1992–93 S.L. Benfica season

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, covering the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup by finishing second in the previous season.[1]

Benfica

1992–93 season
President	Jorge de Brito
Head coach	Tomislav Ivić (until 25 October 1992) Toni
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
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

This season was the first after the departure of Sven-Göran Eriksson, with Tomislav Ivić succeeding the Swedish coach for a brief spell before former manager Toni took over until the end of the season. In the transfer market, the club look into strengthening their defence, after conceding 23 goals in the league in the year before, with regular starters being brought in, notably the cases of Abel Xavier, Hélder and Carlos Mozer. Also with strikers like Rui Águas and Sergei Yuran, players that could play in the hole were needed, so João Pinto and Aleksandr Mostovoi were signed. Benfica finished the league in the second place, two points behind defending champions Porto – against whom they also lost the 1991 Supertaça in a replay final – but secured a record 22nd Taça de Portugal title.

Season summary

Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson left the club after three seasons, following a trophyless 1991–92 season.[2] As his successor, Benfica brought in Croatian manager Tomislav Ivić, who had arrived in Portugal in 1987 to represent Porto and guided them to four trophies in one season. Ivić chose Shéu to be his assistant, instead of Toni, who had been Eriksson's assistant as well as Benfica's manager during Ivić's previous tenure at Porto. One of Ivić's first demands was to reduce the width of the Estádio da Luz pitch to simulate the smaller fields that the team would encounter in away games.[3][4]

Benfica started the season in good form, winning the first game, but this performance was not continued through the following matches.[5] In September, the team dropped the first points, lagging behind in the title race, and lost the 1991 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira replay final against Porto on penalties, despite a two-goal advantage.[6] The results did not improve as the season progressed, and an away loss to Sporting CP (the first in eight years) caused Ivić to be sacked days later and replaced by Toni.[7] The effect was not immediate as the team suffered a compromising loss against Porto, which opened a four-point gap at the top of the league standings. After December, good results in Europe and in the Taça de Portugal helped to boost the team's morale and performance.[7]

In January, Benfica signed Paulo Futre, the 1987 Ballon d'Or runner-up with Porto, for what the media described to be upwards of £2.4 million.[8][9] Later that month, Benfica played with Porto at the Estádio das Antas for the sixth round of the Portuguese cup. Porto took the lead soon after Mozer's sending off on the 70th minute, but Benfica drew level through Aleksandr Mostovoi, with two minutes to play. The contend was decided in a replay match in Lisbon, which Benfica won 2–0 with goals from Isaías and Sergei Yuran.[10]

Over the following months, Benfica had their best period of the season. Nonetheless, March was a difficult month as the team marginally defeated Sporting CP at home after dropping points in the title race against Farense, and were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Roberto Baggio's and Gianluca Vialli's Juventus.[11][12][13] In early April, Benfica closed the gap to leaders Porto to one point, after a hard-fought away win against Boavista. Ahead of the Clássico on 17 April, Porto and Benfica were tied in points, but as the match ended with a goalless draw, the title race remained open.

Entering May, Benfica reached the top of the Primeira Divisão but their campaign in the Taça de Portugal nearly came to an end in the semifinal. Trailing 1–0 to Vitória de Guimarães until the 78th minute, goals from Isaías and Rui Águas (89th minute) overturned the score and qualified Benfica for the final.[14] On matchday 31, a 1–0 loss against Beira-Mar in Aveiro saw Benfica lose the league lead back to Porto,[10] and a goalless away draw against Estoril in the penultimate day confirmed back-to-back league titles for Porto.

The team concluded the season on 10 June 1993 by beating Boavista 5–2 in the 1993 Taça de Portugal Final, with an inspired performance by Futre.[14]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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	064.71	[15]
Taça de Portugal	29 November 1992	10 June 1993	7	6	1	0	19	5	+14	085.71	[15]
UEFA Cup	16 September 1992	17 March 1993	8	6	1	1	20	7	+13	075.00	[15]
Supertaça	9 September 1992	9 September 1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	[15]
Total			50	34	11	5	100	31	+69	068.00

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

9 September 1992 Replay	Benfica	1–1 (4–5 p)	Porto	Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra
	Isaías  72'	(Report) Report]	84' João Pinto	Referee: José Pratas (Évora)[16]
	Penalties
	William Rui Águas Kulkov Isaías Hélder Mostovoi		João Pinto Fernando Couto Aloísio André Antônio Carlos Paulinho César

Primeira Divisão

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	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Benfica	34	22	8	4	60	18	+42	52	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sporting CP	34	17	11	6	59	30	+29	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	34	14	11	9	46	34	+12	39
5	Marítimo	34	15	7	12	56	48	+8	37

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd goals average, 3rd number of points obtained in the matches between the teams in question
(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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
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

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

Matches

23 August 1992 1	Benfica	v	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

30 August 1992 2	Tirsense	1–2	Benfica	Santo Tirso
19:00	Silvinho  1'	Report	William  22' (pen.) João Pinto  78'	Stadium: Abel de Figueiredo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bento Marques

5 September 1992 3	Benfica	0–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Rufino

13 September 1992 4	Famalicão	1–0	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:00	Freitas  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

20 September 1992 5	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	Pacheco  38' Rui Águas  44'	Report	Chiquinho Carlos  76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: António Rola

27 September 1992 6	Sporting Espinho	0–3	Benfica	Espinho
20:30		Report	José Carlos  44' João Pinto  60' Vítor Paneira  86'	Stadium: Comendador Manuel Violas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bento Marques

4 October 1992 7	Benfica	1–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:00	Vítor Paneira  11'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mário Leal

17 October 1992 8	Sporting	2–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Balakov  1' Yordanov  53'  n/d'  77' Filipe  n/d'  54'	Report	Vítor Paneira  54'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

25 October 1992 9	Gil Vicente	1–1	Benfica	Barcelos
20:15	Drulović  7'	Report	Fernando Mendes  50'	Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Serafim Alvito

31 October 1992 10	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:00	Isaías  4' Schwarz  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,000 Referee: José Pratas

8 November 1992 11	Porto	1–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Timofte  85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

15 November 1992 12	Benfica	3–1	Desportivo de Chaves	Lisbon
20:00	Isaías  34' Schwarz  53' Hélder  74'	Report	Saavedra  3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Juvenal Silvestre

21 November 1992 13	Vitória Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00		Report	Taoufik Herichi  57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 8,000 Referee: João Simãozinho

5 December 1992 14	Benfica	0–0	Beira Mar	Lisbon
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Monteiro da Silva

13 December 1992 15	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Heitor  42'	Report	Yuran  6'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 15,000 Referee: António Rola

19 December 1992 16	Benfica	4–0	Estoril-Praia	Lisbon
20:00	Vítor Paneira  40' Isaías  46', 88' Yuran  55'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jorge Coroado

23 December 1992 1	Benfica	5–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
19:45	Rui Costa  11' Yuran  39', 87' Vítor Paneira  41' João Pinto  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

3 January 1993 17	Belenenses	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Guto  44'  25'  83'	Report	Hélder  57' Paulo Sousa  65' Pacheco  77'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lourenço Ferreira

9 January 1993 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:00		Report	Isaías  29', 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bento Marques

30 January 1993 19	Benfica	1–0	Tirsense	Lisbon
17:00	Isaías  68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

7 February 1993 20	Salgueiros	0–3	Benfica	Porto
20:45		Report	João Pinto  57' Yuran  76' Kulkov  79'	Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

14 February 1993 21	Benfica	1–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:30	Rui Águas  16'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marques da Silva

28 February 1993 22	Braga	0–2	Benfica	Braga
19:45	Eusébio  52'  77'	Report	João Pinto  77', 86'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

7 March 1993 23	Benfica	5–1	Sporting Espinho	Lisbon
19:30	Rui Costa  7', 30', 83' Vítor Paneira  32' (pen.) Futre  76'	Report	Ado  40'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Marques da Silva

13 March 1993 24	Farense	0–0	Benfica	Faro
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Miranda de Sousa

21 March 1993 25	Benfica	1–0	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	Futre  65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Jorge Coroado

4 April 1993 26	Benfica	2–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
18:00	Pacheco  47', 66'	Report	Miguel  43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: João Mesquita

10 April 1993 27	Boavista	2–3	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Marlon Brandão  2' Caetano  5'  27' Artur  72', g.p.'	Report	Yuran  14', 47' Isaías  58' Hélder  25'  65' Neno  71'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Fortunado Azevedo

17 April 1993 28	Benfica	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

2 May 1993 29	Desportivo de Chaves	0–1	Benfica	Chaves
19:00	Karoglan  5'  80'	Report	Paulo Sousa  80' Yuran  5'  80' Schwarz  87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lourenço Ferreira

9 May 1993 30	Benfica	3–1	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30	William  40' (pen.) Isaías  42' Yuran  49'	Report	Ziad  89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: José Filipe

16 May 1993 31	Beira-Mar	1–0	Benfica	Aveiro
19:00	Dino  86'	Report	Yuran  n/d'  61' Pacheco  n/d'  90'	Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos Calheiros

23 May 1993 32	Benfica	5–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
17:00	João Pinto  4' William  15' Rui Águas  35', 66', 79'	Report	Ademir Alcântara  22'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,000 Referee: João Mesquita

30 May 1993 33	Estoril Praia	0–0	Benfica	Estoril
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pinto Correia

6 June 1993 34	Benfica	5–1	Belenenses	Lisbon
20:00	Abel Silva  6' Rui Águas  9' Futre  21' César Brito  74' Vítor Paneira  83'	Report	Emerson  86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bento Marques

Taça de Portugal

29 November 1992 Fourth Rd	Louletano	0–1	Benfica	Loulé
19:45		Report	Pacheco  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal de Loulé Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bento Marques

27 December 1993 Fifth Rd	Rio Ave	1–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:30	Gama  79'	Report	Kulkov  12' Hélder  40' Vítor Paneira  76'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Referee: José Pratas

17 January 1993 Sixth Rd	Porto	1−1 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Timofte  72'	Report	Mostovoi  88' Mozer  n/d'  70'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: José Pratas

27 January 1993 6R Replay	Benfica	2–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:30	Isaías  58' Yuran  85' (pen.)	Report	Aloísio  74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

3 February 1993 Quarter-final	Benfica	5–0	Amora	Lisbon
18:00	Mostovoi  43' Pacheco  69' (pen.) Yuran  75' (pen.) Paulo Sousa  81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mário Leal

6 May 1993 Semi-final	Vitória Guimarães	1–2	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00	Ziad  2'	Report	Isaías  78' Rui Águas  89'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

10 June 1993 Final	Benfica	5–2	Boavista	Oeiras
17:00 WEST	Paneira  32' João Pinto  35' Futre  48', 70' Águas  88'	Report	Brandão  44' Alfredo  50' Tavares  57' José Garrido   87'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional, Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1992 First leg	Benfica	3–0	Belvedur Izola	Lisbon
19;45	Paneira  41', 73' William  44' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vasilakis Periklis

29 September 1992 Second leg	Belvedur Izola	0–5 (0–8 agg.)	Benfica	Izola
19;45		Report	Pacheco  20', 46', 75' Pinto  56' Brito  87'	Stadium: Izola City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jacobus Vilenberg (Netherlands)

Second round

21 October 1992 First leg	Benfica	5–1	Vác FC-Samsung	Lisbon
19;45	Yuran  42' Isaías  55', 85' Pacheco  57' (pen.) William  79' (pen.)	Report	Szedlacsek  82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

4 November 1992 Second leg	Vác FC-Samsung	0–1 (1–6 agg.)	Benfica	Vác
19;45		Report	Schwarz  13'	Stadium: Stadion Városi Vác Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

Third round

25 November 1992 First leg	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	Benfica	Moscow
20:30	Kalitvintsev  75' Derkach  88'	Report	Isaías  35', 53'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,700 Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

8 December 1992 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Dynamo Moscow	Lisbon
21:15	Isaías  51' Yuran  57'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Gheorghe Constantin (Romania)

Quarter-finals

4 March 1993 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Juventus	Lisbon
21:00	Paneira  11', 76'	Report	Vialli  58' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

17 March 1993 Second leg	Juventus	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Benfica	Turin
17:45	Kohler  2' D. Baggio  45' Ravanelli  67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Friendlies

[17]

22 July 1992	Ränneslövs	0–7	Benfica	Ränneslöv
				Stadium: Björkvallen

23 July 1992

Grimeton

1–6

Benfica

Varberg

24 July 1992	Åsa	0–1	Benfica	Åsa
				Stadium: Åsa IP

25 July 1992

Bua IF

1–7

Benfica

Väröbacka

26 July 1992	Huskvarna FF	3–2	Benfica	Huskvarna
				Stadium: Vapenvallen

27 July 1992	Galtabäcks	0–12	Benfica	Tvååker
				Stadium: Galtabäcks IP

28 July 1992	Ljungby	0–9	Benfica	Ljungby
				Stadium: Lagavallen

29 July 1992

Vällinge

1–7

Benfica

Ekerö

31 July 1992	Göteborg	1–2	Benfica	Varberg
				Stadium: Påskbergsvallen

19 August 1992 Pepsi Cup	Benfica	2–0	Real Madrid	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

22 August 1992 Trofeo Colombino	Benfica	1–0	Uruguay	Huelva
				Stadium: Estadio Colombino

23 August 1992 Trofeo Colombino	Benfica	0–2	Chile	Huelva
				Stadium: Estadio Colombino

1 December 1992 Eusébio Tstm	Benfica	1–0	Manchester United	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Tomislav Ivic (manager) and Toni(manager).[15][18]

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 1992-93 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		UEFA Cup		Supertaça
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Silvino	37	-19	28	-13	0	0	8	-5	1	-1
1	GK		Neno	14	-11	6	-4	7	-5	1	-2	0	0
2	DF		António Veloso	43	0	28	0	6	0	8	0	1	0
2^‡	DF		Abel Xavier	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2^‡	DF		Abel Silva	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		José Carlos	27	1	19	1	2	0	6	0	0	0
3^‡	DF		Fernando Mendes	19	1	13	1	3	0	2	0	1	0
4^‡	DF		Samuel Quina	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
4^‡	DF		Hélder Cristóvão	46	3	30	2	7	1	8	0	1	0
4	DF		William	30	5	20	3	4	0	5	2	1	0
5	DF		Paulo Madeira	16	0	11	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
5^‡	DF		Carlos Mozer	18	0	13	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF		Schwarz	42	4	29	3	5	0	8	1	0	0
6	MF		Paulo Sousa	35	1	25	0	4	1	6	0	0	0
6	MF		Vasili Kulkov	21	2	14	1	4	1	2	0	1	0
7	MF		Vítor Paneira	43	12	28	6	6	2	8	4	1	0
8^‡	MF		João Pinto	32	9	21	7	6	1	4	1	1	0
8	MF		António Pacheco	34	9	26	3	3	2	5	4	0	0
9	FW		Rui Águas	34	8	23	6	6	2	4	0	1	0
9	FW		Sergei Yuran	32	13	22	8	4	3	6	2	0	0
10^‡	MF		Paulo Futre	13	5	11	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Rui Costa	32	4	23	4	4	0	4	0	1	0
11	MF		Isaías	38	17	26	9	5	2	6	5	1	1
11	FW		César Brito	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
12^‡	GK		Pedro Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Hernâni Neves	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16^‡	MF		Aleksandr Mostovoi	16	2	9	0	3	2	3	0	1	0
22	DF		Daniel Kenedy	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

[1]

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club
July 1992	GK	Pedro Roma	Académica
July 1992	RB	Abel Xavier	Estrela da Amadora
July 1992	RB	Abel Silva	Maritimo
July 1992	CB	Hélder Cristóvão	Estoril
July 1992	CB	Carlos Mozer	Marseille
July 1992	AM	Aleksandr Mostovoi	Spartak Moscow
July 1992	AM	João Pinto	Boavista
July 1992	CB	Samuel Quina
July 1992	LB	Fernando Mendes
January 1993	LW	Paulo Futre	Atlético Madrid

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club
July 1992	GK	Manuel Bento	Retired
July 1992	CB	Rui Bento	Boavista
July 1992	AM	Erwin Sánchez
July 1992	DM	Jonas Thern	Napoli
July 1992	ST	Mats Magnusson	Helsingborg

References

1. "Squad 1992/93". ForaDeJogo.
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