List of S.L. Benfica managers
S.L. Benfica is a Portuguese football team based in Lisbon. The club was formed as Sport Lisboa on 28 February 1904 following a meeting of former Casa Pia students at Farmácia Franco (Franco Pharmacy) led by Cosme Damião.[1] Since the club lacked a field to play, they merged with Grupo Sport Benfica on 13 September 1906, to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica.[2]
Benfica won the Primeira Liga title for the first time in 1936; since then, they have won a further 35 league titles, 29 Portuguese Cups, plus a number of other more recently established trophies. They have also been crowned champions of European football on two occasions by winning the European Cup in 1961 and 1962.[3] The club was one of 8 members of the Primeira Liga when it was formed in 1934.
This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Benfica since their foundation in 1904. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won, and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included (when known), as well as those who have been in permanent charge. The club's longest-serving manager was Cosme Damião, who managed the team from 1908 to 1926, totalling 18 years.
Managerial history
The first ever manager was Manuel Gourlade, an employee of Fármacia Franco and also the treasury manager[4] He served for sixteen matches from the first official match on 4 November 1906, until the end of the second season in 1907–08, when eight players defected to Sporting CP. From then on, Cosme Damião took over, leading the club to its first ever Lisbon Championship, two years later.[5] Until the end of the 1910s, he added seven more championships, the last in 1920 was particularly hard because of another mass defection to join recently created clubs Os Belenenses and Casa Pia.[6] Facing a much less talented squad, and an ever increasing debt related to the construction of the football fields, the club entered a trophyless period which led to the departure of Cosme Damião in 1926, after 18 years in charge.[7][8] He was replaced by Ribeiro dos Reis, a former club player that had recently managed the national team.[7] Although performances improved slightly, he failed to win any silverware, ending his spell in 1929, to make way for a foreign manager, Arthur John, who would also double as a masseur for the club other sports.[9] He was much more successful, leading the club to its first national title, the Portuguese Championship in 1929–30,[10] retaining it in the next season.[11] He moved to Sporting in the next season,[12] with Benfica reappointing Ribeiro dos Reis for a second spell. He did not fare much better, adding only a Lisbon Championship on his second year, by now a second grade competition.[13] He was succeeded by Vítor Gonçalves in 1934, who would reconquer the Portuguese Championship in his first season and lead the team to the first ever Primeira Liga title in his second year.[14] The managerial changes continued in 1936, with Benfica hiring the first of six Hungarian managers: Lippo Hertzka.[15] Hertzka led Real Madrid to its first La Liga title in 1932, and at Benfica, he remained victorious, adding another two Primeira Liga titles in three seasons.[16] In 1939, Benfica changed manager again, hiring János Biri. In his first year, he won the club's last Lisbon Championships and the club's first Portuguese Cup.[17] Over the following six seasons, he managed the team in 272 games, winning three Primeira Liga titles and another two Portuguese Cup.[18] With the appearance of Sporting CP's "five violins" in 1946, the club attempted to fight them, sacking Biri at the end of the season and rehiring Hertzka.[19] Benfica led the league 1947–48 season for most part but ended in second place, equalized on points, but with a goal less.[19] Benfica then returned to English managers, hiring Ted Smith in 1948.[20] He guided the team to a Portuguese Cup in his first year, the league title and the first European trophy, the Latin Cup, in his second year, [21] and finished his two remaining seasons with two more Portuguese Cup titles, although in the latter, it was his assistant, Cândido Tavares who conquered it, after he returned to England.[22] In 1952–53, Benfica hired Alberto Zozaya only to be replaced mid-season by Ribeiro dos Reis in his third spell, ending the season in second, but with one more Portuguese Cup.[23] Ribeiro dos Reis would lead the club halfway through the next year, with José Valdivieso finishing the first trophyless season in five years.[24] Benfica then hired Otto Glória, a manager that would revolutionize the club, starting the professionalism of the club.[25] He created a house for the players to focus before matches, to strengthen the discipline; increased wages which allowed for professional footballers instead of part-time players; improved the physical training; carefully supervised what players ate; regular medical check-ups; implemented an academic program to improve the players' education; began the teaching of English language and also, through etiquette, how to dress and eat.[26]
Statistics
Information correct as of 28 May 2017. Only competitive matches are counted.
- Table headers
- Nat. – The coach's nationality is given as his country of birth.
- From – The date the coach began working for Benfica.
- To – The date the coach last worked for Benfica.
- P – The number of games coached for Benfica.
- W – The number of games won as a coach.
- D – The number of games draw as a coach.
- L – The number of games lost as a coach.
- GF – The number of goals scored under his tenure.
- GA – The number of goals conceded under his tenure.
- Win% – The total winning percentage under his tenure.
- Honours – The trophies won while coaching Benfica.
- Table key
- Caretaker coach (assistant coach that assumed temporarily the job in the absence of the incumbent head coach or until a new head coach was hired)
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours | N |
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Gourlade, ManuelManuel Gourlade | 4 November 1906 | 22 March 1908 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 50.00 | |||
Damião, CosmeCosme Damião | 17 October 1908 | 28 March 1926 | 157 | 102 | 21 | 34 | 427 | 161 | 64.97 | Campeonato de Lisboa | 8[n 1] | |
Ribeiro dos Reis | 17 October 1926 | 26 May 1929 | 52 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 128 | 86 | 53.85 | |||
John, ArthurArthur John | 20 October 1929 | 28 June 1931 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 137 | 55 | 60.87 | Campeonato de Portugal | 2||
Ribeiro dos Reis | 10 January 1932 | 30 June 1934 | 56 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 135 | 70 | 66.07 | Campeonato de Lisboa | 1||
Gonçalves, VítorVítor Gonçalves | 1 October 1934 | 30 May 1936 | 63 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 184 | 91 | 65.08 | Primeira Liga 1 Campeonato de Portugal |
1 ||
Hertzka, LippoLippo Hertzka | 1 October 1936 | 25 June 1939 | 92 | 61 | 14 | 17 | 290 | 127 | 66.30 | Primeira Liga | 2||
Biri, JánosJános Biri | 1 September 1939 | 2 July 1947 | 272 | 194 | 25 | 53 | 982 | 470 | 71.32 | Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
3 ||
Hertzka, LippoLippo Hertzka | 1 September 1947 | 30 June 1948 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 42 | 73.33 | |||
Smith, TedTed Smith | 1 July 1948 | 6 April 1952 | 109 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 354 | 148 | 66.97 | Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Latin Cup |
1 [n 2] | |
Tavares, CândidoCândido Tavares | 3 December 1951 | 15 June 1952 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 19 | 76.47 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Zozaya, AlbertoAlberto Zozaya | 1 September 1952 | 1 February 1953 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 66.67 | |||
Ribeiro dos Reis | 2 February 1953 | 20 December 1953 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 77 | 28 | 67.86 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Valdivieso, JoséJosé Valdivieso | 21 December 1953 | 31 May 1954 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 42.11 | |||
Glória, OttoOtto Glória | 1 August 1954 | 14 June 1959 | 169 | 113 | 30 | 26 | 447 | 163 | 66.86 | Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal |
2 ||
Valdivieso, JoséJosé Valdivieso | 14 June 1959 | 30 June 1959 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Guttmann, BélaBéla Guttmann | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1962 | 124 | 89 | 20 | 15 | 402 | 144 | 71.77 | Primeira Divisão 2 European Cup |
2 ||
Caiado, FernandoFernando Caiado | 1 July 1962 | 1 July 1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Riera, FernandoFernando Riera | 1 October 1962 | 30 May 1963 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 130 | 44 | 76.74 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Czeizler, LajosLajos Czeizler | 1 June 1963 | 30 June 1964 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 169 | 44 | 80.49 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
1 ||
Schwartz, ElekElek Schwartz | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1965 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 157 | 41 | 71.74 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Guttmann, BélaBéla Guttmann | 1 July 1965 | 30 June 1966 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 116 | 51 | 65.79 | |||
Riera, FernandoFernando Riera | 1 July 1966 | 30 November 1967 | 49 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 123 | 33 | 71.43 | Primeira Divisão | 1[n 3] | |
Cabrita, FernandoFernando Cabrita | 1 December 1967 | 7 April 1968 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 72.22 | |||
Glória, OttoOtto Glória | 8 April 1968 | 8 February 1970 | 75 | 45 | 16 | 14 | 170 | 65 | 60.00 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
2 ||
Augusto, JoséJosé Augusto | 9 February 1970 | 14 May 1970 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 75.00 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Hagan, JimmyJimmy Hagan | 30 June 1970 | 23 September 1973 | 120 | 94 | 14 | 12 | 339 | 80 | 78.33 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
3 ||
Cabrita, FernandoFernando Cabrita | 24 September 1973 | 9 June 1974 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 25 | 68.57 | |||
Pavić, MiloradMilorad Pavić | 1 July 1974 | 30 June 1975 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 86 | 21 | 65.85 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Wilson, MárioMário Wilson | 1 July 1975 | 30 June 1976 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 108 | 32 | 67.57 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Mortimore, JohnJohn Mortimore | 1 July 1976 | 30 June 1979 | 114 | 79 | 22 | 13 | 244 | 77 | 69.30 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Wilson, MárioMário Wilson | 1 July 1979 | 30 June 1980 | 39 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 102 | 27 | 69.23 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Baróti, LajosLajos Baróti | 1 July 1980 | 30 June 1982 | 92 | 63 | 16 | 13 | 187 | 59 | 68.48 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça de Portugal |
1 ||
Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson | 1 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 | 91 | 65 | 17 | 9 | 223 | 60 | 71.43 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
2 ||
Csernai, PálPál Csernai | 1 July 1984 | 30 June 1985 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 100 | 41 | 62.22 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Mortimore, JohnJohn Mortimore | 1 July 1985 | 4 June 1987 | 88 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 173 | 52 | 68.18 | Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
1 ||
Skovdahl, EbbeEbbe Skovdahl | 10 July 1987 | 28 November 1987 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 62.50 | |||
Toni | 29 November 1987 | 30 May 1989 | 87 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 158 | 52 | 59.77 | Primeira Divisão | 1||
Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1992 | 143 | 94 | 31 | 18 | 304 | 85 | 65.73 | Primeira Divisão 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
1 ||
Ivić, TomislavTomislav Ivić | 1 July 1992 | 25 October 1992 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 58.33 | |||
Toni | 26 October 1992 | 30 June 1994 | 85 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 176 | 62 | 67.06 | Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
1 ||
Jorge, ArturArtur Jorge | 1 July 1994 | 9 September 1995 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 92 | 45 | 51.85 | |||
Wilson, MárioMário Wilson | 10 September 1995 | 30 June 1996 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 39 | 67.44 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Autuori, PauloPaulo Autuori | 1 July 1996 | 19 January 1997 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 60.87 | |||
Wilson, MárioMário Wilson | 20 January 1997 | 26 January 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | |||
José, ManuelManuel José | 27 January 1997 | 20 September 1997 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 48.28 | |||
Wilson, MárioMário Wilson | 21 September 1997 | 1 November 1997 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 50.00 | |||
Souness, GraemeGraeme Souness | 2 November 1997 | 2 May 1999 | 71 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 139 | 65 | 57.75 | |||
Han, ShéuShéu Han | 3 May 1999 | 30 May 1999 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 50.00 | |||
Heynckes, JuppJupp Heynckes | 1 July 1999 | 18 September 2000 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 55 | 56.25 | |||
Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho | 20 September 2000 | 5 December 2000 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 54.55 | |||
Toni | 6 December 2000 | 23 December 2001 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 67 | 58 | 39.53 | |||
Ferreira, JesualdoJesualdo Ferreira | 25 December 2001 | 24 November 2002 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 32 | 53.33 | |||
Chalana, FernandoFernando Chalana | 25 November 2002 | 30 November 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
Camacho, José AntonioJosé Antonio Camacho | 1 December 2002 | 30 May 2004 | 71 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 132 | 60 | 66.20 | Taça de Portugal | 1||
Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni | 1 July 2004 | 30 May 2005 | 51 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 82 | 50 | 56.86 | Primeira Liga | 1||
Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman | 1 July 2005 | 30 May 2006 | 49 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 38 | 55.10 | Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 1||
Santos, FernandoFernando Santos | 1 July 2006 | 18 August 2007 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 41 | 59.18 | |||
Camacho, José AntonioJosé Antonio Camacho | 18 August 2007 | 9 March 2008 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 57 | 29 | 47.37 | |||
Chalana, FernandoFernando Chalana | 10 March 2008 | 11 May 2008 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 30.00 | |||
Flores, QuiqueQuique Flores | 24 May 2008 | 8 June 2009 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 47 | 52.27 | Taça da Liga | 1||
Jesus, JorgeJorge Jesus | 17 June 2009 | 4 June 2015 | 321 | 225 | 51 | 45 | 674 | 249 | 70.09 | Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal 5 Taça da Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
3 ||
Vitória, RuiRui Vitória | 15 June 2015 | 106 | 78 | 13 | 15 | 240 | 85 | 73.58 | Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Taça da Liga 2 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
2
Notes
- ↑ From 1908–09 until 1915–16, Cosme Damião acted as player-coach.[27]
- ↑ Resigned for personal reasons in December 1951, but unexpectedly returned in March 1952, and left again in April. The 5 games he coached after his return are added to existing record.[28]
- ↑ Riera resigned after unpaid salaries and was replaced by his assistant.[29]
References
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 11.
- ↑ "Foundation". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Honours". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 29.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 37.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 68.
- 1 2 Tomaz 2014, p. 144.
- ↑ Pereira 2014, p. 148.
- ↑ Pereira 2014, p. 100.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 104.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 111.
- ↑ "As histórias dos muitos treinadores do Sporting" [Histories of the many Sporting CP coaches]. Magazine Sábado (in Portuguese). 14 February 2011.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 120.
- ↑ "A Maior Mentira do Futebol Português" [The biggest lie in Portuguese football]. em-defesa-do-benfica.blogspot.pt. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 139.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 139, 145.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 157.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 171, 177, 189.
- 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 208.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 214.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 220.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 233.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 239.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 245.
- ↑ Tovar 2012, p. 250.
- ↑ Tomaz 2014, p. 51.
- ↑ Tovar (2012), p. 57.
- ↑ Tovar (2012), p. 233.
- ↑ Tovar (2012), p. 336.
Bibliography
- Pereira, Luís Miguel (2014). Bíblia do Benfica. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-9896552152.
- Tomaz, João (2014). Plantel Glorioso. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-989-655-246-6.
- Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.