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Benfica
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Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Nickname(s) Benfiquistas
Águias (Eagles)
Encarnados (Reds)
Glorioso (Glorious One)
Short name Benfica
Founded 28 February 1904 (as Sport Lisboa)
Ground Estádio da Luz
(Capacity: 64,642)
Head Coach Flag of Portugal Bruno Lage
Current League Primeira Liga 
2023–24 Primeira Liga, 2nd
Website Club home page
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ȷ̃ˈfikɐ), commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Benfica are the current Portuguese champions, having won four consecutive league titles.

Founded in 1904 by a group of people led by Cosme Damião, Benfica is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from the Primeira Liga – the other two are rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto. The team is nicknamed Águias (Eagles) for the symbol atop the club's crest, and Encarnados (Reds) for the shirt colour. Since 2003, their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz, which replaced the original one. Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club, with an estimated fan base of 14 million supporters worldwide, and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country. By the end of December 2016, it had 184,264 paying members. The club's official anthem, "Ser Benfiquista", refers to its supporters who are called Benfiquistas. Benfica is honoured in three Portuguese Orders: those of Christ, of Merit and of Prince Henry.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 18 March 2023
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Flag of Brazil Gilberto
3 DF Flag of Spain Álex Grimaldo
4 DF Flag of Brazil Lucas Veríssimo
6 DF Flag of Denmark Alexander Bah
7 MF Flag of Brazil David Neres
8 MF Flag of Norway Fredrik Aursnes
15 MF Flag of Portugal Gonçalo Guedes (on loan from Wolves)
19 FW Flag of Denmark Casper Tengstedt
20 MF Flag of Portugal João Mário (vice-captain)
21 MF Flag of Norway Andreas Schjelderup
22 MF Flag of Portugal Chiquinho
23 DF Flag of Serbia Mihailo Ristić
24 GK Flag of Portugal Samuel Soares
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Flag of Portugal Rafa Silva
30 DF Flag of Argentina Nicolás Otamendi (captain)
33 FW Flag of Croatia Petar Musa
61 MF Flag of Portugal Florentino
66 DF Flag of Portugal António Silva
73 MF Flag of Italy Cher Ndour
75 GK Flag of Portugal André Gomes
87 MF Flag of Portugal João Neves
88 FW Flag of Portugal Gonçalo Ramos
91 DF Flag of Brazil Morato
93 MF Flag of Germany Julian Draxler (on loan from PSG)
96 MF Flag of Portugal Diego Moreira
99 GK Flag of Greece Odysseas Vlachodimos

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Flag of France Soualiho Meïté (at Cremonese until 30 June 2023)
38 DF Flag of Brazil João Victor (at Nantes until 30 June 2023)
39 FW Flag of Portugal Henrique Araújo (at Watford until 30 June 2023)
55 MF Flag of Portugal Paulo Bernardo (at Paços de Ferreira until 30 June 2023)
DF Flag of Portugal Sandro Cruz (at Chaves until 30 June 2023)
DF Flag of Portugal Tomás Araújo (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2023)
MF Flag of Brazil Gabriel Pires (at Botafogo until 30 June 2023)
MF Flag of Germany Julian Weigl (at Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2023)
FW Flag of Switzerland Haris Seferovic (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2023)

Retired numbers[]

No. Player Position Benfica debut Last match
29 Flag of Hungary 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.

External links[]

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S.L. Benfica squad - 2024–25

Trubin · Carreras · Silva · Bah · Amdouni · Aursnes · Cabral · 10 Kökçü · 11 Di María · 14 Pavlidis · 17 Aktürkoğlu · 18 Barreiro · 21 Schjelderup · 23 Meïté · 24 Soares · 25 Prestianni · 28 Kaboré · 30 Otamendi (c) · 32 Rollheiser · 37 Beste · 44 Araújo · 47 Gouveia · 61 Florentino · 75 Gomes · 84 Rego · 85 Sanches ·

Manager:  Flag of Portugal Bruno Lage
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UEFA Champions League winners

1956: Real Madrid • 1957: Real Madrid • 1958: Real Madrid • 1959: Real Madrid • 1960: Real Madrid • 1961: Benfica • 1962: Benfica • 1963: Milan • 1964: Internazionale • 1965: Internazionale • 1966: Real Madrid • 1967: Celtic • 1968: Manchester United • 1969: Milan • 1970: Feyenoord • 1971: Ajax • 1972: Ajax • 1973: Ajax • 1974: Bayern Munich • 1975: Bayern Munich • 1976: Bayern Munich • 1977: Liverpool • 1978: Liverpool • 1979: Nottingham Forest • 1980: Nottingham Forest • 1981: Liverpool • 1982: Aston Villa • 1983: Hamburg • 1984: Liverpool • 1985: Juventus • 1986: Steaua Bucuresti • 1987: Porto • 1988: PSV Eindhoven • 1989: Milan • 1990: Milan • 1991: Red Star Belgrade • 1992: Barcelona • 1993: Marseille • 1994: Milan • 1995: Ajax • 1996: Juventus • 1997: Borussia Dortmund • 1998: Real Madrid • 1999: Manchester United • 2000: Real Madrid • 2001: Bayern Munich • 2002: Real Madrid • 2003: Milan • 2004: Porto • 2005: Liverpool • 2006: Barcelona • 2007: Milan • 2008: Manchester United • 2009: Barcelona • 2010: Internazionale 2011: Barcelona • 2012: Chelsea • 2013: Bayern Munich • 2014: Real Madrid • 2015: Barcelona • 2016: Real Madrid • 2017: Real Madrid • 2018: Real Madrid • 2019: Liverpool • 2020: Bayern Munich • 2021: Chelsea • 2022: Real Madrid • 2023: Manchester City •

UEFA Europa League winners

1972: Tottenham Hotspur • 1973: Liverpool • 1974: Feyenoord • 1975: Borussia Mönchengladbach • 1976: Liverpool • 1977: Juventus • 1978: PSV Eindhoven • 1979: Borussia Mönchengladbach • 1980: Eintracht Frankfurt • 1981: Ipswich Town • 1982: IFK Göteborg • 1983: Anderlecht • 1984: Tottenham Hotspur • 1985: Real Madrid • 1986: Real Madrid • 1987: IFK Göteborg • 1988: Bayer Leverkusen • 1989: Napoli • 1990: Juventus • 1991: Internazionale • 1992: Ajax • 1993: Juventus • 1994: Internazionale • 1995: Parma • 1996: Bayern Munich • 1997: Schalke 04 • 1998: Internazionale • 1999: Parma • 2000: Galatasaray • 2001: Liverpool • 2002: Feyenoord • 2003: Porto • 2004: Valencia • 2005: CSKA Moscow • 2006: Sevilla • 2007: Sevilla • 2008: Zenit Saint Petersburg • 2009: Shakhtar Donetsk • 2010: Atlético Madrid • 2011: Porto • 2012: Atlético Madrid • 2013: Chelsea • 2014: Sevilla • 2015: Sevilla • 2016: Sevilla • 2017: Manchester United • 2018: Atlético Madrid • 2019: Chelsea • 2020: Sevilla • 2021: Villarreal • 2022: Eintracht Frankfurt • 2023: Sevilla • 2024: Atalanta •

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