1988–89 S.L. Benfica season

The 1988–89 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 85th season in existence and the club's 55th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup after finishing second in the previous league.

Benfica

1988–89 season
President	João Santos
Head coach	Toni
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	1st
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Vata (16) All: Vata (18)
Home colours

After leading Benfica to their sixth European Cup Final, Toni remained in charge of the team. He lost Rui Águas and Dito to Porto in a controversial case known as "Ademir affair"; but new signings such as Valdo Filho, Vata, Ricardo Gomes, and Ademir Alcântara helped guide the team to the 28th league title. Despite several draws in the first half of the season, and two losses between both halves, Benfica was much more regular. Several consecutive wins opened a six-point lead over Porto, with the title arriving on 7 May. Benfica also contested the 1989 Taça de Portugal Final, but lost it to Belenenses.

Season summary

For the new season former assistant manager, Toni remained in charge of the team after leading them to the European Cup Final. The off-season was marked by tension between Porto and Benfica, after the first signed Rui Águas and Dito, breaking a 20-year gentlemen's agreement of not signing each other's players.[1] The dispute boiled down to the signing of Ademir Alcântara, with Porto accusing Benfica of stealing the player.[1] It became known as the "Ademir affair".[1][2][3] To replace Águas and Dito, Benfica signed Vata and Ricardo Gomes, and added Brazilian international Valdo Filho, amidst several others, including the aforementioned Ademir.[4][5][6][7] The pre-season began on 18 July, with medical tests.[8] The next day, Benfica travelled to Lamego for eleven days of training sessions.[8] Afterwards, they embarked on a tour to the Netherlands, where they competed in the Amsterdam Tournament from 5 to 7 August.[9] Their presentation game occurred on the 11 with Grêmio,[10] and they closed the pre-season with a second tournament, the Marlboro Cup in New York.[8] This caused the opening game with Penafiel, scheduled for 21 August to be postponed to 14 September.[11]

Benfica league campaign started with two draws, followed by three wins which allowed them to reach first place, matched with Belenenses.[12] They dropped to second after a draw with Marítimo but three more wins helped them regain first place, now isolated with a point in hand.[12] Their next match was a Clássico with second-place Porto, ending in a draw.[12] Until Christmas, Benfica increased their lead to four points.[12] However, they lost for the first time in the next match, with Boavista, followed by a second consecutive loss with Penafiel, which did cause them to lose their first place because Porto also lost.[12] In the following weeks, Benfica racked up wins and increased their lead to six points by March.[13] The Clássico on the 29th match-day helped define the course of the remainder of the season.[14][15] It was Porto's last hope of closing the gap, but Benfica did not concede and left with a draw. Porto manager Artur Jorge said that his team made Benfica look better than it was. Toni responded by saying that Benfica was as happy as Porto had been in Estádio da Luz.[14] Five more consecutive wins and Benfica could have won the title at match-day 35, but drew two-equal with Vitória de Setúbal.[12] A week later, Benfica beat Estrela da Amadora and confirmed their 28th league title.[16] Vata, with only 16 goals won Bola de Prata for top scorer.[17][18]

Nonetheless, there was still the 1989 Taça de Portugal Final with Belenenses to play. The Belém-side scored first, but Vata levelled it in the 74th minute. A few minutes later, a goal from Juanico, gave the Cup to Belenenses.[19] Diamantino Miranda said the reason Belenenses had won was of their excessive aggressiveness with referee Alder Dante complacent to everything.[14] Toni in the other hand, already knew he was losing his position to Sven-Göran Eriksson.[17] Shéu retired after 17-year career at the club.[20]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	25 August 1990	26 May 1991	38	27	9	2	60	15	+45	071.05	[21]
Taça de Portugal	27 February 1991	17 April 1991	7	6	0	1	42	7	+35	085.71	[21]
UEFA Cup	19 September 1990	3 October 1990	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	050.00	[21]
Total			49	35	10	4	110	26	+84	071.43

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	38	27	9	2	60	15	+45	63	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	38	21	14	3	52	17	+35	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Boavista	38	19	11	8	56	29	+27	49
4	Sporting CP	38	18	9	11	50	33	+17	45
5	Vitória de Setúbal	38	15	12	11	44	37	+7	42

Source: foradejogo.net, RSSSF,[22] footballzz.co.uk[23]
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champion.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	4	6	10	6	2	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	1	1	1	1

Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

21 August 1988 1	Benfica	Postponed	Penafiel	Lisbon
19:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

28 August 1988 2	Espinho	2–2	Benfica	Espinho
19:00	Pingo  40' Ivan  86'	Report	Vata  52' Magnusson  74'	Stadium: Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

3 September 1988 3	Benfica	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,000 Referee: José Pratas

11 September 1988 4	Portimonense	0–1	Benfica	Portimão
19:45		Report	Vata  76'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

14 September 1988 1	Benfica	2–1	Penafiel	Lisbon
19:45	Ademir  8' Vata  15'	Report	Rui Manuel  67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

18 September 1988 5	Benfica	4–0	Académico de Viseu	Lisbon
19:30	Chalana  45' Vata  51', 81' Valdo  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

25 September 1988 6	Marítimo	1–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:00	Paulo Ricardo  88'	Report	Vata  43'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fernando Alberto

1 October 1988 7	Benfica	3–0	Farense	Lisbon
19:00	Garrido  7' Veloso  46' Vata  66'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bento Marques

9 October 1988 8	Belenenses	0–1	Benfica	Lisbon
19:30		Report	Chalana  25' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pinto Correia

16 October 1988 9	Fafe	0–2	Benfica	Fafe
19:00		Report	Paneira  55' Vata  89'	Stadium: Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alder Dante

23 October 1988 10	Benfica	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

29 October 1988 11	Leixões	0–2	Benfica	Matosinhos
19:00		Report	Veloso  47' Amarildo  62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio do Mar Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

5 November 1988 12	Benfica	0–0	Beira Mar	Lisbon
19:30		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José Garcia

20 November 1988 13	Braga	0–0	Benfica	Braga
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

27 November 1988 14	Benfica	2–1	Desportivo de Chaves	Lisbon
20:00	Mozer  71' Pacheco  85' (pen.)	Report	Luís Saura  81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alder Dante

30 November 1988 15	Nacional	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:00		Report	Pacheco  63'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

4 December 1988 16	Benfica	2–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:45	Ricardo Gomes  31' Hernâni  66'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bento Marques

11 December 1988 17	Estrela da Amadora	1–2	Benfica	Amadora
19:00	Marlon Brandão  39'	Report	Lima  60' Magnusson  67'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 10,00 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

18 December 1988 18	Benfica	2–0	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	Magnusson  42' Pacheco  62'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Vítor Correia

31 December 1988 19	Boavista	2–1	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Elói  47' (pen.) Jorge Andrade  86' (pen.)	Report	Vata  82'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Pratas

8 January 1989 20	Penafiel	1–0	Benfica	Penafiel
19:00	Amâncio  50'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

15 January 1989 21	Benfica	1–0	Espinho	Lisbon
20:00	Ricardo Gomes  47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Miranda de Sousa

22 January 1989 22	Vitória Guimarães	1–2	Benfica	Guimarães
19:00	João Batista  51' (pen.)	Report	Magnusson  25' Pacheco  35'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alder Dante

29 January 1989 23	Benfica	3–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:00	Valdo  24' Ademir  32' Diamantino  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

4 February 1989 24	Académico de Viseu	0–1	Benfica	Viseu
19:30		Report	Ricardo Gomes  90'	Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

7 February 1989 25	Benfica	2–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00	Magnusson  13' Abel Campos  90'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bento Marques

19 February 1989 26	Farense	0–2	Benfica	Faro
20:15		Report	Ricardo Gomes  85' Vata  89'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

26 February 1989 27	Benfica	1–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
19:00	Vata  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Francisco Silva

4 March 1989 28	Benfica	4–0	Fafe	Lisbon
20:00	Fonseca  27' Diamantino  30', 54' Vata  85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Caroço

12 March 1989 29	Porto	0–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30		Report	Pacheco  72'  80'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

19 March 1989 30	Benfica	2–1	Leixões	Lisbon
19:30	Ricardo Gomes  87' Pacheco  89' (pen.)	Report	Moreira de Sá  41'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Teixeira Dória

25 March 1989 31	Beira-Mar	0–1	Benfica	Aveiro
19:00		Report	Magnusson  55'	Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

2 April 1989 32	Benfica	1–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	Abel Campos  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alder Dante

9 April 1989 33	Desportivo de Chaves	0–2	Benfica	Chaves
19:00		Report	Ricardo Gomes  15' Ademir  17'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Miranda de Sousa

16 April 1989 34	Benfica	1–0	Nacional	Lisbon
19:00	Vata  25'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mário Leal

30 April 1989 35	Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30	Aparício  65', 84'	Report	53' Ademir  75' Ricardo Gomes	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rosa Santos

7 May 1989 36	Benfica	3–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
19:00	Vata  13' Ricardo Gomes  74' Mozer  88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jorge Coroado

14 May 1989 37	Sporting	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:00		Report	13' Valdo  25' Abel Campos	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Fernando Alberto

20 May 1989 38	Benfica	2–2	Boavista	Lisbon
19:45	Vata  4', 87'	Report	68' (pen.) Isaías  72' Jaime Alves	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 80,000 Referee: José Pratas

Taça de Portugal

1 November 1988 Second Rd[upper-alpha 1]	Benfica	9–1	Cova da Piedade	Lisbon
19:45	Magnusson  8', 17', 61' Lima  22' Hernâni  44' Pacheco  64', 67' (pen.) Abel Campos  80', 85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

21 December 1988 Third Rd	Vitória de Setúbal	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30	Aparício  90' Cadete  100'	Report	Pacheco  51' (pen.) Abel  109' Diamantino  114'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alder Dante

11 January 1989 Fourth Rd	Benfica	14–1	Atlético Riachense	Lisbon
19:30	Direito  1' (o.g.) Lima  28' Ricky  36', 44', 55', 68', 79' Garrido  48' Ademir  56', 66' Miranda  69' Pacheco  70', 84'	Report	Tochinha  89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juvenal Silvestre

22 February 1989 Fifth Rd	CD Luso	0–1	Benfica	Águeda
19:45		Report	Diamantino  72'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda Attendance: 2,000 Referee: João Simãozinho

8 March 1989 Quarter-final	Benfica	11–0	Marco	Lisbon
19:30	Diamantino 22', 44' Magnusson  30', 36', 76' Paneira  47' Garrido  49' Lima  51', 80' Miranda  74'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mário Leal

12 April 1989 Semi-final	Benfica	3–1	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	Lima  52' Vata  75' Valdo  89'	Report	Santos  30'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Valente

28 May 1989 Final	Belenenses	2–1	Benfica	Oeiras
19:30	Faria  25' Juanico  81'	Report	Vata  74'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alder Dante

UEFA Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First leg	Montpellier	0–3	Benfica	Montpellier
20:30		Report	Hernâni  9' Abel Campos  44' Valdo  83'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Manfred Neuner

5 October 1988 Second leg	Benfica	3–1 (6–1 agg.)	Montpellier	Lisbon
21:00	Chalana  22' Ademir Alcântara  51' Carlos Mozer  73'	Report	Cubaynes  83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlo Longhi

Second round

26 October 1988 First leg	Liège	2–1	Benfica	Liège
20:00	Varga  58' Malbaša  68'	Report	Chalana  46'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Thorbjorn Aass

9 November 1988 Second leg	Benfica	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Liège	Lisbon
21:30	Valdo  58'	Report	Veyt  20'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Günther Habermann

Friendlies

[24]

2 August 1988[6]	Excelsior Maassluis	0–0	Benfica	Maassluis
				Stadium: Lavendelstraat

5 August 1988[25] Amsterdam TM	Sampdoria	5–1	Benfica	Amsterdam
	Vialli Mancini Dossena		Mozer	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

7 August 1988[26] Amsterdam TM	Flamengo	2-0	Benfica	Amsterdam
				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

11 August 1988[10]	Benfica	2–2	Grêmio	Lisbon
	Mozer  32' Magnusson  85'		Jorginho  58', 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Jorge Coroado

15 August 1988[27]	Benfica	1–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
	Mozer			Stadium: Estádio da Luz

19 August 1988[28] Marlboro C	Sporting Cristal	1–1 (6–5 p)	Benfica	New York City
	César Loyola		Mozer	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 23,821[29] Referee: Vincent Mauro

21 August 1988[30] Marlboro C	Benfica	3–2	Nacional	New York City
	Magnusson Vata  77'		John Jairo Tréllez  74' Jaime Arango	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 27,433

19 October 1988[31]	Benfica	2–1	Kuwait	Lisbon
	Lima  19' Pacheco  74' (pen.)		Fahed Kameel  78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: António Marçal

14 November 1988[32]	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Benfica	Saint-Ouen
	Simba  87'		Ademir  58'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Joël Quiniou

11 February 1989[33]	Benfica	2–1	CFKA Sredets	Lisbon
	Magnusson  35' Ricky  89'		Kostadinov  51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Sepa Santos

2 June 1989[34] Marlboro C	United States	2–1	Benfica	New York City
	Steve Trittschuh  28' Philip Gyau  35'		Valdo  54'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 28,717[35] Referee: Derek Daglas

4 June 1989[36] Marlboro C	Benfica	2–1	América de Cali	New York City
	Valdo Ricardo		Miguel Prince	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 33,133[37]

7 June 1989[38]	Benfica	3–1	Toronto Italia	Toronto
	Lima  23' Vata  73', 88'		Morrison  49'	Stadium: Varsity Stadium

11 June 1989[39]	Benfica	3–2	Monarcas Morelia	San José
	Vata Lima		Dúran Juan Vera	Stadium: CEFCU Stadium

17 June 1989[40] President's Cup	Benfica	2–0	Hungary XI	Seoul
	Vata  13' Ademir  62'

19 June 1989[41] President's Cup	South Korea	2–0	Benfica	Daejeon
	Choi Soon-ho  55' Cho Keung-yeon  83'

21 June 1989[40] President's Cup	Benfica	2–0	United States U21	Gwangju
	Miranda  41' Ademir  75'		Ken Snow  22'

24 June 1989[42] President's Cup	Benfica	2–5	Czechoslovak League XI	Pusan
	Lima  78', 82'		Pavel Cerný  23', 40' Radek Drulák  50' Michal Hipp  70' Vladimír Weiss  76'

26 June 1989[43] President's Cup

Benfica

0–3

Brøndby

Seoul

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Toni (manager), Jesualdo Ferreira (assistant manager), Eusébio (assistant manager), Gaspar Ramos (Director of Football), Bernardo Vasconcelos (Doctor), Amílcar Miranda (Doctor), Asterónimo Araújo (Masseur), Manuel Jorge (Physiotherapist).[21][44][45]

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 1988-89 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Manuel Bento	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1	GK		Silvino	47	0	38	0	5	0	4	0
1	GK		Dias Graça	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		António Veloso	46	2	37	2	5	0	4	0
2	DF		Abel Silva	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Álvaro Magalhães	16	0	11	0	1	0	4	0
3	DF		Carlos Mozer	36	3	30	2	3	0	3	1
3^‡	DF		Ricardo Gomes	39	8	31	8	4	0	4	0
4	DF		Samuel Quina	18	0	14	0	4	0	0	0
4^‡	DF		José Garrido	16	3	11	1	4	2	1	0
5	DF		António Fonseca	33	1	27	1	6	0	0	0
6	MF		Elzo Coelho	20	0	16	0	1	0	3	0
6^‡	MF		Hernâni Neves	18	1	13	0	2	1	3	0
7^‡	MF		Vítor Paneira	40	2	32	1	4	1	4	0
7^‡	MF		Abel Campos	38	5	31	3	5	1	2	1
8	MF		António Pacheco	34	9	26	5	6	4	2	0
9^‡	FW		Vata	34	18	27	16	4	2	3	0
9^‡	FW		Adesvaldo Lima	26	8	19	1	6	6	1	1
9^‡	FW		Ricky	6	6	4	0	2	6	0	0
10^‡	MF		Valdo Filho	35	5	28	3	4	1	3	1
10	MF		Luís Mariano	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
10^‡	MF		António Miranda	9	2	6	0	3	2	0	0
10	MF		Fernando Chalana	18	4	14	2	0	0	4	2
11	MF		Shéu	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW		Mats Magnusson	36	12	27	6	6	6	3	0
11^‡	MF		Ademir Alcântara	26	7	22	4	2	2	2	1
11	MF		Diamantino Miranda	27	7	21	3	5	4	1	0

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
18 May 1988	MF	Abel Campos	Petro Atlético	Undisclosed	[46]
23 June 1988	MF	Valdo Filho	Grêmio	Undisclosed	[7]
5 July 1988	MF	Vata	Varzim	Undisclosed	[5]
5 July 1988	MF	António Miranda	Varzim	Undisclosed	[5]
18 July 1988	DF	Ademir Alcântara	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[4]
19 July 1988	MF	Vítor Paneira	Vizela	Loan return	[47]
3 August 1988	DF	Ricardo Gomes	Fluminense	Undisclosed	[6]
11 August 1988	MF	Hernâni Neves	Vitória Setúbal	Undisclosed	[48]
11 August 1988	DF	José Garrido	Chaves	Undisclosed	[48]
11 August 1988	FW	Ricky	Metz	Undisclosed	[48]
15 August 1989	FW	Adesvaldo Lima	Grêmio	Undisclosed	[27]

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
17 June 1988	GK	Delgado	Espinho	Free	[49]
20 June 1988	MF	Adelino Nunes	Marítimo	Undisclosed	[50]
2 July 1988	FW	Rui Águas	Porto	Free	[1]
2 July 1988	DF	Dito	Porto	Free	[1]
18 July 1988	GK	Neno	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[4]
29 July 1988	MF	Chiquinho Carlos	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[4]
July 1988	FW	Marlos Antunes	Bragança	Undisclosed
July 1988	DF	Nuno Damas	Varzim	Undisclosed
July 1988	DF	Paulo Guilherme	Estoril Praia	Undisclosed
August 1988	MF	Hajry Redouane	Farense	Undisclosed
14 September 1988	DF	Carlos Pereira	Farense	Free	[51]

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
20 June 1988	DF	Edmundo	Vitória Setúbal	30 June 1989	[50]
20 June 1988	MF	Tueba Menayane	Vitória Setúbal	30 June 1989	[50]
25 June 1988	MF	Augusto Jerónimo	Portimonense	30 June 1989	[52]
14 July 1988	FW	Tó Portela	Penafiel	30 June 1989	[53]
19 July 1988	MF	Wando	Vitória Setúbal	30 June 1989	[47]
27 July 1988	MF	Paulo Padinha	Fafe	30 June 1989	[54]
July 1988	CB	Pedro Valido	Estoril-Praia	30 June 1989
July 1988	DF	José Carlos	Portimonense	30 June 1989
21 January 1988	FW	César Brito	Portimonense	30 June 1989	[55]

Notes

1. This match and his statistics are missing from Almanaque do Benfica. The game data retrieved from thefinalball.com are added to the respective players statistics and in the overall record

References

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47. "Vitória de Setúbal: três ex-benfiquistas no reforço do plantel" [Vitória de Setúbal: three former Benfica players sign]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22717). 19 July 1988. p. 16. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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49. "Delgado sai da Luz" [Delgado leaves Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22690). 17 June 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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