The 2021–22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 118th season in existence and its 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga, were eliminated in the fifth round of Taça de Portugal, and reached the Taça da Liga final. In Europe, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The season started on 4 August 2021, with the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and concluded on 13 May 2022 with a third-place finish in the league. This was Benfica's second consecutive season and third year without any trophy won.

Players First-team squad

Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource18 MarítimoFree31 Monaco€1,500,00020 Inter MilanFree13 July 202111 Torino€7,000,00023 July 202115 Gent€17,000,00031 July 202123 MarseilleLoan22 August 202122 Inter MilanLoan31 August 2021Disclosed total€25,500,000

Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource(s)33Released38 Shakhtar Donetsk€18,000,00011 Celta Vigo€4,000,000 Sharjah FC€2,000,000 TondelaLoan71 Arsenal€8,000,000 Paços de FerreiraLoan Hajduk Split€1,500,000 Vitória de Guimarães€1,500,00010 Wolfsburg€12,000,00061 GetafeLoan13 CelticLoan95 PSV EindhovenLoan22Released19 BragaLoan8 Al-GharafaLoanDisclosed total€47,000,000

Pre-season friendlies

Non-televised friendlies, played at Benfica Campus:

Benfica 0–1 Benfica B (3 July) Benfica 2–0 Sporting da Covilhã (7 July) Benfica 3–2 Farense (10 July) Benfica 0–0 Belenenses SAD (13 July)

Competitions Overall record

Primeira Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

Third round

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

Play-off round The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.

Knockout phase

Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

Statistics Appearances and goals

! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers

! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders

! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders

! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards

! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.

Notes

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