1958–59 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica 1958–59 President Maurício Vieira de Brito Head coach Otto Glória (until 13 March 1959) José Alberto Valdivieso Estádio da Luz Primeira Divisão 2nd Taça de Portugal Winners José Águas (26) José Águas (29) Benfica 7–0 Vitória de Guimarães(14 September 1958) Belenenses 3–1 Benfica (1 July 1959) _whiteborder _benfica5465 _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 _redborder _collarwithbodywhite _redborder FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 55rd season in existence and the club's 25rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 September 1956 to 30 August 1957. Benfica competed in the Primeira Divisão and in the Taça de Portugal. In the fifth under manager Otto Glória. After tightly contested title race, Benfica lost the league title in the last matchday, finishing tied on points with Porto, but with a worst goal difference. The team then won the Taça de Portugal, with a 1–0 victory over Porto in the final. Season summary Benfica entered the season seeking to reclaim the league title after failing to retain it in the previous campaign. Manager Otto Glória remained in charge for a fifth consecutive season. Benfica began the season with a 7–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães.Desconcentração e eficácia http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.15947#!17 Diário de Lisboa In the next match, Benfica visited Caldas, drawing 1–1.Os quatro grandes do futebol em dificuldades http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.15957 Diário de Lisboa Next, the they hosted Académica, winning 5–0, but in the next matchday once again dropped points in a draw with Covilhã. The team responded with three wins, finishing October in first place with a two-point advantage.7th matchday league table http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.16007#!21 Diário de Lisboa November started with 5–1 home win over Braga, before visiting Estádio das Antas to face Béla Guttmann's Porto in O Clássico, drawing in a goalless match.Empate sem golos Porto-Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.16026 Diário de Lisboa A win over Vitória de Setúbal, was followed by another goalless away draw with Lusitano de Évora, before hosting Sporting in the first Derby de Lisboa of the season, which Benfica won 4–0 with Águas and Mendes scoring a brace each.Clara superioridade do Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16068#!13 Diário de Lisboa This result was followed by an away win over CUF and an away loss with Vitória de Guimarães, with Benfica finishing the year in first place with a one-point advantage.14th matchday league table http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16087#!17 Diário de Lisboa The new year began with a 3–0 win over Caldas, followed by five consecutive wins, which meant Benfica reached the decisive O Clássico with a three-point advantage.21th matchday league table http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16152#!9 Diário de Lisboa The match ended in a draw,O Benfica não foi além do empate no jogo contra o Porto http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16162 Diário de Lisboa but an away draw with Vitória de Setúbal reduced Benfica's lead to two points.23rd matchday league table http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16169#!9 Diário de Lisboa In the next matchday Benfica defeated Lusitano de Évora, but one week later a 2–1 loss to Sporting at Estádio José Alvalade cost them the first place, now tied on points with Porto but with a worst goal difference.Sporting 2-1 Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16185 Diário de Lisboa In the last matchday, they defeated CUF 7–1, but as Porto had also won their match, Benfica finished second with the same points as Porto.O FC Porto é o novo campeão http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16196#!13 Diário de Lisboa The match was controversial with the game starting later than scheduled and Benfica having three penalties awarded.Qual foi o jogo de 1958 (que afinal foi em 1959) a que Farioli se referiu? https://www.abola.pt/noticias/qual-foi-o-jogo-de-1958-que-afinal-foi-em-1959-a-que-farioli-se-referiu-2025121909243486384?srsltid=AfmBOoq_ac0QpczBcyzRTF4j9uGgS1vNaK2PQbeD6nGXtQp-BLzVLiGo Abola After failing to win the league title, Benfica competed in the Taça de Portugal. The team defeated Covilhã, 4–2 on aggragate, in the round of 32, Tirsense 7–0 in the round of 16 and then faced Belenenses in the quarter-finals. After losing 3–1 in the first leg,Homogeneidade e sentido prático http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06536.074.16343#!18 Diário de Lisboa Benfica defeated Belenenses 3–0 in the second leg, advancing to the semi-finals, where they would meet Sporting.Furia http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06536.074.16348#!17 Diário de Lisboa As in the previous round, Benfica lost 2–1 in the first leg,Demonstração de brio leonino http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06536.074.16352#!20 Diário de Lisboa but a 3–1 win in the second leg allowed them to qualify for the final.Caricias e chicotadas http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06536.074.16357#!20 Diário de Lisboa Before the final, manager Otto Glória left the club with Argentinian manager José Alberto Valdivieso assuming. On 19 July, Benfica defeated Porto with a sole goal from Cavém on the first minute, winning its tenth Taça de Portugal.Benfica conquistou a Taça de Portugal http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06536.074.16363 Diário de Lisboa 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 14 September 1958 22 March 1959 26 17 7 2 78 20 yes Taça de Portugal 3 May 1959 19 July 1959 9 6 1 2 20 8 yes Total 35 23 8 4 98 28 yes Primeira Divisão 1958–59 Primeira Divisão League table main WDL QR 2 POR Porto BEN Benfica BEL Belenenses SCP Sporting CP VGU Vitória de Guimarães 17 7 2 81 22 C 17 7 2 78 20 16 6 4 65 27 12 7 7 50 28 13 3 10 59 55 green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round and Latin Cup EC complete rsssf.com Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 Result W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/D/W/L/D/W Position 5/3/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 ForaDeJogo Matches 1 14 September 1958 Benfica Vitória de Guimarães 7–0 April 2026 Cavém 15 74 75 Águas 22 31 Mendes 60 78 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Manuel Barulho W 2 21 September 1958 Caldas 1–1 April 2026 Benfica Lenine 7 90Águas Caldas da Rainha Campo da Mata Jovino Pinto D 3 28 September 1958 Benfica 5–0 April 2026 Académica Cavém 20 58 Águas 34 51 84 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Clemente Henriques W 4 5 October 1958 Covilhã 1–1 April 2026 Benfica Cavém 14 60 pen Águas Covilhã Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto Francisco Freitas D 5 12 October 1958 Torreense 1–5 April 2026 Benfica Saldanha 79 12 Mendes 27 pen 83 87 Águas 46 Antunes Torres Vedras W 6 19 October 1958 Benfica 3–2 April 2026 Belenenses Águas 38 Mendes 79 Coluna 84 47 70 Yaúca Lisbon Estádio da Luz Hermínio Soares W 7 26 October 1958 Barreirense 1–3 April 2026 Benfica José Augusto 7 42 Coluna 57 79 Mendes Barreiro Estádio Dr. Manuel de Mello Clemente Henriques W 8 2 November 1958 Benfica 5–1 April 2026 Braga Águas 12 53 Neto 50 Coluna 59 67 78 Mendonça Lisbon Estádio da Luz Marcos Lobato W 9 9 November 1958 Porto 0–0 April 2026 Benfica Porto Estádio das Antas Reinaldo Silva D 10 30 November 1958 Benfica 3–0 April 2026 Vitória de Setúbal Cavém 7 Mascarenhas 44 Águas 62 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 11 7 December 1958 Lusitano de Évora 0–0 April 2026 Benfica Évora Campo Estrela 20000 Francisco Guiomar D 12 14 December 1958 Benfica 4–0 April 2026 Sporting Mendes 19 35 Águas 21 73 Lisbon Estádio da Luz Décio de Freitas W 13 21 December 1958 CUF 1–4 April 2026 Benfica Uria 67 13 54 Cavém 15 Coluna 80 Chino Barreiro Campo de Santa Bárbara Reinaldo Silva W 14 28 December 1958 Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 April 2026 Benfica Rola 50 76 86 Coluna Guimarães Campo de Santa Bárbara L 15 4 January 1959 Benfica 3–0 April 2026 Caldas Águas 5 Cavém 28 59 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 16 11 January 1959 Académica 0–3 April 2026 Benfica 31 49 Mendes 89 Cavém Coimbra W 17 18 January 1959 Benfica 2–1 April 2026 Covilhã Cavém 3 Águas 36 pen 10 Caldas Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 18 25 January 1959 Benfica 2–0 April 2026 Torreense Cavém 25 Águas 55 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 20 8 February 1959 Benfica 6–0 April 2026 Barreirense Palmeiro 31 Cavém 46 63 72 Coluna 74 76 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 21 15 February 1959 Braga Benfica 2–4 April 2026 Maria 25 42 pen 12 65 Cavém 15 Palmeiro 35 Martins 75 Braga Estádio 1º de Maio W 22 22 February 1959 Benfica 1–1 April 2026 Porto Martins 34 9 Teixeira Lisbon Estádio da Luz Encarnação Salgado D 23 1 March 1959 Vitória de Setúbal 2–2 April 2026 Benfica Fernandes 37 Mendonça 78 16 69 Cavém Setúbal Campo dos Arcos D 24 8 March 1959 Benfica 4–0 April 2026 Lusitano de Évora Águas 14 41 59 Mendes 70 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 25 15 March 1959 Sporting 2–1 April 2026 Benfica Sarmento 13 Vasques 53 16 Cavém Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade Reinaldo Silva L 19 18 March 1959 Belenenses 2–2 March 2026 Benfica Serra 17 o.g. 25 Mendes Belém Estádio do Restelo D 26 22 March 1959 Benfica 7–1 April 2026 CUF Águas 14 pen 26 pen 56 pen 65 Mendes 36 83 Chino 48 55 Quaresma Lisbon Estádio da Luz Inocêncio Calabote W Taça de Portugal Round of 32 First leg 3 May 1959 2–2 Covilhã Benfica Couceiro Suárez 61 3 Cavém 62 Coluna April 2026 Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto Covilhã Caetano Nogueira D Second leg 10 May 1959 2–0 Benfica Caldas Coluna 17 80 4–2 April 2026 Estádio da Luz Lisbon W Round of 16 First leg 24 May 1959 4–0 Benfica Tirsense Chino Águas April 2026 Estádio da Luz Lisbon Braga Barros W Second leg 28 May 1959 0–3 Covilhã Benfica Cavém Águas 7–0 April 2026 Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo Santo Tirso Mário Mendonça W Quarter-Finals First leg 1 July 1959 3–1 Belenenses Benfica Tonho 30 70 Matateu 59 80 Coluna April 2026 Estádio do Restelo Belém Francisco Guerra L Second leg 5 July 1959 3–0 Benfica Belenenses Águas 36 Coluna 48 Pires 54 o.g. 4–3 April 2026 Estádio da Luz Lisbon W Semi-Finals First leg 8 July 1959 2–1 Sporting Benfica Pinto 37 Vadinho 57 41 Santana April 2026 Estádio José Alvalade Lisbon Abel da Costa L Second leg 13 July 1959 3–1 Benfica Barreirense Mário João 34 Cavém 37 Santana 40 65 Arizaga 4–3 April 2026 Estádio da Luz Lisbon Clemente Henriques W Final 19 July 1959 1–0 Benfica Porto Cavém 1 Santos 62 62 Duarte April 2026 Estádio Nacional Lisbon Décio de Freitas W Friendlies Tribute to Fernando Cabrita 31 August 1958 Covilhã Benfica 2–2 Pouco futebol e resultado justo http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.15927#!17 Diário de Lisboa Castelo Branco Estádio Municipal Vale do Romeiro D Tribute to José Travaços 7 September 1958 Sporting Benfica 2–0 Numa festa inesquecível http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.15937#!13 Diário de Lisboa Morais 21 66 Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade L 16 September 1958 Benfica 0–1 O português do Granada não quis perder com o Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06533.071.15950#!7 Diário de Lisboa Granada 30 Vasquez Lisbon Estádio da Luz L Tribute to Francisco Calado 23 September 1958 Benfica Sporting 1–0 Lisbon Estádio José Alvalade W 1 January 1959 Benfica 1–0 Débito de golos http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06534.072.16092#!7 Diário de Lisboa Nîmes Olympique Coluna 22 0 62 Duc Lisbon Estádio da Luz W 5 April 1959 Benfica Torreense 4–1 Benfica 4–1 Torreense http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16217#!7 Diário de Lisboa Águas 6 Vieira Dias 48 Mendes 53 Salvador 87 20 pen Bezerra Lisbon Estádio da Luz Alípio Louro W 12 April 1959 Torreense Benfica 0–2 Torreense 0–2 Benfica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16227#!8 Diário de Lisboa 21 Chino 89 Salvador Torres Vedras Estádio Manuel Marques Mário Martins W Taça Cândido Oliveira 19 April 1959 Benfica Académica 3–2 Benfica 3–2 Académica http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16238#!8 Diário de Lisboa Águas 9 34 Mendes 19 24 Maia 46 Samuel Lisbon Estádio da Luz Eduardo Gouveia W Taça Costa e Sousa 26 April 1959 Académica Benfica 0–3 Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra W 27 April 1959 Naval 1º de Maio 1–5 O Benfica derrotou o Naval http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16252#!16 Diário de Lisboa Benfica Figueira da Foz Estádio José Bento Pessoa José Dias Mendes W 31 May 1959 Peniche 2–1 O Benfica foi festivamente recebido http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16303#!8 Diário de Lisboa Benfica Peniche Campo do Baluarte José Agostinho L 1 June 1959 Benfica América 0–0 Só perdeu quem não foi... http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16305#!20 Diário de Lisboa Lisbon Estádio da Luz Eduardo Gouveia D 4 June 1959 Benfica Corinthians 1–1 Gilmar e Costa Pereira foram aplaudidos http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16310#!7 Diário de Lisboa Águas 40 pen 43 Zague Lisbon Estádio da Luz Herminio Soares D Taça Santarém 10 June 1959 Torreense Benfica 3–2 O Benfica ganhou ao Torreense http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06535.073.16317#!28 Diário de Lisboa Palmeiro 2 Santana 77 Neto 85 47 Costa 73 Saldanha Santarém Manuel Lousada W Tribute to Fernando Caiado 17 June 1959 Boavista Benfica 3–2 Lisbon Estádio da Luz W Tribute to Luís Anica 21 June 1959 Montijo Benfica 0–8 Montijo Campo Luís Almeida Fidalgo W Player statistics The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Otto Glória (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 1958-59 season via transfer, with more details in the following section. Primeira Divisão Taça de Portugal 1 POR Costa Pereira GK 25 0 5 0 1 POR José Bastos GK 1 0 3 0 POR Ângelo Martins DF 25 0 0 0 POR Fernando Ferreira DF 3 0 0 0 POR Zézinho DF 7 0 1 0 2 POR Manuel Serra DF 21 0 9 0 3 POR Mário João DF 0 0 2 1 POR Fernando Caiado MF 1 0 0 0 POR Humberto Fernandes MF 1 0 0 0 ANG Mascarenhas MF 2 1 0 0 4 POR José Neto DF 19 1 9 0 5 POR Artur Santos MF 26 0 9 0 6 POR Alfredo Abrantes MF 26 0 9 0 POR António Mendes FW 19 14 5 0 POR António Hilário FW 5 0 4 0 POR Chino FW 13 2 3 3 POR Palmeiro Antunes FW 2 1 1 0 POR Salvador Martins FW 9 2 0 0 POR Vieira Dias FW 2 0 0 0 7 POR Francisco Palmeiro FW 6 2 7 0 8 POR Joaquim Santana FW 1 0 4 2 9 POR José Águas FW 24 26 9 3 10 POR Mário Coluna FW 25 8 9 5 11 POR Domiciano Cavém FW 26 21 9 5 |} Transfers In Position Player From Fee Ref DF José Neto C.D. MontijoUndisclosed FW António Hilário S.C.U. TorreenseUndisclosed FW Chino C.S. MarítimoUndisclosed Out Position Player To Fee Ref GK Arnaldo Rodrigues Amarante F.C.Undisclosed DF Araújo AcadémicaUndisclosed MF Hélder Constantino S.C.U. TorreenseUndisclosed FW Azevedo S.C.U. TorreenseUndisclosed FW Chipenda AcadémicaUndisclosed FW Isidro Santos S.C.U. TorreenseUndisclosed FW José Maria BragaUndisclosed References Category:S.L. Benfica seasons Benfica