1990–91 S.L. Benfica season
The 1990–91 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 87th season in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup after finishing second in the previous league.
1990–91 season | ||
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President | João Santos | |
Head coach | Sven-Göran Eriksson | |
Stadium | Estádio da Luz | |
Primeira Divisão | 1st | |
Taça de Portugal | Quarter-finals | |
UEFA Cup | Second round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Rui Águas (25) All: Rui Águas (26) | |
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With only a Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira won in the past season, Benfica was keen on retake the Primeira Divisão title again. They were quickly eliminated from Europe at the hands of Roma, so all attentions were pointed on the league title. A strong campaign witnessed Benfica overtake Porto in February and then close the title with an away win in the Clássico, a controversial match because of the tactics employed by Porto to destabilize the team. On late May, Benfica secured their 29th league title, while Rui Águas won the Bola de Prata for league top-scorer.
Season summary
Benfica started the new season after having lost their fifth European Cup Final in the past season, while Porto regained the league title back.[1] Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson made some squad adjustments, releasing established players like Fernando Chalana, Diamantino Miranda and Álvaro Magalhães, and losing Aldair to Roma.[2][3][4][5] He nearly lost Valdo too, but Benfica and Fiorentina failed to agree terms.[6] To counter the departures, he brought back Rui Águas, from Porto,[7] Neno from Vitória de Guimarães, alongside William, and also added Isaías and Stefan Schwarz.[4][8][9][10] Tomas Brolin was also a target but Eriksson thought he was not ready to play for a club like Benfica.[6]
The pre-season started in Portugal in 16 July, followed by a tour in Sweden from 22 July to 5 August.[6] Benfica would then play a presentation game on the 9th with Belenenses,[11] take part on the Teresa Herrera Trophy from 17 until 19th, and closed pre-season with a match against Roma on the 22nd.[6] The league campaign started in the best of terms as the team racked up wins in September and October.[12][13] However, in Europe Benfica did not fare as well and were knocked-out of the UEFA Cup by Roma in the first round.[14]
With only the domestic competitions to fight for, Benfica lost for the first and only time in the league on 3 November in Setúbal.[15] The local Vitória played very aggressively, injuring three players from Benfica within the first 35 minutes: first Stefan Schwarz, followed by Fernando Mendes and then Vítor Paneira. They were forced to play with only 10 men for remaining 55 minutes, since they spent its two substitutions on Schwarz and Mendes.[12] Benfica reacted with four consecutive wins until the Clássico where it draw 2–2 in another violent match.[12] They followed with an away win in Alvalade, but lost a point with Farense who played their home match in Estádio do Bonfim to intimidate Benfica after they recent loss there.[12]
Lapping the first round only two points behind Porto, Benfica only lost two points from two draws in the final 19 matches, and won every game from match-day 23 to 34, including a title defining Clássico in Estádio das Antas.[12] The match was highly controversial because of the war-like tactics that Porto employed: Rocks were thrown at the team bus; the players had to walk to the locker room between a corridor of angry Porto fans; the locker room was sprayed with a chemical that made it impossible to use, with Benfica being forced to get dressed in the access tunnel; the pitch was flooded to prevent the ball from rolling.[16] Pinto da Costa allegedly said to Eriksson "Mr. Eriksson, I like you, but war is war".[16][17] Despite this, Benfica won 2–0 with goals from César Brito and opened a three-point gap.[18][19] A few days before, Porto had beat Benfica by 2–1 for the Portuguese Cup, eliminating them.[14]
Despite a home draw with Sporting in the aftermath of the Clássico, Benfica did not let the title slip and on 26 May it won its 29th league title.[18][19] William played every minute of the campaign, narrowly surpassing Rui Águas, who collected the Bola de Prata for his 25 league goals.[18] According to Eriksson, he should have left then, on a high.[20]
Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Record | ||||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Source | |||
Primeira Divisão | 25 August 1990 | 26 May 1991 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 84.21 | [21] |
Taça de Portugal | 27 February 1991 | 17 April 1991 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 75.00 | [21] |
UEFA Cup | 19 September 1990 | 3 October 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 | [21] |
Total | 44 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 98 | 25 | +73 | 79.55 |
Primeira Divisão
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Benfica (C) | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 69 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | Porto | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 67 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Sporting CP | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Boavista | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | |
5 | Salgueiros | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 36 |
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
Results by round
Matches
18 August 1990[nb 1] 1 | Benfica | Postponed | Gil Vicente | Lisbon |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
25 August 1990 2 | Vitória de Guimarães | 0–2 | Benfica | Braga |
19:45 | Report | Schwarz Jonas Thern |
Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: José Pratas |
2 September 1990 3 | Benfica | 2–0 | Penafiel | Lisbon |
19:00 | Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Juvenal Silvestre |
15 September 1990 4 | Salgueiros | 0–3 | Benfica | Maia |
19:00 | Report | Valdo Isaías |
Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho Referee: Fortunato Azevedo |
23 September 1990 5 | Benfica | 1–1 | Boavista | Lisbon |
20:00 | Rui Águas |
Report | Phil Walker |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos |
29 September 1990 6 | Belenenses | 0–2 | Benfica | Lisbon |
20:15 | Report | Ricardo Gomes Rui Águas |
Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Miranda de Sousa |
7 October 1990 7 | Benfica | 4–0 | Estrela da Amadora | Lisbon |
20:00 | Rui Águas Pacheco Valdo |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ezequiel Feijão |
21 October 1990 8 | União da Madeira | 0–2 | Benfica | Funchal |
19:00 | Report | Ricardo Gomes Schwarz |
Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Mário Leal |
27 October 1990 9 | Benfica | 3–0 | Nacional | Lisbon |
19:30 | Rui Águas Schwarz |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Valente |
31 October 1990 1 | Benfica | 3–0 | Gil Vicente | Lisbon |
20:00 | Vítor Paneira Ricardo Gomes Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Miranda de Sousa |
3 November 1990 10 | Vitória de Setúbal | 2–0 | Benfica | Setúbal |
20:15 | Jorge Ferreira Adelino Nunes |
Report | Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Soares Dias |
10 November 1990 11 | Benfica | 1–0 | Famalicão | Lisbon |
19:00 | Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Filipe |
14 November 1990 12 | Braga | 1–3 | Benfica | Braga |
19:45 | Nedialko Mladenov |
Report | Pacheco Rui Águas |
Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: José Pratas |
18 November 1990 13 | Benfica | 1–0 | Desportivo de Chaves | Lisbon |
20:00 | Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Mesquita |
24 November 1990 14 | Tirsense | 1–3 | Benfica | Santo Tirso |
19:15 | Lay |
Report | Ricardo Gomes Valdo Isaías |
Stadium: Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo Referee: Carlos Valente |
2 December 1990 15 | Benfica | 2–2 | Porto | Lisbon |
20:00 | Ricardo Gomes Rui Águas |
Report | Domingos Paciência Kostadinov |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos |
8 December 1990 16 | Sporting | 0–2 | Benfica | Lisbon |
20:00 | Report | Isaías César Brito |
Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Vítor Correia |
15 December 1990 17 | Farense | 2–2 | Benfica | Setúbal |
20:15 | Pitico Curcic |
Report | Vata |
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Fortunato Azevedo |
23 December 1990 18 | Benfica | 3–1 | Marítimo | Lisbon |
19:00 | William Ricardo Gomes Valdo |
Report | Guedes |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Donato Ramos |
30 December 1990 19 | Beira-Mar | 0–1 | Benfica | Aveiro |
20:15 | Report | Vítor Paneira |
Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte Referee: José Pratas |
6 January 1991 20 | Gil Vicente | 2–3 | Benfica | Barcelos |
20:15 | Zé Carlos Rosado |
Report | Vata Rui Águas William |
Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo Referee: Rosa Santos |
12 January 1991 21 | Benfica | 2–0 | Vitória Guimarães | Lisbon |
19:30 | Vítor Paneira Erwin Sánchez |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Miranda de Sousa |
27 January 1991 22 | Penafiel | 1–1 | Benfica | Penafiel |
19:00 | Abel Silva |
Report | Jonas Thern |
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Referee: Juvenal Silvestre |
2 February 1991 23 | Benfica | 4–0 | Salgueiros | Lisbon |
19:45 | Vítor Paneira Rui Águas Magnusson |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Veiga Trigo |
24 February 1991 24 | Boavista | 1–2 | Benfica | Porto |
20:00 | Nélson Bertollazzi |
Report | Jonas Thern Rui Águas |
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Rosa Santos |
3 March 1991 25 | Benfica | 2–0 | Belenenses | Lisbon |
18:00 | Vítor Paneira Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Vítor Pereira |
10 March 1991 26 | Estrela da Amadora | 1–4 | Benfica | Amadora |
20:30 | Ricky |
Report | Ricardo Gomes William Rui Águas Valério |
Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Referee: Pinto Correia |
17 March 1991 27 | Benfica | 4–1 | União da Madeira | Lisbon |
20:00 | Ricardo Gomes Rui Águas Vítor Paneira |
Report | Lepinjica |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fortunato Azevedo |
23 March 1991 28 | Nacional | 0–2 | Benfica | Funchal |
19:00 | Report | Vítor Paneira Paulo Sousa César Brito |
Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Carlos Valente |
30 March 1991 29 | Benfica | 2–0 | Vitória de Setúbal | Lisbon |
19:00 | César Brito Rui Águas |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Simãozinho |
3 April 1991 30 | Famalicão | 1–3 | Benfica | Famalicão |
20:00 | Leomir de Souza Milton Cacioli |
Report | Valdo César Brito Pacheco |
Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Veiga Trigo |
7 April 1991 31 | Benfica | 2–0 | Braga | Lisbon |
19:00 | José Carlos Pacheco |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Calheiros |
13 April 1991 32 | Desportivo de Chaves | 0–3 | Benfica | Chaves |
19:00 | Report | Magnusson Pacheco Jonas Thern |
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Referee: Fortunato Azevedo |
21 April 1991 33 | Benfica | 5–0 | Tirsense | Lisbon |
19:45 | Paulo Pires Pacheco César Brito Rui Águas Vítor Paneira |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Adão Mendes |
28 April 1991 34 | Porto | 0–2 | Benfica | Porto |
20:30 | Report | César Brito |
Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Carlos Valente |
5 May 1991 35 | Benfica | 1–1 | Sporting | Lisbon |
20:00 | Isaías |
Report | Litos |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Vítor Correia |
12 May 1991 36 | Benfica | 2–0 | Farense | Lisbon |
20:00 | Rui Águas Pacheco |
Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: António Rola |
Taça de Portugal
27 February 1991 Fifth Rd | Benfica | 4–1 | União de Tomar | Lisbon |
19:45 | Fernando Mendes Magnusson Isaías |
Report | Moreno |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Xavier de Oliveira |
13 March 1991 Sixth Rd | Vitória de Setúbal | 2–3 | Benfica | Setúbal |
20:15 | Jorge Silva Mladenov |
Report | Magnusson Vítor Paneira |
Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Bento Marques |
UEFA Cup
19 September 1990 First leg | Roma | 1–0 | Rome | |
19:45 | Carnevale |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger |
3 October 1990 Secong leg | Benfica | 0–1 | Lisbon | |
20:30 | Report | Giannini Carboni |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber |
Friendlies
25 July 1990[24] | Degerfors | 1–0 | Benfica | Degerfors |
Roger Wermer |
Stadium: Stora Valla |
28 July 1990[25] | Falkenbergs | 0–3 | Benfica | Falkenberg |
Rui Águas Paulo Sousa VataPaulo Sousa |
Stadium: Falkenbergs IP |
1 August 1990[26] | Borås XI | 0–9 | Benfica | Borås |
Rui Águas Valdo Filho Vata Vítor Paneira Jonas Thern Stefan Schwarz Erwin Sánchez |
Stadium: Ryavallen |
9 August 1990[28] | Benfica | 2–1 | Belenenses | Lisbon |
Rui Águas Vata |
Fernando Mendes |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
17 August 1990[22] Teresa Herrera | Benfica | 2–1 | Bayern Munich | A Coruña |
19:30 | Stefan Schwarz Rui Águas |
Alan McInally |
Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Miguel Angel Marin |
19 August 1990[22] Teresa Herrera | Barcelona | 2–0 | Benfica | A Coruña |
19:30 | Begiristain Goikoetxea |
Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Urizar Aziparte |
22 August 1990[29] | Roma | 1–1 | Benfica | Rome |
Piacentini |
Pacheco |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Di Legnano |
7 September 1990[30] Taça de Honra | Benfica | 1–0 | Estrela da Amadora | Lisbon |
Vata |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fernando Correia |
9 September 1990[30] Taça de Honra | Benfica | 0–1 | Sporting | Lisbon |
Careca |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Sepa Santos |
10 February 1991 | Benfica | 8–0 | Bern | Lisbon |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Sven-Goran Eriksson (manager) and Toni (assistant manager).[21][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 1990-91 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Primeira Divisão | Taça de Portugal | UEFA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Manuel Bento | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | GK | Silvino | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1‡ | GK | Neno | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | António Veloso | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2 | DF | José Carlos | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Fernando Mendes | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Ricardo Gomes | 39 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
4‡ | DF | William | 43 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | MF | Rui Bento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Samuel Quina | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Paulo Madeira | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
5‡ | MF | Stefan Schwarz | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Paulo Sousa | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Hernâni Neves | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Vítor Paneira | 41 | 10 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Jonas Thern | 25 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
8‡ | MF | Erwin Sánchez | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | António Pacheco | 33 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
9‡ | FW | Rui Águas | 42 | 26 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Vata | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Adesvaldo Lima | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Valdo Filho | 30 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Mats Magnusson | 17 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
11‡ | MF | Isaías | 30 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | FW | César Brito | 22 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers
In
Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 May 1990 | MF | Isaías | Boavista | Undisclosed | [10] |
30 May 1990 | FW | Rui Águas | Porto | Free | [7] |
7 June 1990 | MF | Stefan Schwarz | Malmö FF | Undisclosed | [4] |
8 June 1990 | GK | Neno | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed | [9] |
9 August 1990 | DF | William | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed | [8] |
9 August 1990[nb 2] | MF | Erwin Sánchez | Bolívar | Undisclosed | [31] |
Out
Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 May 1990 | LB | António Fonseca | Vitória de Guimarães | Free | [7] |
31 May 1990 | MF | Ademir Alcântara | Boavista | Undisclosed | [32] |
7 June 1990 | LB | Álvaro Magalhães | Estrela da Amadora | Free | [4] |
7 June 1990 | FW | Abel Campos | Estrela da Amadora | Free | [4] |
29 June 1990 | CB | Aldair | Roma | 5 million | [2] |
10 July 1991 | MF | Fernando Chalana | Belenenses | Free | [5] |
27 July 1990 | MF | Diamantino Miranda | Vitória Setúbal | Free | [3] |
July 1990 | DF | Paulinho | Estoril-Praia | Free | |
Out by loan
Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Return date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 July 1990 | CB | Pedro Valido | Gil Vicente | 30 June 1991 | [33] |
July 1990 | AM | Rui Costa | AD Fafe | 30 June 1991 | |
July 1990 | FW | João Pires | Estoril-Praia | 30 June 1991 | |
July 1990 | CB | Abel Silva | Penafiel | 30 June 1991 |
Notes
- Postponed due to Benfica's request[22]
- Sánchez arrived months earlier for tryouts
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