1985–86 S.L. Benfica season

The 1985–86 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 82nd season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1985 to 30 June 1986. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and participated in the Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season.

Benfica

1985–86 season
President	Fernando Martins
Head coach	John Mortimore
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Winners
Cup Winners' Cup	Second Round
Supertaça	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Manniche (14) All: Manniche (21)
Home colours

In the new season, John Mortimore replaced Pál Csernai after the Hungarian underperformed at the helm. Only major signing was Rui Águas, but Benfica fought to kept a trio composed of Carlos Manuel, Diamantino Miranda and José Luís from leaving. In the league, Benfica started in erratic shape but quickly settled and racked up several consecutive wins. They ended 1985 in first place and having the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, their second Supertaça. In the first months of new year, Benfica kept their first place, while knocking out Porto and Sporting from the Portuguese Cup. In April, the season took a dramatic turn when Benfica lost at home to Sporting and were matched in first place by Porto, who confirmed their title a week later. Nonetheless, Benfica finished the month by lifting their 20th Taça de Portugal against Belenenses.

Season summary

Benfica started the new season with a change in leadership. The performance under Pál Csernai in 1984–85 was disappointing, so it was only expectable that he would be replaced.[1] In late April, John Mortimore, was selected as his replacement.[2][3] The club made some adjustments in the transfer window but the biggest signing was Rui Águas.[4] The summer story instead revolved around the contract extensions for Carlos Manuel, Diamantino Miranda and José Luís.[5][6] Particularly, Carlos Manuel, who was rumoured to move to Braga.[7] In July, all three agreed terms and signed their extensions, ending the impasse.[8][9] The pre-season began on 11 July,[10] with three preparation games scheduled for late July.[11] Benfica then took part in the regional Taça de Honra and in the Lisbon International Tournament, winning both.[12][13][14]

The league campaign started with the Clássico with Porto, with Benfica losing 2–0.[15] The next week, Benfica defeated Marítimo by 9–0, and then lost again, now with Vitória de Guimarães.[16] They followed that with a draw against Vitória de Setúbal.[16] On the third weekend of September, Benfica opened the new third tier of Estádio da Luz, taking advantage of the week off from the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup. Because of the Heysel Stadium disaster, their opponent, Manchester United was banned.[17][18][19] In October, in their debut in Europe, Benfica eliminated Sampdoria.[20] Domestically, the league had much improve and by 25 November, Benfica was only a point shy of first place.[21] In early December, Benfica drew in Antas and won their second Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, after having previously beat them by one-nil at home.[21][22] On 21 December, Benfica drew with Sporting, which levelled the Big Three at the top with 22 points.[21] Closing the year, Benfica defeated Boavista and lapped the first round of the league in first place, after recovering five points since September.[21]

After an event-less January, in which Benfica retained their one-point lead over Sporting;[23] in February, Benfica faced Porto again, this time for the round of 16 of the Taça de Portugal, winning 2–1. Meanwhile, in the Primeira Divisão, they added another point in their lead over their closest competitors.[23] In March, Benfica was eliminated of the Cup Winners' Cup by Dukla Prague,[24] while in the Portuguese Cup, they thrashed Sporting by 5–0 in the quarter-finals.[25][26] They finished the month with a replay of the match with Salgueiros, which had been postponed in February because of the pitch conditions. They drew 1–1 and lost points in title race.[26]

In April, Benfica received Sporting in what was labelled the D-Day for the league.[26] Despite leading the league for most of second round, they lost 2–1, which allowed Porto to catch them in the first place, with a better head-to-head record.[27] Mortimore said: "Sporting had two chances and converted them both, we had lost the league".[27] On the last day of the campaign, Porto beat last classified, Sporting da Covilhã and won the league, while Benfica lost in Bessa with Boavista.[27] Benfica reacted in the best way and qualified for the Taça de Portugal Final, where they defeated Belenenses to lift their 20th Taça de Portugal.[28][29][26] After the win, Manuel Bento said: "The bastards won the Cup after all". He also approached the loss of the league title with: "forces too powerful took away our title."[29]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	24 August 1985	20 April 1986	30	21	5	4	54	13	+41	070.00	[30]
Taça de Portugal	17 November 1985	27 April 1986	8	7	1	0	26	2	+24	087.50	[30]
European Cup Winners' Cup	23 October 1985	19 March 1986	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	050.00	[30]
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	20 November 1985	4 December 1985	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00	[30]
Total			44	31	7	6	85	18	+67	070.45

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

20 November 1985 First leg	Benfica	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00	Diamantino  38'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Rosa

4 December 1985 Second leg	Porto	0–0	Benfica	Porto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	22	5	3	64	20	+44	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Benfica	30	21	5	4	54	13	+41	47	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sporting CP	30	20	6	4	64	20	+44	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	30	16	8	6	51	29	+22	40
5	Boavista	30	14	8	8	44	29	+15	36

Source: RSSSF[31] and footballzz.co.uk[32]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L
Position	14	7	10	9	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 1985 1	Porto	2–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Juary  4' Fernando Gomes  79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Carlos Valente

31 August 1985 2	Benfica	9–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00	Manniche  14' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Carlos Manuel  19', 78' José Luís  28', 59' Diamantino  36' Oliveira  70' Rui Águas  81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Raúl Nazaré

7 September 1985 3	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00	Oliveira  35' (o.g.) Roldão  52'	Report	Carlos Manuel  67'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Veiga Trigo

14 September 1985 4	Benfica	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:30	Rui Águas  26'	Report	Fernando Cruz  87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos

29 September 1985 5	Sporting da Covilhã	1–2	Benfica	Covilhã
19:00	Pereira  24'	Report	Carlos Manuel  2' Shéu  30'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Santos Pinto Referee: Fernando Alberto

5 October 1985 6	Benfica	2–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:00	Carlos Manuel  3' Nené  80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Joaquim Gonçalves

19 October 1985 7	Benfica	5–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:30	José Luís  18' Nené  48', 85' Manniche  53', 54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

27 October 1985 8	Penafiel	0–2	Benfica	Penafiel
19:00		Report	Manniche  20' Carlos Manuel  83'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Referee: Santos Ruivo

2 November 1985 9	Benfica	4–0	Desportivo das Aves	Lisbon
19:00	Nené  14', 44' Manniche  19', 25'	Report	Rúben  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Correia

10 November 1985 10	Desportivo de Chaves	0–1	Benfica	Chaves
19:00		Report	Nunes  19'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Referee: José Guedes

24 November 1985 11	Benfica	1–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	Nené  40'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Francisco Silva

1 December 1985 12	Académica	0–1	Benfica	Coimbra
19:00		Report	Nené  47'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra Referee: Crespim de Sousa

8 December 1985 13	Benfica	1–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:00	Canito  36' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Valente

21 December 1985 14	Sporting	0–0	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Vítor Correia

29 December 1985 15	Benfica	1–0	Boavista	Lisbon
19:45	Nunes  60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosário Rodrigues

5 January 1986 16	Benfica	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 110,000[23] Referee: Raúl Nazaré

12 January 1986 17	Marítimo	1–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Roçadas  10'	Report	Rui Águas  77', 83'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Rosa Santos

19 January 1986 18	Benfica	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:30	Manniche  46' (pen.) Diamantino  49' Rui Águas  75'	Report	Oliveira  15' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Guedes

2 February 1986 19	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	Benfica	Setúbal
19:00		Report	Carlos Manuel  86'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Raúl Ribeiro

9 February 1986 20	Benfica	2–0	Sporting da Covilhã	Lisbon
19:45	Manniche  12', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Xavier de Oliveira

15 February 1986 21	Portimonense	0–3	Benfica	Portimão
19:00		Report	Wando  12' Rui Águas  56' Diamantino  74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Referee: Carlos Valente

23 February 1986[upper-alpha 1] 22	Salgueiros	Postponed	Benfica	Porto
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro

1 March 1986 23	Benfica	2–0	Penafiel	Lisbon
19:30	Shéu  48' Oliveira  60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Azevedo Duarte

9 March 1986 24	Desportivo das Aves	0–1	Benfica	Aves
19:00		Report	Manniche  65'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Referee: Raúl Nazaré

15 March 1986 25	Benfica	4–0	Desportivo de Chaves	Lisbon
19:20	Rui Águas  11', 13', 40' Manniche  63'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

23 March 1986 26	Braga	1–1	Benfica	Braga
19:00	Jorge Gomes  65'	Report	Shéu  33'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: Veiga Trigo

26 March 1986 22	Salgueiros	1–1	Benfica	Porto
17:00	Armando  35'	Report	Rui Águas  77'	Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro Referee: João Rosa

29 March 1986 27	Benfica	1–0	Académica	Lisbon
19:45	Rolão  74' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Correia

6 April 1986 28	Belenenses	0–1	Benfica	Lisbon
19:30	Paulo Monteiro  75'	Report	Manniche  51' Pietra  75'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Miranda Dias

13 April 1986 29	Benfica	1–2	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	Manniche  60'	Report	Morato  11' Manuel Fernandes  22'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Valente

20 April 1986 30	Boavista	1–0	Benfica	Porto
19:00	Phil Walker  53'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Manuel Barrica

Taça de Portugal

17 November 1985 Second Rd	Alverca	0–2	Benfica	Alverca
16:00		Report	Nené  26' Oliveira  36'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca Referee: Vítor Correia

14 December 1985 Third Rd	Benfica	5–0	SL Olivais	Lisbon
18:00	Wando  40', 50' Rui Águas  51', 52' César Brito  54'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Heliodoro Saraiva

24 January 1986 Fourth Rd	Benfica	6–0	Vialonga	Lisbon
19:30	Manniche  6', 51', 89' Rui Águas  40' Shéu  75' Diamantino  84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Sepa Santos

12 February 1986 Round of 16	Benfica	2–1	Porto	Lisbon
19:30	Manniche  55' (pen.) Rui Águas  70'	Report	Futre  50' Celso  55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Veiga Trigo

12 March 1986 Quarter-final	Benfica	5–0	Sporting	Lisbon
19:00	Rui Águas  11' Wando  40', 90' Álvaro  84' Manniche  86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Francisco Silva

9 April 1986 Semi-final	Penafiel	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Penafiel
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Referee: Santos Ruivo

23 April 1986 SF Replay	Benfica	4–1	Penafiel	Lisbon
20:00	Manniche  33' Diamantino  51' Nunes  64' Paulo Campos  72' (o.g.)	Report	Afonso  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Azevedo Duarte

27 April 1986 Final	Benfica	2–0	Belenenses	Oeiras
16:00	Nunes  37' Rui Águas  70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Vítor Correia

European Cup Winners' Cup

Second round

23 October 1985 First leg	Benfica	2–0	Sampdoria	Lisbon
19:45	Diamantino  47' Rui Águas  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Vojtech Christov

1 October 1986 Second leg	Sampdoria	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Benfica	Genoa
19:45	Lorenzo  51'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Volker Roth

Quarter-final

5 March 1986 First leg	Dukla Prague	1–0	Benfica	Prague
19:45	Luhový  14'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Juliska Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Van Langenhove

19 March 1986 Second leg	Benfica	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Dukla Prague	Lisbon
19:45	Carlos Manuel  19' Manniche  37' (pen.)	Report	Korejcík  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen

Friendlies

[33]

28 July 1985[34]	Académica	3–1	Benfica	Figueira da Foz
	Pedro Xavier  68', 72', 83'		Nené  30'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa

4 August 1985[35]	Portimonense	0–0	Benfica	Portimão
				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão

7 August 1985[36] Taça de Honra	Benfica	0–0 (4–3 p)	Sporting	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Cepa dos Santos
	Penalties
	Michael Manniche Carlos Manuel José Luís Diamantino Nunes		Rui Jordão António Sousa Manuel Fernandes Gabriel Mendes Carlos Xavier

11 August 1985[37]	Sporting da Covilhã	1–0	Benfica	Covilhã
				Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Santos Pinto

17 August 1985[13] Torneio Lisboa	Benfica	0–0	Shamrock Rovers	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

18 August 1985[13] Torneio Lisboa	Benfica	2–1	Sporting	Lisbon
	Pietra  16' Manniche  68'		Carlos Xavier  14'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vítor Correia

5 September 1985[12] Taça de Honra	Benfica	1–0	Sporting	Lisbon
	Diamantino  60'			Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fernando Rodolfo

21 September 1985[17] Opening Estádio	Benfica	2–1	Dinamo Bucuresti	Lisbon
	Veloso  11' Nené  38'		Ioan Varga  12'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Raúl Nazaré

22 September 1985[38] Opening Estádio	Benfica	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Raúl Nazaré

1 June 1985[39] Maputo TM	Desportivo Maputo	0–1	Benfica	Maputo
			Nunes	Stadium: Estádio do Desportivo

4 June 1985[40] Maputo TM	Maxaquene	0–1	Benfica	Maputo
			José Luís  64'	Stadium: Estádio da Machava

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member John Mortimore (manager), Toni (assistant manager), Eusébio (assistant manager).[10]

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 1985-86 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		Cup Winners' Cup		Supertaça
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Manuel Bento	43	0	29	0	8	0	4	0	2	0
1^‡	GK		Neno	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		António Veloso	43	0	30	0	8	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF		Minervino Pietra	17	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		António Oliveira	43	2	29	2	8	0	4	0	2	0
3	DF		Álvaro Magalhães	41	1	27	0	8	1	4	0	2	0
4	DF		Samuel Quina	39	0	27	0	7	0	4	0	1	0
4^‡	DF		Vítor Duarte	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		António Bastos Lopes	17	0	11	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
5	DF		Carlos Pereira	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		José Luís	15	3	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF		Carlos Manuel	35	8	25	7	5	0	4	1	1	0
7	FW		Nené	23	8	16	7	3	1	2	0	2	0
7^‡	MF		Luís Simões	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Wando	32	5	21	1	8	4	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Adelino Nunes	30	5	19	2	7	2	3	1	1	0
8	FW		Michael Manniche	40	21	29	14	5	6	4	1	2	0
9^‡	FW		Rui Águas	33	17	22	10	8	6	3	1	0	0
10	MF		Rui Pedro	9	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
11^‡	FW		César Brito	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Diamantino Miranda	43	8	29	4	8	2	4	1	2	1
11	MF		Shéu	40	4	27	3	7	1	4	0	2	0

• Source: [30][28][41]

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
24 April 1985	FW	César Brito	Covilhã	Undisclosed	[42]
3 June 1985	DF	Luís Simões	Montijo	Undisclosed	[43]
12 June 1985	FW	Rui Águas	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[4]
12 June 1985	DF	Vítor Duarte	União de Coimbra	Undisclosed	[4]
11 July 1985	GK	Neno	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan return	[44]

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
4 April 1985	DF	Humberto Coelho	None	Retired	[45]
6 August 1985	MF	Nivaldo Silva	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[46]
14 August 1985	FW	Jorge Silva	Chaves	Undisclosed	[47]
21 August 1985	DF	Alberto Bastos Lopes	Penafiel	Free	[48]
22 August 1985	MF	Tozé Santos	Marítimo	Free	[49]

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
14 August 1985	GK	Silvino	Aves	30 June 1986	[47]
August 1985	MF	Paulo Padinha	Portimonense	30 June 1986

Notes

1. The match was abandoned at half-time because referee Miranda Dias decided the pitch had become impracticable to play football.[23]

References

1. "Mortimore: fase de meditação" [Mortimore: meditation stage]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21732). 12 April 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
2. "Mortimore em Lisboa para ver o Benfica e assinar contrato" [Mortimore in Lisbon to watch Benfica and sign a contract]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21736). 17 April 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
3. "Csernai finalmente está despachado" [Csernai finally is set to go]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21745). 27 April 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
4. "Benfica acautela-se" [Benfica makes new signings]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21781). 12 June 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
5. "Benfica, grupo do Barreiro, que desfecho?" [Benfica, Barreiro trio, what future?]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21782). 14 June 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
6. "Júlio Borges faz ponto da situação dos três casos em suspenso" [Julio Borges makes a statement regarding the three pending cases]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21786). 19 June 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
7. "Carlos Manuel versus Benfica: muitos boatos, poucas certezas" [Carlos Manuel against Benfica: a lot of rumours and few certainty's]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21776). 4 June 1985. p. 15. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
8. "Diamantino e José Luís vão continuar no Benfica" [Diamantino and José Luís will stay at Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21798). 3 July 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
9. "Carlos Manuel já concorda" [Carlos Manuel agrees contract]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21810). 17 July 1985. p. 20. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
10. "Mortimore, primeiro dia na Luz" [Mortimore, first day at Estádio da Luz]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21805). 11 July 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
11. "Benfica: preparação" [Benfica: preparation]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21808). 15 July 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
12. "Benfica embolsa "Taça de Honra"" [Benfica wins Taça de Honra]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21852). 5 September 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
13. "Não houve Taça sobrou futebol" [There was no Trophy but only football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21837). 19 August 1985. p. 15. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
14. Miguéns 2005, p. 194-195.
15. Simões 1994, p. 260.
16. Tovar 2012, p. 462.
17. "Catamaru no Benfica" [Catamaru signs with Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
18. "Foi assim..." [It was like this...]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21864). 19 September 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
19. Simões 1994, p. 261.
20. Simões 1994, p. 262.
21. Simões 1994, p. 263.
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23. Simões 1994, p. 264.
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