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First league match: Benfica 3–1 Vitória de Setúbal, 20 January 1935. [38] First Taça de Portugal match: Luso SC 0–5 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 14 May 1939. [38] First European Cup match: Sevilla 3–1 Benfica (Round 1 – first leg), 19 September 1957. [38] First Intercontinental Cup match: Benfica 1–0 Peñarol (first leg), 6 ...
Due to league ranking in 2004, [25] Benfica had to play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, where they were drawn with Anderlecht on 30 July. [26] The pre-season ended with matches against Braga on 1 August and Estoril on August 14.
The 2022–23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 119th season in existence and its 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.It started on 2 August 2022, with the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, where Benfica qualified for the group stage, reaching the quarter-finals, and concluded on 27 May 2023.
Evolution of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's league performances since 1938. Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Lisbon. The club was formed in 1904 as Sport Lisboa and played its first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa.
It was Benfica's biggest defeat in the UEFA Champions League (tied with the loss to Borussia Dortmund in the 1963–64 European Cup) and second overall in international competition. On 18 October, Svilar became the youngest goalkeeper to play in Champions League, [32] in a match where Benfica suffered a 1–0 home loss against Manchester United ...
The 2018–19 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 115th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.It started with the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on 7 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019 with Benfica becoming Primeira Liga champions for a record 37th time.
Beira-Mar won 2–1, inflicting Benfica's second league defeat, which opened an 11-point gap to Porto. [56] Camacho blamed the defeat on the lack of goal opportunities. [57] Four days later, Benfica received Molde for the UEFA Cup, beating them 3–1 and assuring a two-goal lead for the second leg. [58]
After sacking Scottish coach Graeme Souness, Benfica appointed UEFA Champions League-winning manager Jupp Heynckes. Limited by ongoing financial difficulties, the club signings consisted of players either on the books, free transfers or loans, such as with the Spaniards Chano and Tote, the former on a free deal, and the latter on loan.