S.L. Benfica
| Full name | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | ||
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| Founded | 28 February 1904 | ||
| Ground | Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Capacity | 65,647 | ||
| Chairman | Rui Costa | ||
| Manager | Roger Schmidt | ||
| League | Primeira Liga | ||
| 2022/23 | Primeira Liga, 1st | ||
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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.
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.
Retired numbers
[change | change source]| No. | Player | Position | Benfica debut | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |  Miklós Fehér
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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
[change | change source]Domestic
[change | change source]- Winners (38) – 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, 2022/23
- 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 (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35
European
[change | change source]Other
[change | change source]- Winners (1): 1950
Doubles
[change | change source]- 11 – record: 1942–43, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 2013–14, 2016–17
- 1 – shared record: 2013–14
- 1: 1960–61
International record
[change | change source]| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League / European Cup | 287 | 130 | 67 | 90 | 475 | 334 | +141 | 45.30Champions (2) |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 135 | 67 | 32 | 36 | 223 | 154 | +69 | 49.63Runner-up |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 50.00Semi-finalist |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 50.00Second round |
| Intercontinental Cup | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 20.00Runner-up |
| Total | 473 | 221 | 112 | 140 | 778 | 542 | +236 | 46.72 |