Английская Википедия:1974–75 S.L. Benfica season

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Шаблон:Infobox football club season The 1974–75 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 71st season in existence and the club's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup Winners' Cup after being runners-up in the 1974 Taça de Portugal final.Шаблон:Efn-ua

After failing to retain the title in the past season, manager Fernando Cabrita was replaced by Milorad Pavić. With almost no signings in the transfer market, Benfica biggest departures were Rui Rodrigues and Zeca. After a lengthy pre-season, Benfica started their campaign with two victories against Belenenses and Farense. They dropped points in the third week, before winning the following two matches, reaching first place. In October, they drew with Boavista and lost at home to Porto, falling to third place. Four consecutive wins followed, until three draws in December cost them first place. Benfica lapped the first part of the season with a three-point deficit to Porto, but managed recover that in January. A draw in early February, with Académica de Coimbra stopped them, but the team reacted with five consecutive wins, opening a five-point lead by mid March. Benfica was then knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup by PSV Eindhoven and lost for the league with Vitória de Setúbal, cutting their advantage to three-points. Nonetheless, in early May, Benfica confirmed their 21st league title, their 12th since 1960.

Season summary

Benfica started the new season trying to recover the title lost to Sporting in the past season.Шаблон:Sfn Fernando Cabrita was replaced by Milorad Pavić, who was the second choice to Miljan Miljanić.Шаблон:Sfn Miljanić initially agreed with the club, but in March 1973, he back-tracked on his word, so he could sign with Real Madrid.Шаблон:Sfn Pavić, the former teacher of Miljanić, signed a 2-year deal on 22 April. Three days later, the Carnation Revolution changed the course of the country.Шаблон:Sfn In the transfer market, Benfica made almost no new signings but also only had three departures, Rui Rodrigues and Zeca, being the more noteworthy. The pre-season began on 19 July, with Pavić arriving to Portugal later in the same day. The first training sessions were in Serra da Estrela, before the club embarked on a tour in Mexico and United States in early August.Шаблон:Sfn Afterwards, they competed in the Trofeo Ciudad de Sevilla and the Independence Cup in Brazil.

Benfica started their league campaign with victories against Belenenses and Farense, reaching top of the table, ex aequo with Porto. On match-day 3, they dropped their first points, in a home draw with Olhanense.Шаблон:Sfn They reacted by winning their following two league matches,Шаблон:Sfn while also easily progressing in the Cup Winners' Cup.Шаблон:Sfn On 13 October, Benfica visited Estádio do Bessa to play Boavista and drew 0–0.Шаблон:Sfn That resulted in them being caught in first place by Vitória de Guimarães and Porto. A week later, Benfica lost at home with Porto by 1–0 and dropped to third place, two points shy of leaders Porto and Guimarães.Шаблон:Sfn They reacted positively to the loss and won their next four Primeira Divisão matches, retaking first place albeit shared with Porto.Шаблон:Sfn Both had 18 points. In Europe, Benfica qualified for the quarter-finals, after eliminating Carl Zeiss Jena in the second round.Шаблон:Sfn Off the field, Benfica lost Eusébio to injury, as he underwent his six operation to his left knee.Шаблон:Sfn On match-day 12, Benfica drew 0–0 with Oriental and dropped to second, a point from leaders Porto. In the final three matches of December, Benfica won the first but drew the others. First with Sporting on the 22, for the Derby de Lisboa, and then on the 29, with União de Tomar.Шаблон:Sfn Benfica lapped the first half of the season in second place with three points less than leaders Porto.Шаблон:Sfn

In January, Benfica won their opening match, while Porto lost theirs, reducing the gap between them to a point.Шаблон:Sfn Two weeks later, Benfica defeated Olhanense on the road and Porto lost in Alvalade, with the teams exchanging places.Шаблон:Sfn Benfica now led by a point over Porto. In the last match of the month, Benfica defeated Leixões at home, and Porto lost again, which increased Benfica's advantage to three-points, 31 to 28.Шаблон:Sfn However, a draw with Académica de Coimbra on 2 February, cut that lead to two points. In mid February, Benfica visited Estádio das Antas for the Clássico, defeating Porto by 3–0.Шаблон:Sfn Benfica had now a three-point lead over Sporting, who overtook Porto for second place. The team continued on their winning run, and on match-day 25, they added two more points in their difference over Sporting, which had lost in Bessa.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn However, Benfica would experienced a troubled third week of March. First they were knocked-out of the European Cup Winners' Cup by PSV Eindhoven at home.Шаблон:Sfn President Borges Coutinho attributed the defeat to a friendly of the national team, 9 days earlier in Goiânia; which negatively affected the Benfica players used.Шаблон:Sfn He called it "completely useless".Шаблон:Sfn On 23 March, Benfica lost with Vitória de Setúbal and saw his lead over Sporting reduced to three-points.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn They reacted with two consecutive wins, before meeting Sporting in Estádio de Alvalade on 4 May.Шаблон:Sfn Only needing a draw to win the title, they drew 1–1 and celebrated their 21st league title.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It was their 12th in the past 16 seasons, and the 21st in the 41 editions of the Primeira Divisão.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Three weeks into May, Pavić announced his departure, with Benfica signing Mário Wilson as his replacement.Шаблон:Sfn Before the season ended, Pavić qualified Benfica for the Taça de Portugal final, where they would play Boavista.Шаблон:Sfn They lost 2–1 with the goal from former Benfica youth player, João Alves being decisive.Шаблон:Sfn Captain Toni said: "We wanted to offer this Cup to Pavić. More than everyone else, he deserved it because of what he had done throughout the season...".Шаблон:Sfn

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	11 September 1974	11 May 1975	Шаблон:Sfn
Taça de Portugal	5 April 1975	14 June 1975	Шаблон:Sfn
European Cup Winners' Cup	18 September 1974	19 March 1975	Шаблон:Sfn
Total

Primeira Divisão

League table

1974–75 Primeira Divisão

Results by round

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Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Milorad Pavić (manager), Fernando Cabrita (assistant manager), Fernando Neves (Director of Football).

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
27 June 1974	MF	Ibraim Silva	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed
10 September 1974	FW	Vítor Móia	Oriental de Lisboa	Loan return

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
29 July 1974	DF	Rui Rodrigues	Vitória de Guimarães	Free
24 August 1974	MF	Eurico Caires	Estoril Praia	Free
9 September 1974	DF	Zeca	União de Tomar	Free

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
20 July 1974	GK	João Fonseca	Ourense	30 June 1975
1 August 1974	FW	Rui Lopes	Olhanense	30 June 1975
3 August 1974	DF	Eduardo Luís	Marítimo	30 June 1975
23 August 1974	MF	Bernardino Pedroto	Vitória de Guimarães	30 June 1975
2 September 1974	MF	Nelinho	Ourense	30 June 1975

References

Bibliography

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