1976–77 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1976–77 season
PresidentBorges Coutinho
(until 26 May 1977)
José Ferreira Queimado
Head coachJohn Mortimore
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão1st
Taça de PortugalRound of 16
European CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nené (23)
All: Nené (27)

The 1976–77 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 73rd season in existence and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1976 to 30 June 1977. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.

In the new season, Benfica replaced league-winner, Mário Wilson by a foreigner. After a long saga, John Mortimore was chosen. In the transfer window, the club added Pietra and Carlos Alhinho and sold Rui Jordão. A complicated pre-season predicted a troubled start. In September, Benfica lost in the opening round with Sporting and drew the next two with Estoril Praia and Académica de Coimbra. At the same time, they were eliminated from the European Cup by Dynamo Dresden without scoring a goal. In October, another loss, now with Boavista, with Benfica sitting in 13th place, six points from the top. However, they managed to turn it around and won the following six matches. In January, while his rival Sporting was dropping points, Benfica gained five points and reduce their deficit to one. They passed them in February and despite a loss for the Portuguese Cup against them, Benfica kept on winning in the Primeira Divisão. Two away draws did not cause harm with Benfica finally securing their third title in a row in early May. It was their 14th title since 1960.

Season summary

In the off-season, Benfica changed managers again. After guiding Benfica to their 22nd league title, Mário Wilson contract was not renewed and he moved to Boavista.[1][2] His assistant Fernando Cabrita followed him.[3] The press speculated on various names, such as John Mortimore, Bill McGarry and Dario Gradi.[4] Signing a British manager was an obvious goal,[5] and Gradi was first choice, landing in Lisbon on 22 June to discuss terms.[6] However, he left the following day, as Director of Football, Romão Martins, and also several key players did not approve him.[7] As alternative, Benfica thought of Peres Bandeira, who days before was offered the job of assistant to Gradi. An offer he rejected.[6][8] Without manager, Benfica started their pre-season on 2 July with assistant Rui Silva in charge.[9][10] At that point, the possible choices were either a Portuguese managers like Peres Bandeira and José Augusto or foreigners like Aymoré Moreira and Miguel Muñoz.[9][10] Six days later, players agreed that a foreign manager was the best option and on 10 July, John Mortimore was selected.[11][12] He arrived on 12 July to discuss his contract,[13] which he signed a day later.[14] He took over the team on 26 July.[15] Contrasting with the troubled signing of a manager, Benfica made very few squad adjustments, notably just Pietra and later Carlos Alhinho.[16][17] Biggest departure was Rui Jordão, who finally had his move to Spain.[18] Benfica's first preparation games were in Brazil on 13 and 15 August,[19][20] with the team competing in the Trofeo Cidade de Vigo shortly after.[21][22] The pre-season ended with two games in Cameroon.[23] After three losses in the preparation games, Toni worriedly said: "I am afraid of this team. The members will demand the league, but...".[24]

The league began on 4 September with a visit to Estádio de Alvalade to play Sporting, with Benfica losing 3–0.[25] A week later, another poor result in a home draw with Braga.[25] On the opening night of the European Cup, Benfica lost to Dynamo Dresden by 2–0.[25] A confident Mortimore predict the return leg: "70,000 fans will score one and the team will score two".[25] On 19 September, Benfica visited Estádio António Coimbra da Mota to play Estoril Praia, dropping another point in a 1–1 draw, putting them in the 14th place.[25] The first win only arrived a week later, with Académica de Coimbra at home.[25] The first month of the season ended with a home draw with Dresden, which eliminated Benfica on the first round.[25] Going out in the first round of the European Cup without scoring was unprecedented until then.[26] October began with a game on the road against Vitória de Setúbal, which Benfica lost by 2–1.[27] This put the team in 13th place, six points away from leaders Sporting.[28] Mortimore was feeling the pressure and his work began to be questioned. Romão Martins responded with "With Hagan in 1970–71, we were six points from first place at match-day 15 and still won the league...".[27] An members meet was also brought up to discuss the club signing policy, which blocked signing foreigners. It was rejected.[27] Nonetheless, Benfica performance improved and with a win against Boavista, they started a winning run that extended until January.[27][28] However, this wins did not reduce the distance to top, as Sporting kept a five-point lead.[28]

With a draw on 5 January, against Eusébio's Beira-Mar, that distance returned to six points.[28] In the following two match-days, Sporting first lost with Setúbal, and then drew with Boavista, while Benfica won both matches, thus reducing the distance between them to three points.[29][28] Sporting with 26 and Benfica with 23 points.[30] On the final match in January, Benfica beat Sporting by 2–1 at home and cut the distance to a single point.[29][28] Two weeks later, both teams were level at the top, when Benfica beat Estoril Praia and Sporting drew with Portimonense.[31][28] Benfica concluded the month by taking the first place from Sporting, with a win in Coimbra against Académica, while his rivals drew at home.[31][28] In March, Benfica visited Alvalade for the round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup, losing three-nil with a hat-trick from Manoel.[31] In the Primeira Divisão, on 20 March, Benfica beat Boavista in Estádio do Bessa and secured their ninth consecutive league win.[31][28] They were stopped in the following week, when they drew in Estádio do Restelo with Belenenses.[31] Due to Sporting's loss at home with Porto, Benfica gained a point over his rival.[32] They had 36 and a three-point lead.[33] Benfica would drop points again on 17 April, in a 1–1 draw against Vitória de Guimarães, but it did not harm their lead, as Sporting also drew in the same weekend.[32] Three weeks later, on match-day 27, Benfica beat Beira-Mar by 4–0 and confirmed their 23rd league title.[32][28] It was their six title in seven years, and their 14th in 18 years, broken down to a back-to-back and four three-in a row wins.[32][34] Nené played all 30 matches and scored 23 goals, after being moved from right-winger to striker, due to the lack of quality options in that position.[34] The 24 goals conceded by the team was also a league best.[34]

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 30 May 1977 30 23 5 2 67 24 +43 076.67 [35]
Taça de Portugal 27 November 1976 12 March 1977 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 075.00 [35]
European Cup 15 September 1976 29 September 1976 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 000.00 [35]
Total 36 26 6 4 76 30 +46 072.22

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 23 5 2 67 24 +43 51 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Sporting CP 30 17 8 5 59 26 +33 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Porto 30 18 5 7 72 27 +45 41 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Boavista 30 13 8 9 41 33 +8 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Académica 30 14 6 10 29 25 +4 34
Source: RSSSF[36] and footballzz.co.uk[37]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1978 Taça de Portugal Final.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLDDWLWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDWDWWWWWW
Position141414111110732222222222111111111111
Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 September 1976 1 Sporting 3–0 Benfica Lisbon
18:00 Manuel Fernandes 60'
Camilo 75'
Baltasar 85'
Report Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Referee: Porém Luís
11 September 1976 2 Benfica 2–2 Braga Lisbon
18:00 Nené 49', 75' (pen.) Report Manaca 56'
Chico Gordo 70'
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: César Correia
19 September 1976 3 Estoril Praia 1–1 Benfica Estoril
19:00 Clésio 28' Report Nené 1' Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Referee: Américo Barradas
3 October 1976 5 Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 Benfica Setúbal
18:00 Jacinto João 23'
Carlos Cardoso 39'
Report Nené 62' Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Referee: Mário Luís
24 October 1976 6 Benfica 2–1 Boavista Lisbon
18:00 Vítor Baptista 56'
Nelinho 79'
Report Celso 54' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ismael Baltasar
31 October 1976 7 Belenenses 2–3 Benfica Lisbon
18:00 Vítor Esmoriz 31'
Vasques 68'
Report Nené 2'
Bastos Lopes 7'
Vítor Baptista 11'
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: António Espanhol
6 November 1976 8 Benfica 2–0 Varzim Lisbon
19:00 Nené 17', 71' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francisco Lobo
21 November 1976 9 Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
19:00 Vítor Baptista 56' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Leitão Soares
11 December 1976 10 Portimonense 1–2 Benfica Portimão
18:00 Sapinho 58' Report Vítor Baptista 64', 90' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Referee: José Luís Tavares
19 December 1976 11 Benfica 3–1 Leixões Lisbon
18:00 Shéu 19'
Vítor Baptista 35'
Nené 85'
Report Frasco 86' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Alder Dante
5 January 1977 12 Beira-Mar 2–2 Benfica Aveiro
19:00 Abel 26'
Soares 56'
Report Chalana 19'
Pietra 30'
Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte
Referee: Melo Acúrsio
9 January 1977 13 Benfica 4–1 Montijo Lisbon
18:00 Shéu 19'
Chalana 54'
Nelinho 72'
Nené 90'
Report Fonseca 22' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Albino Rodrigues
16 January 1977 14 Porto 0–1 Benfica Porto
17:00 Report Chalana 11' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Porém Luís
22 January 1977 15 Benfica 6–0 Atlético Lisbon
18:00 Nené 4', 7', 75' (pen.), 81'
Vítor Martins 27'
Alhinho 89'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Marques Pires
30 January 1977 16 Benfica 2–1 Sporting Lisbon
18:00 Vítor Martins 22'
Chalana 83'
Report Manuel Fernandes 35' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Mário Luís
6 February 1977 17 Braga 0–1 Benfica Braga
19:00 Report Nelinho 70' Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
Referee: Fernando Alberto
13 February 1977 18 Benfica 6–1 Estoril Praia Lisbon
19:30 Nené 4', 79'
José Luís 40'
Nelinho 44', 85'
Vítor Martins 70'
Report Vítor Móia 77' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: António Ferreira
27 February 1977 19 Académica de Coimbra 0–1 Benfica Coimbra
18:00 Report Chalana 37' Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra
Referee: Jaime Loureiro
6 March 1977 20 Benfica 3–1 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
19:00 Shéu 32', 48'
Vítor Martins 47'
Report Jacinto João 66' (pen.) Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Guilherme Alves
20 March 1977 21 Boavista 0–3 Benfica Porto
20:00 Report Vítor Martins 10'
Nelinho 64'
Chalana 76'
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Referee: Raúl Nazaré
27 March 1977 22 Benfica 1–1 Belenenses Lisbon
18:00 Nené 67' Report Artur Jorge 13' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: António Garrido
3 April 1977 23 Varzim 0–1 Benfica Póvoa de Varzim
17:00 Report Chalana 31' Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC
Referee: Mário Luís
24 April 1977 25 Benfica 5–1 Portimonense Lisbon
18:00 Chalana 14'
Nelinho 65'
José Luís 67'

Shéu 80'
Nené 89'
Report Fernando 50' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Ismael Baltasar
30 April 1977 26 Leixões 1–2 Benfica Matosinhos
18:30 Folha 70' Report Pietra 51'
Nené 60'
Stadium: Estádio do Mar
Referee: Francisco Lobo
8 May 1977 27 Benfica 4–0 Beira-Mar Lisbon
18:00 Nené 12', 55', 63'
Alhinho 74'
Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: António Espanhol
15 May 1977 28 Montijo 0–1 Benfica Montijo
18:30 Report Nelinho 78' Stadium: Campo Luís de Almeida Fidalgo
Referee: Leitão Soares
22 May 1977 29 Benfica 3–1 Porto Lisbon
20:00 Chalana 14'
Pietra 53', 60'
Report Taí 71' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: César Correia
30 May 1977 30 Atlético 0–2 Benfica Lisbon
18:30 Report Vítor Martins 42'
Nené 72'
Stadium: Estádio da Tapadinha
Referee: António Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

27 November 1976 Third Rd Benfica 3–0 Riopele Lisbon
16:00 Nené 46', 48', 72' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Inácio de Almeida
29 December 1976 Fourth Rd Benfica 1–0 Chaves Lisbon
16:00 José Luís 75' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Raúl Nazaré
21 February 1977 Fifth Rd Benfica 5–1 Espinho Lisbon
16:00 Shéu 7', 33'
Nené 19', 74'
Chalana 37'
Report Serrão II 41' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Francico Lobo
12 March 1977 Round of 16 Sporting 3–0 Benfica Lisbon
16:00 Manoel 10', 52', 57' Report Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Referee: Inácio de Almeida

European Cup

First round

15 September 1976 First Leg Dynamo Dresden East Germany 2–0 Portugal Benfica Dresden
20:00 Kotte 74'
Riedel 78'
Report Stadium: Stadion Dresden
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer
29 September 1976 First leg Benfica Portugal 0–0
(0–2 agg.)
East Germany Lisbon
21:30 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Schaut

Taça Federação Portuguesa de Futebol

Clube J V E D GM GS +/- Pts
Estoril Praia 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 8
Benfica 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 8
Sporting CP 6 2 2 2 11 12 -2 6
Belenenses 6 1 0 5 6 13 -7 2
10 June 1977[39] 2 Sporting 2–2 Benfica Lisbon
Keita 52'
Manuel Fernandes 76' (pen.)
Nené 32'
Carlos Alhinho 85'
Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Marques Pires
14 June 1977[41] 4 Belenenses 1–2 Benfica Lisbon
José Rocha 80' Shéu 12'
Nelinho 73'
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Francisco Lobo
23 June 1977[42] 5 Benfica 3–0 Sporting Lisbon
Artur Correia
Shéu
Manuel Bento (pen.)
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Raúl Nazaré

[A]

Friendlies

15 August 1976[20] Santa Cruz 2–0 Benfica Recife
Mazinho 57'
Edson 84'
Stadium: Arruda
18 August 1976[21] Trofeo Vigo Deportivo de La Coruña 0–3 Benfica Vigo
Diamantino Costa 8'
Nené 20' (pen.)
Mário Moinhos 39' (pen.)
Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: Ausocual
19 August 1976[22] Trofeo Vigo Celta de Vigo 1–0 Benfica Vigo
Richard Camera 41' Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: Lopez Cuadrado
29 August 1976[23] Cameroon 2–2 Benfica Douala
Rene Emana
Jean Marie T'Sebo
Mário Moinhos Stadium: Stade de la Réunification
9 October 1976[44] Carlos Lopes Tstm Sporting 2–3 Benfica Lisbon
Manoel Costa Chalana
Cavungi
Nelinho
Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Attendance: 40,000
9 February 1977[45] Alex Stepney Tstm Manchester United 2–1 Benfica Manchester
Steve Coppell
Lou Macari 12'
Chalana 74' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 45,000
10 April 1977[47] Braga TM Benfica 1–0 Braga Braga
Nené Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
24 May 1977[48] Marítimo 2–3 Benfica Funchal
Norberto
Arnaldo 85'
Chalana 10'
Pietra 55'
Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
1 June 1977[49] José Henrique Tstm Benfica 1–1
(5–4 p)
Primeira Divisão XI Lisbon
Chalana Jaílson Guimarães Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: António Garrido
Penalties
Nelinho soccer ball with check mark
Chalana soccer ball with check mark
Pietra soccer ball with check mark
Jorge soccer ball with check mark
Artur Correia soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark João Alves
soccer ball with check mark Torres
soccer ball with check mark Diamantino
soccer ball with check mark António Sousa
soccer ball with red X Orlando Fonseca
11 June 1977[40] Portugal Day Sporting 2–1 Benfica Paris
Manuel Fernandes
Manoel Costa
Shéu Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,000
12 June 1977[40] Portugal Day Avenir 1–5 Benfica Beggen
Marcel Bamberg Vítor Martins
Chalana
Shéu
Nené
Stadium: Stade rue Henri Dunant
18 June 1977[50] Trofeo Ibérico Ferencvárosi 1–1
(5–4 p)
Benfica Badajoz
Mucha József Artur Correia Stadium: Estadio El Vivero
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark Nelinho
soccer ball with check mark Pietra
soccer ball with check mark Romeu Silva
soccer ball with check mark Manuel Bento
soccer ball with red X Vítor Martins
19 June 1977[50] Trofeo Ibérico Badajoz 1–2 Benfica Badajoz
Serrano Pietra
Chalana
Stadium: Estadio El Vivero

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).[6][9]

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 1976-77 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 33 0 28 0 3 0 2 0
1 GK Portugal POR José Henrique 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1 GK Portugal POR Álvaro Reis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Portugal POR Minervino Pietra 29 4 26 4 3 0 0 0
2 DF Portugal POR Alberto Fonseca 13 0 10 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal POR Carlos Alhinho 25 2 22 2 3 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal POR Artur Correia 16 0 13 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Portugal POR Eurico Gomes 29 0 25 0 3 0 1 0
4 DF Portugal POR Messias Timula 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Portugal POR António Barros 14 0 10 0 2 0 2 0
5 DF Portugal POR António Bastos Lopes 30 1 25 1 3 0 2 0
5 MF Portugal POR José Luís 27 3 25 2 2 1 0 0
6 MF Portugal POR Romeu Silva 14 0 11 0 1 0 2 0
6 MF Portugal POR Toni 27 0 23 0 3 0 1 0
7 FW Portugal POR Nené 36 28 30 23 4 5 2 0
8 MF Portugal POR Nelinho 28 9 24 9 4 0 0 0
8 MF Portugal POR Vítor Martins 28 6 24 6 3 0 1 0
9 FW Portugal POR Vítor Baptista 8 6 6 6 1 0 1 0
9 FW Portugal POR José Domingos 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Portugal POR Mário Moinhos 16 0 12 0 2 0 2 0
10 MF Portugal POR Fernando Chalana 33 11 28 10 3 1 2 0
11 MF Portugal POR Diamantino Costa 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF Portugal POR Shéu 32 7 26 5 4 2 2 0
11 FW Portugal POR Cavungi 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Entry date Position Player From club Fee Ref
1 July 1976 MF Joaquim Simões Belenenses Undisclosed
5 August 1976 DF Minervino Pietra Belenenses Undisclosed [16]

In by loan

Entry date Position Player From club Exit date Ref
22 September 1976 DF Carlos Alhinho Real Betis 30 June 1977 [17]

Out

Exit date Position Player To club Fee Ref
3 June 1976 FW Rui Jordão Zaragoza Undisclosed [18]
29 June 1976 DF Eduardo Luís Marítimo Undisclosed [51]
21 September 1976 MF Ibraim Silva Varzim Free [52]
21 September 1976 FW Vítor Móia Estoril Praia Free [53]
2 April 1977 MF Diamantino Costa Team Hawaii Free [54]
13 May 1977 DF Amândio Malta da Silva San Jose Earthquakes Free [55]

Out by loan

Exit date Position Player To club Return date Ref
1 July 1976 FW Orlando Fonseca Montijo 30 June 1977
5 July 1976 GK António Fidalgo Braga 30 June 1977 [56]
10 March 1977 DF Messias Timula Rochester Lancers 1 August 1977 [57]
13 May 1977 MF Toni Quicksilvers 1 August 1977 [55]

Notes

  1. ^ This competition is missing from the Almanac, which serves as the main source for the statistics. Therefore, the tournament statistics are excluded due to the lack of reliable sources.

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