S.L. Benfica
![]() | |||
Full name | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | ||
---|---|---|---|
Nickname(s) | Benfiquistas (supporters) As Águias (The Eagles) Os Encarnados (The Reids) O Glorioso (The Glorious Ane) | ||
Foondit | 28 Februar 1904 as Sport Lisboa | ||
Ground | Estádio da Luz | ||
Capacity | 65,647 | ||
Preses | Luís Filipe Vieira | ||
Manager | Rui Vitória | ||
League | Primeira Liga | ||
2022-23 | Primeira Liga, 1st | ||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | ||
|
Sport Lisboa e Benfica ComC OM MHIH[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ȷ̃ˈfikɐ]), commonly kent as Benfica, or simply as SLB, is a Portuguese multi-sport club based in Lisbon, Portugal, which is best kent for its professional fitbaw team.
Foondit on 28 Februar 1904, Benfica is ane o the Big Three (Três Grandes) clubs in Portugal. It is the maist supportit Portuguese club an haes ane o the lairgest fan bases in the warld.[2] Benfica haes the maist members (sócios) o ony fitbaw club in the warld[3][4][5] an is the twinty-saxt richest fitbaw club in terms o revenue, wi a annual turnower o €109.2 million.[6] It is evaluatit as the thirty-aicht maist valuable fitbaw buist in the warld.[7] The club's motto is "E pluribus unum" (Oot o mony, ane) an its offeecial anthem is "Ser Benfiquista".[8] The team is elk-namit Águias (Eagles) or Encarnados (Reds), while its supporters are cried Benfiquistas.
Benfica is the maist successful Portuguese club wi 70 domestic titles, haein 72 titles oweraw (excludin the Latin Cup), an is the anerly club tae hae wan aw Portuguese competitions. It is the current football champion[9] an haes wan a record o 36 Primeira Liga titles, a record o 28 Taça de Portugal (an 4 consecutively), a record o 10 doubles (dobradinhas), a record o 7 Taça da Liga (an 4 consecutively) an 6 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.[10] In 2014, Benfica achievit a unprecedentit treble (triplete) o Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal an Taça da Liga.[11][12] It is the anerly club tae hae wan the double o Primeira Liga an Taça da Liga (twice), an tae hae conquered the Taça da Liga athoot concedin a goal.[13] Benfica wis the first club in the history o the Primeira Liga tae hae completit a entire 30 gemme saison unbeaten, in 1972–73—achievin the lairgest difference iver atween champions an runners-up (18 points) in a 2 points per win seestem—an wis the first tae dae it twice an aw, in 1977–78.[14] Benfica haulds the record o 56 matches athoot a defeat in Portuguese league, atween 1976–77 an 1978–79.[15][16] Benfica wis ane o the foondin members o Primeira Liga in 1933, an is ane o three clubs which hae niver been relegatit frae the top flicht o Portuguese fitbaw, alang wi its lang-staundin rivals Sporting an Porto.
Honours
[eedit | eedit soorce]Domestic competitions
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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 (29) (record): 1929-30, 1930-31, 1934-35, 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 (6): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016
European competitions
[eedit | eedit soorce]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2012-13_Europa_League_final_-_Chelsea_FC_vs._SL_Benfica%2C_Amsterdam_ArenA%2C_kick-off.jpg/300px-2012-13_Europa_League_final_-_Chelsea_FC_vs._SL_Benfica%2C_Amsterdam_ArenA%2C_kick-off.jpg)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League
- Winners (2): 1960-61, 1961-62
- Runners-up (5): 1962-63, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1987-88, 1989-90
- UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
- Runners-up (3): 1982-83, 2012-13, 2013-14
Warldwide competitions
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Intercontinental Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1961, 1962
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Decorations and Honorary Orders". S.L. Benfica. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2014. Retrieved 10 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "Concentration of people supporting the most popular club" (PDF). UEFA. 17 Apryle 2014. p. 41. Retrieved 27 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "Most widely supported football club". Guinness World Records. 9 November 2006. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "SL Benfica é o Clube com mais Sócios do Mundo" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 16 Februar 2014. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 Februar 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help) - ↑ "Benfica é o clube com mais sócios no mundo" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 23 August 2012. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 7 Januar 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help) - ↑ "Deloitte Football Money League 2014". Deloitte. Januar 2014. Archived frae the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 27 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "The Brand Finance Football 50 2014 - The world's most valuable football brands". Brand Finance. Mey 2014. Retrieved 26 Mey 2014.
- ↑ Weiss, Jessica (27 Mairch 2012). "Showing Support in Song". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ↑ "Benfica seal 33rd Portuguese title". UEFA. 20 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 20 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). LigaPortugal.pt. 2014. Retrieved 2 Januar 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help) - ↑ "Benfica lift cup to seal historic treble". UEFA. 18 Mey 2014. Retrieved 20 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "Benfica conquista Taça e consegue o triplete em Portugal" (in Portuguese). FIFA. 18 Mey 2014. Archived frae the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 18 Mey 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help) - ↑ "Benfica venceu esta competição sem sofrer um golo" (in Portuguese). 7 Mey 2014. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2014. Retrieved 8 Mey 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help) - ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (23 December 2013). "Unbeaten during a League Season". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 Januar 2014.
- ↑ Martins, Paulo (27 Julie 2004). "SL Benfica's series of 56 matches unbeaten in the I Divisão". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 Januar 2014.
- ↑ Viegas, João (1 September 2013). "Dragões voltam a falhar o recorde do Benfica" (in Portuguese). Record. Archived frae the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 Januar 2014. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help)
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]![]() |
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sport Lisboa e Benfica. |
- Offeecial wabsteid (in Portuguese) (in Inglis) (in Spaingie)
- S.L. Benfica at Primeira Liga (in Portuguese)
- S.L. Benfica
- Fitbaw clubs in Portugal
- Sport in Lisbon
- Sports clubs established in 1904
- Sports teams in Portugal
- Association fitbaw clubs established in 1904
- Companies leetit on the Euronext exchynges
- Publicly tradit sports companies
- Multi-sport clubs
- 1904 establishments in Portugal
- Gowf clubs an courses in Portugal
- Unrelegatit association fitbaw clubs
- Taça de Portugal winners