List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics

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

Honours

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

National titles 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

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Winners (10): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025

Taça da Liga Winners (8) – record: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2024–25

Campeonato de Portugal Winners (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

UEFA titles European Cup Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62

Doubles Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal ("Dobradinha") 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 – shared national record: 1960–61 European cup double 1 – national record: 1961–62

Trebles Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga 1 – record: 2013–14

Players

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

Appearances records Most appearances in all competitions: Nené, 575. Most league appearances: Nené, 422. Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: Luisão, 127. Most appearances in European Cup: Eusébio, 64. Most appearances in UEFA Champions League: Luisão, 61. Most appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Humberto Coelho, 19. Most appearances in UEFA Cup: Nuno Gomes, 30. Most appearances in UEFA Europa League: Óscar Cardozo, 36. Most appearances in Taça da Liga: Jardel, 30 Most appearances in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: António Veloso, 16. Most appearances in Derby de Lisboa: Francisco Albino, 56 (All-time record). Most appearances in O Clássico: António Veloso, 45. Youngest first-team player: Hugo Leal, 16 years and 335 days (against Espinho on 20 April 1997). First non-Portuguese player: Jorge Gomes Filho, Brazilian (first match against Vitória de Setúbal on 29 August 1979).

Most appearances

+S.L. Benfica players with the most appearances Player Years League Total Nené422575 Veloso1980–1995379538 Luisão2003–2018337538 Mário Coluna1954–1970364518 Humberto Coelho1968–19751977–1984355498 Shéu1972–1989349487 Manuel Bento1972–1990329465

Goal scoring records Most goals scored in all competitions: Eusébio, 473. Most goals scored in a season: Eusébio, 50 (1967–68). Most league goals scored: Eusébio, 317. Most league goals scored in a season: Eusébio, 42 (1967–68). Most goals scored in UEFA club competitions: Eusébio, 56. Most goals scored in European Cup: Eusébio, 46. Most goals scored in UEFA Champions League: Óscar Cardozo, 11. Most goals scored in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Eusébio, 7. Nené, 7. Most goals scored in UEFA Cup: Nuno Gomes, 11. Most goals scored in UEFA Europa League: Óscar Cardozo, 20. Most goals scored in UEFA club competitions finals: Eusébio, 3 (2 in 1962 European Cup Final, 1 in 1963 European Cup Final). Most goals scored in Taça de Portugal finals: Rogério Pipi, 15 (All-time record). Most goals scored in Taça da Liga: Jonas, 10. Most goals scored in Taça da Liga finals: Rodrigo, 2 (1 in 2012 Final, 1 in 2014 Final – All-time joint record). Jonas, 2 (1 in 2015 Final, 1 in 2016 Final – All-time joint record). Kostas Mitroglou, 2 (2 in 2016 Final – All-time joint record). Most goals scored in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Nené, 3 (1 in 1980, 2 in 1981). Pizzi, 3 (1 in 2016, 2 in 2019). Most goals scored in Derby de Lisboa: Eusébio, 27. Most goals scored in O Clássico: Eusébio, 25 (All-time record). Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: Julinho, 12 (scored 20 times, from 16 October 1949 to 29 January 1950). Youngest goalscorer: Fernando Chalana, 17 years, 7 months and 7 days (against Académica on 25 September 1976). Most own-goals scored: Jardel, 4.

Top goalscorers +Top 10 goalscorers for S.L. Benfica Player Years Matches Goals Eusébio440473 José Águas1950–1963384379 Nené1968–1986575359 José Torres1959–1971259226 Arsénio1943–1955298220 Rogério Pipi1942–19471947–1954314205 Julinho1942–19511952–1953200202 José Augusto1959–1970369175 Óscar Cardozo2007–2014293172 Nuno Gomes1997–20002002–2011399166

Top non-Portuguese goalscorers

+Top 10 non-Portuguese goalscorers for S.L. Benfica Player Years Matches Goals Óscar Cardozo293172 Jonas2014–2019183137 Mats Magnusson1987–199216487 Michael Manniche1983–198713275 Haris Seferovic2017–202218874 Vangelis Pavlidis2024–12072 Isaías1990–199517871 Lima2012–201514470 Eduardo Salvio2010–20112012–201926662 Kostas Mitroglou2015–20178852

Historical goals Primeira Liga

Goal Player Date Match1 Alfredo Valadas20 January 1935Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal100 Alfredo Valadas31 January 1937Benfica 10–2 Leixões500 Joaquim Teixeira6 February 1944Benfica 6–1 Salgueiros1,000 Rosário1949–50Vitória de Guimarães 3–5 Benfica1,500 José Águas1956–57Benfica 6–0 CUF2,000 Yaúca17 November 1963Benfica 4–2 Belenenses2,500 Artur Jorge27 September 1970Benfica 4–0 Boavista3,000 Vítor Martins13 February 1977Benfica 6–1 Estoril3,500 Nené18 March 1984Farense 2–7 Benfica4,000 Sergei Yuran7 December 1991Benfica 3–0 Beira-Mar4,500 Karel Poborský14 February 2000Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 Benfica5,000 David Suazo2 November 2008Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Benfica5,500 Jonas20 December 2015Benfica 3–1 Rio Ave6,000 Darwin Núñez15 January 2022Benfica 1–1 Moreirense

UEFA competitions

Goal Player Date Match Competition Ref.1 Francisco Palmeiro19 September 1957 Sevilla 3–1 BenficaEuropean Cup50 Eusébio31 October 1962 Norrköping 1–1 BenficaEuropean Cup100 Pedras30 September 1965 Stade Dudelange 3–1 BenficaEuropean Cup150 Jacinto Santos12 February 1969 Ajax 1–3 BenficaEuropean Cup200 Rui Jordão2 October 1974 Vanløse 1–4 BenficaEuropean Cup Winners' Cup250 Zoran Filipović3 November 1982 Lokeren 1–2 BenficaUEFA Cup300 Ademir Alcântara5 October 1988Benfica 3–1 Montpellier UEFA Cup350 Pacheco29 September 1992 Belvedur Izola 0–5 BenficaUEFA Cup400 Valdo5 December 1995 Bayern Munich 4–2 BenficaUEFA Cup450 Simão16 September 2004 Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 BenficaUEFA Cup500 Óscar Cardozo4 December 2008 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 BenficaUEFA Champions League550 Óscar Cardozo24 February 2011 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 BenficaUEFA Europa League600 Óscar Cardozo2 May 2013Benfica 3–1 Fenerbahçe UEFA Europa League650 Eduardo Salvio1 November 2016Benfica 1–0 Dynamo Kyiv UEFA Champions League700 Pizzi3 December 2020Benfica 4–0 Lech Poznań UEFA Champions League750 Arthur Cabral12 December 2023 Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Benfica UEFA Champions League

Trophy winners Most league titles: Eusébio, 11 (1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75 – All-time record). Most Taça de Portugal titles: José Águas, 7 (1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62) Nené, 7 (1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86) Most Taça da Liga titles: Luisão, 7 (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 – All-time record). Most Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira titles: Luisão, 4 (2005, 2014, 2016, 2017).

Most titles won

Rank Player Years Titles1 Luisão202 Nené1968–1986193 Mário Coluna1954–1970184 Eusébio1961–197517 Shéu1972–19896 António Simões1961–197516 António Veloso1980–19958 Cavém1954–197015 Manuel Bento1972–1992 Jardel2011–2021

Team captains

PlayerYearsRef. Fortunato Levy1906–1907 Félix Bermudes1907–1908 Cosme Damião1908–1916 Henrique Costa1916 Carlos Sobral1916 Herculano dos Santos1920–1921 Vítor Gonçalves1921–1923 José Pimenta1923–1925 José Simões1926–1927 Vítor Hugo1928–1929 João de Oliveira1929 Jorge Tavares1929–1931 Vítor Silva1931–1934 Gustavo Teixeira1934–1938 Gaspar Pinto1938–1939

PlayerYearsRef. Alfredo Valadas1939–1943 Francisco Albino1943–1945 Francisco Ferreira1945–1952 Rogério Pipi1952 Joaquim Fernandes1952–1955 Fernando Caiado1955–1959 Artur Santos1959–1961 José Águas1961–1963 Mário Coluna1963–1970 António Simões1970–1974 Toni1974–1980 Humberto Coelho1980–1983 Nené1983–1984 Manuel Bento1984–1986 Shéu Han1986–1989

PlayerYearsRef. Diamantino Miranda1989–1990 António Veloso1990–1995 João Vieira Pinto1995–2000 Calado2000 Paulo Madeira2000–2001 Fernando Meira2001–2002 Robert Enke2002 Ljubinko Drulović2002–2003 Hélder2003–2004 Simão Sabrosa2004–2007 Nuno Gomes2007–2011 Luisão2011–2018 Jardel2018–2021 André Almeida2021–2022 Nicolás Otamendi2022–2026 Fredrik Aursnes2026–

Individual award winners Ballon d'Or: Eusébio, 1965. European Golden Shoe: Eusébio, 43 goals, 1967–68 (inaugural winner). Eusébio, 40 goals, 1972–73.

Bola de Prata

+Primeira Liga top scorerPlayerAward(s)Season(s) Eusébio71963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66 (shared), 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73 José Águas51951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61 Julinho21942–43, 1949–50 Artur Jorge21970–71, 1971–72 Nené21980–81, 1983–84 (shared) Óscar Cardozo22009–10, 2011–12 (shared) Jonas22015–16, 2017–18 José Torres11962–63 Rui Jordão11975–76 Vata11988–89 Mats Magnusson11989–90 Rui Águas11990–91 Simão Sabrosa12002–03 (shared) Haris Seferovic12018–19 Carlos Vinícius12019–20 Darwin Núñez12021–22

Cosme Damião Award +Benfica's Player of the Year Year Winner Ref.2006 Simão2007 Rui Costa2008 Kostas Katsouranis2009 Luisão2010 Fábio Coentrão2011 Pablo Aimar2012 Maxi Pereira2013Not awarded2014 Nicolás Gaitán2015 Jonas2016201720182019 Pizzi2020 Julian Weigl2021 Darwin Núñez

Transfers Note: In the rankings below, inflation is not taken into account. Highest transfer fees paid

Rank Player Transfer fee From Date 1 Orkun Kökçü€25.0M Feyenoord10 June 2023 Darwin Núñez Almería4 September 20203 Everton€22.0M Grêmio14 August 20204 Raúl Jiménez€21.8M Atlético Madrid21 July 20165 Raúl de Tomás€20.8M Real Madrid3 July 20196 Julian Weigl€20.4M Borussia Dortmund2 January 20207 Roman Yaremchuk€20M Gent29 August 2022 Arthur Cabral Fiorentina10 August 20239 Marcos Leonardo€18M Santos4 January 2024 Vangelis Pavlidis AZ Alkmaar1 July 2024

Highest transfer fees received