Derby de Lisboa

Derby de Lisboa

Locale	Lisbon (Portugal)
Teams	Benfica, Sporting
First meeting	Benfica 1–2 Sporting Campeonato de Lisboa (1 December 1907)
Latest meeting	Sporting 0–1 Benfica Primeira Liga (5 March 2016)
Stadiums	Estádio da Luz Estádio José Alvalade
Statistics
Meetings total	298
Most wins	Benfica (129)
Most player appearances	Fernando Peyroteo Eusébio (29)
Top scorer	Fernando Peyroteo (31)
Largest victory	Sporting 7–1 Benfica Primeira Divisão (14 December 1986)
Longest win streak	8 games (Benfica)

The Derby de Lisboa (English: Lisbon derby), also known as Derby Eterno, Derby da Segunda Circular or Derby da Capital, is the most important football derby match in Portugal. It is played between the Lisbon teams of Benfica and Sporting. The rivalry originated back in 1907 when eight Benfica players moved to Sporting, before the first derby. The match is followed worldwide, especially in the former Portuguese colonies.

Championship of Lisbon

Head-to-head results

^[1]

Benfica wins 33 Draws 15 Sporting wins 37 Benfica goals 138 Sporting goals 140 Total matches 85

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Benfica 25 7 13 Sporting 24 8 8

League matches

Head-to-head results

As of 6 March 2016^[2]

Benfica wins 76 Draws 41 Sporting wins 47 Benfica goals 282 Sporting goals 225 Total matches 164

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Benfica 45 22 15 Sporting 32 19 31

Cup matches

Head-to-head results

As of 6 March 2016

The matches listed below are only Taça de Portugal matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time and half-time (in brackets), and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.^[3]

#	Date	R.	Home team	Away team	Score	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
32	26 January 2005	6	Benfica	Sporting	3–3 (p. 7–6) (2–2)	Geovanni (3, 22), Simão (118)	Hugo Viana (15), Liédson (17), Paíto (110)
33	16 April 2008	SF	Sporting	Benfica	5–3 (0–2)	Djaló (68, 84), Liédson (76), Derlei (79), Vukčević (90)	Rui Costa (18), Nuno Gomes (31), C. Rodríguez (82)
34	9 November 2013	4	Benfica	Sporting	4–3(a.e.t.) (3–1)	Cardozo (12, 42, 45), Luisão (97)	Capel (37), Maurício (62), Islam Slimani (90)

Benfica wins 15 Draws 2 Sporting wins 18 Benfica goals 62 Sporting goals 72 Total matches 35

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Other venue wins Benfica 10 2 3 3 Sporting 14 0 2 1

League Cup matches

The matches listed below are only Taça da Liga matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time and half-time (in brackets), and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.^[4]

#	Date	R.	Home team	Away team	Score	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1	21 March 2009	F	Sporting	Benfica	1–1 (p. 2–3) (0–0)	Pereirinha (49)	Reyes (p. 75)
2	9 February 2010	SF	Sporting	Benfica	1–4 (2–1)	Liédson (37)	David Luiz (8), Ramires (30), Luisão (68), Cardozo (90)
3	2 March 2011	SF	Benfica	Sporting	2–1 (1–1)	Cardozo (34), Javi García (90)	Postiga (21)

Head-to-head results

Benfica wins 2 Draws 1 Sporting wins 0 Benfica goals 7 Sporting goals 3 Total matches 3

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Benfica 1 0 0 Sporting 0 0 1

Super Cup matches

Head-to-head results

The matches listed below are only Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time and half-time (in brackets), and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.^[5]

#	Date	R.	Home team	Away team	Score	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1	10 September 1980	1st leg	Sporting	Benfica	2–2 (0–2)	Jordão (p. 59, 67)	Carlos Manuel (10), César (42)
2	29 October 1980	2nd leg	Benfica	Sporting	2–1 (1–1)	Nené (43), Vital (86)	Jordão (p. 22)
3	6 December 1987	1st leg	Benfica	Sporting	0–3 (0–1)		Edmundo (o.g. 20), Silvinho (72), Paulinho Cascavel (78)
4	20 December 1987	2nd leg	Sporting	Benfica	1–0 (1–0)	Silvinho (20)
5	9 August 2015	F	Benfica	Sporting	0–1 (0–0)		Teófilo Gutiérrez (53)

Benfica wins 1 Draws 1 Sporting wins 3 Benfica goals 4 Sporting goals 8 Total matches 5

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Other venue wins Benfica 1 0 1 0 Sporting 1 1 0 1

Championship of Portugal matches

Head-to-head results

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Benfica wins 2 Draws 1 Sporting wins 3 Benfica goals 10 Sporting goals 13 Total matches 6

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Other venue wins Benfica 1 1 0 1 Sporting 3 0 0 0

Reserve team matches

As of 6 march 2016

Both Benfica B and Sporting B were established in the late 90s. Both sides folded following the end of the 2005–06 season. Both sides were re-established in 2012, to compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga.^[7]

#	Date	R.	Home team	Away team	Score	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1	8 October 2000	5	Benfica B	Sporting B	0–1 (0–0)		Chiquinho (50)
2	10 March 2001	24	Sporting B	Benfica B	4–0 (0–0)	Teixeira (71, p. 76), Matos (83, 90)
3	6 January 2002	16	Sporting B	Benfica B	2–0 (1–0)	Mateus (33), Osório (90)
4	5 May 2002	35	Benfica B	Sporting B	1–0 (1–0)	Ramos (36)
5	4 November 2012	12	Benfica B	Sporting B	1–3 (0–1)	Cancelo (76)	Rubio (17), Dier (62), Etock (85)
6	30 March 2013	33	Sporting B	Benfica B	1–3 (1–2)	Ponde (18)	Rosa (31), Rosado (45), Kardec (71)
7	11 December 2013	20	Benfica B	Sporting B	3–1 (0–1)	Mori (54), Vitória (71), Pinto (81)	Riquicho (44)
8	4 May 2014	41	Sporting B	Benfica B	1–1 (1–1)	Medeiros (8)	Costa (25)
9	5 January 2015	21	Sporting B	Benfica B	0–1 (0–1)		Cardoso (3)
10	10 May 2015	44	Benfica B	Sporting B	0–0 (0–0)

Head-to-head results

Benfica B wins 5 Draws 2 Sporting B wins 4 Benfica B goals 11 Sporting B goals 13 Total matches 11

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Benfica B 3 1 2 Sporting B 2 1 2

All-time head-to-head results

As of 6 March 2016^[8]

This section does not include results between reserve teams and exhibition games.

Benfica wins 129 Draws 61 Sporting wins 108 Benfica goals 503 Sporting goals 461 Total matches 298

Team Local wins Local draws Local losses Other venue wins Benfica 83 32 32 4 Sporting 74 28 42 2

Statistics

Chart showing the finishing league positions of Benfica (red) and Sporting (green) between the 1934–35 and 2009–10 seasons

• Benfica's biggest home win: Benfica 7–2 Sporting (28 April 1948)^[9]
• Benfica 5–0 Sporting (3 December 1939)^[10]
• Benfica 5–0 Sporting (19 November 1978)^[11]
• Benfica 5–0 Sporting (12 March 1986)^[12]
• Benfica's biggest away win: Sporting 0–4 Benfica (27 February 1910)^[13]
• Benfica's most consecutive wins: 8 (25 October 1908 – 10 March 1912)^[8]
• Benfica's longest undefeated run: 14 (25 October 1908 – 17 January 1915)^[8]
• Benfica's most consecutive losses: 5 (5 October 1952 – 23 May 1954)^[8]
• Benfica's most consecutive matches without winning: 5 (29 November 1980 – 2 January 1983)^[8]

• Sporting's biggest home win: Sporting 7–1 (14 December 1986)^[14]
• Sporting's biggest away win: Benfica 0–5 Sporting (18 October 1936)^[15]
• Benfica 0–5 Sporting (14 December 1941)^[16]
• Sporting's most consecutive wins: 5 (5 October 1952 – 23 May 1954)^[17]
• Sporting's longest undefeated run: 5 (29 November 1980 – 2 January 1983)^[17]
• Sporting's most consecutive losses: 8 (25 October 1908 – 10 March 1912)^[17]
• Sporting's most consecutive matches without winning: 14 (25 October 1908 – 17 January 1915)^[17]

Players who played for both clubs

Alfredo Valadas (Sporting 1931–1933, Benfica 1934–1944) António Botelho (Sporting 1970–1972 & 1973–1974 & 1977–1979, Benfica 1979–1982) António Martins (Sporting 1936–1938, Benfica 1938–1945) António Pacheco (Benfica 1987–1993, Sporting 1993–1995) Artur Correia (Sporting 1977–1979 & 1979–1980, Benfica 1971–1977) Carlos Alhinho (Sporting 1972–1975, Benfica 1976–1977 & 1978–1981) Carlos Manuel (Benfica 1979–1987, Sporting 1988–1990) Carlos Martins (Sporting 2000–2007, Benfica 2008–2014) Dani (Sporting 1995–1997, Benfica 2000) Dimas Teixeira (Benfica 1994–1996, Sporting 2000–2002) Emílio Peixe (Sporting 1991–1995 & 1996–1997, Benfica 2002–2003) Eurico Gomes (Benfica 1975–1979, Sporting 1979–1982) Fernando Mendes (Sporting 1985–1989, Benfica 1989–1991 & 1992–1993) Hugo Porfírio (Sporting 1992–1997, Benfica 1998–2000 & 2001–2004) João Laranjeira (Sporting 1970–1979, Benfica 1979–1982) João Pereira (Benfica 2003–2006, Sporting 2010–2012 & 2015–present) João Pinto (Benfica 1992–2000, Sporting 2000–2004)

Jorge Cadete (Sporting 1987–1995, Benfica 1999–2003) José Dominguez (Benfica 1992–1994, Sporting 1995–1997) José Pérides (Sporting 1956–1960 & 1961–1964, Benfica 1964–1966) Maniche (Benfica 1995–1996 & 1999–2002, Sporting 2010–2011) Marco Caneira (Sporting 1996–2000 & 2006–2007 & 2008–2011, Benfica 2001–2002) Marinho (Sporting 1989–1995, Benfica 1995–1997) Mário Galvão (Sporting 1935–1940, Benfica 1941–1943) Nélson Fernandes (Benfica 1965–1968, Sporting 1969–1976) Paulo Bento (Benfica 1994–1996, Sporting 2000–2004) Paulo Futre (Sporting 1983–1984, Benfica 1993) Paulo Sousa (Benfica 1989–1993, Sporting 1993–1994) Romeu Silva (Benfica 1975–1977, Sporting 1983–1986) Rui Bento (Benfica 1991–1992, Sporting 2001–2004) Rui Jordão (Benfica 1971–1976, Sporting 1977–1987) Simão Sabrosa (Sporting 1997–1999, Benfica 2001–2007) Derlei (Benfica 2007, Sporting 2007–2009) Yannick Djaló (Sporting 2005–2011, Benfica 2012–2016) Bruno César (Benfica 2011–2013, Sporting 2015–present)

Coaches who managed both clubs

• Arthur John (Benfica 1929–1931, Sporting 1931–1933)
• Otto Glória (Benfica 1954–1959 & 1968–1970, Sporting 1961 & 1965–1966)
• Fernando Riera (Benfica 1962–1963 & 1966–1968, Sporting 1974–1975)
• Fernando Caiado (Benfica 1962, Sporting 1967–1969)
• Jimmy Hagan (Benfica 1970–1973, Sporting 1976–1977)
• Milorad Pavić (Benfica 1974–1975, Sporting 1978–1979)
• Manuel José (Sporting 1985–1986 & 1990, Benfica 1997)
• Fernando Santos (Sporting 2003–2004, Benfica 2006–2007)
• Jesualdo Ferreira (Benfica 2002, Sporting 2013)
• Jorge Jesus (Benfica 2009–2015, Sporting 2015–present)

Honours

These are the major football honours of Benfica and Sporting.

International Competition	Benfica	Sporting
European Champion Clubs' Cup	2	0
European Cup Winners' Cup	0	1
National Competition	Benfica	Sporting
Portuguese League	34	18
Portuguese Cup	25	16
Championship of Portugal	3	4
Portuguese League Cup	6	0
Portuguese SuperCup	5	8
Total	75	47

See also

• List of association football rivalries

References

1. "Benfica vs Sporting (Campeonato de Lisboa)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. "Benfica vs Sporting (Primeira Liga)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
3. "Benfica vs Sporting (Taça de Portugal)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
4. "Benfica vs Sporting (Taça da Liga)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
5. "Benfica vs Sporting (Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
6. "Benfica vs Sporting (Campeonato de Portugal)". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
7. "Benfica B vs Sporting B". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
8. "Benfica vs Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
9. "Benfica 7-2 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
10. "Benfica 5-0 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
11. "Benfica 5-0 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
12. "Benfica 5-0 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
13. "Sporting 0-4 Benfica". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
14. "Sporting 7-1 Benfica". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
15. "Benfica 0-5 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
16. "Benfica 0-5 Sporting". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2014.
17. "Sporting vs Benfica". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

External links

• Benfica official website (Portuguese)
• Sporting official website (Portuguese)