1969–70 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica 1969–70 President Duarte Borges Coutinho Head coach Otto Glória(until 8 February 1970) José Augusto Estádio da Luz Primeira Divisão 2nd Taça de Portugal Winners European Cup Second round Eusébio (20) Eusébio (25) Benfica 8–0 Boavista (25 October 1969) Benfica 8–0 Leixões (30 May 1970) Celtic 3–0 Benfica (12 November 1969) _whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 _redborder _collarwithbodywhite _redborder FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1968–69 1970–71 The 1969–70 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 66st season in existence and the club's 36st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 August 1969 to 31 July 1970. Domestically, Benfica competed in the Primeira Divisão and Taça de Portugal, while internationally participated in the European Cup. Benfica began the season aiming for a fourth consecutive league title under Otto Glória, but inconsistent results and a mid-season managerial change left the team trailing Sporting, who won the championship. In Europe, Benfica were eliminated by Celtic after a coin toss in the second round of the European Cup. The season ended on a high note, however, as Benfica won the Taça de Portugal, defeating Sporting 3–1 in the final. Season summary After winning the league title for the third consecutive year, Benfica aimed for a historic fourth straight championship (tetra), with Otto Glória as head coach. The squad was reinforced with Messias, Carlos Marques, and Artur Jorge, who had already scored 94 goals in 112 matches in Académica. Meanwhile, club legends Cavém and Raul Machado departed. Pre-season began with a tour of Africa, where Benfica beat Racing 1–0 but lost twice to Sporting, 1–0 and 5–2. Later, in the Taça de Honra, Benfica defeated Atlético 2–1 in the semi-finals and drew 1–1 with Belenenses in the final The official season opened on 7 September with a 2–0 away defeat to Leixões in the first league match. In the following three rounds, Benfica beat Vitória de Guimarães, Belenenses, and Académica, finishing the month two points behind Sporting.Classificação do Campeonato Nacional http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06605.143.24051#!14 Diário de Lisboa 14 2025-09-20 In Europe, Benfica eliminated KB 5–2 on aggregate.Taça dos Clubes Campeões Europeus de 1969/70 https://pt.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62571--benfica-vs-kb/ UEFA 2025-09-20Taça dos Clubes Campeões Europeus de 1969/70 https://pt.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/62572--kb-vs-benfica/ UEFA 2025-09-20 In October, Benfica won both league matches, beating CUF 2–0 away and Boavista 8–0 at home. November began with a 1–0 defeat to Sporting,Vitória do Sporting http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06607.145.24186 Diário de Lisboa 1 2025-09-20 followed by a 3–0 away loss to Celtic in the 1969–70 European Cup.Quem remata no Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06607.145.24201#!21 Diário de Lisboa 21 2025-09-20 The team responded with a 5–0 win over Braga, a 1–0 away loss to Vitória de Setúbal, and then the second leg against Celtic. Benfica won 3–0, leveling the tie, but with no goals scored in extra time, the outcome was decided by a coin toss. Celtic advanced and went on to reach the final.O salário do esforço perdeu-se no casino http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06608.146.24251#!24 Diário de Lisboa 24 2025-09-20 In December, Benfica won three league matches and drew one, including a 2–0 home victory against Porto,Benfica 2-0 Porto http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06608.146.24332#!9 Diário de Lisboa 9 2025-09-20 finishing the first half of the season three points behind Sporting.Classificação do Campeonato Nacional http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06608.146.24332#!9 Diário de Lisboa 9 2025-09-20 The new year began with a 3–0 win over Leixões, followed by a 2–1 away defeat to Vitória de Guimarães and a 0–0 draw against Belenenses, leaving Benfica six points adrift of Sporting.Classificação do Campeonato Nacional http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06610.148.24446#!17 Diário de Lisboa 17 2025-09-20 February was disappointing, as Benfica beat Académica 2–0 away but then lost 1–0 at home to CUF. This defeat led to the dismissal of Otto Glória, with José Augusto retiring as a player to take over as manager. The month ended with a 1–1 away draw against Boavista, which left Benfica in third place, eight points behind the leaders.Classificação do Campeonato Nacional http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06611.149.24549#!8 Diário de Lisboa 8 2025-09-20 In March, the team drew 1–1 with Sporting in Alvalade,Benfica 1-1 Sporting http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06611.149.24569 Diário de Lisboa 1 2025-09-20 before recording three consecutive wins over Braga, Vitória de Setúbal, and União de Tomar, maintaining the gap at eight points. In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica overturned a 3–2 away defeat to eliminate Vitória de Setúbal with a 2–0 home victory. In April, Benfica won all of its league matches: 3–0 against Barreirense at home, 2–1 away against Porto, and 1–0 against Varzim at home. The team also secured a 6–1 victory over Boavista in the first leg of the second round of the Taça de Portugal. Benfica ended the league campaign eight points behind Sporting.Classificação do Campeonato Nacional http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06612.150.24686#!8 Diário de Lisboa 8 2025-09-20 In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica defeated Boavista 3–2 away in the second leg, eliminated Vitória de Guimarães 4–3 on aggregate, and overcame Leixões 9–1 on aggregate to reach the final. There, they faced recently crowned league champions Sporting and won 3–1.O Benfica conquistou a Taça http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06802.152.24847 Diário de Lisboa 1 2025-09-19 Competitions #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Overall record Competition First match Last match RecordGWDLGFGAGDWin %Source Primeira Divisão 7 September 1969 19 April 1970 26 17 4 5 58 14 yes 1969-70 Primeira Divisão RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist196970.html 2025-09-20 Taça de Portugal 15 February 1970 14 June 1970 9 6 1 2 29 11 yes1969-70 Taça de Portugal RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/portcuphistfull.html#70 2025-09-20 European Cup 17 September 1969 26 November 1969 4 3 0 1 8 5 yes European Cup 1969-70 UEFA https://pt.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/seasons/1969/ 2025-09-20 Total 39 26 5 8 95 30 yes Primeira Divisão 1969–70 Primeira Divisão League standings main WDL QR 2 SCP Sporting CP BEN Benfica VSE Vitória de Setúbal BAR Barreirense VGU Vitória de Guimarães 21 4 1 61 17 C 17 4 5 58 14 16 4 6 58 26 11 6 9 42 33 12 4 10 38 36 green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCWC blue1 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round ICFC ICFC ICFC complete RSSSFPortugal 1969-70 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist196970.html 2012-04-24 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20120414005120/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porthist196970.html 2012-04-14 Matches 1 7 September 1969 15:00 Leixões 2–0 April 2026 Benfica Horácio 60 Esteves 70 Matosinhos Estádio do Mar Porfírio Silva L 2 14 September 1969 Benfica 5–0 April 2026 Vitória de Guimarães Diamantino Costa 6 Torres 34 49 89 Jaime Graça 68 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Ismael Baltazar W 3 21 September 1970 Benfica 0–1 April 2026 Benfica Eusébio 53 Belém Estádio do Restelo Américo Barradas W 4 27 September 1969 Benfica 3–0 April 2026 Académica Torres 22 68 Eusébio28 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 5 19 October 1969 CUF 0–2 April 2026 Benfica Torres 16 Artur Jorge 89 Barreiro Estádio Alfredo da Silva Mário Alves W 6 25 October 1969 Benfica 8–0 April 2026 Boavista Eusébio 10 17 46 52 54 81 Coluna 35 Torres 40 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Carlos Monteiro W 7 9 November 1969 Sporting 1–0 April 2026 Benfica Marinho 20 Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade Francisco Lobo L 8 16 November 1969 Benfica 5–0 April 2026 Braga Torres 8 24 Raul Águas 22 Artur Jorge 62 86 Lisbon Estádio da Luz António Garrido W 9 23 November 1969 Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 April 2026 Benfica Félix Guerreiro 57 Setúbal Estádio do Bonfim César Correia L 10 1 December 1969 S.L. Benfica 6–0 April 2026 União de Tomar João Carlos 4 o.g. Simões 11 Raul Águas 32 pen. Faustino Luís 43 o.g. Jaime Graça 76 Vítor Martins 87 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Ismael Baltazar W 11 14 December 1969 Barreirense 2–2 April 2026 Benfica Farias 14 João Fonseca 32 o.g. Torres 23 Eusébio 87 Barreiro Estádio D. Manuel de Mello Fernando Leite D 12 21 December 1969 Benfica 2–0 April 2026 Porto Simões 6 Eusébio 27 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Mário Alves W 13 28 December 1969 Varzim 0–1 April 2026 Benfica Artur Jorge 13 Póvoa de Varzim W 14 4 January 1970 Benfica 3–0 April 2026 Leixões Eusébio 12 Torres 49 81 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 15 18 January 1970 Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 April 2026 Benfica Zézinho 34 Manuel de Sousa 40 Abel Miglietti 71 Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques L 16 25 January 1970 Belenenses 0–0 April 2026 Benfica Belém Estádio do Restelo D 17 1 February 1970 Académica 0–2 April 2026 Benfica Artur Jorge 39 Eusébio 75 Coimbra W 18 8 February 1970 Benfica 0–1 April 2026 CUF Madeira 8 Lisbon Estádio da Luz L 19 22 February 1970 Boavista 1–1 April 2026 Benfica Moura 41 Eusébio 79 Porto Estádio do Bessa D 20 1 March 1970 Benfica 1–1 April 2026 Sporting Jaime Graça 83 Nélson Fernandes 29 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Henrique Silva D 21 8 March 1970 Braga 1–3 April 2026 Benfica João Arlindo 22 Raul Águas 17 Eusébio 19 34 Braga Estádio 28 de Maio Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro W 22 15 March 1970 Benfica 2–1 April 2026 Vitória de Setúbal Torres 65 Eusébio 89 pen. Jorge Calado 4 o.g. Lisbon Estádio da Luz Fernando Nunes dos Santos Leite W 23 29 March 1970 Uniao de Tomar 0–4 April 2026 Benfica Artur Jorge 34 Eusébio 42 73 79 Tomar W 24 5 April 1970 Benfica 3–0 April 2026 Barreirense Artur Jorge 65 Jaime Graça 67 Eusébio 76 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 25 12 April 1970 Porto 1–2 April 2026 Benfica João 76 Simões 6 Artur Jorge 24 Porto Estádio das Antas Rogério Moreira W 26 19 April 1970 Benfica 1–0 April 2026 Varzim Artur Jorge 27 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Saldanha Ribeiro W Taça de Portugal First round First leg 15 February 1970 Vitória de Settúbal 2–3 April 2026 Benfica Arcanjo 32 Vítor Baptista 40 80 Jaime Graça 53 Simões 85 Setubal Estádio do Bonfim L Second leg 22 March 1970 Benfica 2–0 4–3 April 2026 Vitória de Settúbal Torres 59 Eusébio 84 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W Second round First leg 26 April 1970 Benfica 6–1 April 2026 Boavista Artur Jorge 24 26 39 Vítor Martins 58 Jaime Graça 65 Torres 81 Moinhos 8 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Ismael Baltazar W Second leg 3 May 1970 Boavista 2–3 April 2026 Benfica António Lemos 17 Manuel Pinha 65 Artur Jorge 7 11 19 Porto Estádio do Bessa António Garrido W Quarter-Finals First leg 17 May 1970 Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 April 2026 Benfica Zézinho 3 Osvaldinho 59 Guimarães Estádio D. Afonso Henriques João Gomes L Second leg 24 May 1970 Benfica 4–1 4–3 April 2026 Vitória de Guimarães Simões 22 pen. 56 pen. Torres 40 68 Zézinho 60 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Francisco Lobo W Semi-Finals First leg 30 May 1970 Benfica 8–0 April 2026 Leixões Torres 13 Simões 16 Diamantino Costa 30 Artur Jorge 35 59 Raul Águas 79 88 Jaime Graça 81 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Manuel Fortunato W Second leg 7 June 1970 Leixões 1–1 1–9 April 2026 Benfica Diamantino Costa 43 Matosinhos Estádio do Mar Ernesto Borrego D Final 14 June 1970 Benfica 3–1 April 2026 Sporting Artur Jorge 14 Torres 50 Simões 63 Fernando Peres 83 Oeiras Estádio do Jamor Henrique Silva W European Cup 1969–70 European Cup First Round First leg 17 September 1969 Benfica POR 2–0 Report DEN Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Eusébio 39 40 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 35,928 Robert Héliès (France) W Second leg 1 October 1969 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub DEN 2–3 5–2 Report POR Benfica Skouborg 30 90 pen. Eusébio 1 21Diamantino 4 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen 31,528 Ronald Jones (Wales) W Second Round First leg 12 November 1969 Celtic SCO 3–0 Report POR Benfica Gemmell 2Wallace 14Hood 70 Celtic Park, Glasgow 74,894 Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) L Second leg 26 November 1969 Benfica POR 3–0 yes Report SCO Celtic Eusébio 35Graça 40Diamantino 90 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 49,601 Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) W After the 3–3 aggregate on extra-time, Celtic progressed on a coin toss. Friendlies 2 August 1969 Benfica 1–0 Racing Praia Matola Estádio da Machava W 6 August 1969 Benfica 0–1 Sporting Matola Estádio da Machava L 15 August 1969 Benfica 2–5 Sporting Torres Luanda Estádio dos Coqueiros L Taça de HonraOfficial AFL tournament. Semi-Finals 27 August 1969 Benfica 2–1 Atlético Raúl Águas 44 50 Raimundo Belém Estádio do Restelo W 2 September 1969 Porto 0–3 Benfica Torres Augusto Porto Estádio das Antas W Taça de HonraOfficial AFL tournament. Finals 3 September 1969 Belenenses 1–1 Benfica Abel Miglietti 41 Saporiti 58 Belém Estádio do Restelo D 7 December 1969 Benfica 3–1 Académica Torres Novas Estadio Municipal Dr. António Alves Vieira W 11 January 1970 Benfica 5–0 Rapid Wien Eusébio Torres Abel Miglietti Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 21 April 1970 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Benfica Zagreb Stadion Maksimir L 23 April 1970 Hajduk Split 1–1 Benfica Torres 35 Split Stari plac D Player statistics The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Otto Glória (manager), José Augusto (manager), Fernando Cabrita (assistant manager). 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 1969–70 season via transfer, with more details in the following section. Primeira Divisão Taça de Portugal European Cup 1 POR Alfredo Nascimento GK 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 POR José Henrique GK 19 0 9 0 4 0 1 POR João Fonseca GK 8 0 0 0 0 0 POR Augusto Matine DF 8 0 9 0 0 0 POR Carlos Marques DF 3 0 4 0 0 0 POR Carlos Tomás MF 0 0 1 0 0 0 POR Fernando Cruz DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 POR Jacinto DF 16 0 5 0 1 0 2 POR Malta da Silva DF 22 0 7 0 4 0 3 POR Humberto Coelho MF 25 0 9 0 3 0 3 POR Messias DF 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 POR Zeca DF 16 0 8 0 3 0 5 POR Humberto Fernandes MF 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 POR Adolfo Calisto DF 14 0 2 0 3 0 POR Antoninho MF 0 0 1 0 0 0 POR Diamantino Costa DF 8 1 4 2 4 3 POR Jorge Calado MF 4 0 1 0 0 0 POR Vitor Martins MF 4 1 4 1 1 0 6 POR Jaime Graça MF 23 4 7 3 3 1 7 POR Mário Coluna MF 15 1 0 0 4 0 7 POR José Augusto FW 5 0 0 0 2 0 8 POR Toni MF 26 0 6 0 3 0 9 POR Artur Jorge FW 21 9 8 9 2 0 9 POR José Torres FW 20 13 6 6 3 0 9 POR Abel Miglietti FW 7 1 1 0 0 0 9 POR Praia FW 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 POR Eusébio FW 22 20 2 1 4 4 10 POR Raul Águas FW 10 3 4 2 1 0 11 POR Nené FW 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 POR António Simões FW 23 3 7 5 4 0 |} References Category:S.L. 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