C.F. Benfica


Clube Futebol Benfica, commonly known as Futebol Benfica, or simply as Fofó, is a Portuguese sports club based in the Benfica neighborhood of Lisbon. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895. Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football, women's football, field hockey and roller hockey teams.
The men's football team competes in the Regional league. Previously it competed in the newly created Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, a competition created in 2013 after the merging of the Second and Third Divisions.
The women's football team plays in the national top league, the Campeonato Nacional. Both teams play at the Estádio Francisco Lázaro, where they have been playing ever since the establishment of the club. The home colours are red and black.
Futebol Benfica is an independent club without any affiliation or connection with the better-known Sport Lisboa e Benfica, a neighboring club of much larger dimensions.

History

The existence stretches back to around 1895, as the sports division of a philharmonic society in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon, adopting the name "Foot-Ball de Bemfica" in 1911. It was reorganized as an autonomous club on 23 March 1933. Futebol Benfica has won several national titles, principally in roller hockey and field hockey.
Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete, Francisco Lázaro, who died while running in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including football, women's football, athletics, field hockey, indoor hockey, gymnastics and swimming.
In the 2011–12 season, Futebol Benfica men's football team was promoted to the Second Division of the Portuguese football after winning the E series of the Third Division, having achieved one of the best results in recent years.
In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese national women's football league and the Portuguese women's football cup, and went on to also take the first women's supercup. It won both the national championship and cup again in 2015–16.

Season to season

SeasonDivisionSectionPlaceNotes
1994–95RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour1stPromoted
1995–963rdSérie E10th
1996–973rdSérie E11th
1997–983rdSérie E13th
1998–993rdSérie E13th
1999–20003rdSérie E10th
2000–013rdSérie F12th
2001–023rdSérie E12th
2002–033rdSérie F16thRelegated
2003–04RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour3rd
2004–05RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour1stPromoted
2005–063rdSérie F15thRelegated
2006–07RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour2nd
2007–08RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour2ndPromoted
2008–093rdSérie E10thRelegated
2009–10RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour8th
2010–11RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour2ndPromoted
2011–123rdSérie E1stPromoted
2012–132nd BZona Sul13th
2013–14CNSérie G8thRelegated
2014–15RegionalAF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour

Honours

Football