1977–78 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1977–78 season
PresidentJosé Ferreira Queimado
Head coachJohn Mortimore
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão2nd
Taça de PortugalQuarter-finals
European CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Nené (12)
All: Nené (21)

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 strengthened 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 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]

A replica of the shirt used in this time period

Benfica started defending their league title on 3 September in the Lisbon derby 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
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 3 September 1977 11 June 1978 30 21 9 0 56 11 +45 070.00 [34]
Taça de Portugal 13 November 1977 5 March 1978 5 4 0 1 23 5 +18 080.00 [34]
European Cup 14 September 1977 15 March 1978 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 033.33 [34]
Total 41 27 11 3 83 22 +61 065.85

Primeira Divisão

Main article: 1977–78 Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 22 7 1 81 21 +60 51 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Benfica 30 21 9 0 56 11 +45 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sporting CP 30 19 4 7 63 30 +33 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Braga 30 16 6 8 42 27 +15 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Belenenses 30 14 8 8 25 21 +4 36
Source: RSSSF[35] and footballzz.co.uk[36]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWDWWWWDWWDWWWDWDWWDWWDWWDWW
Position733132111111111111222222222222
Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 September 1977 1 Sporting 1–1 Benfica Lisbon
17:00 Fraguito 20' Report Chalana 7' 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 Bastos Lopes 78' Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Referee: Raúl Nazaré
24 September 1977 4 Benfica 2–1 Varzim Lisbon
19:00 Pietra 3', 78' Report Marques 44' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francisco Lobo
15 October 1977 5 Boavista 1–1 Benfica Porto
20:00 Artur Ferreira 74' (pen.) Report Chalana 26' 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 Chalana 8'
Vítor Baptista 11'
Pietra 73' (pen.)		 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 Freitas 70' 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 Rachão 2'
Jacinto João 89'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Manuel Amiguinho
18 December 1977 12 Estoril Praia 0–3 Benfica Estoril
19:00 Report Shéu 10'
Cavungi 23'
Nené 77'		 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 Nené 13' 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 Nené 39', 86'
Rui Lopes 42'
Pietra 44'
Humberto Coelho 66'		 Stadium: Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas
Referee: António Garrido
8 April 1978 22 Benfica 1–1 Portimonense Lisbon
18:00 Chalana 60' Report Sapinho 37' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Manuel Vicente
16 April 1978 23 Marítimo 0–1 Benfica Funchal
19:00 Report Shéu 77' Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Referee: Rosa Santos
30 April 1978 24 Académica de Coimbra 0–3 Benfica Coimbra
18:00 Report José Luís 60', 68'
Nené 74'		 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 Eurico 43' Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: Santos Luís
21 May 1978 27 Benfica 2–1 Estoril Praia Lisbon
19:30 Chalana 10'
Shéu 52'		 Report Cepeda 20' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Rosa Santos
28 May 1978 28 Porto 1–1 Benfica Porto
20:00 Ademir 83' Report Simões 3' (o.g.) 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 Nené 9'
Rui Lopes 23', 79'
José Luís 76'		 Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
Referee: Castro e Sousa

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 1977–78 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 Vítor Baptista 31'
Toni 44'
Nené 57', 84'
Bastos Lopes 63'
Pietra 65', 70' (pen.)
Mário Wilson 87'		 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 Albino 31', 69' 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 Humberto Coelho 81' Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Referee: Porém Luís

European Cup

Main article: 1977–78 European Cup

First round

14 September 1977 First leg Benfica Portugal 0–0 Soviet Union Torpedo Moscow Lisbon
21:30 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Wurtz
29 September 1977 Second Leg Torpedo Moscow Soviet Union 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 Portugal Benfica Moscow
19:30 Report Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson
Penalties
Yurin soccer ball with red X
Nikonov soccer ball with red X
Belenkov soccer ball with check mark		 Pietra soccer ball with check mark
José Luís soccer ball with check mark
Chalana soccer ball with check mark
Bento soccer ball with check mark

Second round

19 October 1977 First leg Benfica Portugal 1–0 Denmark 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 Denmark 0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Copenhagen
19:00 Report Pietra 49' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Michal Jursa

Quarter-finals

1 March 1978 First leg Benfica Portugal 1–2 England Liverpool Lisbon
21:30 Nené 13' Report Case 36'
Hughes 71'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Frans Derks
15 March 1978 Second Leg Liverpool England 4–1
(6–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Liverpool
19:30 Callaghan 6'
Dalglish 17'
McDermott 78'
Neal 88'		 Report Nené 25' 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[37] Taça de Honra Belenenses 0–1 Benfica Lisbon
Celso Pita 87' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Alfredo Pereira
28 December 1977[38] Taça de Honra Benfica 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		 Sporting Lisbon
Celso Pita Red card Augusto Inácio Red card 17' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Francisco Costa
Penalties
Vítor Baptista soccer ball with check mark
Mário Wilson soccer ball with check mark
Humberto Coelho soccer ball with check mark
Manuel Bento soccer ball with check mark
Cavungi soccer ball with check mark
Toni soccer ball with check mark
Eurico soccer ball with check mark
Pereirinha soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Murça
soccer ball with check mark Manuel Fernandes
soccer ball with check mark Rui Jordão
soccer ball with check mark Manaca
soccer ball with check mark Francisco Barão
soccer ball with check mark Ailton Ballesteros
soccer ball with red X Artur
soccer ball with red X Rui Cerdeira
30 January 1978[39] Saudi Arabia B 3–2 Benfica Riyadh
Diamantino
Celso Pita
31 January 1978[40] Saudi Arabia 1–0 Benfica Riyadh
1 February 1978[41] Al-Nassr 0–2 Benfica Riyadh
Rui Lopes
23 April 1978[42] Académico de Viseu 0–7 Benfica Viseu
Celso Pita
Shéu
Toni
José Luís
Chalana 		Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo
31 May 1978[43] Beira-Mar 0–0 Benfica Aveiro
Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte
14 June 1978[44] Chaves 1–0 Benfica Chaves
António Bastos Lopes 22' (o.g.) Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves
23 June 1978[45] Black Gold 1–3 Benfica Edmonton
Nené
Chalana
25 June 1978[46] Toronto Panhellenic 0–7 Benfica Toronto
Chalana
Rui Lopes
Humberto
Jorge Silva
Nené
Celso Pito 		Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte
28 June 1978[47] Montreal Castors 0–1 Benfica Montreal
Humberto 47' 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).[48]

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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Portugal POR Manuel Bento 38 0 27 0 5 0 6 0
1‡ GK Portugal POR António Fidalgo 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF Portugal POR Minervino Pietra 32 9 23 4 3 3 6 2
2 DF Portugal POR Alberto Fonseca 40 0 29 0 5 0 6 0
3‡ DF Portugal POR Humberto Coelho 39 4 29 2 4 2 6 0
4 DF Portugal POR Eurico Gomes 41 1 30 1 5 0 6 0
4 DF Portugal POR Joaquim Pereirinha 20 1 14 0 4 1 2 0
5 DF Portugal POR António Bastos Lopes 40 2 29 1 5 1 6 0
5‡ MF Portugal POR Mário Wilson 12 1 7 0 2 1 3 0
5 MF Portugal POR José Luís 21 4 15 4 1 0 5 0
6 MF Portugal POR Toni 41 3 30 2 5 1 6 0
7 FW Portugal POR Nené 36 21 27 12 4 7 5 2
8 MF Portugal POR Vítor Martins 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
9 FW Portugal POR Vítor Baptista 21 12 15 8 4 4 2 0
9‡ FW Portugal POR Rui Lopes 9 3 8 3 0 0 1 0
9 FW Portugal POR Jorge Silva 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
9‡ FW Portugal POR Celso Pita 23 2 18 2 1 0 4 0
10 MF Portugal POR Fernando Chalana 35 8 28 8 3 0 4 0
11 MF Portugal POR Shéu 39 6 28 5 5 1 6 0
11 FW Portugal POR Cavungi 20 4 13 2 5 2 2 0

Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
14 April 1977 DF Humberto Coelho Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed [2]
30 June 1977 MF Diamantino Miranda Vitória de Setúbal Undisclosed [49]
30 June 1977 MF Mário Wilson Atlético Undisclosed [49]
1 July 1977 FW Rui Lopes Vitória de Guimarães Free [50]
16 July 1977 FW Celso Pita Boavista Undisclosed [3]
28 July 1977 GK António Fidalgo Braga Loan return [51]
4 August 1977 MF Toni Las Vegas Quicksilvers Loan return [52]

Out

Exit date Position Player To club Fee Ref
2 June 1977 MF Mário Moinhos Boavista Free [53]
1 July 1977 GK Álvaro Reis Sesimbra Free
13 July 1977 MF Romeu Silva Vitória de Guimarães Free [54]
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 [55]
12 August 1977 DF Messias Timula Riopele Free [56]

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
1 July 1977 FW Orlando Fonseca Riopele 30 June 1978 [57]

See also

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