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

Top scorers

Seasons

As of match played 27 May 2023
Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Cup[n 1][1] League Cup[2] Competition Result Competition Result Player(s) Goals
League[3] European competitions[4][5][6][7] Other competitions[8][9] Top scorer(s)[n 2]
1904–05[n 3] — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1905–06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1906–07 Regional 2nd 6 5 0 1 5 4 10 — — — — — — — —
1907–08[n 4] Regional 3rd 10 5 0 5 13 16 10 — — — — — — Eduardo Corga 4
1908–09 Regional 2nd 10 7 1 2 27 12 15 — — — — — — António Meireles 6
1909–10 Regional 1st 10 8 0 2 24 5 16 — — — — — — — —
1910–11 Regional 2nd 12 9 2 1 41 6 20 — — — — — — — —
1911–12 Regional 1st 6 6 0 0 21 4 12 — — — — — — — —
1912–13 Regional 1st 8 7 1 0 22 4 15 — — — — — — — —
1913–14 Regional 1st 10 9 1 0 41 4 19 — — — — — — Álvaro Gaspar 14
1914–15 Regional 2nd 10 8 0 2 50 8 16 — — — — — — Herculano Santos 15
1915–16 Regional 1st 8 7 1 0 16 4 15 — — — — — — Francisco Pereira 6
1916–17 Regional 1st 8 7 1 0 26 1 15 — — — — — — — —
1917–18 Regional 1st 4 3 0 1 7 5 6 — — — — — — Artur Augusto 2
1918–19 Regional 2nd[n 5] 10 6 0 4 26 10 12 — — — — — — Jesus Crespo 6
1919–20 Regional 1st 9 6 2 1 26 8 14 — — — — — — Artur Augusto 7
1920–21 Regional 4th[n 6] 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 — — — — — — Jesus Crespo 4
1921–22 Regional 2nd 6 3 0 3 11 10 6 — — — — — — — —
1922–23 Regional 2nd 8 4 2 2 18 13 10 — — — — — — Jesus Crespo 3
1923–24 Regional 3rd 8 3 3 2 13 10 9 — — — — — — Jesus Crespo 5
1924–25 Regional 3rd 8 4 1 3 18 7 9 — — — — — — Hugo Leitão
Vítor Hugo		 4[10]
1925–26 Regional 5th 14 6 4 4 40 27 16 — — — — — — Jorge Tavares 11[11]
1926–27 Regional 5th 14 5 3 6 23 25 13 SF — — — — — Américo Antunes 7[12]
1927–28 Regional 2nd[n 7] 15 10 3 2 40 17 23 SF — — — — — Jorge Tavares 14[13]
1928–29 Regional[n 8] 2nd 14 8 5 1 45 20 35 R16 — — — — — Vítor Silva 11[14]
1929–30 Regional 2nd 14 10 1 3 40 15 35 W — — — — — Vítor Silva 14[15]
1930–31 Regional 5th 14 4 4 6 35 22 26 W — — — — — Vítor Silva 14[16]
1931–32 Regional 3rd 13 7 2 4 32 17 29 SF — — — — — Octávio Policarpo 14[17]
1932–33 Regional 1st[n 9] 19 13 3 3 44 22 48 QF — — — — — Vítor Silva 17[18]
1933–34 Regional 5th 9 5 2 2 18 10 21 SF — — — — — Carlos Torres 7[19]
1934–35
14
12
8
8
3
0
3
4
41
27
23
13
19
28
 W — — — — — Alfredo Valadas 23[20]
1935–36
14
11
8
8
5
0
1
3
44
34
23
16
21
27
 SF — — — — — Alfredo Valadas 24[21]
1936–37
2nd
14
10
12
5
0
3
2
2
57
26
13
14
24
23
 SF — — — — — Rogério de Sousa 32[22]
1937–38
2nd
14
10
10
7
3
2
1
1
34
42
16
14
23
26
 RU — — — — — Espírito Santo 35[23]
1938–39
3rd
14
10
9
5
3
1
2
4
44
23
24
28
21
21
 RU — — — — — Espírito Santo 23[24]
1939–40
1st
18
10
11
7
1
3
6
0
58
36
34
13
23
27
 W — — — — — Francisco Rodrigues 44[25]
1940–41
2nd
14
10
8
8
2
0
4
2
39
29
28
21
18
26
 SF — — — — — Francisco Rodrigues 30[26]
1941–42
2nd
22
10
19
7
0
1
3
2
74
39
34
16
38
25
 QF — — — — — Francisco Rodrigues 25[27]
1942–43
2nd
18
10
15
7
0
1
3
2
74
41
38
16
30
25
 W — — — — — Julinho 37[28]
1943–44
2nd
18
10
11
7
4
2
3
1
57
39
34
21
26
26
 W — — — — — Julinho 31[29]
1944–45
2nd
18
10
14
7
2
0
2
3
79
41
26
18
30
24
 SF — — — — — Joaquim Teixeira 37[30]
1945–46
4th
22
10
17
4
3
2
2
4
82
17
29
21
37
20
 QF — — — — — Rogério Pipi 23[31]
1946–47
2nd
26
10
20
6
1
2
5
2
99
41
47
22
41
24
 Not held[n 13] — — — — — Arsénio 29[32]
1947–48 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 19 3 4 84 35 41 SF — — — — — Julinho 25[33]
1948–49 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 17 3 6 72 34 37 W — — — — — Eduardo Corona 24[34]
1949–50 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 21 3 2 86 33 45 Not held[n 14] — — — Latin Cup W Julinho 28[35]
1950–51 Primeira Divisão 3rd 26 12 6 8 81 43 30 W — — — — — Arsénio 35[36]
1951–52 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 18 4 4 76 26 40 W — — — — — José Águas 34[37]
1952–53 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 17 5 4 75 27 39 W — — — — — José Águas 35[38]
1953–54 Primeira Divisão 3rd 26 13 6 7 62 40 32 R16 — — — — — José Águas 24[39]
1954–55 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 18 3 5 61 20 39 W — — — — — José Águas 26[40]
1955–56 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 19 5 2 76 31 43 R16 — — — Latin Cup 3rd José Águas 30[41]
1956–57 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 17 7 2 75 25 41 W — — — Latin Cup RU José Águas 33[42]
1957–58 Primeira Divisão 3rd 26 17 2 7 59 23 36 RU — European Cup PR — — José Águas 31[43]
1958–59 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 17 7 2 78 20 41 W — — — — — José Águas 29[44]
1959–60 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 20 5 1 75 27 45 SF — — — — — José Águas 30[45]
1960–61 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 22 2 2 92 21 46 R16 — European Cup W — — José Águas 43
1961–62 Primeira Divisão 3rd 26 14 8 4 69 38 36 W — European Cup W Intercontinental Cup RU Eusébio 29
1962–63 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 23 2 1 81 25 48 SF — European Cup RU Intercontinental Cup RU Eusébio 38[46]
1963–64 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 21 4 1 103 26 46 W — European Cup 1R — — Eusébio 46[47]
1964–65 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 19 5 2 88 21 43 RU — European Cup RU — — Eusébio 48[48]
1965–66 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 18 5 3 73 30 41 QF — European Cup QF — — Eusébio 37[49]
1966–67 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 20 3 3 64 19 43 QF — Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3R — — Eusébio 38[50]
1967–68 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 18 5 3 75 19 41 SF — European Cup RU — — Eusébio 50GS[51]
1968–69 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 16 7 3 49 17 39 W — European Cup QF — — Eusébio 29[52]
1969–70 Primeira Divisão 2nd 26 17 4 5 58 14 38 W — European Cup 2R — — Eusébio 25[53]
1970–71 Primeira Divisão 1st 26 18 5 3 62 17 41 RU — Cup Winners' Cup 2R — — Artur Jorge 36[54]
1971–72 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 26 3 1 81 16 55 W — European Cup SF — — Artur Jorge 32[55]
1972–73 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 28 2 0 101 13 58 R16 — European Cup 2R — — Eusébio 42GS
1973–74 Primeira Divisão 2nd 30 21 5 4 68 23 47 RU — European Cup 2R — — Eusébio 19
1974–75 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 21 7 2 62 12 49 RU — Cup Winners' Cup QF — — Mário Moinhos 18
1975–76 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 23 4 3 94 20 50 R32 — European Cup QF — — Nené 35
1976–77 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 23 5 2 67 24 51 R16 — European Cup 1R — — Nené 27
1977–78 Primeira Divisão 2nd 30 21 9 0 56 11 51 QF — European Cup QF — — Nené 21
1978–79 Primeira Divisão 2nd 30 23 3 4 75 21 49 R32 — UEFA Cup 2R — — Nené 28
1979–80 Primeira Divisão 3rd 30 19 7 4 79 21 45 W — UEFA Cup 1R — — Nené 36
1980–81 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 22 6 2 72 15 50 W — Cup Winners' Cup SF Supertaça W Nené 32
1981–82 Primeira Divisão 2nd 30 20 4 6 60 22 44 SF — European Cup 2R Supertaça RU Nené 37
1982–83 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 22 7 1 67 13 51 W — UEFA Cup RU — — Nené 31
1983–84 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 24 4 2 86 22 52 R16 — European Cup QF Supertaça RU Nené 27
1984–85 Primeira Divisão 3rd 30 18 7 5 65 28 43 W — European Cup 2R Supertaça RU Michael Manniche 27
1985–86 Primeira Divisão 2nd 30 21 5 4 54 13 47 W — Cup Winners' Cup QF Supertaça W Michael Manniche 21
1986–87 Primeira Divisão 1st 30 20 8 2 50 25 48[n 15] W — Cup Winners' Cup 2R Supertaça RU Rui Águas 20
1987–88 Primeira Divisão 2nd 38 19 13 6 59 25 51 SF — European Cup RU Supertaça RU Rui Águas 18
1988–89 Primeira Divisão 1st 38 27 9 2 60 15 63 RU — UEFA Cup 2R — — Vata 18
1989–90 Primeira Divisão 2nd 34 23 9 2 76 48 55 R32 — European Cup RU Supertaça W Mats Magnusson 40
1990–91 Primeira Divisão 1st 38 32 5 1 89 18 69 QF — UEFA Cup 1R — — Rui Águas 26
1991–92 Primeira Divisão 2nd 34 17 12 5 62 23 46 SF — European Cup GS Supertaça RU Isaías 17
1992–93 Primeira Divisão 2nd 34 22 8 4 60 18 52 W — UEFA Cup QF — — Isaías 17
1993–94 Primeira Divisão 1st 34 23 8 3 73 25 54 R16 — Cup Winners' Cup SF Supertaça RU João Vieira Pinto 18
1994–95 Primeira Divisão 3rd 34 22 5 7 61 28 49 QF — Champions League QF Supertaça RU Edílson 17
1995–96 Primeira Divisão[n 16] 2nd 34 22 7 5 57 27 73 W — UEFA Cup 3R — — João Vieira Pinto 23
1996–97 Primeira Divisão 3rd 34 17 7 10 49 30 58 RU — Cup Winners' Cup QF Supertaça RU João Vieira Pinto 16
1997–98 Primeira Divisão 2nd 34 20 8 6 62 29 68 SF — UEFA Cup 1R — — Nuno Gomes 22
1998–99 Primeira Divisão 3rd 34 19 8 7 71 29 65 R32 — Champions League GS — — Nuno Gomes 34
1999–2000 Primeira Liga 3rd 34 21 6 7 58 33 69 R16 — UEFA Cup 3R — — Nuno Gomes 20
2000–01 Primeira Liga 6th 34 15 9 10 54 44 54 R16 — UEFA Cup 1R — — Pierre van Hooijdonk 24
2001–02 Primeira Liga 4th 34 17 12 5 66 37 63 R32 — — — — — Mantorras 13
2002–03 Primeira Liga 2nd 34 23 6 5 74 27 75 R64 — — — — — Simão 18
2003–04 Primeira Liga 2nd 34 22 8 4 62 28 74 W —
— — Simão 15
2004–05 Primeira Liga 1st 34 19 8 7 51 31 65 RU —
Supertaça RU Simão 22
2005–06 Primeira Liga 3rd 34 20 7 7 51 29 67 QF — Champions League QF Supertaça W Nuno Gomes 17
2006–07 Primeira Liga 3rd 30 20 7 3 55 20 67 R16 —
— — Simão 16
2007–08 Primeira Liga 4th 30 13 13 4 45 21 52 SF 4R
— — Óscar Cardozo 22
2008–09 Primeira Liga 3rd 30 17 8 5 54 32 59 R16 W UEFA Cup GS — — Óscar Cardozo 17
2009–10 Primeira Liga 1st 30 24 4 2 78 20 76 R32 W Europa League QF — — Óscar Cardozo 38
2010–11 Primeira Liga 2nd 30 20 3 7 61 31 63 SF W
Supertaça RU Óscar Cardozo 23
2011–12 Primeira Liga 2nd 30 21 6 3 66 27 69 R16 W Champions League QF — — Óscar Cardozo 28
2012–13 Primeira Liga 2nd 30 24 5 1 77 20 77 RU SF
— — Óscar Cardozo 33
2013–14 Primeira Liga 1st 30 23 5 2 58 18 74 W W
— — Lima 21
2014–15 Primeira Liga 1st 34 27 4 3 86 16 85 R16 W Champions League GS Supertaça W Jonas 31
2015–16 Primeira Liga 1st 34 29 1 4 88 22 88 R32 W Champions League QF Supertaça RU Jonas 36
2016–17 Primeira Liga 1st 34 25 7 2 72 18 82 W SF Champions League R16 Supertaça W Kostas Mitroglou 27
2017–18 Primeira Liga 2nd 34 25 6 3 80 22 81 5R 3R Champions League GS Supertaça W Jonas 37
2018–19 Primeira Liga 1st 34 28 3 3 103 31 87 SF SF
— — Haris Seferovic 27
2019–20 Primeira Liga 2nd 34 24 5 5 71 26 77 RU 3R
Supertaça W Pizzi 30
2020–21 Primeira Liga 3rd 34 23 7 4 69 27 76 RU SF
Supertaça RU Haris Seferovic 26
2021–22 Primeira Liga 3rd 34 23 5 6 78 30 74 5R RU — — Darwin Núñez 34
2022–23 Primeira Liga 1st 34 28 3 3 82 20 87 QF GS — — Gonçalo Ramos 27

Notes

  1. ^ Before the establishment of the Primeira Liga as the primary national championship, in the 1938–39 season, the Taça de Portugal was called Campeonato de Portugal (English: Championship of Portugal).
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in all competitions that season.
  3. ^ With the name Sport Lisboa.
  4. ^ Sport Lisboa absorbed Grupo Sport Benfica, changing the name to Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
  5. ^ Benfica had to play a two-legged final against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost both legs, 1–0 at home (Campo de Benfica) and 2–1 away (Estádio do Campo Grande). Both final matches are included on the stats.
  6. ^ Benfica had to play a match after the end of the first stage at the Campo de Benfica against Carcavelinhos to determine the second team of their group (there were two groups of four teams) to advance to the second stage as both finished the first stage of the Regional at the middle two positions with the same number of points. Benfica won 1–0. This match is included on the stats.
  7. ^ Benfica had to play a final match at an unknown ground against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost 3–0. The final match is included on the stats.
  8. ^ Starting this season, Regional wins became worth 3 points, ties became worth 2 points and defeats became worth 1 point; instead of the traditional 2/1/0 points. If a team failed to show up at any given match, that team would not get any point.
  9. ^ Benfica had to play a final match at the Stadium de Lisboa against Belenenses as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica won 2–1. The final match is included on the stats.
  10. ^ Benfica had to play a final round-robin tournament against Sporting CP and Belenenses as all three finished the Regional at the top three positions with the same number of points. Sporting won both matches and Belenenses lost both, leaving Benfica at the second place. Both Benfica matches are included on the stats.
  11. ^ Benfica had to play a final match at the Campo das Salésias against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost 4–1. The final match is included on the stats.
  12. ^ After four experimental editions, the Primeira Liga was officially established as a national league competition with the purpose of determining the national champions, thus replacing the Campeonato de Portugal, which was converted into the Taça de Portugal, the top domestic cup competition.
  13. ^ The Cup was not organized in the 1946–47 season due to overscheduling caused by the major changes of the football league system.
  14. ^ The Cup was not organized in the 1949–50 season because the Estádio Nacional was the host venue for the Latin Cup.
  15. ^ Benfica and Braga saw two points subtracted as the federation attributed a 3–0 defeat to both teams after crowd violence that occurred when they faced each other in the last matchday. The original result was 1–1.
  16. ^ Starting this season, league wins became worth 3 points, instead of the traditional 2 points.

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