List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Lisbon. Founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa, it merged with Grupo Sport Benfica in 1908, thus being renamed Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The club's records and statistics here gathered only concern competitive, professional matches – no exhibition games are considered. These records and statistics include data on honours, players, transfers, managers, and team records, respectively.

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Honours

Benfica is the most decorated club in Portugal, holding the records for most Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, and Taça da Liga titles, three of the four most important competitions in the country (the other being Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira). Moreover, Benfica is the only club to have won four consecutive editions of Taça de Portugal, from 1948–49 to 1952–53 (in 1949–50, the cup was not held), and four consecutive editions of Taça da Liga, from 2008–09 to 2011–12. On the international stage, Benfica have reached a record ten European finals, winning back-to-back European Cups in 1960–61 and 1961–62.

National titles

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 (9): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
Winners (7) – record: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

UEFA titles

Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62

Doubles

11 – record: 1942–43, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 2013–14, 2016–17
4 – record: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
1 – shared record: 2013–14
1 – shared national record: 1960–61
1 – national record: 1961–62

Trebles

2 – record: 1980–81, 2016–17
1 – record: 2013–14
1 – record: 2014–15

Players

Benfica's record appearance-maker is Nené, who made 575 appearances over the course of his career. Ten players have made more than 400 appearances, including four members of the 1961 European Cup-winning team. Eusébio is the club's top goalscorer with 473 goals in his 15-year spell. Only two other players have scored more than 300 goals for the club.

Appearances records

Most appearances

As of 25 September 2018
RankPlayerYearsLeagueTotalRef.
1 Flag of Portugal.svg Nené 1968–1986422575 [1] [2] [17]
2 Flag of Portugal.svg Veloso 1980–1995379538 [1] [2] [17]
Flag of Brazil.svg Luisão 2003–2018337538 [1] [2]
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Coluna 1954–1970364518 [1] [2] [17]
5 Flag of Portugal.svg Humberto Coelho 1968–1975
1977–1984
355498 [2] [18] [17]
6 Flag of Portugal.svg Shéu 1972–1989349487 [2] [17]
7 Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Bento 1972–1990329465 [2] [19]

Goal scoring records

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerYearsMatchesGoalsRef.
1 Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio 1961–1975440473 [38] [39] [40] [17]
2 Flag of Portugal.svg José Águas 1950–1963384379 [38] [39] [40] [17]
3 Flag of Portugal.svg Nené 1968–1986575359 [38] [39] [40] [17]
4 Flag of Portugal.svg José Torres 1959–1971259226 [38] [40] [17]
5 Flag of Portugal.svg Arsénio 1943–1955298220 [38] [40] [17]
6 Flag of Portugal.svg Rogério Pipi 1942–1947
1947–1954
314205 [38]
7 Flag of Portugal.svg Julinho 1942–1951
1952–1953
200202 [38]
8 Flag of Portugal.svg José Augusto 1959–1970369175 [38]
9 Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 2007–2014293172 [38] [41]
10 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Gomes 1997–2000
2002–2011
399166 [38]

Top non-Portuguese goalscorers

RankPlayerYearsMatchesGoalsRef.
1 Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 2007–2014293172 [42] [43] [41]
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Jonas 2014–2019183137 [44]
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Magnusson 1987–199216487 [45]
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Manniche 1983–198713275 [42] [46]
5 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Haris Seferovic 2017–202218874 [47]
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Isaías 1990–199517871 [42] [48]
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Lima 2012–201514470 [42] [49]
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Salvio 2010–2011
2012–2019
26662 [50]
9 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Mitroglou 2015–20178852 [51]
10 Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez 2020–20228548 [52]

Historical goals

Primeira Liga

As of 27 April 2024, Benfica have scored 6,181 goals in the Primeira Liga.[ citation needed ]
GoalPlayerDateMatch
1 Flag of Portugal.svg Alfredo Valadas 20 January 1935Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal
100 Flag of Portugal.svg Alfredo Valadas 31 January 1937Benfica 10–2 Leixões
500 Flag of Portugal.svg Joaquim Teixeira 6 February 1944Benfica 6–1 Salgueiros
1,000 Flag of Portugal.svg Rosário 1949–50 Vitória de Guimarães 3–5 Benfica
1,500 Flag of Portugal.svg José Águas 1956–57Benfica 6–0 CUF
2,000 Flag of Portugal.svg Yaúca 17 November 1963Benfica 4–2 Belenenses
2,500 Flag of Portugal.svg Artur Jorge 27 September 1970Benfica 4–0 Boavista
3,000 Flag of Portugal.svg Vítor Martins 13 February 1977Benfica 6–1 Estoril
3,500 Flag of Portugal.svg Nené 18 March 1984 Farense 2–7 Benfica
4,000 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Yuran 7 December 1991Benfica 3–0 Beira-Mar
4,500 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Poborský 14 February 2000Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 Benfica
5,000 Flag of Honduras.svg David Suazo 2 November 2008Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Benfica
5,500 Flag of Brazil.svg Jonas 20 December 2015Benfica 3–1 Rio Ave
6,000 Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez 15 January 2022Benfica 1–1 Moreirense

UEFA competitions

As of 18 April 2024, Benfica have scored 757 goals in UEFA competitions.
GoalPlayerDateMatchCompetitionRef.
1 Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Palmeiro 19 September 1957 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla 3–1 Benfica European Cup [53] [54]
50 Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio 31 October 1962 Flag of Sweden.svg Norrköping 1–1 Benfica European Cup [53]
100 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedras 30 September 1965 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Stade Dudelange 3–1 Benfica European Cup [53] [55]
150 Flag of Portugal.svg Jacinto Santos 12 February 1969 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax 1–3 Benfica European Cup [53]
200 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Jordão 2 October 1974 Flag of Denmark.svg Vanløse 1–4 Benfica European Cup Winners' Cup [53] [55]
250 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zoran Filipović 3 November 1982 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lokeren 1–2 Benfica UEFA Cup [53]
300 Flag of Brazil.svg Ademir Alcântara 5 October 1988Benfica 3–1 Montpellier Flag of France.svg UEFA Cup [53] [55]
350 Flag of Portugal.svg Pacheco 29 September 1992 Flag of Slovenia.svg Belvedur Izola 0–5 Benfica UEFA Cup [53]
400 Flag of Brazil.svg Valdo 5 December 1995 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 4–2 Benfica UEFA Cup [53] [55]
450 Flag of Portugal.svg Simão 16 September 2004 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 Benfica UEFA Cup [53]
500 Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 4 December 2008 Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Benfica UEFA Champions League [53]
550 Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 24 February 2011 Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Benfica UEFA Europa League [53]
600 Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 2 May 2013Benfica 3–1 Fenerbahçe Flag of Turkey.svg UEFA Europa League [53] [56]
650 Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Salvio 1 November 2016Benfica 1–0 Dynamo Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg UEFA Champions League [53]
700 Flag of Portugal.svg Pizzi 3 December 2020Benfica 4–0 Lech Poznań Flag of Poland.svg UEFA Champions League [53]
750 Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Cabral 12 December 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Benfica UEFA Champions League [53]

Trophy winners

Most titles won

[59] [60]

RankPlayerYearsTitles
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Luisão 2003–201820
2 Flag of Portugal.svg Nené 1968–198619
3 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Coluna 1954–197018
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio 1961–197517
Flag of Portugal.svg Shéu 1972–1989
6 Flag of Portugal.svg António Simões 1961–197516
Flag of Portugal.svg António Veloso 1980–1995
8 Flag of Portugal.svg Cavém 1954–197015
Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Bento [61] 1972–1992
Flag of Brazil.svg Jardel 2011–2021

Team captains

Individual award winners

Bola de Prata

The seven Silver Balls won by Eusebio in exhibition at Museu Cosme Damiao Eusebio Silver Balls at Museu Cosme Damiao.JPG
The seven Silver Balls won by Eusébio in exhibition at Museu Cosme Damião
Primeira Liga top scorer
PlayerAward(s)Season(s)
Flag of Portugal.svg Eusébio 71963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66 (shared), 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73
Flag of Portugal.svg José Águas 51951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61
Flag of Portugal.svg Julinho 21942–43, 1959–50
Flag of Portugal.svg Artur Jorge 21970–71, 1971–72
Flag of Portugal.svg Nené 21980–81, 1983–84 (shared)
Flag of Paraguay.svg Óscar Cardozo 22009–10, 2011–12 (shared)
Flag of Brazil.svg Jonas 22015–16, 2017–18
Flag of Portugal.svg José Torres 11962–63
Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Jordão 11975–76
Flag of Angola.svg Vata 11988–89
Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Magnusson 11989–90
Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Águas 11990–91
Flag of Portugal.svg Simão Sabrosa 12002–03 (shared)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Haris Seferovic 12018–19
Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Vinícius 12019–20
Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez 12021–22

Cosme Damião Award

Benfica's Player of the Year
YearWinnerRef.
2006 Flag of Portugal.svg Simão [74]
2007 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Costa [74]
2008 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Katsouranis [74]
2009 Flag of Brazil.svg Luisão [74] [75]
2010 Flag of Portugal.svg Fábio Coentrão [74] [76]
2011 Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Aimar [74] [77]
2012 Flag of Uruguay.svg Maxi Pereira [78]
2013Not awarded [79]
2014 Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Gaitán [80]
2015 Flag of Brazil.svg Jonas [81]
2016 [82]
2017 [83]
2018 [84]
2019 Flag of Portugal.svg Pizzi [85]
2020 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Weigl [86]
2021 Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez [87]

Transfers

Note: In the rankings below, inflation is not taken into account.

Highest transfer fees paid

Forward Raul Jimenez was once the most expensive Benfica signing and, simultaneously, the most lucrative player transferred. Zenit-Benf (5).jpg
Forward Raúl Jiménez was once the most expensive Benfica signing and, simultaneously, the most lucrative player transferred.
RankPlayerTransfer feeFromDateRef.
1 Flag of Turkey.svg Orkun Kökçü €25.0M Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord 10 June 2023 [88]
Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez Flag of Spain.svg Almería 4 September 2020 [89] [90]
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Everton €22.0M Flag of Brazil.svg Grêmio 14 August 2020 [90] [91]
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Jiménez €21.8M Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 21 July 2016 [92]
5 Flag of Spain.svg Raúl de Tomás €20.8M Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 3 July 2019 [90] [93]
6 Flag of Germany.svg Julian Weigl €20.4M Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 2 January 2020 [90] [94]
7 Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Yaremchuk €20M Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gent 29 August 2022 [95] [96]
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Vinícius €17.5M Flag of Italy.svg Napoli 20 July 2019 [90] [97]
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedrinho €17.0M Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 11 March 2020 [98] [90] [99]
10 Flag of Portugal.svg Rafa €16.4M Flag of Portugal.svg Braga 31 August 2016 [100]

Highest transfer fees received

RankPlayerTransfer feeToDateRef.
1 Flag of Portugal.svg João Félix €126M Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 3 July 2019 [101]
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Enzo Fernández €121M Flag of England.svg Chelsea 1 February 2023 [102]
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Darwin Núñez €80M Flag of England.svg Liverpool 12 November 2022 [103] [104] [105]
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Rúben Dias €68M Flag of England.svg Manchester City 29 September 2020 [106] [107]
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Jiménez €41M Flag of England.svg Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 April 2019 [108]
6 Flag of Portugal.svg Nélson Semedo €40.7M Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 18 December 2019 [109]
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Axel Witsel €40M Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 September 2012 [110]
Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson Flag of England.svg Manchester City 1 June 2017 [111]
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Renato Sanches €35M Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 10 May 2016 [112]
Flag of Sweden.svg Victor Lindelöf Flag of England.svg Manchester United 10 June 2017 [113]

Managerial records

Trophy winners

Club records

Matches

Firsts

  • First match: Carcavelos 3–1 Benfica, Campeonato de Lisboa, 4 November 1906. [38]
  • First Derby de Lisboa match: Benfica 1–2 Sporting CP, Campeonato de Lisboa, 1 December 1907. [38]
  • First Campeonato de Portugal match: Braga 3–4 Benfica (round of 16), 3 April 1927. [38]
  • First O Clássico match: Benfica 3–0 FC Porto, Campeonato de Portugal (final), 28 June 1931. [38]
  • First league match: Benfica 3–1 Vitória de Setúbal, 20 January 1935. [38]
  • First Taça de Portugal match: Luso SC 0–5 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 14 May 1939. [38]
  • First European Cup match: Sevilla 3–1 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 19 September 1957. [38]
  • First Intercontinental Cup match: Benfica 1–0 Peñarol (first leg), 6 September 1961. [38]
  • First UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match: Olimpija Ljubljana 1–1 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 16 September 1970. [38]
  • First UEFA Cup match: Nantes 0–2 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 13 September 1978. [38]
  • First Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match: Sporting CP 2–2 Benfica (first leg), 10 September 1980. [38]
  • First UEFA Champions League match: Hajduk Split 0–0 Benfica (group stage), 14 September 1994. [38]
  • First match at Estádio da Luz: Benfica 1–2 Beira-Mar (Primeira Liga), 2 November 2003. [114]
  • First Taça da Liga match: Estrela da Amadora 1–1 Benfica (4–5, pso) (Round 3), 26 September 2007. [38]
  • First UEFA Europa League match: Benfica 4–0 Vorskla Poltava (Play-off round – first leg), 20 August 2009. [38]

Wins

  • Record win: Lisboa FC 0–15 Benfica, Campeonato de Lisboa, 9 April 1911. [38]
  • Record Campeonato de Portugal win: União Operário 1–8 Benfica (Round 1), 30 March 1930. [38]
  • Record O Clássico win: Benfica 12–2 FC Porto (Primeira Liga) (All-time record), 7 February 1943. [115]
  • Record Derby de Lisboa win:
    • Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP, Campeonato de Lisboa, 3 December 1939. [116]
    • Benfica 7–2 Sporting CP, Primeira Liga, 28 April 1946. [116]
    • Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP, Primeira Liga, 19 November 1978. [116]
    • Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP, Taça de Portugal (quarterfinals), 12 March 1986. [116]
    • Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP, Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, 4 August 2019.
  • Record league win: Benfica 13–1 Sanjoanense, 27 April 1947. [38]
  • Record Intercontinental Cup win: Benfica 1–0 Peñarol (first leg), 6 September 1961. [38]
  • Record European Cup win: Benfica 10–0 Stade Dudelange (preliminary round – second leg), 5 October 1965. [3] [38]
  • Record UEFA Cup Winners' Cup win: Benfica 8–1 Olimpija Ljubljana (Round 1 – second leg), 30 September 1970. [38]
  • Record Taça de Portugal win: Benfica 14–1 Riachense (round of 16), 11 January 1989. [38]
  • Record UEFA Cup win: Belvedur Izola 0–5 Benfica (first round – second leg), 30 September 1992.
  • Record UEFA Champions League win: Benfica 6–0 Beitar Jerusalem (Second qualifying round – first leg), 12 August 1998.
  • Record UEFA Europa League win: Benfica 5–0 Everton (group stage), 22 October 2009. [38]
  • Record Taça da Liga win: Moreirense 1–6 Benfica (Round 3), 26 January 2016. [38]
  • Record Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira win: Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP, 4 August 2019.

Defeats

  • Record defeat:
    • Benfica 0–8 Império, Campeonato de Lisboa, 30 October 1927. [38]
    • Porto 8–0 Benfica, Campeonato de Portugal (quarterfinals – first leg), 28 May 1933. [38]
  • Record Taça de Portugal defeat: Benfica 1–6 Porto (semifinals – first leg), 11 June 1939. [38]
  • Record Intercontinental Cup win: Peñarol 5–0 Benfica (second leg) (All-time record), 17 September 1961. [38]
  • Record European Cup defeat: Borussia Dortmund 5–0 Benfica (Round 1 – second leg), 4 December 1963. [38]
  • Record UEFA Cup Winners' Cup defeat:
    • Vorwärts Berlin 2–0 Benfica (Round 2 – second leg), 4 November 1970.
    • Benfica 0–2 Fiorentina (Quarter-finals – first leg), 6 March 1997. [38]
  • Record league defeat: Sporting CP 7–1 Benfica, 14 December 1986. [38]
  • Record Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira defeat: Benfica 0–5 Porto, 18 September 1996. [38]
  • Record UEFA Cup defeat: Celta Vigo 7–0 Benfica (third round – first leg), 25 November 1999 [3] [38]
  • Record UEFA Europa League defeat: Liverpool 4–1 (quarterfinals – second leg), 8 April 2010.
  • Record Taça da Liga defeat: Moreirense 3–1 Benfica (semifinals), 26 January 2017.
  • Record UEFA Champions League defeat: Basel 5–0 Benfica (group stage), 27 September 2017. [38]

Streaks

  • Longest unbeaten run (all competitions): 48 matches (from 22 December 1963 to 14 February 1965). [117]
  • Longest league winning run: 29 matches (from 9 April 1972 to 11 March 1973) (European record). [118]
  • Longest winning run (all domestic competitions): 34 matches (from 9 April 1972 to 18 March 1973).
  • Longest unbeaten league run: 56 matches (from 27 October 1974 to 1 September 1978). [119]
  • Longest winning run (all competitions): 18 matches (from 12 December 2010 to 2 March 2011) (domestic joint record). [120] [121] [122]
  • Longest period without conceding a home goal (all competitions): 941 minutes (from the 37' on 10 December 2013 to the 78' on 20 March 2014). [123]
  • Longest away winning streak (all competitions): 11 matches (from 2 January 2016 to 20 March 2016). [124]
  • Longest away winning streak (league): 16 matches (from 2 January 2016 to 23 October 2016). [125]

Goals

Points

League

  • Most points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 69 in 38 matches (1990–91) (domestic record).
    • Three points for a win: 88 in 34 matches (2015–16).
  • Fewest points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 18 in 14 matches (1940–41).
    • Three points for a win: 52 in 30 matches (2007–08).

European Cup group stage

  • Most/Fewest points in a season: 5 in 6 matches (1991–92).

UEFA Champions League group stage

  • Most points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 9 in 6 matches (1994–95).
    • Three points for a win: 14 in 6 matches (2022–23). [126]
  • Fewest points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 9 in 6 matches (1994–95).
    • Three points for a win: 0 in 6 matches (2017–18) (domestic record). [127]

UEFA Cup group stage

  • Most points in a season: 9 in 4 matches (2004–05).
  • Fewest points in a season: 1 in 4 matches (2008–09).

UEFA Europa League group stage

  • Most points in a season: 15 in 6 matches (2009–10).
  • Fewest points in a season: 12 in 6 matches (2020–21).

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