1997–98 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

1997–98 season
President	Manuel Damásio (until November 1997) João Vale e Azevedo
Manager	Manuel José (until 20 September 1997) Mário Wilson (interin until 1 November 1997) Graeme Souness
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Nuno Gomes (18) All: Nuno Gomes (22)
Highest home attendance	70,000 vs Braga (1 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs Varzim (21 December 1997)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1997–98 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 94th season in existence and the club's 64th 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 3rd in the previous Primeira Divisão.^[1]

Season summary

Following troubled year with only a Cup final to show, Manuel José continued as manager from the previous season. In the off-season, Benfica added Nuno Gomes, Carlos Gamarra, and the joint-top scorer of the Brazilian league, Paulo Nunes. The first became a historic club player with nearly 400 appearances,^[2] the Paraguayan and the Brazilian only spent six months in Lisbon, the first was immediately sold as the club needed cash,^[3] and the latter didn't settled, so it was sold to Palmeiras.^[4] In the winter transfer season, Benfica added Poborský, Brian Deane and Luís Carlos, which all helped the team improve his performance.^[5]

In the league, Benfica started with 2 losses in the first four matches, with the last causing the dismissal of Manuel José.^[6] João Pinto allegedly assaulted a fireman after the game, being acquitted for lack of evidences.^[7] Mário Wilson led the team as interim manager until November.^[8] Graeme Souness took over, comfortably reaching the second place, in the process beating Sporting and Porto. The match against Sporting marked the return of João Pinto after two months absence after a brutal attack from Porto player Paulinho Santos.^[9] More than 15 years later, it was the last time Benfica beat their two biggest rivals with a 3 goal difference in the same league season.^[5]

In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica reached the semi-finals, before being stopped by Braga. It was the fourth time, after 1966, 1979 and 1982, that they were eliminated by Braga.^[5] In the UEFA Cup, Benfica lost in the first round against Bastia. The defeat in the first leg, significantly inscreased the pressure against Manuel José, four days before his dismissal, as Bastia was deemed an accessible opponent.^[5][10] In November 1997, Manuel Damásio was replaced by João Vale e Azevedo after he defeated another contestant, Luís Tadeu.^[11]

Squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Preud'homme		GK	(1959-01-24)24 January 1959 (aged 38)	Mechelen
12	Sergei Ovchinnikov		GK	(1970-11-10)10 November 1970 (aged 26)	Lokomotiv Moscow
24	Paulo Lopes		GK	(1978-06-29)29 June 1978 (aged 19)	Youth system
Defenders
2	Tahar		CB	(1968-06-16)16 June 1968 (aged 29)	União Leiria
3	Jorge Soares		CB	(1971-10-22)22 October 1971 (aged 25)	Farense
4	Carlos Gamarra		CB	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 26)	Internacional
5	Paulo Madeira		CB	(1970-09-06)06 September 1970 (aged 26)	Belenenses
13	Ronaldo		CB	(1974-02-18)18 February 1974 (aged 23)	Atlético Mineiro
16	Scott Minto		LB	(1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 25)	Chelsea
18	El Hadrioui		LB	(1972-03-06)06 March 1972 (aged 25)	FAR Rabat
36	Sousa		RB	(1977-10-09)09 October 1977 (aged 19)	Youth system
38	José Soares		CB	(1976-02-23)23 February 1976 (aged 21)	Youth system
39	Bruno Basto		LB	(1978-05-21)21 May 1978 (aged 19)	Youth system
Midfielders
6	Tiago Pereira		DM	(1975-07-04)04 July 1975 (aged 22)	Marítimo
8	João Pinto (C)		AM	(1971-08-19)19 August 1971 (aged 25)	Boavista
9	Panduru		AM	(1970-07-11)11 July 1970 (aged 27)	Steaua Bucureşti
10	Erwin Sánchez		AM	(1969-10-19)19 October 1969 (aged 27)	Boavista
14	Leônidas		LW	(1975-03-23)23 March 1975 (aged 22)	Torpedo Moscow
15	Amaral		DM	(1973-02-28)28 February 1973 (aged 24)	Parma
17	Taument		RW	(1970-10-01)01 October 1970 (aged 26)	Feyenoord
19	Bruno Caires		CM	(1976-04-02)02 April 1976 (aged 21)	Youth system
20	Jordão		CM	(1971-08-30)30 August 1971 (aged 25)	Estrela Amadora
22	Calado		CM	(1974-03-01)01 March 1974 (aged 23)	Estrela da Amadora
23	Edgar		LW	(1977-08-07)07 August 1977 (aged 19)	Youth system
25	Poborský		RW	(1972-03-30)30 March 1972 (aged 25)	Manchester United
26	Luís Carlos		LW	(1972-08-21)21 August 1972 (aged 24)	Salgueiros
27	Kandaurov		CM	(1972-02-02)02 February 1972 (aged 25)	Maccabi Haifa
34	Duda		RW	(1974-03-15)15 March 1974 (aged 23)	Corinthians Alagoano
37	Hugo Leal		CM	(1980-05-21)21 May 1980 (aged 17)	Youth system
Forwards
7	Paulo Nunes		FW	(1971-10-30)30 October 1971 (aged 25)	Grêmio
11	Martin Pringle		ST	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 26)	Helsingborgs
21	Nuno Gomes		ST	(1976-07-05)05 July 1976 (aged 21)	Boavista
28	Brian Deane		ST	(1968-02-07)07 February 1968 (aged 29)	Sheffield United

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club
July 1997	ST	21	Nuno Gomes	Boavista
July 1997	AM	10	Erwin Sánchez	Boavista
July 1997	CB	5	Paulo Madeira	Belenenses
July 1997	CB	4	Gamarra	Internacional
July 1997	GK	12	Ovchinnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow
July 1997	CM	20	Jordão	Estrela Amadora
July 1997	RW	17	Taument	Feyenoord
July 1997	LB	16	Scott Minto	Chelsea
July 1997	CM	27	Kandaurov	Maccabi Haifa
July 1997	FW	7	Paulo Nunes	Grêmio[12]
July 1997	LW	14	Leônidas	Torpedo Moscow
July 1997	RW	34	Duda	Corinthians Alagoano
28 December 1997	RW	25	Poborský	Manchester United[13]
December 1997	DM	15	Amaral	Parma
December 1997	LW	26	Luís Carlos	Salgueiros
January 1998	ST	28	Brian Deane	Sheffield United
January 1998	CB	38	José Soares	Alverca
January 1998	LB	39	Bruno Basto	Alverca

Transfer Out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club
July 1997	GK	12	Brassard	Varzim
July 1997	CB	5	Paredão	Sheffield Wednesday
July 1997	CB	5	Bermúdez	Boca Juniors
July 1997	RB	14	Marinho	Campomaiorense
July 1997	LB	17	Pedro Henriques	Porto
July 1997	LB	35	Lúcio Wagner	Sevilla
July 1997	DM	15	Amaral	Parma
July 1997	CM	15	Luís Gustavo	Cruzeiro
July 1997	FB	37	Nélson Morais	Alverca
July 1997	DM	6	Jamir	Flamengo
July 1997	AM	10	Valdo	Nagoya Grampus
July 1997	CM	15	Paulão	Académica
July 1997	AM	20	Iliev	Slavia Sofia
July 1997	ST	9	Hassan	Farense
July 1997	FW	18	Mauro Airez	Estrela da Amadora
July 1997	ST	21	Valdir	Atlético Mineiro
July 1997	FW	24	Akwá	Académica
July 1997	RW	29	Helder	Arsenal
August 1997	DM	19	Bruno Caires	Celta de Vigo
December 1997	FW	7	Paulo Nunes	Palmeiras
December 1997	CB	4	Gamarra	Corinthians

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Primeira Liga

League table

2006–07 Portuguese Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	24	5	5	75	38	+37	77	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Benfica	34	20	8	6	62	29	+33	68	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Vitória de Guimarães	34	17	8	9	42	25	+17	59	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	AA	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	1	5	7	11	11	11	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 26 June 2013.
Source: FootballPortugal.net
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

1 24 August 1997	Benfica	4–0	Campomaiorense	Lisbon
20:00	Calado  2' Paulo Nunes  13', 58' João Pinto  80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mario Mendes

2 31 August 1997	Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Vali Gasimov  11'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Costa

3 14 September 1997	Benfica	1–1	Académica	Lisbon
17:00	Tahar  88'	Report	Mickey  73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 12,000 Referee: José Pratas

4 20 September 1997	Rio Ave	3–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:15	Peu  5' Nenad  36' Marcos  39'	Report	João Pinto  89', pen.'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Leirós

5 27 September 1997	Benfica	0–0	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martins dos Santos

6 4 October 1997	Braga	1–1	Benfica	Braga
20:30	Toni  26'	Report	Nuno Gomes  3'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paulo Costa

7 19 October 1997	Benfica	3–1	Farense	Lisbon
20:00	Erwin Sánchez  7' Nuno Gomes  60' Panduru  77', pen.'	Report	Hassan  69'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

8 1 November 1997	Desp. Chaves	0–1	Benfica	Chaves
21:15		Report	Calado  14'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

9 10 November 1997	Benfica	1–0	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00	João Pinto  82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: António Costa

10 21 November 1997	Boavista	0–0	Benfica	Porto
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

11 29 November 1997	Belenenses	1–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Barny  38'	Report	Edgar  76', 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vitor Pereira

12 7 December 1997	Benfica	2–2	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:00	Edgar  11' Panduru  43'	Report	Artur Jorge Vicente  8', 20'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Jacinto Paixão

13 12 December 1997	Maritimo	1–0	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Bino  53'	Report		Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

14 21 December 1997	Benfica	4–0	Varzim	Lisbon
19:00	Nuno Gomes  51', 55', 84', 88', pen.'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

15 3 January 1998	Porto	2–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Artur  56', 73'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 40,000 Referee: António Costa

16 11 January 1998	Benfica	2–2	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
18:15	Martin Pringle  28', 31'	Report	José Carlos  65' Paulo Ferreira  85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mário Mendes

17 18 January 1998	Leça	1–2	Benfica	Leça da Palmeira
19:00	Zé da Rocha  51'	Report	Erwin Sánchez  38' Kandaurov  70'	Stadium: Estádio do Leça FC Attendance: 8,000 Referee: António Rola

18 24 January 1998	Campomaiorense	1–2	Benfica	Campo Maior, Portalegre
20:30	Jorginho  53'	Report	Erwin Sánchez  25' Poborský  86'	Stadium: Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

19 1 February 1998	Benfica	2–0	Vitória Setúbal	Lisbon
19:30	Nuno Gomes  30', 35'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Leirós

20 7 February 1998	Académica	1–2	Benfica	Coimbra
20:30	João Tomás  44'	Report	Poborský  14' Brian Deane  76'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 20,000 Referee: António Costa

21 15 February 1998	Benfica	2–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:00	Erwin Sánchez  33' Nuno Gomes  57'	Report	Marcos  8'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Martins dos Santos

22 22 February 1998	Sporting	1–4	Benfica	Lisbon
21:30	Leandro Machado  66'	Report	Poborský  44' Sousa  64' Brian Deane  69' João Pinto  83'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

23 1 March 1998	Benfica	3–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:30	Tiago  19' Tahar  69' Brian Deane  75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Luis Miranda

24 8 March 1998	Farense	1–1	Benfica	Faro
20:30	Marco Nuno  8'	Report	Tahar  4'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paulo Costa

25 15 March 1998	Benfica	3–1	Desp. Chaves	Lisbon
19:30	Poborský  2' Nuno Gomes  24', pen.', 75'	Report	Roberto Matute  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Augusto Duarte

26 22 March 1998	Vitória Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00		Report	Erwin Sánchez  89'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Antonio Costa

27 29 March 1998	Benfica	1–2	Boavista	Lisbon
20:45	Erwin Sánchez  89'	Report	Litos  28' Jorge Couto  54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mário Mendes

28 5 April 1998	Benfica	2–1	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:00	Nuno Gomes  70', 75'	Report	Caetano  44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: António Marçal

29 11 April 1998	Salgueiros	0–2	Benfica	Porto
21:15		Report	João Pinto  35' Brian Deane  85'	Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Augusto Duarte

30 19 April 1998	Benfica	3–1	Maritimo	Lisbon
21:15	Brian Deane  30' Ricardo Emídio Ramalho Silva  34', o.g.' Tahar  88'	Report	Romeu Almeida  70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Leirós

31 25 April 1998	Varzim	0–0	Benfica	Póvoa de Varzim
19:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Varzim Sport Club Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mário Mendes

32 2 May 1998	Benfica	3–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00	Brian Deane  16' Poborský  24' Tahar  86'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Prates

33 11 May 1998	Estrela da Amadora	2–0	Benfica	Lisbon
20:00	Jorge Andrade  68' Chaínho  72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Reboleira Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

34 17 May 1998	Benfica	7–1	Leça	Lisbon
17:05	João Pinto  9' Nuno Gomes  13', 25', 67', 85', 89', pen.' Brian Deane  68'	Report	Constantino  44', pen.'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Monteiro da Silva

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 1997–98 Taça de Portugal

4th round 26 October 1997	Benfica	4–2	Farense	Lisbon
18:00	Tahar  2' João Pinto  40' Nuno Gomes  46', 71'	Report	Hajry  74', pen.' Camilo  77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Bento Marques

5th round 16 November 1997	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
20:30	Taument  35' Panduru  56' Martin Pringle  80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Prates

6th round 13 January 1998	Benfica	1–0	Beira-Mar	Lisbon
20:30	Gamarra  73'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Lucilio Baptista

Quarter-finals 4 February 1998	Gil Vicente	1–1 (aet)	Benfica	Barcelos
20:30	Sérgio Lomba  59'	Report	Nuno Gomes  42'	Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo Referee: José Prates

Quarter-finals replay 11 February 1998	Benfica	1–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
20:30	Nuno Gomes  55'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Paulo Paraty

Semi-finals 24 February 1998	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Braga
20:30	Karoglan  32', 58'	Report	Panduru  15', pen.'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: Bento Marques

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup

First round

First leg 16 September 1997	Bastia	1–0	Benfica	Bastia
19:00	André  80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Pairetto

Second leg 30 September 1997	Benfica	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Bastia	Lisbon
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vagner

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	24 August 1997	17 May 1998	7001340000000000000♠34	7001200000000000000♠20	7000800000000000000♠8	7000600000000000000♠6	7001620000000000000♠62	7001290000000000000♠29	+33	7001588200000000000♠58.82	[5]
Portuguese Cup	26 October 1997	24 February 1998	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001110000000000000♠11	7000500000000000000♠5	+6	7001666700000000000♠66.67	[5]
UEFA Cup	16 September 1997	30 September 1997	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	-1	05000000000000000000♠0.00	[5]
Total			7001420000000000000♠42	7001240000000000000♠24	7001100000000000000♠10	7000800000000000000♠8	7001730000000000000♠73	7001350000000000000♠35	+38	7001571400000000000♠57.14

Players

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 27 June 2013.^[14]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Michel Preud'homme	33	-26	28	-22	4	-4	1	0
12	GK		Ovchinnikov	9	-9	6	-7	2	-1	1	-1
24	GK		Paulo Lopes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Tahar El Khalej	25	6	21	5	2	1	2	0
3	DF		Jorge Soares	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Carlos Gamarra	17	1	13	0	2	1	2	0
5	DF		Paulo Madeira	26	0	22	0	4	0	0	0
13	DF		Ronaldo	35	0	27	0	6	0	2	0
16	DF		Scott Minto	25	0	21	0	4	0	0	0
18	DF		El Hadrioui	21	0	17	0	2	0	2	0
36	DF		Sousa	30	1	25	1	5	0	0	0
38	DF		José Soares	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
39	DF		Bruno Basto	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Tiago Pereira	24	1	21	1	1	0	2	0
8	MF		João Pinto	30	7	25	6	3	1	2	0
9	MF		Panduru	20	4	15	2	5	2	0	0
10	MF		Erwin Sánchez	30	6	26	6	3	0	1	0
14	MF		Leônidas	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF		Amaral	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Gaston Taument	20	1	16	0	2	1	2	0
19	MF		Bruno Caires	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Jordão	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF		Calado	37	2	29	2	6	0	2	0
23	MF		Edgar Pacheco	13	3	12	3	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Poborský	23	5	19	5	4	0	0	0
26	MF		Luís Carlos	23	1	19	1	4	0	0	0
27	MF		Kandaurov	9	1	7	1	2	0	0	0
37	MF		Hugo Leal	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Paulo Nunes	8	2	5	2	1	0	2	0
11	FW		Martin Pringle	19	3	14	2	3	1	2	0
21	FW		Nuno Gomes	40	22	33	18	6	4	1	0
28	FW		Brian Deane	17	7	14	7	3	0	0	0

References

1. ↑ "Squad 1997/98". foradejogo.net. 
2. ↑ "Nuno Gomes returns to Sport Lisboa e Benfica". S.L. Benfica. 1 April 2014. 
3. ↑ "Craque Imortal – Gamarra". Imortais do futebol. 5 May 2013. 
4. ↑ "Paulo Nunes (1995-1997 e 2000)". Figura Tricolor. 22 January 2012. 
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Almanaque do Benfica. Lua de Papel. 2012. p. 556. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8. 
6. ↑ "Manuel José: «Enorme dívida de gratidão com o Benfica»". Maisfutebol. 6 April 2001. 
7. ↑ "http://www.record.xl.pt/Arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=15592". Record (in Portuguese). 11 October 1999. Retrieved 24 September 2014. Na pretérita temporada, João Pinto estava bem fisicamente mas um castigo da Liga (devido a uma alegada agressão a um bombeiro em Vila do Conde) impediu o camisola 8 benfiquista de actuar nos encontros de preparação. 
8. ↑ "Mário Wilson". Glórias do Passado (in Portuguese). 30 October 2008. Entretanto, no SL Benfica, a crise continua e na época de 1997/98 Mário Wilson regressa novamente ao comando da equipa encarnada fazendo o período de transição entre a saída do treinador Manuel José, à 4ª jornada, e a entrada de Graeme Souness na ronda 9ª 
9. ↑ "João Manuel Pinto. "O Paulinho Santos detestava o João Vieira Pinto, aliás detestava o Benfica"". ionline.pt. 13 February 2010. 
10. ↑ "Benfica-Marselha: franceses não assustam apesar do... Bastia". tvi24.iol.pt. 26 February 2010. 
11. ↑ "Vale e Azevedo: "O Benfica tinha desaparecido completamente"". record.xl.pt. 27 July 2012. 
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13. ↑ "Football: Benfica and Souness snap up Poborsky". The Independent. 28 December 1998. 
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