S.L. Benfica

portuguese affiliation football club

Football club

Sport Lisboa e Benfica ( portuguese pronunciation : [ sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβo.ɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ ] ( ) ), normally known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the acme trajectory of portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa, Benfica is one of the “ Big Three “ clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga, along with rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto. Benfica are nicknamed As Águias ( The Eagles ), for the symbol atop the cabaret ‘s crest, and Os Encarnados ( The Reds ), for the shirt tinge. Since 2003, their family flat coat has been the Estádio district attorney Luz, which replaced the larger, original one, built in 1954. Benfica is the most corroborate portuguese golf club and the european club with the highest share of supporters in its own area, having over 250,000 members and an estimated 14 million supporters worldwide. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The club ‘s hymn, “ Ser Benfiquista “, refers to Benfica supporters, who are called benfiquistas. “ E pluribus unum “ is the club motto ; Águia Vitória, the mascot. Benfica is honoured with the portuguese Orders of Christ, of Prince Henry, and of Merit. competitively, with 83 major trophies won – 84 when including the Latin Cup – Benfica is the most decorate cabaret in Portugal. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They have won 80 domestic trophies : a phonograph record 37 Primeira Liga titles, a record 26 Taça de Portugal, a record 7 Taça district attorney Liga, 8 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 3 Campeonato de Portugal. Internationally, they won back-to-back european Cups in 1961 and 1962 – a unique feat in Portuguese football – and were runners-up at the Intercontinental Cup in 1961 and ’62, at the european Cup in 1963, ’65, ’68, ’88 and ’90, and at the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 1983, 2013 and ’14. Benfica ‘s ten european finals are a domestic read and ranked seventh all-time among UEFA clubs in 2014. [ 7 ] Benfica was voted 12th in FIFA Club of the Century [ 8 ] and ranked 9th in the IFFHS Top 200 european clubs of the twentieth century. [ 9 ] In UEFA, Benfica ranks 9th in the all-time clubhouse ranking and was 24th in the club coefficient rankings at the end of the 2020–21 season. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Currently, Benfica have the second base most participations in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League ( 41 ), [ 10 ] tournament in which they hold the overall record for the biggest aggregate win, achieved in 1965–66. furthermore, Benfica hold the european record for the most consecutive wins in domestic league and the record for the longest unbeaten run in Primeira Liga, where they became the beginning undefeated champions, in 1972–73 .

history

foundation and first titles ( 1904–1960 )

Benfica ‘s first-team in 1905 On 28 February 1904, after a football aim school term that day, the Catataus Group and members of Associação do Bem met at Farmácia Franco on Rua Direita de Belém with the goal of forming a social and cultural football cabaret called Sport Lisboa, composed of Portuguese players only. [ 13 ] Twenty-four people attended the meet, [ a ] including Cosme Damião. In that suffer, José Rosa Rodrigues was appointed club president of the united states, along with Daniel dos Santos Brito as secretary and Manuel Gourlade as treasurer. The founders decided that the club ‘s colours would be red and white and that the crest would be composed of an eagle, the motto “ E pluribus unum “ and a football. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Sport Lisboa played their foremost always match on 1 January 1905, scoring their first finish. Despite crucial victories, the club suffered from poor people operating conditions, namely the football dirt field of Terras do Desembargador. [ 19 ] As a leave, eight players moved to Sporting CP in 1907, starting the competition between the two clubs. [ 17 ] On 13 September 1908, Sport Lisboa acquired Grupo Sport Benfica by common agreement and changed its name to Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Despite the fusion, they continued their respective club operations. For Sport Lisboa, they maintained the football team, the shirt semblance, the eagle symbol and the motto. For Grupo Sport Benfica, they maintained the field Campo district attorney Feiteira, [ 19 ] the independent directors and the club ‘s firm. Both clubs determined that the foundation date should coincide with Sport Lisboa ‘s because it was the most acknowledge club and quite democratic in Lisbon due to its football merits. In see to the crest, a bicycle wheel was added to Sport Lisboa ‘s to represent motorbike, the most important sport of Grupo Sport Benfica. Furthermore, the two entities of the “ newfangled ” club had coincident members who helped stabilize operations, which late increased the success of the fusion. [ 17 ] however, problems with the club ‘s rent field ( Campo da Feiteira ) remained. Benfica moved to their first football supergrass field, Campo de Sete Rios, in 1913. Four years later, after refusing an increase in rip, they relocated to Campo de Benfica. finally, in 1925, they moved to their own stadium, the Estádio hyrax Amoreiras, playing there fifteen years before moving to the Estádio do Campo Grande in 1940. [ 19 ] The Portuguese league began in 1934, and after finishing third base in its beginning edition, Benfica won the adjacent three championships in a quarrel ( 1935–36, ’36–37, ’37–38 ) – the cabaret ‘s first tri, achieved by Lippo Hertzka. Throughout the 1940s, Benfica would win three more Primeira Liga ( 1941–42, ’42–43, ’44–45 ) and four Taça de Portugal ( 1940, ’43, ’44, ’49 ), with coach János Biri achieving the first double for the club in 1943. Benfica ‘s first international achiever happened in 1950, when they won the romance Cup ( the alone portuguese club to do then ), defeating Bordeaux with a aureate finish from Julinho at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with Ted Smith as coach. [ 26 ] It was the first international trophy won by a portuguese club. [ 28 ] They reached another final examination of the contest in 1957 but lost to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. [ 25 ] With the election of president Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho in 1952 and the arrival of coach Otto Glória in 1954, [ 26 ] Benfica became more modernize and master and moved into the original Estádio district attorney Luz, with an initial seating capacity of 40,000 ; expanded to 70,000 in 1960. [ 19 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] During the 1950s, Benfica won three Primeira Liga ( 1949–50, ’54–55, ’56–57 ) and six Taça de Portugal ( 1951, ’52, ’53, ’55, ’57, ’59 ). Despite being portuguese champions in 1955, Benfica were not invited to the inaugural address european Cup by its organisers, therefore making their UEFA debut in 1957–58 against Sevilla. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]

Golden years and drought ( 1960–2003 )

Led by coach Béla Guttmann, who had been signed by Maurício Vieira de Brito, [ 26 ] [ 34 ] Benfica became back-to-back european Champions by winning the european Cup against Barcelona in 1961 ( 3–2 ) [ 35 ] and real Madrid in 1962 ( 5–3 ). [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Consequently, Benfica played in the Intercontinental Cup, where they were runner-up to Peñarol in 1961 and Santos in 1962. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Later on, Benfica reached three more european Cup finals, losing them to AC Milan in 1963, [ 41 ] Inter Milan in 1965, and Manchester United in 1968. [ 17 ] Therefore, for their international operation, Benfica were ranked first in european football in 1965, ’66 and ’69, [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] and were presented with the France Football european team of the Year award in 1968. In the 1960s, Benfica won eight Primeira Liga ( 1959–60, ’60–61, ’62–63, ’63–64, ’64–65, ’66–67, ’67–68, ’68–69 ), three Taça de Portugal ( 1962, ’64, ’69 ) and two european Cups ( 1960–61, ’61–62 ). many of these successes were achieved with Eusébio – the only player to win the Ballon d’Or for a portuguese clubhouse [ 47 ] – Coluna, José Águas, José Augusto, Simões, Torres, and others, who formed the 1963–64 team that set a golf club read of 103 goals in 26 league matches. [ 48 ]
During the 1970s, with president Borges Coutinho, Benfica continued dominating Portuguese football, as they won six Primeira Liga titles ( 1970–71, ’71–72, ’72–73, ’74–75, ’75–76, ’76–77 ) and two Taça de Portugal ( 1970, ’72 ). In 1971–72, Benfica reached the semi-finals of the european Cup, where they were eliminated by Ajax of Johan Cruyff. Led by Jimmy Hagan the following season, Benfica became the inaugural club in Portugal to win the league without defeat, [ 48 ] winning 28 matches – 23 consecutively – out of 30, and drawing 2. They scored 101 goals, and Eusébio was again crowned Europe ‘s clear scorer, 2 goals short of his record ( 42 ). This decade was besides marked by Benfica ‘s admission of extraneous players into the team, becoming the last portuguese cabaret to do indeed, in 1979. [ 17 ] In the 1980s, Benfica continued to thrive domestically. [ 49 ] With Lajos Baróti in 1980–81, Benfica became the beginning club to win all portuguese trophies in one season : Supertaça de Portugal, Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal. Later, under the steering of Sven-Göran Eriksson, they won two straight Primeira Liga ( 1982–83, ’83–84 ), one Taça de Portugal ( 1983 ) and reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1983, lost to Anderlecht. [ 17 ] Following improvements to the Estádio district attorney Luz, Benfica opened the stadium ‘s third tier in 1985, transforming it into the largest stadium in Europe and third gear largest in the global. [ 50 ] A temper former, after they had won the domestic Super Cup in 1985 and the portuguese Cup in 1986, Benfica clinched the double over of Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal. then, from 1988 to 1994, Benfica won three Primeira Liga ( 1988–89, ’90–91, ’93–94 ), one Taça de Portugal ( 1993 ), one Super Cup ( 1989 ) and reached the european Cup finals of 1988 and 1990, won by PSV Eindhoven and Milan respectively [ 17 ] – these and all other Benfica losses in UEFA finals have been attributed to the “ execration of Béla Guttmann ”. [ 52 ] Financial trouble in the early on 1980s [ 53 ] and a big investment on players throughout that ten started to deteriorate the clubhouse ‘s finances under Jorge de Brito ‘s presidency. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] The rampant spending and a questionable sign policy ( over 100 players during Manuel Damásio ‘s term ) [ 56 ] foster aggravated the problem. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Soon after, with president of the united states João Vale east Azevedo, Benfica was in huge debt and sometimes ineffective to pay taxes and player salaries. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] From 1994 to 2003, Benfica had eleven coaches, [ 26 ] won the 1995–96 Taça de Portugal, suffered their biggest get the better of in european competitions, 7–0 to Celta de Vigo in 1999, [ 62 ] had their lowest ever league end, a sixth target in 2000–01, and were absent from european competition for two years, [ 17 ] from 2001–02 to 2002–03. back in 2000, club members had approved the construction of the new Estádio district attorney Luz curtly after the election of Manuel Vilarinho .

2003–present

In 2003–04, with president Luís Filipe Vieira, Benfica ended their silverware drought by winning the Taça de Portugal against José Mourinho ‘s Porto. [ 64 ] The follow class, Benfica won their first league title since 1994, [ 65 ] and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. [ 66 ] After that and until 2009, when Benfica won their first Taça district attorney Liga – thus becoming the first cabaret to win all major portuguese competitions – they did not win any trophies and finished fourth in the 2007–08 league. In Europe, Benfica had three straight appearances in the group degree of the UEFA Champions League, with their best result being a quarter-final stage in 2005–06 after eliminating then european champions Liverpool on 3–0 aggregate. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] For 2009–10, Jorge Jesus was appointed bus, a status he held until 2015. [ 69 ] During that six-season span, Benfica won 10 domestic trophies, [ 70 ] including an unprecedented treble in Portuguese football ( league, cup and league cup ) in 2013–14 [ 71 ] and the baseball club ‘s foremost back-to-back league titles since 1984. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] At european tied, Benfica were ranked one-sixth in the UEFA team ranking in 2015 [ 74 ] after they reached their foremost UEFA semi-final in 17 years at the 2010–11 Europa League, [ 75 ] reached the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2011–12 campaign, [ 76 ] and finished runner-up in Europa League for two straight seasons, 2012–13 and ’13–14. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ] late managed by Rui Vitória, Benfica won a fourth Primeira Liga championship in a row – their first ever tetra [ 80 ] – one Taça de Portugal, [ 6 ] one Taça district attorney Liga [ 81 ] and two consecutive Super Cup trophies ; [ 82 ] the latter in 2017 after they reachieved a 36-year-old treble. [ 83 ] Internationally, a year after they had consecutively reached the Champions League knockout phase for the first time in their history, [ 84 ] Benfica suffered their biggest loss in the competition, 5–0 to Basel, and went on setting the worst portuguese group stage campaign. [ 85 ] Following negative results during 2018–19, [ 85 ] bus Bruno Lage took charge mid-season and led Benfica to their 37th champions title while achieving the league ‘s all-time best second base cycle. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Later on, after thrashing Sporting CP in the Super Cup, [ 89 ] Benfica did not win any more trophies, and Jesus returned for 2020–21 as part of the club ‘s €105 million investment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest ever in Portuguese football. [ 90 ] Despite that, they were eliminated in the Champions League third base qualifying round off, lost a Super Cup, finished third in the league, and lost a portuguese Cup concluding for a second time in a row. [ 91 ]

Crest and shirt

Benfica ‘s peak is composed of an eagle, as a symbol of independence, authority and nobility, positioned atop a carapace with loss and flannel colours, symbolizing fearlessness and peace respectively ; the motto “E pluribus unum” ( “ Out of many, one ” ), defining union between all members ; and the club ‘s initials, “ SLB ”, over a football – all this superimposed on a bicycle wheel representing one of the club ‘s foremost sports, cycling. [ 16 ] [ 97 ] The cabaret has had four chief crests since its origin in 1904. The lineage of the current crest goes back to 1908, when Sport Lisboa merged with Grupo Sport Benfica. Afterwards, the form of the crest was changed in 1930 and 1999. The most significant of the latest changes were the alteration and reposition of the eagle and the decrease of the wheel ‘s size. [ 98 ] Since the 2008–09 temper, Benfica football shirts have displayed three stars above the peak, with each star representing ten league titles won by the golf club. In 2010–11 and 2011–12, however, the shirts displayed commemorative crests with one and two stars respectively, the erstwhile in the 50-year celebration of their first gear european Cup and the latter to celebrate their moment consecutive european Cup. The cabaret ‘s other sports do not show any star topology above the crest. [ 99 ] [ 100 ]

1904–1908
( Sport Lisboa )
1906–1908
( Grupo Sport Benfica )
1908–1930
1930–1999

evolution of the Benfica shirt from 1904 until the 1970s José district attorney Cruz Viegas was the person responsible for the excerpt of Benfica ‘s kit in 1904. Red and blank colours were chosen for being the ones that stood out better to players ‘ eyes. One year after its origin, the club opted for red shirts with white collars, openings and cuffs, combined with white shorts and black socks. Benfica ‘s white option kit out was officially used for the first meter in 1944–45, when Salgueiros, who besides wore red, were promoted to the first division. Benfica have constantly worn bolshevik shirts ; for that reason, in Portugal, Benfica and their supporters ( benfiquistas ) were nicknamed Vermelhos ( Reds ). This changed in 1936 with the start of the spanish Civil War : the Portuguese Estado Novo ‘s Censorship Commission censored the discussion “ vermelhos “ because the Popular Front communists in Spain were besides known by that name. From then on, Benfica became known as Encarnados – parole exchangeable to “ reds ”, but with a different connotation. [ 104 ]

Grounds

During the baseball club ‘s first gear decades, Benfica played largely on rented fields. Their first own stadium was the Estádio district attorney Amoreiras, built and opened in 1925, where they played until 1940. A year late, they moved to the Estádio do Campo Grande, a lease municipal stadium, before relocating to their second dwelling labor thirteen years late. [ 19 ] [ 31 ] From 1954 to 2003, Benfica played at the Estádio district attorney Luz in Lisbon, the largest stadium in Europe and third base largest in the world in terms of capability – 120,000 – from 1985 to 1987. [ 50 ] It was demolished between 2002 and 2003, and the new Estádio district attorney Luz was finalized in 2003, with a construction cost of €162 million, approximately €25 million more than planned. [ 105 ] Like its harbinger, the Estádio district attorney Luz is formally named Estádio do Sport Lisboa east Benfica. A UEFA class four stadium, [ 106 ] [ 107 ] it hosted several matches of UEFA Euro 2004, including the final, and was the venue for the UEFA Champions League finals in 2014 and 2020. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] Built with a seating capacity of 65,647, [ 110 ] [ 111 ] the stadium presently has 64,642 seats. [ 1 ]

aim concentrate

Benfica ‘s educate crunch and youth academy, Benfica Campus, is located in Seixal, Lisbon Region. It was built in 2005 and opened on 22 September 2006. [ 112 ]

documentation

Benfiquistas celebrating a goal at the celebrating a goal at the Estádio district attorney Luz ( 2009 ) The supporters of Benfica are known as benfiquistas. They sing the club ‘s hymn at the start of every base couple and sometimes during the match. [ 113 ] They call the club O Glorioso ( The Glorious One ), [ 2 ] therefore the chant “ Glorioso SLB ”. In some countries, since 1952, Benfica has had supporters ‘ clubs known as Casas do Benfica ( Benfica houses ), places for cultural, social and sport interaction among benfiquistas. [ 115 ] In recent years, benfiquistas have celebrated league titles with the team at the Marquis of Pombal Square in Lisbon. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Benfica is the most popular club in Portugal [ 118 ] and has always been seen as the wage-earning club of Portugal. [ 119 ] According to a study published in 2006 by professors Luís Reto and Jorge de Sá, with the tender of approval by Instituto Nacional de Estatística and Secretaria de Estado das Comunidades, Benfica has approximately 14 million supporters worldwide : over 5.5 million in Europe ( 4.7 in Portugal ) ; over 6 million in Mozambique ( 3.8 ) and Angola ( 2.7 ) ; over 1 million in the United States and Canada ; and the end in Brazil, Venezuela, the Caribbean, Indochina, China, Australia and India. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] According to a study performed for UEFA in 2012, Benfica is the european club with the highest share of football supporters in its own nation ( 47 % ). [ 118 ] In the 2016–17 season, Benfica had an average base attendance of 55,952 in the Portuguese league, the stream record at the Estádio district attorney Luz. It was the highest average of the contest and 9th highest among early european clubs. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] The highest home attendance record was besides broken – 64,519 spectators saw Benfica ‘s 5–0 win over Vitória de Guimarães in the season ‘s last match at Da Luz. [ 122 ]

Members

Along with Benfica houses, filiations and delegations, Benfica members, who are called sócios, elect the club president for a four-year term ( three years until 2010 ) [ 123 ] [ 124 ] [ 125 ] by voting in each candidate list, therefore forming the highest governing body of the club. Benfica members may besides participate and vote in general assemblies, put in proposals, take separate in discussions, be elected to governing bodies, be designated for positions or functions at the club, and then away. [ 16 ] In 2003 the club implemented electronic vote [ 126 ] – a vote method acting that has been criticized by members of Benfica, including presidential candidates, and outsiders [ 127 ] [ 128 ] [ 129 ] – and since 2010 merely people with 25 years of continuous membership as an pornographic – that is, effective members aged at least 43 – can run for president of the united states of Benfica. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] furthermore, according to the current statutes of the club, approved by slightly more than 100 sócios, [ 125 ] each member is entitled to one or more votes depending on membership years : over 1 and up to 5 years, 1 vote ; over 5 and improving to 10, 5 votes ; over 10 and up to 25, 20 votes ; over 25 as an effective member, 50 votes. In addition, a delegate can besides vote : when representing a Benfica house, 50 votes ; a filliation or a deputation, 20 votes. [ 123 ] On 9 November 2006, Benfica set the Guinness World Record for “ the most widely supported football club ”, with 160,398 paid-up members. [ 130 ] In 2014, according to a learn by Movimento Por Um Futebol Melhor, Benfica had 270,000 members and was the biggest club in the populace in membership terms. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] On 31 March 2015, Benfica reported having 246,401 members ; [ 133 ] however, after a scheduled renumbering by the club in August that year, the total decreased to 156,916. [ 134 ] By 9 October 2021, Benfica had over 250,000 members, of which 115,681 were eligible to vote in cabaret elections that day. [ 135 ]

Rivalries

Benfica has rivalries with Sporting CP and FC Porto, with whom it forms the “ Big Three “, Portugal ‘s most decorated clubs. none of them have been relegated from the Portuguese league since its establishment in 1934. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] As Lisbon-based clubs, Benfica and Sporting have shared a competition for over a century ; it all started in 1907, when eight big Benfica players defected to Sporting. [ 119 ] Followed in Europe, Africa and the Americas, any equal between both teams is known as dérbi de Lisboa ( “ Lisbon bowler hat ” ), dérbi eterno ( “ endless bowler hat ” ), dérbi da Segunda Circular, or dérbi dos dérbis ( “ bowler hat of the derbies ” ). [ 138 ] It is the most authoritative football bowler hat in Portugal. [ 119 ] The competition between Benfica and FC Porto, which started with a friendly match on 28 April 1912, comes about as Lisbon and Porto are the largest portuguese cities, respectively. Benfica and Porto are the two most decorated clubs in Portuguese football, with the former historically being the most decorate team overall. [ 49 ] Any couple between the two sides is called O Clássico ( The Classic ). [ 139 ]

Media

In 2008, Benfica launched its own sports-oriented television network, Benfica TV ( BTV for short ), the inaugural channel by a portuguese club, and has operated it since. [ 141 ] [ 142 ] Its premium groove broadcasts Benfica ‘s live matches at family in the Primeira Liga, Benfica B family matches in the LigaPro, [ 143 ] under-19 team home matches, and the club ‘s other sports matches, including youth categories. [ 144 ] Until 2016, it broadcast three seasons of the English Premier League, [ 145 ] and one temper of the italian Serie A and French Ligue 1. [ 146 ] In January 2020, Benfica launched Benfica Play ( BPlay for short-circuit ), an extraordinary media military service featuring exclusive capacity such as interviews with stream and former Benfica players and behind-the-scenes video recording from matchdays and train sessions. [ 147 ] [ 148 ] furthermore, the club publishes the hebdomadally newspaper O Benfica every Friday since 28 November 1942. It contains information about everything in the clubhouse in the shape of news program and articles ( by and large the early ). By 2005, it had a circulation of close to 10,000. [ 149 ] [ 150 ] Benfica besides publishes the quarterly cartridge holder Mística since 6 December 2007. Free of charge for Benfica members, [ 151 ] it comprises interviews with players and personnel of the club, reports about the club ‘s history and recent events, news program, opinion pieces, overviews of the club ‘s sports, with football being its independent focus, and a segment dedicated to club members. [ 152 ] Issue 33 had a circulation of 115,602 in mainland Portugal. [ 153 ] O Benfica Ilustrado was the club ‘s erstwhile magazine ; it was launched on 1 October 1957 as a monthly supplement to the newspaper O Benfica .

museum

The Museu Benfica – Cosme Damião, located near the stadium, was inaugurated on 26 July 2013 and opened to the populace three days subsequently. [ 155 ] Named after Cosme Dasmião, one of the club ‘s founders, it was considered the Best Portuguese Museum of 2014 by the Portuguese Association of Museology. [ 156 ] [ 157 ]

Finances and ownership

On 10 February 2000, under the presidency of João Vale east Azevedo, Benfica created Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD ( a public limited sports party ) [ 158 ] with an initial fairness of €75 million. [ 61 ] [ 159 ] [ 160 ] There were five major reasons for creating an autonomous entity to manage the Benfica team : engagement in professional football competitions at domestic and international level ; development of football players ; exploitation of television receiver rights on receptive and closed channels ; management of the players ‘ image rights ; exploitation of the Benfica sword by the professional football team and at sporting events. [ 161 ] Benfica SAD entered the PSI-20 on 21 May 2007 with an initial stock value of €5 on 15,000,001 shares. [ 162 ] Later in June that class, Joe Berardo launched an unsuccessful coup d’etat bid of €3.50 per parcel for 60 % of Benfica SAD. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] Following the general assembly of 23 December 2009, the SAD increased its €75 million equity to €115 million by absorbing Benfica Estádio, [ 166 ] to come out of technical insolvency. [ 167 ] On 31 July 2014, the SAD completed the acquisition of Benfica Stars Fund by spending approximately €28.9 million for 85 % of units, therefore purchasing the remaining economic rights of nine players. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] Later in April, Benfica and Adidas renewed their former ten-season condense of 2003 until 2021, for around €4.5 million per year. [ 96 ] In May 2015, Emirates airline signed a three-year sponsorship consider worth up to €30 million to become Benfica ‘s main new jersey sponsor. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] then in December, Benfica sold the television receiver rights of their first-team home matches american samoa well as Benfica TV ‘s broadcast and distribution rights to NOS in a three-year deal, receiving €40 million per temper, with the choice to extend the compress to a maximum of ten-spot seasons, totalling €400 million. [ 172 ] [ 173 ] Days late, Luís Filipe Vieira said the money from the latter narrow would be used to lower Benfica ‘s debt. [ 174 ] By June 2017, Benfica had earned €617 million from player transfers since the 2010–11 season, more than any other baseball club in the world. [ 175 ] In September 2018, Benfica SAD reported a profit of €20.6 million and a tax income of €206.2 million. furthermore, they reported a record fairness of €86.8 million : assets of €485.1 million and liabilities of €398.3 million. [ 176 ] It was the first time since 2010–11 that the debt was below €400 million. [ 177 ] In January 2019, Benfica remained the alone Portuguese club ever to appear in the Deloitte Football Money League, being ranked as the worldly concern ‘s thirtieth highest commercial tax income generating football club in 2017–18, with a tax income of €150.7 million. [ 178 ] In May 2019, Benfica was ranked by Brand Finance as the 40th most valuable football mark. [ 179 ] In May 2020, the portuguese Securities Market Commission denied Benfica ‘s coup d’etat bid of 28.06 % of Benfica SAD for €5 a share because the fund source was the SAD itself. [ 180 ] By September 2021, Benfica owned the majority of the SAD ‘s plowshare capital, 63.65 %, of which 40 % belonged immediately to the baseball club, holder of all category A shares, and 23.65 % to its holding party, Benfica SGPS, holder of category B shares. [ 181 ] The remaining share pertains to shareholders who may only own B shares. [ 182 ]

Players

First-team police squad

As of 31 August 2021[183][184]

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Out on loan

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former players

withdraw numbers

No.

Player

Position

Benfica debut

Last match

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. [ 193 ] [ 194 ]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position

Name

Head coach

Jorge Jesus

Assistant coaches

João de Deus
Tiago Oliveira
Minervino Pietra

Personal trainers

Mário Monteiro
Márcio Sampaio

Video analysts

Rodrigo Araújo
Gil Henriques

Goalkeeping coaches

Fernando Ferreira
Gonçalo Simões

Mental coach

Evandro Mota

last updated : 1 October 2021
Source : [ 195 ]

management

Position

Name

President

Rui Costa

Vice-presidents

Luís Mendes
Jaime Antunes
Domingos Almeida Lima
Fernando Tavares
Sílvio Cervan
Manuel Brito
Rui do Passo (substitute)
José Gandarez (substitute)

General assembly president

Fernando Seara

Supervisory president

Fernando Fonseca Santos

last updated : 10 October 2021
Source : [ 196 ]

Records and statistics

individual

Nené is the Benfica player with the most official appearances ( 575 ). [ 197 ] Eusébio is the club ‘s all-time acme goalscorer, [ 198 ] with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches. [ 199 ] He is besides Benfica ‘s circus tent scorer in UEFA club competitions, with 56 goals. [ 62 ] Luisão is the player with the most trophies won ( 20 ), the captain with the most matches and has the most appearances in european matches. [ 62 ] [ 200 ] Cosme Damião is the longest-serving coach ( 18 back-to-back years ). [ 201 ] Otto Glória is the coach with the most league titles won ( 4 ). [ 202 ] Jorge Jesus is the coach with the most trophies won ( 10 : 3 leagues, 1 cup, 5 league cups, 1 super cup ). [ 203 ] Rui Vitória is the passenger car with the highest percentage of wins in the domestic league with a minimum 34 matches played ( 85.29 % ). [ 204 ]

collective

Benfica became the first team in portuguese league history to complete two seasons without frustration, namely the 1972–73 and 1977–78 seasons. In the former, as unbeaten champions, they achieved two records : 58 points in 30 matches, the most ever obtained ( 96.7 % efficiency ), and the largest dispute of points always between champions and runner-up ( 18 points ) in a two-points-per-win system. [ 206 ] In the 2015–16 campaign, Benfica amassed 88 points in 34 matches and set the points commemorate since the league is contested by 18 teams. [ 207 ] [ 208 ] Benfica ‘s record for the lowest number of goals conceded in the Primeira Liga was achieved in 1988–89 with coach Toni : 15 goals in 38 matches. [ 48 ] furthermore, Benfica hold the european criminal record for the most straight wins in domestic league ( 29 ), between 1971–72 and 1972–73, [ 209 ] and the domestic record for the longest unbeaten run in the league ( 56 matches ), from 24 October 1976 to 1 September 1978. [ 211 ] In addition, Benfica hold Europe ‘s longest unbeaten test in all competitions since the advent of european contest : 48 matches from December 1963 to 14 February 1965. This criminal record ranks third overall. [ 212 ] In the 1965–66 european Cup, Benfica scored 18 goals against Stade Dudelange and achieved the highest finish margin on aggregate in european Cup [ 213 ] and their biggest win in UEFA competitions. [ 62 ] In the UEFA Europa League, Benfica was the first baseball club to reach two finals consecutively, the latter without get the better of. [ 214 ] As of the 2020–21 season, Benfica have 41 appearances in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and 21 participations in the UEFA Cup/Europa League. additionally, they have appearances in now-defunct competitions : 7 in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup and 2 in Intercontinental Cup. [ 62 ] By October 2017, Benfica were the fifth highest-scoring team in UEFA contest history, with 655 goals in 405 matches ( 1.62 per match ). [ 215 ]

holocene seasons

Benfica ‘s season-by-season performance over the last ten completed seasons :

Key

W = Winners ; RU = Runners-up ; SF = Semi-finals ; QF = Quarter-finals ; R16 = Round of 16 ; R32 = Round of 32 ; GS = Group stage ; 3R = Third round ; 5R = Fifth polish ; 3Q = Third passing round

Honours

Benfica have won a record 37 Primeira Liga, [ 255 ] a record 26 Taça de Portugal ( including a read 4 consecutively ), [ 256 ] a read 7 Taça district attorney Liga [ 81 ] [ 257 ] ( including a commemorate 4 consecutively ), 8 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira [ 258 ] and 3 Campeonato de Portugal ( including a commemorate 2 consecutively ) [ 256 ] – totalling 81 domestic trophies – and 2 european Cups ( consecutively won ) – totalling 83 trophies, or 84 when including the latin Cup. Therefore, in terms of overall trophies, Benfica is the most decorate club in Portuguese football. [ 5 ] [ 259 ] [ 260 ] [ boron ] In 2014, Benfica achieved the first ever ternary of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. [ 262 ] [ 263 ] Benfica was the first gear club to win the Primeira Liga and Taça da Liga double, furthermore, a phonograph record four times. Benfica is the merely clubhouse in Portugal to have successfully defended every major domestic title ( Campeonato de Portugal, Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and Taça da Liga ). In accession, Benfica are the entirely Portuguese team to have become back-to-back european champions .

domestic

Winners (8): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019

Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

european

other

Winners (1): 1950

Doubles

1 – shared record: 2013–14

Trebles

Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

portuguese Orders

See besides

Notes

References

far read

Oliveira, Mário Fernando de; Silva, Carlos Rebelo da (January 1954). História do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1904–1954) [History of Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1904–1954)] (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal.
Perdigão, Carlos (2004). Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 gloriosos anos [Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 glorious years] (in Portuguese). Matosinhos, Portugal: QuidNovi. ISBN 989-554-099-X.
Pereira, Luís Miguel (November 2009). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica Bible] (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Carcavelos, Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
Tovar, Rui Miguel (2014). Almanaque do Benfica (1904–2014) [Benfica Almanac (1904–2014)] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Alfragide, Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2764-8.