S.L. Benfica (youth)
Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈnjɔɾɨʒ ðu sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ]) are the under-19 team of Portuguese football club S.L. Benfica. They hold home matches at Benfica Campus, the club's training ground and youth academy in Seixal.
Full name | Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica | |||
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Nickname(s) | As Águias (The Eagles) Os Encarnados (The Reds) | |||
Ground | Benfica Campus | |||
Capacity | 2,720 | |||
President | Rui Costa | |||
Head coach | Filipe Coelho (domestic league) Luís Araújo (UEFA Youth League) | |||
League | Campeonato Nacional de Juniores | |||
2021–22 | 1st (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Benfica's under-19s have won a record 25 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores (current champions), one Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup (1996), one UEFA Youth League (2021–22) and one Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (2022). Benfica hold UEFA Youth League records for the biggest win in a final, 6–0 against Red Bull Salzburg, most final appearances (4, joint-record with Chelsea) and most games played (70).[1] They were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values" in 2013–14.[2]
There are other development teams below under-19, completing Benfica's youth system: Juvenis "A" and "B"; Iniciados "A" and "B"; Infantis "A", "B", "C" and "D"; Benjamins "A" and "B"; and Traquinas "A". In 2015, Benfica received the Globe Soccer award for Best Academy of the year.[3]
Players
Current players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Key
B = current Benfica B player
Notable players
The following is a list of players who (have) represented Benfica's first-team in a minimum of 25 matches, or (have) reached 25 caps at full international level while at Benfica or another club. Over 1,000 players have come through Benfica's youth ranks, but only a small part of them played for the main team. In some occasions, graduates debuted for the first-team but left Benfica before reaching 25 matches and went on representing their national team at full international level. Those who meet the aforementioned criteria are listed below. (Time periods below correspond to when players joined Benfica youth.)
Pre-1960 |
1960s |
1970s |
1980s |
1990s
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Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Filipe Coelho |
Assistant coaches | Vítor Couto Luís Tralhão |
Goalkeeping coach | João Regino |
Observation coach | Tiago Martins |
Fitness coach | Hugo Zagalo |
Last updated: 18 July 2022
Source: [40]
Competitive record
UEFA Youth League
- As of match played 2 November 2022
Note: Benfica score is always listed first.
Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | |
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2013–14 | GS | ![]() |
3–0 | 6–3 | |
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1–1 | 4–1 | |||
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0–0 | 0–1 | |||
R16 | ![]() |
4–1 | — | ||
QF | ![]() |
— | 2–1 | ||
SF | ![]() |
4–0 | |||
F | ![]() |
0–3 | |||
2014–15 | GS | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–5 | |
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4–1 | 3–2 | |||
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3–0 | 1–0 | |||
R16 | ![]() |
2–1 | — | ||
QF | ![]() |
1–1 (aet) (4–5 p) | — | ||
2015–16 | GS | ![]() |
8–0 | 5–0 | |
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1–1 | 2–1 | |||
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2–0 | 11–1 | |||
R16 | ![]() |
— | 1–1 (aet) (5–4 p) | ||
QF | ![]() |
— | 0–2 | ||
2016–17 | GS | ![]() |
0–0 | 3–0 | |
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2–0 | 3–2 | |||
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1–2 | 1–2 | |||
PO | ![]() |
— | 1–1 (aet) (6–5 p) | ||
R16 | ![]() |
— | 1–1 (aet) (5–4 p) | ||
QF | ![]() |
— | 2–0 | ||
SF | ![]() |
4–2 | |||
F | ![]() |
1–2 | |||
2017–18 | GS | ![]() |
5–1 | 0–2 | |
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0–0 | 2–2 | |||
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2–2 | 1–1 | |||
2018–19 | GS | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–2 | |
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3–0 | 3–1 | |||
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3–3 | 0–3 | |||
PO | ![]() |
— | 1–2 | ||
2019–20 | GS | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–0 | |
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1–0 | 7–1 | |||
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1–2 | 3–2 | |||
R16 | ![]() |
4–1 | — | ||
QF | ![]() |
3–1 | |||
SF | ![]() |
3–0 | |||
F | ![]() |
2–3 | |||
2020–21 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | ||||
2021–22 | GS | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–4 | |
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4–0 | 3–0 | |||
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4–0 | 2–0 | |||
R16 | ![]() |
— | 3–2 | ||
QF | ![]() |
— | 4–0 | ||
SF | ![]() |
2–2 (4–3 p) | |||
F | ![]() |
6–0 | |||
2022–23 | GS | ![]() |
0–1 | 6–2 | |
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2–3 | 1–1 | |||
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0–1 | 3–2 |
Honours
- Winners (25) – record: 1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2021–22
- Winners: 1996
- Winners: 2021–22
- Winners – record: 2022
Other youth honours
Juvenis (under-17)
- Winners (19): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19
Iniciados (under-15)
- Winners (10): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
Infantis (under-13)
- Winners (3) - shared record: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96
References
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- "Benfica (Best Academy of the year)". Globe Soccer. 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- "U19 2021–2022 squad". S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- "Benfica - UEFA Youth League". UEFA. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- "Médios Centro" [Central Midfielders]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Santana". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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- "Simões". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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- "Artur Correia". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Nené". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Humberto Coelho". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "João Alves". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "António Bastos Lopes". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Shéu". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Jordão". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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- "Cavungi". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Alberto". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Chalana". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "José Luís". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Jorge Silva". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Diamantino". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Fonseca". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "José Carlos". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Kenedy". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Bruno Basto". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Pedro Henriques". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Edgar". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Hugo Leal". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Sousa". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Diogo Luís". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Moreira". ForaDeJogo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- Certã Alves, Rafaela (18 July 2022). "Novo comando e muita ambição para 2022/23!" [New command and lots of ambition for 2022–23!]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- "Palmarés" [Honours]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- "Blue Stars_FIFA Youth Cup, Zürich, Schweiz - Geschichte: Siegerliste" [Zurich, Switzerland - History: List of winners]. youthcup.ch (in German). 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2017 Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
External links
- Departamento de Formação (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French)
- How Benfica became a global figurehead in player development – These Football Times (2017)