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Peñarol 2-1 Benfica - September 19, 1961 / Intercontinental Cup 1961

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Intercontinental Cup 1961 - Final

Estadio Centenario - Montevideo - Uruguay

September 19, 1961

Peñarol

Uruguay

2 - 1

Benfica

Portugal

Jose Sasia

40'

35'

Eusebio

logo Peñarol PEñ

5' - Goal Jose Sasia5

35' - Goal Eusebio

40' - Goal Jose Sasia40

logo Peñarol PEñ

logo Benfica BEN

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Peñarol

2 - 1

Benfica

Peñarol Benfica

Team line-ups

Peñarol

Maidana

Luis Maidana

Uruguay

B.date24/02/1934

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Goncalves

Nestor Goncalves

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1936

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Cano

Nuber Cano

Uruguay

B.date06/09/1935

Age26 years

positionDefender

Martinez

William Martinez

Uruguay

B.date13/01/1928

Age33 years

positionDefender

Aguerre

Walter Aguerre

Uruguay

B.date04/12/1935

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Ledesma

Ernesto Ledesma

Uruguay

B.date31/10/1930

Age30 years

positionRight Midfielder

Gonzalez

Edgardo Gonzalez

Uruguay

B.date30/09/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Sasia540

Jose Sasia

Uruguay

B.date27/12/1933

Age27 years

H1m76

positionForward

Joya

Juan Joya

Peru

B.date25/02/1934

Age27 years

H1m78

positionWinger

Cubilla

Luis Cubilla

Uruguay

B.date28/03/1940

Age21 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Spencer

Alberto Spencer

Ecuador

B.date06/12/1937

Age23 years

H1m80

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Luis Maidana		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nestor Goncalves		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nuber Cano		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Martinez		33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Walter Aguerre		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernesto Ledesma		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edgardo Gonzalez		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jose Sasia	540	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Joya		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Cubilla		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alberto Spencer		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

Costa Pereira

Alberto Costa Pereira

Portugal

B.date22/12/1929

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Angelo Martins

Portugal

B.date19/04/1930

Age31 years

positionDefender

Humberto Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/10/1938

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Cavem

Domiciano Cavem

Portugal

B.date21/11/1932

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Fernando Cruz

Portugal

B.date12/08/1940

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age17 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jose Augusto

Portugal

B.date13/04/1937

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Neto

José Neto

Portugal

B.date05/10/1935

Age25 years

H1m65

positionRight Midfielder

Coluna

Mario Coluna

Portugal

B.date06/08/1935

Age26 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Eusebio35

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age19 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Aguas

José Aguas

Portugal

B.date09/09/1930

Age31 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alberto Costa Pereira		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Angelo Martins		31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Fernandes		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Domiciano Cavem		28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Cruz		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jose Augusto		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Neto		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Coluna		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	35	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Aguas		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eusebio

Joaquim Santana

OUT

José Aguas

Antonio Mendes

OUT

Humberto Fernandes

Saraiva

OUT

António Simões

Mario João

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Béla Guttmann

Caiado

Success rate in this team:

79 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Guttmann vs Peñarol

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 19, 1961

Referee

José Luis Praddaude

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Peñarol2 matches	General total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Peñarol1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 19, 1961					Latest figure on September 19, 1961

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Key figures

It's the first time Eusebio scores 1 goal in Intercontinental Cup

Benfica keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 14/05/1961). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/11/1960-30/03/1961 time period (19 matches).

Peñarol keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 03/07/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPeñarol 1-0 Olimpia Asuncion12/06/1960

DPeñarol 0-0 Real Madrid03/07/1960

VPeñarol 5-0 Universitario Lima19/04/1961

VPeñarol 3-1 Olimpia Asuncion21/05/1961

VPeñarol 1-0 Palmeiras04/06/1961

VPeñarol 5-0 Benfica17/09/1961

Overall

VPeñarol 3-1 Olimpia Asuncion21/05/1961

VOlimpia Asuncion 1-2 Peñarol27/05/1961

VPeñarol 1-0 Palmeiras04/06/1961

DPalmeiras 1-1 Peñarol11/06/1961

LBenfica 1-0 Peñarol04/09/1961

VPeñarol 5-0 Benfica17/09/1961

Current form

Away

VOlhanense 0-4 Benfica16/04/1961

LFC Porto 3-2 Benfica30/04/1961

DRapid Vienne 1-1 Benfica04/05/1961

VOs Belenenses 0-4 Benfica28/05/1961

LVitória Setúbal 4-1 Benfica04/06/1961

LPeñarol 5-0 Benfica17/09/1961

Overall

VBenfica 8-0 Sporting Covilhã14/05/1961

VOs Belenenses 0-4 Benfica28/05/1961

VBenfica 3-2 FC Barcelona31/05/1961

LVitória Setúbal 4-1 Benfica04/06/1961

VBenfica 1-0 Peñarol04/09/1961

LPeñarol 5-0 Benfica17/09/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	5

Betting aid

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

Alberto Spencer	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Mario Coluna
Alberto Spencer	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jose Sasia	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jose Sasia	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alberto Spencer	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Mario Coluna

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

5 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 17, 1961
Home	5 - 0	September 17, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 04, 1961
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 17, 1961 - Coupe intercontinentale 1961

Peñarol

5 - 0

Benfica

September 04, 1961 - Coupe intercontinentale 1961

Benfica

1 - 0

Peñarol

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Juan Joya	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Alberto Spencer	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Jose Sasia	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Peñarol

Mario Coluna

1 goal

1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

William Martinez	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Nestor Goncalves	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Luis Cubilla	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Juan Joya	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Luis Maidana	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Nuber Cano	2 matches	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Peñarol

Mario Coluna	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Angelo Martins	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Mario João	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Fernando Cruz	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Joaquim Santana	2 matches	1961 - 1961
Domiciano Cavem	2 matches	1961 - 1961