S.L. Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, simply known as Benfica or SLB, is a professional football team from Portugal. It is based in the capital city of Portugal, Lisbon. The team plays their home games at Estádio da Luz.

S.L. Benfica
Full nameSport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded28 February 1904
GroundEstádio da Luz
Lisbon, Portugal
Capacity65,647
ChairmanRui Costa
ManagerRoger Schmidt
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2018/19Primeira Liga, 1st

Benfica has won 37 Portuguese Leagues, 29 Portuguese Cups, 7 League Cups, 8 Portuguese Supercups and 2 UEFA Champions League titles. They also reached 5 Champions League finals, 3 Europa League finals and 2 Intercontinental Cup finals. They are the most successful team in the Primeira Liga and its fanbase is the biggest in Portugal, being traditionally very popular among workclass Lisbon suburbs and around the world among the portuguese diaspora, especially in its ex-colonies.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  Belgium Mile Svilar
2 DF  Brazil Gilberto
3 DF  Spain Álex Grimaldo
5 DF  Belgium Jan Vertonghen
7 MF  Brazil Everton
8 MF  Brazil Gabriel
9 FW  Uruguay Darwin Núñez
10 FW  Germany Luca Waldschmidt
11 MF  Argentina Franco Cervi
14 FW   Switzerland Haris Seferović
17 MF  Portugal Diogo Gonçalves
18 DF  France Jean-Clair Todibo (on loan from Barcelona)
19 MF  Portugal Chiquinho
21 MF  Portugal Pizzi
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  Greece Andreas Samaris
27 MF  Portugal Rafa Silva
28 MF  Germany Julian Weigl
30 DF  Argentina Nicolás Otamendi
33 DF  Brazil Jardel (captain)
34 DF  Portugal André Almeida (vice-captain)
37 FW  Argentina Facundo Ferreyra
38 MF  Brazil Pedrinho
49 MF  Morocco Adel Taarabt
71 DF  Portugal Nuno Tavares
77 GK  Brazil Helton Leite
88 FW  Portugal Gonçalo Ramos
97 DF  Portugal Ferro
99 GK  Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
84 DF  Portugal Tomás Tavares (at Alavés until 30 June 2021)
95 FW  Brazil Carlos Vinícius (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2021)
MF  Guinea-Bissau Alfa Semedo (at [ Reading until 30 June 2021)
DF  Portugal Pedro Pereira (at Crotone until 30 June 2021)
MF  Brazil Caio (at Sharjah until 30 June 2021)
MF  Portugal David Tavares (at Moreirense until 30 June 2021)
MF  Croatia Filip Krovinović (at West Bromwich Albion until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  Portugal Florentino (at Monaco until 30 June 2021)
MF  Portugal Gedson Fernandes (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2021)
MF  Portugal Jota (at Real Valladolid until 30 June 2021)
MF  Argentina Óscar Benítez (at Delfín)
FW  Venezuela Jhonder Cádiz (at Nashville SC until 30 June 2021)
FW  Colombia Yony González (at LA Galaxy until 31 December 2020)

Retired numbers

No. Player Position Benfica debut Last match
29 Miklós Fehér FW 24 August 2002 25 January 2004

On 27 January 2004, Benfica retired squad number 29 in memory of Miklós Fehér, who had died while playing for them two days earlier.

Honours

Domestic

Winners (37) – record: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Winners (26) – record: 1939–40, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17
Winners (7) – record: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Winners (8): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

European

Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62

Other

  • Latin Cup
Winners (1): 1950

Doubles

  • Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal
11 – record: 1942–43, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 2013–14, 2016–17
  • Primeira Liga and Taça da Liga
4 – record: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga
1 – shared record: 2013–14
  • European Double
1: 1960–61

References

  1. "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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