2003–04 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

2003–04 season
Manager	José Antonio Camacho
Primeira Liga	2nd
Champions League	3rd Qualifying Round
Taça de Portugal	Champions
UEFA Cup	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Simão (13)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

S.L. Benfica once again missed out on the domestic league title, as rivals F.C. Porto won both the league and the Champions League. As a consolation, it beat Porto to win the domestic cup competition. The club also mourned the death of Hungarian striker Miklós Fehér, who aged 24, died from a heart attack in the away fixture at Vitória Guimarães.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Goalkeepers 1.2 Defenders 1.3 Midfielders 1.4 Attackers 2 Primeira Liga 2.1 Matches 2.2 Top Scorers 3 Champions League 3.1 3rd Qualifying Round 4 UEFA Cup 4.1 1st Round 4.2 2nd Round 4.3 3rd Round 4.4 Last 16

Squad

Goalkeepers

• 1 - José Moreira
• 12 - Zach Thornton
• 24 - Carlos Bossio

Defenders

• 2 - Armando Sá
• 3 - Argel
• 4 - Luisão
• 5 - Cristiano
• 14 - Panagiotis Fyssas
• 19 - Alex
• 23 - Miguel
• 32 - Hélder
• 33 - Ricardo Rocha
• 47 - João Pereira

Midfielders

• 6 - Petit
• 7 - Anders Andersson
• 8 - Roger
• 10 - Zlatko Zahovič
• 11 - Geovanni
• 16 - Fernando Aguiar
• 20 - Simão
• 28 - Carlitos
• 30 - Tiago
• 37 - Manuel Fernandes
• 39 - Hélio Pinto

Attackers

• 9 - Mantorras
• 21 - Nuno Gomes
• 25 - Tomislav Šokota
• 29 - Miklós Fehér

Primeira Liga

Matches

1	Boavista	0–0	Benfica

2	Benfica	2–0	Vitória Guimarães
	Zahovič  44' (pen.) Fehér  80'

3	Académica	1–3	Benfica
	Tonel  6'		Šokota  21' Simão  27' Roger  83'

4	Benfica	3–3	Belenenses
	João Pereira  27' Fehér  54' Luisão  87'		Sané  82' (pen.), 90 + 1' Leonardo  90 + 5'

5	Porto	2–0	Benfica
	Derlei  30' Argel  52' (o.g.)

6	Benfica	1–0	Nacional
	Tiago  25'

7	Moreirense	1–4	Benfica
	Manoel  70'		Simão  26', 55' (pen.) Fehér  45' Roger  90 + 2'

8	Benfica	2–1	Gil Vicente
	Šokota  28' Simão  65'		Ferreira  31'

9	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica
	Dinda  64'		Simão  82'

10	Benfica	1–2	Beira-Mar
	Simão  40'		Sandro  53' Wijnhard  64'

11	Alverca	0–3	Benfica
			Tiago  14, 82' Geovanni  73'

12	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave
	Simão  41' (pen.) Cristiano  68'

13	Paços de Ferreira	0–3	Benfica
			João Pereira  27, 44' F. Aguiar  64'

14	Benfica	2–0	Braga
	Simão  28' Šokota  83'

15	Estrela Amadora	0–3	Benfica
			Nuno Gomes  2' Tiago  10' Šokota  32'

16	Benfica	1–3	Sporting
	Luisão  56'		Rochemback  8' (pen.) Silva  33' Sá Pinto  90 + 2' (pen.)

17	União Leiria	3–3	Benfica
	Luís Filipe  19' Douala  42, 82'		Šokota  29' Nuno Gomes  57, 79'

18	Benfica	3–2	Boavista
	Šokota  18, 67' Argel  24'		R. Sousa  29' Anunciação  39'

19	Vitória Guimarães	0–1	Benfica
			F. Aguiar  90'

20	Benfica	2–0	Académica
	Zahovič  28' Geovanni  66'

21	Belenenses	0–2	Benfica
			Šokota  52' João Pereira  67'

22	Benfica	1–1	Porto
	Simão  50'		Costinha  29'

23	Nacional	3–2	Benfica
	Adriano  10, 54' Gouveia  66'		Simão  31' Nuno Gomes  51'

24	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense
	F. Aguiar  56'		Demétrios  87'

25	Gil Vicente	1–2	Benfica
	Braíma  67'		Geovanni  31' Fernandes  78'

26	Benfica	1–0	Marítimo
	Simão  81' (pen.)

27	Beira-Mar	0–1	Benfica
			Nuno Gomes  78'

28	Benfica	2–0	Alverca
	Šokota  7' Simão  16'

29	Rio Ave	1–1	Benfica
	Evandro  50'		Tiago  56'

30	Benfica	2–1	Paços de Ferreira
	Nuno Gomes  47' Geovanni  87'		Zé Manuel  66'

31	Braga	0–3	Benfica
			Miguel  1' Šokota  24' Simão  30'

32	Benfica	3–1	Estrela Amadora
	Nuno Gomes  14' (pen.) Šokota  45' Miguel  90 + 3'		Davide  86'

33	Sporting	0–1	Benfica
			Geovanni  88'

34	Benfica	0–0	União Leiria

Top Scorers

• Simão 13 (3)
• Tomislav Šokota 11
• Nuno Gomes 7 (1)
• Geovanni 5
• Tiago 4

Champions League

3rd Qualifying Round

• Lazio-Benfica 3-1
• 1-0 Bernardo Corradi  16'
• 2-0 Stefano Fiore  52'
• 2-1 Simão  63'
• 3-1 Siniša Mihajlović  80'

• Benfica-Lazio 0-1
• 0-1 César  26'

UEFA Cup

1st Round

• La Louvière-Benfica 1-1
• 1-0 Peter Odemwingie  14'
• 1-1 Simão  52'

• Benfica-La Louvière 1-0
• 1-0 Miklós Fehér  58'

2nd Round

• Benfica-Molde 3-1
• 1-0 Nuno Gomes  18'
• 2-0 Geovanni  51'
• 3-0 Nuno Gomes  53'
• 3-1 Daniel Berg Hestad  76'

• Molde-Benfica 0-2
• 0-1 Tiago  33'
• 0-2 Tiago  45'

3rd Round

• Benfica-Rosenborg 1-0
• 1-0 Zlatko Zahovič  60'

• Rosenborg-Benfica 2-1
• 1-0 Ørjan Berg  8'
• 2-0 Azar Karadas  16'
• 2-1 Nuno Gomes  21'

Last 16

• Benfica-Inter 0-0

• Inter-Benfica 4-3
• 0-1 Nuno Gomes  36'
• 1-1 Obafemi Martins  45'
• 2-1 Álvaro Recoba  60'
• 3-1 Christian Vieri  64'
• 3-2 Nuno Gomes  67'
• 4-2 Obafemi Martins  69'
• 4-3 Tiago  77'

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