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Benfica 1-3 Ajax Amsterdam - February 19, 1969 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1968/1969

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1968/1969 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

February 19, 1969

60 000

Benfica

Portugal

1 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam

Netherlands

José Torres

70'

Inge Danielsson

11'

Johan Cruijff

31'

Johan Cruijff

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9' - Goal Inge Danielsson

11' - Goal Johan Cruijff

31' - Goal Johan Cruijff

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46' - Substitution Jose Jacinto Santosis substituted by Adolfo Calisto photo Jose Augusto

46' - Substitution António Simõesis substituted by Jose Augusto46

46' - Substitution Sjaak Swartis substituted by Ruud Suurendonck photo Bernardus Muller

46' - Substitution Inge Danielssonis substituted by Bernardus Muller

70' - Goal José Torres70

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

1 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam

Benfica Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Benfica

José Henrique

Portugal

B.date18/05/1943

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jacinto Santos46

Jose Jacinto Santos

Portugal

B.date28/01/1941

Age28 years

positionDefender

Coelho

Humberto Coelho

Portugal

B.date20/04/1950

Age18 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Machado

Raul Machado

Portugal

B.date22/09/1937

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Fernando Cruz

Portugal

B.date12/08/1940

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

António Simões46

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Toni

Portugal

B.date14/10/1946

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Coluna

Mario Coluna

Portugal

B.date06/08/1935

Age33 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Jaime Graça

Portugal

B.date10/01/1942

Age27 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Torres70

José Torres

Portugal

B.date08/09/1938

Age30 years

H1m91

positionForward

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Henrique		25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jose Jacinto Santos	46	28	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Coelho		18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Raul Machado		31	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Cruz		28	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões	46	25	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Coluna		33	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jaime Graça		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Torres	70	30	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio		27	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Ajax Amsterdam

Bals

Gert Bals

Netherlands

B.date18/10/1936

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hulshoff

Barry Hulshoff

Netherlands

B.date30/09/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1945

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Vasovic

Velibor Vasovic

Serbia

B.date03/10/1939

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Pronk

Anton Pronk

Netherlands

B.date21/05/1941

Age27 years

positionDefender

van Duivenbode

Theo van Duivenbode

Netherlands

B.date01/11/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Swart46

Sjaak Swart

Netherlands

B.date03/07/1938

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Danielsson946

Inge Danielsson

Sweden

B.date14/06/1941

Age27 years

positionForward

Cruijff1131

Johan Cruijff

Netherlands

B.date25/04/1947

Age21 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

Groot

Henk Groot

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1938

Age30 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Keizer

Piet Keizer

Netherlands

B.date14/06/1943

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gert Bals		32	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Hulshoff		22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Suurbier		24	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Velibor Vasovic		29	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anton Pronk		27	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theo van Duivenbode		25	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sjaak Swart	46	30	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Inge Danielsson	946	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johan Cruijff	1131	21	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Henk Groot		30	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Piet Keizer		25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Adolfo Calisto	46	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Jose Augusto	46	31	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ruud Suurendonck	46	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Bernardus Muller	46	30	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Torres

Jose Augusto

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Inge Danielsson

Klaas Nuninga

OUT

Anton Pronk

Bernardus Muller

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Otto Glória

130

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Glória vs Ajax Amsterdam

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 19, 1969

Glória vs Michels

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 19, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Rinus Michels

165

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

72 %

Michels vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 19, 1969

Michels vs Glória

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 19, 1969

Referee

Antonio Sbardella

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	Ajax Amsterdam3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 19, 1969					Latest figure on April 28, 1971

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 4 consecutive wins at home in Champions League (since 16/11/1967). It was the best streak for the club since 05/10/1960-08/12/1965 (18 matches).

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored in Champions League running (since 28/09/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw in Champions League running (since 02/10/1968). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/12/1966 (3 matches)

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 3-2 Académica01/12/1968

VBenfica 4-0 Tomar22/12/1968

VBenfica 5-0 Braga05/01/1969

VBenfica 5-0 Sanjoanense26/01/1969

VBenfica 8-0 União Almeirim09/02/1969

VBenfica 3-1 Varzim16/02/1969

Overall

DVitória Setúbal 1-1 Benfica19/01/1969

VBenfica 5-0 Sanjoanense26/01/1969

DLeixões 0-0 Benfica02/02/1969

VBenfica 8-0 União Almeirim09/02/1969

VAjax Amsterdam 1-3 Benfica12/02/1969

VBenfica 3-1 Varzim16/02/1969

Current form

Away

VPSV Eindhoven 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam08/12/1968

LDWS 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam11/12/1968

VADO Den Haag 2-5 Ajax Amsterdam26/12/1968

VNAC Breda 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam12/01/1969

VFortuna Sittard 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam26/01/1969

VNEC Nijmegen 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam02/02/1969

Overall

VNAC Breda 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam12/01/1969

VAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam19/01/1969

VFortuna Sittard 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam26/01/1969

VNEC Nijmegen 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam02/02/1969

VAjax Amsterdam 7-0 DOS Utrecht08/02/1969

LAjax Amsterdam 1-3 Benfica12/02/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	3
Unbeaten streak	54	9
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	12
Scoring streak	25	13
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	5
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
8-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

José Torres	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Johan Cruijff
José Torres	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Johan Cruijff
Jose Jacinto Santos	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Henk Groot
José Torres	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Inge Danielsson

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 12, 1969
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

February 12, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1968/1969

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 3

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

José Torres	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jose Jacinto Santos	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jose Augusto	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Inge Danielsson

1 goal

1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Toni	1 match	1969 - 1969
Jaime Graça	1 match	1969 - 1969
Mario Coluna	1 match	1969 - 1969
José Torres	1 match	1969 - 1969
Humberto Fernandes	1 match	1969 - 1969
José Henrique	1 match	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Gert Bals	1 match	1969 - 1969
Theo van Duivenbode	1 match	1969 - 1969
Barry Hulshoff	1 match	1969 - 1969
Bernardus Muller	1 match	1969 - 1969
Klaas Nuninga	1 match	1969 - 1969
Henk Groot	1 match	1969 - 1969