 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Inotungamirwa nemurairidzi Béla Guttmann, uyo anga asainwa naMaurício Vieira de Brito, Benfica yakava back-to-back European Champions nekukunda European Cup vachipesana neBarcelona muna 1961 32 neReal Madrid muna 196253. Somugumisiro, Benfica yakatamba muIntercontinental Cup, kwavakanga vari mumhanyi kuPeñarol muna 1961 uye kuSantos muna 1962. Gare gare, Benfica yakasvika mumakwikwi matatu ekupedzisira eEuropean Cup, ichirasikirwa neAC Milan muna 1963, kuInter Milan muna 1965, uye kuManchester United muna 1968. Nokudaro, nokuda kwebasa ravo renyika yose, Benfica yakarongedzwa kutanga mubhola reEurope muna 1965, 66 uye 69, uye yakapiwa France Football European Team of the Year mubayiro muna 1968. Mumakore ekuma1960, Benfica yakahwina misere Primeira Liga 195960, 6061, 6263, 6364, 6465, 6667, 6768, 6869, matatu Taça de Portugal 1962, 64, 69 uye maviri European Cups 196061, 6162. Zvakawanda zvezvibudiriro izvi zvakawanikwa naEusébio mutambi chete akakunda Ballon dOr yekirabhu yechiPutukezi Coluna, José Águas, José Augusto, Simões, Torres, nevamwe, vakaumba timu ya1963-64 iyo yakaisa rekodhi yekirabhu ye103 zvibodzwa mumitambo 26 yeligi. 