Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, where they are the current champions.
Sporting Clube de Portugal, otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting, or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Noted for the wide array of sports departments and sporting disciplines it houses, as well as for the number of trophies won by them, it is best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Mário Esteves Coluna was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.
José Augusto Pinto de Almeida, known as José Augusto, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a winger, and a coach.
José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres, nicknamed "O Bom Gigante", was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach. Most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success. With the Portugal national team, he participated in two World Cups separated by 20 years, one as player and the other as manager.
Germano Luís de Figueiredo, simply known as Germano, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.
Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM, known as Hilário, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.
Os Magriços was the nickname of the Portugal national football team which finished third at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. The team were based on the Benfica team that won two consecutive European Cups in 1961 and 1962, which included Mário Coluna, Eusébio, José Augusto, José Augusto Torres and António Simões. They were selected by Manuel da Luz Afonso and coached by Otto Glória. The nickname is derived from a 15th-century Portuguese chivalric legend - The Twelve of England. It was made famous by the poet Luís de Camões in his 1572 Os Lusíadas. It tells the story of twelve Portuguese knights who travelled to England at the request of twelve English women to avenge their insult by a group of English knights. One of these Portuguese knights, Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, was nicknamed O Magriço.
Fernando da Conceição Cruz is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Fernando Peres da Silva, known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.
José Costa PereiraMPIH is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed Pássaro Azul.
Joaquim da Silva Carvalho was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
João Pedro Morais was a Portuguese footballer. He started playing as a winger and later became a full-back.
José Alexandre da Silva Baptista is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender.
José Carlos da Silva José, known as José Carlos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a central defender.
Manuel Almeida Duarte was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.
João de Matos Moura Lourenço is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a striker.
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei", was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time as well as Benfica's best player ever. He was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and his ferocious right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer, accumulating 733 goals in 745 matches.
The 1970–71 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 67th season in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season.
