1992–93 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1992–93 season
President Jorge de Brito
Head coach Tomislav Ivić
(until 25 October 1992)
Toni
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão 2nd
Taça de Portugal Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Runners-up
UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Isaías (9)
All: Isaías (17)
Highest home attendance 90,000 vs Porto
(27 January 1993)
Lowest home attendance 20,000 vs Amora
(3 February 1993)
Home colours

The 1992–93 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 89th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup by finishing second in the previous season.[1]

This season was the first after the departure of Sven-Göran Eriksson, with Tomislav Ivić succeeding the Swedish coach for a brief spell before former manager Toni took over until the end of the season. In the transfer market, the club look into strengthening their defence, after conceding 23 goals in the league in the year before, with regular starters being brought in, notably the cases of Abel Xavier, Hélder and Mozer. Also with strikers like Rui Águas and Yuran, players that could play in the hole were needed, so João Pinto and Mostovoi were signed. Benfica finished the league in the second place, two points behind defending champions Porto – against whom they also lost the 1991 Supertaça in a replay final – but secured a record 22nd Taça de Portugal title.

Season summary

Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson left the club after three seasons, following a trophyless 1991–92 season.[2] As his successor, Benfica brought in Croatian manager Tomislav Ivić, who had arrived in Portugal in 1987 to represent Porto and guided them to four trophies in one season. Ivić chose Shéu to be his assistant, instead of Toni, who had been Eriksson's assistant as well as Benfica's manager during Ivić's previous tenure at Porto. One of Ivić's first demands was to reduce the width of the Estádio da Luz pitch to simulate the smaller fields that the team would encounter in away games.[3][4]

Benfica started the season in good form, winning the first game, but this performance was not continued through the following matches.[5] In September, the team dropped the first points, lagging behind in the title race, and lost the 1991 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira replay final against Porto on penalties, despite a two-goal advantage.[6] The results did not improve as the season progressed, and an away loss to Sporting CP (the first in eight years) caused Ivić to be sacked days later and replaced by Toni.[7] The effect was not immediate as the team suffered a compromising loss against Porto, which opened a four-point gap at the top of the league standings. After December, good results in Europe and in the Taça de Portugal helped to boost the team's morale and performance.[7]

In January, Benfica signed Paulo Futre, the 1987 Ballon d'Or runner-up with Porto, for what the media described to be upwards of £2.4 million.[8][9] Later that month, Benfica played with Porto at the Estádio das Antas for the sixth round of the Portuguese cup. Porto took the lead soon after Mozer's sending off on the 70th minute, but Benfica drew level through Aleksandr Mostovoi, with two minutes to play. The contend was decided in a replay match in Lisbon, which Benfica won 2–0 with goals from Isaías and Sergei Yuran.[10]

Over the following months, Benfica had their best period of the season. Nonetheless, March was a difficult month as the team marginally defeated Sporting CP at home after dropping points in the title race against Farense, and were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Roberto Baggio's and Gianluca Vialli's Juventus.[11][12][13] In early April, Benfica closed the gap to leaders Porto to one point, after a hard-fought away win against Boavista. Ahead of the Clássico on 17 April, Porto and Benfica were tied in points, but as the match ended with a goalless draw, the title race remained open.

Entering May, Benfica reached the top of the Primeira Divisão but their campaign in the Taça de Portugal nearly came to an end in the semifinal. Trailing 1–0 to Vitória de Guimarães until the 78th minute, goals from Isaías and Rui Águas (89th minute) overturned the score and qualified Benfica for the final.[14] On matchday 31, a 1–0 loss against Beira-Mar in Aveiro saw Benfica lose the league lead back to Porto,[10] and a goalless away draw against Estoril in the penultimate day confirmed back-to-back league titles for Porto.

The team concluded the season on 10 June 1993 by beating Boavista 5–2 in the 1993 Taça de Portugal Final, with an inspired performance by Futre.[14]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 30 August 1992 6 June 1993 34 22 8 4 60 18 +42 064.71 [15]
Taça de Portugal 29 November 1992 10 June 1993 7 6 1 0 19 5 +14 085.71 [15]
UEFA Cup 16 September 1992 17 March 1993 8 6 1 1 20 7 +13 075.00 [15]
Supertaça 9 September 1992 9 September 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00 [15]
Total 50 34 11 5 100 31 +69 068.00

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 6 4 57 17+40 54 1993–94 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Benfica 34 22 8 4 60 18+42 52 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
3 Sporting CP 34 17 11 6 59 30+29 45 1993–94 UEFA Cup First round

Updated to games played on 2014.
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
(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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDLWWWLDWLWWDDWDWWWWWWDWWWDWWLWDW
Position1113311232332222222222222222112222

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

Matches

Taça de Portugal

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Friendlies

[17]

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Tomislav Ivic (manager) and Toni(manager).[15][18]

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 1992-93 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira DivisãoTaça de PortugalUEFA CupSupertaça
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Portugal Silvino 37-1928-13008-51-1
1 GK Portugal Neno 14-116-47-51-200
2 DF Portugal António Veloso 430280608010
2‡ DF Portugal Abel Xavier 1000100000
2‡ DF Portugal Abel Silva 2121000000
3 DF Portugal José Carlos 271191206000
3‡ DF Portugal Fernando Mendes 191131302010
4‡ DF Portugal Samuel Quina 7040101010
4‡ DF Portugal Hélder Cristóvão 463302718010
4 DF Brazil William 305203405210
5 DF Portugal Paulo Madeira 160110104000
5‡ DF Brazil Carlos Mozer 180130302000
5 MF Sweden Schwarz 424293508100
6 MF Portugal Paulo Sousa 351250416000
6 MF Russia Vasili Kulkov 212141412010
7 MF Portugal Vítor Paneira 4312286628410
8‡ MF Portugal João Pinto 329217614110
8 MF Portugal António Pacheco 349263325400
9 FW Portugal Rui Águas 348236624010
9 FW Russia Sergei Yuran 3213228436200
10‡ MF Portugal Paulo Futre 135113220000
10 MF Portugal Rui Costa 324234404010
11 MF Brazil Isaías 3817269526511
11 FW Portugal César Brito 3221001100
12‡ GK Portugal Pedro Roma 0000000000
15 MF Portugal Hernâni Neves 4030100000
16‡ MF Russia Aleksandr Mostovoi 16290323010
22 DF Portugal Daniel Kenedy 2010100000

Transfers

[1]

In

Entry date Position Player From club
July 1992 GK Pedro Roma Académica
July 1992 RB Abel Xavier Estrela da Amadora
July 1992 RB Abel Silva Maritimo
July 1992 CB Hélder Cristóvão Estoril
July 1992 CB Carlos Mozer Marseille
July 1992 AM Aleksandr Mostovoi Spartak Moscow
July 1992 AM João Pinto Boavista
July 1992 CB Samuel Quina
July 1992 LB Fernando Mendes
January 1993 LW Paulo Futre Atlético Madrid

Out

Exit date Position Player To club
July 1992 GK Manuel Bento Retired
July 1992 CB Rui Bento Boavista
July 1992 AM Erwin Sánchez
July 1992 DM Jonas Thern Napoli
July 1992 ST Mats Magnusson Helsingborg

References

  1. 1 2 "Squad 1992/93". ForaDeJogo.
  2. ↑ Tomaz/Arrobas 2014, p. 148.
  3. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 516.
  4. ↑ "Tomislav Ivic. Umas férias de 15 dias no Benfica" [Tomislav Ivic. A 15-day holiday at Benfica] (in Portuguese). i Online. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 517.
  6. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 522.
  7. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 518.
  8. ↑ "Paulo Futre: "Foi uma grande honra ter jogado no Benfica"" [Paulo Futre: "It was a great honor to play at Benfica"] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Malheiro, João (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias [Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. p. 110. ISBN 978-972-8998-26-4.
  10. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 520.
  11. ↑ "Juventus prepare for Benfica showdown". UEFA. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Benfica-2 Juventus-1 de 1993". Memória Gloriosa (in Portuguese). 15 February 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 519.
  14. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 521.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Tovar 2012, p. 523.
  16. ↑ "Benfica 1-1 (3-4)g.p. FC Porto" [Benfica 1-1 (3-4)p.s. FC Porto]. ZeroZero. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ↑ António Manuel Morais; Carlos Perdigão; João Loureiro; José de Oliveira Santos (1994). Benfica: 90 Anos de História (in Portuguese). SOGAPAL. pp. 260, 261.
  18. ↑ "Squad 1992-93". worldfootball.net.

Bibliography

  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  • Tomaz, João (2014). Plantel Glorioso. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-989-655-246-6.
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