Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwema1980, kutonga kweBenfica mudzimba kwakanga kwaderera, zvichisiya timu ichitamba mumakwikwi echipiri-chikamu, kureva Cup Winners 'Cup uye UEFA Cup. Muna 1980/81, chikwata chakasvika kuma semi-fainari eCup Winners 'Cup asi chakakundwa naCarl Zeiss Jena anobva kuEast Germany. Kuita uku kwakapfuudzwa mwaka miviri gare gare, sezvo Benfica yakasvika 1983 UEFA Cup Final
pashure pokukurira kurwa kwokumaquarter-final kurwisana nechikwata cheRoma chine Falcão naBruno Conti. Mumakwikwi maviri ekupedzisira, Benfica yakatarisana neAnderlecht yeBelgium. Mumutambo wokutanga, musi wa 4 May 1983, Benfica yakarasikirwa muBrussels nechinangwa chimwe chete kubva kuna Kenneth Brylle. Mumutambo wechipiri, mazuva gumi nemana gare gare, maneja weBenfica Sven-Göran Eriksson akasarudza kusatangisa Zoran Filipović naJoão Alves, vese vatambi vasina kupokana, uye timu yakadhirowa 1<unk>1 ndokurasa imwe fainari yeEuropean. Benfica yakadzokera kuEuropean Cup mumwaka miviri inotevera, asi kukundwa neLiverpool mukutora chikamu kwese kwakaratidza kuti timu yakanga isati yagadzirira kukwikwidza nezvikwata zvakanakisa zveEurope.