In Jesus' second season, the loss of Ángel Di María and Ramires was devastating to the team.

As fatigue started to influence the most used players, in the only competitions the club were actively competing, Benfica was unable to maintain a 2–0 lead against Porto, and lost the chance to go the Portuguese Cup final.

Domestically, Benfica won their third League Cup, beating Paços de Ferreira.

[6][7] In January, the Portuguese winter transfer record fee was broken when David Luiz went to Chelsea for £21 million.

[8] The record was later surpassed on 31 January 2014 by another Benfica player, when Rodrigo's economic rights were sold to an investment firm for €30 million.