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.

This page includes Benfica seasons in Portuguese football and UEFA competitions (plus the Latin Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) from the first to the last completed season. Moreover, it details the team's achievements in major competitions, as well as the top goalscorers for each season.

Key

Table headers Pos – Final position in the league classification Pld – Number of league matches played W – Number of league matches won D – Number of league matches drawn L – Number of league matches lost GF – Number of goals scored in league matches GA – Number of goals conceded in league matches Pts – Number of points at the end of the league

Divisions Regional – Lisbon regional championship

Results and rounds  1st  or  W  – Champions or Winners  2nd  or  RU  – Runners-up SF – Semi-finals QF – Quarter-finals R16, R32, R64 – Round of 16, 32, and 64 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R – First, second, third, and fourth round GS – (First) Group stage 3Q – Third qualifying round PR – Preliminary round KPO – Knockout phase play-offs

Top scorers Players whose name is in italics were also the regional championship or Primeira Liga top scorers. GS – Players who were also top scorers in Europe (European Golden Shoe).

Seasons

+Overview of List of S.L. Benfica seasons SeasonDivision Cup League Cup Super CupCompetition ResultCompetition ResultPlayer(s)Goals League European competitions Other competitions Top scorer(s) 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 Regional 6 3 0 3 5 6 6 2nd 1907–08 Regional 10 5 0 5 13 16 10 3rd Eduardo Corga 4 1908–09 Regional 10 7 1 2 27 12 15 2nd António Meireles 6 1909–10 Regional 10 8 0 2 24 5 16 1st 1910–11 Regional 12 9 2 1 41 6 20 2nd 1911–12 Regional 6 6 0 0 21 4 12 1st 1912–13 Regional 8 7 1 0 22 4 15 1st 1913–14 Regional 10 9 1 0 41 4 19 1st Álvaro Gaspar 14 1914–15 Regional 10 8 0 2 50 8 16 2nd Herculano Santos 15 1915–16 Regional 8 7 1 0 16 4 15 1st Francisco Pereira 6 1916–17 Regional 8 7 1 0 26 1 15 1st 1917–18 Regional 4 3 0 1 7 5 6 1st Artur Augusto 2 1918–19 Regional 10 6 0 4 26 10 12 2nd Jesus Crespo 6 1919–20 Regional 9 6 2 1 26 8 14 1st Artur Augusto 7 1920–21 Regional 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 4th Jesus Crespo 4 1921–22 Regional 6 3 0 3 11 10 6 2nd 1922–23 Regional 8 4 2 2 18 13 10 2nd Jesus Crespo 3 1923–24 Regional 8 3 3 2 13 10 9 3rd Jesus Crespo 5 1924–25 Regional 8 4 1 3 18 7 9 3rd Hugo LeitãoVítor Hugo 4 1925–26 Regional 14 6 4 4 40 27 16 5th Jorge Tavares 11 1926–27 Regional 14 5 3 6 23 25 13 5th SF Américo Antunes 7 1927–28 Regional 15 10 3 2 40 17 23 2nd SF Jorge Tavares 14 1928–29 Regional 14 8 5 1 45 20 35 2nd R16 Vítor Silva 11 1929–30 Regional 14 10 1 3 40 15 35 2nd W Vítor Silva 14 1930–31 Regional 14 4 4 6 35 22 26 5th W Vítor Silva 14 1931–32 Regional 13 7 2 4 32 17 29 3rd SF Octávio Policarpo 14 1932–33 Regional 19 13 3 3 44 22 48 1st QF Vítor Silva 17 1933–34 Regional 9 5 2 2 18 10 21 5th SF Carlos Torres 7 1934–35 Primeira LigaRegional 1412 8 8 3 0 3 4 4127 2313 1928 3rd2nd W Alfredo Valadas 23 1935–36 Primeira LigaRegional 1411 8 8 5 0 1 3 4434 2316 2127 1st2nd SF Alfredo Valadas 24 1936–37 Primeira LigaRegional 1410 12 5 0 3 2 2 5726 1314 2423 1st2nd SF Rogério de Sousa 32 1937–38 Primeira LigaRegional 1410 10 7 3 2 1 1 3442 1614 2326 1st2nd RU Espírito Santo 35 1938–39 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1410 9 5 3 1 2 4 4423 2428 2121 3rd3rd RU Espírito Santo 23 1939–40 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1810 11 7 1 3 6 0 5836 3413 2327 4th1st W Francisco Rodrigues 44 1940–41 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1410 8 8 2 0 4 2 3929 2821 1826 4th2nd SF Francisco Rodrigues 30 1941–42 Primeira DivisãoRegional 2210 19 7 0 1 3 2 7439 3416 3825 1st2nd QF Francisco Rodrigues 25 1942–43 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1810 15 7 0 1 3 2 7441 3816 3025 1st2nd W Julinho 37 1943–44 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1810 11 7 4 2 3 1 5739 3421 2626 2nd2nd W Julinho 31 1944–45 Primeira DivisãoRegional 1810 14 7 2 0 2 3 7941 2618 3024 1st2nd SF Joaquim Teixeira 37 1945–46 Primeira DivisãoRegional 2210 17 4 3 2 2 4 8217 2921 3720 2nd4th QF Rogério Pipi 23 1946–47 Primeira DivisãoRegional 2610 20 6 1 2 5 2 9941 4722 4124 2nd2nd Not held Arsénio 29 1947–48 Primeira Divisão 26 19 3 4 84 35 41 2nd SF Julinho 25 1948–49 Primeira Divisão 26 17 3 6 72 34 37 2nd W Eduardo Corona 24 1949–50 Primeira Divisão 26 21 3 2 86 33 45 1st Not held Latin Cup W Julinho 28 1950–51 Primeira Divisão 26 12 6 8 81 43 30 3rd W Arsénio 35 1951–52 Primeira Divisão 26 18 4 4 76 26 40 2nd W José Águas 34 1952–53 Primeira Divisão 26 17 5 4 75 27 39 2nd W José Águas 35 1953–54 Primeira Divisão 26 13 6 7 62 40 32 3rd R16 José Águas 24 1954–55 Primeira Divisão 26 18 3 5 61 20 39 1st W José Águas 26 1955–56 Primeira Divisão 26 19 5 2 76 31 43 2nd R16 Latin Cup 3rd José Águas 30 1956–57 Primeira Divisão 26 17 7 2 75 25 41 1st W Latin Cup RU José Águas 33 1957–58 Primeira Divisão 26 17 2 7 59 23 36 3rd RU European Cup PR José Águas 31 1958–59 Primeira Divisão 26 17 7 2 78 20 41 2nd W José Águas 29 1959–60 Primeira Divisão 26 20 5 1 75 27 45 1st SF José Águas 30 1960–61 Primeira Divisão 26 22 2 2 92 21 46 1st R16 European Cup W José Águas 43 1961–62 Primeira Divisão 26 14 8 4 69 38 36 3rd W European Cup W Intercontinental Cup RU Eusébio 29 1962–63 Primeira Divisão 26 23 2 1 81 25 48 1st SF European Cup RU Intercontinental Cup RU Eusébio 38 1963–64 Primeira Divisão 26 21 4 1 103 26 46 1st W European Cup 1R Eusébio 46 1964–65 Primeira Divisão 26 19 5 2 88 21 43 1st RU European Cup RU Eusébio 48 1965–66 Primeira Divisão 26 18 5 3 73 30 41 2nd QF European Cup QF Eusébio 37 1966–67 Primeira Divisão 26 20 3 3 64 19 43 1st QF Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3R Eusébio 38 1967–68 Primeira Divisão 26 18 5 3 75 19 41 1st SF European Cup RU Eusébio 50GS 1968–69 Primeira Divisão 26 16 7 3 49 17 39 1st W European Cup QF Eusébio 29 1969–70 Primeira Divisão 26 17 4 5 58 14 38 2nd W European Cup 2R Eusébio 25 1970–71 Primeira Divisão 26 18 5 3 62 17 41 1st RU Cup Winners' Cup 2R Artur Jorge 36 1971–72 Primeira Divisão 30 26 3 1 81 16 55 1st W European Cup SF Artur Jorge 32 1972–73 Primeira Divisão 30 28 2 0 101 13 58 1st R16 European Cup 2R Eusébio 42GS 1973–74 Primeira Divisão 30 21 5 4 68 23 47 2nd RU European Cup 2R Eusébio 19 1974–75 Primeira Divisão 30 21 7 2 62 12 49 1st RU Cup Winners' Cup QF Mário Moinhos 18 1975–76 Primeira Divisão 30 23 4 3 94 20 50 1st R32 European Cup QF Nené 35 1976–77 Primeira Divisão 30 23 5 2 67 24 51 1st R16 European Cup 1R Nené 27 1977–78 Primeira Divisão 30 21 9 0 56 11 51 2nd QF European Cup QF Nené 21 1978–79 Primeira Divisão 30 23 3 4 75 21 49 2nd R32 UEFA Cup 2R Nené 28 1979–80 Primeira Divisão 30 19 7 4 79 21 45 3rd W UEFA Cup 1R Nené 36 1980–81 Primeira Divisão 30 22 6 2 72 15 50 1st W W Cup Winners' Cup SF Nené 32 1981–82 Primeira Divisão 30 20 4 6 60 22 44 2nd SF RU European Cup 2R Nené 37 1982–83 Primeira Divisão 30 22 7 1 67 13 51 1st W UEFA Cup RU Nené 31 1983–84 Primeira Divisão 30 24 4 2 86 22 52 1st R16 RU European Cup QF Nené 27 1984–85 Primeira Divisão 30 18 7 5 65 28 43 3rd W RU European Cup 2R Michael Manniche 27 1985–86 Primeira Divisão 30 21 5 4 54 13 47 2nd W W Cup Winners' Cup QF Michael Manniche 21 1986–87 Primeira Divisão 30 20 9 1 50 25 48 1st W RU Cup Winners' Cup 2R Rui Águas 20 1987–88 Primeira Divisão 38 19 13 6 59 25 51 2nd SF RU European Cup RU Rui Águas 18 1988–89 Primeira Divisão 38 27 9 2 60 15 63 1st RU UEFA Cup 2R Vata 18 1989–90 Primeira Divisão 34 23 9 2 76 18 55 2nd R32 W European Cup RU Mats Magnusson 40 1990–91 Primeira Divisão 38 32 5 1 89 18 69 1st QF UEFA Cup 1R Rui Águas 26 1991–92 Primeira Divisão 34 17 12 5 62 23 46 2nd SF RU European Cup GS Isaías 17 1992–93 Primeira Divisão 34 22 8 4 60 18 52 2nd W UEFA Cup QF Isaías 17 1993–94 Primeira Divisão 34 23 8 3 73 25 54 1st R16 RU Cup Winners' Cup SF João Vieira Pinto 18 1994–95 Primeira Divisão 34 22 5 7 61 28 49 3rd QF RU Champions League QF Edílson 17 1995–96 Primeira Divisão 34 22 7 5 57 27 73 2nd W UEFA Cup 3R João Vieira Pinto 23 1996–97 Primeira Divisão 34 17 7 10 49 30 58 3rd RU RU Cup Winners' Cup QF João Vieira Pinto 16 1997–98 Primeira Divisão 34 20 8 6 62 29 68 2nd SF UEFA Cup 1R Nuno Gomes 22 1998–99 Primeira Divisão 34 19 8 7 71 29 65 3rd R32 Champions League GS Nuno Gomes 34 1999–2000 Primeira Liga 34 21 6 7 58 33 69 3rd R16 UEFA Cup 3R Nuno Gomes 20 2000–01 Primeira Liga 34 15 9 10 54 44 54 6th R16 UEFA Cup 1R Pierre van Hooijdonk 24 2001–02 Primeira Liga 34 17 12 5 66 37 63 4th R32 Mantorras 13 2002–03 Primeira Liga 34 23 6 5 74 27 75 2nd R64 Simão 18 2003–04 Primeira Liga 34 22 8 4 62 28 74 2nd W Champions LeagueUEFA Cup 3Q4R Simão 15 2004–05 Primeira Liga 34 19 8 7 51 31 65 1st RU RU Champions LeagueUEFA Cup 3QR32 Simão 22 2005–06 Primeira Liga 34 20 7 7 51 29 67 3rd QF W Champions League QF Nuno Gomes 17 2006–07 Primeira Liga 30 20 7 3 55 20 67 3rd R16 Champions LeagueUEFA Cup GSQF Simão 16 2007–08 Primeira Liga 30 13 13 4 45 21 52 4th SF 4R Champions LeagueUEFA Cup GSR16 Óscar Cardozo 22 2008–09 Primeira Liga 30 17 8 5 54 32 59 3rd R16 W UEFA Cup GS Óscar Cardozo 17 2009–10 Primeira Liga 30 24 4 2 78 20 76 1st R32 W Europa League QF Óscar Cardozo 38 2010–11 Primeira Liga 30 20 3 7 61 31 63 2nd W SF RU Champions LeagueEuropa League GSSF Óscar Cardozo 23 2011–12 Primeira Liga 30 21 6 3 66 27 69 2nd R16 W Champions League QF Óscar Cardozo 28 2012–13 Primeira Liga 30 24 5 1 77 20 77 2nd RU SF Champions LeagueEuropa League GSRU Óscar Cardozo 33 2013–14 Primeira Liga 30 23 5 2 58 18 74 1st W W Champions LeagueEuropa League GSRU Lima 21 2014–15 Primeira Liga 34 27 4 3 86 16 85 1st R16 W W Champions League GS Jonas 31 2015–16 Primeira Liga 34 29 1 4 88 22 88 1st R32 W RU Champions League QF Jonas 36 2016–17 Primeira Liga 34 25 7 2 72 18 82 1st W SF W Champions League R16 Kostas Mitroglou 27 2017–18 Primeira Liga 34 25 6 3 80 22 81 2nd 5R 3R W Champions League GS Jonas 37 2018–19 Primeira Liga 34 28 3 3 103 31 87 1st SF SF Champions LeagueEuropa League GSQF — — Haris Seferovic 27 2019–20 Primeira Liga 34 24 5 5 71 26 77 2ndRU 3R W Champions LeagueEuropa League GSR32 Pizzi 30 2020–21 Primeira Liga 34 23 7 4 69 27 76 3rdRU SF RU Champions LeagueEuropa League 3QR32 Haris Seferovic 26 2021–22 Primeira Liga 34 23 5 6 78 30 74 3rd 5RRU Champions League QF — — Darwin Núñez 34 2022–23 Primeira Liga 34 28 3 3 82 20 87 1st QF GS Champions League QF — — Gonçalo Ramos 27 2023–24 Primeira Liga 34 25 5 4 77 28 80 2nd SF SF W Champions LeagueEuropa League GSQF Rafa Silva 22 2024–25 Primeira Liga 34 25 5 4 84 28 80 2ndRUW Champions League R16 Club World Cup R16 Vangelis Pavlidis 30 2025–26 Primeira Liga 34 23 11 0 74 25 80 3rd QF SFW Champions League KPO Vangelis Pavlidis 30

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