List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics

This article includes records and statistics from the professional Portuguese football team S.L. Benfica.

Honours

Benfica have won many domestic and European honours. They have a record 35 Primeira Liga titles, a record 28 Championship of Portugal/Portuguese Cup, a record 6 Portuguese League Cup, and 6 Portuguese SuperCup titles. In European competitions, they have been crowned European champions, winning the European Cup twice in a row in 1961 and in 1962 and have been finalists five times, a record they share with Bayern Munich. In addition, they were runners-up twice in the Intercontinental Cup and twice in the UEFA Cup. This makes Benfica the most rewarded Portuguese club in terms of domestic titles (75) and overall titles (77) – 78 including the 1950 Latin Cup.

Domestic competitions (76)

• Primeira Liga (35): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 (record)
• Taça de Portugal (25): 1939–40, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2013–14 (record)
• Taça da Liga (7): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 (record)
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (6): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014, 2016
• Campeonato de Portugal (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

European competitions (2)

• European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2): 1960–61, 1961–62

Other competitions (1)

• Latin Cup

Winners (1): 1950

Players

Benfica's record appearance-maker is Nené, who made 575 appearances over the course of his career; the second player with more appearances is António Veloso with 538. Eusébio is the club's top goalscorer with 473 goals in his 15 years with the club. Ten players have made more than 400 appearances, including four members of the 1961 European Cup-winning team. Other than Eusébio, only two players have scored more than 300 goals for the club.

Most official appearances

As of 27 November 2016

This is a list of the highest number of official appearances for the club. Current players are marked in bold.^[1]

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Matches	Years	Ref
1	Portugal	Nené	575	1968–1986	[2]
2	Portugal	Veloso	538	1980–1995	[3]
3	Portugal	Mário Coluna	525	1954–1970	[4]
4	Portugal	Humberto Coelho	498	1968–1975 1977–1984	[5]
5	Brazil	Luisão	487	2003–	[6]
	Portugal	Shéu		1972–1989	[7]
7	Portugal	Manuel Bento	465	1972–1990	[8]
8	Portugal	António Simões	447	1961–1975	[9]
9	Portugal	Eusébio	440	1960–1975	[10]
10	Portugal	Cavém	415	1954–1970	[11]

Top european appearances

As of 23 November 2016

This is a list of the highest number of official appearances for the club in European competitions. Current players are marked in bold.^[12]

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Matches	Years
1	Brazil	Luisão	120	2003–
2	Portugal	Veloso	77	1980–1995
3	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	76	2007–2014
4	Portugal	Eusébio	75	1960–1975
	Portugal	Nené		1968–1986
6	Uruguay	Maxi Pereira	74	2007–2015
7	Portugal	Humberto Coelho	71	1968–1975 1977–1984
8	Portugal	António Simões	67	1961–1975
9	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	66	1997–2000 2002–2011
10	Argentina	Nicolás Gaitán	63	2010–2016

All-time top scorers

As of 18 May 2014

This is a list of the highest number of official goals for the club.

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Portugal	Eusébio	1960–1975	440	473[10]
2	Portugal	José Águas	1950–1963	384	374
3	Portugal	Nené	1968–1986	575	360
4	Portugal	José Torres	1959–1971	259	226
5	Portugal	Arsénio	1943–1955	298	218
6	Portugal	Rogério Pipi	1942–1954	320	211
7	Portugal	Julinho	1942–1953	200	205
8	Portugal	José Augusto	1959–1969	368	175
9	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	2007–2014	293	172
10	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	1997–2000 2002–2011	398	166

Top scorers in the Primeira Liga

As of 18 May 2014

This is a list of the highest number of official goals for the club in the Primeira Liga.^[13]

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Portugal	Eusébio	1960–1975	313	317
2	Portugal	José Águas	1950–1963	281	290
3	Portugal	Nené	1968–1986	421	262
4	Portugal	Arsénio	1943–1955	224	154
5	Portugal	Julinho	1942–1953	143	153
6	Portugal	José Torres	1959–1971	169	151
7	Portugal	Rogério Pipi	1942–1947 1948–1952	212	127
8	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	1997–2000 2002–2011	293	125
9	Portugal	José Augusto	1959–1969	248	114
10	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	2007–2014	175	112

Top scorers in Europe

As of 18 May 2014

This is a list of the highest number of official goals for the club in UEFA competitions.^[14]

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Portugal	Eusébio	1960–1975	75	57
2	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	2007–2014	76	34
3	Portugal	Nené	1968–1986	75	28
4	Portugal	José Augusto	1959–1969	60	26
5	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	1997–2000 2002–2011	66	23
6	Portugal	José Torres	1959–1971	35	21
7	Portugal	José Águas	1950–1963	21	17
8	Brazil	Isaías	1990–1995	31	13
9	Portugal	Simão	2001–2007	40	12
10	Portugal	João Pinto	1992–2000	44	11

Historical goals

Primeira Liga

As of 15 May 2016, Benfica has scored 5,555 goals in the Primeira Liga.

Goal	Name	Date	Match
1	Alfredo Valadas	20 January 1935	Benfica 1–0 Vitória de Setúbal
100	Alfredo Valadas	31 January 1937	Benfica 10–2 Leixões
500	Joaquim Teixeira	6 February 1944	Benfica 6–1 Salgueiros
1,000	Rosário	1949–50	Vitória de Guimarães 3–5 Benfica
1,500	José Águas	1956–57	Benfica 6–0 CUF
2,000	Yaúca	17 November 1963	Benfica 4–2 Belenenses
2,500	Artur Jorge	27 September 1970	Benfica 4–0 Boavista
3,000	Vítor Martins	13 February 1977	Benfica 6–1 Estoril
3,500	Nené	18 March 1984	Farense 2–7 Benfica
4,000	Sergei Yuran	7 December 1991	Benfica 3–0 Beira-Mar
4,500	Karel Poborský	14 February 2000	Vitória de Setúbal 1–2 Benfica
5,000	David Suazo	2 November 2008	Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Benfica
5,500	Jonas	20 December 2015	Benfica 3–1 Rio Ave

UEFA competitions

As of 13 April 2016, Benfica has scored 644 goals in UEFA competitions.

Goal	Name	Date	Match	Competition	Ref
1	Francisco Palmeiro	19 September 1957	Sevilla 3–1 Benfica	European Cup	[15][16]
50	Eusébio	31 October 1962	Norrköping 1–1 Benfica	European Cup	[15]
100	Pedras	30 September 1965	Stade Dudelange 3–1 Benfica	European Cup	[15][17]
150	Jacinto Santos	12 February 1969	Ajax 1–3 Benfica	European Cup	[15]
200	Rui Jordão	2 October 1974	Vanløse 1–4 Benfica	European Cup Winners' Cup	[15][17]
250	Zoran Filipović	3 November 1982	Lokeren 1–2 Benfica	UEFA Cup	[15]
300	Ademir Alcântara	5 October 1988	Benfica 3–1 Montpellier	UEFA Cup	[15][17]
350	Pacheco	29 September 1992	Belvedur Izola 0–5 Benfica	UEFA Cup	[15]
400	Valdo	5 December 1995	Bayern Munich 4–2 Benfica	UEFA Cup	[15][17]
450	Simão	16 September 2004	Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–3 Benfica	UEFA Cup	[15]
500	Óscar Cardozo	4 December 2008	Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Benfica	UEFA Champions League	[15]
550	Óscar Cardozo	24 February 2011	Stuttgart 0–2 Benfica	UEFA Europa League	[15]
600	Óscar Cardozo	2 May 2013	Benfica 3–1 Fenerbahçe	UEFA Europa League	[15][18]

Overall top scorers by season

Season Name Goals 1906–07 1907–08 Eduardo Corga 4 1908–09 António Meireles 6 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 Álvaro Gaspar 14 1914–15 Herculano Santos 15 1915–16 Francisco Pereira 6 1916–17 1917–18 Artur Augusto 2 1918–19 Jesus Crespo 6 1919–20 Artur Augusto 7 1920–21 Jesus Crespo 4 1921–22 1922–23 Jesus Crespo 3 1923–24 Jesus Crespo 5 1924–25 Jorge Tavares 4 1925–26 Jorge Tavares 11 1926–27 Américo Antunes 7 1927–28 Mário de Carvalho 10 1928–29 Vítor Silva 11 1929–30 Vítor Silva 14 1930–31 Vítor Silva 15 1931–32 Octávio Policardo 13 1932–33 Vítor Silva 17 1933–34 Carlos Torres 7 1934–35 Valadas 23 1935–36 Valadas 24 1936–37 Rogério Sousa 32 1937–38 Espírito Santo 35 1938–39 Espírito Santo 23 1939–40 Francisco Rodrigues 44 1940–41 Francisco Rodrigues 30 1941–42 Francisco Rodrigues 25 1942–43 Julinho 36

Season Name Goals 1943–44 Julinho 22 1944–45 Joaquim Teixeira 37 1945–46 Rogério Pipi 24 1946–47 Arsénio 29 1947–48 Julinho 26 1948–49 Corona 23 1949–50 Julinho 30 1950–51 Arsénio 35 1951–52 José Águas 34 1952–53 José Águas 35 1953–54 José Águas 23 1954–55 José Águas 27 1955–56 José Águas 31 1956–57 José Águas 33 1957–58 José Águas 31 1958–59 José Águas 29 1959–60 José Águas 30 1960–61 José Águas 43 1961–62 Eusébio 29 1962–63 Eusébio 38 1963–64 Eusébio 46 1964–65 Eusébio 48 1965–66 Eusébio 37 1966–67 Eusébio 42 1967–68 Eusébio 50 1968–69 Eusébio 29 1969–70 Eusébio 25 1970–71 Artur Jorge 37 1971–72 Artur Jorge 33 1972–73 Eusébio 42 1973–74 Eusébio 19 1974–75 Mário Moinhos 18 1975–76 Nené 34 1976–77 Nené 27 1977–78 Nené 21 1978–79 Nené 28 1979–80 Nené 36

Season Name Goals 1980–81 Nené 34 1981–82 Nené 35 1982–83 Nené 32 1983–84 Nené 27 1984–85 Michael Manniche 27 1985–86 Michael Manniche 21 1986–87 Rui Águas 20 1987–88 Rui Águas 18 1988–89 Vata 18 1989–90 Mats Magnusson 40 1990–91 Rui Águas 26 1991–92 Isaías 17 1992–93 Isaías 17 1993–94 João Pinto 18 1994–95 Edílson 17 1995–96 João Pinto 23 1996–97 João Pinto 16 1997–98 Nuno Gomes 22 1998–99 Nuno Gomes 34 1999–2000 Nuno Gomes 20 2000–01 Pierre van Hooijdonk 23 2001–02 Mantorras 13 2002–03 Simão 18 2003–04 Simão 15 2004–05 Simão 22 2005–06 Nuno Gomes 17 2006–07 Simão 16 2007–08 Óscar Cardozo 22 2008–09 Óscar Cardozo 17 2009–10 Óscar Cardozo 38 2010–11 Óscar Cardozo 23 2011–12 Óscar Cardozo 28 2012–13 Óscar Cardozo 33 2013–14 Lima 21 2014–15 Jonas 31 2015–16 Jonas 36

Award winners

Ballon d'Or

While playing for Benfica, Eusébio won the Ballon d'Or in 1965, when the award recognized Europe's Best Player.

• Eusébio – 1965^[19]

European Golden Shoe

Eusébio was the inaugural winner of the European Golden Shoe, in 1968, an award which he won for a second time in 1973.

• Eusébio (43 goals)  – 1967–68^[20]
• Eusébio (40 goals)  – 1972–73

Benfica's Player of the Year

The Cosme Damião Award - Footballer of the Year is an yearly award presented by Benfica to its players.

Year	Winner
2006	Simão[21]
2007	Rui Costa[21]
2008	Kostas Katsouranis[21]
2009	Luisão[21][22]
2010	Fábio Coentrão[21][23]
2011	Pablo Aimar[21][24]
2012	Maxi Pereira[25]
2013	Not awarded
2014	Nicolás Gaitán[26]
2015	Jonas[27]

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

Top 10 transfer fees paid by Benfica. Fee is displayed in Euro.

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Transfer fee (€)	From	Date	Ref
1	Mexico	Raúl Jiménez	€21.8M	Atlético Madrid	21 July 2016	[28]
2	Portugal	Rafa	€16.4M	Braga	31 August 2016	[29]
3	Portugal	Pizzi	€14M	Atlético Madrid	31 December 2015	[28][30]
4	Argentina	Eduardo Salvio	€13.5M	Atlético Madrid	31 July 2012	[31]
5	Portugal	Simão	€12M	Barcelona	31 May 2001	[32]
6	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	€11.6M	Newell's Old Boys	15 April 2008	[33][34]
7	Greece	Andreas Samaris	€10M	Olympiacos	22 August 2014	[35]
8	Netherlands	Ola John	€9.1M	Twente	24 May 2012	[36]
9	Spain	Roberto	€8.5M	Atlético Madrid	25 June 2010	[37]
10	Argentina	Nicolás Gaitán	€8.4M	Boca Juniors	3 May 2010	[38]

Highest transfer fees received

Top 10 transfer fees received by Benfica. Fee is displayed in Euro.

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Transfer fee (€)	To	Date	Ref
1	Belgium	Axel Witsel	€40M	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 September 2012	[39]
2	Portugal	Renato Sanches	€35M	Bayern Munich	10 May 2016	[40]
3	Portugal	Fábio Coentrão	€30M	Real Madrid	5 July 2011	[41]
	Spain	Rodrigo	€30M	Valencia (Meriton Capital Limited)	31 January 2014	[42]
5	Argentina	Ángel Di María	€25M	Real Madrid	28 June 2010	[43]
	Brazil	David Luiz	€25M	Chelsea	31 January 2011	[44]
	Serbia	Nemanja Matić	€25M	Chelsea	15 January 2014	[45]
	Argentina	Enzo Pérez	€25M	Valencia	2 January 2015	[46]
	Argentina	Nicolás Gaitán	€25M	Atlético Madrid	16 June 2016	[47]
10	Brazil	Ramires	€22M	Chelsea	4 August 2010	[48]

Managerial records

Trophy winners

The table below indicates all managers that won any honours from all possible official titles Benfica could win throughout history. The initials refer to the following honours:

Name	Period	Trophies													Total
		Domestic						International
		PL	TP	TL	ST	CP	CL	EC/UCL	CWC	UC/EL	LC	FCWC	IC	USC
Cosme Damião	1908–1926	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Arthur John	1929–1931	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Ribeiro dos Reis	1932–1934 1953	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Vítor Gonçalves	1934–1935	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Lipót Hertzka	1935–1939	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
János Biri	1939–1947	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Ted Smith	1948–1952	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Cândido Tavares	1951–1952	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Otto Glória	1954–1959 1968–1970	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
José Valdivieso	1959	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Béla Guttmann	1959–1962	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Fernando Caiado	1962	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Fernando Riera	1962–1963 1966–1967	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lajos Czeizler	1963–1964	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Elek Schwartz	1964–1965	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
José Augusto	1970	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Jimmy Hagan	1970–1974	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Pavić	1974–1975	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Mário Wilson	1975–1976 1979–1980 1995–1996	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Mortimore	1976–1979 1985–1987	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Lajos Baróti	1980–1982	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Sven-Göran Eriksson	1982–1984 1989–1992	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Pál Csernai	1984–1985	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Toni	1987–1989 1992–1994	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
José Antonio Camacho	2003–2004	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Giovanni Trapattoni	2004–2005	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ronald Koeman	2005–2006	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Quique Flores	2008–2009	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Jorge Jesus	2009–2015	3	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Rui Vitória	2015–	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Total	1904–	35	25	7	6	3	10	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	89

See also

• European association football club records

References