1993–94 S.L. Benfica season

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Benfica
1993–94 season
PresidentJorge de Brito
(until 7 January 1994)
Manuel Damásio
Head coachToni
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão1st
Taça de PortugalQuarter-finals
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraRunners-up
European Cup Winners' CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: João Pinto (15)
All: João Pinto (18)
Highest home attendance80,000 vs Parma
(29 March 1994)
Lowest home attendance15,000 vs Braga
(17 October 1993)

The 1993–94 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 90th season in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal. Benfica qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup by winning previous Portuguese Cup.[1] It covers the period between 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994.

The season was marked by the events in his pre-season, as the club only made three signings. More importantly, however, the club lost regular starter Paulo Sousa and common substitute António Pacheco to Sporting CP due to unpaid salaries. Expectations around Benfica were not high, as Sporting and Porto were deemed the main contenders. After a poor start, however, a six-game winning streak granted them the top position in the league table. After going 15 league games unbeaten, a loss in April at Salgueiros and a draw at home against Estrela da Amadora made it necessary to win at the Estádio José Alvalade to retain their first-place position; a hat-trick from João Pinto in a 6–3 win put the title only six points away. On 25 May, a win over Gil Vicente ended the title race, with the club winning a record 30th league title.

Season summary[]

The season that celebrated its 90th anniversary was also one of the club most tumultuous periods in recent history. In the summer, Paulo Sousa, João Pinto and António Pacheco unilaterally terminated their contracts, claiming unpaid salaries. While Pinto was successfully resigned with a pay increase, both Sousa and Pacheco never went back on their decision, subsequently moving to Lisbon rivals Sporting CP.

Sousa had been a frequent starter for Benfica, playing 35 games in the previous season and having joined the club as a 16-year-old.[2] Pacheco was utilized more as a substitute, but had still amassed over 160 league games for Benfica.[3] The players' "betrayal" and the increase in tension between the old rivals was labelled "Hot Summer of 1993", a clever throwback to the troubled times of the PREC, the post revolution in 1975.[4][5]

With almost no new signings, and having lost Sousa, Pacheco and Paulo Futre, the team led by Toni was not seen as favourite in the title race.[6] The season opened with the 1993 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and with a win for both sides, a third match would be necessary.[7] In the league, Benfica started by sharing points with Porto in O Clássico, but then tied again against much easier opponents, like Estoril and Beira-Mar; both clubs that played a crucial role in the previous season's title race.[8] On the late part of September, the first win in the Primeira Liga kick-started a series of consecutive wins that helped the club climb from eighth in the league to first.[9] A big loss in Setúbal served as warning, with the Lisbon-side then adding more consecutive wins, opening a three-point gap by the New Year.[10]

In the first month of 1994, the club lost points against Gil Vicente and was eliminated from the Taça de Portugal by Belenenses,[11] though this was not enough to stop their momentum, continuing to defend their first place with consecutive wins.[12] In early March, with successive draws in the league and a hard-fought 4–4 draw in the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup,[13] the club look like would be surpass by Sporting on the title race, with the distance now reduced to just one point.[12] A loss against Salgueiros in April put both clubs equal on points, while in the European stage, the club was defeated by Parma in the semi-finals.[11][14]

Benfica entered the Derby de Lisboa on 14 May with just a one-point advantage in the league table, knowing that a loss would cost them first place. João Pinto had one of his best performances with Benfica, scoring a hat-trick that effectively ended the title race in his club's favour.[6] Only a few days later, away against Braga, the club secured its 30th league title, celebrating with the fans at the sold out Estádio Primeiro de Maio.[15][16]

Carlos Mozer, an undisputed starter during the season, narrated the events in the club almanac: "We won the title with great difficulty, because Sporting had a young but good team, while Porto had the experience. At Benfica, our squad was strong. There were veterans like William, Veloso and Isaías, that taught the younger ones, like Rui Costa or João Pinto; who still had the will and pace to run all game. The coach was Toni, who I knew back from 1989. Benfica did not start well, and amassed three straight draws. Then he started winning in a awful manner. We did not play well, but we were winning games, until the notorious game in Alvalade, the 6–3. Everybody said that Sporting was going to win, because they had a younger team, and we were older; so we would not endure the difficult terrain. When everything looked like to be on their favour; we, with great calm and experience, reversed the game with a great performance from João Pinto. In that season, I also remember the campaign in the Cup Winners' Cup. We reach the semi-finals, after that crazy 4–4 in Leverkusen. We were drawn against Parma, and the Italians were always difficult. We won in the Estádio da Luz, but there, in Italy; I was sent-off early, on the 20th minute, with a double yellow. The first was fair, the second was not. If with eleven players was already hard, with one less, it was even harder."[6]

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Divisão 22 August 1993 2 June 1994 34 23 8 3 73 25 +48 067.65 [17]
Taça de Portugal 5 December 1993 30 January 1994 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 066.67 [17]
Cup Winners' Cup 15 September 1993 13 April 1994 8 4 3 1 15 10 +5 050.00 [17]
Supertaça 11 August 1993 15 August 1993 2 1 0 1 1 1 +0 050.00 [17]
Total 47 30 11 6 99 39 +60 063.83

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira[]

Main article: 1993 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
11 August 1993 First leg Benfica 1–0 Porto Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Águas Goal 84' Report Referee: Carlos Valente (Setúbal)
15 August 1993 Second leg Porto 1–0 Benfica Estádio das Antas, Porto
Vinha Goal 84' Report Mozer Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 50' Referee: Fortunato Azevedo (Braga)

Primeira Divisão[]

Main article: 1993–94 Primeira Divisão

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 23 8 3 73 25 +48 54 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 21 10 3 56 15 +41 52 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 29 +42 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Boavista 34 16 6 12 46 31 +15 38
5 Marítimo 34 13 12 9 45 40 +5 38
Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDDWWWWWWLWWWWDWWWWWDDWWWLWWDWWWDL
Position7784333211111111111111111111111111
Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

22 August 1993 1 Porto 3–3 Benfica Porto
20:30 Vinha Goal 8'
Pereira Goal 62', 70' (pen.)		 Report Isaías Goal 25', 63'
Águas Goal 27'		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Calheiros
29 August 1993 2 Benfica 1–1 Estoril Lisbon
20:00 Águas Goal 58' Report Ernie Tapai Goal 87'
Carlos Manuel Red card 58'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vítor Reis
11 September 1993 3 Beira-Mar 1–1 Benfica Aveiro
19:00 Dino Goal 68' Report Isaías Goal 78' Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Veiga Trigo
19 September 1993 4 Benfica 4–1 Farense Lisbon
20:00 Brito Goal 30'
Paneira Goal 54' (pen.)
Pinto Goal 71'
Águas Goal 89'		 Report Hassan Goal 59' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marques da Silva
25 September 1993 5 Benfica 2–0 Marítimo Lisbon
17:00 Pinto Goal 32'
Isaías Goal 90'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: António Rola
4 October 1993 6 Famalicão 1–5 Benfica Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:00 Amarildo Goal 62' Report Xavier Goal 25'
Pinto Goal 28'
Isaías Goal 66'
Paneira Goal 70'
Águas Goal 87'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: José Pratas
17 October 1993 7 Benfica 2–0 Braga Lisbon
19:00 William Goal 2'
Isaías Goal 62'		 Report Barroso Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 50' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Rufino
25 October 1993 8 Paços de Ferreira 1–2 Benfica Paços de Ferreira
20:00 Rudež Goal 61' Report Aílton Goal 80'
Pinto Goal 88'		 Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carlos Calheiros
30 October 1993 9 Benfica 4–1 Salgueiros Lisbon
19:45 Hélder Goal 25'
Pinto Goal 30'
Rui Costa Goal 47'
Águas Goal 88'		 Report Miguel Simão Goal 34' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Carlos Valente
21 November 1993 10 Vitória Setúbal 5–2 Benfica Setúbal
19:00 Yekini Goal 29', 73'
Araújo Goal 39'
Gomes Goal 52'
Conde Goal 82'		 Report Paneira Goal 55'
Aílton Goal 66'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José Pratas
28 November 1993 11 Benfica 3–0 Belenenses Lisbon
20:00 Pinto Goal 35'
Mozer Goal 43'
Paneira Goal 52'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pinto Correia
10 December 1993 22 Estrela da Amadora 0–1 Benfica Lisbon
19:00 Report Rui Costa Goal 77' Stadium: Estádio da Reboleira
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: António Marçal
18 December 1993 13 Benfica 2–1 Sporting CP Lisbon
20:00 Yuran Goal 50'
Isaías Goal 84'		 Report Figo Goal 29'
Capucho Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 34'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jorge Coroado
29 December 1993 14 União da Madeira 0–2 Benfica Funchal
19:00 Report Isaías Goal 20'
Aílton Goal 29'
Isaías Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 77'		 Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Carlos Valente
9 January 1994 15 Benfica 0–0 Gil Vicente Lisbon
18:00 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Soares Dias
16 January 1994 16 Vitória Guimarães 1–2 Benfica Guimarães
19:00 Tlemçani Goal 90' Report Paneira Goal 35' Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 87'
Aílton Goal 44'		 Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Veiga Trigo
23 January 1994 17 Benfica 3–1 Boavista Lisbon
20:00 Pinto Goal 10', 76'
Aílton Goal 29'		 Report Tavares Goal 60' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Carlos Valente
6 February 1994 18 Benfica 2–0 Porto Lisbon
20:00 Aílton Goal 37'
Rui Costa Goal 55'		 Report Fernando Couto Red card 40' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Veiga Trigo
13 February 1994 19 Estoril 0–3 Benfica Estoril
20:30 Andrade Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 50' Report Aílton Goal 74', 88'
Yuran Goal 84'		 Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pinto Correia
20 February 1994 20 Benfica 1–0 Beira Mar Lisbon
19:45 Paneira Goal 87' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Calheiros
26 February 1994 21 Farense 0–0 Benfica Faro
19:45 Nader Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 53' Report Schwarz Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 53' Stadium: Estádio de São Luís
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bento Marques
5 March 1994 22 Marítimo 1–1 Benfica Funchal
19:00 Hector Goal 53' Report Pinto Goal 70' Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fortunado Azevedo
12 March 1994 23 Benfica 8–0 Famalicão Lisbon
19:30 Celestino Goal 25' (o.g.), 72' (o.g.)
Rui Costa Goal 31'
Aílton Goal 33'
Yuran Goal 59', 87'
Mozer Goal 70'
Águas Goal 73'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lucílio Baptista
24 March 1994 24 Braga 0–2 Benfica Braga
19:45 Report Isaías Goal 44'
Aílton Goal 77'		 Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Carlos Valente
26 March 1994 25 Benfica 2–1 Paços de Ferreira Lisbon
19:45 Pinto Goal 18'
Isaías Goal 39'		 Report Helcinho Conegudes Goal 28'
Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 83'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juvenal Silvestre
9 April 1994 26 Salgueiros 1–0 Benfica Porto
20:45 Sá Pinto Goal 85' Report Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lourenço Ferreira
25 April 1994 27 Benfica 2–0 Vitória Setúbal Lisbon
19:45 Schwarz Goal 11'
Kulkov Goal 20' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: João Mesquita
30 April 1994 28 Belenenses 0–2 Benfica Lisbon
21:00 Report Mozer Goal 10'
Aílton Goal 46'		 Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vítor Pereira
8 May 1994 29 Benfica 1–1 Estrela da Amadora Lisbon
18:15 Isaías Goal 12' Report Mário Jorge Goal 64' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pinto Correia
14 May 1994 30 Sporting CP 3–6 Benfica Lisbon
21:00 Cadete Goal 8'
Figo Goal 35'
Balakov Goal 80' (pen.)		 Report Pinto Goal 30', 37', 44'
Isaías Goal 48', 57'
Hélder Goal 74'		 Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: António Marçal
21 May 1994 31 Benfica 1–0 União da Madeira Lisbon
19:00 Rui Costa Goal 68' Report Jokanović Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 81' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mário Leal
25 May 1994 32 Gil Vicente 0–3 Benfica Braga
20:15 Report Pinto Goal 4', 74'
Kulkov Goal 84'		 Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Pratas
25 May 1994 33 Benfica 0–0 Vitória Guimarães Lisbon
20:30 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Carlos Valente
2 June 1994 34 Boavista 1–0 Benfica Porto
20:00 Ricky Goal 80' Report Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: António Rola

Taça de Portugal[]

Main article: 1993–94 Taça de Portugal
5 December 1993 Fourth Rd Benfica 4–0 Estoril Lisbon
18:00 Yuran Goal 19'
Aílton Goal 58'
Andrade Goal 68' (o.g.)
Paneira Goal 84'		 Report Litos Yellow card 44' Yellow-red card 54' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vítor Pereira
23 December 1993 Fifth Rd União da Madeira 1–5 (a.e.t.) Benfica Funchal
19:45 Bosančić Goal 65' (pen.) Report Isaías Goal 37'
Águas Goal 94'
Rui Costa Goal 95'
Aílton Goal 101', 109'		 Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Veiga Trigo
30 January 1994 Sixth Rd Os Belenenses 2–1 Benfica Lisbon
20:30 Airez Goal 11'
Luiz Gustavo Goal 30'		 Report Pinto Goal 6' Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Vítor Pereira

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

Main article: 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup

First round[]

15 September 1993 First leg Benfica Portugal 1–0 Poland GKS Katowice Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
19;45 Águas Goal 88' Report Attendance: 10,000[18]
Referee: Karl Finzinger
29 September 1993 Second leg GKS Katowice Poland 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Stadion GKS Katowice, Katowice
19;45 Kucz Goal 45' Report Paneira Goal 70' Attendance: 7,000[19]
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

Second round[]

20 October 1993 First leg Benfica Portugal 3–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
19;45 Rui Costa Goal 27', 37'
Schwarz Goal 90'		 Report Andonov Goal 60' Attendance: 40,000[20]
Referee: Patrick Kelly
3 November 1993 Second leg CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–3
(6–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
19;45 Andonov Goal 56' Report Rui Costa Goal 32'
Pinto Goal 73'
Yuran Goal 88'		 Attendance: 20,000[21]
Referee: Rune Pedersen

Quarter-finals[]

1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) First leg Benfica Portugal 1–1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
21:15 Isaías Goal 90' Report Happe Goal 66' Attendance: 80,000[22]
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) Second leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–4
(5–5 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
20:30 Kirsten Goal 24', 80'
Schuster Goal 57'
Hapal Goal 82'		 Report Xavier Goal 59'
Pinto Goal 60'
Kulkov Goal 78', 85'		 Attendance: 21,000[23]
Referee: James McCluskey (Scotland)

Semi-finals[]

29 March 1994 (1994-03-29) First leg Benfica Portugal 2–1 Italy Parma Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
21:00 Isaías Goal 11'
Rui Costa Goal 60'		 Report Zola Goal 13' Attendance: 80,000[24]
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
13 April 1994 (1994-04-13) Second leg Parma Italy 1–0
(2–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
17:45 Sensini Goal 74' Report Mozer Yellow card 0' Yellow-red card 33' Attendance: 21,500[25]
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Friendlies[]

[26]

31 July 1993 Manchester United 0–1 Benfica Manchester
Stadium: Old Trafford
3 August 1993 Benfica 2–1 Cruzeiro Lisbon
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
18 August 1993 Pepsi Cup Benfica 2–1 Barcelona Lisbon
Rui Águas Goal 49'
Aílton Delfino Goal 72'		 Goal 55' Romário 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 Toni(manager)[27][17]

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 Cup Winners' Cup Supertaça
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Portugal POR Silvino 4 -3 1 0 3 -3 0 0 0 0
1 GK Portugal POR Neno 41 -35 33 -24 0 0 8 -10 0 -1
2 DF Portugal POR António Veloso 30 0 21 0 2 0 5 0 2 0
2 DF Portugal POR Abel Xavier 33 2 25 1 0 0 8 1 0 0
2 DF Portugal POR Abel Silva 17 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
3‡ DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Jovo Simanić 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Portugal POR Nuno Afonso 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Portugal POR Hélder 43 2 32 2 3 0 6 0 2 0
4 DF Brazil BRA William 13 1 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil BRA Carlos Mozer 41 3 29 3 3 0 7 0 2 0
5 MF Sweden SWE Stefan Schwarz 31 2 23 1 2 0 6 1 0 0
6 MF Russia RUS Vasili Kulkov 26 4 21 2 2 0 3 2 0 0
7 MF Portugal POR Vítor Paneira 45 8 32 6 3 1 8 1 2 0
8 MF Portugal POR João Pinto 46 18 34 15 2 1 8 2 2 0
9 FW Portugal POR Rui Águas 34 9 25 6 3 1 4 1 2 1
9 FW Russia RUS Sergei Yuran 29 6 20 4 2 1 5 1 2 0
10 MF Portugal POR Rui Costa 47 10 34 5 3 1 8 4 2 0
11 MF Brazil BRA Isaías 37 16 26 13 1 1 8 2 2 0
11‡ FW Brazil BRA Aílton Delfino 33 14 28 11 3 3 2 0 0 0
11 FW Portugal POR César Brito 23 1 15 1 1 0 5 0 2 0
12‡ GK Portugal POR Paulo Santos 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Mostovoi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF Portugal POR Pedro Henriques 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Portugal POR Hernâni Neves 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
22 DF Portugal POR Daniel Kenedy 18 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

Transfers[]

[1]

In[]

Entry date Position Player From club
July 1993 GK Paulo Santos Olivais e Moscavide
July 1993 CB Jovo Simanić VfB Stuttgart
August 1993 ST Aílton Delfino Atlético Mineiro

Out[]

Exit date Position Player To club
July 1993 CB Samuel Quina Vitória de Guimarães
July 1993 LW Paulo Futre Marseille
July 1993 DM Paulo Sousa Sporting CP
July 1993 LW António Pacheco
July 1993 RB José Carlos Estrela da Amadora
July 1993 LB Fernando Mendes

Out by loan[]

Exit date Position Player To club Return date
July 1993 GK Pedro Roma Gil Vicente 30 June 1994
July 1993 CB Paulo Madeira Marítimo 30 June 1994
December 1993 AM Aleksandr Mostovoi Caen 30 June 1994

References[]

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  2. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 523.
  3. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 738.
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  5. ^ "Verão quente de 93: Raptos, esconderijos e muito suspense" [Hot Summer of 1993: Kidnappings, hideouts and a lot of suspense]. Planeta Benfica (in Portuguese). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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  7. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 530.
  8. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 520.
  9. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 525.
  10. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 526.
  11. ^ a b Tovar 2012, p. 529.
  12. ^ a b Tovar 2012, p. 527.
  13. ^ "Recorde o 4-4 entre Benfica e Bayer Leverkusen" [Remember the 4-4 between Benfica and Bayer Leverkusen]. Publico.pt (in Portuguese). 20 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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  15. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 528.
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  17. ^ a b c d e Tovar 2012, p. 531.
  18. ^ "Benfica - GKS Katowice".
  19. ^ "GKS Katowice - Benfica".
  20. ^ "Benfica - CKSA Sofia".
  21. ^ "CSKA Benfica".
  22. ^ "SL Benfica vs Bayer Leverkusen". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  23. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen vs SL Benfica". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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