The Portuguese is the successor of Tuesday fired Bruno Lage, who was employed by the Portuguese top club for a year. Mourinho was sent away at Fenerbahçe at the end of August after the Turkish club was eliminated for the Champions League, calculated by Benfica.
Since the resignation of Lage was speculated about the arrival of Mourinho, who had been head coach of Benfica for several months in 2000. He then worked at large clubs such as FC Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, AS Roma and therefore last at Fenerbahçe.
Mourinho signed a two -year contract with Benfica. On November 25, the match between Ajax and Benfica in the main tournament of the Champions League is on the program.