1980–81 S.L. Benfica season
{{Infobox football club season
|club = Benfica
|season = 1980–81
|chrtitle = President
|chairman = José Ferreira Queimado
{{nowrap|(until 29 May 1981)}}
Fernando Martins
|mgrtitle = Head coach
|manager = Lajos Baróti
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|league = Primeira Divisão
|league result = 1st
|cup1 = Taça de Portugal
|cup1 result = Winners
|cup2 = Cup Winners' Cup
|cup2 result = Semi-finals
|cup3 = Supertaça de Portugal
|cup3 result = Winners
|league topscorer = Nené (20)
|season topscorer = Nené (32)
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|prevseason = 1979–80
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The 1980–81 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 77th season in existence and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1980 to 30 June 1981. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão, Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça de Portugal, and participated in the Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season.
In the new season, Mário Wilson was replaced by Lajos Baróti. In the transfer season, major signings included António Veloso, Francisco Vital and João Alves, who returned to the club. Benfica's league campaign started with seven consecutive wins, before a first loss with Porto in the Clássico. A few days later, Benfica wins their first Supertaça de Portugal. In the Cup Winners' Cup, Benfica eliminated Altay, Dinamo Zagreb and Malmö in the first three rounds. In late November, Benfica draws with Sporting and three weeks later, with Vitória de Setúbal, lapping the first half in first place with a three-point lead. In the following weeks, Benfica won three more matches before losing another point in a draw with Penafiel, which cut his lead to two points. They reacted with four more wins, including a home win against Porto, which widened their difference to four points. Meanwhile, in Europe, Benfica defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf in quarter-finals but was knocked-out by Carl Zeiss Jena in the semis. The final two months of the Primeira Divisão saw Benfica drop points with Académico de Viseu, Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting, reducing their lead to two points. On match-day 29, a home win against Setúbal secured their 24th league title. They concluded the season by winning their 17th Taça de Portugal in a 3–1 win against Porto.
Season summary
In the previous season, Mário Wilson failed to regain the title, prolonging the drought to three years. It was the first time since 1954 that Benfica went so long without a league title.{{cite book|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 Gloriosos anos; As Provas Nacionais 2|date=2004|publisher=Quidnovi|isbn=989-554-103-1|pages=70–72|language=pt}} Despite winning the Taça de Portugal, he did not continue for a second year.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}}{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=230}} As replacement, Benfica contacted Raymond Goethals, but he declined, so the club turned to 66-year old Hungarian Lajos Baróti.{{cite news|title=Goethals quase na Luz|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=22 May 1980|issue=20262|page=14|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28755#!14|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Goethals nearly at Benfica|language=pt}}{{cite news|title=Hungáro na Luz|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=31 May 1980|issue=20270|page=17|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28763#!17|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Hungarian at Benfica|language=pt}} After negotiations, on 9 June, he agreed to replace Wilson.{{cite news|title=Baroti no Benfica|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=9 June 1980|issue=20276|page=16|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28769#!16|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Baroti signs with Benfica|language=pt}} In the transfer season, Benfica signed players like António Veloso and Francisco Vital, who were regularly used by Baroti. However the transfer of Summer was the return of João Alves from France, with Benfica making a last minute offer and signing him, before Sporting, who was also interested, could. The pre-season began on 21 July, with Benfica travelling to Canada on the 28 to play the Toronto Tournament.{{cite news|title=Baroti por cá|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=19 July 1980|issue=20309|page=22|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06833.183.28802#!22|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Baroti has arrived|language=pt}} After winning the tournament in Canada, Benfica made their presentation game on 13 August with Paris Saint-Germain, and finished the pre-season by competing in the
Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu with Real Madrid and Dinamo Kyiv from 29 to 31 August. The match with Varzim scheduled for that weekend was postponed to 4 October.
Benfica started their season with the preliminary round of the Cup Winners' Cup with Altay, beating 4–0 at home.{{cite book|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 Gloriosos anos;As Taças Europeias.|date=2004|publisher=Quidnovi|location=Portugal|isbn=989-554-101-5|page=96|language=pt}}
Domestic competition began on 24 August in an away win against Boavista.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=77}} Benfica kept on winning in the following weeks, eliminating Dinamo Zagreb in Europe,{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=231}} and winning six more league matches in a row, with Manuel Bento going unbeaten in the league for 1080 minutes.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=232}}{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} In late October, Benfica visited Porto at Estádio das Antas, losing by 2–1, their first in the league.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} They recovered from the loss and won their next three matches for the Primeira Divisão, creating a four-point lead at the front.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} They also beat Sporting in the second leg of the Supertaça de Portugal and won their first Supertaça.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=145}} In the Cup Winners' Cup, they progressed to the quarter-finals after knocking out Malmö.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=232}} On match-day 12, Benfica faced Sporting in Alvalade and drew 1–1, retaining the first place.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}}{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=232}} Three weeks later, they drew again, now with Vitória de Setúbal and finished the first half of the league a week later with a three-point lead.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}}
Benfica started the second half with three consecutive wins, until they were stopped by Penafiel in early February, which shortened their lead over Porto to only two points.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} They reacted with four more wins in a row, including a home win against Porto on 14 March in the Clássico, which gave them a four-point lead with seven matches to go.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} At the same time, in the Cup Winners' Cup, Benfica beat Fortuna Düsseldorf
at home, after a 2–2 away draw, qualifying for the semi-final.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=234}} March closed with another draw, now with Académico de Viseu, removing a point from their lead over Porto.{{cite news|title=Benfica atrasa um degrau|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=23 March 1981|issue=20509|page=13|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06835.185.28991#!13|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Benifca drops a step|language=pt}} On 8 April, Benfica met Carl Zeiss Jena for the first leg of the semi-finals, losing 2–0. Four days later, they drew with Vitória de Guimarães, and saw his lead drop to two points with four match-days to go, one of them against Sporting.{{cite news|title=Empate do Benfica anima campeonato|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=13 April 1981|issue=20526|page=14|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06835.185.29009#!14|access-date=21 March 2017|trans-title=Benfica draw heats up league|language=pt}} The European campaign ended on 22 April, with a one-nil win, not enough to overcome the deficit brought from Jena.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=234}}
Benfica started May with the Lisbon derby against Sporting. They drew 1–1 in a match riddled with controversy.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=239}} Sporting complained of several mistakes by referee Inácio de Almeida and asked for him to be banned for refereeing.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=239}} Because Porto had also drop points in Penafiel, Benfica kept their two-point lead.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=239}} A few days later, Benfica faced Jimmy Hagan's Belenenses for the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup, winning 1–0 and qualifying for the final.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=235}}{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=128}} They made their second visit to Estádio do Restelo, seven days later, now for the Primeira Divisão. They won by 3–0, with a double from Nené, who secured his first Bola de Prata for league top-scorer.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=77}}{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=235}} A week later, Benfica thrashed Vitória de Setúbal by 5–1 and confirmed their 24th league title, the first since 1976–77.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} The celebrations were scared by the violent confrontations between Police and Benfica fans.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=235}} The league campaign ended with a 2–0 loss against Espinho, which the Portuguese Football Federation turned to a 3–0 loss because Benfica fans had celebrated too soon and invaded the pitch.{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=76}} The season concluded with the Taça de Portugal final against Porto, where Nené scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win, with Benfica securing a double.{{sfn|Simões|1994|p=236}} Before leaving, departing President José Ferreira Queimado signed a one-year extension with Baróti.{{cite news|title=Baroti renova contrato|newspaper=Diário de Lisboa|date=11 June 1981|issue=20575|page=19|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06835.185.29057#!19|access-date=20 March 2017|trans-title=Baroti renews|language=pt}}
Competitions
{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#CCCCCC|Postponed|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
=Overall record=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| rowspan="2"| Competition
!rowspan="2"| First match !rowspan="2"| Last match !colspan="9"| Record |
|---|
| G
!W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win % !Source |
| align=left| Primeira Divisão
| align=left| 24 August 1980 | align=left| 31 May 1981 {{WDL|30|22|6|2|for=72|against=15|diff=yes}} | align=left| {{sfn|Tovar|2012|p=432}} |
| align=left| Taça de Portugal
| align=left| 4 January 1981 | align=left| 6 June 1981 {{WDL|7|7|0|0|for=17|against=3|diff=yes}} | align=left| {{sfn|Tovar|2012|p=432}} |
| align=left| Cup Winners' Cup
| align=left| 20 August 1980 | align=left| 22 April 1981 {{WDL|10|5|3|2|for=12|against=5|diff=yes}} | align=left| {{sfn|Tovar|2012|p=432}} |
| align=left| Supertaça de Portugal
| align=left| 10 September 1980 | align=left| 29 October 1980 {{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=4|against=3|diff=yes}} | align=left| {{sfn|Tovar|2012|p=432}} |
| colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|49|35|10|4|for=105|against=26|diff=yes}} |
=Supertaça de Portugal=
{{main|1980 Supertaça de Portugal}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 10 September 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Sporting
|score = 2–2
|report = https://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=46985
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Jordão {{goal|59|pen.|67}}
|goals2 = Carlos Manuel {{goal|10}}
César {{goal|42}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade
|attendance =
|referee = Vítor Correia
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 29 October 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 2–1
|report = https://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=46989
|team2 = Sporting
|goals1 = Nené {{goal|43}}
Vital {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = Jordão {{goal|25|pen.}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Nemésio de Castro
|result = W
}}
=Primeira Divisão=
{{main|1980–81 Primeira Divisão}}
==League table==
{{:1980–81 Primeira Divisão|showteam=BEN}}
==Results by round==
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|header=Round
|label1=Ground
|res1=A /H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A
|label2= Result
|res2=W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/W/L
|label3= Position
|res3=4/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
|text_H=Home|text_A=Away
|color_W=green2|text_W=Win
|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd
|source=[https://www.foradejogo.net/team.php?team=2&ano=1981&escalao=0&mode=M&language=2 ForaDeJogo]
}}
==Matches==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 1
|date = 24 August 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Boavista
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010102
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = César {{goal|32}}
|location = Porto
|stadium = Estádio do Bessa
|attendance =
|referee = António Garrido
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 2
|date = 31 August 1980{{efn-ua|Postponed due to Benfica's participation in the Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu}}
|time =
|team1 = Benfica
|score = Postponed
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010202
|team2 = Varzim
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = P
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 3
|date = 7 September 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Braga
|score = 0–3
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010301
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = João Cardoso {{goal|44|o.g.}}
Nené {{goal|56}}
João Alves {{goal|89}}
|location = Braga
|stadium = Estádio 1º de Maio
|attendance =
|referee = Armando Paraty
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 4
|date = 15 September 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 6–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010401
|team2 = Penafiel
|goals1 = João Alves {{goal|51||54}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|63}}
Nené {{goal|65||80}}
César {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Raúl Nazaré
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 5
|date = 21 September 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010501
|team2 = Portimonense
|goals1 = Laranjeira {{goal|14}}
João Alves {{goal|25}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Marques Pires
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 6
|date = 28 September 1980
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Amora
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010602
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Carlos Manuel {{goal|53}}
Jorge Gomes {{goal|89}}
|location = Amora
|stadium = Estádio da Medideira
|attendance =
|referee = Albino Rodrigues
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 2
|date = 4 October 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010202
|team2 = Varzim
|goals1 = João Alves {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = José Luís Tavares
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 7
|date = 19 October 1980
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 4–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010702
|team2 = Académica
|goals1 = César {{goal|48||72}}
João Alves {{goal|59|pen.}}
Francisco Vital {{goal|68}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Amândio Silva
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 8
|date = 25 October 1980
|time = 20:30
|team1 = Porto
|score = 2–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010803
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Walsh {{goal|5}}
José Costa {{goal|55}}
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|11}}
|location = Porto
|stadium = Estádio das Antas
|attendance =
|referee = Mário Luís
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 9
|date = 2 November 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 3–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400010903
|team2 = Académico de Viseu
|goals1 = João Alves {{goal|68}}
Nené {{goal|80||83}}
|goals2 = Hélder {{sent off|0|77}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Américo Lopes
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 10
|date = 9 November 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Marítimo
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011004
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Mário Ventura {{goal|24}}
|goals2 = Carlos Manuel {{goal|26}}
Nené {{goal|70}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio de Alvalade
|attendance =
|referee = António Garrido
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 11
|date = 23 November 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011104
|team2 = Vitória de Guimarães
|goals1 = João Alves {{goal|16||76}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Alder Dante
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 12
|date = 29 November 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Sporting
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011205
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Freire {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = César {{goal|25}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio de Alvalade
|attendance =
|referee = Marques Pires
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 13
|date = 9 December 1980
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 4–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011305
|team2 = Belenenses
|goals1 = Shéu {{goal|44}}
Nené {{goal|68|pen.|80|pen.}}
Reinaldo {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = Moisés {{goal|71|pen.}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Raúl Nazaré
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 14
|date = 21 December 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Vitória de Setúbal
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011406
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = Setúbal
|stadium = Estádio do Bonfim
|attendance =
|referee = Veiga Trigo
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 15
|date = 28 December 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011506
|team2 = Espinho
|goals1 = Reinaldo {{goal|47}}
Humberto Coelho {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Ezequiel Feijão
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 16
|date = 11 January 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 3–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011602
|team2 = Boavista
|goals1 = Humberto Coelho {{goal|13||20}}
João Alves {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Inácio de Almeida
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 17
|date = 18 January 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Varzim
|score = 0–4
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011702
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = César {{goal|17}}
Reinaldo {{goal|31}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|37||87}}
|location = Póvoa de Varzim
|stadium = Estádio do Varzim SC
|attendance =
|referee = António Garrido
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 18
|date = 25 January 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011801
|team2 = Braga
|goals1 = Humberto Coelho {{goal|5}}
Reinaldo {{goal|46}}
Nené {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = Jacques {{goal|11}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Veiga Trigo
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 19
|date = 7 February 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Penafiel
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400011901
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = Penafiel
|stadium = Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
|attendance =
|referee = Mário Luís
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 20
|date = 15 February 1981
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Portimonense
|score = 1–5
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012001
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Amaral {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|23||28}}
Reinaldo {{goal|34}}
Caíca {{goal|62|o.g.}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|77}}
|location = Portimão
|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Portimão
|attendance =
|referee = Raúl Nazaré
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 21
|date = 21 February 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 4–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012102
|team2 = Amora
|goals1 = Shéu {{goal|19}}
Reinaldo {{goal|25||69}}
Chalana {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = Narciso {{goal|35}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Rául Ribeiro
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 22
|date = 8 March 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Académica
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012202
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|37||49}}
|location = Coimbra
|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Coimbra
|attendance =
|referee = Azevedo Duarte
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 23
|date = 14 March 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012303
|team2 = Porto
|goals1 = João Alves {{goal|44}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = António Garrido
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 24
|date = 22 March 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Académico de Viseu
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012403
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Inaldo {{goal|7}}
|goals2 = César {{goal|71}}
|location = Viseu
|stadium = Estádio do Fontelo
|attendance =
|referee = Inácio de Almeida
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 25
|date = 4 April 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 6–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012504
|team2 = Marítimo
|goals1 = Reinaldo {{goal|8}}
Nené {{goal|50||86|pen.}}
César {{goal|66}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|89}}
João Alves {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = Toninho Metralha {{goal|64}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Marques Pires
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 26
|date = 12 April 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Vitória de Guimarães
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012604
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = Guimarães
|stadium = Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
|attendance =
|referee = José Luís Tavares
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 27
|date = 2 May 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012705
|team2 = Sporting
|goals1 = Nené {{goal|43|pen.}}
|goals2 = Jordão {{goal|65}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Inácio de Almeida
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 28
|date = 17 May 1981
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Belenenses
|score = 0–3
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012805
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|31||85}}
João Alves {{goal|41}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio do Restelo
|attendance =
|referee = Alder Dante
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 29
|date = 24 May 1981
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 5–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400012906
|team2 = Vitória de Setúbal
|goals1 = César {{goal|18||41||88}}
Nené {{goal|44}}
João Alves {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = Dário {{goal|78}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Rául Ribeiro
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 30
|date = 31 May 1981
|time = 18:30
|team1 = Espinho
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=198115400013006
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Vitorinho {{goal|2}}
Carlos Coelho {{goal|59}}
|goals2 =
|location = Espinho
|stadium = Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas
|attendance =
|referee = Santos Luís
|result = L
}}
=Taça de Portugal=
{{main|1980–81 Taça de Portugal}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Third Rd|Third round}}
|date = 4 January 1981
|time = 16:00
|team1 = Benfica e Castelo Branco
|score = 0–3
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500197061
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|15}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|30}}
Reinaldo {{goal|70}}
|location = Castelo Branco
|stadium = Estádio Municipal Vale do Romeiro
|attendance =
|referee = Mário Luís
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Fourth Rd|Fourth round}}
|date = 1 February 1981
|time = 16:00
|team1 = União de Coimbra
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500196101
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Reinaldo {{goal|48}}
Nené {{goal|80}}
|location = Coimbra
|stadium = Estádio Municipal
|attendance =
|referee = António Rodrigues
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Fifth Rd|Fifth round}}
|date = 1 March 1981
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Vasco da Gama
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500195151
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Beto {{goal|56}}
|goals2 = Reinaldo {{goal|35}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|54}}
|location = Sines
|stadium = Estádio Municipal de Sines
|attendance =
|referee = Alder Dante
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Round of 16
|date = 29 March 1981
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Sacavanense
|score = 0–4
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500105071
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Nené {{goal|77||82}}
Vital {{goal|80||86}}
|location = Sacavém
|stadium = Campo do Sacavanense
|attendance =
|referee = Manuel Poeira
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final
|date = 19 April 1981
|time = 16:00
|team1 = Esperança de Lagos
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500104011
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Nascimento {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = Humberto Coelho {{goal|5}}
Reinaldo {{goal|68}}
|location = Lagos
|stadium = Parque Rossio da Trindade
|attendance =
|referee = Américo Lopes
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Semi-final
|date = 10 May 1981
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Belenenses
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500103011
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = {{goal|52}} Reinaldo
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio do Restelo
|attendance =
|referee = Marques Pires
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Final
|date = 6 June 1981
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981154500101010
|team2 = Porto
|goals1 = Nené {{goal|31||55||85}}
|goals2 = Veloso {{goal|9|o.g.}}
|location = Oeiras
|stadium = Estádio Nacional
|attendance =
|referee = Alder Dante
|result = W
}}
=European Cup Winners' Cup=
{{main|1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup}}
== Preliminary round ==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 20 August 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Altay {{flagicon|Turkey}}
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000299021
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = İzmir
|stadium = İzmir Atatürk Stadium
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = Iordan Zhezhov
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 3 September 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Benfica {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 4–0
|aggregatescore = 4–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000299022
|team2 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Altay
|goals1 = Chalana {{goal|22}}
Humberto Coelho {{goal|44}}
Nené {{goal|63}}
César {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = Robert Wurtz
|result = W
}}
== First round ==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 17 September 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Dinamo Zagreb {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}}
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000298061
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|location = Zagreb
|stadium = Stadion Maksimir
|attendance = 52,500
|referee = Horst Brummeier
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 1 October 1980
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Benfica {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 2–0
|aggregatescore = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000298062
|team2 = {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} Dinamo Zagreb
|goals1 = Nené {{goal|17}}
César {{goal|56}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Gianfranco Menegali
|result = W
}}
== Second round ==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 22 October 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Malmö {{flagicon|SWE}}
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000297021
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|goals1 = Andersson {{goal|49}}
|goals2 =
|location = Malmö
|stadium = Malmö Stadion
|attendance = 10,585
|referee = Siegfried Kirschen
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 5 November 1980
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 2–0
|aggregatescore = 2–1
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000297022
|team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö
|goals1 = Nené {{goal|57|pen.|60|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = Ian Foote
|result = W
}}
== Quarter-finals ==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 4 March 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Fortuna Düsseldorf {{flagicon|FRG}}
|score = 2–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000204041
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|goals1 = Wenzel {{goal|2}}
Dusend {{goal|39}}
|goals2 = Carlos Manuel {{goal|35}}
Humberto Coelho {{goal|77}}
|location = Düsseldorf
|stadium = Rheinstadion
|attendance = 32,000
|referee = Edvard Sostaric
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 18 March 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 1–0
|aggregatescore = 3–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000204042
|team2 = {{flagicon|FRG}} Fortuna Düsseldorf
|goals1 = Chalana {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 80,000
|referee = Jan Keizer
|result = W
}}
== Semi-finals ==
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 8 April 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Carl Zeiss Jena {{flagicon|GDR}}
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000203011
|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica
|goals1 = Bielau {{goal|8}}
Raab {{goal|15}}
|goals2 =
|location = Jena
|stadium = Ernst Abbe Sportfield
|attendance = 18,000
|referee = Enzo Barbaresco
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 22 April 1981
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Benfica {{flagicon|POR}}
|score = 1–0
|aggregatescore = 1–2
|report = https://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=1981300000203012
|team2 = {{flagicon|GDR}} Carl Zeiss Jena
|goals1 = Reinaldo {{goal|59}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = Pat Partridge
|result = W
}}
=Friendlies=
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Toronto TM|Toronto Tournament Semi-final}}
|time =
|team1 = Pan Hellenic
|score = 0–4
|report =
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Pietra {{goal}}
Reinaldo {{goal}}
Nené {{goal||pen.}}
Veloso {{goal}}
|location = Toronto
|stadium =
|attendance = 6,000
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Toronto TM|Toronto Tournament final}}
|time =
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 6–1
|report =
|team2 = Partizan Belgrade
|goals1 = Carlos Manuel {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|location = Toronto
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|time =
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 4–1
|report =
|team2 = Paris Saint-Germain
|goals1 = César {{goal|15||88}}
Carlos Manuel {{goal|82}}
|goals2 =
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Graça Oliva
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Santiago Bernabéu|Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu Semi-final}}
|time = 20:45
|team1 = Real Madrid
|score = 2–2
|penaltyscore=4–1
|report =
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Cunningham {{goal|31||36}}
|penalties1= Santilana {{pengoal}}
Cunningham {{pengoal}}
García Hernandez {{pengoal}}
Juanito {{pengoal}}
|goals2 = Humberto Coelho {{goal|82||86}}
|penalties2= {{pengoal}} Humberto Coelho
{{penmiss}} Nené
{{penmiss}} Chalana
|location = Madrid
|stadium = Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = Heinz Aldinger
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Santiago Bernabéu|Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu 3rd/4th place}}
|time =
|team1 = Dinamo Kyiv
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Veremeyev {{goal|31}}
Yevtushenko {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = Reinaldo {{goal|11}}
|location = Madrid
|stadium = Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = García Carrión
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = {{Tooltip|Artur Correia Testm|Artur Correia Testimonial}}
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Sporting
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Benfica
|goals1 = Manuel Fernandes {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = Vital {{goal|30}}
Reinaldo {{goal|82}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade
|attendance =
|referee = António Garrido
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round =
|time =
|team1 = Benfica
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = China
|goals1 = Filipovic {{goal|18}}
Nené {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = Chen Xirong {{goal|17}}
|location = Lisbon
|stadium = Estádio da Luz
|attendance =
|referee = Graça Oliva
|result = W
}}
Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Lajos Baróti (manager), Monge da Silva (assistant manager), Fernando Caiado (assistant manager), Gaspar Ramos (Director of Football).
{{small|Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.}}
{{small|Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1980-81 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.}}
{{Efs start|Primeira Divisão|Taça de Portugal|Cup Winners' Cup|Supertaça}}
{{Efs player|no=1|nat=POR|name=Manuel Bento|pos=GK|30|0|5|0|10|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=1|nat=POR|name=António Botelho|pos=GK|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=2|nat=POR|name=Minervino Pietra|pos=DF|30|0|5|0|7|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=2{{Sup|‡}}|nat=POR|name=António Veloso|pos=DF|23|0|5|0|7|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=3|nat=POR|name=Humberto Coelho|pos=DF|22|4|4|1|9|2|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4|nat=POR|name=João Laranjeira|pos=DF|20|1|5|0|8|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4|nat=POR|name=Frederico Rosa|pos=DF|17|0|4|0|5|0|2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4|nat=POR|name=Carlos Alhinho|pos=DF|4|0|1|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4{{Sup|‡}}|nat=POR|name=Alberto Bastos Lopes|pos=DF|4|0|1|0|2|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=5|nat=POR|name=António Bastos Lopes|pos=DF|22|0|6|0|8|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6|nat=POR|name=José Luís|pos=MF|8|0|3|0|3|0|2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6|nat=POR|name=Carlos Manuel|pos=MF|28|7|7|2|10|1|2|1}}
{{Efs player|no=6{{Sup|‡}}|nat=POR|name=João Alves|pos=MF|30|14|5|0|9|0|2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6|nat=POR|name=Toni|pos=MF|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=7|nat=POR|name=Nené|pos=FW|29|20|7|7|10|4|2|1}}
{{Efs player|no=8|nat=POR|name=Reinaldo Gomes|pos=FW|15|8|6|5|4|1|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=9|nat=BRA|name=Jorge Gomes|pos=FW|7|1|3|0|4|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=9|nat=BRA|name=César Oliveira|pos=FW|18|11|6|0|7|2|2|1}}
{{Efs player|no=9{{Sup|‡}}|nat=POR|name=Francisco Vital|pos=FW|15|1|4|2|7|0|2|1}}
{{Efs player|no=10|nat=POR|name=Fernando Chalana|pos=MF|24|1|6|0|8|2|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=11|nat=POR|name=Shéu|pos=MF|30|2|6|0|10|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=11{{Sup|‡}}|nat=POR|name=Joel Almeida|pos=FW|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs end|s={{sfn|Tovar|2012|p=432}}{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=77}}{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=129}}{{sfn|Miguéns|2005|p=145}}}}
Transfers
=In=
| class="wikitable" |
| Entry date
! Position ! Player ! From club ! Fee ! Ref |
|---|
| 13 May 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| FW | style="text-align:left;"| Joel Almeida | style="text-align:left;"| Amora |Undisclosed |
| 25 June 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| DF | style="text-align:left;"| António Veloso | style="text-align:left;"| Beira-Mar |Undisclosed |
| 25 June 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| FW | style="text-align:left;"| Francisco Vital | style="text-align:left;"| Betis |Undisclosed |
| 27 June 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| João Alves | style="text-align:left;"| Paris Saint-Germain |Undisclosed |
| 28 July 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| DF | style="text-align:left;"| Alberto Bastos Lopes | style="text-align:left;"| Estoril-Praia | Loan return |
| 28 July 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| GK | style="text-align:left;"| Jorge Martins | style="text-align:left;"| Barreirense |Undisclosed |
=Out=
| class="wikitable" |
| Exit date
! Position ! Player ! To club ! Fee ! Ref |
|---|
| 15 July 1981
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| Orlando Fonseca | style="text-align:left;"| Vitória de Guimarães |Free |
| 23 July 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| Mário Wilson | style="text-align:left;"| Académica de Coimbra |Free |
| July 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| Adriano Spencer | style="text-align:left;"| Alcobaça |
=Out by loan=
| class="wikitable" |
| Exit date
! Position ! Player ! To club ! Return date ! Ref |
|---|
| 2 June 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| FW | style="text-align:left;"| Jorge Silva | style="text-align:left;"| Amora |30 June 1981 |
| 2 June 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| DF | style="text-align:left;"| Joaquim Pereirinha | style="text-align:left;"| Amora |30 June 1981 |
| 8 August 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| Diamantino Miranda | style="text-align:left;"| Amora |30 June 1981 |
| 19 August 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| MF | style="text-align:left;"| Cavungi | style="text-align:left;"| Braga |30 June 1981 |
Notes
{{notelist-ua}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
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- {{cite book | last=Miguéns |first=Alberto | title=100 anos 100 troféus| publisher=Prime Books |location=Portugal| year=2005| isbn=972-8820-34-8 }}
- {{cite book | last=Simões |first=António | title=História de 50 anos do Desporto Português| newspaper=A Bola |location=Portugal| year=1994}}
{{S.L. Benfica seasons}}
{{1980–81 in Portuguese football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 S.L. Benfica season}}