1937–38 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
1937–38 season
PresidentManuel da Conceição Afonso
Head coachLippo Hertzka
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão1st
Campeonato de PortugalRunners-up
Campeonato de Lisboa2nd
Top goalscorerLeague: Espírito Santo (12)
All: Espírito Santo (35)
Biggest winBenfica 13–1 Casa Pia
(5 December 1937)
Biggest defeatPorto 4–2 Benfica
(29 May 1938)
Sporting 3–1 Benfica
(26 June 1938)

The 1937–38 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 34th season in existence and the club's 4rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 September 1937 to 30 June 1938. Benfica competed in the Campeonato da Liga, the Campeonato de Portugal and in the Campeonato de Lisboa.

Benfica entered the season aiming to defend its league title while also competing for the Campeonato de Portugal and the Campeonato de Lisboa. After finishing runners-up in the regional competition, the club went on to win its third consecutive Campeonato da Liga title, the first team in Portugal to achieve such a feat. In the Campeonato de Portugal, Benfica reached the final after eliminating Porto and Académica, but lost to Sporting in the fifth Derby de Lisboa of the season, narrowly missing out on the double.

Season summary

Benfica entered the season seeking to defend the league title it had secured the previous year, as well as to win the Campeonato de Portugal and the Campeonato de Lisboa. After guiding the team to consecutive league titles, Hungarian coach Lippo Hertzka remained in charge for a second season. During the off-season, Cândido Tavares left for Casa Pia, and Alberto de Jesus departed to join Belenenses. The club brought in Pedro Ferreira from Sporting.

Before the start of the Campeonato de Lisboa, Benfica played six friendlies, recording four wins and two losses. Five of these matches were against rivals Belenenses, Sporting, and Porto, including a 4–1 victory over Sporting and a 6–0 win against Belenenses.[1]

On 17 October, Benfica visited União de Lisboa in the opening round of the Campeonato de Lisboa, winning 8–0.[2] The team won its next two matches, scoring six goals across both, before travelling to face Belenenses, where it won 3–2 and remained level on points with Sporting at the top of the table.[3] On 14 November, Benfica visited Sporting in the Derby de Lisboa, losing 1–0 and dropping to second place.[4] Benfica closed the month with a 5–4 win over União de Lisboa, overcoming a four-goal deficit by the 49th minute.[5]

Benfica began December with a 13–1 victory over Casa Pia, in which Guilherme Espírito Santo scored nine goals.[6] Before hosting Sporting, the team defeated Belenenses 5–2. On 19 December, Benfica faced Sporting in a match that would decide the title, with the Derby ending in a 2–2 draw, giving Sporting the championship.[7]

Before the beginning of the Campeonato da Liga, the team hosted MTK Budapest FC in a rare international match, losing 4–0.[8] Benfica began its title defence with a 4–0 away win over Académico F.C.. In the following round, the team hosted Sporting in the season’s first league Derby de Lisboa, winning 3–2 with Rogério scoring twice and Espírito Santo adding the decisive goal.[9]

February opened with a goalless draw against Barreirense, dropping the team to third place, three points behind leaders Porto.[10] Benfica then recorded a 4–1 away win over Carcavelinhos, followed by a 3–1 victory against Porto in the first O Clássico of the season, climbing to first place.[11] However, a loss to Belenenses in the following matchday saw Benfica fall back to second place. The team won its next two matches before meeting Sporting for the fourth time that season and drawing 2–2, a result that left Benfica two points behind Porto.[12]

With two further wins over Barreirense and Carcavelinhos, combined with a Porto defeat, Benfica drew level on points with its rival.[13] On 10 April, a 2–2 away draw with Porto in a decisive O Clássico gave Benfica the head-to-head advantage going into the final two matches of the season.[14] Victories over Belenenses and Académica secured Benfica’s third consecutive league title, making it the first club in Portugal to achieve the feat.[15]

After the conclusion of the league, Benfica entered the Campeonato de Portugal, defeating União de Lisboa 4–1 on aggregate in the round of 16, setting up a O Clássico quarter-final against Porto. In the first leg, Benfica lost 4–2 away after conceding twice in the second half.[16] The second leg ended in a 7–0 victory, with five first-half goals and a hat-trick from Espírito Santo, sending the team into the semi-finals.[17] In the semi-finals, Benfica lost the first leg 2–1, but a 4–1 win over Académica in the return leg secured a place in the final.[18] In the fifth Derby de Lisboa of the season, Benfica faced Sporting and lost 3–1, missing the chance to achieve a double.[19]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Campeonato da Liga 16 January 1938 8 May 1938 14 10 3 1 34 16 +18 071.43
Campeonato de Portugal 15 May 1938 26 June 1938 7 3 1 3 19 11 +8 042.86
Campeonato de Lisboa 17 October 1937 19 December 1937 10 7 2 1 42 14 +28 070.00
Total 31 20 6 5 95 41 +54 064.52

Primeira Divisão

Main article: 1937–38 Campeonato da Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Benfica (C) 14 10 3 1 34 16 +18 23
2 Porto 14 11 1 2 43 22 +21 23
3 Sporting CP 14 10 2 2 67 23 +44 22
4 Carcavelinhos 14 5 1 8 18 36 −18 11
5 Belenenses 14 5 0 9 29 28 +1 10
Source: [20]
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHHAHAAHAAHAHH
ResultWWDWWLWWDWWDWW
Position21321222211111
Source: ForaDeJogo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 January 1938 1 Académico F.C. 0–4 Benfica Porto
Report 1', 65' Valadas
75' Rogério
85' Espírito Santo		 Stadium: Estádio do Lima
Referee: Álvaro Santos
23 January 1938 2 Benfica 3–2 Sporting Lisbon
Rogério 28', 41'
Espírito Santo 64'		 Report 6', 70' Peyroteo Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Abel Ferreira
6 February 1938 3 Benfica 0–0 Barreirense Lisbon
Report Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
13 February 1938 4 Carcavelinhos 1–4 Benfica Lisbon
Pratas 40' Report 31', 85' Sousa
46' Valadas
75' Espírito Santo
20 February 1938 5 Benfica 3–1 Porto Lisbon
Rogério 47'
Espírito Santo 70'
Valadas 72'		 Report 40' Costuras Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Cunha Pinto
27 February 1938 6 Belenenses 2–1 Benfica Lisbon
José Luis 30', 40' Report 78' Rogério
6 March 1938 7 Académica 1–2 Benfica Coimbra
Cunha 41' Report 5' Espírito Santo
42' Lopes
13 March 1938 8 Benfica 3–0 Académico Lisbon
Valadas 47', 70'
Barbosa 50'		 Report Stadium: Estádio do Campo Grande
20 March 1938 9 Sporting 2–2 Benfica Lisbon
Peyroteo 15', 79' Report 20' Lopes
68' Xavier		 Stadium: Stadium de Lisboa
27 March 1937 10 Barreirense 1–2 Benfica Barreiro
Rodrigues 80' Report 23' Espírito Santo
32' Valadas
3 April 1938 11 Benfica 3–2 Carcavelinhos Lisbon
Valadas 25'
Albino 53' (pen.)
Xavier 57'		 Report 7' Pratas
62' Quirino		 Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
10 April 1938 12 Porto 2–2 Benfica Porto
Costuras 22'
Silva 52'		 Report 46' Rogério
64' Valadas		 Stadium: Estádio do Lima
17 April 1938 13 Benfica 1–0 Belenenses Lisbon
Rogério 61', 70' Report 58' Jesus Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
8 May 1938 14 Benfica 3–1 Académica Lisbon
Xavier 50'
Rogério 54', 60'		 Report 65' Nini
Antunes		 Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras

Taça de Portugal

Round of 16

15 May 1938
First leg		 Benfica 3–0 União de Lisboa Lisbon
Barbosa 23'
Valadas 58'
Espírito Santo 76'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Cunha Pinto
22 May 1938
Second leg		 União de Lisboa 1–1
(1–4 agg.)		 Benfica Lisbon
Machado 54' Report 46' Albino Stadium: Campo do Santo Amaro
Referee: António Palhinhas

Quarter-Finals

29 May 1938
First leg		 Porto 4–2 Benfica Porto
Pinga 17'
Nunes 20'
Costuras 40', 51'		 Report 23' Rogério
34' Espírito Santo		 Stadium: Campo do Ameal
Referee: Álvaro Santos
5 June 1938
Second leg		 Benfica 7–0
(9–4 agg.)		 Porto Lisbon
Valadas 5'
Lopes 17'
Xavier 22', 28'
Espírito Santo 26', 50', 63'		 Report  75' Nunes
 77' Silva		 Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Cunha Pinto

Semi-Finals

12 June 1938
First leg		 Académica 2–1 Benfica Coimbra
Oliveira 55'
Vieira 75' (o.g.)		 Report 56' Espírito Santo Stadium: Campo de Santa Cruz
Referee: Santos Palma
19 June 1938
Second leg		 Benfica 4–1
(5–3 agg.)		 Académica Lisbon
Espírito Santo 3', 27'
Barbosa 49'
Valadas 53'		 Report 60' Gomes Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Eduardo Augusto

Final

26 June 1938 Sporting 3–1 Benfica Lisbon
Mourão 12'
Soeiro 15', 54'		 Report 70' (pen.) Valadas Stadium: Stadium de Lisboa
Referee: Abel Ferreira

Campeonato de Lisboa

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sporting (C) 10 9 1 0 44 11 +33 29
2 Benfica 10 7 2 1 42 14 +28 26
3 Belenenses 10 5 1 4 34 22 +12 21
4 Carcavelinhos 10 3 1 6 15 26 −11 17
5 União de Lisboa 10 2 2 6 19 35 −16 16
6 Casa Pia 10 0 1 9 13 59 −46 11
Source: [1]
(C) Champions
17 October 1937 1 União de Lisboa 0–8 Benfica Lisbon
Report 12', 78', 83' Rogério
15', 50', 63' Espírito Santo
22' Albino
88' Lopes		 Stadium: Campo de Santo Amaro
Referee: Claudino Nunes
24 October 1937 2 Benfica 2–1 Carcavelinhos Lisbon
Valadas 65', 70' Report 87' França Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Abel Ferreira
31 October 1937 3 Casa Pia 1–4 Benfica Lisbon
Marques 82' Report 31', 87', 90' Espírito Santo
53' Xavier		 Stadium: Campo do Restelo
Referee: José António Diniz
7 November 1937 4 Belenenses 2–3 Benfica Lisbon
Alberto de Jesus 36', 90' Report 69', 80' Espírito Santo
78' Rogério		 Stadium: Estádio José Manuel Soares
Referee: Claudino Nunes
14 November 1937 5 Sporting 1–0 Benfica Lisbon
Peyroteo 27' Report Stadium: Stadium de Lisboa
Referee: António Ferreira
21 November 1937 6 Benfica 5–4 União de Lisboa Lisbon
Espírito Santo 52'
Rogério 67', 70'
Valadas 77'
Xavier 89'		 Report 2', 49' Salvaterra
37' Machado
44' Casimiro		 Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: João Vaz
1 December 1937 8 Carcavelinhos 0–0 Benfica Lisbon
Report Stadium: Estádio da Tapadinha
Referee: Armelim Martins
5 December 1937 7 Benfica 13–1 Casa Pia Lisbon
Espírito Santo 37', 39', 48', 50', 60', 81', 82', 83', 89'
Rogério 49'
Baptista 66'
Oliveira 69', 76'		 Report 6' António da Luísa Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Carlos Canuto
12 December 1937 9 Benfica 5–2 Belenenses Lisbon
Rogério 4', 40', 62'
Espírito Santo 16', 51'		 Report 9', 76' Jesus Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Abel Ferreira
19 December 1937 10 Benfica 2–2 Sporting Lisbon
Espírito Santo 8'
Rogério 22'		 Report 51', 71' Peyroteo Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: Claudino Nunes

Non-Official matches

12 September 1937
B.S.B. Tournament		 Benfica 3–5 Sporting Lisbon
Valadas 21'
Espírito Santo 84'		 [21] 28' Peyroteo
31' Nunes
Paciência
78' Cruz
Mourão		 Stadium: Campo das Salésias
Referee: Manuel da Silva
19 September 1937
B.S.B. Tournament		 Benfica 3–2 Belenenses Lisbon
Espírito Santo 23' Valadas 67', 81' [22] 16' Carneiro
66' Perfeito		 Stadium: Campo das Salésias
Referee: José António Diniz
23 September 1937 Benfica 4–1 Sporting Elvas
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Elvas
3 October 1937 Académico F.C. 2–3 Benfica Porto
Quecas 41'
[23] 13' Espírito Santo
26' Oliveira
Stadium: Estádio do Lima
5 October 1937 Porto 4–3 Benfica Porto
[24] Stadium: Estádio do Lima
10 October 1937
Benfica-Belenenses Cup		 Belenenses 0–6 Benfica Lisbon
[25] 18' Teixeira
27', 33' Espírito Santo
49' Barbosa
60', 68' Valadas		 Stadium: Campo das Salésias
Referee: Aurélio Peixoto de Carvalho
26 December 1937 Benfica 0–4 MTK Budapest FC Lisbon
[26] 6' Faff
17' Kaldos
36' Budas
80' Kalmar		 Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras
Referee: José António Diniz
1 May 1938 Benfica 7–1 Luso FC Lisbon
Xavier 25', 35'
Freire 38', 78', 80'
Duarte 81', 89'		 [27] 6' Covas Stadium: Estádio das Amoreiras

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Lippo Hertzka (manager).

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 1937-38 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Campeonato da Liga Campeonato de Portugal Campeonato de Lisboa
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  POR Augusto Amaro 30 0 13 0 7 0 10 0
1 GK  POR Mário da Rosa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF  POR Luiz Rodrigues 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF  POR Ricardo Freire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF  POR António Vieira 24 0 12 0 7 0 5 0
3 DF  POR Gustavo Teixeira 29 0 12 0 7 0 10 0
MF  POR Alberto Cardoso 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
MF  POR Francisco Costa 9 0 3 0 1 0 5 0
MF  POR Pedro Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF  POR João Correia 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
4 MF  POR Raul Baptista 28 1 14 0 4 0 10 1
5 MF  POR Francisco Albino 31 3 14 1 7 1 10 1
6 MF  POR Gaspar Pinto 30 0 14 0 6 0 10 0
6 MF  POR Joaquim Alcobia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF  POR Domingos Lopes 20 4 10 2 6 1 4 1
8 MF  POR Feliciano Barbosa 10 3 2 1 5 2 3 0
FW  POR António Navalhas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW  POR Eduardo Oliveira 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
FW  POR José Gomes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 FW  POR Rogério Sousa 24 24 12 12 2 1 10 11
9 FW  POR Guilherme Espírito Santo 30 35 14 6 6 8 10 21
10 FW  POR Luís Xavier 29 7 14 3 7 2 8 2
11 FW  POR Alfredo Valadas 29 16 14 9 7 4 8 3

Transfers

In

Position Player From Fee Ref
MF Pedro Ferreira Sporting CP Undisclosed

Out

Position Player To Fee Ref
GK Cândido Tavares Casa Pia A.C. Undisclosed
MF Jacinto Esperança Lusitânia Reguengos de Monsaraz Undisclosed
FW Alberto de Jesus CF Os Belenenses Undisclosed

References

  1. ^ "O Benfica inflingiu pesada derrota ao Belenenses". Diário de Lisboa.
  2. ^ "Sporting e Benfica bateram Casa Pia e União". Diário de Lisboa.
  3. ^ "Benfica venceu Belenenses e Sporting derrotou Carcavelinhos". Diário de Lisboa.
  4. ^ "O Sporting venceu o Benfica". Diário de Lisboa.
  5. ^ "Benfica 5–4 União". Diário de Lisboa.
  6. ^ "Benfica e União venceram". Diário de Lisboa.
  7. ^ "Benfica-Sporting dá aos leões o titulo de campeão". Diário de Lisboa.
  8. ^ "O Hungária fez uma exibição primorosa". Diário de Lisboa.
  9. ^ "Benfica ganhou 3–2". Diário de Lisboa.
  10. ^ "Classificação geral". Diário de Lisboa.
  11. ^ "O Benfica vencedo o FC Porto coloca-se isolado á frente da classificação". Diário de Lisboa.
  12. ^ "O Benfica e o Sporting estavam empatado quando terminou o jogo". Diário de Lisboa.
  13. ^ "Classificação geral". Diário de Lisboa.
  14. ^ "O Porto e o Benfica empataram". Diário de Lisboa.
  15. ^ "O Benfica é campeão da Liga pela terceira vez". Diário de Lisboa.
  16. ^ "Os desafios FC Porto-Benfica e Sporting-Belenenses". Diário de Lisboa.
  17. ^ "O Benfica venceu o Porto". Diário de Lisboa.
  18. ^ "O Benfica e o Sporting são finalistas". Diário de Lisboa.
  19. ^ "O Sporting venceu o Benfica". Diário de Lisboa.
  20. ^ "Portugal 1937-38". RSSSF.
  21. ^ "O Sporting venceu o Benfica". Diário de Lisboa.
  22. ^ "Benfica venceu o Belenenses por 3–2". Diário de Lisboa.
  23. ^ "O Benfica obteve no Porto, contra a Académica, uma vitória nitida". Diário de Lisboa.
  24. ^ "O Porto derrotou o Benfica por 4–3". Diário de Lisboa.
  25. ^ "O Benfica inflingiu pesada derrota ao Belenenses". Diário de Lisboa.
  26. ^ "O Hungária fez uma exibição primorosa". Diário de Lisboa.
  27. ^ "Benfica 7–1 Luso". Diário de Lisboa.
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