2012–13 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2012–13 season
PresidentLuís Filipe Vieira
ManagerJorge Jesus
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Liga2nd
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Taça da LigaSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Lima (20)
All: Óscar Cardozo (33)
Highest home attendance63,847 v Barcelona
(2 October 2012)
Lowest home attendance13,872 v Académica
(9 January 2013)
Average home league attendance42,359[1]
Biggest winBenfica 6–0 Desportivo das Aves (2 January 2013)
Biggest defeatBenfica 0–2 Barcelona
(2 October 2012)

The 2012–13 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 109th season in existence and the club's 79th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Benfica qualified for the Champions League by coming second in the previous Primeira Liga.

Benfica could have enjoyed a treble in May if they could win the UEFA Europa League, maintain their lead in the Primeira Liga, and win the Taça de Portugal. In the league, they came second to Porto after conceding a 90th-minute goal; and despite a win in their last match, they could not prevent their rivals from winning the title. Afterwards, they lost the UEFA Europa League final to then European champions Chelsea (2–1) when Branislav Ivanović headed in an injury-time winner. In the Taça de Portugal, Benfica reached the final for the first time since 2004–05 Taça de Portugal but lost to Vitória de Guimarães, conceding two goals in two minutes. The Taça da Liga ended at the semi-finals, which prevented Benfica for winning their fifth league cup in a row.

In the UEFA Champions League, Benfica finished third in the group stage, with ten points, behind Barcelona and Celtic, and was relegated to the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the club's ninth European final and first since 1990.

Review and events

In manager Jorge Jesus' fourth year with the club, starting midfielders Javi García and Axel Witsel were sold to Manchester City for €23 million and Zenit Saint Petersburg for €40 million, respectively; Nemanja Matić and Enzo Pérez replaced the duo in the regular starting lineup. Striker Javier Saviola's contract was mutually terminated, where he then joined Málaga of the Spanish La Liga on a free transfer. Starting left-back Emerson was also sold, joining Turkish club Trabzonspor for a transfer fee of €1.6 million. Other notable outgoing transfers included left-back and former Spanish international Joan Capdevila to Espanyol for €500,000, the loaning of longtime Benfica midfielder Ruben Amorim to Braga and the loaning of Portuguese international striker Nélson Oliveira to Deportivo de La Coruña. In the winter transfer window, winger Nolito was loaned to Granada.

On the right wing, Eduardo Salvio, on loan with Benfica for the 2010–11 season from Atlético Madrid, returned to regain his place after the club paid Atlético €13.5 million for his services. Ola John, part of the Dutch Twente squad that faced Benfica the year before in UEFA Champions League qualifying, was also purchased for a fee of €9 million, providing Jesus with another option on the left wing behind Nicolás Gaitán, now back on the left wing. Benfica then added striker Lima from Braga, who quickly established himself as a starting striker alongside Óscar Cardozo, relegating Rodrigo to the bench.[2][3]

For the upcoming season, Benfica also signed depth players Paulo Lopes from Feirense, Luisinho from Paços de Ferreira, Michel from Braga and Hugo Vieira from Gil Vicente, who was immediately loaned out to Sporting de Gijón. Returning from loan were Lorenzo Melgarejo from Paços de Ferreira, Carlos Martins from Granada, Enzo Pérez from Estudiantes de La Plata and Alan Kardec from Santos.[4]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

13 July 2012 (2012-07-13) Friendly Benfica 2–0 Marseille Sion, Switzerland
19:45 CET (UTC+01) Cardozo 37' (pen.)
Martins 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 7,569
Referee: Sascha Amhof
15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) Friendly Benfica 3–0 Hamm Benfica Hesperange, Luxembourg
19:45 CET (UTC+01) Pereira 49'
Cardozo 67'
Nolito 85'		 Report Stadium: Stade Alphonse Theis
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa
16 July 2012 (2012-07-16) Friendly Lille 0–0 Benfica Metz, France
19:30 CET (UTC+01) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Antony Gautier
21 July 2012 Polish Masters Śląsk Wrocław 2–4 Benfica Wrocław, Poland
16:00 UTC Elsner 67'
Sobota 69'		 Report 11' Cardozo
60' Luisão
73' Martins
89' Gaitán		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Małek
22 July 2012 Polish Masters PSV Eindhoven 3–1 Benfica Wrocław, Poland
13:45 UTC Jørgensen 54'
Lens 74'
Wijnaldum 83'		 Report 34' Martins Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tomasz Garbowski
27 July 2012 Eusébio Cup Benfica 5–2 Real Madrid Estádio da Luz, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) García 4'
Witsel 22'
Pérez 53', 85'
Martins 58'		 Report Callejón 18', 20' Attendance: 35,476
Referee: Bruno Paixão
28 July 2012 (2012-07-28) Friendly Gil Vicente 2–5 Benfica Barcelos, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01) Cláudio 40'
Pereira 52'		 Report Mora 14', 23', 35'
Vítor 18'
Michel 67'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cosme Machado
1 August 2012 (2012-08-01) Friendly Benfica 1–1 Juventus Geneva, Switzerland
18:00 CET (UTC+01) Cardozo 88' Report Krasić 90+2' Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Stéphan Studer
11 August 2012 (2012-08-11) Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0
Suspended[A]		 Benfica Düsseldorf, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01) Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christian Fischer
  1. ^ Match suspended by Christian Fischer after being pushed to the ground by Luisão.[5]

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2012–13 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 30 24 6 0 70 14 +56 78 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 30 24 5 1 77 20 +57 77
3 Paços de Ferreira 30 14 12 4 42 29 +13 54 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 30 16 4 10 60 44 +16 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5 Estoril 30 13 6 11 47 37 +10 45 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[6]
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 24 5 1 77 20  +57 77 12 3 0 42 9  +33 12 2 1 35 11  +24

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: lpfp.pt and League matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWWDWWWWWWWWWDLW
Position511212122211111222221111111122
Source: LPFP
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1 Benfica 2–2 Braga Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Pereira  18'
Salvio 49'
Bruno César  59'
Cardozo 72' (pen.)  73'		 Report Melgarejo 54' (o.g.)
Mossoró 62'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 53,357
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 2 Vitória de Setúbal 0–5 Benfica Setúbal
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Amoreirinha  8'
Bruno Amaro  17'		 Report Rodrigo 14', 88'
Luisão  17'
Salvio 30'
Pérez 45'
Nolito 66'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 10,569
Referee: Jorge Sousa
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 3 Benfica 3–0 Nacional Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Cardozo 50', 88'
Rodrigo 56'		 Report Školnik  46' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 34,695
Referee: Bruno Esteves
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 4 Académica 2–2 Benfica Coimbra
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Cissé 26' (pen.)
Galo  50'
Dias  55'
Ferreira  61'
Eduardo 68' (pen.)
Ogu  77'		 Report Pereira  26'
Melgarejo  55'
Cardozo 51' (pen.)
Garay  68'
Lima 86'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 8,270
Referee: Carlos Xistra
28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) 5 Paços de Ferreira 1–2 Benfica Paços de Ferreira
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Cícero 6'
Tony  59'		 Report Lima 8', 71'
Pereira  73'
Artur  90+3'
Gaitán  90+4'		 Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 4,247
Referee: Marco Ferreira
6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 6 Benfica 2–1 Beira-Mar Lisbon
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Pereira 58'
Rodrigo 60'  64'		 Report Sasso 5' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 28,305
Referee: Rui Costa
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 7 Gil Vicente 0–3 Benfica Barcelos
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Luís Manuel  36'
Cunha  70'
Pereira  89'		 Report Lima 2'
Matić  21'
Luisinho 26'
Pérez  32'  69'
Gomes 45+1'
Bruno César  90+1'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 7,242
Referee: Vasco Santos
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 8 Benfica 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
20:30 (UTC+01) Cardozo 36', 47' (pen.)
Lima 66'
Gomes  79'		 Report Defendi  21'
Addy  47'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 31,543
Referee: João Ferreira
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 9 Rio Ave 0–1 Benfica Vila do Conde
19:30 (UTC+01) Marcelo  77' Report Lima 45+1'
Matić  68'
Almeida  79'
Artur  82'		 Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Attendance: 5,028
Referee: Bruno Esteves
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 10 Benfica 2–0 Olhanense Lisbon
20:30 (UTC+01) Cardozo 26' (pen.)
Luisão 72'		 Report Fernandes  37' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 24,104
Referee: Rui Silva
10 December 2012 (2012-12-10) 11 Sporting CP 1–3 Benfica Lisbon
20:15 Carrillo  69'
Van Wolfswinkel 30'
Boulahrouz  81'
Rinaudo  84'
Rojo  89'		 Report Pereira  20'
Matić  45'
Cardozo 58', 81' (pen.), 86'		 Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 35,114
Referee: Marco Ferreira
15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 12 Benfica 4–1 Marítimo Lisbon
20:30 Gomes  29'
Cardozo 34', 66' (pen.), 69'
Pereira  40'
Melgarejo  70'
Rodrigo 88'		 Report Rodrigo António 25'
Ferreira  34'
Dias  44'
Roberge  55'  64'
Fidélis  64'
Sami  90+2'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 32,519
Referee: Hugo Pacheco
6 January 2013 (2013-01-06) 13 Estoril 1–3 Benfica Estoril
20:15 Coimbra  16'
Anderson Luís  65'
Santos 89'		 Report Rodrigo  23'
Gaitán 37'
Lima 59'
Pérez  64'
Salvio 66'
Almeida  80'		 Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Duarte Gomes
13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) 14 Benfica 2–2 Porto Lisbon
20:15 Matić 9'  63'
Gaitán 16'
Pérez  47'
Pereira  85'		 Report Mangala 7'
Martínez 14'
Moutinho  82'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,556
Referee: João Ferreira
20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) 15 Moreirense 0–2 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
20:00 Pintassilgo  28' Report Salvio 48'
Lima 71'		 Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 4,139
Referee: João Capela
27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 16 Braga 1–2 Benfica Braga
20:15 Ismaily  61'
João Pedro 71'
Haas  84'		 Report Salvio 4'
Lima 34'
Matić  51'
Gaitán  72'
Artur  90+2'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 17,773
Referee: Bruno Esteves
3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) 17 Benfica 3–0 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
20:15 Pérez 5'
Lima 48'
Rodrigo 56'
Pereira  61'
Gomes  75'		 Report José Pedro  43' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 38,538
Referee: Vasco Santos
10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 18 Nacional 2–2 Benfica Funchal
18:00 Barcelos 6'  90+4'
Marçal  39'  90+3'
Mateus 52'
Rodrigues  55'
Gottardi  90+5'		 Report Mexer 15' (o.g.)
Urretavizcaya 37'
Cardozo  90+3'
Matić  90+6'		 Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: Pedro Proença
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 19 Benfica 1–0 Académica Lisbon
20:15 Pereira  39'
Lima 90+4' (pen.)  90+4'		 Report Cleyton  50'
Dias  90+3'
Cabral  90+4'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 36,306
Referee: Nuno Almeida
24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 20 Benfica 3–0 Paços de Ferreira Lisbon
19:15 Pérez 5'  43'
Cardozo 47'
Salvio 84'
Luisinho  90'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,201
Referee: João Capela
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 21 Beira-Mar 0–1 Benfica Aveiro
19:30 Vieira  15'
Sampaio  56'
Jaime  60'
Ribeiro  90+2'		 Report Cardozo 16' (pen.)
Melgarejo  87'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Attendance: 18,730
Referee: Manuel Mota
10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 22 Benfica 5–0 Gil Vicente Lisbon
20:15 Pereira 12'
Salvio 22'
Melgarejo 33'
Lima 64'
Gaitán 90+3'		 Report Cláudio  57' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 33,706
Referee: Duarte Gomes
17 March 2013 (2013-03-17) 23 Vitória de Guimarães 0–4 Benfica Guimarães
20:30 El Adoua  36'
Kanú  45+1'  60'
Olímpio  54'		 Report Cardozo 38' (pen.)  65'
Garay 61'
Salvio 82'
Rodrigo 90+4'		 Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 19,395
Referee: Paulo Baptista
30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 24 Benfica 6–1 Rio Ave Lisbon
20:30 Melgarejo 11'  77'  89'
Matić 15'  83'
Lima 41', 49', 76'
Gaitán  52'
Rodrigo  61'
Pérez 82'
Cardozo  88'		 Report Wíres  8'  59'
Ukra  18'
Edimar  41'  71'
Tarantini  43'
Hassan 51'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 45,862
Referee: Rui Costa
7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 25 Olhanense 0–2 Benfica Olhão
20:15 Fernandes  32' Report Salvio 52'
Matić 64'		 Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Hugo Miguel
21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 26 Benfica 2–0 Sporting CP Lisbon
20:30 Salvio 36'
Luisão  66'
Lima 75'		 Report Viola  84'
Rinaudo  89'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 62,553
Referee: João Capela
29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 27 Marítimo 1–2 Benfica Funchal
20:00 Rosário  4'
Rossi  21' 42'
Artur  27'		 Report Lima 5' (pen.)
Garay  44'
Luisão  67'
Rossi 72' (o.g.)
Cardozo  90+2'		 Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 4,504
Referee: Manuel Mota
6 May 2013 28 Benfica 1–1 Estoril Lisbon
20:00 Pereira 67'
Martins  69'  78'		 Report Evandro  20'
Jefferson 58'
Tavares  90+2'
Vagner  90+3'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,897
Referee: Paulo Baptista
12 May 2013 29 Porto 2–1 Benfica Porto
20:30 Pereira 25' (o.g.)
Rodríguez  56'
Fernando  66'
Defour  80'
Kelvin 90'
Helton  90+3'		 Report Lima 18'
Pérez  46'
Matić  59'
Artur  85'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 50,117
Referee: Pedro Proença
19 May 2013 30 Benfica 3–1 Moreirense Lisbon
18:30 Cardozo  25' 50'
Lima 80', 90' (pen.)
Matić  88'		 Report Vinícius 43'
Diego Gaúcho  60'
Paulinho  90+1'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 51,349
Referee: Marco Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2012–13 Taça de Portugal
18 October 2012 (2012-10-18) Third round Freamunde 0–4 Benfica Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Report Lima 16'
Cardozo 45'
Salvio 62'
Gomes 74'		 Stadium: Campo SC Freamunde
Referee: Manuel Mota
16 November 2012 (2012-11-16) Fourth round Moreirense 0–2 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
21:00 Report Bruno César  25'
Matić  50' 59'
Cardozo 90+3'		 Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Referee: Duarte Gomes
2 January 2013 (2013-01-02) Fifth round Benfica 6–0 Desportivo das Aves Lisbon
20:15 Rodrigo 5', 57'
Cardozo 18', 22', 32'
Lima 73' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 15,713
Referee: Hugo Miguel
16 January 2013 (2013-01-16) Quarter-finals Académica 0–4 Benfica Coimbra
20:15 Report John 5'
Lima 9', 27'
Salvio 71'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Referee: Jorge Sousa
30 January 2013 (2013-01-30) Semi-finals
First leg		 Paços de Ferreira 0–2 Benfica Paços de Ferreira
20:00 CET (UTC+01) Report Lima 58'
John 75'		 Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Referee: Cosme Machado
17 April 2013 (2013-04-17) Semi-finals
Second leg		 Benfica 1–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Paços de Ferreira Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01) Cardozo 54' Report Cícero 80' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 17,118
Referee: Bruno Esteves
26 May 2013 (2013-05-26) final Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 Benfica Oeiras
17:00 CET (UTC+01) Soudani 79'
R. Pereira 81'		 Report Gaitán 30' Stadium: Estádio Nacional
Attendance: 36,850
Referee: Jorge Sousa

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2012–13 Taça da Liga

Group stage

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
Moreirense 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
Académica 3 0 2 1 4 5 –1 2
Olhanense 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) 1 Olhanense 1–2 Benfica Olhão
19:45 (UTC+01) Brandão 48' Report Rodrigo 69'
Lima 87'		 Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Paulo Baptista
30 December 2012 (2012-12-30) 2 Moreirense 1–1 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 (UTC+01) Ghilas 48' Report Cardozo 90+3' (pen.) Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Referee: Cosme Machado
9 January 2013 (2013-01-09) 3 Benfica 3–2 Académica Lisbon
19:45 Lima 40', 65'
Alan Kardec 61'		 Report Makelele 45+1'
Saleiro 50'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 13,872
Referee: Manuel Mota

Knockout phase

27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) Semi-finals Braga 0–0
(3–2 p)		 Benfica Braga
19:45 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Referee: Marco Ferreira
Penalties
Alan
Custódio
João Pedro
Amorim 		Rodrigo
Luisão
Pérez
Roderick
Gaitán

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G
Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Celtic 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
Spartak Moscow 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3
19 September 2012 (2012-09-19) 1 Celtic 0–0 Benfica Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CEST Wanyama  21'
Izaguirre  34'
Brown  89'		 Report Matić  47'
Aimar  57'
Bruno César  90+2'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,759[7]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
2 October 2012 (2012-10-02) 2 Benfica 0–2 Barcelona Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST Bruno César  38'
Martins  84'
Matić  86'
Jardel  89'		 Report Sánchez 6'
Pedro  28'
Fàbregas  19' 56'
Busquets  88'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 63,847[8]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
23 October 2012 (2012-10-23) 3 Spartak Moscow 2–1 Benfica Moscow, Russia
18:00 CEST Rafael Carioca 3'
Suchý  45'
Jardel 43' (o.g.)
Welliton  90+2'
Ari  90+4'		 Report Lima 33'
Cardozo  72'
Matić  76'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 41,237[9]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
7 November 2012 (2012-11-07) 4 Benfica 2–0 Spartak Moscow Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET Almeida  29'
Cardozo 55', 69'		 Report Rebrov  32'
Makeyev  33'
Pareja  38'  76'
Jurado  82'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 36,448[10]
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
20 November 2012 (2012-11-20) 5 Benfica 2–1 Celtic Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET John 7'
Garay 71'
Melgarejo  77'
Almeida  90+1'		 Report Samaras 32'  38'
Ledley  48'
Wanyama  85'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 47,065[11]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
5 December 2012 (2012-12-05) 6 Barcelona 0–0 Benfica Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET Rafinha  49'
Adriano  60'		 Report Nolito  43'
Garay  56'
Luisão  59'
Matić  78'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 50,659[12]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
14 February 2013 First leg Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Benfica Leverkusen, Germany
18:00 Bender  53'
Kießling  73'
Milik  81'		 Report Melgarejo  45'
Cardozo 61'
Gaitán  73'		 Stadium: BayArena
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
21 February 2013 Second leg Benfica 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Bayer Leverkusen Lisbon, Portugal
20:05 Pérez  55'
John 60'  60'
Matić 77'  90+3'		 Report Bender  28'
Carvajal  45+2'
Schürrle 75'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Round of 16
7 March 2013 First leg Benfica 1–0 Bordeaux Lisbon, Portugal
20:15 Carrasso 21' (o.g.)
Martins  50'
Rodrigo  53'		 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 47,000[13]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
14 March 2013 Second leg Bordeaux 2–3
(2–4 agg.)		 Benfica Bordeaux, France
21:05 Henrique  10'
Obraniak  31'
Diabaté 74'
Ben Khalfallah  77'
Jardel 90+1' (o.g.)		 Report Jardel 30'
Roderick  52'
Cardozo 75', 90+2'
John  83'
Pereira  90'		 Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Quarter-finals
4 April 2013 First leg Benfica 3–1 Newcastle United Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 Rodrigo 25'
Lima 65'
Cardozo 71' (pen.)
Pérez  73'		 Report Cissé 12'
Perch  20'
Sh. Ameobi  87'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 44,133[14]
Referee: Antony Gautier (France)
11 April 2013 Second leg Newcastle United 1–1
(2–4 agg.)		 Benfica Newcastle upon Tyne, England
21:05 Cissé  67' 71'
Cabaye  70'
Yanga-Mbiwa  81'
Williamson  83'		 Report Artur  32'
Pérez  32'
Almeida  49'
Salvio 90+2'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,157[15]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Semi-finals
25 April 2013 First leg Fenerbahçe 1–0 Benfica Istanbul, Turkey
21:05 Cristian  38'
Topal  50'
Korkmaz 72'
Webó  90'		 Report Gomes  31'
Aimar  37'
Pereira  41'
John  45+1'		 Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 51,000[16]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
2 May 2013 Second leg Benfica 3–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Fenerbahçe Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 Gaitán 9'
Pereira  28'
Pérez  33'
Cardozo 35', 66'		 Report Kuyt 23' (pen.)
Cristian  30'
Erkin  85'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 55,402
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Final
Main article: 2013 UEFA Europa League final
15 May 2013 (2013-05-15) Final Benfica 1–2 Chelsea Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01) Cardozo 68' (pen.) Report Torres 60'
Ivanović 90+3'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 46,163
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Overall record

As of 26 May 2013

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Source
Primeira Liga 18 August 2012[17] 19 May 2013[17] 30 24 5 1 77 20 +57 080.00 [18]
Taça de Portugal 18 October 2012[17] 26 May 2013[17] 7 5 1 1 20 3 +17 071.43 [17]
Taça da Liga 19 December 2012 27 February 2013 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 050.00 Taça da Liga results
UEFA Champions League 19 September 2012[17] 5 December 2012[17] 6 2 2 2 5 5 +0 033.33 [17]
UEFA Europa League 14 February 2013[17] 15 May 2013[17] 9 6 1 2 15 9 +6 066.67 [17]
Total 56 39 11 6 123 41 +82 069.64

Players

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Portuguese Cup League Cup Europe2
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  BRA Artur 50 0 30 0 4 0 1 0 15 0
13 GK  POR Paulo Lopes 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
64 GK  BRA Júlio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
14 DF  URU Maxi Pereira 41 3 28 3 4 0 1 0 8 0
4 DF  BRA Luisão 33 1 18 1 5 0 1 0 9 0
24 DF  ARG Ezequiel Garay 46 2 27 1 4 0 1 0 14 1
33 DF  BRA Jardel 34 0 16 0 4 0 4 0 10 0
27 DF  POR Miguel Vítor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF  POR Roderick 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
25 DF  PAR Lorenzo Melgarejo 40 2 21 2 3 0 2 0 14 0
5 DF  POR Luisinho 10 1 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
75 DF  BRA Sidnei 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
21 MF  SRB Nemanja Matić 47 5 26 3 7 1 1 0 13 1
34 DF  POR André Almeida 34 0 14 0 5 0 3 0 12 0
20 MF  ARG Nicolás Gaitán 44 5 23 3 6 1 2 0 13 1
15 MF  NED Ola John 42 4 22 0 4 2 4 0 12 2
10 MF  ARG Pablo Aimar 21 0 13 0 3 0 2 0 3 0
17 MF  POR Carlos Martins 22 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 5 0
18 MF  ARG Eduardo Salvio 51 13 29 10 6 2 3 0 13 1
35 MF  ARG Enzo Pérez 47 4 28 4 3 0 3 0 13 0
89 MF  POR André Gomes 18 2 7 1 4 1 2 0 5 0
23 MF  URU Jonathan Urretavizcaya 8 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
Strikers
7 FW  PAR Óscar Cardozo 47 33 25 17 6 6 2 1 14 9
19 FW  ESP Rodrigo 39 11 20 7 6 2 3 1 10 1
31 FW  BRA Alan Kardec 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
11 FW  BRA Lima 49 30 27 20 7 5 3 3 12 2
No longer at club1
6 MF  ESP Javi García 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  BEL Axel Witsel 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW  POR Yannick Djaló 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF  BRA Bruno César 15 0 6 0 3 0 2 0 4 0
9 MF  ESP Nolito 15 1 6 1 3 0 3 0 3 0
30 FW  ARG Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW  BRA Michel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1.^ Players who were in the squad at the time of the first competitive fixture.
  • 2.^ Also includes 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee Sources
13 GK Paulo Lopes 34 Gil Vicente Transfer Summer 2014 Free [4]
5 DF Luisinho 27 Paços de Ferreira Transfer Summer 2016 €1,000,000 [1]
25 DF Lorenzo Melgarejo 21 Paços de Ferreira Loan return Summer 2016 - [2]
17 MF Carlos Martins 30 Granada Loan return Summer 2016 - [3]
15 MF Ola John 21 Twente Transfer Summer 2018 €9,150,000[19] [4]
18 MF Eduardo Salvio 22 Atlético Madrid Transfer Summer 2018 €14,550,000 [5]
35 MF Enzo Pérez 27 Estudiantes Loan return Summer 2016 - [6]
31 FW Alan Kardec 23 Santos Loan return Summer 2015 - [7]
40 FW Michel 25 Paços de Ferreira Transfer Summer 2017 €1,000,000 [8]
70 FW Hugo Vieira 23 Gil Vicente Transfer Summer 2016 €155,850 [9] Archived 20 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
11 FW Lima 29 Braga Transfer Summer 2016 €4,840,000 [10]
3 DF Roderick 21 Deportivo La Coruña Loan return Winter 2018 - [11]

Out

No. Pos. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Sources
- DF Emerson 27 Trabzonspor Transfer Summer €1,600,000 [12]
- DF Daniel Wass 23 Evian Transfer Summer €1,000,000 [13]
- MF Fellipe Bastos 23 Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer €300,000 [14]
- MF Javi García 25 Manchester City Transfer Summer €20,000,000
+ €3,000,000 in add-ons		 [15]
- MF Axel Witsel 23 Zenit Saint Petersburg Transfer Summer €40,000,000 [16]
- MF Ishmael Yartey 22 Sochaux Transfer Summer €1,500,000 [17]
- FW Éder Luís 27 Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer €3,000,000 [18]
- FW Joan Capdevila 34 Espanyol Transfer Summer €500,000 [19]
- FW Hélio Vaz 23 União de Leiria Transfer Summer Free [20]
- FW Javier Saviola 30 Málaga Transfer Summer Free [21]
- GK Jan Oblak 19 Rio Ave Loan Summer - [22]
- DF Roderick 20 Deportivo La Coruña Loan Summer - [23]
- DF Léo Kanu 24 Ponte Preta Loan Summer - [24]
- MF Airton 24 Flamengo Loan Summer - [25]
- MF Ruben Amorim 26 Braga Loan Winter - [26]
- MF Felipe Menezes 24 Sport Recife Loan Summer - [27]
- MF Diego Lopes 18 Rio Ave Loan Summer - [28]
- MF David Simão 23 Marítimo Loan Summer - [29]
- MF Nuno Coelho 24 Aris Loan Summer - [30]
- FW Nélson Oliveira 21 Deportivo La Coruña Loan Summer - [31]
- FW Franco Jara 24 San Lorenzo Loan Summer - [32]
- FW Rodrigo Mora 25 River Plate Loan Summer - [33]
- FW Hugo Vieira 24 Sporting de Gijón Loan Summer - [34]
- FW Yannick Djaló 26 Toulouse Loan Summer - [35]
- FW José Luis Fernández 26 Olhanense Loan Summer - [36]
- FW Michel 26 Braga Loan Summer - [37]
- GK Eduardo 30 Genoa Loan return Summer - [38]
- FW José Luis Fernández 26 Godoy Cruz Loan Winter - [39]
- DF Léo Kanu 25 Grêmio Osasco Loan Winter - [40]
8 MF Bruno César 24 Al-Ahli Transfer Winter €5,000,000 [41]
- FW Hugo Vieira 24 Gil Vicente Loan Winter - [42]
- FW Nolito 26 Granada Loan Winter €600,000 [43]
- MF Airton 24 Internacional Loan Winter - [44]
- DF Fábio Faria 24 - Career termination - - [45]

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