S.L. Benfica

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On 28 February 1904, after a football training session 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 club called Sport Lisboa, composed of Portuguese players only.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/benfica/as-vitorias-historicas/o-nascimento-do-benfica-1004405.html|title=O nascimento do Benfica|date=26 August 2008|website=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|trans-title=The birth of Benfica|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006192644/https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/benfica/as-vitorias-historicas/o-nascimento-do-benfica-1004405.html|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=143}} Twenty-four people attended the meeting,{{efn|Club founders: Abílio Meireles, Amadeu Rocha, António Rosa Rodrigues, António Severino, Cândido Rosa Rodrigues, Carlos França, Cosme Damião, Daniel Brito, Eduardo Corga, Francisco Calisto, Francisco dos Reis Gonçalves, João Gomes, João Goulão, Joaquim Almeida, Joaquim Ribeiro, Jorge Augusto Sousa, Jorge da Costa Afra, José Linhares, José Rosa Rodrigues, Manuel Gourlade, Manuel França, Raul Empis, Henrique Teixeira, Virgílio Cunha.{{sfn|Oliveira|Silva|1954}}}} including Cosme Damião. In that meeting, José Rosa Rodrigues was appointed club president, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/fundacao.aspx|title=Foundation|date=16 May 2017|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821200907/https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/fundacao.aspx|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/Portals/0/Documentos/Estatutos/estatutos_en-us.pdf|title=Statutes|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703041744/http://www.slbenfica.pt/Portals/0/Documentos/Estatutos/estatutos_en-us.pdf|archive-date=3 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=87|title=História Benfica|last=Silveira|first=João|date=30 August 2011|website=zerozero|language=pt|trans-title=Benfica history|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116053118/http://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=87|url-status=live}} Sport Lisboa played their first ever match on 1 January 1905, scoring their first goal.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=45}} Despite important victories, such as the ones against Carcavelos and then-rivals Internacional,{{sfn|Oliveira|Silva|1954|pp=46–47}} the club suffered from poor operating conditions, namely the football dirt field of Terras do Desembargador.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/estadios-anteriores/historia-dos-estadios|title=History of the Stadiums|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=5 December 2014|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804205558/https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/estadios-anteriores/historia-dos-estadios|url-status=dead}} As a result, eight players moved to Sporting CP in May 1907, threatening Sport Lisboa's existence,{{sfn|Oliveira|Silva|1954|pp=57–58}} and later starting the rivalry between the two clubs.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=55}}

On 13 September 1908, Sport Lisboa acquired Grupo Sport Benfica by mutual agreement and changed its name to {{lang|pt|Sport Lisboa e Benfica}}. Despite the merger, they continued their respective club operations. For Sport Lisboa, they maintained the football team, the shirt colours, the eagle symbol and the motto. For Grupo Sport Benfica, they maintained the field Campo da Feiteira, the main directors and the club's house. Both clubs determined that the foundation date should coincide with Sport Lisboa's because it was the most recognized club and quite popular in Lisbon due to its football merits. In regard to the crest, a bicycle wheel was added to Sport Lisboa's to represent cycling, the most important sport of Grupo Sport Benfica. Furthermore, the two entities of the newly named club had simultaneous members who helped stabilize operations, which later increased the success of the merger.

However, problems with the club's rented field (Campo da Feiteira) remained. Benfica moved to their first football grass field, Campo de Sete Rios, in 1913. Four years later, after refusing an increase in rent, they relocated to Campo de Benfica. Finally, in 1925, they moved to their own stadium, the Estádio das Amoreiras, playing there fifteen years before moving to the Estádio do Campo Grande in 1940. The Portuguese league began in 1934, and after finishing third in its first edition, Benfica won the next three championships in a row (1935–36, '36–37, '37–38) – the club's first tri, achieved by Lippo Hertzka.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=118}} 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.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=139}}

Benfica's first international success happened in 1950, when they won the Latin Cup (the only Portuguese club to do so),{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=180}} defeating Bordeaux with a golden goal from Julinho at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon,{{cite magazine|date=May 2015|title=Bicampeões para a história|trans-title=Back-to-back champions for the ages|language=pt|magazine=Visão|location=Portugal|publisher=Impresa Publishing|page=42|issn=0872-3540}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/latin.html|title=Latin Cup|last1=Stokkermans|first1=Karel|last2=Gorgazzi|first2=Osvaldo José|date=23 November 2006|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=2 July 2015|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811200548/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/latin.html|url-status=live}} with Ted Smith as coach.{{cite news|date=26 August 2008|title=Os 57 treinadores do Benfica|trans-title=Benfica's 57 coaches|url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/benfica/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/os-57-treinadores-do-benfica-1004395.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=22 May 2015|archive-date=11 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211011736/http://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/benfica/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/os-57-treinadores-do-benfica-1004395.html|url-status=live}} It was the first international trophy won by a Portuguese club.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=165}}{{cite news|date=20 May 2016|title=Benfica soma 77 troféus e deixa FC Porto a três e Sporting a 30|trans-title=Benfica count 77 trophies and move three clear of FC Porto and 30 of Sporting|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2016/05/20/benfica-soma-77-trofeus-e-deixa-fc-porto-a-tres-e-sporting-a-30|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=24 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524024536/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2016/05/20/benfica-soma-77-trofeus-e-deixa-fc-porto-a-tres-e-sporting-a-30|url-status=live}} They reached another final of the competition in 1957 but lost to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. With the election of president Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho in 1952 and the arrival of coach Otto Glória in 1954, Benfica became more modernized and professional{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=120}} and moved into the original Estádio da Luz, with an initial seating capacity of 40,000; expanded to 70,000 in 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/estadio/estadiosanteriores/estadiodoslb.aspx|title=Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1954)|language=pt|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140501144856/http://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/estadio/estadiosanteriores/estadiodoslb.aspx|archive-date=1 May 2014|access-date=13 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=5266|title=Estádio da Luz: a Catedral|last=Silveira|first=João|date=24 October 2012|website=zerozero|language=pt|trans-title=Estádio da Luz: the Cathedral|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203023023/http://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=5266|url-status=live}} During the 1950s, Benfica won three Primeira Liga titles (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 European Cup by the organizers, thus making their UEFA debut in 1957–58 against Sevilla.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf#page=6|title=50 years of European Cup|date=October 2004|website=UEFA|pages=6–7|archive-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316162024/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf#page=6|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.europeancuphistory.com/origins.html|title=European Cup Origins|website=European Cup History|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003044926/http://www.europeancuphistory.com/origins.html|url-status=live}}

File:Beufica tegen Real Madrid 5-3 spelers met beker, Bestanddeelnr 913-8540.jpg (right) holding Benfica's second European Cup after the final victory]]

Led by coach Béla Guttmann, who had been signed by Maurício Vieira de Brito,{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/presidentes/|title=33 outstanding names of our history|date=26 September 2018|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005230111/https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/presidentes/|url-status=dead}} Benfica became back-to-back European Champions by winning the European Cup against Barcelona in 1961 (3–2){{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0219-0e8c04cce57c-7b43d18aa730-1000--benfica-end-madrid-s-golden-age/|title=Benfica end Madrid's golden age|date=1 September 2014|website=UEFA|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927221520/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2157317.html|url-status=live}} and Real Madrid in 1962 (5–3).{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0219-0e8c04f35082-a8df3b001065-1000--eusebio-stars-in-benfica-s-second-triumph/|title=Eusébio stars in Benfica's second triumph|date=1 September 2014|website=UEFA|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927221556/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2157401.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7ff54758e9-79e665db9ac4-1000--the-greatest-teams-of-all-time-benfica-1960-62/|title=The greatest teams of all time: Benfica 1960–62|last=Gonçalves|first=Pedro|date=15 June 2015|website=UEFA|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113191036/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2253538.html|url-status=live}}{{cite AV media|date=13 April 2014|title=Real Madrid V Benfica – European Cup Final In Amsterdam (1962)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xIzCg2IyY|access-date=15 April 2019|publisher=British Pathé|via=YouTube|archive-date=14 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114162631/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xIzCg2IyY|url-status=live}} Consequently, Benfica played in the Intercontinental Cup, where they were runners-up to Peñarol in 1961 and Santos in 1962.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/intercontinental-cup-1961-514912|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925002004/https://www.fifa.com/news/intercontinental-cup-1961-514912|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2019|title=Intercontinental Cup 1961|date=7 May 2007|publisher=FIFA|access-date=24 September 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/extraordinary-pele-crowns-santos-lisbon-1782903|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604172048/https://www.fifa.com/news/extraordinary-pele-crowns-santos-lisbon-1782903|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2019|title=Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon|date=11 October 2012|publisher=FIFA|access-date=24 September 2019}} Later on, Benfica reached three more European Cup finals, losing them to AC Milan in 1963,{{cite AV media|date=13 April 2014|title=1963 European Cup Final – Milan V Benfica (1963)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30eDS8JQG4s|access-date=15 April 2019|publisher=British Pathé|via=YouTube|archive-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412012946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30eDS8JQG4s|url-status=live}} Inter Milan in 1965, and Manchester United in 1968. Therefore, for their international performance, Benfica were ranked first in European football in 1965, '66 and '69,{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/trank1965.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 1965|last=Kassies|first=Bert|website=UEFA European Cup Football|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614035939/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/trank1965.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/trank1966.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 1966|last=Kassies|first=Bert|website=UEFA European Cup Football|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-date=14 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514051950/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/trank1966.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method1/trank1967.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 1967|last=Kassies|first=Bert|website=UEFA European Cup Football|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-date=14 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514035643/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method1/trank1967.html|url-status=live}} and were presented with the France Football European Team of the Year award in 1968.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=91}} 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 club{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=43}}{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/28-12-2015/foi-ha-50-anos-que-eusebio-recebeu-a-bola-de-ouro|title=Foi há 50 anos que Eusébio recebeu a Bola de Ouro|date=28 December 2015|website=Maisfutebol|language=pt|trans-title=It was 50 years ago that Eusébio received the Golden Ball|access-date=29 December 2015|archive-date=29 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229005414/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/28-12-2015/foi-ha-50-anos-que-eusebio-recebeu-a-bola-de-ouro|url-status=live}} – Coluna, José Águas, José Augusto, Simões, Torres, and others, who formed the 1963–64 team that set a club record of 103 goals in 26 league matches.{{cite magazine|date=11 May 2010|title=Glorioso Benfica|trans-title=Glorious Benfica|language=pt|magazine=Record|location=Portugal|publisher=Edisport|page=66}}

File:Eusebio Benfica.JPG, winner of the 1965 Ballon d'Or]]

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. Managed by Jimmy Hagan the following season, Benfica became the first club in Portugal to win the league without defeat, winning 28 matches – 23 consecutively – out of 30, and drawing 2. They scored 101 goals, and Eusébio was again crowned Europe's top scorer, 2 goals short of his record (42). From October 1976 to September 1978, Benfica were unbeaten in the league for 56 matches.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=106}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-benfica-56.html|title=SL Benfica's series of 56 matches unbeaten in the I Divisão|last=Martins|first=Paulo|date=27 July 2004|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019052811/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-benfica-56.html|url-status=live}} This decade was also marked by Benfica's admission of foreign players into the team, becoming the last Portuguese club to do so, in 1979.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=143}}

In the 1980s, Benfica continued to thrive domestically.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1015039.html|title=Portugal's great divide|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127205028/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1015039.html|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=30 June 2015}} With Lajos Baróti in 1980–81, Benfica became the first club to win all Portuguese trophies in one season: Supertaça de Portugal, Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal. Later, under the guidance of Sven-Göran Eriksson, they won two consecutive Primeira Liga (1982–83, '83–84), one Taça de Portugal (1983) and reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1983, lost to Anderlecht. Following improvements to the Estádio da Luz, Benfica opened the stadium's third tier in 1985, transforming it into the largest stadium in Europe and third largest in the world.{{cite news|date=28 July 2013|title=Faleceu Fernando Martins|trans-title=Fernando Martins has passed away|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/benfica/noticias/interior/faleceu-fernando-martins-3346799.html|language=pt|work=O Jogo|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807120349/http://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/benfica/noticias/interior/faleceu-fernando-martins-3346799.html|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=17}} A season later, after they had won the domestic Super Cup in 1985 and the Portuguese Cup in 1986, Benfica clinched the double 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 AC Milan respectively.

Financial trouble in the early 1980s{{cite news|last=Martins|first=Nuno|date=25 January 2012|title=Fernando Martins: Dei muito ao clube|trans-title=Fernando Martins: I gave a lot to the club|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/fernando-martins-dei-muito-ao-clube-737763|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045749/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/fernando-martins-dei-muito-ao-clube-737763|url-status=live}} and a large investment on players throughout that decade started to deteriorate the club's finances under Jorge de Brito's presidency.{{cite news|last=Tavares-Teles|first=Alexandra|date=28 May 2011|title=De bancário a banqueiro|trans-title=From bank clerk to banker|url=https://www.dn.pt/gente/interior/de-bancario-a-banqueiro-1863492.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712085513/https://www.dn.pt/gente/interior/de-bancario-a-banqueiro-1863492.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/slb/historia/listapresidentes/jorgearturregodebrito.aspx|title=Jorge Artur Rego de Brito|language=pt|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713014943/http://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/slb/historia/listapresidentes/jorgearturregodebrito.aspx|archive-date=13 July 2014|access-date=20 September 2015}} The rampant spending and a questionable signing policy (over 100 players during Manuel Damásio's term){{cite news|date=3 March 2016|title=Manuel Damásio: o presidente que contratou Donizete e falhou Jardel|trans-title=Manuel Damásio: the president who hired Donizete and failed Jardel|url=https://www.record.pt/fora-de-campo/detalhe/manuel-damasio-o-homem-que-contratou-donizete-e-falhou-jardel|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153111/https://www.record.pt/fora-de-campo/detalhe/manuel-damasio-o-homem-que-contratou-donizete-e-falhou-jardel|url-status=live}} further aggravated the problem.{{cite news|last=Stafford|first=Ian|date=7 December 1998|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-souness-must-tame-monster-of-benfica-1189876.html|title=Football: Souness must tame monster of Benfica|work=The Independent|access-date=11 February 2016|archive-date=5 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705232732/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-souness-must-tame-monster-of-benfica-1189876.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dias|first=Rui|date=6 November 2000|title=Benfica e os jogadores brasileiros da história do clube|trans-title=Benfica and the Brazilian players in the club's history|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/benfica-e-os-jogadores-brasileiros-da-historia-do-clube|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=11 February 2016|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309030248/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/benfica-e-os-jogadores-brasileiros-da-historia-do-clube|url-status=live}} Soon after, with president João Vale e Azevedo, Benfica was in huge debt and sometimes unable to pay taxes and player salaries.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/86892.stm|title=Portuguese football club, Benfica, faces financial problems|date=1 May 1998|work=BBC News Online|access-date=20 September 2015|archive-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720202610/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/86892.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1562912.stm|title=Benfica face financial uncertainty|date=25 September 2001|work=BBC Sport|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807080619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/1562912.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Pedras|first1=Filipe|last2=Martins|first2=Nuno|date=31 October 2017|title=Do topo à queda: O princípio do fim para Vale e Azevedo|trans-title=From the top to the downfall: the beginning of the end for Vale e Azevedo|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/do-topo-a-queda-o-principio-do-fim-para-vale-e-azevedo.html|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083613/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/do-topo-a-queda-o-principio-do-fim-para-vale-e-azevedo.html|url-status=live}} From 1994 to 2003, Benfica had eleven coaches, won the 1995–96 Taça de Portugal, suffered their biggest defeat in European competitions, 7–0 to Celta de Vigo in 1999,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50147--benfica/|title=SL Benfica|date=22 September 2014|website=UEFA|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511060815/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50147/profile/index.html|url-status=live}} had their lowest ever league finish, a sixth place in 2000–01, and were absent from European competition in 2001–02 and '02–03, the first time since 1958–59. Back in 2000, club members had approved the construction of the new Estádio da Luz shortly after the election of Manuel Vilarinho.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=113}}

File:Benfica Campeão 2005 2.jpg at the Estádio da Luz]]

In 2003–04, with president Luís Filipe Vieira, Benfica ended their longest silverware drought by winning the Taça de Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0220-0e906b50025d-46c52645001b-1000--snap-shot-when-benfica-beat-mourinho-s-porto/|title=Snap shot: When Benfica beat Mourinho's Porto|last=Gonçalves|first=Pedro|date=25 April 2015|website=UEFA|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113191034/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2237035.html|url-status=live}} The following year, Benfica won their first league title since 1994,{{cite news|date=23 May 2005|title=Benfica clinch first title since 1994|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/334082/benfica-clinch-first-title-since-1994|work=ESPN FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708225526/http://www.espnfc.com/story/334082/benfica-clinch-first-title-since-1994|archive-date=8 July 2015|access-date=8 July 2015}} and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.{{cite news|last=Célio|first=Vasco|date=13 August 2008|title=Benfica vence Supertaça frente ao Setúbal|trans-title=Benfica win Super Cup over Setúbal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2005/08/13/desporto/noticia/benfica-vence-supertaca-frente-ao-setubal-1230521|language=pt|work=Público|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217190656/https://www.publico.pt/noticia/benfica-vence-supertaca-frente-ao-setubal-1230521|archive-date=17 February 2015|access-date=8 July 2015}} After that and until 2009, when Benfica won their first Taça da Liga – thus becoming the first club 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 consecutive appearances in the group stage 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4494936.stm|title=Benfica 2–1 Man Utd|date=7 December 2005|work=BBC Sport|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-date=27 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027052641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4494936.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4778418.stm|title=Liverpool 0–2 Benfica (agg 0–3)|date=8 March 2006|work=BBC Sport|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-date=25 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425180758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4778418.stm|url-status=live}}

For 2009–10, Jorge Jesus was appointed coach, a position he held until 2015.{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR24351.pdf|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol SAD informa acordo Jorge Jesus|date=17 June 2009|website=CMVM|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|trans-title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol SAD inform Jorge Jesus agreement|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115135743/https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR24351.pdf|url-status=live}} During that six-season span, Benfica won 10 domestic trophies,{{cite news|last=Gonçalves|first=Pedro|date=15 June 2015|title=Poderá Rui Vitória levar o Benfica a um novo patamar?|trans-title=Can Rui Vitória take Benfica to a new level?|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2258659.html|url-status=dead|language=pt|work=UEFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927221156/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2258659.html|archive-date=27 September 2019|access-date=26 January 2016}} including an unprecedented treble in Portuguese football (league, cup and league cup) in 2013–14{{cite news|date=19 May 2014|title=Benfica proud of mammoth Portuguese haul|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0215-0e8adfa6de2f-7e8dde0b8d14-1000--benfica-proud-of-mammoth-portuguese-haul/|work=UEFA|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113191033/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2107994.html|url-status=live}} and the club's first back-to-back league titles since 1984.{{cite news|last=Pimentel|first=José Nuno|date=17 May 2015|title=Benfica retain Portuguese crown|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0221-0e90c438a4da-0293f4b110ed-1000--benfica-retain-portuguese-crown/|work=UEFA|access-date=18 May 2015|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927221136/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2249110.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=17 May 2015|title=Benfica Campeão da Liga NOS 2014–2015 – Liga Portugal|trans-title=Benfica Champions of Liga NOS 2014–2015|url=https://www.ligaportugal.pt/noticias/benfica-campeao-da-liga-nos-2014-2015/|language=pt|work=Liga Portugal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519020943/https://www.ligaportugal.pt/noticias/benfica-campeao-da-liga-nos-2014-2015/|archive-date=19 May 2015|access-date=19 May 2015}} At international level, Benfica were ranked sixth in the UEFA team ranking in 2015{{cite web|url=https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html|title=UEFA Team Ranking 2015|last=Kassies|first=Bert|website=UEFA European Cup Football|access-date=28 May 2017|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907205218/https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html|url-status=live}} due to their first European semi-final in 17 years at the 2010–11 Europa League,{{cite news|last=Isaura|first=Almeida|date=14 April 2011|title=Benfica feliz na Europa 17 anos depois|trans-title=Benfica happy in Europe 17 years later|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfica-feliz-na-europa-17-anos-depois-1830822.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712085635/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfica-feliz-na-europa-17-anos-depois-1830822.html|url-status=live}} an appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2011–12 campaign,{{cite news|last=McNulty|first=Phil|date=4 April 2012|title=Chelsea 2–1 Benfica (agg 3–1)|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/17532972|work=BBC Sport|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818105014/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/17532972|url-status=live}} and two consecutive Europa League finals, in 2012–13 and '13–14.{{cite news|last=McNulty|first=Phil|date=15 May 2013|title=Benfica 1–2 Chelsea|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22445388|work=BBC Sport|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125232101/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22445388|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bagchi|first=Rob|date=14 May 2014|title=Sevilla v Benfica, Europa League final 2014: as it happened|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/europa-league/10830506/Benfica-vs-Sevilla-Europa-League-final-live.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613125212/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/europa-league/10830506/Benfica-vs-Sevilla-Europa-League-final-live.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Paul|date=15 May 2014|title=Brazen goalkeeper cheating helps Sevilla win Europa League|url=https://www.socceramerica.com/article/58069/brazen-goalkeeper-cheating-helps-sevilla-win-europ.html|work=Soccer America|access-date=17 May 2014|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517035615/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/58069/brazen-goalkeeper-cheating-helps-sevilla-win-europ.html|url-status=live}}

Later managed by Rui Vitória, Benfica won a fourth Primeira Liga title in a row – their first ever {{lang|pt|tetra}}{{cite news|last=Gonçalves|first=Pedro|date=13 May 2017|title=Benfica make it four in a row in Portugal|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0239-0e96fc3ec782-f8636dc6f655-1000--benfica-make-it-four-in-a-row-in-portugal/|work=UEFA|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927221123/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2468639.html|url-status=live}} – one Taça de Portugal,{{cite news|date=28 May 2017|title=Benfica soma 80.º troféu da sua história, mais a Taça Latina|trans-title=Benfica add up 80th trophy in their history, plus the Latin Cup|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca_de_portugal/artigo/2017/05/28/taca-de-portugal-benfica-soma-80-o-trofeu-da-sua-historia-mais-a-taca-latina|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606130924/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca_de_portugal/artigo/2017/05/28/taca-de-portugal-benfica-soma-80-o-trofeu-da-sua-historia-mais-a-taca-latina|url-status=live}} one Taça da Liga{{cite news|last=Myson|first=Chris|date=20 May 2016|title=Benfica romp to Taca da Liga success|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/91/portugal/2016/05/20/23766642/benfica-romp-to-taca-da-liga-success|work=Goal|access-date=6 June 2016|archive-date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527114319/http://www.goal.com/en/news/91/portugal/2016/05/20/23766642/benfica-romp-to-taca-da-liga-success|url-status=dead}} and two successive Super Cup trophies;{{cite news|date=5 August 2017|title=Entrada forte em jogo vale sétima Supertaça ao Benfica|trans-title=Strong start in match gives Benfica seventh Super Cup|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/benfica-e-v-guimaraes-dao-pontape-de-saida-na-nova-epoca-8687244.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045942/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/benfica-e-v-guimaraes-dao-pontape-de-saida-na-nova-epoca-8687244.html|url-status=live}} the latter in 2017 after they reachieved a 36-year-old treble.{{cite news|last=Santiago|first=Eduardo|date=29 May 2017|title=Análise: E três foi a conta que o Benfica fez|trans-title=Analysis: And three was the sum Benfica made|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca-de-portugal/artigos/analise-e-tres-foi-a-conta-que-o-benfica-fez|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905145640/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca-de-portugal/artigos/analise-e-tres-foi-a-conta-que-o-benfica-fez|url-status=live}} Internationally, a year after they had consecutively reached the Champions League knockout phase for the first time in their history,{{cite news|date=7 December 2016|title=Benfica soma inédito segundo apuramento para os oitavos|trans-title=Benfica achieve unprecedented second qualification for the round of 16|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/liga-dos-campeoes/artigos/benfica-soma-inedito-segundo-apuramento-para-os-oitavos|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905191530/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/liga-dos-campeoes/artigos/benfica-soma-inedito-segundo-apuramento-para-os-oitavos|url-status=live}} Benfica suffered their biggest loss in the competition, 5–0 to Basel, and went on setting the worst Portuguese group stage campaign.{{cite news|last1=Sampaio|first1=Inês Braga|last2=Freitas|first2=Marília|date=4 January 2019|title=Os números que explicam a saída de Rui Vitória do Benfica|trans-title=The numbers that explain Rui Vitória's departure from Benfica|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/especial/136187/os-numeros-que-explicam-a-saida-de-rui-vitoria-do-benfica|language=pt|work=Rádio Renascença|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045816/https://rr.sapo.pt/especial/136187/os-numeros-que-explicam-a-saida-de-rui-vitoria-do-benfica|url-status=live}}

Following negative results in 2018–19, coach Bruno Lage led Benfica to their 37th champions title while achieving the league's all-time best second round.{{cite news|date=19 May 2019|title=Os números e os recordes de Bruno Lage|trans-title=Bruno Lage's numbers and records|url=https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/788942|language=pt|work=A Bola|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519224915/https://www.abola.pt/Nnh/Noticias/Ver/788942|archive-date=19 May 2019|access-date=19 May 2019}}{{cite news|date=18 May 2019|title=Benfica seal 37th Portuguese title|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/benfica-win-4-1-seal-37th-portuguese-title-201031579--sow.html|url-status=dead|work=Yahoo! Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525215043/https://sports.yahoo.com/benfica-win-4-1-seal-37th-portuguese-title-201031579--sow.html|archive-date=25 May 2019|access-date=25 May 2019}}{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Ryan|date=19 May 2019|title=Benfica wins 37th Primeira Liga title, crosses 100-goal mark|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/benfica-wins-primeira-liga-title-portugal-football-league-passes-100-goals-mark/article27177003.ece|work=Sportstar|access-date=10 June 2019|archive-date=6 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606170127/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/benfica-wins-primeira-liga-title-portugal-football-league-passes-100-goals-mark/article27177003.ece|url-status=live}} Later on, after thrashing Sporting CP in the Super Cup,{{cite news|date=5 August 2019|title=Benfica rout Sporting in Portuguese Super Cup|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2019/08/05/benfica-rout-sporting-in-portuguese-super-cup/|work=Free Malaysia Today|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=4 September 2019|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309015622/https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2019/08/05/benfica-rout-sporting-in-portuguese-super-cup/|url-status=live}} Jesus returned for 2020–21 as part of the biggest spending in Portuguese football, amid the COVID-19 pandemic;{{cite news|date=12 February 2021|title=SL Benfica: porque está a falhar o maior investimento da história? Veja o "Jogo Económico"|trans-title=SL Benfica: why is the biggest investment in history failing? Watch "Jogo Económico"|url=https://jornaleconomico.pt/noticias/sl-benfica-porque-esta-a-falhar-o-maior-investimento-da-historia-hoje-ha-jogo-economico-700300|language=pt|work=O Jornal Económico|access-date=15 February 2021|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212100252/https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/sl-benfica-porque-esta-a-falhar-o-maior-investimento-da-historia-hoje-ha-jogo-economico-700300|url-status=live}} they were eliminated in the Champions League third qualifying round, lost a Super Cup match, finished third in the league, and lost a Portuguese Cup final for a second time in a row.{{cite news|last=Roseiro|first=Bruno|date=23 May 2021|title=Jesus prometeu equipa a jogar o triplo, tornou-se o técnico com mais finais da Taça perdidas e Benfica acabou sem títulos oito épocas depois|trans-title=Jesus promised a team playing three times more, became the coach with the most Cups lost, and Benfica ended trophyless eight seasons later|url=https://observador.pt/2021/05/23/jesus-prometeu-equipa-a-jogar-o-triplo-tornou-se-o-tecnico-com-mais-finais-da-taca-perdidas-e-benfica-acabou-sem-titulos-oito-epocas-depois/|language=pt|work=Observador|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525014747/https://observador.pt/2021/05/23/jesus-prometeu-equipa-a-jogar-o-triplo-tornou-se-o-tecnico-com-mais-finais-da-taca-perdidas-e-benfica-acabou-sem-titulos-oito-epocas-depois/|url-status=live}} From 2021–22 to '22–23, with president Rui Costa, Benfica lost a league cup final for the first time and were third in the league{{cite news|last=Agre|first=João|date=13 May 2022|title=Antevisão: É sexta-feira 13 e o Benfica despede-se da época na Mata Real para espantar os males|trans-title=Match preview: It is Friday the 13th, and Benfica say goodbye to the current season at Mata Real to ward off evils|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/antevisao-e-sexta-feira-13-e-o-benfica-despede-se-da-epoca-na-mata-real-para-espantar-os-males|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=23 May 2022|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523165724/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/antevisao-e-sexta-feira-13-e-o-benfica-despede-se-da-epoca-na-mata-real-para-espantar-os-males|url-status=live}} before coach Roger Schmidt led them to their 38th league title and a second consecutive place in the Champions League quarter-finals.{{cite news|date=27 May 2023|title=Benfica wins record 38th Portuguese league title on final day of season|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/2023/05/27/benfica-champion-portuguese-league-porto/08ac7bfc-fcc3-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html|url-status=dead|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529132113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/2023/05/27/benfica-champion-portuguese-league-porto/08ac7bfc-fcc3-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html|archive-date=29 May 2023|access-date=28 May 2023}}{{cite news|date=1 June 2023|title=Benfica's record-extending Portuguese league title|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/benficas-record-extending-portuguese-league-title|work=FIFA|access-date=29 June 2023}}

Benfica's crest is composed of an eagle, as a symbol of independence, authority and nobility, positioned atop a shield with red and white colours, symbolizing bravery 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 first sports, cycling.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/simbolos.aspx|title=Symbols|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-date=28 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628215910/http://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/simbolos.aspx|url-status=live}}

The club has had four main crests since its inception in 1904. The origin of the current crest goes back to 1908, when Sport Lisboa absorbed Grupo Sport Benfica. Afterwards, the shape of the crest was changed in 1930 and 1999. The most significant of the latest changes were the modification and repositioning of the eagle and the reduction of the wheel's size.{{cite news|date=17 December 2007|title=Benfica não vai alterar emblema|trans-title=Benfica will not change crest|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/Clube/Noticias/noticiasclube_clubeslbemblema_171207_32287.asp|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427042150/http://www.slbenfica.pt/Clube/Noticias/noticiasclube_clubeslbemblema_171207_32287.asp|archive-date=27 April 2010|access-date=2 September 2011}}

Since the 2008–09 season, Benfica football shirts have displayed three stars above the crest, with each star representing ten league titles won by the club. In 2010–11 and 2011–12, however, the shirts displayed commemorative crests with one and two stars respectively, the former in the 50-year celebration of their first European Cup and the latter to celebrate their second consecutive European Cup.{{cite news|date=18 March 2008|title=Equipamento alternativo regressa às origens|trans-title=Alternative kit returns to origins|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/equipamento-alternativo-regressa-as-origens|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070817/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/equipamento-alternativo-regressa-as-origens|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Avelãs|first1=Luís|last2=Martins|first2=Nuno|date=8 July 2019|title=As estrelas|trans-title=The stars|work=Record|language=pt|issue=((14,681))|location=Portugal|publisher=Cofina|page=4|issn=7727-0177}}

File:Emblema Grupo Sport Lisboa (Sem fundo).png|1904–1908
(Sport Lisboa)

File:Emblema Grupo Sport Benfica (Sem fundo).png|1906–1908
(Grupo Sport Benfica)

File:Emblema Benfica 1908 (Sem fundo).png|1908–1930

File:Emblema Benfica 1930 (Sem fundo).png|1930–1999

File:Evolution of the club shirts at Museu Cosme Damião (cropped).JPG

José da Cruz Viegas was the person responsible for the selection of Benfica's kit in 1904. Red and white colours were chosen for being the ones that stood out better to players' eyes. One year after its inception, the club opted for red shirts with white collars, pockets and cuffs,{{sfn|Oliveira|Silva|1954|p=84}} combined with white shorts and black socks.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=18}} Benfica's white alternative kit was officially used for the first time in 1944–45, when Salgueiros, who also wore red, were promoted to the first division.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=29}}

Benfica have always worn red shirts; for that reason, in Portugal, Benfica and their supporters ({{lang|pt|benfiquistas}}) were nicknamed {{lang|pt|Vermelhos}} (Reds). This changed in 1936 with the start of the Spanish Civil War: the Portuguese Estado Novo's Censorship Commission censored the word "{{lang|pt|vermelhos}}" because the Popular Front communists in Spain were also known by that name. From then on, Benfica became known as {{lang|pt|Encarnados}} – word similar to "reds", but with a different connotation.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=145}}{{cite web|url=https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/vermelho--encarnado/183|title=Vermelho / encarnado|last=Caffé|first=Amílcar|date=1 January 1997|website=Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa|language=pt|access-date=11 March 2018|archive-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083204/https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/vermelho--encarnado/183|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Estádio da Luz|Estádio da Luz (1954)}}

During the club's first decades, Benfica played mostly on rented fields. Their first own stadium was the Estádio das Amoreiras, built and opened in 1925, where they played until 1940. A year later, they moved to the Estádio do Campo Grande, a rented municipal stadium, before relocating to their second home ground thirteen years later.

From 1954 to 2003, Benfica played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the largest stadium in Europe and third largest in the world in terms of capacity – 120,000 – from 1985 to 1987.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=17}} It was demolished between 2002 and 2003, and the new Estádio da Luz was finalized in 2003, with a construction cost of €162 million, roughly €25 million more than planned.{{cite news|date=29 April 2015|title=Vender jogadores para gerar receitas|trans-title=Selling players to generate revenue|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/vender-jogadores-para-gerar-receitas|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070811/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/vender-jogadores-para-gerar-receitas|url-status=live}}

Like its predecessor, the Estádio da Luz is officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. A UEFA category four stadium,{{cite web|url=http://impressivebuildings.com/list-of-uefa-elite-stadiums-2011/|title=List of UEFA Elite Stadiums 2011|date=6 August 2011|website=Impressive Buildings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811002913/http://impressivebuildings.com/list-of-uefa-elite-stadiums-2011/|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=5 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/espacos/estadio/caracteristicas_zonas|title=Characteristics and areas|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=13 July 2017|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829032749/https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/espacos/estadio/caracteristicas_zonas|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|last=Lutz|first=Tom|date=20 March 2012|title=Benfica's Stadium of Light to host 2014 Champions League final|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/20/champions-league-final-venue-2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830153951/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/20/champions-league-final-venue-2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=23 August 2020|title=2020 Champions League final: when and where|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea4b8fec98a-b6eb8a2ae892-1000--2020-champions-league-final/|work=UEFA|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010045547/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea4b8fec98a-b6eb8a2ae892-1000--2020-champions-league-final/|url-status=live}} Built with a seating capacity of 65,647,{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/portugal.shtml|title=Stadiums in Portugal|website=World Stadiums|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615130206/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/portugal.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worldstadiumdatabase.com/estadio-da-luz-stadium-lisbon-in-portugal.htm|title=Estadio da Luz|website=World Stadium Database|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626113902/http://www.worldstadiumdatabase.com/estadio-da-luz-stadium-lisbon-in-portugal.htm|url-status=live}} the stadium currently has 64,642 seats.{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi/emitentes/docs/fsd150611.pdf#page=81|title=Tipologia de lugares|date=14 April 2016|website=CMVM|publisher=S.L. Benfica|page=81|language=pt|trans-title=Seating typology|archive-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417122659/http://web3.cmvm.pt/SDI/emitentes/docs/fsd150611.pdf#page=81|url-status=live}}

{{Wide image|LuzLissabon.jpg|1000px|A panorama of Benfica's home ground, Estádio da Luz, on 30 July 2009|center}}

{{Main|Benfica Campus}}

Benfica's training ground and youth academy, Benfica Campus, is located in Seixal, Lisbon Region. It was built in 2005 and opened on 22 September 2006.{{cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/por/caixa_futebol_campus|title=Caixa Futebol Campus|website=StadiumDB|access-date=5 June 2016|archive-date=29 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329185734/http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/por/caixa_futebol_campus|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Supporters of S.L. Benfica}}

File:AdeptosBenfica.jpg (2009)]]

File:BenficaCampeão2009-10.jpg celebration at the Lisbon City Hall]]

The supporters of Benfica are known as {{lang|pt|benfiquistas}}. They sing the club's anthem at the start of every home match and sometimes during the match.{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Jessica|date=27 March 2012|title=Showing Support in Song|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/sports/soccer/for-soccer-fans-showing-support-in-song.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701081027/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/sports/soccer/for-soccer-fans-showing-support-in-song.html|url-status=live}} They call the club {{lang|pt|O Glorioso}} (The Glorious One),{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1914613/index.html|title=Classic club: Eagles ready to take flight|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630025727/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=1914613/index.html|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=30 September 2015}}{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=143}} hence the chant "Glorioso SLB". In some countries, since 1952, Benfica has had supporters' clubs known as {{lang|pt|Casas do Benfica}} (Benfica houses), places for cultural, social and sport interaction among {{lang|pt|benfiquistas}}.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=58}}{{cite web|url=https://media.slbenfica.pt/-/media/dcm/documents/socios/estatutossportlisboaebenfica.pdf#page=28|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Estatutos|website=S.L. Benfica|page=28|language=pt|trans-title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Statutes|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927225727/https://media.slbenfica.pt/-/media/dcm/documents/socios/estatutossportlisboaebenfica.pdf#page=28|url-status=live}} In recent years, {{lang|pt|benfiquistas}} have celebrated league titles with the team at the Marquis of Pombal Square in Lisbon.{{cite news|date=18 May 2015|title=Benfica aclamado por milhares no Marquês. Banho de multidão no Porto|trans-title=Benfica cheered by thousands at Marquess. Crowd bath in Porto|url=https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-aclamado-por-milhares-no-marques-banho-de-multidao-no-porto-68712|language=pt|work=ZAP|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023904/https://zap.aeiou.pt/benfica-aclamado-por-milhares-no-marques-banho-de-multidao-no-porto-68712|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=8 March 2016|title=Benfiquistas já "reservaram" a rotunda do Marquês de Pombal|trans-title=Benfiquistas already "have reserved" the Marquês de Pombal roundabout|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfiquistas-ja-reservaram-a-rotunda-do-marques-de-pombal-5066791.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084423/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfiquistas-ja-reservaram-a-rotunda-do-marques-de-pombal-5066791.html|url-status=live}}

Benfica is the most popular club in Portugal{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Tech/uefaorg/General/02/09/18/26/2091826_DOWNLOAD.pdf#page=41|title=Concentration of people supporting the most popular club|date=17 April 2014|website=UEFA|page=41|archive-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511152955/http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Tech/uefaorg/General/02/09/18/26/2091826_DOWNLOAD.pdf#page=41|url-status=live}} and has always been seen as the working-class club of Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now#slide2|title=Benfica vs. Sporting Lisbon: Derby De Lisboa|last=Gannon|first=Willie|date=3 May 2013|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=3 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705094250/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1625115-dortmund-vs-bayern-munich-and-europes-6-premier-rivarlies-right-now#slide2|url-status=live}} According to a study published in 2006 by professors Luís Reto and Jorge de Sá, with the stamp 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 remainder in Brazil, Venezuela, the Caribbean, Indochina, China, Australia, and India.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|pp=220–221}}{{cite news|last=Palma|first=Irene|date=29 April 2005|title=Benfica: 6 milhões de adeptos em Angola e Moçambique, 14 milhões no Mundo|trans-title=Benfica: 6 million supporters in Angola and Mozambique, 14 million worldwide|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-6-milhoes-de-adeptos-em-angola-e-mocambique-14-milhoes-no-mundo|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Maisfutebol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020130958/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-6-milhoes-de-adeptos-em-angola-e-mocambique-14-milhoes-no-mundo|archive-date=20 October 2015|access-date=27 July 2016}} According to a study performed for UEFA in 2012, Benfica is the European club with the highest share of football supporters in its own country (47%).

In the 2022–23 season, Benfica had an average home attendance of 57,108 in the Portuguese league, the highest average of the competition and current record at the Estádio da Luz, with an average occupancy of 89.12%.{{cite news|date=29 May 2023|title=Benfica bate recorde: quase um milhão de espectadores passaram pela Luz|trans-title=Benfica breaks a record: almost one million spectators went to Da Luz|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/benfica-bate-recorde-quase-um-milhao-de-espectadores-passaram-pela-luz|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529135854/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/benfica-bate-recorde-quase-um-milhao-de-espectadores-passaram-pela-luz|archive-date=29 May 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ligaportugal.pt/en/liga/estatisticas/espectadores/clube/20222023/ligaportugalbwin|title=Spectators by team in Liga Portugal bwin|website=Liga Portugal|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529141858/https://www.ligaportugal.pt/en/liga/estatisticas/espectadores/clube/20222023/ligaportugalbwin|url-status=live}} The highest home attendance record was set in 2016–17; 64,519 spectators saw Benfica's 5–0 win over Vitória de Guimarães in the season's last match at Da Luz.{{cite news|date=13 May 2017|title=Fez-se história!|trans-title=History was made!|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/ZTO43lJ-0EyZjhPCAQAeNA|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530165630/http://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/ZTO43lJ-0EyZjhPCAQAeNA|archive-date=30 May 2017|access-date=30 May 2017}}

The members of Benfica (called {{lang|pt|sócios}}), along with Benfica houses (such as Benfica de Macau), filiations (e.g. Benfica de Luanda) and delegations (e.g. Lusitano), elect the club president for a four-year term (three years until 2010){{cite web|url=https://media.slbenfica.pt/-/media/dcm/documents/socios/estatutossportlisboaebenfica.pdf#page=19|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Estatutos|website=S.L. Benfica|page=19|language=pt|trans-title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Statutes|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927225727/https://media.slbenfica.pt/-/media/dcm/documents/socios/estatutossportlisboaebenfica.pdf#page=19|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=30 April 2010|title=Sócios aprovam filiação de 25 anos e mandatos de quatro|trans-title=Members approve 25-year membership and four-year terms|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/socios-aprovam-filiacao-de-25-anos-e-mandatos-de-quatro|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=20 September 2017|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919152901/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/socios-aprovam-filiacao-de-25-anos-e-mandatos-de-quatro|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=30 April 2010|title=Mandatos passam de 3 para 4 anos|trans-title=Mandates change from 3 to 4 years|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/mandatos-passam-de-3-para-4-anos|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=1 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001231518/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/mandatos-passam-de-3-para-4-anos|url-status=live}} by voting in each candidate list, thus forming the highest governing body of the club. Benfica members may also participate and vote in general assemblies, submit proposals, take part in discussions, be elected to governing bodies, be designated for positions or functions at the club, and so forth.

In 2003, the club implemented electronic voting{{cite news|date=25 October 2012|title=Comunicado da Assembleia Geral sobre voto electrónico|trans-title=General Assembly announcement about electronic vote|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/articleid/25340/detalhedenoticia.aspx|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063242/http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/articleid/25340/detalhedenoticia.aspx|archive-date=8 August 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}} – a voting method that has been criticized by members of Benfica, including presidential candidates, and outsiders{{cite news|date=7 September 2020|title=Rui Gomes da Silva contra voto eletrónico e crítico da BTV: "Faz lembrar regimes não democráticos"|trans-title=Rui Gomes da Silva against electronic voting and is critical of BTV: "It reminds of non-democratic regimes"|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/benfica/noticias/rui-gomes-contra-voto-eletronico-e-critico-da-btv-faz-lembrar-regimes-nao-democraticos-12700528.html|language=pt|work=O Jogo|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907235651/https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/benfica/noticias/rui-gomes-contra-voto-eletronico-e-critico-da-btv-faz-lembrar-regimes-nao-democraticos-12700528.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Prado|first=Miguel|date=29 October 2020|title=Eleições Benfica: sistema de votação eletrónica permite a não sócios aceder aos boletins|trans-title=Benfica elections: electronic voting system allows non-members to gain access to ballots|url=https://tribunaexpresso.pt/benfica/2020-10-28-Eleicoes-Benfica-sistema-de-votacao-eletronica-permite-a-nao-socios-aceder-aos-boletins|language=pt|work=Tribuna Expresso|access-date=20 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028162856/https://tribunaexpresso.pt/benfica/2020-10-28-Eleicoes-Benfica-sistema-de-votacao-eletronica-permite-a-nao-socios-aceder-aos-boletins|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Moura dos Santos|first=António|date=28 October 2020|title=Eleições no Benfica: Problemas de segurança ensombram processo de votação eletrónica|trans-title=Elections at Benfica: Security problems cast a shadow on the electronic voting process|url=https://24.sapo.pt/desporto/artigos/eleicoes-do-benfica-problemas-de-seguranca-ensombram-processo-de-votacao-eletronica|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029075326/https://24.sapo.pt/desporto/artigos/eleicoes-do-benfica-problemas-de-seguranca-ensombram-processo-de-votacao-eletronica|url-status=live}} – and since 2010 only people with 25 years of continuous membership as an adult – that is, effective members aged at least 43 – can run for president of Benfica. Moreover, according to the statutes of the club, voted by slightly more than 100 {{lang|pt|sócios}}, 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 up 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 also vote: when representing a Benfica house, 50 votes; a filliation or a delegation, 20 votes. In March 2025, new statutes were approved by 91% of the votes of 8241 members.{{cite news|date=9 March 2025|title=Sócios do Benfica aprovam novos estatutos em assembleia geral|url=https://sicnoticias.pt/desporto/2025-03-09-socios-do-benfica-aprovam-novos-estatutos-em-assembleia-geral-3d9b2da2|trans-title=Benfica members approve new statutes in general assembly|work=SIC Notícias|language=pt|access-date=17 March 2025}}{{cite news|date=9 March 2025|title=Novos estatutos do Benfica foram aprovados|url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/novos-estatutos-do-benfica-foram-aprovados-2025030900205903289|trans-title=Benfica's new statutes have been approved|work=A Bola|language=pt|access-date=17 March 2015}} The new statutes have not yet come into effect.

On 9 November 2006, Benfica set the Guinness World Record for "the most widely supported football club", with 160,398 paid-up members.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-widely-supported-football-club|title=Most widely supported football club|date=9 November 2006|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=11 October 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132203/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-widely-supported-football-club/|url-status=live}} In 2014, according to a study by Movimento Por Um Futebol Melhor, Benfica had 270,000 members and was the biggest club in the world in membership terms.{{cite news|date=2 April 2015|title=Benfica continua a ser o clube com mais sócios do mundo|trans-title=Benfica continues to be the club with the most members in the world|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/04/02/benfica-continua-a-ser-o-clube-com-mais-socios-do-mundo|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=3 April 2015|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403152630/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/04/02/benfica-continua-a-ser-o-clube-com-mais-socios-do-mundo|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://exame.com/marketing/os-30-times-com-mais-socios-torcedores-no-mundo/|url-status=live|title=Os 30 times com mais sócios-torcedores no mundo|date=5 May 2015|website=Exame|language=pt|trans-title=The 30 teams with more supporter members in the world|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624035330/https://exame.abril.com.br/marketing/album-de-fotos/os-30-times-com-mais-socios-torcedores-no-mundo|archive-date=24 June 2015|access-date=24 June 2015}} On 31 March 2015, Benfica reported having 246,401 members.{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/Portals/0/Documentos/ObrigacoesBenficaSAD20152018.pdf#page=17|title=Obrigações Benfica SAD 2015–2018|date=17 April 2014|website=S.L. Benfica|page=17|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929130426/http://www.slbenfica.pt/Portals/0/Documentos/ObrigacoesBenficaSAD20152018.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2015}} After a scheduled renumbering (done at least every ten years){{cite news|date=21 May 2015|title=Renumeração de sócios avança a 8 de junho|trans-title=Renumbering of club members goes forward on 8 June|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/renumeracao-de-socios-avanca-a-8-de-junho-949922|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=23 June 2023}} by the club in August 2015, the number decreased to 156,916.{{cite news|date=14 August 2015|title=Benfica perdeu 100 mil sócios|trans-title=Benfica has lost 100 thousand members|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/08/14/benfica-perdeu-100-mil-socios|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=14 August 2015|archive-date=14 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814180415/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/08/14/benfica-perdeu-100-mil-socios|url-status=live}} By 9 October 2021, Benfica had over 250,000 members, of which 115,681 were eligible to vote in club elections that day.{{cite news|date=9 October 2021|title=Eleições do Benfica: podem votar perto de 116 mil sócios|trans-title=Benfica elections: around 116,000 members can vote|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/eleicoes-do-benfica-podem-votar-perto-de-116-mil-socios|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=15 October 2021|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009195048/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/eleicoes-do-benfica-podem-votar-perto-de-116-mil-socios|url-status=live}} With 400,000 members in February 2025, Benfica became once again the largest sports club in the world by membership.

{{Main|Derby de Lisboa|O Clássico}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html|title=Coventric!|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|date=18 June 2015|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=24 June 2015|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202071958/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Nardelli|first=Alberto|date=2 June 2015|title=Which European football clubs have never been relegated?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jun/02/which-european-football-clubs-have-never-been-relegated|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001946/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jun/02/which-european-football-clubs-have-never-been-relegated|url-status=live}}

As Lisbon-based clubs, Benfica and Sporting have shared a rivalry for over a century; it all started in 1907, when eight prominent Benfica players defected to Sporting. Any match between both teams is known as {{lang|pt|dérbi de Lisboa}} ("Lisbon derby"), {{lang|pt|dérbi eterno}} ("eternal derby"), {{lang|pt|dérbi da Segunda Circular}}, or {{lang|pt|dérbi dos dérbis}} ("derby of the derbies").{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1547990.html|title=So close, so far for Lisbon rivals|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031022559/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1547990.html|archive-date=31 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=30 June 2015}} It is the most important football derby in Portugal and is followed in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and wherever the Portuguese diaspora is.

The rivalry 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 decorated team overall. Any match between the two sides is called {{lang|pt|O Clássico}} (The Classic).{{cite web|url=https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-25-biggest-sports-team-rivalries-in-the-world/2/|title=S.L. Benfica vs F.C. Porto|last=Nilsson|first=Jeff|date=14 December 2014|website=TheSportster|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703100537/http://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-25-biggest-sports-team-rivalries-in-the-world/2/|url-status=dead}}

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In 2008, Benfica launched its own sports-oriented television network, Benfica TV (BTV for short), the first channel by a Portuguese club,{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=36}} and has operated it since.{{cite news|date=10 December 2008|title=Benfica TV arrancou hoje com bloco noticioso|trans-title=Benfica TV started today with news block|url=https://expresso.pt/benfica-tv-arrancou-hoje-com-bloco-noticioso=f474124|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Expresso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224023/https://expresso.sapo.pt/benfica-tv-arrancou-hoje-com-bloco-noticioso=f474124|archive-date=17 December 2013|access-date=9 February 2016}}{{cite news|date=28 June 2013|title=MEO transmite canal premium Benfica TV|trans-title=MEO broadcasts premium channel Benfica TV|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/06/28/meo-transmite-canal-premium-benfica-tv|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005328/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/06/28/meo-transmite-canal-premium-benfica-tv|url-status=live}} Its premium channel broadcasts Benfica's live matches at home in the Primeira Liga, Benfica B home matches in the LigaPro,{{cite news|date=13 July 2013|title=Benfica TV compra jogos do Farense|trans-title=Benfica TV buys Farense's matches|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/benfica-tv-compra-jogos-do-farense|language=pt|work=Correio da Manhã|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012132734/http://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/benfica-tv-compra-jogos-do-farense|url-status=live}} under-19 team home matches, and the club's other sports matches, including youth categories.{{cite news|last=Paulo|first=Isabel|date=12 December 2012|title=Benfica-Ovarense transmitido em directo na Benfica TV e na Sport TV|trans-title=Benfica-Ovarense broadcast live on Benfica TV|url=https://expresso.pt/benfica-ovarense-transmitido-em-directo-na-benfica-tv-e-na-sport-tv=f476936|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Expresso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223122031/https://expresso.sapo.pt/actualidade/benfica-ovarense-transmitido-em-directo-na-benfica-tv-e-na-sport-tv=f476936|archive-date=23 December 2015|access-date=9 February 2016}} Until 2016, it broadcast three seasons of the English Premier League,{{cite news|date=28 February 2013|title=Benfica TV seals Premier League rights in Portugal|url=https://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/feb/BenficaTV-acquire-premier-league-rights-in-portugal.html|work=Premier League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302222939/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2012-13/feb/BenficaTV-acquire-premier-league-rights-in-portugal.html|archive-date=2 March 2013|access-date=3 June 2016}} and one season of the Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.{{cite news|date=4 July 2015|title=Oficial: Benfica TV garante transmissão das ligas italiana e francesa|trans-title=Official: Benfica TV guarantees broadcasting of Italian and French leagues|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/internacional/franca/oficial-benfica-tv-garante-transmissao-das-ligas-italiana-e-francesa|language=pt|work=Maisfutebol|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222223306/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/internacional/franca/oficial-benfica-tv-garante-transmissao-das-ligas-italiana-e-francesa|url-status=live}} In January 2020, Benfica launched Benfica Play (BPlay for short), an over-the-top media service featuring exclusive content such as interviews with current and former Benfica players and behind-the-scenes video from matchdays and training sessions.{{cite news|last=Impey|first=Steven|date=3 January 2020|title=Benfica first Portuguese soccer club to launch OTT subscription service|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/benfica-play-portugal-soccer-subscription-streaming-service-launch|work=SportsPro|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=12 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212023830/https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/benfica-play-portugal-soccer-subscription-streaming-service-launch|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Will|date=6 January 2020|title=Primeira Liga champions Benfica launch OTT streaming service|url=https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/primeira-liga-champions-benfica-launch-ott-streaming-service/|work=SVG Europe|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513235240/https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/primeira-liga-champions-benfica-launch-ott-streaming-service/|url-status=live}}

Moreover, the club publishes the weekly newspaper {{lang|pt|O Benfica}} every Friday since 28 November 1942. It contains information about everything in the club in the form of news and articles (mostly the former). By 2005, it had a circulation of close to 10,000.{{cite news|date=28 November 2015|title=Parabéns Jornal "O Benfica"!|trans-title=Happy birthday, newspaper "O Benfica"!|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/GBOfwMd5qUycZW9WCBx-BA?language=pt-PT|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223926/http://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/GBOfwMd5qUycZW9WCBx-BA?language=pt-PT|archive-date=18 October 2016|access-date=23 January 2016}}{{cite news|date=23 June 2005|title=Jornal O Benfica aumenta vendas|trans-title=Newspaper O Benfica boosts sales|url=https://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=603720|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322134803/http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=603720|archive-date=22 March 2012|access-date=23 January 2016}} From 6 December 2007 to 11 July 2017, Benfica published the quarterly magazine {{lang|pt|Mística}}. Free of charge for Benfica members,{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/revista_mistica|title=Mística magazine|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828231325/https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/revista_mistica|archive-date=28 August 2017|access-date=28 August 2017}} it comprised interviews with players and personnel of the club, reports about the club's history and recent events, news, opinion pieces, overviews of the club's sports, with football being its main focus, and a section dedicated to club members.{{cite news|last=Calhau|first=Pedro|date=6 December 2007|title=Benfica apresenta "Mística", a nova revista do clube|trans-title=Benfica present "Mística", the club's new magazine|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-apresenta-mistica-a-nova-revista-do-clube|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Maisfutebol|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711125407/https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-apresenta-mistica-a-nova-revista-do-clube|archive-date=11 July 2015|access-date=23 January 2016}} Its last edition, number 33, had a circulation of 115,602 in mainland Portugal.{{cite magazine|date=April–June 2017|title=Especial 'Tetra'|trans-title='Tetra' special edition|language=pt|magazine=Mística|location=Portugal|publisher=Impresa Publishing|issue=33|page=5|issn=3846-0823}} {{lang|pt|O Benfica Ilustrado}} was the club's first magazine; it was launched on 1 October 1957 as a monthly supplement to the newspaper {{lang|pt|O Benfica}}.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=138}}

{{Main|Museu Benfica}}

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The Museu Benfica – Cosme Damião, located near the stadium, was inaugurated on 26 July 2013 and opened to the public three days later.{{cite news|last1=Belo|first1=Miguel|last2=Martins|first2=Nuno|date=26 July 2013|title=Museu dá o pontapé de saída|trans-title=Museum kicks off|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/museu-da-o-pontape-de-saida-835296|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070759/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/museu-da-o-pontape-de-saida-835296|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Cordeiro|first=Pedro|date=12 December 2014|title=Museu do Benfica é o melhor de Portugal|trans-title=Benfica Museum is the best of Portugal|url=https://expresso.pt/desporto/museu-do-benfica-e-o-melhor-de-portugal=f902469|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Expresso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625054822/http://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/museu-do-benfica-e-o-melhor-de-portugal=f902469|archive-date=25 June 2015|access-date=10 June 2019}}{{cite news|date=12 December 2014|title=Museu do Benfica é o melhor do ano|trans-title=Benfica Museum is the best of the year|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/bolabranca_detalhe.aspx?fid=47&did=171895|language=pt|work=Rádio Renascença|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625055719/https://rr.sapo.pt/bolabranca_detalhe.aspx?fid=47&did=171895|archive-date=25 June 2015|access-date=25 June 2015}}

On 10 February 2000, under the presidency of João Vale e Azevedo, Benfica created Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD (a public limited sports company){{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/clubeesad/investidores/investidores/estatutos.aspx|title=Statutes (PLC)|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628220215/http://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/clubeesad/investidores/investidores/estatutos.aspx|archive-date=28 June 2015|access-date=26 June 2015}} with an initial equity of €75 million.{{cite news|date=11 February 2000|title=Venda de terrenos do Benfica explica saneamento e opção-SAD|trans-title=Sale of Benfica's lands explains budgetary improvements and SAD option|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/venda-de-terrenos-do-benfica-explica-saneamento-e-opcao-sad|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070735/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/venda-de-terrenos-do-benfica-explica-saneamento-e-opcao-sad|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/clubeesad/benficasad.aspx|title=Benfica SAD (PLC)|website=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102157/http://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/clubeesad/benficasad.aspx|archive-date=26 June 2015|access-date=26 June 2015}} There were five major reasons for creating an autonomous entity to manage the Benfica team: participation in professional football competitions at domestic and international level; development of football players; exploitation of TV rights on open and closed channels; management of the players' image rights; exploitation of the Benfica brand by the professional football team and at sporting events.{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/fsd24108.pdf#page=12|title=Prospecto de admissão à negociação ao Euronext|date=6 June 2012|website=CMVM|publisher=S.L. Benfica|page=75|language=pt|trans-title=Information to Euronext for admission of shares|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807160600/https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/fsd24108.pdf#page=12|url-status=live}}

Benfica SAD entered the PSI-20 on 21 May 2007 with an initial stock value of €5 on 15,000,001 shares.{{cite news|last=Luís|first=José Pedro|date=21 May 2007|title=Benfica entra na bolsa em fase de recuperação financeira|trans-title=Benfica enter the stock market while in financial recovery|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/detalhe/benfica_entra_na_bolsa_em_fase_de_recuperacao_financeira.html|language=pt|work=Jornal de Negócios|access-date=11 October 2015|archive-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627031829/http://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/empresas/detalhe/benfica_entra_na_bolsa_em_fase_de_recuperacao_financeira.html|url-status=live}} Later in June that year, Joe Berardo launched an unsuccessful takeover bid of €3.50 per share for 60% of Benfica SAD.{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=136}}{{cite news|last=Duarte|first=Pedro|date=15 June 2007|title=Joe Berardo lança OPA para controlar Benfica|trans-title=Joe Berardo launches takeover bid to control Benfica|url=https://economico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/1006204.html|language=pt|work=Diário Económico|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602112814/http://economico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/1006204.html|archive-date=2 June 2013|access-date=2 July 2015}}{{cite news|last=Duarte|first=Pedro|date=15 June 2013|title=OPA incide sobre 60% do capital da SAD do Benfica|trans-title=Takeover bid focuses on 60% of Benfica SAD's capital|url=https://economico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/1006165.html|language=pt|work=Diário Económico|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225184515/http://economico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/1006165.html|archive-date=25 December 2013|access-date=2 July 2015}} Following the general assembly of 23 December 2009, the SAD increased its €75 million equity to €115 million by absorbing Benfica Estádio,{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/fsd24108.pdf#page=36|title=Prospecto de admissão à negociação ao Euronext|date=6 June 2012|website=CMVM|publisher=S.L. Benfica|page=36|language=pt|trans-title=Information to Euronext for admission of shares|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807160600/https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/fsd24108.pdf#page=36|url-status=live}} to come out of technical insolvency.{{cite news|date=28 December 2009|title=Aumento de capital oficializado|trans-title=Capital increase made official|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/aumento-de-capital-oficializado|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008004430/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/aumento-de-capital-oficializado|url-status=live}}

On 31 July 2014, the SAD completed the acquisition of Benfica Stars Fund by spending roughly €28.9 million for 85% of units, thus purchasing the remaining economic rights of nine players.{{cite web|url=https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR52059.pdf|title=Comunicado|date=8 September 2014|website=CMVM|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|trans-title=Announcement|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115140420/https://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR52059.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=8 September 2014|title=Águias resgatam jogadores ao Benfica Stars Fund por 29 milhões|trans-title=Eagles rescue players from Benfica Stars Fund for €29 million|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/aguias-resgatam-jogadores-ao-benfica-stars-fund-por-29-milhoes-903462|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070744/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/aguias-resgatam-jogadores-ao-benfica-stars-fund-por-29-milhoes-903462|url-status=live}} Later in April, Benfica and Adidas renewed their previous ten-season contract of 2003 until 2021, for around €4.5 million per year.{{cite news|date=19 April 2014|title=Benfica e Adidas renovam acordo até 2021|trans-title=Benfica and Adidas renew deal until 2021|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfica-e-adidas-renovam-acordo-ate-2021-3820019.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712053040/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/benfica-e-adidas-renovam-acordo-ate-2021-3820019.html|url-status=live}} In May 2015, Emirates airline signed a three-year sponsorship deal worth up to €30 million to become Benfica's main jersey sponsor.{{cite news|last=Sambidge|first=Andy|date=19 May 2015|title=Emirates adds Benfica to sports sponsorship portfolio|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-adds-benfica-sports-sponsorship-portfolio-593317.html|work=Arabian Business|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519155615/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emirates-adds-benfica-sports-sponsorship-portfolio-593317.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Pereira|first=Paulo Jorge|date=20 May 2015|title=Acordo Benfica-Emirates vale até 30 milhões de euros|trans-title=Benfica-Emirates deal is worth up to 30 million euros|url=https://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/acordo-benficaemirates-vale-ate-30-milhoes-de-euros_218811.html|url-status=dead|language=pt|work=Diário Económico|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702050631/http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/acordo-benficaemirates-vale-ate-30-milhoes-de-euros_218811.html|archive-date=2 July 2015|access-date=20 May 2015}} Then in December, Benfica sold the TV rights of their first-team home matches as well as Benfica TV's broadcasting and distribution rights to NOS in a three-year deal, receiving €40 million per season, with the option to extend the contract to a maximum of ten seasons, totalling €400 million.{{cite news|last=Curado|first=Paulo|date=2 December 2015|title=400 milhões de euros por 170 jogos do Benfica na Luz|trans-title=400 million euros for 170 Benfica home matches|url=https://www.publico.pt/2015/12/02/desporto/noticia/benfica-vende-direitos-televisivos-por-400-milhoes-de-euros-1716294|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=14 September 2017|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807155743/https://www.publico.pt/2015/12/02/desporto/noticia/benfica-vende-direitos-televisivos-por-400-milhoes-de-euros-1716294|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Santos Guerreiro|first=Pedro|date=2 December 2015|title=O maior negócio do futebol português: Benfica na NOS por €400 milhões|trans-title=The biggest deal in Portuguese football: Benfica on NOS for €400 million|url=https://expresso.pt/sociedade/2015-12-02-O-maior-negocio-do-futebol-portugues-Benfica-na-NOS-por-400-milhoes|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Expresso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204194830/https://expresso.pt/sociedade/2015-12-02-O-maior-negocio-do-futebol-portugues-Benfica-na-NOS-por-400-milhoes|archive-date=4 December 2015|access-date=14 September 2017}} Days later, Luís Filipe Vieira said the money from the latter contract would be used to lower Benfica's debt.{{cite news|last1=Candeias|first1=Pedro|last2=Santos Guerreiro|first2=Pedro|last3=Nobre|first3=Adriano|date=8 December 2015|title=Dinheiro da NOS é para baixar o passivo|trans-title=Money from NOS is to reduce liabilities|url=https://expresso.pt/desporto/2015-12-08-Dinheiro-da-NOS-e-para--baixar-o-passivo|url-status=live|language=pt|work=Expresso|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321115433/https://expresso.sapo.pt/desporto/2015-12-08-Dinheiro-da-NOS-e-para--baixar-o-passivo|archive-date=21 March 2016|access-date=18 September 2017}}

By June 2017, Benfica had earned €617 million from player transfers since the 2010–11 season, more than any other club in the world.{{cite news|last=Prada|first=Jon|date=2 June 2017|title=La mina de oro del Benfica|trans-title=Benfica's gold mine|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/liga-portuguesa/2017/06/02/59314c9f468aebc1738b461f.html|language=es|work=Marca|access-date=12 September 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044555/http://www.marca.com/futbol/liga-portuguesa/2017/06/02/59314c9f468aebc1738b461f.html|url-status=live}} In September 2018, Benfica SAD reported a profit of €20.6 million and a revenue of €206.2 million. Moreover, they reported a record equity of €86.8 million: assets of €485.1 million and liabilities of €398.3 million.{{cite news|date=19 September 2018|title=Benfica SAD apresenta 20,6 milhões de euros de lucro|trans-title=Benfica SAD present profit of €20.6 million|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/09/19/desporto/noticia/benfica-sad-apresenta-resultados-1844615|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=22 September 2018|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923011639/https://www.publico.pt/2018/09/19/desporto/noticia/benfica-sad-apresenta-resultados-1844615|url-status=live}} It was the first time since 2010–11 that the debt was below €400 million.{{cite news|date=20 September 2018|title=SAD com passivo abaixo dos €400 milhões pela primeira vez em oito anos|trans-title=SAD with liabilities below €400 million for the first time in eight years|url=https://www.abola.pt/Clubes/Noticias/Ver/750508/40|language=pt|work=A Bola|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920031109/https://www.abola.pt/Clubes/Noticias/Ver/750508/40|archive-date=20 September 2018|access-date=22 September 2018}} In January 2019, Benfica remained the only Portuguese club ever to appear in the Deloitte Football Money League, being ranked as the world's 30th highest commercial revenue generating football club in 2017–18, with a revenue of €150.7 million.{{cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/uk/Documents/sports-business-group/deloitte-uk-deloitte-football-money-league-2019.pdf#page=6|title=Deloitte Football Money League 2019|date=January 2019|website=Deloitte|pages=6–7|archive-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125013210/https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/uk/Documents/sports-business-group/deloitte-uk-deloitte-football-money-league-2019.pdf#page=6|url-status=live}} In May 2019, Benfica was ranked by Brand Finance as the 40th most valuable football brand.{{cite web|url=https://brandfinance.com/images/upload/football_50_free_1.pdf#page=9|title=Brand Finance Football 50|website=Brand Finance|page=16|archive-date=6 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606115549/https://brandfinance.com/images/upload/football_50_free_1.pdf#page=9|url-status=dead}}

In May 2020, the Portuguese Securities Market Commission denied Benfica's takeover bid of 28.06% of Benfica SAD for €5 a share because the funding source was the SAD itself.{{cite news|date=8 May 2020|title=CMVM confirma ilegalidade da OPA do Benfica|trans-title=CMVM confirm illegality of Benfica's takeover bid|url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/05/08/desporto/noticia/cmvm-confirma-ilegalidade-opa-benfica-1915800|language=pt|work=Público|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508183038/https://www.publico.pt/2020/05/08/desporto/noticia/cmvm-confirma-ilegalidade-opa-benfica-1915800|url-status=live}} By September 2021, Benfica owned the majority of the SAD's share capital, 63.65%, of which 40% belonged directly to the club, holder of all category A shares, and 23.65% to its holding company, Benfica SGPS, holder of category B shares.{{cite news|date=8 September 2021|title=Ações da Benfica SAD alcançam valor histórico de 5,12 euros|trans-title=Shares of Benfica SAD hit record value of €5.12|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/acoes-da-benfica-sad-alcancam-valor-historico-de-512-euros-14099785.html|language=pt|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921175711/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/acoes-da-benfica-sad-alcancam-valor-historico-de-512-euros-14099785.html|url-status=live}} The remaining percentage pertains to shareholders who may only own B shares.{{cite news|date=15 June 2007|title=Benfica: o que são acções de categoria A e B?|trans-title=Benfica: what are A and B category shares?|url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/portugal/europa/benfica-o-que-sao-accoes-de-categoria-a-e-b|language=pt|work=TVI24|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930235648/https://tvi24.iol.pt/portugal/europa/benfica-o-que-sao-accoes-de-categoria-a-e-b|url-status=live}}

{{Main|List of S.L. Benfica players|List of S.L. Benfica players (25–99 appearances)|:Category:S.L. Benfica footballers}}

{{About||the reserve and under-23 teams|S.L. Benfica B|the under-19 team|S.L. Benfica (youth)}}

{{Updated|12 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/plantel-principal|title=First team information|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=2 September 2023}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player |no=1 |nat=UKR |pos=GK |name=Anatoliy Trubin}}

{{Fs player |no=3 |nat=ESP |pos=DF |name=Álvaro Carreras}}

{{Fs player |no=4 |nat=POR |pos=DF |name=António Silva |other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player |no=6 |nat=DEN |pos=DF |name=Alexander Bah}}

{{Fs player |no=7 |nat=SWI |pos=FW |name=Zeki Amdouni |other=on loan from Burnley}}

{{Fs player |no=8 |nat=NOR |pos=MF |name=Fredrik Aursnes}}

{{Fs player |no=9 |nat=BRA |pos=FW |name=Arthur Cabral}}

{{Fs player |no=10 |nat=TUR |pos=MF |name=Orkun Kökçü}}

{{Fs player |no=11 |nat=ARG |pos=FW |name=Ángel Di María}}

{{Fs player |no=14 |nat=GRE |pos=FW |name=Vangelis Pavlidis}}

{{Fs player |no=16 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Manu Silva}}

{{Fs player |no=17 |nat=TUR |pos=FW |name=Kerem Aktürkoğlu}}

{{Fs player |no=18 |nat=LUX |pos=MF |name=Leandro Barreiro}}

{{Fs player |no=19 |nat=ITA |pos=FW |name=Andrea Belotti |other=on loan from Como}}

{{Fs player |no=21 |nat=NOR |pos=FW |name=Andreas Schjelderup}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player |no=24 |nat=POR |pos=GK |name=Samuel Soares}}

{{Fs player |no=25 |nat=ARG |pos=FW |name=Gianluca Prestianni}}

{{Fs player |no=26 |nat=SWE |pos=DF |name=Samuel Dahl |other=on loan from Roma}}

{{Fs player |no=27 |nat=POR |pos=FW |name=Bruma}}

{{Fs player |no=30 |nat=ARG |pos=DF |name=Nicolás Otamendi |other=captain}}

{{Fs player |no=44 |nat=POR |pos=DF |name=Tomás Araújo}}

{{Fs player |no=47 |nat=POR |pos=FW |name=Tiago Gouveia}}

{{Fs player |no=60 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Nuno Félix}}

{{Fs player |no=61 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Florentino Luís}}

{{Fs player |no=71 |nat=POR |pos=DF |name=Leandro Santos}}

{{Fs player |no=75 |nat=POR |pos=GK |name=André Gomes}}

{{Fs player |no=81 |nat=ALB |pos=DF |name=Adrian Bajrami}}

{{Fs player |no=84 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=João Rego}}

{{Fs player |no=85 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Renato Sanches |other=on loan from PSG}}

{{Fs player |no=86 |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Diogo Prioste}}

{{Fs end}}

{{About||reserve team players on loan{{efn|Players who last played for Benfica B before being loaned out.}}|S.L. Benfica B#Out on loan}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player |no= |nat=CZE |pos=DF |name=David Jurásek |other=at TSG Hoffenheim until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player |no= |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=João Mário |other=at Beşiktaş until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player |no= |nat=POR |pos=MF |name=Martim Neto |other=at Rio Ave until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player |no= |nat=FRA |pos=MF |name=Soualiho Meïté|other=at PAOK until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player |no= |nat=DEN |pos=FW |name=Casper Tengstedt|other=at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs end}}

{{See also|List of retired numbers in association football}}

On 27 January 2004, Benfica retired squad number 29 in memory of Miklós Fehér, who had died while playing for them two days earlier.{{cite news|date=25 January 2015|title=Miklos Fehér partiu há 11 anos|trans-title=Miklos Fehér passed away 11 years ago|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/40331/language/pt-PT/Miklos-Feher-partiu-ha-11-anos.aspx|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128024658/http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/40331/language/pt-PT/Miklos-Feher-partiu-ha-11-anos.aspx|archive-date=28 January 2015|access-date=25 January 2015}}{{cite news|date=25 January 2014|title=Miklos Feher: Football remembers|url=https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/226/508/0/|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630025908/https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/226/508/0/|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=4 June 2014}}

{{See also|List of S.L. Benfica managers}}

File:Bruno Lage 2019.png is the current head coach.]]

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! Position

! Name

|-

| Head coach

| Bruno Lage

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| Assistant coaches

| Luís Nascimento
Carlos Cachada
Ricardo Rocha

|-

| Personal trainer

| Alexandre Silva

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| Goalkeeping coach

| Nuno Santos

|-

| Analyst coaches

| Jhony Conceição
Diogo Camacho

{{Fb cs footer|s={{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/equipa-tecnica|title=Coaching staff|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=8 September 2024}}|date=September 2024}}

{{See also|List of S.L. Benfica presidents}}

{| class="wikitable"

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! Position

! Name

|-

| President

| Rui Costa

|-

| Vice-presidents

| Domingos Almeida Lima
Fernando Tavares
Sílvio Cervan
Manuel Brito
Rui do Passo
José Gandarez

|-

| General assembly president

| José Pereira da Costa

|-

| Supervisory board president

| Fernando Fonseca Santos

{{Fb cs footer|s={{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/instituicao/clube/orgaos-sociais|language=pt|title=Órgãos Sociais|trans-title=Governing bodies|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=13 July 2024}}|date=November 2023}}

{{Further||List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics|S.L. Benfica in international football#Records}}

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Nené is the Benfica player with the most official appearances (575).{{cite news|last=Rebelo|first=Marco|date=12 August 2016|title=No reino dos maiores|trans-title=In the realm of the greatest|work=O Benfica|language=pt|issue=3772|publisher=S.L. Benfica|page=8|issn=1073-0311}} Eusébio is the club's all-time top goalscorer,{{cite web|url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/columnists/keir-radnedge/eusebio-344295|title=Portugal legend Eusebio remembered|last=Rainbow|first=Jamie|date=6 January 2014|website=World Soccer|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612220425/http://www.worldsoccer.com/columnists/keir-radnedge/eusebio-344295|url-status=live}} with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches.{{cite web|url=https://newafricanmagazine.com/the-great-eus%C3%A9bio/|title=The great Eusébio|date=28 January 2014|work=New African|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=2 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502203026/http://newafricanmagazine.com/the-great-eus%C3%A9bio/|url-status=live}} He is also Benfica's top scorer in UEFA club competitions, with 56 goals. Luisão is the player with the most trophies won (20), the captain with the most matches and has the most appearances in European matches.{{cite news|last=Bragança|first=José|date=28 April 2015|title=Luisão, um capitão para a história|trans-title=Luisão, a captain for the ages|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/noticia.php?id=154221|language=pt|work=zerozero|access-date=28 April 2015|archive-date=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428212748/http://www.zerozero.pt/noticia.php?id=154221|url-status=live}}

Cosme Damião is the longest-serving coach (18 consecutive years).{{cite web|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=11474|title=Cosme Damião: o fundador|last=Silveira|first=João Pedro|date=30 June 2015|website=zerozero|language=pt|trans-title=Cosme Damião: the founder|access-date=18 June 2016|archive-date=19 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119032414/https://www.zerozero.pt/text.php?id=11474|url-status=live}} Otto Glória is the coach with the most league titles won (4) and the most trophies won (9) before the advent of the league cup.{{cite news|date=18 May 2015|title=O "bi" inédito, o "top" português e as outras marcas de JJ|trans-title=The unprecedented "bi", the Portuguese top and other JJ's records|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/historico/benfica/o-bi-inedito-o-top-portugues-e-as-outras-marcas-de-jj|language=pt|work=Maisfutebol|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075855/http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/historico/benfica/o-bi-inedito-o-top-portugues-e-as-outras-marcas-de-jj|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Cabral|first=Mariana|date=29 May 2005|title="La décima" de Jorge Jesus|trans-title=Jorge Jesus' "la décima"|url=https://expresso.pt/desporto/2015-05-29-La-decima-de-Jorge-Jesus|language=pt|work=Expresso|access-date=26 December 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226140212/https://expresso.pt/desporto/2015-05-29-La-decima-de-Jorge-Jesus|url-status=live}} Jorge Jesus is the coach with the most trophies won (10: 3 leagues, 1 cup, 5 league cups, 1 super cup).{{cite news|date=29 June 2015|title=Jesus soma 10 títulos e chega a número 1 dos treinadores do Benfica|trans-title=Jesus collects 10 titles and is Benfica's most decorated coach|url=https://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=4597483|language=pt|work=Jornal de Notícias|access-date=26 January 2016|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216234936/http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=4597483|url-status=dead}} Rui Vitória is the coach with the highest percentage of wins in the domestic league with a minimum 34 matches played (85.29%).{{cite news|last1=Brites Dias|first1=Andreia|last2=Sousa|first2=Vasco|date=15 May 2016|title=Rui Vitória: o treinador encarnado com maior percentagem de vitórias|trans-title=Rui Vitória: the Benfica coach with the highest winning percentage|url=https://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=174914|language=pt|work=zerozero|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517152032/http://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=174914|url-status=live}}

Benfica became the first team in Portuguese league history to complete two seasons without defeat, namely the 1972–73 and '77–78{{sfn|Pereira|2009|p=110}} 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 difference of points ever between champions and runners-up (18 points) in a two-points-per-win system.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|title=Unbeaten during a League Season|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|date=23 December 2013|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=1 January 2014|archive-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html|url-status=live}} In the 2015–16 campaign, Benfica amassed 88 points in 34 matches and set the club's points record since the league is contested by 18 teams.{{cite news|last=Piedade|first=Luís|date=15 May 2016|title=Benfica secure 35th Portuguese crown|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/022d-0e9453a0aa18-dbaafa73085b-1000--benfica-secure-35th-portuguese-crown/|work=UEFA|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=18 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518033024/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2365173.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=15 May 2016|title=Benfica wrap up Portuguese league title with victory over Nacional|url=https://global.espn.com/football/benfica/story/2873689/benfica-wrap-up-portuguese-league-title-with-nacional-victory|work=ESPN FC|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212512/http://global.espn.com/football/benfica/story/2873689/benfica-wrap-up-portuguese-league-title-with-nacional-victory|url-status=live}} 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.

Furthermore, Benfica hold the European records for the most consecutive wins in domestic league (29), between 1971–72 and '72–73,{{cite news|date=14 January 2017|title=Europe's longest domestic winning streaks|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7db977f29e-4354052dab8c-1000--europe-s-longest-domestic-winning-streaks/|work=UEFA|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=20 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120005450/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2406769.html|url-status=live}} and the longest unbeaten run in all competitions since the advent of European competition – 48 matches from December 1963 to 14 February 1965. The latter record ranks third overall.{{cite news|date=15 January 2017|title=Europe's longest unbeaten runs in all competitions|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0253-0d7db978399b-90e7c0011830-1000--europe-s-longest-unbeaten-runs-in-all-competitions/|work=UEFA|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927220856/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2435340.html|url-status=live}}

In the 1965–66 European Cup, Benfica scored 18 goals against Stade Dudelange and achieved the highest goal margin on aggregate in European Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ecc.html|title=Champions' Cup/Champions League Trivia|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|date=30 April 2015|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808081242/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ecc.html|url-status=live}} and their biggest win in UEFA competitions. In the UEFA Europa League, Benfica was the first club to reach two finals consecutively, the latter without defeat.{{cite news|date=14 May 2014|title=Benfica é rei sem coroa da competição|trans-title=Benfica is the competition's crownless king|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-clubes/liga-europa/detalhe/benfica-e-rei-sem-coroa-da-competicao-883200|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=22 December 2015|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070831/https://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-clubes/liga-europa/detalhe/benfica-e-rei-sem-coroa-da-competicao-883200|url-status=live}} As of the 2022–23 season, Benfica have 42 appearances in the UEFA Champions League (formerly the European Cup) and 21 participations in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup). Additionally, they have appearances in now-defunct competitions: 7 in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 2 in the Intercontinental Cup. By October 2017, Benfica were the 5th highest-scoring team in UEFA competition history, with 655 goals in 405 matches (1.62 per match).{{cite news|date=13 October 2017|title=Highest-scoring clubs in UEFA competition history|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/023e-0e97d80bd139-2598aa19a2b3-1000--highest-scoring-clubs-in-uefa-competition-history/|work=UEFA|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004163027/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D2508859.html|url-status=live}}

{{Further|List of S.L. Benfica seasons}}

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

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{{For|a complete list of honours|List of S.L. Benfica honours}}

File:Benfica European cups in Museu Cosme Damião (cropped).JPGs (front) at Museu Benfica – Cosme Damião]]

Benfica have won a record 38 Primeira Liga,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kamprec.html|title=Trivia on Winning Domestic Championships|last=Stokkermans|first=Karel|date=14 January 2016|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808080658/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kamprec.html|url-status=live}} a record 26 Taça de Portugal (including a record 4 consecutively),{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Futebol-Masculino/Ta%C3%A7a-de-Portugal-Placard/Vencedores|title=Taça de Portugal Placard – Vencedores|website=Portuguese Football Federation|trans-title=Taça de Portugal Placard – Winners|language=pt|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508130554/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Futebol-Masculino/Ta%C3%A7a-de-Portugal-Placard/Vencedores|url-status=live}} a record 8 Taça da Liga{{cite news|last1=Castro|first1=Gaspar|last2=Agre|first2=João|date=20 May 2016|title=Benfica continua a ser o rei da Taça da Liga|trans-title=Benfica remain kings of Taça da Liga|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca_da_liga/artigo/2016/05/20/cronica-final-final-taca-da-liga-2016|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=23 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523104551/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/taca_da_liga/artigo/2016/05/20/cronica-final-final-taca-da-liga-2016|url-status=live}} (including a record 4 consecutively), 9 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira{{cite news|last=Agre|first=João|date=5 August 2017|title=Benfica começa a nova época de futebol com a conquista da Supertaça|trans-title=Benfica start new football season with Super Cup triumph|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigos/benfica-comeca-a-nova-epoca-de-futebol-com-a-conquista-da-supertaca|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-date=8 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045830/https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigos/benfica-comeca-a-nova-epoca-de-futebol-com-a-conquista-da-supertaca|url-status=live}} and 3 Campeonato de Portugal (including a record 2 consecutively) – totalling 84 domestic trophies. Internationally, they have won 2 consecutive European Cups and 1 Latin Cup  – totalling 87 trophies. Therefore, in terms of overall trophies, Benfica is the most decorated club in Portuguese football.{{cite news|last=Viegas|first=João Socorro|date=20 May 2016|title=Benfica reforça estatuto de clube mais titulado em Portugal|trans-title=Benfica reinforce status of most decorated club in Portugal|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/aguias-reforcam-estatuto-de-clube-mais-titulado-em-portugal|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070814/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/aguias-reforcam-estatuto-de-clube-mais-titulado-em-portugal|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=7 August 2016|title=Águias alcançam o 79.º título do seu historial|trans-title=Eagles achieve the 79th title in their history|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/aguias-alcancam-o-79-titulo-do-seu-historial|language=pt|work=Record|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109193731/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/aguias-alcancam-o-79-titulo-do-seu-historial|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=7 August 2016|title=Benfica conquista a sua 6ª Supertaça e chega aos 79 títulos|trans-title=Benfica conquer their sixth Super Cup and reach 79 titles|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigo/2016/08/07/benfica-conquista-a-sua-6a-supertaca-e-chega-aos-79-titulos|language=pt|work=SAPO Desporto|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918123836/http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigo/2016/08/07/benfica-conquista-a-sua-6a-supertaca-e-chega-aos-79-titulos|url-status=live}}{{efn|name=latincup|The Latin Cup is a forerunner of the European Cup.{{cite news|date=4 February 2011|title=Goals, not coal, for Kopa|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ee-0e76fea7895f-3c3039e41339-1000--goals-not-coal-for-kopa/|work=UEFA|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927222001/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D1590586.html|url-status=live}}}}

In 2014, Benfica achieved the first ever treble of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.{{cite news|date=18 May 2014|title=Benfica lift cup to seal historic treble|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d7f5c3a427f-bb8ae1635847-1000--benfica-lift-cup-to-seal-historic-treble/|work=UEFA|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927220734/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2107634.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=18 May 2014|title=Benfica conquista Taça e consegue o triplete em Portugal|trans-title=Benfica conquer Portuguese Cup and achieve the treble in Portugal|url=http://pt.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/234/083/7/|language=pt|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519023449/http://pt.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/234/083/7/|archive-date=19 May 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=18 May 2014}} Benfica was the first club to win the Primeira Liga and Taça da Liga double, moreover, a record four times. Benfica is the only club 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 addition, Benfica are the only Portuguese team to have become back-to-back European champions.

• 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 (8) – record: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2024–25
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
• Winners (9): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
• Campeonato de Portugal
• Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

• European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League)
• Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62

• Latin Cup
• Winners (1): 1950{{cite news|date=3 February 2006|title=Benfica rediscover past glories|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=248388/news/newsid=102682.html|url-status=dead|work=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525014739/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=248388/news/newsid=102682.html|archive-date=25 May 2011|access-date=29 January 2023}}{{efn|name=latincup}}

• 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

• Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga

: 1 – record: 2013–14

• Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

: 2 – record: 1980–81, 2016–17

• Primeira Liga, Taça da Liga and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

: 1 – record: 2014–15

• Commander of the Military Order of Christ (1932){{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/condecoracoes.aspx|title=Decorations|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=10 May 2014|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512222242/http://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/slb/historia/condecoracoes.aspx|url-status=live}}{{harvnb|Pereira|2009|p=53}}
• Officer of the Order of Merit (1936)
• Medal of the Order of Prince Henry (1979)

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• List of football club mergers
• List of UEFA club competition winners
• European Club Association
• S.L. Benfica (women)

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General

• {{cite book|last1=Oliveira|first1=Mário Fernando de|last2=Silva|first2=Carlos Rebelo da|others=Preface by Lieutenant Colonel Ribeiro dos Reis|title=História do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1904–1954)|trans-title=History of Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1904–1954)|language=pt|location=Lisbon, Portugal|ref={{sfnref|Oliveira|Silva|1954}}}}
• {{cite book|last=Perdigão|first=Carlos|year=2004|title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 gloriosos anos|trans-title=Sport Lisboa e Benfica: 100 glorious years|language=pt|location=Matosinhos, Portugal|publisher=QuidNovi|isbn=989-554-099-X}}
• {{cite book|last=Pereira|first=Luís Miguel|date=November 2009|title=Bíblia do Benfica|trans-title=Benfica Bible|language=pt|edition=7th|location=Carcavelos, Portugal|publisher=Prime Books|isbn=978-989-655-005-9}}
• {{cite book|last=Tovar|first=Rui Miguel|year=2014|title=Almanaque do Benfica (1904–2014)|trans-title=Benfica Almanac (1904–2014)|language=pt|edition=2nd|location=Alfragide, Portugal|publisher=Lua de Papel|isbn=978-989-23-2764-8}}

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