Английская Википедия:1993–94 S.L. Benfica season

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox football club season 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. 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.Шаблон:Sfn Pacheco was utilized more as a substitute, but had still amassed over 160 league games for Benfica.Шаблон:Sfn 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.

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.Шаблон:Sfn The season opened with the 1993 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and with a win for both sides, a third match would be necessary.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn

In the first month of 1994, the club lost points against Gil Vicente and was eliminated from the Taça de Portugal by Belenenses,Шаблон:Sfn though this was not enough to stop their momentum, continuing to defend their first place with consecutive wins.Шаблон:Sfn 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, the club look like would be surpass by Sporting on the title race, with the distance now reduced to just one point.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn

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.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn

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."Шаблон:Sfn

Competitions

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	Шаблон:Sfn
Taça de Portugal	5 December 1993	30 January 1994	Шаблон:Sfn
Cup Winners' Cup	15 September 1993	13 April 1994	Шаблон:Sfn
Supertaça	11 August 1993	15 August 1993	Шаблон:Sfn
Total

Primeira Divisão

League table

1993–94 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 Toni(manager)Шаблон:Sfn

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Transfers

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

Bibliography

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