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1969–70 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1969–70 season
PresidentDuarte Borges Coutinho
Head coachOtto Glória
(until 8 February 1970)
José Augusto
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão2nd
Taça de PortugalWinners
European CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Eusébio (20)
All: Eusébio (25)
Biggest winBenfica 8–0 Boavista
(25 October 1969)
Benfica 8–0 Leixões
(30 May 1970)
Biggest defeatCeltic 3–0 Benfica
(12 November 1969)

The 1969–70 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 66st season in existence and the club's 36st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 August 1969 to 31 July 1970. Domestically, Benfica competed in the Primeira Divisão and Taça de Portugal, while internationally participated in the European Cup.

Benfica began the season aiming for a fourth consecutive league title under Otto Glória, but inconsistent results and a mid-season managerial change left the team trailing Sporting, who won the championship. In Europe, Benfica were eliminated by Celtic after a coin toss in the second round of the European Cup. The season ended on a high note, however, as Benfica won the Taça de Portugal, defeating Sporting 3–1 in the final.

Season summary

After winning the league title for the third consecutive year, Benfica aimed for a historic fourth straight championship (tetra), with Otto Glória as head coach. The squad was reinforced with Messias, Carlos Marques, and Artur Jorge, who had already scored 94 goals in 112 matches in Académica. Meanwhile, club legends Cavém and Raul Machado departed.

Pre-season began with a tour of Africa, where Benfica beat Racing 1–0 but lost twice to Sporting, 1–0 and 5–2. Later, in the Taça de Honra, Benfica defeated Atlético 2–1 in the semi-finals and drew 1–1 with Belenenses in the final

The official season opened on 7 September with a 2–0 away defeat to Leixões in the first league match. In the following three rounds, Benfica beat Vitória de Guimarães, Belenenses, and Académica, finishing the month two points behind Sporting.[1] In Europe, Benfica eliminated KB 5–2 on aggregate.[2][3]

In October, Benfica won both league matches, beating CUF 2–0 away and Boavista 8–0 at home. November began with a 1–0 defeat to Sporting,[4] followed by a 3–0 away loss to Celtic in the 1969–70 European Cup.[5] The team responded with a 5–0 win over Braga, a 1–0 away loss to Vitória de Setúbal, and then the second leg against Celtic. Benfica won 3–0, leveling the tie, but with no goals scored in extra time, the outcome was decided by a coin toss. Celtic advanced and went on to reach the final.[6]

In December, Benfica won three league matches and drew one, including a 2–0 home victory against Porto,[7] finishing the first half of the season three points behind Sporting.[8] The new year began with a 3–0 win over Leixões, followed by a 2–1 away defeat to Vitória de Guimarães and a 0–0 draw against Belenenses, leaving Benfica six points adrift of Sporting.[9]

February was disappointing, as Benfica beat Académica 2–0 away but then lost 1–0 at home to CUF. This defeat led to the dismissal of Otto Glória, with José Augusto retiring as a player to take over as manager. The month ended with a 1–1 away draw against Boavista, which left Benfica in third place, eight points behind the leaders.[10] In March, the team drew 1–1 with Sporting in Alvalade,[11] before recording three consecutive wins over Braga, Vitória de Setúbal, and União de Tomar, maintaining the gap at eight points. In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica overturned a 3–2 away defeat to eliminate Vitória de Setúbal with a 2–0 home victory.

In April, Benfica won all of its league matches: 3–0 against Barreirense at home, 2–1 away against Porto, and 1–0 against Varzim at home. The team also secured a 6–1 victory over Boavista in the first leg of the second round of the Taça de Portugal. Benfica ended the league campaign eight points behind Sporting.[12]

In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica defeated Boavista 3–2 away in the second leg, eliminated Vitória de Guimarães 4–3 on aggregate, and overcame Leixões 9–1 on aggregate to reach the final. There, they faced recently crowned league champions Sporting and won 3–1.[13]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 7 September 1969 19 April 1970 26 17 4 5 58 14 +44 065.38 [14]
Taça de Portugal 15 February 1970 14 June 1970 9 6 1 2 29 11 +18 066.67 [15]
European Cup 17 September 1969 26 November 1969 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 075.00 [16]
Total 39 26 5 8 95 30 +65 066.67

Primeira Divisão

Main article: 1969–70 Primeira Divisão

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP (C) 26 21 4 1 61 17 +44 46 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Benfica 26 17 4 5 58 14 +44 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Vitória de Setúbal 26 16 4 6 58 26 +32 36 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Barreirense 26 11 6 9 42 33 +9 28
5 Vitória de Guimarães 26 12 4 10 38 36 +2 28
Source: RSSSF[17] and footballzz.co.uk[18]
(C) Champions


Matches

7 September 1969 1 Leixões 2–0 Benfica Matosinhos
15:00 Horácio 60'
Esteves 70'		 Report Stadium: Estádio do Mar
Referee: Porfírio Silva
14 September 1969 2 Benfica 5–0 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
Diamantino Costa 6'
Torres 34', 49', 89'
Jaime Graça 68'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ismael Baltazar
21 September 1970 3 Benfica 0–1 Benfica Belém
Report Eusébio 53' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Américo Barradas
27 September 1969 4 Benfica 3–0 Académica Lisbon
Torres 22', 68'
Eusébio 28'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
19 October 1969 5 CUF 0–2 Benfica Barreiro
Report Torres 16'
Artur Jorge 89'		 Stadium: Estádio Alfredo da Silva
Referee: Mário Alves
25 October 1969 6 Benfica 8–0 Boavista Lisbon
Eusébio 10', 17', 46', 52', 54', 81'
Coluna 35'
Torres 40'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Carlos Monteiro
9 November 1969 7 Sporting 1–0 Benfica Lisbon
Marinho 20' Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Referee: Francisco Lobo
16 November 1969 8 Benfica 5–0 Braga Lisbon
Torres 8', 24'
Raul Águas 22'
Artur Jorge 62', 86'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: António Garrido
23 November 1969 9 Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 Benfica Setúbal
Félix Guerreiro 57' Report Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: César Correia
1 December 1969 10 S.L. Benfica 6–0 União de Tomar Lisbon
João Carlos 4' (o.g.)
Simões 11'
Raul Águas 32' (pen.)
Faustino Luís 43' (o.g.)
Jaime Graça 76'
Vítor Martins 87		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ismael Baltazar
14 December 1969 11 Barreirense 2–2 Benfica Barreiro
Farias 14'
João Fonseca 32' (o.g.)		 Report Torres 23'
Eusébio 87'		 Stadium: Estádio D. Manuel de Mello
Referee: Fernando Leite
21 December 1969 12 Benfica 2–0 Porto Lisbon
Simões 6'
Eusébio 27'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Mário Alves
28 December 1969 13 Varzim 0–1 Benfica Póvoa de Varzim
Artur Jorge 13' Report
4 January 1970 14 Benfica 3–0 Leixões Lisbon
Eusébio 12'
Torres 49', 81'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
18 January 1970 15 Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 Benfica Guimarães
Zézinho 34'
Manuel de Sousa 40'		 Report Abel Miglietti 71' Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
25 January 1970 16 Belenenses 0–0 Benfica Belém
Report Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
1 February 1970 17 Académica 0–2 Benfica Coimbra
Report Artur Jorge 39'
Eusébio 75'
8 February 1970 18 Benfica 0–1 CUF Lisbon
Report Madeira 8' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
22 February 1970 19 Boavista 1–1 Benfica Porto
Moura 41' Report Eusébio 79' Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
1 March 1970 20 Benfica 1–1 Sporting Lisbon
Jaime Graça 83' Report Nélson Fernandes 29' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Henrique Silva
8 March 1970 21 Braga 1–3 Benfica Braga
João Arlindo 22' Report Raul Águas 17'
Eusébio 19', 34'		 Stadium: Estádio 28 de Maio
Referee: Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro
15 March 1970 22 Benfica 2–1 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
Torres 65'
Eusébio 89' (pen.)		 Report Jorge Calado 4' (o.g.) Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Fernando Nunes dos Santos Leite
29 March 1970 23 Uniao de Tomar 0–4 Benfica Tomar
Report Artur Jorge 34'
Eusébio 42', 73', 79'
5 April 1970 24 Benfica 3–0 Barreirense Lisbon
Artur Jorge 65'
Jaime Graça 67'
Eusébio 76'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
12 April 1970 25 Porto 1–2 Benfica Porto
João 76' Report Simões 6'
Artur Jorge 24'		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Rogério Moreira
19 April 1970 26 Benfica 1–0 Varzim Lisbon
Artur Jorge 27' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Saldanha Ribeiro

Taça de Portugal

First round

15 February 1970
First leg		 Vitória de Settúbal 2–3 Benfica Setubal
Arcanjo 32'
Vítor Baptista 40', 80'		 Report Jaime Graça 53'
Simões 85'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
22 March 1970
Second leg		 Benfica 2–0
(4–3 agg.)		 Vitória de Settúbal Lisbon
Torres 59'
Eusébio 84'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Second round

26 April 1970
First leg		 Benfica 6–1 Boavista Lisbon
Artur Jorge 24', 26', 39'
Vítor Martins 58'
Jaime Graça 65'
Torres 81'		 Report Moinhos 8' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ismael Baltazar
3 May 1970
Second leg		 Boavista 2–3 Benfica Porto
António Lemos 17'
Manuel Pinha 65'		 Report Artur Jorge 7', 11', 19' Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Referee: António Garrido

Quarter-Finals

17 May 1970
First leg		 Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 Benfica Guimarães
Zézinho 3'
Osvaldinho 59'		 Report Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Referee: João Gomes
24 May 1970
Second leg		 Benfica 4–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
Simões 22' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Torres 40', 68'		 Report Zézinho 60' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francisco Lobo

Semi-Finals

30 May 1970
First leg		 Benfica 8–0 Leixões Lisbon
Torres 13'
Simões 16'
Diamantino Costa 30'
Artur Jorge 35', 59'
Raul Águas 79', 88'
Jaime Graça 81'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Manuel Fortunato
7 June 1970
Second leg		 Leixões 1–1
(1–9 agg.)		 Benfica Matosinhos
Report Diamantino Costa 43' Stadium: Estádio do Mar
Referee: Ernesto Borrego

Final

14 June 1970 Benfica 3–1 Sporting Oeiras
Artur Jorge 14'
Torres 50'
Simões 63'		 Report Fernando Peres 83' Stadium: Estádio do Jamor
Referee: Henrique Silva

European Cup

Main article: 1969–70 European Cup

First Round

17 September 1969
First leg		 Benfica Portugal 2–0 Denmark Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Eusébio 39', 40' Report Attendance: 35,928
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
1 October 1969
Second leg		 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Denmark 2–3
(5–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen
Skouborg 30', 90' (pen.) Report Eusébio 1', 21'
Diamantino 4'		 Attendance: 31,528
Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

Second Round

12 November 1969
First leg		 Celtic Scotland 3–0 Portugal Benfica Celtic Park, Glasgow
Gemmell 2'
Wallace 14'
Hood 70'		 Report Attendance: 74,894
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
26 November 1969
Second leg		 Benfica Portugal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Scotland Celtic Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Eusébio 35'
Graça 40'
Diamantino 90'		 Report Attendance: 49,601
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

After the 3–3 aggregate on extra-time, Celtic progressed on a coin toss.

Friendlies

2 August 1969 Benfica 1–0 Racing Matola
Praia Stadium: Estádio da Machava
6 August 1969 Benfica 0–1 Sporting Matola
Stadium: Estádio da Machava
15 August 1969 Benfica 2–5 Sporting Luanda
Torres Stadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros
27 August 1969
Taça de Honra[19]
Semi-Finals		 Benfica 2–1 Atlético Belém
Raúl Águas 44', 50' Raimundo Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
2 September 1969 Porto 0–3 Benfica Porto
Torres
Augusto		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
3 September 1969
Taça de Honra[20]
Finals		 Belenenses 1–1 Benfica Belém
Abel Miglietti 41' Saporiti 58' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
7 December 1969 Benfica 3–1 Académica Torres Novas
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Dr. António Alves Vieira
11 January 1970 Benfica 5–0 Rapid Wien Lisbon
Eusébio
Torres
Abel Miglietti 		Stadium: Estádio da Luz
21 April 1970 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Benfica Zagreb
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
23 April 1970 Hajduk Split 1–1 Benfica Split
Torres 35' Stadium: Stari plac

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Otto Glória (manager), José Augusto (manager), Fernando Cabrita (assistant manager).

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 1969–70 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 Alfredo Nascimento 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1 GK Portugal POR José Henrique 32 0 19 0 9 0 4 0
1 GK Portugal POR João Fonseca 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
DF Portugal POR Augusto Matine 17 0 8 0 9 0 0 0
DF Portugal POR Carlos Marques 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
MF Portugal POR Carlos Tomás 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Portugal POR Fernando Cruz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Portugal POR Jacinto 22 0 16 0 5 0 1 0
2 DF Portugal POR Malta da Silva 33 0 22 0 7 0 4 0
3 MF Portugal POR Humberto Coelho 37 0 25 0 9 0 3 0
3 DF Portugal POR Messias 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Portugal POR Zeca 27 0 16 0 8 0 3 0
5 MF Portugal POR Humberto Fernandes 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF Portugal POR Adolfo Calisto 19 0 14 0 2 0 3 0
MF Portugal POR Antoninho 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Portugal POR Diamantino Costa 16 6 8 1 4 2 4 3
MF Portugal POR Jorge Calado 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
MF Portugal POR Vitor Martins 9 2 4 1 4 1 1 0
6 MF Portugal POR Jaime Graça 33 8 23 4 7 3 3 1
7 MF Portugal POR Mário Coluna 19 1 15 1 0 0 4 0
7 FW Portugal POR José Augusto 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Portugal POR Toni 35 0 26 0 6 0 3 0
9 FW Portugal POR Artur Jorge 31 18 21 9 8 9 2 0
9 FW Portugal POR José Torres 29 19 20 13 6 6 3 0
9 FW Portugal POR Abel Miglietti 8 1 7 1 1 0 0 0
9 FW Portugal POR Praia 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW Portugal POR Eusébio 28 25 22 20 2 1 4 4
10 FW Portugal POR Raul Águas 15 5 10 3 4 2 1 0
11 FW Portugal POR Nené 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 FW Portugal POR António Simões 34 8 23 3 7 5 4 0

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  19. ^ Official AFL tournament.
  20. ^ Official AFL tournament.
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