S.l. Benfica

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 (120 years ago) (1904-02-28) as Sport Lisboa
Ground	Estádio da Luz
Ground Capacity	65,647
Preses	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Rui Vitória
League	Primeira Liga
2022-23	Primeira Liga, 1st
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours

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. Benfica haes the maist members (sócios) o ony fitbaw club in the warld an is the twinty-saxt richest fitbaw club in terms o revenue, wi a annual turnower o €109.2 million. It is evaluatit as the thirty-aicht maist valuable fitbaw buist in the warld. The club's motto is "E pluribus unum" (Oot o mony, ane) an its offeecial anthem is "Ser Benfiquista". 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 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. In 2014, Benfica achievit a unprecedentit treble (triplete) o Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal an Taça da Liga. 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. 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. Benfica haulds the record o 56 matches athoot a defeat in Portuguese league, atween 1976–77 an 1978–79. 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.

Domestic competitions

• 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

 

• 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

• Intercontinental Cup

Runners-up (2): 1961, 1962

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Portuguese) (in Inglis) (in Spaingie)
• S.L. Benfica at Primeira Liga (in Portuguese)