Juniores do Benfica
Full nameJuniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Nickname(s)As Águias (The Eagles)
Os Encarnados (The Reds)
GroundBenfica Campus
Capacity2,720
PresidentRui Costa
Head coachLuís Araújo
LeagueCampeonato Nacional de Juniores
2022–234th
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of S.L. Benfica
Football
(men's)		 Football B
(men's)		 Football U19
(men's)
Football
(women's)		 Futsal Roller hockey
Basketball Handball Volleyball
Athletics Swimming Rugby union
Table tennis Billiards Canoeing

Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈnjɔɾɨʒ ðu sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ]) are the under-19 team of Portuguese football club S.L. Benfica. They hold home matches at Benfica Campus, the club's training ground and youth academy in Seixal.

Benfica's under-19s have won a record 25 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores, one Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup (1996), one UEFA Youth League (2021–22) and one Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (2022). Benfica hold UEFA Youth League records for the biggest win in a final, 6–0 against Red Bull Salzburg, most final appearances (4, joint-record with Chelsea) and most games played (70).[1] They were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values" in 2013–14.[2]

There are other development teams below under-19, completing Benfica's youth system: Juvenis "A" and "B"; Iniciados "A" and "B"; Infantis "A", "B", "C" and "D"; Benjamins "A" and "B"; and Traquinas "A". In 2015, Benfica received the Globe Soccer award for Best Academy of the year.[3]

Players

Current players

As of 3 September 2023[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Portugal POR André Moreira
— GK Portugal POR Diogo Ferreira
— GK Portugal POR João Fidalgo
— GK Portugal POR André Gomes (B)
— GK Poland POL Marcel Mendes (U23)
— DF Portugal POR Guilherme Peixoto
— DF Portugal POR Kevin Pinto
— DF Portugal POR Diogo Rocha
— DF Portugal POR Guilherme Gaspar
— DF Portugal POR Rui Silva
— DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Oliveira
— DF Portugal POR Leandro Martins
— DF Portugal POR João Pereira
— DF Slovenia SVN Žan Jevšenak (B)
— DF Portugal POR Diogo Spencer (B)
— DF Portugal POR João Tomé (B)
— DF Portugal POR João Conceição (U23)
— DF Portugal POR João Fonseca (U23)
— DF Portugal POR Leandro Santos (U23)
— DF Brazil BRA Tiago Coser (U23)
— DF Portugal POR Vladimir Mendes (U23)
— MF Portugal POR Martim Ferreira
— MF Portugal POR Rodrigo Pires
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Portugal POR André Gomes
— MF Portugal POR Tiago Pinto
— MF Portugal POR Diogo Prioste (B)
— MF Portugal POR Hugo Félix (B)
— MF Portugal POR Nuno Félix (B)
— MF Portugal POR Rafael Luís (B)
— MF Australia AUS Paul Okon-Engstler (U23)
— MF Portugal POR João Veloso (U23)
— FW Portugal POR Francisco Neto
— FW Portugal POR Guilherme Afonso
— FW Iceland ISL Stigur Thordarson
— FW Portugal POR Olívio Tomé
— FW Portugal POR Jair Monteiro
— FW Brazil BRA Gustavo Ferreira
— FW Belgium BEL Jelani Trevisan
— FW Portugal POR João Rêgo (B)
— FW Portugal POR Gustavo Varela (B)
— FW Portugal POR José Marques (B)
— FW Portugal POR Ricardo Nóbrega (U23)
— FW Portugal POR Ivan Lima (U23)
— FW Estonia EST Karel Mustmaa (U23)
— FW Netherlands NED Kyanno Silva (U23)
— FW Portugal POR Rodrigo Rêgo (U23)
Key

B = current Benfica B player; U23 = player for Benfica's under-23 team

Notable players

Over 1,000 players have come through Benfica's youth ranks, but only a small part of them played for the club's first-team. The list below includes former youth players who represented the main team in a minimum of 25 matches, or those that reached 25 caps at full international level. In some occasions, graduates debuted for the first-team but left Benfica before reaching 25 matches and went on representing their national team at full international level. Those players are also listed. (Time periods below correspond to when players joined Benfica youth.)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Luís Araújo[73]
Assistant coaches
Goalkeeping coach
Observation coach
Fitness coach

Last updated: 6 July 2023
Source: [citation needed]

Competitive record

UEFA Youth League

As of match played 2 November 2022

Note: Benfica score is always listed first.

Honours

Winners (25) – record: 1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2021–22
Winners: 1996
Winners: 2021–22
Winners – shared record: 2022

Other youth honours

Juvenis (under-17)

Winners (20) – shared record: 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23

Iniciados (under-15)

Winners (11): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23

Infantis (under-13)

Winners (3) – shared record: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96

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