402000
11 FW Sweden Mats Magnusson 36122766630
11‡ MF Brazil Ademir Alcântara 2672242221
11 MF Portugal Diamantino Miranda 2772135410

Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
18 May 1988 MF Abel Campos Petro Atlético Undisclosed [44]
23 June 1988 MF Valdo Filho Grêmio Undisclosed [7]
5 July 1988 MF Vata Varzim Undisclosed [5]
5 July 1988 MF António Miranda Varzim Undisclosed [5]
18 July 1988 DF Ademir Alcântara Vitória de Guimarães Undisclosed [4]
19 July 1988 MF Vítor Paneira Vizela Loan return [45]
3 August 1988 DF Ricardo Gomes Fluminense Undisclosed [6]
11 August 1988 MF Hernâni Neves Vitória Setúbal Undisclosed [46]
11 August 1988 DF José Garrido Chaves Undisclosed [46]
11 August 1988 FW Ricky Metz Undisclosed [46]
15 August 1989 FW Adesvaldo Lima Grêmio Undisclosed [25]

Out

Exit date Position Player To club Fee Ref
17 June 1988 GK Delgado Espinho Free [47]
20 June 1988 MF Adelino Nunes Marítimo Undisclosed [48]
2 July 1988 FW Rui Águas Porto Free [1]
2 July 1988 DF Dito Porto Free [1]
18 July 1988 GK Neno Vitória de Guimarães Undisclosed [4]
29 July 1988 MF Chiquinho Carlos Vitória de Guimarães Undisclosed [4]
July 1988 FW Marlos Antunes Bragança Undisclosed
July 1988 DF Nuno Damas Varzim Undisclosed
July 1988 DF Paulo Guilherme Estoril Praia Undisclosed
August 1988 MF Hajry Redouane Farense Undisclosed
14 September 1988 DF Carlos Pereira Farense Free [49]

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
20 June 1988 DF Edmundo Vitória Setúbal 30 June 1989 [48]
20 June 1988 MF Tueba Menayane Vitória Setúbal 30 June 1989 [48]
25 June 1988 MF Augusto Jerónimo Portimonense 30 June 1989 [50]
14 July 1988 FW Tó Portela Penafiel 30 June 1989 [51]
19 July 1988 MF Wando Vitória Setúbal 30 June 1989 [45]
27 July 1988 MF Paulo Padinha Fafe 30 June 1989 [52]
July 1988 CB Pedro Valido Estoril-Praia 30 June 1989
July 1988 DF José Carlos Portimonense 30 June 1989
21 January 1988 FW César Brito Portimonense 30 June 1989 [53]

Notes

  1. ↑ This match and his statistics are missing from Almanaque do Benfica. The game data retrieved from thefinalball.com are added to the respective players statistics and in the overall record

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Porto e Benfica de costas viradas" [Porto and Benfica end gentleman's agreement]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22703): 17. 2 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ademir: que destino?" [Ademir: where will he go?]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22670): 25. 21 May 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ademir parece aproximar-se do Benfica" [Ademir close to Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22712): 18. 13 July 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ademir no Benfica" [Ademir signs with Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22716): 1. 18 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Miranda e Vata assinam pelo Benfica" [Miranda and Vata sign for Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22705): 19. 5 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ricardo a caminho da Luz?" [Ricardo on his way to Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22730): 18. 3 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Valdo: Aí está ele" [There's Valdo!]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22695): 22. 23 June 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Benfica: todos para Lamego á espera de Valdo e Ademir" [Everyone to Lamego waiting on Valdo and Ademir]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22717): 16. 19 July 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Benfica na Holanda" [Benfica in the Netherlands]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22727): 19. 30 July 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Valdo empolgou a plateia" [Valdo impressed the fans]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22738): 17. 12 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Benfica-Penafiel a 14 de Setembro" [Benfica-Penafiel on 14 September]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22742): 20. 18 August 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miguéns 2005, p. 84.
  13. ↑ Quidnovi 2004, p. 61.
  14. 1 2 3 Simões 2008, p. 61.
  15. ↑ Dias 1990, p. 82.
  16. ↑ Dias 1990, p. 96.
  17. 1 2 Quidnovi 2004, p. 87.
  18. ↑ Dias 1990, p. 112,113.
  19. ↑ Simões, António (1994). História de 50 Anos do Desporto Portugûes. A Bola. p. 284.
  20. ↑ Dias 1990, p. 116,117.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Tovar 2012, p. 491.
  22. ↑ António Manuel Morais; Carlos Perdigão; João Loureiro; José de Oliveira Santos (1994). Benfica: 90 Anos de História (in Portuguese). SOGAPAL. pp. 259, 260.
  23. ↑ "Um desastre" [A disaster]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22733): 16. 6 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "Benfica: nova derrota" [Benfica:new defeat]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22734): 15. 8 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Lima já esteve na Luz" [Lima arrived at Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22740): 19. 16 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  26. ↑ "Benfica empata e perde" [Benfica draws and loses]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22744): 14. 20 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "Giants Stadium Games Won on Penalty Kicks". New York Times. 20 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  28. ↑ "Team From Peru Wins Tournament". New York Times. 22 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  29. ↑ "Benfica com Magnusson venceu Kuwait" [Benfica with Magnusson beats Kuwait]. Diiário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22795): 19. 20 October 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  30. ↑ "Benfica empata com o Paris SG" [Benfica draws with PSG]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22816): 19. 15 November 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  31. ↑ "Benfica 2 -1 CFKA". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22890): 19. 13 February 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  32. ↑ "Benfica derrotado na estreia americana" [Benfica defeated in American debut]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22981): 14. 3 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  33. ↑ "U.S. Holds Off Benfica, 2-1, in Marlboro Cup". New York Times. 3 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  34. ↑ "Benfica vence Peruanos" [Benfica beats Peruans]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22982): 20. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  35. ↑ "U.S. Tops Peru, 3-0, in Final". New York Times. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  36. ↑ "Benfica vence no Canadá" [Benfica wins in Canada]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22985): 23. 8 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  37. ↑ "Benfica vence Mexicanos do Morélia" [Benfica beats Morelia]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22987): 19. 12 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  38. 1 2 "President's Cup 1989 (South Korea)". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  39. ↑ "Benfica derrotado em Seul" [Benfica defeated in Seoul]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22993): 21. 20 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  40. ↑ "Benfica: derrota afecta prestigio" [Benfica: defeat hurts prestige]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22998): 16. 26 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  41. ↑ "Benfica: férias precisam-se" [Benfica: vacations needed]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22999): 19. 27 June 1989. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  42. ↑ Miguéns 2005, p. 85.
  43. ↑ Dias 1990, p. 142-153.
  44. ↑ "Abel no Benfica" [Abel signs with Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22667): 19. 18 May 1988.
  45. 1 2 "Vitória de Setúbal: três ex-benfiquistas no reforço do plantel" [Vitória de Setúbal: three former Benfica players sign]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22717): 16. 19 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  46. 1 2 3 "Benfica mostra Valdo á plateia" [Benfica shows Valdo to his fans]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22737): 19. 11 August 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  47. ↑ "Delgado sai da Luz" [Delgado leaves Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22690): 17. 17 June 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  48. 1 2 3 "Jogadores na dança" [Dancing of players]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22692): 14. 20 June 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  49. ↑ "Carlos Pereira: rescisão" [Carlos Pereira: rescinded]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22765): 17. 14 September 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  50. ↑ "Portimonense procura reforços" [Portimonense searches for signings]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22697): 19. 25 June 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  51. ↑ "Penafiel: cinco trutas" [Penafiel: Five trouts]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22713): 17. 14 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  52. ↑ "Padinha no Fafe" [Padinha loaned to Fafe]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22724): 16. 27 July 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  53. ↑ "César Brito: regresso" [Return of César Brito]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22872): 17. 21 January 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

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