Klippybo
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SL Benfica - Breaking the Guttmann Curse
I have returned after over a month away from all things football manager and I have decided to come back and manage SL Benfica as I had a really fun save earlier in the year with them until the file crashed and with them having signed Jan Vertonghen and Everton I figured that they would be a perfect side to return with.
My aim is to take Benfica back to the top of European football by winning the Champions League but that wont be easy as the Guttmann curse is hanging over the club.....
"Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champions"
8 finals later and Guttmann is proving to be correct. He announced that after he left the club when he was rejected a pay rise despite the fact he won 2 European Cups, 2 Primeira Leagues and a Taca de Portugal. In 1990 when Benfica reached a final, club legend Eusebio even went to Guttmann's grave to pray for the curse to be lifted!
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Founded - 1904
Nicknames - As Aguias (The Reds), Os Encarnados (The Reds), O Glorioso (The Glorious One)
Stadium - Estadio da Luz
Capacity - 64,642
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HONOURS
Primeira Liga (37 - record) - 1935-36, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1944-45, 1949-50, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 2004-05, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19
Taca de Portugal (26 - record) - 1939-40, 1942-43, 1943-44, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2003-04, 2013-14, 2016-17
Taca de Liga (7 - record) - 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
Supertaca Candido de Oliveria (8) - 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Campeonato de Portugal (3) - 1929-30, 1930-31, 1934-35
European Cup Winners (2) - 1960-61, 1961-62