2009–10 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

2009–10 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar Cardozo (26) All: Óscar Cardozo (38)
Highest home attendance	64,103[1] vs Rio Ave (9 May 2010)
Lowest home attendance	20,000 vs V. Guimarães (22 November 2009)
Average home league attendance	50,033[2][3]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2009–10 European football season was the 106th season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 76th consecutive season in both Portuguese football and UEFA competitions. The season ran from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. The club also participated in the UEFA Europa League after qualifying from the competition's play-off round, which they had to play as a result of finishing third in the previous season.

On 16 June 2009, Jesus replaced Quique Sánchez Flores at the helm of Benfica. Jesus implemented a 4–1–3–2 formation, in which a winger, Ramires, provided cover and assistance to the defensive midfielder, Javi García, and other winger, Ángel Di María, conducted the counterattacks. Pablo Aimar, as an attacking midfielder, distributed play and Javier Saviola created space between lines for Óscar Cardozo, Aimar and Di María.^[4][5]

This fast-paced, attractive football ^[6] proved to be successful and in his first year he led the Eagles to the first division title after a five-year wait (only two league defeats, 78 goals scored), also reaching the quarterfinals in the Europa League, losing to Liverpool on a 3–5 aggregate score (this would be the last match Benfica would lose in a run that lasted 27 games).

Benfica won their 32nd Primeira Liga and their second League Cup. They saw the definite breakthroughs of Ángel Di María, David Luiz and Fábio Coentrão, while Óscar Cardozo had his best season yet, scoring 26 league goals. The only disappointments of the season was the 4–1 loss to Liverpool at Anfield in the Europa League quarter-finals second leg, where Fernando Torres hit two second-half goals to knock Benfica out of Europe and the early exit at the Taça de Portugal.

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Sion v Benfica

12 July 2009 Friendly	Sion	2–2	Benfica	Sion, Switzerland
17:15 CET (UTC+01)	Die  65' Dabo  77'	Report	Cardozo  25' Saviola  35', pen.'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,450

Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk

13 July 2009 Friendly	Benfica	2–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Geneva, Switzerland
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo  8' Martins  25'	Report		Stadium: Charmilles Stadium

Benfica v Athletic Bilbao

16 July 2009 Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola  48', 66'	Report	Toquero  17'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo Attendance: 3,568

Benfica v Olhanense

18 July 2009 Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	2–1	Olhanense	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo  64' Vítor  90'	Report	Ukra  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo

Benfica v Atlético Madrid

21 July 2009 Friendly	Benfica	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo  20'	Report	García  11' Forlán  45', pen.'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,462

Sunderland v Benfica

24 July 2009 Amsterdam Tournament	Sunderland	0–2	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CET (UTC+01)		Report	Cardozo  32' (pen.) Pereira  55'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

Ajax v Benfica

26 July 2009 Amsterdam Tournament	Ajax	2–3	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Donald  44' Rommedahl  77'	Report	Aissati  8' (o.g.) Di María  31' David Luiz  55'	Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA

Benfica v Portsmouth

1 August 2009 Guimarães Trophy	Benfica	4–0	Portsmouth	Guimarães, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo  15', 38' Weldon  69' Wilkinson  85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

2 August 2009 Guimarães Trophy	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Benfica	Guimarães, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)		Report	Weldon  39' Amorim  65'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: [[Jorge Sousa]]

Benfica v Milan

8 August 2009 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	1–1 (5–4 p)	Milan	Lisbon, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo  58'	Report	Sidnei  87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,342 Referee: João Ferreira
		Penalties
	Keirrison Shaffer Coentrão Amorim Weldon Yebda Patric Sidnei		Pirlo Ronaldinho Jankulovski Silva Borriello Pato Zambrotta Antonini

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Benfica (C)	30	24	4	2	78	20	+58	76	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Braga	30	22	5	3	48	20	+28	71	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Porto	30	21	5	4	70	26	+44	68	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ^1

Source: Liga Sagres (Liga Portugal)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹via Portuguese Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 9 May 2010.
Source: FootballPortugal.net
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Benfica v Marítimo

16 August 2009 1	Benfica	1–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:15	Weldon  86'	Report	Alonso  25' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,103 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Vitória Guimarães v Benfica

23 August 2009 2	Vitória Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
18:00		Report	Ramires  90'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 27,310 Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

31 August 2009 3	Benfica	8–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
20:15	García  16' Luisão  21' Cardozo  29' (pen.), 65', 75' Aimar  35' Ramires  37' Nuno Gomes  84'	Report	Barbosa  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,915 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Lisbon)

Belenenses v Benfica

13 September 2009 4	Belenenses	0–4	Benfica	Lisbon
18:00		Report	Saviola  6' Cardozo  57' García  76' Ramires  88'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 17,473 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

União de Leiria v Benfica

20 September 2009 5	União de Leiria	1–2	Benfica	Leiria
20:15	David Luiz  18' (o.g.)	Report	Saviola  5' Cardozo  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 22,676 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Leixões

26 September 2009 6	Benfica	5–0	Leixões	Lisbon
21:15	David Luiz  45+4' Cardozo  56' (pen.), 89' Ramires 75' Pereira  82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 43,283 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

5 October 2009 7	Paços de Ferreira	1–3	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:15	Maykon  68'	Report	David Luiz  4' Martins  22' Cardozo  41'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,865 Referee: João Ferreira (Setúbal)

Benfica v Nacional

26 October 2009 8	Benfica	6–1	Nacional	Lisbon
20:15	Cardozo  17', 49' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Saviola  40', 63' Nuno Gomes  86'	Report	Edgar Costa  27'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 47,011 Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)

Braga v Benfica

31 October 2009 9	Braga	2–0	Benfica	Braga
21:15	Viana  7' Paulo César  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 24,181 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Naval

9 November 2009 10	Benfica	1–0	Naval	Lisbon
20:15	García  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 41,981 Referee: Lucílio Baptista (Lisbon)

Sporting CP v Benfica

28 November 2009 11	Sporting CP	0–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,880 Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

Benfica v Académica

6 December 2009 12	Benfica	4–0	Académica	Lisbon
20:15	Cardozo  6', 55', 69' Saviola  32'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 41,206 Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

Olhanense v Benfica

12 December 2009 13	Olhanense	2–2	Benfica	Olhão
21:15	Fernandes  9' Toy  33'	Report	Saviola  29' Nuno Gomes  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 8,206 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Porto

20 December 2009 14	Benfica	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:15	Saviola  22'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,659 Referee: Lucílio Baptista (Lisbon)

Rio Ave v Benfica

9 January 2010 15	Rio Ave	0–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
21:15		Report	Saviola  47'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 7,060 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Marítimo v Benfica

17 January 2010 16	Marítimo	0–5	Benfica	Funchal
20:15		Report	Saviola  29' Pereira  35' Cardozo  45+3' (pen.) Roberto  51' (o.g.) Luisão  69'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 5,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Setúbal)

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

30 January 2010 17	Benfica	3–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:15	Aimar  17' Martins  50', 60'	Report	Assis  32'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,616 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira) (Madeira)

Vitória Setúbal v Benfica

6 February 2010 18	Vitória Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal
21:15	David Luiz  38' (o.g.)	Report	Silva  14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,640 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Belenenses

13 February 2010 19	Benfica	1–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
17:00	Cardozo  10'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,329 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Benfica v União de Leiria

3 February 2010 20	Benfica	3–0	União de Leiria	Lisbon
21:00	Cardozo  10' Saviola  60' Amorim  89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,179 Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)

Leixões v Benfica

27 February 2010 21	Leixões	0–4	Benfica	Leixões
21:15		Report	Éder Luís  27' Di María  60', 76', 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Mar Attendance: 6,474 Referee: Lucílio Baptista (Lisbon)

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

7 March 2010 22	Benfica	3–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15	Amorim  13' Saviola  17' Cardozo  58'	Report	William  43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,971 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Nacional v Benfica

14 March 2010 23	Nacional	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
18:00		Report	Cardozo  64'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portalegre)

Benfica v Braga

27 March 2010 24	Benfica	1–0	Braga	Lisbon
20:15	Luisão  45+2'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,679 Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

Naval v Benfica

5 April 2010 25	Naval	2–4	Benfica	Figueira da Foz
21:00	Fábio Junior  2' Bolívia  12'	Report	Weldon  16', 19' Di María  38' Cardozo  55'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Attendance: 7,491 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira) (Madeira)

Benfica v Sporting CP

13 April 2010 26	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45	Cardozo  68' Aimar  78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,317 Referee: João Ferreira (Setúbal)

Académica v Benfica

18 April 2010 27	Académica	2–3	Benfica	Coimbra
18:00	Gomes  29' Tiero  88'	Report	Weldon  3', 42' Amorim  80'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 21,742 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Benfica v Olhanense

24 April 2010 28	Benfica	5–0	Olhanense	Lisbon
21:15	Cardozo  3' (pen.), 53', 56' Di María  18' Aimar  79'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,147 Referee: Lucílio Baptista (Lisbon)

Porto v Benfica

2 May 2010 29	Porto	3–1	Benfica	Porto
20:15	Alves  42' Farías  59' Belluschi  82'	Report	Luisão  56'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 44,902 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

Benfica v Rio Ave

9 May 2010 30	Benfica	2–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00	Cardozo  3', 78'	Report	Chaves  72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 64,103 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Taça de Portugal

GDR Monsanto v Benfica

18 October 2009 Third round	GDR Monsanto	0–6	Benfica	Torres Novas
18:15 CET		Report	Menezes  29' Martins  47', 59' Saviola  84' Peixoto  89' Coentrão  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Dr. Alves Vieira Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paulo Costa (Porto)

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

22 November 2009 Fourth round	Benfica	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:45 CET		Report	Gustavo Lazzaretti  25'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Elmano Santos (Madeira)

League Cup

Group Stage

Benfica v Nacional

3 January 2010 1	Benfica	1–0	Nacional	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa
19:15	Saviola  79'	Report		Attendance: 36,521 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria) (Leiria)

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

13 January 2010 2	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Benfica	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
20:15	Douglas  59'	Report	Coentrão  75'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Rio Ave v Benfica

23 January 2010 3	Rio Ave	1–2	Benfica	Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde
20:15	Gama  54' (pen.)	Report	Di María  49' Martins  76'	Attendance: 7,555 Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

Semi-finals

Sporting CP v Benfica

9 February 2010	Sporting CP	1–4	Benfica	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
20:15 UTC	Liédson  37'	Report	David Luiz  8' Ramires  29' Luisão  68' Cardozo  90+4'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Leiria)

Final

Benfica v Porto

21 March 2010	Benfica	3–0	Porto	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:15 BST	Amorim  10' Martins  45' Cardozo  90+2'	Report		Attendance: 23,430 (Porto)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Benfica v Vorskla Poltava

20 August 2009 First leg	Benfica	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST	Di María  31' Cardozo  55' (pen.) Saviola  57' Weldon  77'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,177 Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)

Vorskla Poltava v Benfica

27 August 2009 Second leg	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Benfica	Poltava, Ukraine
20:45 CEST	Sachko  48' Yesin  74'	Report	Saviola  59'	Stadium: Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 22,000[7] Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

Group stage

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	6	5	0	1	13	3	+10	15
Everton	6	3	0	3	7	9	−2	9
BATE Borisov	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
AEK Athens	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

Benfica v BATE Borisov

17 September 2009 1	Benfica	2–0	BATE Borisov	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 CEST	Nuno Gomes  36' Cardozo  41'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,953 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

AEK Athens v Benfica

1 October 2009 2	AEK Athens	1–0	Benfica	Athens, Greece
19:00 CEST	Majstorović  43'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,420 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Benfica v Everton

22 October 2009 3	Benfica	5–0	Everton	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CEST	Saviola  14', 83' Cardozo  47', 48' Luisão  52'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,534 Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

Everton v Benfica

5 November 2009 4	Everton	0–2	Benfica	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET		Report	Saviola  63' Cardozo  76'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,790 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

BATE Borisov v Benfica

2 December 2009 5	BATE Borisov	1–2	Benfica	Minsk, Belarus
19:00 CET	Vítor  69' (o.g.)	Report	Saviola  46' Coentrão  63'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Benfica v AEK Athens

17 December 2009 6	Benfica	2–1	AEK Athens	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 CET	Di María  45', 73'	Report	Blanco  84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Hertha BSC v Benfica

18 February 2010 First leg	Hertha BSC	1–1	Benfica	Berlin, Germany
21:05	García  33' (o.g.)	Report	Di María  4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,684 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Benfica v Hertha BSC

23 February 2010 Second leg	Benfica	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Hertha BSC	Lisbon, Portugal
18:00	Aimar  25' Cardozo  48', 62' García  59'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,402 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Round of 16

Benfica v Marseille

11 March 2010 First leg	Benfica	1–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Pereira  76'	Report	Ben Arfa  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,635 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Marseille v Benfica

18 March 2010 Second leg	Marseille	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Marseille, France
19:00	Niang  70'	Report	Pereira  75' Kardec  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Quarter-finals

Benfica v Liverpool

1 April 2010 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Liverpool	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Cardozo  59' (pen.), 79' (pen.)	Report	Agger  9'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,629 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Liverpool v Benfica

8 April 2010 Second leg	Liverpool	4–1 (5–3 agg.)	Benfica	Liverpool, England
21:05	Kuyt  27' Lucas  34' Torres  59', 82'	Report	Cardozo  70'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,377 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Liga	16 August 2009	9 May 2010	30	24	4	2	78	20	+58	80.00
Portuguese Cup	17 October 2009	22 November 2009	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5	50.00
Portuguese League Cup	3 January 2010	21 March 2010	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	80.00
UEFA Europa League	20 August 2009	8 April 2010	14	9	2	3	29	13	+16	64.29
Total [8]			51	38	7	6	124	37	+87	74.51

Player information

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 25 November 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		League Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		José Moreira	5	-5	0	0	2	-1	1	-1	2	-3
12	GK		Quim	33	-20	30	-20	0	0	2	0	1	0
13	GK		Júlio César	14	-12	0	0	0	0	2	-2	12	-10
31	GK		Moretto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
14	DF		Maxi Pereira	37	4	25	2	0	0	4	0	8	2
22	DF		Luís Filipe	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Luisão	45	6	28	4	0	0	5	1	12	1
23	DF		David Luiz	49	3	29	2	2	0	5	1	13	0
27	DF		Sidnei	10	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
28	DF		Miguel Vítor	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF		Roderick Miranda	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF		Fábio Coentrão	45	3	26	0	2	1	4	1	13	1
25	DF		César Peixoto	29	1	15	0	1	1	3	0	10	0
3	DF		José Shaffer	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
35	DF		Jorge Ribeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Javi García	46	4	26	3	2	0	4	0	14	1
2	DF		Airton	6	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5	MF		Rúben Amorim	38	4	24	3	2	0	2	1	10	0
8	MF		Ramires	43	5	26	4	1	0	4	1	12	0
10	MF		Pablo Aimar	41	5	25	4	1	0	4	0	11	1
24	MF		Felipe Menezes	8	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
17	MF		Carlos Martins	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Ángel Di María	45	10	26	5	1	0	4	1	14	4
16	MF		Urreta	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Strikers
7	FW		Óscar Cardozo	47	38	29	26	0	0	5	2	13	10
30	FW		Javier Saviola	44	19	27	11	2	1	4	1	11	6
19	FW		Weldon	18	6	12	5	1	0	2	0	3	1
21	FW		Nuno Gomes	23	4	13	3	2	0	2	0	6	1
11	FW		Keirrison	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW		Alan Kardec	13	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	2	1
32	FW		Éder Luís	10	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
9	FW		Mantorras	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions.

No. Pos Player Starts 12 GK Quim 33 14 RB Maxi Pereira 37 4 CB Luisão (Captain) 45 23 CB David Luiz 49 18 LB Fábio Coentrão 45 6 DM Javi García 46 8 CM Ramires 43 10 AM Pablo Aimar 41 20 LW Ángel Di María 45 30 RF Javier Saviola 44 7 CF Óscar Cardozo 47

Quim Maxi Pereira Luisão David Luiz Coentrão Pablo Aimar Javi García Ramires Di María Saviola Cardozo

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
6	MF	Javi García	22	Real Madrid	Transfer	2014	€7M	N/A
8	MF	Ramires	22	Cruzeiro	Transfer	2014	€7.5M	N/A
30	FW	Saviola	27	Real Madrid	Transfer	2012	€5M	N/A
2	DF	Patric	20	São Caetano	Transfer	2013	€1.9M	N/A
3	DF	José Shaffer	23	Racing Club	Transfer	2013	€1.7M	N/A
13	GK	Júlio César	22	Belenenses	Transfer	2014	€0.5M	N/A
25	DF	César Peixoto	29	Braga	Transfer	2012	€0.4M	N/A
24	MF	Felipe Menezes	21	Goiás	Transfer	2014	€1.1M	N/A
19	FW	Weldon	28	Recife	Transfer	2011	€0.2M	N/A
11	FW	Keirrison	20	Barcelona	Loan	2010	Undisclosed	N/A
22	DF	Luís Filipe	29	Vitória Guimarães	Loan return	2011	Free	N/A
18	FW	Fábio Coentrão	20	Rio Ave	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	DF	Leandro da Silva	20	Coritiba	Transfer	2015	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ivan Santos	20	Boavista	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	Yu Dabao	21	Olivais Moscavide	Loan return	2009	Free	N/A
#	DF	Ruben Lima	19	Desportivo de Aves	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	20	Estoril	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	DF	László Sepsi	23	Racing Santander	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	DF	Edcarlos	24	Fluminense	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ariza Makukula	28	Bolton Wanderers	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	MF	Andrés Díaz	25	Banfield	Loan return	2011	Free	N/A
#	DF	Marco Zoro	25	Vitória Setúbal	Loan return	2011	Free	N/A
#	DF	Rafik Halliche	22	Nacional	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Marcel	27	Vissel Kobe	Loan Return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	André Carvalhas	20	Olhanense	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	MF	Romeu Ribeiro	20	Desportivo de Aves	Loan return	2011	Free	N/A
#	FW	Freddy Adu	20	Monaco	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
2	MF	Airton	19	Flamengo	Transfer	2015	€2.6M	N/A
31	FW	Alan Kardec	20	Vasco da Gama	Transfer	2015	€2.5M	N/A
32	FW	Éder Luís	24	Atlético Mineiro	Transfer	2015	€2M	For 50% economic right's

Spend : €32.4M

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
#	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	31	Panathinaikos	Transfer	€3.5M
#	DF	Edcarlos	23	Cruz Azul	Transfer	€1.3M
#	DF	László Sepsi	23	Politehnica Timișoara	Transfer	€1.3M
#	MF	Romeu Ribeiro	20	Marítimo	Transfer	Free
#	MF	Andrés Díaz	26	-	Contract terminated	Free
2	DF	Patric	20	Cruzeiro	Loan	€0.15M
26	MF	Hassan Yebda	25	Portsmouth	Loan	€0.48M
#	MF	Gilles Binya	24	Neuchâtel Xamax	Loan	Free
#	DF	Rafik Halliche	22	Nacional	Loan	Free
#	FW	Freddy Adu	20	Belenenses	Loan	Free
#	FW	Yu Dabao	21	Mafra	Loan	Free
#	DF	Marco Zoro	25	Vitória Setúbal	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	19	Beira-Mar	Loan	Free
#	DF	Leandro da Silva	20	Guimarães	Loan	Free
#	FW	Marcel	27	Santos FC	Loan	Free
#	MF	Fellipe Bastos	19	Belenenses	Loan	Free
#	DF	Ruben Lima	19	Vitória Setúbal	Loan	Free
#	FW	André Carvalhas	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ivan Santos	20	Carregado	Loan	Free
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	20	Carregado	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ariza Makukula	28	Kayserispor	Loan	Free
#	DF	Abel Pereira	19	Mafra	Loan	Free
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	18	Mafra	Loan	Free
#	FW	André Soares	19	Carregado	Loan	Free
#	FW	José Coelho	19	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	Free
#	MF	David Simão	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	DF	João Pereira	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	FW	José Antonio Reyes	24	Atlético Madrid	Loan return	-
#	FW	David Suazo	28	Internazionale	Loan return	-

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
#	FW	Yu Dabao	21	Tianjin Teda	Transfer	Free
#	GK	Moretto	31	Brasiliense	Contract terminated	Free
11	FW	Keirrison	20	Barcelona	Loan return	Free
#	MF	Fellipe Bastos	19	Servette	Loan	Free
2	DF	Patric	20	Avaí	Loan	€0.1M
3	DF	José Shaffer	24	Banfield	Loan	Free
#	FW	Urreta	19	Peñarol	Loan	Free
#	FW	Freddy Adu	20	Aris	Loan	Free
#	FW	Javier Balboa	24	Cartagena	Loan	Free
#	FW	Nélson Oliveira	18	Rio Ave	Loan	Free
#	DF	Abel Pereira	20	Tondela	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ivan Santos	21	Atlético CP	Loan	Free
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	19	Tondela	Loan	Free
#	FW	André Soares	19	Atlético CP	Loan	Free

Transfer income: €6.83M

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: €25,300,000 Winter: €7,100,000 Total: €32,400,000

Income Summer: €6,730,000 Winter: €100,000 Total: €6,830,000

Expenditure Summer: €18,570,000 Winter: €7,000,000 Total: €25,570,000

References

1. "Painel de Espectadores" [Attendance list per match]. ligaportugal.pt. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. "Painel de Espectadores" [Attendance list per club]. ligaportugal.pt. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. Paulo, Isabel (19 May 2010). "Benfica é o 10.º clube europeu com maiores assistências" [Benfica is the tenth European club with the biggest attendances] (in Portuguese). Expresso. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
4. "Portuguese Liga 2009/2010 - Matchday 4". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
5. "Benfica in Europa League 2009-10". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
6. "Benfica – the most attractive side in Europe?". zonalmarking.ne. March 2, 2010.
7. "Ворскла" - "Бенфика" 2:1 (Russian)
8. Almanaque do Benfica. Lua de Papel. p. 659. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
9. "Season 2009/10".

External links

• SL Benfica - Results and fixtures - Soccerway