Benfica de Macau

Full name

Casa do Sport Lisboa e Benfica em Macau
澳門賓菲加體育會

Founded

17 October 1951
(72 years ago)

Ground

Macau Olympic Complex Stadium

Capacity

16,272

Chairman

Duarte Alves

Head coach

Nuno Capela

League

Liga de Elite

2023

Liga de Elite, 2nd of 9^[1]

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

The House of Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Macau (Chinese: 澳門賓菲加體育會), simply known as Benfica de Macau, is a Macanese professional football club that currently competes in the Liga de Elite. They are the five-time champions of the league.

The club plays its home games at the Macau Olympic Complex Stadium.

History

Benfica de Macau was founded on 17 October 1951, as the House No. 232 of S.L. Benfica.

On 21 August 2016, Benfica de Macau defeated Rovers FC of Guam 4–2 in a 2017 AFC Cup Play-off Qualifier in Bishkek. It was the first win ever for a Macanese club in any AFC competition.^[2]

In 2018, Benfica de Macau became the first Macanese club to participate in the AFC Cup group stage.^[3] On 7 March 2018, Benfica won 3–2 against Taiwan's Hang Yuen, becoming the first Macanese club to win an AFC group stage match.^[4]

Continental history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
2016	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Alga Bishkek	0–2	3rd
2016	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	1–4	3rd
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Rovers	4–2	2nd
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying Round	Dordoi Bishkek	1–2	2nd
2018	AFC Cup	Group I	Hang Yuen	3–2	4–1	2nd
			Hwaebul SC	3–0	3–2
			April 25	0–2	0–8

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 Liga de Elite

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	PHI	Gabrielle Croce
2	DF	MAC	Cheong Marcos
7	DF	MAC	Chan Man
8	MF	MAC	Ng Wa Keng
9	FW	GHA	Daniel Adade
10	FW	TLS	João Pedro
11	MF	MAC	Iuri Capelo
12	MF	MAC	Lee Keng Pan
16	GK	MAC	Tai Chou Tek
18	MF	TLS	Filomeno Junior
30	MF	MAC	Leong Hou In
88	GK	MAC	Rui Oliveira