1997-98 SL Benfica Roster
Primeira Liga (PL)
Portugal, Level I
Team Record: 20-6-8 - 68 points
Finishing 2nd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
1997-98 SL Benfica StatisticsPortugal, Level I
Team Record: 20-6-8 - 68 points
Finishing 2nd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
SL Benfica of Primeira Liga ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 20 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses for 68 points finishing second in PL.
The team scored 62 goals and gave up 29. Nuno Gomes netted 18 goals for the team, while Erwin Sánchez, Brian Deane, Taher El-Khalej, João Vieira Pinto and Karel Poborský each 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 |
| Amaral | M | February 28, 1973 | 5'7" | 148 | Capivari, Brazil |
| Bruno Basto | May 21, 1978 | 5'9" | 161 | Lisboa, Portugal | |
| Bruno Caires | M | April 2, 1976 | 6'0" | 176 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Calado | M | March 1, 1974 | 5'11" | 176 | Lisboa, Portugal |
| Luís Carlos | F | August 21, 1972 | 5'10" | 143 | Castro D´Aire, Portugal |
| Brian Deane | F | February 7, 1968 | 6'0" | 192 | Leeds, England |
| 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 |
| Carlos Gamarra | D | February 17, 1971 | 5'11" | 168 | Capiatá, Paraguay |
| Nuno Gomes | F | July 5, 1976 | 5'11" | 159 | Amarante, Portugal |
| Ronaldo Guiaro | D | February 18, 1974 | 6'1" | 168 | Piracicaba, Brazil |
| Jordão | August 30, 1971 | 6'3" | 179 | Malange, Angola | |
| Serhiy Kandaurov | December 2, 1971 | 5'9" | 157 | Zheleznogorsk, Russia | |
| Hugo Leal | M | May 21, 1980 | 5'11" | 165 | Cascais, Portugal |
| Leonidas | February 23, 1975 | 6'1" | 174 | Goiania, Brazil | |
| Paulo Madeira | September 6, 1970 | 6'0" | 179 | Luanda, Angola | |
| Scott Minto | D | August 6, 1971 | 5'10" | 148 | Heswall, England |
| Paulo Nunes | F, M | October 30, 1971 | 5'9" | 163 | Pontalina (GO), Brazil |
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | G | November 10, 1970 | 6'3" | 194 | Moskva, Russia |
| Nica Panduru | M, F | July 11, 1970 | 5'8" | 148 | Marzanesti, Romania |
| Karel Poborský | M, F | March 30, 1972 | 5'9" | 161 | Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic |
| Michel Preud'homme | G | January 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 172 | Ougrée, Belgium |
| Martin Pringle | November 18, 1970 | 6'3" | 168 | Göteborg, Sweden | |
| Erwin Sánchez | M | October 19, 1969 | 5'9" | 159 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
| Jorge Soares | D | October 22, 1971 | 6'2" | 185 | Messejana, Portugal |
| José Soares | D | February 23, 1976 | 6'1" | 183 | Elvas, Portugal |
| Sousa | October 9, 1977 | 5'11" | 168 | São João Madeira, Portugal | |
| Gaston Taument | F | October 1, 1970 | 5'10" | 172 | Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Tiago | July 4, 1975 | 5'8" | 154 | Trofa, Portugal |
