S.L. Benfica

S.L. Benfica

Full name	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded	28 February 1904
Ground	Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal
Capacity	65,647
Chairman	Rui Costa
Manager	José Mourinho
League	Primeira Liga
2022/23	Primeira Liga, 1st
Home colours Away colours

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

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

Main article: List of S.L. Benfica honours

Domestic

• Primeira Liga

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

• Taça de Portugal

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

• Taça da Liga

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

• Campeonato de Portugal

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

European

• European Cup

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

International record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Best
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	287	130	67	90	475	334	+141	045.30Champions (2)
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	135	67	32	36	223	154	+69	049.63Runner-up
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	42	21	12	9	67	34	+33	050.00Semi-finalist
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00Second round
Intercontinental Cup	5	1	0	4	6	15	−9	020.00Runner-up
Total	473	221	112	140	778	542	+236	046.72