1992–93 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1992–93 season
President Jorge de Brito
Manager Tomislav Ivić
(until 25 October 1992)
Toni
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão 2nd
Taça de Portugal Winners
UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
Supertaça Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: Isaías (9)
All: Isaías (17)
Highest home attendance 90,000 vs Porto
(27 January 1993)
Lowest home attendance 20,000 vs Amora
(3 February 1993)
Home colours
← 1991–92

The 1992–93 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 89th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal. Benfica qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing second in the previous season.[1]

Season summary

In the summer transfer window of 1992, Sven-Göran Eriksson moves to Sampdoria,[2] and Benfica hires former Porto manager, Tomislav Ivić. His decisions caused immediate controversy, he chose Shéu as assistant manager, instead of Toni, who partnered with Eriksson in his term; and asked that the dimensions of Estádio da Luz field be shortened in width, so Benfica can adjust to playing in away matches.[3][4] In the winter transfer season, in January 1993, Benfica added Paulo Futre for €3.75 million, a high profile signing that caused discussion with crosstown rivals Sporting.[5][6][7]

In the Primeira Divisão, Benfica started with 2 wins, but 3 points lost against accessible teams started to cause distrust in Ivić. A loss in Alvalade, the first since 1986, and another draw against an accessible team meant that Ivić was sacked after just 12 matches. He was replaced by Toni, and while performances improved, a loss and draw in May, delivered the title to Porto.[8][9][10]

The Taça de Portugal however, saved the season, the conquest of the twenty-fifth Cup were marked by two high pressure matches. In 17 January 1993 Benfica managed to draw in Estádio das Antas, whiile trailing by 1–0 with ten players, Mostovoi tied the game at the 88th minute. In the semi-final against Vitória de Guimarães, Benfica trailed for over 75 minutes, but goals from Isaías and Rui Àguas decided the contend. In the final, Benfica put five past Boavista with Paulo Futre in evidence.[11] In the Supercup, Benfica lost the Replay of the 1991 edition in a dramatic manner, it scored the fist three but misses the last three, with Vítor Baía, defending two.

In Europe, Benfica progressed to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, were they were stopped by eventual winners Juventus, which had Roberto Baggio and Vialli in their team.[12][13]

Squad

Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Silvino Portugal GK 05 March 1959 (aged 33) Vitória Guimarães
1 Neno Portugal GK 27 January 1962 (aged 30) Vitória Guimarães
12 Pedro Roma Portugal GK 11 December 1972 (aged 20) Académica
Defenders
2 Veloso (C) Portugal FB 31 January 1957 (aged 35) Beira-Mar
2 Abel Xavier Portugal RB 30 November 1972 (aged 19) Estrela da Amadora
2 Abel Silva Portugal RB 21 August 1969 (aged 22) Maritimo
3 José Carlos Portugal RB 02 August 1966 (aged 25) Portimonense
3 Fernando Mendes Portugal LB 05 November 1966 (aged 25) Boavista
4 Samuel Portugal CB 3 August 1966 (aged 25) Boavista
4 William Brazil CB 27 December 1967 (aged 24) Vitória Guimarães
4 Hélder Portugal CB 21 March 1971 (aged 21) Estoril
5 Paulo Madeira Portugal CB 6 September 1970 (aged 21) Youth system
5 Mozer Brazil CB 19 September 1960 (aged 31) Marseille
5 Schwarz Sweden LB 18 April 1969 (aged 23) Malmö
22 Kenedy Portugal FB 18 February 1974 (aged 18) Youth system
Midfielders
6 Paulo Sousa Portugal DM 30 August 1970 (aged 21) Youth system
6 Kulkov Russia DM 11 June 1966 (aged 26) Spartak Moscow
7 Vítor Paneira Portugal RW 16 February 1966 (aged 26) Vizela
8 João Pinto Portugal AM 19 August 1971 (aged 20) Boavista
8 Pacheco Portugal LW 1 December 1966 (aged 25) Portimonense
10 Paulo Futre Portugal LW 28 February 1966 (aged 26) Atlético Madrid
10 Rui Costa Portugal AM 29 March 1972 (aged 20) Youth system
11 Isaías Brazil AM 17 November 1963 (aged 28) Boavista
16 Mostovoi Russia AM 22 August 1968 (aged 23) Spartak Moscow
18 Hernâni Portugal CM 02 November 1963 (aged 28) Vitória Setúbal
Forwards
9 Rui Àguas Portugal ST 28 April 1960 (aged 32) Porto
9 Yuran Russia ST 11 June 1969 (aged 23) Dynamo Kyiv
11 César Brito Portugal FW 21 October 1964 (aged 27) Covilhã

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club
July 1992 GK 12 Portugal Pedro Roma Portugal Académica
July 1992 RB 2 Portugal Abel Xavier Portugal Estrela da Amadora
July 1992 RB 2 Portugal Abel Silva Portugal Maritimo
July 1992 CB 4 Portugal Hélder Portugal Estoril
July 1992 CB 5 Brazil Mozer France Marseille
July 1992 AM 16 Russia Mostovoi Russia Spartak Moscow
July 1992 AM 8 Portugal João Pinto Portugal Boavista
July 1992 CB 4 Portugal Samuel
July 1992 LB 3 Portugal Fernando Mendes
January 1993 LW 10 Portugal Paulo Futre Spain Atlético Madrid

Transfer Out

Exit date Position Player To club
July 1992 GK Portugal Bento Retired
July 1992 CB Portugal Rui Bento Portugal Boavista
July 1992 AM Bolivia Sánchez
July 1992 DM Sweden Jonas Thern Italy Napoli
July 1992 ST Sweden Magnusson Sweden Helsingborg

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 24 6 4 57 17+40 54 1993–94 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Benfica 34 22 8 4 60 18+42 52 1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
3 Sporting CP 34 17 11 6 59 30+29 45 1993–94 UEFA Cup First round

Updated to games played on 2014.
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Result W W D L W W W L D W L W W D D W D W W W W W W D W W W D W W L W D W
Position 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 23 July 2014.
Source: FootballPortugal.net
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Taça de Portugal

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 30 August 1992 6 June 1993 34 22 8 4 60 18 +42 64.71 [10]
Portuguese Cup 29 November 1992 10 June 1993 7 6 1 0 19 5 +14 85.71 [10]
UEFA Cup 16 September 1992 17 March 1993 8 6 1 1 20 7 +13 75.00 [10]
Supertaça 9 September 1992 9 September 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 0.00 [10]
Total 50 34 11 5 100 31 +69 68.00

Players

Squad information

Appearances and goals

[10][15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPrimeira Divisão Portuguese Cup UEFA Cup Supertaça
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Portugal Silvino 37 -19 28 -13 0 0 8 -5 1 -1
1 GK Portugal Neno 14 -11 6 -4 7 -5 1 -2 0 0
12 GK Portugal Pedro Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Portugal Veloso 43 0 28 0 6 0 8 0 1 0
2 DF Portugal Abel Xavier 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Portugal Abel Silva 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Portugal José Carlos 27 1 19 1 2 0 6 0 0 0
4 DF Portugal Samuel 7 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF Portugal Hélder 46 3 30 2 7 1 8 0 1 0
4 DF Brazil William 30 5 20 3 4 0 5 2 1 0
5 DF Portugal Paulo Madeira 16 0 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil Mozer 18 0 13 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
5 MF Sweden Schwarz 42 4 29 3 5 0 8 1 0 0
3 DF Portugal Fernando Mendes 19 1 13 1 3 0 2 0 1 0
22 DF Portugal Kenedy 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Portugal Paulo Sousa 35 1 25 0 4 1 6 0 0 0
6 MF Russia Kulkov 21 2 14 1 4 1 2 0 1 0
7 MF Portugal Vítor Paneira 43 12 28 6 6 2 8 4 1 0
8 MF Portugal João Pinto 32 9 21 7 6 1 4 1 1 0
8 MF Portugal Pacheco 34 9 26 3 3 2 5 4 0 0
10 MF Portugal Paulo Futre 13 5 11 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
10 MF Portugal Rui Costa 32 4 23 4 4 0 4 0 1 0
11 MF Brazil Isaías 38 17 26 9 5 2 6 5 1 1
16 MF Russia Mostovoi 16 2 9 0 3 2 3 0 1 0
15 MF Portugal Hernâni 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Portugal Rui Àguas 34 8 23 6 6 2 4 0 1 0
9 FW Russia Yuran 32 13 22 8 4 3 6 2 0 0
11 FW Portugal César Brito 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Squad 1992/93". foradejogo.net.
  2. ↑ "15º Treinador "Vedeta ou Marreta" - Sven-Göran Eriksson". vedetaoumarreta.blogspot.pt. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "21º Treinador "Vedeta ou Marreta" - Tomislav Ivić". vedetaoumarreta.blogspot.pt/. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tomislav Ivic. Umas férias de 15 dias no Benfica". I Online. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Paulo Futre: "Foi uma grande honra ter jogado no Benfica"". SL Benfica. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Paulo Futre elogia equipa de 1992/93". planetaslbenfica.blogspot.pt. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Nº76 - Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre". vedetaoumarreta.blogspot.pt. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Os caminhos cruzados de Toni e Jesualdo Ferreira". Record. 2 May 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Época 1993/94". gloria-vermelha.blogspot.pt.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Almanaque do Benfica. Lua de Papel. 2012. p. 516. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  11. ↑ "Época 1992/93". gloria-vermelha.blogspot.pt. June 2006.
  12. ↑ "Juventus prepare for Benfica showdown". UEFA. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Benfica-2 Juventus-1 de 1993". memoriagloriosa.blogspot.pt. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Benfica 1-1 (3-4)g.p. FC Porto" [Benfica 1-1 (3-4)p.s. FC Porto]. ZeroZero. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Squad 1992-93".