1907–08 Sport Lisboa season

Benfica

1907–08 season
President	José Rosa Rodrigues Januário Barreto João José Pires
Coach	Manuel Gourlade
Campeonato de Lisboa	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Eduardo Corga (4) All: Eduardo Corga (4)
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The 1907–08 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 3rd season in existence and the club's 2nd competitive season, still under the name Sport Lisboa.

Campeonato de Lisboa

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carcavelos	10	10	0	0	61	6	+55	20
2	Sporting CP	10	7	0	3	11	15	−4	14
3	Benfica	10	5	0	5	13	16	−3	10
4	Lisbon Cricket	10	4	1	5	13	16	−3	9
5	Internacional	10	2	0	8	11	30	−19	4
6	Cruz Negra	10	1	1	8	5	31	−26	3

Source: footballzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference.

Matches

Carcavelos v Benfica

17 November 1907 1	Carcavelos	4–1	Benfica	Campo da Quinta Nova, Cascais
		Report	António Alves

Internacional v Benfica

24 November 1907 2	Internacional	0–1	Benfica	Campo da Feiteira
		Report	Eduardo Corga

Benfica v Sporting CP

1 December 1907 3	Benfica	1–2	Sporting CP	Campo da Feiteira
	Eduardo Corga  50'	Report	Cosme Damião  (o.g.) Cândido Rosa Rodrigues	Referee: Burtenshaw

Benfica v Cruz Negra

6 December 1907 4	Benfica	3–0	Cruz Negra	Campo da Feiteira
	Eduardo Corga Cosme Damião Félix Bermudes	Report

Benfica v Carcavelos

19 January 1908 5	Benfica	2–5	Carcavelos	Campo da Feiteira
	Eduardo Corga António Alves	Report

Lisbon Cricket v Benfica

25 January 2016 6	Lisbon Cricket	3–1	Benfica	Lisbon
		Report	Henrique Teixeira

Sporting CP v Benfica

7	Sporting CP	2–1	Benfica	Sítio das Mouras, Lisbon
	Leopoldo Mocho  (o.g.) António Rosa Rodrigues	Report	António Meireles

Benfica v Lisbon Cricket

7 March 1908 8	Benfica	[upper-alpha 1]	Lisbon Cricket	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Cruz Negra v Benfica

15 March 1908 9	Cruz Negra	[upper-alpha 2]	Benfica
		Report

Benfica v Internacional

22 March 1908 10	Benfica	3–0	Internacional	Lisbon
	Cosme Damião Álvaro Corga António Costa	Report		Stadium: Estádio de Lisboa

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1907–08 Campeonato de Lisboa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Alfredo Machado	2	0	2	0
	FW		Álvaro Corga	1	0	1	0
	FW		António Alves	6	2	6	2
	MF		António Costa	8	1	8	1
	FW		António Meireles	8	1	8	1
	MF		Artur José Pereira	1	0	1	0
	FW		Carlos França	6	0	6	0
	FW		Constantino da Encarnação	1	0	1	0
	MF		Cosme Damião	8	2	8	2
	MF		Domingos Simões	1	0	1	0
	FW		Eduardo Corga	8	4	8	4
	FW		Félix Bermudes	6	1	6	1
	DF		Henrique Teixeira	4	1	4	1
	GK		João de Carvalho Persónio	8	0	8	0
	DF		Leopoldo José Mocho	6	0	6	0
	MF		Luís Kruss Gomes	1	0	1	0
	MF		Luís Vieira	7	0	7	0
	MF		Marcolino Bragança	6	0	6	0

Notes

1. Benfica were awarded a victory as Lisbon Cricket failed to appear on field.
2. Benfica were awarded a victory as Cruz Negra failed to appear on field.

References

1. Malheiro 2009.

• Malheiro, João (November 2009). O Império Vermelho - A história completa do Benfica [The Red Empire - The complete history of Benfica] (in Portuguese). Statistics by Rui Malheiro. Portugal: QuidNovi. p. 11. ISBN 978-989-628-170-0.