1997-98 SL Benfica Statistics
Primeira Liga (PL)
Portugal, Level I
Team Record: 20-6-8 - 68 points
Finishing 2nd in PL
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
1997-98 SL Benfica RosterPortugal, 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, Karel Poborský, João Vieira Pinto, Taher El-Khalej and Brian Deane each contributed five or more also.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuno Gomes | F | 33 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Deane | F | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| João Vieira Pinto | M | 25 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erwin Sánchez | M | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karel Poborský | M, F | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taher El-Khalej | D, M | 21 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edgar | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paulo Nunes | F, M | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Pringle | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nica Panduru | M, F | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calado | M | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Serhiy Kandaurov | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tiago | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sousa | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruno Caires | M | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Soares | D | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruno Basto | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonidas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugo Leal | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jorge Soares | D | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amaral | M | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | G | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordão | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Gamarra | D | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gaston Taument | F | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abdelkerim El-Hadrioui | D | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luís Carlos | F | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Minto | D | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paulo Madeira | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronaldo Guiaro | D | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Preud'homme | G | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 466 | 374 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Ovchinnikov | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michel Preud'homme | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 34 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
