1995–96 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1995–96 season
President	Manuel Damásio
Head coach	Artur Jorge; (until 9 September 1995); Mário Wilson
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: João Pinto (18); All: João Pinto (23)
Highest home attendance	50,000 v Porto; (23 March 1996)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 v Chaves; (9 March 1996)
Biggest win	Benfica 4–0 União de Leiria; (29 December 1995); Benfica 5–1 Marítimo; (12 May 1996)
Biggest defeat	Porto 3–0 Benfica; (5 November 1995); Bayern Munich 4–1 Benfica; (21 November 1995)
	Home colours
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The 1995–96 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 92nd season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal. Benfica qualified for the UEFA Cup by coming third in previous League.

After failing to renew the title in the past season, the club brought in several players during the transfer market, with Ricardo Gomes, Valdo, Calado and Marcelo assuming regular starter roles. However, the club lost all of his more historic players as the case of Neno, Vítor Paneira, Isaías and César Brito. With the animosity around Artur Jorge increasing, poor results in September caused his departure. Despite an irregular season in the league, various winning streaks helped the team reach their second-place finish by 23 March, after a home win against Porto. In the Portuguese Cup, a strong performance from Marcelo throughout the competition, who finish as the tournament top scorer, guided the team to the final, where João Pinto delivered the trophy after scoring a double.^[1]

Season summary

The second season of Artur Jorge started with much more distrust over his abilities. From the large number of signings in the year before, only a handful prove noteworthy, and Tavares and Nelo even showed a complete inability to play for a big club.^[2] Despite that, more exits followed, with a 28-year-old Vítor Paneira, and the club league topscorer in the year before; Isaías, causing the most anger.^[3]^[4] Benfica signed mostly in Portugal, as with the league top goalscorer, Hassan, but also searched in Europe, bringing Valdo and Ricardo Gomes, back from France.

The league start was not ideal, as the team dropped four points in three match-days, leading to Artur Jorge being sacked after the build up of fan pressure.^[1] The club then selected Mário Wilson as his replacement. Benfica slowly started collecting wins over the following weeks, but after the defeat against FC Porto in the Clássico of 5 November, the distance to the league leader increased to eight points.^[5] In Europe, the ended their campaign, after being knock out by Bayern Munich, with Klinsmann scoring six goals, in what the press dubbed 'Cataklinsmann'.^[6]^[1]

In November, with Porto putting on a strong campaign, the club set eyes on closing the distance on the second place, occupied by Sporting.^[5] At the end of January, Benfica reach the second place for the first time, after João Pinto led the club past Vitória Guimarães.^[1] In the following month, a strong performance by Marcelo, allowed the club to progress through the Portuguese Cup semi-finals after beating Vitória de Guimarães.^[7] However, February did not go as well in the league race, with the club spending two weeks on the fourth place.^[8]

In March, Benfica received and beat Porto, with João Pinto scoring the winning goal, as he have done in Guimarães.^[1] With this win, the club re-assumed the second place, which would be its final league position, finishing the season six points ahead of Sporting, but an eleven behind Porto, which had the title wrapped up nearly a month before.^[9] In April, with only the Portuguese Cup to compete for. Marcelo continued his goalscoring record on the national cup, scoring a double in overtime for the semi-final against Leiria.^[7] On the 18 May, in the 1996 Taça de Portugal final, João Pinto scored two against Sporting in a 3–1 win, with the club winning its twenty-third Taça de Portugal. The celebrations were nonetheless cancelled due to the death of a Sporting supporter, after being accidentally hit by a lost flare.^[1]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	26 August 1995	12 May 1996	34	22	7	5	57	27	+30	064.71	^[10]
Taça de Portugal	1 December 1995	18 May 1996	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	083.33	^[10]
UEFA Cup	12 September 1995	5 December 1995	6	3	1	2	10	11	−1	050.00	^[10]
Total			46	30	9	7	79	40	+39	065.22

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	26	6	2	84	20	+64	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	22	7	5	56	25	+31	73	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Sporting CP	34	19	10	5	69	27	+42	67	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	34	19	8	7	59	28	+31	65
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	19	5	10	55	39	+16	62

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	10	7	6	4	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

20 August 1995 1	Benfica	Postponed	Salgueiros	Lisbon
		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

26 August 1995 2	Tirsense	0–1	Benfica	Santo Tirso
20:00		Report	Panduru 49'	Stadium: Abel Alves de Figueiredo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

6 September 1995 1	Benfica	0–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 6,000 Referee: José Rufino

9 September 1995 3	Benfica	1–1	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
19:45	Hassan 59'	Report	Ricardo Lopes 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Pratas

17 September 1995 4	Estrela da Amadora	0–1	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00		Report	João Pinto 28'	Stadium: Estádio da Reboleira Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pinto Correia

22 September 1995 5	Benfica	1–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:00	Marcelo 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vítor Pereira

4 October 1995 6	Sporting	2–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Pedro Barbosa 49' Emmanuel Amuneke 83'	Report		Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

14 October 1995 7	Benfica	3–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
18:00	Panduru 21' Hélder 45' Hassan 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

22 October 1995 8	Desp. Chaves	1–2	Benfica	Chaves
19:15	Rui Loja 68'	Report	Valdo 75' Hassan 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

27 October 1995 9	Benfica	4–1	Leça	Lisbon
19:45	Paulão 41' Iliev 44' Alfaia 64' (o.g.) Hassan 80'	Report	Paredão 63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Daniel Alberto Soares

5 November 1995 10	Porto	3–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30	Domingos 42', 85' (pen.) Péter Lipcsei 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bento Marques

18 November 1995 11	Benfica	1–1	Boavista	Lisbon
20:00	Hassan 90'	Report	Artur 19'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: José Pratas

26 November 1995 12	Braga	1–2	Benfica	Braga
19:45	Bo Andersson 25'	Report	João Pinto 30' (pen.) Hassan 35'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lucilio Baptista

9 December 1995 13	Benfica	2–0	Campomaiorense	Lisbon
19:45	Edgar Pacheco 68' Marcelo 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cunha Antunes

16 December 1995 14	Farense	1–3	Benfica	Faro
19:45	Hajry Redouane 13'	Report	Ricardo Gomes 34' Paulo Bento 56' João Pinto 82'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bento Marques

22 December 1995 15	Felgueiras	1–2	Benfica	Felgueiras
19:45	Lewis 32'	Report	Edgar Pacheco 48' Ricardo Gomes 72'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carlos Calheiros

29 December 1995 16	Benfica	4–0	União de Leiria	Lisbon
19:45	Marinho 13' João Pinto 62' Ricardo Gomes 76' Panduru 81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paulo Costa

6 January 1996 17	Maritimo	2–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Alex Bunbury 21' Carlos Jorge 78'	Report	Marcelo 16' João Pinto 68'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

12 January 1996 18	Salgueiros	4–2	Benfica	Porto
20:45	Nandinho 36' Abílio 49' (pen.) Nilton 79' Basílio Almeida 87'	Report	Valdo 55' (pen.) Marcelo 89'	Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Pratas

20 January 1996 19	Benfica	2–1	Tirsense	Lisbon
19:30	João Pinto 61' Dimas Teixeira 77'	Report	Rui Manuel 56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: António Costa

27 January 1996 20	Vitória Guimarães	2–4	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00	Zlatko Zahovič 10' Ricardo Lopes 17'	Report	João Pinto 48', 86' Marcelo 50' Hélder 58'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 5,000 Referee: António Rola

4 February 1996 21	Benfica	1–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
18:15	Paulão 46'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vitor Reis

11 February 1996 22	Belenenses	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00	Giovanella 62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bento Marques

17 February 1996 23	Benfica	0–0	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paulo Paraty

2 March 1996 24	Gil Vicente	1–2	Benfica	Braga
20:15	Jaime Cerqueira 13'	Report	João Pinto 6' Marcelo 45'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Isidoro Rodrigues

9 March 1996 25	Benfica	2–0	Desp. Chaves	Lisbon
20:00	João Pinto 32' Marcelo 36'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 4,000 Referee: João Mesquita

17 March 1996 26	Leça	0–0	Benfica	Leça da Palmeira
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Leça FC Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lucílio Baptista

23 March 1996 27	Benfica	2–1	Porto	Lisbon
20:00	Valdo 14' (pen.) João Pinto 52'	Report	Emerson 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: António Rola

30 March 1996 28	Boavista	1–3	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Artur 85'	Report	Ricardo Gomes 1' João Pinto 67', 75'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bento Marques

5 April 1996 29	Benfica	3–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	Daniel Kenedy 9' João Pinto 43' (pen.), pen.'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Costa

14 April 1996 30	Campomaiorense	0–0	Benfica	Campo Maior
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Martins dos Santos

21 April 1996 31	Benfica	0–1	Farense	Lisbon
20:00		Report	Jorge Soares 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Pratas

28 April 1996 32	Benfica	1–0	Felgueiras	Lisbon
20:30	Paulão 60'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Monteiro da Silva

5 May 1996 33	União de Leiria	0–2	Benfica	Leiria
20:30		Report	Paulo Bento 44' Valdo 89'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Daniel Soares

12 May 1996 34	Benfica	5–1	Maritimo	Lisbon
17:00	João Pinto 7', 69', 74' Dimas Teixeira 19' Paredão 90'	Report	Alex Bunbury 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Rufino

Taça de Portugal

1 December 1995 Fourth Rd	Tirsense	0–2	Benfica	Santo Tirso
18:00		Report	João Pinto 7', 72'	Stadium: Abel Alves de Figueiredo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juvenal Silvestre

31 January 1996 Sixth Rd	Farense	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Faro
19:45	Christian 73'	Report	Marcelo 71'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Veiga Trigo

14 February 1996 6R Replay	Benfica	3–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:30	Mauro Airez 60', 68' Marcelo 81'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Leirós

25 February 1996 Quarter-finals	Benfica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30	Marcelo 98'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Martins dos Santos

10 April 1996 Semi-finals	Benfica	2–0 (a.e.t.)	União de Leiria	Lisbon
20:30	Marcelo 113', 119'	Report	Crespo 61' 81' Hugo 66' 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Lucílio Baptista

18 May 1996 Final	Benfica	3–1	Sporting	Lisbon
20:30	Mauro Airez 9' João Pinto 39', 67'	Report	Carlos Xavier 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Vítor Pereira

UEFA Cup

First round

12 September 1995 First leg	Lierse SK	1–3	Benfica	Lier
	Huysmans 39' (pen.)	Report	Valdo 28' (pen.) Marcelo 54' Paulo Bento 64'	Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Referee: Anders Frisk

26 September 1995 Second leg	Benfica	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Lierse SK	Lisbon
19:00	João Pinto 24' Kenedy 60'	Report	van Kerckhoven 33'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Philippe Leduc

Second round

17 October 1995 First leg	Benfica	1–0	Roda JC	Lisbon
19:00	Panduru 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Periklis Vassilakis

31 October 1995 Second leg	Roda JC	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Kerkrade
19:00	Hesp 60' Trost 72'	Report	Nader 85', 90'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

Third round

21 November 1995 First leg	Bayern Munich	4–1	Benfica	Munich
19:00	Klinsmann 26', 31', 44', 46'	Report	Dimas 30'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

5 December 1995 Second leg	Benfica	1–3 (2–7 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Lisbon
19:00	Valdo 14'	Report	Klinsmann 32', 68' Herzog 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen

Friendlies

27 July 1995^[11] UBank Challenge	Kaizer Chiefs	1–0	Benfica	Pretoria
	Fani Madida 75'			Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium

30 July 1995 UBank Challenge	Benfica	0–0 (4–3 p)	Leeds United	Johannesburg
				Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium

4 August 1995^[12] Parmalat Cup	Boca Juniors	1–1 (4–3 p)	Benfica	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Luis Medero 75'		17' Valdo	Stadium: Giants Stadium

6 August 1995^[12] Parmalat Cup	USA	2–1	Benfica	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Klopaso 13' (pen.) Lassiter 66'		63' Illiev	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 32,859

13 August 1995^[13]	Benfica	0–1	Fiorentina	Lisbon
			Rui Costa	Stadium: Estádio da Luz

18 August 1995^[14] Teresa Herrera	Real Madrid	2–0	Benfica	A Coruña
	Amavisca 70' Raúl 71'			Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

19 August 1995^[15] Teresa Herrera	Flamengo	2–1	Benfica	A Coruña
	Romário 3', 13'		12' João Pinto	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José López de la Fuente

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Artur Jorge (manager), Zoran Filipovic (assistant manager) and Mário Wilson (manager).^[10]^[16]

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 1995–96 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BEL	Michel Preud'homme	45	-37	33	-24	6	-2	6	-11
2	DF	BRA	Paulo Pereira	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
3^‡	DF	BRA	Ricardo Gomes	37	4	29	4	5	0	3	0
4	DF	POR	Hélder Cristóvão	43	2	31	2	6	0	6	0
5^‡	DF	BRA	Paredão	12	1	8	1	2	0	2	0
6	MF	POR	Paulo Bento	40	3	29	2	6	0	5	1
7^‡	MF	POR	José Calado	22	0	14	0	4	0	4	0
8	MF	POR	João Vieira Pinto	42	23	31	18	6	4	5	1
9^‡	FW	MAR	Hassan Nader	14	8	10	6	1	0	3	2
10^‡	MF	BRA	Valdo Filho	39	6	30	4	6	0	3	2
11^‡	MF	ROU	Basarab Panduru	19	4	15	3	1	0	3	1
13	DF	POR	Dimas Teixeira	41	3	30	2	6	0	5	1
14^‡	DF	POR	Marinho	24	1	18	1	3	0	3	0
15	FW	BRA	Aílton Delfino	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
16^‡	DF	BRA	King	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	POR	Pedro Henriques	19	0	16	0	2	0	1	0
18	MF	POR	Edgar Pacheco	31	2	21	2	4	0	6	0
19	MF	POR	Bruno Caires	23	0	16	0	4	0	3	0
20^‡	MF	BUL	Ilian Iliev	24	1	19	1	5	0	0	0
21^‡	FW	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
25^‡	FW	BRA	Marcelo	39	13	27	7	6	5	6	1
22	MF	POR	Daniel Kenedy	30	2	22	1	3	0	5	1
23^‡	MF	ANG	Paulão	20	3	18	3	2	0	0	0
24^‡	GK	POR	Fernando Brassard	2	-4	2	-4	0	0	0	0
26	DF	POR	Nélson Veríssimo	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	POR	Maniche	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30^‡	FW	ARG	Mauro Airez	28	3	24	0	4	3	0	0

Transfers

^[17]

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club
July 1995	AM	Valdo Filho	Paris SG
July 1995	CB	Ricardo Gomes	Paris SG
July 1995	CM	José Calado	Estrela da Amadora
July 1995	ST	Marcelo	Tirsense
July 1995	RB	Marinho	Sporting
July 1995	ST	Hassan	Farense
July 1995	CM	Ilian Iliev	Levski Sofia
July 1995	AM	Basarab Panduru	Steaua București
July 1995	FW	Mauro Airez	Belenenses
July 1995	RW	Paulão	Vitória Setúbal
July 1995	GK	Fernando Brassard	Gil Vicente
July 1995	CB	Paredão	Tirsense
July 1995	FW	Luiz Gustavo	Belenenses
July 1995	ST	Aílton Delfino	São Paulo

In by loan

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Return date
July 1995	CB	King	Farense	30 June 1996

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club
July 1995	GK	Neno	Vitória Guimarães
July 1995	LB	António Veloso	Retired
July 1995	CB	William	Bastia
July 1995	FB	Abel Xavier	Bari
July 1995	CB	Paulo Madeira	Belenenses
July 1995	CB	Paulão	Vasco da Gama
July 1995	CB	Carlos Mozer	Kashima Antlers
July 1995	CM	José Tavares	Boavista
July 1995	RW	Amaral	Felgueiras
July 1995	RW	Vítor Paneira	Vitória Guimarães
July 1995	CM	Nelo	Boavista
July 1995	AM	Mario Stanić	Club Brugge
July 1995	CM	Rui Esteves	Belenenses
July 1995	ST	Edílson	Palmeiras
July 1995	ST	Claudio Caniggia	Boca Juniors
July 1995	FW	Isaías	Coventry City
July 1995	ST	César Brito	Belenenses
December 95	ST	Aílton Delfino	São Paulo

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date
July 1995	ST	Akwá	Alverca	30 June 1997
December 95	AM	Basarab Panduru	Neuchâtel Xamax	30 June 1996

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^ Tovar 2012, p. 532.
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[table_note_res_CWC10.2219429543344-11] Benfica qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

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