1987–88 S.L. Benfica season

The 1987–88 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 84th season in existence and the club's 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.

Benfica

1987–88 season
President	João Santos
Head coach	Ebbe Skovdahl (until 28 November 1987) Toni
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Semi-final
European Cup	Runners-up
Supertaça	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Rui Águas (12) All: Rui Águas (18)
Home colours

Despite a league and cup double, John Mortimore was replaced with Ebbe Skovdahl, who failed to meet expectations, being sacked before the end of November. With the league out of reach, Benfica focused on their European campaign, now with Toni at the helm. Eliminating Partizani Tirana, Aarhus, Anderlecht and Steaua București, Benfica met PSV Eindhoven in the European Cup Final. Without a key player like Diamantino, Benfica employed a cautious tactic, with the final being decided on the penalty-spot, where they lost, after van Breukelen defended a shot from Veloso. Domestically, Benfica came second behind Porto, and was knocked-out of the Portuguese Cup by the same team.

Season summary

Benfica entered the new season with a change in the presidency and a new manager. Even before John Mortimore led the team to a league and cup double, there were discussion in the media of him being replaced by Sven-Göran Eriksson.[1][2] A day after the victory in the 1987 Taça de Portugal Final, Benfica confirmed that Mortimore was leaving.[3] To fit in new President João Santos electoral strategy, for a "European Benfica", several names were discussed, such as Carlos Alberto Parreira, Telê Santana and Javier Clemente.[3] Benfica approached Clemente,[4] but insisted more on Gunder Bengtsson, who had just won the UEFA Cup.[5] After Bengtsson declined the offer,[6] Benfica turned to Ebbe Skovdahl, 42-year old Danish manager, who last managed Brøndby.[7] In the transfer market, Benfica added several players, most notably, Elzo Coelho,[8] Fernando Chalana,[9] Carlos Mozer and Mats Magnusson.[10][11] Departures included António Bastos Lopes,[12] Minervino Pietra,[12] José Luís and Michael Manniche, the first two to retirement.[13][14] The pre-season started on 21 July with medical exams, followed by a trip to Switzerland the next day, where the team would play in the Philips Tournament.[14] The location was also chosen so that they could do altitude training.[15] Afterwards they played in the Teresa Herrera Trophy and Trofeo Colombino.[14] Their presentation game was on 3 August with Vitória de Setúbal.[16] Due to the events of 31 May in Braga,[17] Benfica's first home game was played in Estádio Nacional.[18]

Skovadahl stint at Benfica was a short-lived. Losses against Setúbal, Marítimo and Desportivo de Chaves led to immense pressure from the fans and four months into the season, on 28 November, he was sacked.[19] He left the team 12 rounds into the season already trailing leader Porto by five points.[20] His assistant Toni accepted the invitation to lead the team, in his first experience as manager.[21] In his first game, he lost three-nil at home to Sporting for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.[22]

With little chance of renewing the league title, Benfica focused on their European campaign.[23] In the first round, a 4-0 win against the violent Partizani Tirana saw UEFA expel the Albanians and void the second leg.[24] Afterwards, they knocked-out Aarhus and Anderlecht, reaching the semi-finals with Steaua București, the winners of the 1985–86 European Cup.[24][25] For the game with Steaua, Toni travelled to Glasgow and asked Graeme Souness for the videotapes of Rangers's games with them.[24] He concluded the threat was Gheorghe Hagi and he needed to be annulled, a task that fell to Shéu, which he perform without mistakes.[24] In the second leg, Rui Águas scored twice to put Benfica into their first European Cup final since 1968.[26][27] The three-year project of a "European Benfica" produced his first result in his first season.[23]

"Steaua gave me hope. Águas was amazing, and so was Diamantino. But he had that last minute misfortune [Diamantino's injury]...So he had to play in Stuttgart with Mauser rifles against an opponent equipped with laser guns. So to counter that, Benfica set up traps in a Portuguese way and passed unscathed through the game, even managing to overcome the deficit in potential and power between us until the end. What we did made me proud and with clear conscience. PSV ended up winning on the lottery"

— Toni on his tactic for the final [28]

Before the final against PSV Eindhoven, Benfica lost Diamantino, a key player in the team that got severely injured and missed the final.[26] In the final, Benfica also saw Rui Águas leave the pitch in the second half due to injury, forcing Toni to use Wando as forward.[26][29] Another problem was the brand new socks that the team wore that caused the boots to slide out, with significant problems in traction for the players.[26][30] The game was described as with the two teams playing cautiously, ending in 0–0, and requiring penalties to decide the winner.[26] After the first set of penalties with all players scoring, the first of the second round of penalties fell to captain Veloso, who saw his shot defended by van Breukelen, awarding the cup to the Dutch team.[31] Breukelen explained that he had a little book where he kept score of the direction the players shot their penalties. Veloso was there with a penalty shot to the right in a tournament in Spain.[32]

A few days later, Benfica closed the season with one-nil loss to Porto in the semi-final of the Taça Portugal.[33] In the league, Benfica ended 15 points behind them in second place.[24]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	23 August 1987	5 June 1988	38	19	13	6	59	25	+34	050.00	[34]
Taça de Portugal	22 November 1987	10 June 1988	7	5	1	1	13	4	+9	071.43	[34]
European Cup	16 September 1987	25 May 1988	8	4	3	1	9	1	+8	050.00	[34]
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	6 December 1987	20 December 1987	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00	[34]
Total			55	28	17	10	81	34	+47	050.91

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

6 December 1987 First leg	Benfica	0–3	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00		Report	Edmundo  20' (o.g.) Silvinho  72' Paulinho Cascavel  78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Sepa Santos

20 December 1987 Second leg	Sporting	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00	Silvinho  20'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Fernando Alberto

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	38	29	8	1	88	15	+73	66	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Benfica	38	19	13	6	59	25	+34	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Belenenses	38	18	12	8	52	38	+14	48
4	Sporting CP	38	17	13	8	62	41	+21	47
5	Boavista	38	16	14	8	42	25	+17	46

Source: RSSSF[35] and footballzz.co.uk[36]
(C) Champion.

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L
Position	3	6	4	9	10	8	10	8	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

23 August 1987 1	Sporting da Covilhã	0–3	Benfica	Covilhã
19:00		Report	Diamantino  46', 75' Rui Águas  87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Santos Pinto Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

30 August 1987 2	Benfica	0–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:45		Report	Aparício  2'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

6 September 1987 3	Portimonense	1–2	Benfica	Portimão
19:00	Forbs  50'	Report	Rui Águas  59', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

12 September 1987 4	Benfica	0–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00		Report	Paulo Ricardo  59'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

26 September 1987 5	Sporting	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Tony Sealy  29'	Report	Tueba  66'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

4 October 1987 6	Benfica	1–0	O Elvas	Lisbon
19:45	Rui Águas  69'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bento Marques

11 October 1987 7	Desportivo de Chaves	1–0	Benfica	Chaves
19:00	Júlio Sérgio  89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Guedes

17 October 1987 8	Benfica	2–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:30	Magnusson  29' Álvaro  65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

25 October 1987 9	Penafiel	0–1	Benfica	Penafiel
19:00		Report	Wando  27'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

31 October 1987 10	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:45	Carlos Manuel  53' Magnusson  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Azevedo Duarte

15 November 1987 11	Espinho	0–1	Benfica	Espinho
19:00		Report	Magnusson  44'	Stadium: Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alder Dante

27 November 1987 12	Benfica	2–2	Farense	Lisbon
19:00	Mozer  73' Chiquinho Carlos  78'	Report	Formosinho  45' Vitinha  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Teixeira Dória

13 December 1987 13	Académica	2–4	Benfica	Coimbra
19:00	Quinito  36' (pen.), 44'	Report	Magnusson  13', 17', 21' Mozer  71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Coimbra Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

27 December 1987 14	Benfica	0–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Joaquim Gonçalves

3 January 1988 15	Benfica	2–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:00	Magnusson 70' Diamantino  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Vítor Correia

10 January 1988 16	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00		Report	Diamantino  8' Pacheco  45'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

17 January 1988 17	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
19:45	Rui Águas  26' Pacheco  79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

24 January 1988 18	Varzim	0–0	Benfica	Póvoa de Varzim
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Varzim SC Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

31 January 1988 19	Benfica	1–1	Porto	Lisbon
20:00	Diamantino  49'	Report	Jaime Magalhães  18'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 125,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

6 February 1988 20	Benfica	4–0	Sporting da Covilhã	Lisbon
19:30	Magnusson 28', 66' Rui Águas  33', 63'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Xavier de Oliveira

13 February 1988 21	Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30		Report	Rui Águas  9' Álvaro  89'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Fernando Alberto

20 February 1988 22	Benfica	3–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:00	Mozer  17' Chiquinho Carlos  49' Elzo  89'	Report	César Brito  44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alder Dante

27 February 1988 23	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Teixeirinha  21'	Report	Chiquinho Carlos  64'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Miranda Dias

6 March 1988 24	Benfica	4–1	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	Magnusson  12', 15' Rui Águas  30', 58'	Report	Paulinho Cascavel  3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Vítor Correia

12 March 1988 25	O Elvas	0–0	Benfica	Elvas
19:00		Report		Stadium: Campo Domingos Carrilho Patalino Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Guedes

20 March 1988 26	Benfica	1–1	Desportivo de Chaves	Lisbon
20:00	Chalana  16'	Report	Radi  81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

26 March 1988 27	Salgueiros	0–0	Benfica	Porto
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

2 April 1988 28	Benfica	4–0	Penafiel	Lisbon
17:45	Mozer  6' Chiquinho Carlos  78' Diamantino  80' Rui Águas  85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Garcia

10 April 1988 29	Rio Ave	0–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
19:00		Report	Chalana  31'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

16 April 1988 30	Benfica	5–1	Espinho	Lisbon
20:00	Chiquinho Carlos  4' Mozer  35', 84' (pen.) Tó Portela  86' Wando  89'	Report	Marcos António  38' Ivan  43' Nelo  47'  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bento Marques

24 April 1988 31	Farense	1–0	Benfica	Faro
19:15	Ademar  14'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

30 April 1988 32	Benfica	1–1	Académica	Lisbon
19:45	Wando  75'	Report	Pedro Rocha  93'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

7 May 1988 33	Braga	0–0	Benfica	Braga
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

15 May 1988 34	Belenenses	2–1	Benfica	Lisbon
19:30	Chiquinho Conde  15' Chico Faria  21'	Report	Augusto  10'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

21 May 1988 35	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:30	Rui Águas  10' Magnusson 42', 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Miranda Dias

29 May 1988 36	Boavista	1–1	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Chiquinho Carioca  66'	Report	Tó Portela  80'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

2 June 1988 37	Benfica	2–2	Varzim	Lisbon
19:30	Pacheco  84' (pen.), 86'	Report	Vata  7', 14'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Azevedo Duarte

5 June 1988 38	Porto	3–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Jaime Pacheco  52', 80' (pen.) Rui Barros  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Miranda Dias

Taça de Portugal

22 November 1987 Third Rd	Paços de Ferreira	1–4	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
19:00	Marco  62'	Report	Rui Águas  25', 54' Magnusson  49' Mozer  53'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Miranda Dias

16 February 1988 Fourth Rd	Desportivo das Aves	0–2	Benfica	Aves
19:00		Report	Chiquinho Carlos  5' Magnusson  16'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Miranda Dias

9 March 1988 Fifth Rd	Benfica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Estrela Portalegre	Lisbon
18:30	Tó Portela  115'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bento Marques

27 April 1988 Round of 16	Salgueiros	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Porto
19:00	Santos Cardoso  34'	Report	Pacheco  88'	Stadium: Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

3 May 1988 R16 Replay	Benfica	4–1	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:30	Chalana  45' (pen.), 60' Tó Portela  46' Diamantino  75'	Report	Santos Cardoso  28'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Caroço

10 May 1988 Quarter-final	Benfica	1–0	Fafe	Lisbon
19:30	Pacheco  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Raúl Ribeiro

10 June 1988 Semi-final	Porto	1–0	Benfica	Porto
19:30	Rui Barros  86'	Report	Veloso  85'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

European Cup

First round

16 September 1987 First leg	Benfica	4–0	Partizani Tirana	Lisbon
19:45	Hametaj  37' (o.g.) Mozer  81' Rui Águas  86', 90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José Donato Pes Pérez

30 September 1987 Second leg	Partizani Tirana	Void (0–4 agg.)	Benfica	Tirana
		Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

Second round

21 October 1987 First leg	AGF	0–0	Benfica	Aarhus
19:45		Report		Stadium: Atletion Referee: Eero Aho

4 November 1987 Second leg	Benfica	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	AGF	Lisbon
19:45	Nunes  38'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Philippe Mercier

Quarter-final

2 March 1988 First leg	Benfica	2–0	Anderlecht	Lisbon
19:45	Magnusson  15' Chiquinho  18'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Dušan Krchňák

16 March 1988 Second leg	Anderlecht	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Benfica	Brussels
19:45	Guðjohnsen  63'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Keith Hackett

Semi-final

6 April 1988 First leg	Steaua București	0–0	Benfica	Bucharest
19:45		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

20 April 1988 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Steaua București	Lisbon
19:45	Rui Águas  22', 32'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot

Final

25 May 1988	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Benfica	Stuttgart
21:15		Report		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Helmut Kohl
	Penalties
	Koeman Kieft Nielsen Vanenburg Lerby Janssen		Elzo Dito Hajry Pacheco Mozer Veloso

Friendlies

[37]

26 July 1987[38]	Grasshopper	1–5	Benfica	Zürich
	Martin Andermatt  30'		Carlos Manuel  2', 21' Diamantino  19' Rui Águas  24', 80'	Stadium: Letzigrund

29 July 1987[39] Philips TM	Grêmio	2–1	Benfica	Bern
	Lima  21', 47'		Carlos Manuel  55'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

31 July 1987[40] Philips TM	Young Boys	2–2 (3–1 p)	Benfica	Bern
	Hans Holmqvist  18' Martin Jeitziner  87'		Mozer  29' Rui Águas  37'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
	Penalties
			Elzo Carlos Manuel Diamantino Rui Águas

4 August 1987[41]	Benfica	1–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
	Rui Águas  4'		Lázár Szentes  53'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Sepa Santos

8 August 1987[42] Teresa Herrera	Benfica	0–0 (5–3 p)	Everton	A Coruña
				Stadium: Estadio Riazor
	Penalties
	Elzo Rui Águas Nunes Dito Diamantino [43]

9 August 1987[42] Teresa Herrera	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1 (3–4 p)	Benfica	A Coruña
	Aspiazu  27'		Rui Águas  76'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor
	Penalties
			Chiquinho Carlos Rui Águas Veloso Nunes Bento Edmundo [44]

12 August 1987[45]	Vitória de Setúbal	1–2	Benfica	Setúbal
	Hernâni		Zezinho  (o.g.) Rui Águas	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

13 August 1987[46] Taça de Honra	Benfica[upper-alpha 2]	1–0	Sporting	Lisbon
	Tó Portela			Stadium: Estádio da Luz

15 August 1987[47] Colombino	Espanyol	1–1	Benfica	Huelva
	Pichi Alonso  58'		Nunes  22' Diamantino  88'	Stadium: Estadio Colombino

16 August 1987[48] Taça de Honra	Benfica	2–0	Oriental de Lisboa	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

16 August 1987[47] Colombino	Recreativo	2–1	Benfica	Huelva
	Márquez  1' Luzardo  71' (pen.)		Rui Águas  44'	Stadium: Estadio Colombino

3 September 1987[49]	Alverca	1–0	Benfica	Alverca
	Paulo Rato  30'			Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

1 December 1987[50]	Al-Ahli Saudi	0–4	Benfica	Jeddah
			Rui Águas Chiquinho Carlos Tueba Menayane Mats Magnusson

9 February 1988[51]	AJ Auxerre	2–1	Benfica	Dijon
	Rui Águas  36' (o.g.) Vahirua  40'		Rui Águas  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Ebbe Skovdahl (manager), Toni (manager), Jesualdo Ferreira (assistant manager), Eusébio (assistant manager), Gaspar Ramos (Director of Football), Vieira da Fonseca (Doctor), Amílcar Miranda (Doctor).[14][34]

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 1987-88 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		European Cup		Supertaça
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Manuel Bento	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	GK		Silvino	53	0	38	0	6	0	8	0	1	0
2	DF		António Veloso	34	0	21	0	5	0	8	0	0	0
3^‡	DF		Carlos Mozer	43	8	30	6	4	1	8	1	1	0
3	DF		Dito	41	0	28	0	6	0	7	0	0	0
3	DF		Álvaro Magalhães	43	2	30	2	5	0	7	0	1	0
3^‡	DF		António Fonseca	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Samuel Quina	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Edmundo	21	0	15	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
5^‡	DF		Carlos Pereira	24	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
5^‡	DF		Nuno Damas	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Paulo Guilherme	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6^‡	MF		Elzo Coelho	31	1	22	1	3	0	4	0	2	0
6	MF		Carlos Manuel	12	1	8	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF		Tueba Menayane	24	1	16	1	2	0	4	0	2	0
7	MF		Chiquinho Carlos	42	8	28	6	6	1	6	1	2	0
7	MF		Wando	39	3	25	3	7	0	5	0	2	0
8	MF		Adelino Nunes	24	1	17	0	1	0	4	1	2	0
8^‡	MF		António Pacheco	37	6	25	4	5	2	6	0	1	0
8	MF		Hajry Redouane	9	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Rui Águas	38	18	25	12	3	2	8	4	2	0
9^‡	FW		Paulo Padinha	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Marlos Antunes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9^‡	FW		Tó Portela	12	4	8	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Luís Mariano	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11^‡	MF		Augusto Jerónimo	15	1	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
10^‡	MF		Fernando Chalana	17	4	10	2	3	2	3	0	1	0
11^‡	FW		Mats Magnusson	38	16	28	13	3	2	5	1	2	0
11	MF		Diamantino Miranda	36	7	25	6	5	1	6	0	0	0
11	MF		Shéu	36	0	25	0	5	0	5	0	1	0

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
3 April 1987	MF	Elzo Coelho	Atlético Mineiro	Undisclosed	[8]
27 May 1987	MF	Fernando Chalana	Bordeaux	Undisclosed	[9]
22 June 1987	GK	António Dias Graça	Gil Vicente	Undisclosed	[12]
22 June 1987	GK	Delgado	Farense	Loan return	[12]
27 June 1987	MF	António Pacheco	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[13]
27 June 1987	MF	Augusto Jerónimo	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[13]
2 July 1987	DF	Carlos Mozer	Flamengo	Undisclosed	[10]
6 July 1987	MF	Hajry Redouane	Raja Casablanca	Undisclosed	[52]
21 July 1987	DF	Carlos Pereira	Farense	Loan return	[14]
21 July 1987	DF	António Fonseca	Tirsense	Undisclosed	[14]
21 July 1987	DF	Nuno Damas	Torreense	Undisclosed	[14]
21 July 1987	MF	Vítor Paneira	Famalicão	Undisclosed	[14]
21 July 1987	MF	Paulo Padinha	Portimonense	Undisclosed	[14]
14 August 1987	FW	Tó Portela	Tirsense	Undisclosed	[46]
1 September 1987	FW	Mats Magnusson	Malmö	Undisclosed	[11]

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
4 June 1987	DF	António Oliveira	Marítimo	Free	[53]
22 June 1987	DF	António Bastos Lopes	None	Retired	[12]
22 June 1987	DF	Minervino Pietra	None	Retired	[12]
27 June 1987	MF	José Luís	Marítimo	Free	[13]
21 July 1987	GK	Neno	Vitória de Setúbal	Undisclosed	[54]
21 July 1987	FW	Michael Manniche	B1903	Undisclosed	[14]
22 August 1987	FW	Zvonko Živkovic	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Undisclosed	[55]
16 December 1987	MF	Carlos Manuel	Sion	Undisclosed	[56]

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
27 June 1987	FW	César Brito	Portimonense	30 June 1988	[13]
30 June 1987	DF	José Carlos	Portimonense	30 June 1988	[57]
21 July 1987	MF	Vítor Paneira	Vizela	30 June 1988	[14]
22 August 1987	MF	Rui Pedro	Vitória Setúbal	30 June 1988	[55]

Notes

1. This competition was played with a mixed of squad players from the first team and others from youth
2. This competition was played with a mixed of squad players from the first team and others from youth

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