![]() In UEFA, Benfica ranks 8th in the all-time club ranking and was 17th in the club coefficient rankings at the end of the 2022–23 season. Benfica is also honoured with the Portuguese Orders of Christ, of Prince Henry, and of Merit.īenfica was voted 12th in FIFA Club of the Century and ranked 9th in the IFFHS Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() Benfica's ten European finals are a domestic record and ranked seventh all-time among UEFA clubs in 2014. Internationally, they won the Latin Cup in 1950 and back-to-back European Cups in 19 – both unique feats in Portuguese football – and were runners-up at the Intercontinental Cup in 1961 and '62, at the European Cup in 1963, '65, '68, '88 and '90, and at the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 1983, 2013 and '14. They have won 82 domestic trophies: a record 38 Primeira Liga titles, a record 26 Taça de Portugal, a record 7 Taça da Liga, 8 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 3 Campeonato de Portugal. With 85 major trophies won, Benfica is the most decorated club in Portugal. " E pluribus unum" is the club's motto Águia Vitória, the mascot. The club's anthem, " Ser Benfiquista", refers to Benfica supporters, who are called benfiquistas. Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country, having an estimated 14 million supporters worldwide and over 250,000 members, making them the largest sports club by membership in Portugal and second largest in the world. Since 2003, their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz, which replaced the larger, original one, built in 1954. Benfica are nicknamed As Águias (The Eagles), for the symbol atop the club's crest, and Os Encarnados (The Reds), for the shirt colour. Sport Lisboa e Benfica ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation: ( listen)), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, where they are the current champions.įounded on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa, Benfica is one of the " Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from Primeira Liga, along with rivals Sporting CP and FC Porto. ![]()
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