Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Lisbon. The club was founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa and later absorbed Grupo Sport Benfica to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
In terms of overall major trophies won, Benfica is the most decorated team in Portugal.[1] At regional level, Benfica won 10 Campeonato de Lisboa and a record 18 Taça de Honra. Nationally, they have won a record 38 Primeira Liga titles, a record 26 Taça de Portugal, a record 7 Taça da Liga, 9 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, 3 Campeonato de Portugal, and a shared record 3 Taça Ribeiro dos Reis. In international football, Benfica won the Latin Cup in 1950 and back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962.
In addition to the aforementioned honours, the following list includes trophies in other competitions, Portuguese orders and medals, and other awards pertaining to the club.
Regional titles (28)
edit- Winners (10): 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1932–33, 1939–40
- Winners (18) – record: 1919–20, 1921–22, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88
National titles (86)
edit- Winners (38) – record: 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23
- Winners (26) – record: 1939–40, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2013–14, 2016–17
- Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35
- Winners (3) – shared record: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1970–71
International titles (3)
editOther competitions
edit- National Olympic Games: 1910, 1912, 1913
- Empire Cup: 1912, 1913, 1918
- Three Cities Trophy (Lisbon, Porto, Vigo): 1913[3]
- Four Cities Trophy (Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Lausanne): 1915–16
- Easter Trophy (Lisbon): 1924–25
- Ramón de Carranza Trophy: 1963, 1971[4]
- Small Club World Cup: 1965
- Badajoz Trophy: 1968–69, 1972–73
- Salamanca Trophy: 1972–73
- Porto Wine Trophy: 1972–73
- Los Angeles Trophy: 1974–75
- Belo Horizonte Trophy: 1974–75
- Braga Trophy: 1976–77
- Tournoi de Paris: 1979
- FC Schalke 04 Trophy (Gelsenkirchen): 1979–80
- Toronto Trophy: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87
- Iberian Cup: 1983
- Lisbon Trophy: 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87
- Maputo Trophy: 1985–86
- Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1987
- Trofeo Cidade de Vigo: 1989
- Pepsi Cup: 1992, 1993
- Memoriale Cecchi Gori: 1996
- Middlesbrough Trophy: 1998
- Coppa Nereo Rocco: 1999
- Friendship Cup: 1999, 2001
- Superbola Trophy: 2002
- Guadiana Trophy / Algarve Football Cup / Algarve Trophy: 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023
- Dubai Cup: 2007
- Cidade de Guimarães Trophy: 2008, 2009, 2010
- Amsterdam Tournament: 2009
- Eusébio Cup: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2022, 2024
- Pedro Pauleta Trophy: 2009
- CNE Cup: 2009
- Albufeira Summer Cup: 2010
- Festa d'Elx Trophy: 2013
- Sado International Tournament: 2018
- Hospital da Luz Cup: 2019
- International Champions Cup: 2019
Orders, medals, awards
edit- Commander of the Military Order of Christ (1932)[5][6]
- Officer of the Order of Merit (1936)[5][6]
- Medal of the Order of Prince Henry (1979)[5][6]
- Medal of Sports Merit (1954)[5][6]
- Medal of Honour of Sports Merit (1981)[5][6]
- Collar of Honour of Sports Merit (1988)[5][6]
- France Football European Team of the Year: 1968[7]
- kicker Sportmagazin 7th Greatest Club of the 20th Century (1998)[8]
- 12th in FIFA Club of the Century (2000)[9]
- 9th in IFFHS Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century (2009)[10]
- Globe Soccer Awards Best Club Academy: 2015,[11] 2019[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Viegas, João Socorro (20 May 2016). "Águias reforçam estatuto de clube mais titulado em Portugal" [Eagles strengthen status of most decorated club in Portugal]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Benfica rediscover past glories". FIFA. 3 February 2006. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ FC Porto-Benfica. Parelhas de coices e pontapés na tromba!
- ^ Pereira, Luís Miguel (November 2009). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica Bible] (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Portugal: Prime Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
- ^ a b c d e f "Decorations". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Pereira, Luís Miguel (November 2009). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica Bible] (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Portugal: Prime Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
- ^ Pereira, Luís Miguel (November 2009). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica Bible] (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Portugal: Prime Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-989-655-005-9.
- ^ S., Myckola. "Valeri Lobanovsk". komkon.org. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "The FIFA Club of the Century" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
The FIFA Club of the Century was voted exclusively by the readers of the bi-monthly FIFA Magazine
- ^ "Europe's Club of the Century". IFFHS. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Benfica (Best Academy of the year)". Globe Soccer. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ Benfica ganha prémio de melhor Academia (em igualdade com o Ajax) Maisfutebol