Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon shekarun 1980, mamayar gida ta Benfica ta ragu, ta bar ƙungiyar ta yi wasa a gasa ta biyu, wato gasar cin kofin Cup Winners da UEFA Cup. A cikin 1980/81, ƙungiyar ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai amma ta yi rashin nasara ga Carl Zeiss Jena daga Gabashin Jamus. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance mafi kyau bayan shekaru biyu, kamar yadda Benfica ya kai
1983 UEFA Cup Final bayan shawo kan wasan kusa da na kusa da Roma wanda ya hada da Falcão da Bruno Conti. A wasan karshe na biyu, Benfica ta fuskanci Anderlecht na Belgium. A wasan farko, a ranar 4 ga Mayu 1983, Benfica ya yi rashin nasara a Brussels tare da burin Kenneth Brylle. A wasan na biyu, bayan kwana goma sha huɗu, kocin Benfica Sven-Göran Eriksson ya zaɓi kada ya fara Zoran Filipović da João Alves, duka ba a yi jayayya ba, kuma ƙungiyar ta yi wasa 1<unk>1 kuma ta rasa wani wasan karshe na Turai. Benfica ya dawo gasar cin kofin Turai a cikin yanayi biyu masu zuwa, amma rashin nasara a kan Liverpool a cikin duka halartar ya nuna cewa ƙungiyar ba ta shirya don yin gasa da manyan ƙungiyoyin Turai ba.