Time Machine · 1959/60

Benfica on 13 July 1959

67 years ago: the manager, the table, the squad and the kit as they stood.

Season 1959/60 So Far

0Played

0Won

0Drawn

0Lost

The Club That Day

13 Jul 1959

Season

A year earlier A year later

ManagerOtto GlóriaIn charge since Sep 1954 · W110 D30 L24 (official)

League Position

–National I Division Championship · The league had not started

The Kit–No kit on file for 1959/60

Around the Date

at Sporting CPPrevious Match · Portuguese Cup · 8 Jul 1959 · 5 days before1–2

vs. Sporting CPMatch day · Portuguese Cup · 13 Jul 19593–1

at FC PortoNext Match · Portuguese Cup · 19 Jul 1959 · 6 days later1–0

National I Division Championship

Full competition

No matchday of the 1959/60 league had been completed by this day.

Squad 17

BarrocaAge 22 · 0 apps Costa PereiraAge 29 · 0 apps Artur SantosAge 28 · 0 apps Fernando CruzAge 18 · 0 apps Manuel SerraAge 23 · 0 apps Mário JoãoAge 24 · 0 apps ZézinhoAge 29 · 0 apps Ângelo MartinsAge 29 · 0 apps Alfredo AbrantesAge 30 · 0 apps Domiciano CavémAge 26 · 0 apps Francisco PalmeiroAge 26 · 0 apps José NetoAge 23 · 0 apps Mário ColunaAge 23 · 0 apps SantanaAge 23 · 0 apps António MendesAge 21 · 0 apps FlávioAge 18 · 0 apps José ÁguasAge 28 · 0 apps

Joined later that season: António Saraiva, José Augusto, Álvaro Inácio, José Torres

The squad registered for the season, less the players who had not arrived yet or had already left by this day according to our transfer records. Appearances and goals count official matches only. Line-ups and goal records before 2016/17 are incomplete, so older numbers can be low.