1970–71 S.L. Benfica season

The 1970–71 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 67th season in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season.

Benfica

1970–71 season
President	Borges Coutinho
Head coach	Jimmy Hagan
Stadium	Estádio da Luz[upper-alpha 1]
Primeira Divisão	1st
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
European Cup Winners' Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Artur Jorge (24) All: Artur Jorge (37)
Home colours

Benfica began the new season with the task of to regaining the title lost to Sporting the year before. After Otto Glória resigned and José Augusto replaced him, Benfica searched for a manager and selected Jimmy Hagan, with José Augusto as his assistant. With only António Barros as new signing, an improvement in the team was solely dependent on Hagan. In the transfer window, Mário Coluna and Humberto Fernandes departed. The season started with a win over CUF, followed by draw with Sporting. After a second home win and reaching first place, Benfica went through three weeks of consecutive draws. In November, Benfica was knocked-out of Europe and suffered consecutive away losses. Despite winning at home, Benfica had only one win on the road over the course of half a season. They sat in fourth place with a six-point deficit to Sporting. In the second part of the campaign, Benfica regained four points in two match-days, which included a 5–1 win over them. By January, Benfica closed the gap to one point, but a 4–0 loss against Porto stopped them. After a slow February; in March, Benfica caught Sporting at the front and in April, overtook them, after they lost to Porto. On 25 April, Benfica confirmed their 18th league title with Artur Jorge as Bola de Prata. Benfica concluded the season with Taça de Portugal Final, losing it to Sporting.

Season summary

Benfica started the new season with the task of improving on troubled past season, where they lost the title to Sporting and had Estádio da Luz banned for part of the season for pitch invasion.[2] Back-to-back league winner, Otto Glória had resigned and was replaced by José Augusto for the final months of the season.[3] Alfredo Di Stéfano was approached to replace him,[4] but the choice fell to Englishman, Jimmy Hagan, who arrived in Lisbon on 15 April.[5] Hagan most notorious change was his rigidity and harsh training sessions.[6][7] In the transfer window, Benfica lost Mário Coluna and Humberto Fernandes, both were part of the team for over 10 years and Coluna become a club legend.[8][9] The only signing for the first team was António Barros,[10] with the youth team, bringing in Shéu.[11] The pre-season began on 28 July with the team travelling to Luanda for a tour.[12] After a brief period in Portugal, on 17 August, Benfica embarked on another tour, in South-east Asia, where they played seven games in roughly two weeks.[13] Due to the events of the past season, Benfica still had to play one game at Estádio Nacional.[1][14]

The league campaign began on 13 September with home win against CUF.[15] Three days later, Benfica faced Olimpija Ljubljana for the European Cup Winners' Cup and drew 1–1.[16] In the first away match of the league, Benfica visited Estádio de Alvalade to play Sporting, bringing home his second 1–1 draw of the week.[15] For the final league match of the month, Benfica returned to Estádio da Luz after a prolonged exile.[17] They beat Boavista by 4–0 and reached first place, levelled on points with Sporting.[15][18] Mid week, Benfica played host to Olimpija Ljubljana, winning 8–1 and qualifying for the second round.[16] In October, the club performance dipped and they went three weeks without a win.[15] First they drew nil-nil on the road against Vitória de Guimarães,[19] followed by a 2–2 draw in the Clássico with Porto.[16] On 21 October, Benfica hosted Vorwärts Berlin for the Cup Winners' Cup and beat them by 2–0.[16] Four days later, Benfica concluded their three weeks without a win for the Primeira Divisão, with a third away draw, now with Belenenses.[20] This left Benfica in second place, three points shy of leader Sporting.[15] In the last match of October, Benfica responded to this dark spell with a 7–0 home win against Tirsense.[15] On the 4 November, Benfica was knocked-out of Europe by Vorwärts Berlin on penalties, after a 2–0 loss during 120 minutes.[20] On the opening league match of the month, Benfica won away against Barreirense, their first ever away win in the season.[21] Still, the team remained uncompetitive on the road, losing for the first time in the league on 15 November in a visit to Farense.[22] This put Benfica in fourth place with five points less than Sporting.[22] In the following week, a home win against Leixões, while Sporting dropped points, cut Benfica's deficit to four points.[23] However, a double from Vítor Baptista in the visit to Vitória de Setúbal, inflicted the team their second league loss of the campaign.[20] Sporting had again a six-point lead over Benfica, who remained fourth.[20] Benfica began December with a 3–0 win over Varzim and gained a point over Sporting.[24] The first half of the season ended with an away draw against Académica de Coimbra, putting Benfica with six points less than Sporting at the turn of the season.[20]

José Henrique played in all but ten minutes of the league campaign. João Fonseca replaced him in the final minutes of the last match.[21]

Benfica began the second part of the campaign with an away win over CUF.[25] Sporting lost so Benfica regained two points, right before meeting them.[20] In the Derby de Lisboa, Benfica received and beat Sporting by 5–1 with a hat-trick from Artur Jorge.[20] Jimmy Hagan described the win as "Speed, goals and football, plus an amazing Vítor Damas".[20] Benfica was now with 21 points, two less than Sporting.[15] They kept on winning and beat Boavista by 3–0 on the road.[26] After a tour in South America in mid January,[27] Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães at home and got within a point of Sporting, after they dropped points on the same day.[28][15] On 31 January, Benfica visited Estádio das Antas and was surprised by 4–0 loss.[29] This result kept Benfica in third place and saw Sporting reopen a three–point lead.[15] In the opening match of February, Benfica beat Belenenses at home, while Sporting drew away, resetting the gap between them at two points.[30] In the following two match-days, all of the Big Three won, so no changes occurred at the top of the table; Benfica beat Tirsense on the road and Barreinse in Estádio da Luz.[31][32] On 21 March, Benfica defeated Farense at home by 5–0 and climbed to the top of table, taking advantage of a loss from Sporting and Porto draw.[33] The win put Sporting and Benfica level on points.[15] Benfica closed March with an away win over Leixões, with Porto losing and dropping out of race.[34] This left Benfica and Sporting with a three–point lead and three match-days to go.[34] On 4 April, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal at home and for the first time headed the league isolated, with a two-point lead.[15][35] Sporting had lost with Porto.[36] Three weeks later, Benfica confirmed their league title with an away win over Varzim.[15] It was their 18th league title.[37] They finished the Primeira Divisão with a 5–1 victory over Académica, ending the campaign with a three-point lead over Sporting, having won nine points over them in half a season.[21] Artur Jorge was Bola de Prata with 24 goals.[upper-alpha 2][37][21] The season concluded with Benfica and Sporting both qualifying for the Taça de Portugal Final, with Sporting winning by 4–1.[38] It was Sporting's first ever win against Benfica in the final of the Taça de Portugal.[39]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	13 September 1970	2 May 1971	26	18	5	3	62	17	+45	069.23	[40]
Taça de Portugal	16 May 1971	17 June 1971	7	6	0	1	35	7	+28	085.71	[40]
European Cup Winners' Cup	16 September 1970	4 November 1970	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	050.00	[40]
Total			37	26	6	5	108	28	+80	070.27

Primeira Divisão

Main article: 1970–71 Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	26	18	5	3	62	17	+45	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sporting CP	26	16	6	4	45	14	+31	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Porto	26	16	5	5	44	21	+23	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Setúbal	26	15	4	7	51	16	+35	34
5	Académica	26	13	7	6	38	24	+14	33

Source: RSSSF[41] and footballzz.co.uk[42]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Sporting qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1971 Taça de Portugal Final

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

Benfica v CUF

13 September 1970 1	Benfica	1–0	CUF	Oeiras
18:00	Eusébio  49'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional Referee: Joaquim Freire

Sporting v Benfica

20 September 1970 2	Sporting	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
16:00	Marinho  59'	Report	Artur Jorge  56'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Saldanha Ribeiro

Benfica v Boavista

26 September 1970 3	Benfica	4–0	Boavista	Lisbon
17:00	Artur Jorge  15', 24', 87' José Torres  61'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Monteiro

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

4 October 1970 4	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	Benfica	Guimarães
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Armando Paraty

Benfica v Porto

18 October 1970 5	Benfica	2–2	Porto	Lisbon
16:00	José Torres  6' Jaime Graça  67'	Report	Lemos  60', 88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ismael Baltasar

Belenenses v Benfica

25 October 1970 6	Belenenses	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
16:00	Estevão  48' (pen.)	Report	Eusébio  73'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Francisco Lobo

Benfica v Tirsense

31 October 1970 7	Benfica	7–0	Tirsense	Lisbon
15:00	Artur Jorge  4', 13', 51' Nené  20' Festa  49' (o.g.) Jaime Graça  69' Raul Águas  83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: César Correia

Barreirense v Benfica

8 November 1970 8	Barreirense	0–2	Benfica	Barreiro
16:00		Report	Humberto Coelho  30' Artur Jorge  44'	Stadium: Campo D. Manuel de Melo Referee: João Gomes

Farense v Benfica

15 November 1970 9	Farense	1–0	Benfica	Faro
16:00	Mário Nunes  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Referee: António Espanhol

Benfica v Leixões

22 November 1970 10	Benfica	5–0	Leixões	Lisbon
16:00	Jaime Graça  24' Artur Jorge  48', 73', 80' Nené  58'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Porfírio Silva

Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

29 November 1970 11	Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Benfica	Setúbal
16:00	Vítor Baptista  25', 33'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Mário Alves

Benfica v Varzim

5 December 1970 12	Benfica	3–0	Varzim	Lisbon
16:00	Eusébio  33', 36' Artur Jorge  85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ernesto Borrego

Académica de Coimbra v Benfica

13 December 1970 13	Académica de Coimbra	0–0	Benfica	Coimbra
17:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra Referee: António Garrido

CUF v Benfica

20 December 1970 14	CUF	0–2	Benfica	Barreiro
18:00		Report	Eusébio  44', 58'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva Referee: César Correia

Benfica v Sporting

27 December 1970 15	Benfica	5–1	Sporting	Lisbon
16:00	Eusébio  24' Artur Jorge  31', 57', 90' Nené  50'	Report	José Carlos  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fernando Leite

Boavista v Benfica

1 January 1971 16	Boavista	0–3	Benfica	Porto
15:00		Report	Eusébio  10', 51' Artur Jorge  60'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Manuel Fortunato

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

24 January 1971 17	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
15:00	Eusébio  63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Calado

Porto v Benfica

31 January 1971 18	Porto	4–0	Benfica	Porto
17:00	Lemos  20', 46', 54', 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: António Garrido

Benfica v Belenenses

7 February 1971 19	Benfica	3–1	Belenenses	Lisbon
15:00	Artur Jorge  27' Eusébio  70' Vítor Martins  79'	Report	Ernesto  60'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Mário Alves

Tirsense v Benfica

21 February 1971 20	Tirsense	2–4	Benfica	Santo Tirso
16:00	António Luís  8' Mário Espingardeiro  31'	Report	Eusébio  44', 47' Humberto Coelho  62' Artur Jorge  83'	Stadium: Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo Referee: Porfírio Silva

Benfica v Barreirense

28 February 1971 21	Benfica	1–0	Barreirense	Lisbon
16:00	Eusébio  16'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Joaquim Freire

Benfica v Farense

21 March 1971 22	Benfica	5–0	Farense	Lisbon
16:00	Eusébio  2' (pen.), 68' Artur Jorge  30' Diamantino Costa  60' Humberto Coelho  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rogério Moreira

Leixões v Benfica

28 March 1971 23	Leixões	1–2	Benfica	Matosinhos
15:00	Esteves  26'	Report	Artur Jorge  45' Vítor Martins  64'	Stadium: Estádio do Mar Referee: João Calado

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

4 April 1971 24	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
16:00	Eusébio  16'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: António Garrido

Varzim v Benfica

25 April 1971 25	Varzim	0–4	Benfica	Póvoa de Varzim
15:00		Report	Eusébio  15' Artur Jorge  69', 77' Nené  71'	Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Referee: Saldanha Ribeiro

Benfica v Académica de Coimbra

2 May 1971 26	Benfica	5–1	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
15:00	Eusébio  9' Nené  16', 61' Artur Jorge  79', 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Fernando Leite

Taça de Portugal

Benfica v Luso FC

16 May 1971 Fifth Rd	Benfica	11–0	Luso FC	Lisbon
	Artur Jorge  1', 29', 34' Torres  30', 49', 84' Diamantino  56', 64', 85' Eusébio  68' Toni  87'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Fortunato

Barreirense v Benfica

22 May 1971 Round of 16	Barreirense	1–7	Benfica	Barreiro
	Farías  37'		Eusébio  30' Artur Jorge  33', 85' Nené  52', 57' Vítor Martins  62' Simões  72'	Stadium: Campo D. Manuel de Melo Referee: Porfírio Silva

Quarter-finals

Benfica v Independente FC

30 May 1971 First leg	Benfica	6–0	Independente FC	Lisbon
	Eusébio  49' (pen.), 58', 62', 72' Artur Jorge  80'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ismael Baltasar

Independente FC v Benfica

4 June 1971 Second Leg	Independente FC	0–2 (0–8 agg.)	Benfica	Marvila
			Torres  7' Artur Jorge  35'	Stadium: Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema Referee: Francisco Lobo

Semi-finals

Tirsense v Benfica

10 June 1971 First leg	Tirsense	1–3	Benfica	Santo Tirso
	Amaral  7'		Artur Jorge  27', 30' Torres  71'	Stadium: Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo Referee: António Espanhol

Benfica v Tirsense

15 June 1971 Second leg	Benfica	5–1 (8–2 agg.)	Tirsense	Lisbon
	Artur Jorge  32', 46', 87' Eusébio  53' Torres  90'		António Luís  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Fortunato

Final

Sporting v Benfica

27 June 1971 Final	Sporting	4–1	Benfica	Oeiras
	Dinis  5' Fernandes  23' Faria  33', 77'		Eusébio  59' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Referee: Francisco Lobo

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Olimpija Ljubljana v Benfica

16 September 1970 First leg	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	Benfica	Ljubljana
19:30	Ivan Pejovic  55'		Eusébio  30'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Referee: Paul Bonett

Benfica v Olimpija Ljubljana

30 September 1970 Second leg	Benfica	8–1 (9–2 agg.)	Olimpija Ljubljana	Lisbon
21:45	Eusébio  26', 30', 32', 71', 80' Zeca  47' Artur Jorge  67' Jaime Graça  75'		Ameršek  48'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Antoine Queudeville

Second round

Benfica v Vorwärts Berlin

21 October 1970 First leg	Benfica	2–0	Vorwärts Berlin	Lisbon
21:45	Eusébio  3' Diamantino Costa  66'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Lajos Horvath

Vorwärts Berlin v Benfica

4 November 1970 Second leg	Vorwärts Berlin	2–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Benfica	Berlin
18:30	Horst Wruck  24' Fräßdorf  67'			Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 10,533 Referee: John Adair
	Penalties
	Heinz Dietzsch Körner Nöldner Fräßdorf Wolfgang Strübing		Artur Jorge Vítor Martins Toni Raul Águas

Friendlies

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

2 August 1970[43]	Benfica	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Luanda
	Eusébio  (pen.) Torres  83'		Joaquim Arcanjo  44'	Stadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros Referee: Mónica Serra

Luanda XI v Benfica

5 August 1970[44]	Luanda XI	1–9	Benfica	Luanda
	Quim		Raul Águas Artur Jorge Nené Eusébio	Stadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros Referee: Pinto Fernandes

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

9 August 1970[45]	Benfica	2–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Matola
	Eusébio  20' Torres  43'			Stadium: Estádio da Machava Referee: Abel Basto

Macau v Benfica

20 August 1970[46]	Macau	0–4	Benfica	Macau
			Artur Jorge Eusébio	Stadium: 28 May Stadium

Hong Kong v Benfica

22 August 1970[47]	Hong Kong	0–7	Benfica	Hong Kong
			Nené  7', 55' Eusébio  23', 42' Artur Jorge  28', 33' Augusto Matine  67'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium

Japan v Benfica

25 August 1970[48]	Japan	0–3	Benfica	Kobe
			Eusébio Artur Jorge Nené	Stadium: Kobe Central Stadium

Japan v Benfica

28 August 1970[48]	Japan	1–4	Benfica	Tokyo
			Eusébio  13', 15', 19', 71'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 50,000

Japan v Benfica

1 September 1970[49]	Japan	1–6	Benfica	Tokyo
	Koji Mari  24'		Torres  38' Eusébio  43' Nené Jaime Graça Augusto Matine	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Negashima

South Korea B v Benfica

3 September 1970[50]	South Korea B	0–5	Benfica	Seoul
			Eusébio Torres Nené	Stadium: Hyochang Stadium

South Korea v Benfica

5 September 1970[51]	South Korea	1–1	Benfica	Seoul
	Lee Hoe-taik  68'		Eusébio  82'	Stadium: Hyochang Stadium

Rennes v Benfica

11 November 1970[52]	Rennes	0–2	Benfica	Paris
			Jaime Graça  22' Nené  55'	Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Roger Marchand

Benfica v Europe XI

8 December 1970[53] Coluna Tstmonial	Benfica	3–2	Europe XI	Lisbon
	Eusébio  31' António Simões  43' Artur Jorge		Seeler  46' Gárate	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Joaquim Campos

Palmeiras v Benfica

13 January 1971[54]	Palmeiras	1–1	Benfica	São Paulo
	César Maluco  51'		Artur Jorge  75'	Stadium: Pacaembu Stadium

Alianza – Municipal XI v Benfica

15 January 1971[55]	Alianza – Municipal XI	1–2	Benfica	Lima
			Eusébio António Simões

Atlético v Benfica

17 January 1971[27]	Atlético	4–2	Benfica	Medellin
	Escobar  8' Santa  53' Malta da Silva  (o.g.) Tamayo		Artur Jorge  43', 65'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex

Belenenses v Benfica

6 March 1971[56] Taça de Honra	Belenenses	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
	José Camolas  70'			Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Manuel Amiguinho

Atlético v Benfica

7 March 1971[57] Taça de Honra	Atlético	2–1	Benfica	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: César Reigadas

Persapolis v Benfica

12 March 1971[58]	Persapolis	0–4	Benfica	Tehran
			Eusébio Artur Jorge Vítor Martins	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

PAS Tehran v Benfica

13 March 1971[59]	PAS Tehran	0–2	Benfica	Tehran
			António Simões  36' Diamantino Costa  70'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Benfica v Kickers Offenbach

7 April 1971[60]	Benfica	3–0	Kickers Offenbach	Lisbon
	Raul Águas  20' Torres  45', 71'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Américo Barrada

Sporting v Benfica

12 April 1971[61]	Sporting	3–1	Benfica	Paris
	Fernando Tomé  47' Faria  82' Dinis  90'		Jaime Graça  73'	Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Jimmy Hagan (manager) and José Augusto (assistant manager).[13]

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 1970-71 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		European Cup Winners' Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		José Henrique	35	0	26	0	5	0	4	0
1	GK		João Fonseca	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		Adolfo Calisto	27	0	19	0	7	0	1	0
3	DF		Amândio Malta da Silva	33	0	22	0	7	0	4	0
3^‡	DF		António Barros	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Humberto Coelho	36	3	25	3	7	0	4	0
4	DF		Marques	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Jacinto Santos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Messias Timula	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Zeca	36	1	25	0	7	0	4	1
5	DF		Jaime Graça	28	4	22	3	2	0	4	1
6	MF		Augusto Matine	24	0	15	0	6	0	3	0
6	MF		Toni	20	1	15	0	2	1	3	0
6	MF		Armando Vieira	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Nené	29	9	21	6	6	3	2	0
7	FW		Praia	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Jorge Calado	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Vítor Martins	23	3	17	2	3	1	3	0
9	FW		José Torres	16	7	10	2	4	5	2	0
9	FW		Raul Águas	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Artur Jorge	37	37	26	24	7	12	4	1
10	FW		Eusébio	32	35	22	19	7	9	3	7
11	MF		Diamantino Costa	22	5	13	1	7	3	2	1
11	MF		António Simões	26	1	19	0	5	1	2	0

• Source: [40][62]

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
14 June 1970	DF	António Barros	Leixões	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
10 May 1970	FW	Abel Miglietti	Porto	Undisclosed	[63]
11 May 1970	DF	Humberto Fernandes	Estrela de Portalegre	Free	[9]
11 May 1970	DF	Fernandes	União de Tomar	Free	[9]
11 May 1970	GK	Nascimento	União de Tomar	Free	[9]
24 July 1970	MF	Mário Coluna	Lyon	Free	[8]
8 August 1970	DF	Antoninho	Boavista	Free	[64]
8 August 1970	DF	Fernando Cruz	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	[65]
1 September 1970	MF	Jaime Pavão	União de Tomar	Free

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
1 May 1971	GK	José Henrique	Toronto Metros	30 July 1971	[66]

Notes

1. One game was played at Estádio Nacional due to the events of past season.[1]
2. História de 50 anos do Desporto Português give it 23 goals to Artur Jorge, while Almanaque do Benfica and 100 anos 100 troféus give it 24.

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