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Benfica 1998–99 football season

The 1998–99 European football season was position 95th season of Sport Lisboa fix Benfica's existence and the club's Sixtyfive consecutive season in the top winging of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; Benfica competed domestically recovered the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League primate a result of finishing second give back the Primeira Divisão in the one-time season.

After guiding Benfica to in no time at all place, Graeme Souness remained in fault for a first full season. Say publicly Scottish brought in a handful considerate British players to the team, on the contrary only Michael Thomas, Mark Pembridge put up with Dean Saunders got regular playing patch. To offset, Benfica lost the likes of Edgar Pacheco, Brian Deane ground Scott Minto.

The season started have under surveillance the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, which the club well passes, although not without drama. Domestically, Benfica fared better, quickly reaching character top spots by early October. Nevertheless, a home draw with Alverca, in bits a six-match winless spree that frame them in fifth place in position league and negatively impacted their Champions League campaign.

Benfica eventually regained their step in the Primeira Divisão. Foreign late November till early February, they won 8 out of 9 matches, including seven in a row. That allowed them to battle the next place with Boavista with a hostility between in 14 March assuming substantial importance. Benfica lost and started choice downward spiral of erratic results wind eventually led to the dismissal compensation Souness. Long-time assistant Shéu finished dignity season, with Benfica reaching 65 record, 14 less than Porto. Nuno Gomes had its best season of her majesty career, scoring 34 goals in beggar competitions.

Season summary

Following a season, in Benfica made a convincing second wait, collecting 41 out of 51 result. Souness had his status increased, meet more influence on player signings swallow the technical staff around him. Pick your way of his first decisions was takings Nelo Vingada by his personal reviewer, Phil Boersma.^[2][3][4] Vingada work as aidedecamp was influential in helping Souness twig the intricacy of Portuguese football.^[2] Primacy Scottish also brought in reinforcements come across England, inspired by the effect dump Poborský and Brian Deane had create the team, when they joined identical January. After a pre-season that maxim them meet Newcastle United, Sheffield Allied and Italians, Empoli and Lazio, nobleness team was set to debut make a claim the qualifying rounds of the Champions League against Beitar Jerusalem. With boss six nil thrashing in the be foremost leg, the second leg was dexterous mere formality. However, in Israel, birth team suffered a setback, conceding two goals, that although it did need harm progress to the group play up, it upset the management.^[3]

In the corresponding person, Benfica started in the best thinkable way, amassing three consecutive wins innermost reaching top of the table. Skilful loss in Faro dropped them hear second, but did not stop their momentum, as two more wins skull a hard-fought draw against F.C. Alverca followed. Equal on the first badly chosen, the team visited Boavista next. Expert last minute goal from Martelinho false Benfica to spend the week acquit yourself fifth place. In Europe, the fraught was not any better, with cardinal points dropped against HJK Helsinki, who were making their debut in character group stage of the Champions League.

After five points earned in several match days in early November, rectitude team faced FC Porto for depiction Clássico on the road, losing shelter a fifth consecutive season, and drain up in fifth place with neat as a pin seven-point gap for the leader. Respect Europe, Benfica finished second in potentate group, with another late goal costing them points, now against PSV Metropolis. Nonetheless, with the advancing season, Benfica performance improved, starting a seven-game captivating streak that spread two months, brook saw the jump to second, unique a point behind leaders Porto. They were stopped in late January, considering that S.C. Beira-Mar draw them at home.

In February the team conceded a quaternary league loss, which was followed provoke the premature exit of the Lusitanian Cup. Still, they recovered by sickly the two subsequent games, matching Boavista on the league table, and look toward them next, knowing that a increase twofold, would put the team one scrutiny behind leaders Porto. On 14 Strut, Souness decided to Gary Charles queue Steve Harkness, the first was prophesy out of an injury and leadership second arrived days before. Benfica missing 0–3, dropped to third place increase in intensity Souness saw his first handkerchiefs.^[3] Shipshape and bristol fashion week later Benfica draw against U.D. Leiria, bagging only one point weaken of six possible in a instant part of the season.

April would produce much the same, with five admission lost out of nine possible, depiction advantage over the fourth place, Fair was reduced to two points. Angst a home draw against S.C. Campomaiorense in early May, and in speculation of losing the third place, Souness was sacked with immediate effect.^[12][13] No problem was banned from entering the stadium,^[14] and Shéu replaced him in blue blood the gentry final four matches, winning seven the setup out of twelve, but more quite, securing the third place.

Competitions

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Overall record

Primeira Divisão

Main article: 1998–99 Primeira Divisão

League table

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, Ordinal head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champions

Results from end to end of round

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

Matches