List of S.L. Benfica records and statistics

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

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 474 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.

Honours

Benfica have won many domestic and European honours. They have a record 34 Primeira Liga titles, a record 28 Championship of Portugal/Portuguese Cup, a record 6 Portuguese League Cup, and 5 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 club in terms of domestic titles (73) and overall titles (75).

The honours below only include recognized titles by UEFA and FIFA, who exclude the Latin Cup.

Domestic (73)

• Primeira Liga (34): 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 (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 (6): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15 (record)
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (5): 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2014
• Campeonato de Portugal (3): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35

European (2)

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

Players

Most official appearances

As of 2 May 2016

This is a list of the highest number of official appearances for the club. All current players are 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	Portugal	Shéu	487	1972–1989	[6]
6	Brazil	Luisão	474	2003–	[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 6 March 2016

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

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Matches	Years	Ref
1	Brazil	Luisão	117	2003–	[12]
2	Portugal	Veloso	77	1980–1995	[12]
3	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	76	2007–2014	[12]
4	Portugal	Eusébio	75	1960–1975	[12]
	Portugal	Nené		1968–1986	[12]
6	Uruguay	Maxi Pereira	74	2007–2015	[12]
7	Portugal	Humberto Coelho	71	1968–1975 1977–1984	[12]
8	Portugal	António Simões	67	1961–1975	[12]
9	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	66	1997–2002 2002–2011	[12]
10	Portugal	Shéu	62	1972–1989	[12]
	Argentina	Nicolás Gaitán		2010–	[12]

All time topscorers

As of 18 May 2014

This is a list of the highest number of official goals for the club. All current players are in bold.

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	1997–2002 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. All current players are in bold.^[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	1942–1954	212	126
8	Portugal	Nuno Gomes	1997–2002 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 Europe. All current players are in bold.^[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	1997–2002 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 Sabrosa	2001–2007	40	12
10	Portugal	João Vieira Pinto	1992–2000	44	11

Historical goals in the Primeira Liga

As of 21 January 2015, Benfica have scored 5,422 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

Overall topscorers by season

Season Name Goals 1906–07 António José Rodrigues (?) 1 (?) 1907–08 Eduardo Corga 4 1908–09 António Meireles 6 1909–10 Cosme Damião (?) 6 (?) 1910–11 Artur José Pereira (?) 1 (?) 1911–12 (?) (?) 1912–13 (?) (?) 1913–14 Álvaro Gaspar 14 1914–15 Herculano Santos (?) 15 (?) 1915–16 Francisco Pereira 6 1916–17 Alberto Rios (?) 4 (?) 1917–18 Artur Augusto 2 1918–19 Jesus Crespo (?) 6 (?) 1919–20 Artur Augusto 7 1920–21 Jesus Crespo (?) 4 (?) 1921–22 Alberto Augusto (?) 2 (?) 1922–23 Jesus Crespo (?) 3 (?) 1923–24 Jesus Crespo 5 1924–25 Jorge Tavares 4 1925–26 Simões 14 1926–27 Américo Antunes 7 1927–28 Mário Carvalho (?) 10 (?) 1928–29 Vítor Silva 11 1929–30 Vítor Silva 14 1930–31 Vítor Silva 14 1931–32 Octávio Policardo 13 1932–33 Vítor Silva 17 1933–34 Torres 7 1934–35 Valadas 23 1935–36 Valadas 24 1936–37 Rogério 32 1937–38 Espírito Santo 35 1938–39 Espírito Santo 23 1939–40 Rodrigues 44 1940–41 Rodrigues 31 1941–42 Rodrigues 25 1942–43 Julinho 37

Season Name Goals 1943–44 Julinho 31 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 31 1950–51 Arsénio 35 1951–52 José Águas 34 1952–53 José Águas 35 1953–54 José Águas 23 1954–55 José Águas 26 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 32 1981–82 Nené 37 1982–83 Nené 32 1983–84 Nené 27 1984–85 Michael Manniche 28 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 1999–00 Nuno Gomes 20 2000–01 Pierre van Hooijdonk 24 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

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^[15]

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^[16]
• 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 Sabrosa[17]
2007	Rui Costa[17]
2008	Kostas Katsouranis[17]
2009	Luisão[17][18]
2010	Fábio Coentrão[17][19]
2011	Pablo Aimar[17][20]
2012	Maxi Pereira[21]
2013	Not awarded
2014	Nicolás Gaitán[22]
2015	Jonas[23]

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

This lists transfer fees paid by Benfica, only the top 10 will be listed. Transfer fee is displayed in Euro and Pound sterling.

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Transfer Fee (€)	Transfer Fee (£)	From	Date
1	Portugal	Pizzi	€14M	£10.3M	Atlético Madrid	31 July 2013
2	Argentina	Eduardo Salvio	€13.5M	£10.5M	Atlético Madrid	31 July 2012
3	Portugal	Simão	€12M	£7.2M	Barcelona	31 May 2001
4	Paraguay	Óscar Cardozo	€11.2M	£7.5M	Newell's Old Boys	21 June 2007
5	Greece	Andreas Samaris	€10M	£7.9M	Olympiacos	22 August 2014
6	Netherlands	Ola John	€9M	£7.2M	Twente	24 May 2012
7	Spain	Roberto	€8.5M	£6.9M	Atlético Madrid	25 June 2010
8	Argentina	Nicolás Gaitán	€8.4M	£7.3M	Boca Juniors	3 May 2010
9	Brazil	Ramires	€7.5M	£6.5M	Cruzeiro	21 May 2009
10	Spain	Javi García	€7M	£6M	Real Madrid	21 July 2009

Highest transfer fees received

This lists transfer fees received by Benfica, only the top 10 will be listed. Transfer fee is displayed in Euro and Pound sterling.

Ranking	Nationality	Name	Transfer Fee (€)	Transfer Fee (£)	To	Date
1	Belgium	Axel Witsel	€40M	£31.7M	Zenit	3 September 2012
2	Portugal	Fábio Coentrão	€30M	£27.1M	Real Madrid	5 July 2011
3	Spain	Rodrigo	€30M	£24.7M	Valencia (Meriton Capital Limited)	31 January 2014
4	Argentina	Ángel Di María	€25M	£20.5M	Real Madrid	28 June 2010
5	Brazil	David Luiz	€25M	£21.4M	Chelsea	31 January 2011
6	Serbia	Nemanja Matic	€25M	£20.8M	Chelsea	15 January 2014
7	Argentina	Enzo Pérez	€25M	£19.4M	Valencia	2 January 2015
8	Brazil	Ramires	€22M	£18.1M	Chelsea	13 August 2010
9	Portugal	Simão	€20M	£13.3M	Atlético Madrid	26 July 2007
10	Spain	Javi García	€20M	£15.8M	Manchester City	31 August 2012

Managerial records

Managers with most seasons No. Manager Seasons 1 Cosme Damião 18 2 János Biri 8 3 Otto Glória 7 4 Ribeiro dos Reis Jorge Jesus 6 6 Lippo Hertzka John Mortimore Sven-Göran Eriksson Toni 5

Managers with most games, including wins No. Manager Games Wins 1 Jorge Jesus[24] 321 225 2 János Biri 272 194 3 Otto Glória 244 158 4 Sven-Göran Eriksson 234 159 5 Toni 215 126

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:

Domestic honours PL – the country's top footballing competition, a round-robin tournament TP – the main cup competition TL – the league cup tournament for teams from the top two tiers, the Primeira Liga and the Liga de Honra ST – the super cup that opposes the champion and the cup winner CP – precursor of the cup, winner was considered Champion of Portugal CL – main competition for Lisbon-based clubs while the cup or championship did not exist

International honours EC/UCL – main competition for UEFA clubs, first called European Cup and later as Champions League CWC – contested by UEFA national cup winners, later merged with the UEFA Cup UC/EL – tournament played by UEFA top teams not eligible for the Champions League, first called UEFA Cup and later rebranded as Europa League Latin Cup – Unofficial precursor of the European Cup, contested by the champions of the La Liga, Serie A, Primeira Liga and Ligue 1, organized by the RFEF, FIGC, FPF and FFF. FCWC – disputed by club champion of each FIFA confederations IC – match played by the club champions of the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations, later abolished in virtue of the FIFA Club World Cup USC – a super cup contested by the Champions League and Cup Winners' Cup winners, later the Champions League and Europa League winners

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
Total	1904–	34	25	6	5	3	10	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	86

See also

• European association football club records

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