1996-97 SL Benfica Roster
Primeira Liga (PL)
Portugal, Level I
Team Record: 17-10-7 - 58 points
Finishing 3rd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
1996-97 SL Benfica StatisticsPortugal, Level I
Team Record: 17-10-7 - 58 points
Finishing 3rd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
SL Benfica of Primeira Liga ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 17 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses for 58 points finishing third in PL.
The club bagged 49 goals and allowed 30. João Vieira Pinto scored 7 goals for the squad, and Valdo contributed five or more also.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Manuel Vieira Pinto | M | August 19, 1971 | 5'7" | 148 | Bairro Falcão - Porto, Portugal |
| Mauro Airez | October 26, 1968 | 5'9" | 154 | Verónica, Argentina | |
| Akwá | F | May 30, 1977 | 5'11" | 168 | Benguela, Angola |
| Amaral | M | February 28, 1973 | 5'7" | 148 | Capivari, Brazil |
| Jorge Bermúdez | June 18, 1971 | 6'2" | 185 | Armenia, Colombia | |
| Bruno Caires | M | April 2, 1976 | 6'0" | 176 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Calado | M | March 1, 1974 | 5'11" | 176 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Dimas | D | February 16, 1969 | 6'1" | 176 | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Osmar Donizete | M, F | October 24, 1968 | 5'11" | 168 | Prados (MG), Brazil |
| Edgar | August 7, 1977 | 5'10" | 185 | Luanda, Angola | |
| Abdelkerim El-Hadrioui | D | March 6, 1972 | 5'10" | 154 | Taza, Morocco |
| Taher El-Khalej | D, M | June 16, 1968 | 6'2" | 187 | Marrakech, Morocco |
| Ronaldo Guiaro | D | February 18, 1974 | 6'1" | 168 | Piracicaba, Brazil |
| Gustavo | September 8, 1968 | 5'10" | 170 | Angra dos Reis, Brazil | |
| Hélder | March 21, 1971 | 5'11" | 176 | Luanda, Angola | |
| Glenn Helder | F | October 28, 1968 | 5'7" | 159 | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Pedro Henriques | October 16, 1974 | 5'11" | 174 | Sintra, Portugal | |
| Ilian Iliev | July 2, 1968 | 5'8" | 157 | Varna, Bulgaria | |
| Jamir | May 13, 1972 | 5'11" | 170 | Uruguaiana, Brazil | |
| Hugo Leal | M | May 21, 1980 | 5'11" | 165 | Cascais, Portugal |
| Marinho | November 24, 1970 | 5'9" | 163 | , Portugal | |
| Nélson Morais | D | March 24, 1974 | 5'5" | 154 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Hassan Nader | F | July 8, 1965 | 6'0" | 174 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Nica Panduru | M, F | July 11, 1970 | 5'8" | 148 | Marzanesti, Romania |
| Paulão | M, F | October 22, 1969 | 6'0" | Namibe, Angola | |
| Michel Preud'homme | G | January 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 172 | Ougrée, Belgium |
| Martin Pringle | November 18, 1970 | 6'3" | 168 | Göteborg, Sweden | |
| Jorge Soares | D | October 22, 1971 | 6'2" | 185 | Messejana, Portugal |
| Tiago | July 4, 1975 | 5'8" | 154 | Trofa, Portugal | |
| Valdir | March 15, 1972 | 5'11" | 154 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Valdo | M | January 12, 1964 | 5'8" | 148 | Siderópolis, Brazil |
| Nélson Veríssimo | D | April 17, 1977 | 6'0" | 176 | Vila Franca Xira, Portugal |
| Lucio Wagner | June 15, 1976 | 5'11" | 174 | Dugue de Caxias, Brazil |
