In the second year of Eriksson at Benfica, he lost João Alves and Frederico Rosa but hired António Oliveira and Michael Manniche.

[1][2] Due to conflict between Porto and the Portuguese Football Federation, the final for the Taça de Portugal did not take place and was postponed.

[9] Benfica made their presentation game to the fans on 31 July with Coventry City, and competed in North America, with Tecos and Toronto Blizzard.

[13] On 10 August, it was confirmed that the Portuguese Cup final of the past season would be played on the 21, at Estádio das Antas.

[17] The league campaign started in the best of terms, with four consecutive wins, while in the European Cup, Benfica eliminated Linfield in the first round.

[2] In November and December, Benfica won all their league matches, but lost the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira to Porto.

[18] The very next match-day, the Lisbon derby with Sporting, Benfica drew one-all but still celebrated their 26th league title, due to Porto having lost on the same day.

[26] In June, Sven-Göran Eriksson announced his departure to Roma, having won back-to-back league titles in his two-year stint in Portugal.

Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1983-84 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.