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SL Benfica
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SL Benfica Information
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| Address: |
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Estádio
do Sport Lisboa e Benfica - 1501-805 Lisboa |
| Telephone: |
21-7219500 |
| Fax: |
21-7264084 |
| Founded: |
1904 |
| Stadium: |
Estadio
do Sport Lisboa e Benfica |
| Website: |
www.slbenfica.pt |
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SL Benfica History
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly
referred to as simply SL Benfica, Benfica or Benfica Lisbon) is
a football club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica was founded
in 1904 as Sport Lisboa, but underwent a name change in 1908
after merging with Sport Club de Benfica.
Benfica was one of Europe's first powerhouses, and was the first
team to break Real Madrid's dominance in the early European
Champions Cup. Having won two European Cups in a row (1961 and
1962), the Lisbon club never managed to win a European trophy
again, despite losing several ECC finals to AC Milan (1962 and
1989), Internazionale (1964), Manchester United (1967) and PSV
(1988), plus a UEFA Cup in 1982 (Anderlecht). In 1968, it was
considered the best European Team by France Football. Many of
its successes in the 1960s were with all-time football great
Eusébio in the side.
During the 1970s, the team faded slightly from the European
scene, but remained the main force inside the Portuguese
football scene. However, financial problems began undermining
the club. In the 1980s the board decided to close the third
level in the Estádio da Luz, and a questionable signing policy (which
included squads composed of well over 30 players, signing
players for hefty sums without any sporting or financial return,
and signing fading Portuguese star Futre in the early 1990s),
resulted in several problems in the years ahead. Consequently,
the lowest point in recent Benfica's history was the heavy 7-0
loss against Celta Vigo for the UEFA Cup, followed by a sixth
place and a fourth place that ruled them out of European
competitions for the first time in history.
Recently, the club is attempting to recover from its financial
and sporting failures.
Benfica play their home games in the new Estádio do Sport Lisboa
e Benfica (unofficially "Estádio da Luz", literally the stadium
of light) - which is partly built on top of the old stadium
grounds -, one of Europe's largest sporting stadiums and host of
the Euro 2004 final. They are Portugal's most decorated football
team, having won 30 domestic league titles, 24 Portuguese Cups,
and two European Cups.
As a multiple sports-oriented club, Benfica also field teams in
basketball, roller hockey, indoor football (futsal), volleyball,
handball, water polo, rugby and an athletics team. In total,
Benfica have 13 international titles: 3 in football (two
European Cups - 60/61 and 61/62, one Latina Cup - 49/50); one in
roller hockey (CERS Cup - 90/91); 4 in rugby (3 Iberian Cup + 1
Torneio Ibérico) and 5 in athletics (Athletics European Cup). |
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SL Benfica Honours, Trophies & Awards
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Portuguese League:
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
Portuguese Cup: 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
Portuguese Championship: 1929/30, 1930/31, 1934/35
Portuguese SuperCup: 1980/81, 1985/86, 1989/90
Cup "Ribeiro dos Reis": 1963/64, 1965/66, 1970/71
European Champions Cup: 1960/61, 1961/62
Iberian Cup: 1983/84
Latin Cup: 1949/50 |
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