List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics


, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Lisbon. The club was founded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa and merged with Grupo Sport Benfica in 1908 to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The club's records and statistics here gathered only concern competitive, professional matches. They include data on honours, players, transfers, managers, and team records, respectively.

Honours

Benfica is the most decorated club in Portugal, holding the records for most Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga titles, three of the four most important competitions in the country. Moreover, Benfica is the only club to have won four consecutive editions of Taça de Portugal, from 1948–49 to 1952–53, and four consecutive editions of Taça da Liga, from 2008–09 to 2011–12.

National titles

Benfica's record appearance-maker is Nené, who made 575 appearances over the course of his career. Ten players have made more than 400 appearances, including four members of the 1961 European Cup-winning team. Eusébio is the club's top goalscorer with 473 goals in his 15 years spell. Only two other players have scored more than 300 goals for the club.

Appearances records

RankingNameYearsLeagueTotalRef
1 Nené1968–1986422575
2 Veloso1980–1995379538
3 Luisão2003–2018337538
4 Mário Coluna1954–1970364518
5 Humberto Coelho1968–1975; 1977–1984355498
6 Shéu1972–1989349487
7 Manuel Bento1972–1990329465

Goal scoring records

Top foreign goalscorers

RankingNameYearsMatchesGoalsRef
1 Óscar Cardozo2007–2014293172
2 Jonas2014–2019183137
3 Mats Magnusson1987–199216487
4 Michael Manniche1983–198713275
5 Isaías1990–199517871
6 Lima2012–201514470
7 Eduardo Salvio2010–2011
2012–2019		26662
8 Kostas Mitroglou2015–20178852
9 Luisão2003–201853847
10 Rodrigo2011–201412045

Historical goals

Primeira Liga

GoalNameDateMatch
1 Alfredo Valadas20 January 1935Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal
100 Alfredo Valadas31 January 1937Benfica 10–2 Leixões
500 Joaquim Teixeira6 February 1944Benfica 6–1 Salgueiros
1,000 Rosário1949–50Vitória de Guimarães 3–5 Benfica
1,500 José Águas1956–57Benfica 6–0 CUF
2,000 Yaúca17 November 1963Benfica 4–2 Belenenses
2,500 Artur Jorge27 September 1970Benfica 4–0 Boavista
3,000 Vítor Martins13 February 1977Benfica 6–1 Estoril
3,500 Nené18 March 1984Farense 2–7 Benfica
4,000 Sergei Yuran7 December 1991Benfica 3–0 Beira-Mar
4,500 Karel Poborský14 February 2000Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 Benfica
5,000 David Suazo2 November 2008Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Benfica
5,500 Jonas20 December 2015Benfica 3–1 Rio Ave

UEFA competitions

GoalNameDateMatchCompetitionRef
1 Francisco Palmeiro19 September 1957 Sevilla 3–1 BenficaEuropean Cup
50 Eusébio31 October 1962 Norrköping 1–1 BenficaEuropean Cup
100 Pedras30 September 1965 Stade Dudelange 3–1 BenficaEuropean Cup
150 Jacinto Santos12 February 1969 Ajax 1–3 BenficaEuropean Cup
200 Rui Jordão2 October 1974 Vanløse 1–4 BenficaEuropean Cup Winners' Cup
250 Zoran Filipović3 November 1982 Lokeren 1–2 BenficaUEFA Cup
300 Ademir Alcântara5 October 1988Benfica 3–1 Montpellier UEFA Cup
350 Pacheco29 September 1992 Belvedur Izola 0–5 BenficaUEFA Cup
400 Valdo5 December 1995 Bayern Munich 4–2 BenficaUEFA Cup
450 Simão16 September 2004 Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 BenficaUEFA Cup
500 Óscar Cardozo4 December 2008 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 BenficaUEFA Champions League
550 Óscar Cardozo24 February 2011 Stuttgart 0–2 BenficaUEFA Europa League
600 Óscar Cardozo2 May 2013Benfica 3–1 Fenerbahçe UEFA Europa League

Trophy winners

Current player is marked in bold.
RankingNameYearsTitles
1 Luisão2003–201820
2 Nené1968–198619
3 Mário Coluna1954–197018
4 Eusébio1961–197517
4 Shéu1972–198917
6 António Simões1961–197516
6 António Veloso1980–199516
8 Cavém1954–197015
8 Manuel Bento1972–199215
8 Jardel2011–15

Team captains

PlayerYearsRef
Fortunato Levy1906–1907
Félix Bermudes1907–1908
Cosme Damião1908–1916
Henrique Costa1916
Carlos Sobral1916
Herculano dos Santos1920–1921
Vítor Gonçalves1921–1923
José Pimenta1923–1925
José Simões1926–1927
Vítor Hugo1928–1929
João de Oliveira1929
Jorge Tavares1929–1931
Vítor Silva1931–1934
Gustavo Teixeira1934–1938
Gaspar Pinto1938–1939
Alfredo Valadas1939–1943
Francisco Albino1943–1945
Francisco Ferreira1945–1952
Rogério Pipi1952
Joaquim Fernandes1952–1955
Fernando Caiado1955–1959
Artur Santos1959–1961

PlayerYearsRef
José Águas1961–1963
Mário Coluna1963–1970
António Simões1970–1974
Toni1974–1980
Humberto Coelho1980–1983
Nené1983–1984
Manuel Bento1984–1986
Shéu Han1986–1989
Diamantino Miranda1989–1990
António Veloso1990–1995
João Vieira Pinto1995–2000
Calado2000
Paulo Madeira2000–2001
Fernando Meira2001–2002
Robert Enke2002
Ljubinko Drulović2002–2003
Hélder2003–2004
Simão Sabrosa2004–2007
Nuno Gomes2007–2011
Luisão2011–2018
Jardel2018–

Individual award winners

PlayerTitleSeason
Eusébio71963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73
José Águas51951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61
Julinho21942–43, 1959–50
Artur Jorge21970–71, 1971–72
Nené21980–81, 1983–84
Óscar Cardozo22009–10, 2011–12
Jonas22015–16, 2017–18
José Torres11962–63
Rui Jordão11975–76
Vata11988–89
Mats Magnusson11989–90
Rui Águas11990–91
Simão Sabrosa12002–03
Haris Seferović12018–19
Carlos Vinícius12019–20

Cosme Damião Award

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

RankingNameTransfer feeFromDate
1 Raúl Jiménez€21.8M Atlético Madrid21 July 2016
2 Raúl de Tomás€20M Real Madrid3 July 2019
2 Julian Weigl€20M Borussia Dortmund2 January 2020
2 Pedrinho€20M Corinthians11 March 2020
5 Carlos Vinícius€17M Napoli20 July 2019
6 Rafa€16.4M Braga31 August 2016
7 Pizzi€14M Atlético Madrid31 December 2015
8 Eduardo Salvio€13.5M Atlético Madrid31 July 2012
9 Simão€12M Barcelona31 May 2001
10 Óscar Cardozo€11.6M Newell's Old Boys15 April 2008

Highest transfer fees received

Managerial records

Managers with most games, including wins

Trophy winners

Matches

Firsts

League