"1999-04-17"^^ . . . "1999-02-05"^^ . . . "1998-12-04"^^ . . . . . . "27.0"^^ . "Karel Poborsk\u00FD"@en . "4"^^ . "80000"^^ . "Rische"@en . "Ademir"@en . . . . . . "30000"^^ . "1999-05-14"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1999-02-21"^^ . . "right"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Lu\u00EDs Miranda"@en . . . . . . "Welington"@en . . . . "\u2014 Rui Miguel Tovar on the season events"@en . . . . "1999-02-28"^^ . . . . . "Edgar Steinborn"@en . "Rommedahl"@en . . "Kandaurov"@en . . . . . . . . . "6"^^ . . . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "0"^^ . . "Michael Thomas"@en . "1"^^ . . . "The 1998\u201399 European football season was the 95th season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divis\u00E3o and the Ta\u00E7a de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League as a result of finishing second in the Primeira Divis\u00E3o in the previous season."@en . "Nuno Gomes"@en . . . . . "1998-08-02"^^ . . . "1999-01-16"^^ . "First Leg"@en . "Jorge Coroado"@en . "1998-11-25"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Lehkosuo"@en . . . "Jo\u00E3o Esteves"@en . "Pepa"@en . . . . . . . . "1998-10-04"^^ . . . . . "Martins dos Santos"@en . "Francisco Vicente"@en . . . . . . . . . "1998-11-06"^^ . . . . . "Martelinho"@en . . . . . "1998-10-17"^^ . "Ketsbaia"@en . "Ayew"@en . "1998-08-12"^^ . . . "Tahar"@en . . . . . . . "Maniche"@en . . . . "Benfica"@en . . "Nikolai Levnikov"@en . . . . "1998-08-21"^^ . "Zlatko Zahovi\u010D"@en . . "1080.0"^^ . . . "1998-12-09"^^ . "1200.0"^^ . . "FFD300"@en . . . . . . "6000"^^ . "Odair"@en . . . "Luiz Ant\u00F4nio"@en . "FFD300"@en . . "M\u00E1rio Mendes"@en . . . "Brian Deane"@en . "1999-04-24"^^ . "1998-09-26"^^ . . "5000"^^ . . . . "1290.0"^^ . "FF0000"@en . . . . . "Ant\u00F3nio Mar\u00E7al"@en . . . . . "1998-10-25"^^ . . . "Abukasis"@en . "V\u00E1clav Krondl"@en . . . "1300"^^ . . . "1260.0"^^ . . "\"An initial scare foresees an unsettling season. With the qualification for the millionaire Champions League almost assured, Benfica unexpectedly crashes in Israel for unthinkable numbers. Still, the Champions League is a reality \u2013 as his the ever present controversy caused by Souness. His signings \u2013 Michael Thomas and Mark Pembridge in July, Dean Saunders in January, Steve Harkness and Gary Charles in March \u2013 rarely ever get it right. Adding to this, the problems with the players are recurring and successive examples of stubbornness force him out, after a home draw against Campomaiorense. By then, Champions League, Portuguese League and Portuguese Cup were a thing of the past. Till the end, it is Sh\u00E9u who leads the team, and holds on to the third place with a draw in the last match-day...\""@en . "Kottila"@en . "1998-11-15"^^ . "Est\u00E1dio Capit\u00E3o Cesar Correia"@en . . "Isidoro Rodrigues"@en . . . "Watson"@en . "1999-01-03"^^ . "Benfica 6\u20130 Beitar Jerusalem"@en . "Shitrit"@en . . . . . . "1998-11-29"^^ . "FFD300"@en . . . . . . "Jokanovi\u0107"@en . "1998-09-16"^^ . "Beitar Jerusalem"@en . "1999-03-21"^^ . . . . . . . . "S\u00E9rgio Nunes"@en . "Second Leg"@en . "Calado"@en . "Pedro Henriques"@en . . . "FF0000"@en . . . "Martin Pringle"@en . "1998-09-12"^^ . "The 1998\u201399 European football season was the 95th season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divis\u00E3o and the Ta\u00E7a de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League as a result of finishing second in the Primeira Divis\u00E3o in the previous season. After guiding Benfica to second place, Graeme Souness remained in charge for a first full season. The Scottish brought in a handful of British players to the team, but only Michael Thomas, Mark Pembridge and Dean Saunders got regular playing time. To offset, Benfica lost the likes of Edgar Pacheco, Brian Deane and Scott Minto. The season started with the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, which the club successfully passes, although not without drama. Domestically, Benfica fared better, quickly reaching the top spots by early October. However, a home draw with Alverca, starts a six-match winless spree that put them in fifth place in the league and negatively impacted their Champions League campaign. Benfica eventually regained their step in the Primeira Divis\u00E3o. From late November till early February, they won 8 out of 9 matches, including seven in a row. This allowed them to battle the second place with Boavista with a match between in 14 March assuming significant importance. Benfica lost and started another downward spiral of erratic results that eventually led to the dismissal of Souness. Long-time assistant Sh\u00E9u finished the season, with Benfica reaching 65 points, 14 less than Porto. Nuno Gomes had its best season of his career, scoring 34 goals in all competitions."@en . . "Marco Freitas"@en . . . . "Reis"@en . "1999-05-10"^^ . . "Khokhlov"@en . "Hugo Leal"@en . "1998-09-14"^^ . "FF0000"@en . . "PSV Eindhoven"@en . . "Hugo Costa"@en . "1998-08-07"^^ . "Head coach"@en . . "Hassan Nader"@en . . . . . . "Jos\u00E9 Calado"@en . . . . . . . "7"^^ . "W"@en . "3"^^ . . "_collarred 2"@en . "20000"^^ . . . . . "V\u00EDtor Pereira"@en . . . . "2000"^^ . . . "Marcos"@en . "Hamar"@en . "Paulo Madeira"@en . . "1275.0"^^ . . "Kandaurov"@en . . . "Paulo Costa"@en . "_red_stripes_adidas"@en . "1999-02-13"^^ . "1998-09-21"^^ . . "1998\u201399 S.L. Benfica season"@en . . "Paulo Paraty"@en . . . "1998-08-04"^^ . . "1999-01-23"^^ . . . "FFFFFF"@en . "3000"^^ . "Ant\u00F3nio Costa"@en . "Shelah"@en . . "Thomas"@en . "1998-09-30"^^ . "Tulipa"@en . "Timofte"@en . "55000"^^ . . . . . "King"@en . . . . . "Miguel Ser\u00F4dio"@en . . . "25000"^^ . ""@en . . . "Tahar El Khalej"@en . . . "Bento Marques"@en . . . "17900"^^ . . "HJK Helsinki"@en . . "1998-08-26"^^ . . . . "Charles"@en . . . . "Jardel"@en . . . . . . . "Nandinho"@en . . "40000"^^ . ""@en . "Paulo Madeira"@en . . . . "Sall\u00F3i"@en . . . . "Hugo Porf\u00EDrio"@en . . . . . . . . "Herivelto"@en . . . . "1997"^^ . "Minto"@en . . . . "4000"^^ . . . . . . . . . "31000"^^ . . . . "1095.0"^^ . "Edmilson"@en . . "Bentua Marques"@en . "39778355"^^ . . . "Alexandre"@en . "President"@en . "Gila"@en . . ""@en . . "1215.0"^^ . . "1998-11-21"^^ . . "1998-09-06"^^ . . . . . "Filipe"@en . "Paulo Baptista"@en . "Carlos \u00C1lvarez"@en . "1205.0"^^ . . . "Dean Saunders"@en . . . . . . . "Toni"@en . . . "Poborsk\u00FD"@en . . . "1999-05-02"^^ . . "President"@en . "Nuno Gomes"@en . "Mounir"@en . "_shoulder_stripes_red_stripes"@en . "_color_3_stripes_red"@en . "L"@en . "Deane"@en . . . . "1999-04-10"^^ . . . "_shoulder_stripes_red_stripes"@en . . "1098034541"^^ . . "9000"^^ . . "Pearce"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Palumbo"@en . . "Lu\u00EDs Carlos"@en . "1999-05-30"^^ . "3.0"^^ . . . "1140.0"^^ . . "FFD300"@en . "Benfica 0\u20133 Boavista"@en . . . ""@en . "Chiquinho Conde"@en . ""@en . . . . . . "1998-08-30"^^ . . "1999-01-29"^^ . . "_whitelines"@en . "1998-12-20"^^ . . "_whitelines"@en . . . . "Ronaldo"@en . . . "25.126"^^ . "2000"^^ . . . . "10000"^^ . "Cha\u00EDnho"@en . . "Delfim"@en . . . . "van Nistelrooy"@en . "FFD300"@en . . . . "Cadete"@en . "Karl-Erik Nilsson"@en . . . "7000"^^ . . "1998-11-01"^^ . . . "15000"^^ . . "1999-04-03"^^ . "1245.0"^^ . "Head coach" . "1999-05-23"^^ . . . . "22"^^ . . "23"^^ . "20"^^ . . "21"^^ . . . "18"^^ . . . . "19"^^ . . "16"^^ . . "17"^^ . "D"@en . "30"^^ . "31"^^ . . "28"^^ . "1998"^^ . . . "29"^^ . . "26"^^ . . . "27"^^ . "45000"^^ . "60084"^^ . "24"^^ . . "1999-02-16"^^ . "25"^^ . "To\u00F1ito"@en . . . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . . "4"^^ . . "5"^^ . "5430"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "Wagner"@en . . "3"^^ . "Neves"@en . . . "1"^^ . . . "14"^^ . . "15"^^ . . "12"^^ . . "13"^^ . . . "10"^^ . . "11"^^ . . "8"^^ . . "9"^^ . . "FF0000"@en . . . . . . . . "1999-01-10"^^ . . . . "Emanuel Cam\u00E2ra"@en . . "Lu\u00EDs Andrade"@en . "1170.0"^^ . . . "Iordanov"@en . . "34"^^ . "Scott Minto"@en . "80000"^^ . "32"^^ . . "33"^^ . "Lu\u00EDs Manuel"@en . . "M\u00E1rio Silva"@en . "1998-11-04"^^ . . "Bruno Basto"@en . . "D\u00E1rio Monteiro"@en . . . "Paul Durkin"@en . . . "1998-10-21"^^ . "Chipenda"@en . "Jo\u00E3o Pinto"@en . . "50000"^^ . . . "Kaiserslautern"@en . "Andr\u00E9"@en . . . "Lu\u00EDs Carlos"@en . . . . . "Rui Jorge"@en . . . "Beto"@en . "Andr\u00E9 Jacar\u00E9"@en . . . . . . . "8000"^^ . . . "Laszlo Vagner"@en . . . "_3 white stripes"@en . . . . . "Pembridge"@en . . . "Nandinho"@en . "Pierluigi Collina"@en . . "1998-11-10"^^ . "1230.0"^^ . . "1020.0"^^ . . "1999"^^ . . . . "Ilan Bakhar"@en . . . . "1999-03-14"^^ . . . . "1998-08-01"^^ .