Benfica

Benfica

Portugal
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Global stats in Primeira Liga

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  • Appearances 17
  • Goals for 36
  • Penalty goal 9
  • Goals against 11
  • Yellow 34
  • Red 2
65%
11 win
35%
6 draws
0%
No loss
2.29 Points/match

Main formation

Starting eleven
  • 4-2-3-1 20 matches this season

Top players

Player stats
Top scorer
  • H. Sudakov 4
  • F. Aursnes 4
Top assist
  • L. Barreiro 4
  • D. Lukébakio 3
Awards
Venue
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz)
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) - Lisboa
  • Year of construction: 2003
  • Surface: grass
  • Capacity: 65647
  • Average attendance: 42607
  • Maximum attendance: 65247
  • % sold: 69
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Information
  • Type club male
  • Names Benfica
  • Code SLB
  • Area Portugal
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Benfica on Football Today

Get all the necessary information about the Benfica team: live results, starting eleven one hour before kick-off and the full schedule of the team for the 2025/2026 season of Primeira Liga.

Benfica match result

The next match is Porto vs Benfica and kicks-off at 20:45 on the Wednesday 14 January 2026 as part of the of Taça de Portugal.

The latest result of Primeira Liga featured Benfica and Estoril and ended up in a 3-1 score.

Benfica is currently at rank 3. in the General table of Primeira Liga 2025/2026.

Main players

Richard Ríos Montoya is the latest most expensive arrival, coming from Palmeiras on the Tuesday 22 July 2025 for a 27M € fee.

Álvaro Fernández is the latest biggest sale. He left to Real Madrid on the Monday 14 July 2025, a transfer which is valued at 50M €.

Evangelos Pavlidis is the top scorer with 18 goals.

Evangelos Pavlidis has the most assists with 4 goal assists.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin, Samuel Soares, Diogo José de Nazaré e Jesus Ferreira and Gonçalo da Silva Sobral

Defenders: Germán Conti, Branimir Kalaica, Elías Pereyra, Pedro Pereira, Daniel Armando Fonseca da Silva Banjaqui, Rafael Obrador Burguera, António Silva, Alexander Bah, Fredrik Aursnes, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Amar Dedić, Nicolás Otamendi, Tomás Araújo, José Pedro Formoso Neto, Gonçalo Calisto de Oliveira, Joshua Liam Wynder, Leandro Henrique de Sousa Santos, João Ferreira, Tiago Miguel Geraldes Parente and Morato

Midfielders: Ilija Vukotić, Alfa Semedo, Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea, Zeki Amdouni, Heorhii Sudakov, Dodi Lukébakio, Manuel Jorge Silva, Leandro Barreiro, Richard Ríos Montoya, Bruma, Adel Taarabt, Nuno Miguel Madeira Fernandes Félix, Rodrigo Miguel Ferreira Rêgo, João Miguel Fins Veloso, Rafael Brito, Nuno Tavares, João Pedro Seno Luís Rego, Diogo Ferreira Prioste, Tiago Dias Freitas and David Tavares

Strikers: Haris Seferović, Hernâni Infande Tchuda da Silva, Jhonder Cádiz, Gustavo Henrique, João Filipe, Daniel dos Anjos, Carlos Vinícius, Facundo Ferreyra, Franjo Ivanović, Evangelos Pavlidis, Andreas Rædergård Schjelderup, Gianluca Prestianni Gross, Henrique Araújo, Gonçalo Carvalho Moreira and Ivan Correia Posser Lima

Benfica schedule & next match

Following Porto vs Benfica, the next match will be Rio Ave vs Benfica on Saturday 17 January 2026. The coach José Mourinho will reveal its strategy and the lineups a few hours ahead of the game. The team most of the time starts with a 4-2-3-1 formation
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2025/2026

January 2026
Wednesday 14/01
Porto Porto
SL Benfica Benfica
20:45
Saturday 17/01
Rio Ave Rio Ave
SL Benfica Benfica
20:30
Wednesday 21/01
Juventus FC Juventus
SL Benfica Benfica
20:00
Sunday 25/01
SL Benfica Benfica
Estrela Estrela
18:00
Wednesday 28/01
SL Benfica Benfica
Real Madrid CF Real Madrid
20:00
February 2026
Sunday 01/02
Tondela Tondela
SL Benfica Benfica
19:00
Sunday 08/02
SL Benfica Benfica
Alverca Alverca
19:00
Sunday 15/02
Santa Clara Santa Clara
SL Benfica Benfica
19:00
Sunday 22/02
SL Benfica Benfica
AVS AVS
19:00
March 2026
Sunday 01/03
Gil Vicente Gil Vicente
SL Benfica Benfica
19:00
Sunday 08/03
SL Benfica Benfica
Porto Porto
19:00
Sunday 15/03
Arouca Arouca
SL Benfica Benfica
19:00
Sunday 22/03
SL Benfica Benfica
Vitória Guimarães Vitória SC
19:00
April 2026
Saturday 04/04
Casa Pia Casa Pia
SL Benfica Benfica
20:00
Sunday 12/04
SL Benfica Benfica
Nacional Nacional
20:00
Sunday 19/04
Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting
SL Benfica Benfica
20:00
Sunday 26/04
SL Benfica Benfica
Moreirense Moreirense
20:00
May 2026
Sunday 03/05
Famalicão Famalicão
SL Benfica Benfica
20:00
Sunday 10/05
SL Benfica Benfica
Sporting Braga Braga
20:00
Sunday 17/05
Estoril Estoril
SL Benfica Benfica
20:00
January 2026
Saturday 03/01
SL Benfica Benfica
3
Estoril Estoril
1
Played
December 2025
Sunday 28/12
Sporting Braga Braga
2
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Monday 22/12
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Famalicão Famalicão
0
Played
Wednesday 17/12
Farense Farense
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Sunday 14/12
Moreirense Moreirense
0
SL Benfica Benfica
4
Played
Wednesday 10/12
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Napoli Napoli
0
Played
Friday 05/12
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting
1
Played
November 2025
Saturday 29/11
Nacional Nacional
1
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Tuesday 25/11
Ajax Ajax
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Friday 21/11
Atlético CP Atlético CP
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Sunday 09/11
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Casa Pia Casa Pia
2
Played
Wednesday 05/11
SL Benfica Benfica
0
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen
1
Played
Saturday 01/11
Vitória Guimarães Vitória SC
0
SL Benfica Benfica
3
Played
October 2025
Saturday 25/10
SL Benfica Benfica
5
Arouca Arouca
0
Played
Tuesday 21/10
Newcastle United Newcastle
3
SL Benfica Benfica
0
Played
Friday 17/10
Chaves Chaves
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Sunday 05/10
Porto Porto
0
SL Benfica Benfica
0
Played
September 2025
Tuesday 30/09
Chelsea FC Chelsea
1
SL Benfica Benfica
0
Played
Friday 26/09
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Gil Vicente Gil Vicente
1
Played
Tuesday 23/09
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Rio Ave Rio Ave
1
Played
Saturday 20/09
AVS AVS
0
SL Benfica Benfica
3
Played
Tuesday 16/09
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Qarabağ Qarabağ
3
Played
Friday 12/09
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Santa Clara Santa Clara
1
Played
August 2025
Sunday 31/08
Alverca Alverca
1
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
Wednesday 27/08
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
0
Played
Saturday 23/08
SL Benfica Benfica
3
Tondela Tondela
0
Played
Wednesday 20/08
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
0
SL Benfica Benfica
0
Played
Saturday 16/08
Estrela Estrela
0
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Played
Tuesday 12/08
SL Benfica Benfica
2
OGC Nice Nice
0
Played
Wednesday 06/08
OGC Nice Nice
0
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
July 2025
Thursday 31/07
Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting
0
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Played
Saturday 26/07
SL Benfica Benfica
3
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe
2
Played
June 2025
Saturday 28/06
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Chelsea FC Chelsea
4
Played
Tuesday 24/06
SL Benfica Benfica
1
Bayern München Bayern München
0
Played
Friday 20/06
SL Benfica Benfica
6
Auckland City Auckland
0
Played
Monday 16/06
Boca Juniors Boca 2
2
SL Benfica Benfica
2
Played
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# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 49 17 16 1 0 36 4 32
2 Sporting Sporting 42 17 13 3 1 47 9 38
3 Benfica Benfica 39 17 11 6 0 36 11 25
4 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 28 17 7 7 3 22 12 10
5 Braga Braga 27 17 7 6 4 31 18 13
6 Vitória SC Vitória SC 25 17 7 4 6 18 22 -4
7 Moreirense Moreirense 24 16 7 3 6 23 24 -1
8 Famalicão Famalicão 23 17 6 5 6 20 14 6
9 Estoril Estoril 20 17 5 5 7 28 29 -1
10 Rio Ave Rio Ave 20 17 4 8 5 22 29 -7
11 Alverca Alverca 20 17 6 2 9 17 27 -10
12 Estrela Estrela 19 17 4 7 6 23 27 -4
13 Nacional Nacional 16 16 4 4 8 18 23 -5
14 Santa Clara Santa Clara 16 16 4 4 8 11 16 -5
15 Casa Pia Casa Pia 14 17 3 5 9 17 32 -15
16 Arouca Arouca 14 17 3 5 9 18 42 -24
17 Tondela Tondela 12 16 3 3 10 12 28 -16
18 AVS AVS 4 17 0 4 13 11 43 -32
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# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 22 8 7 1 0 16 2 14
2 Sporting Sporting 19 8 6 1 1 27 3 24
3 Benfica Benfica 19 9 5 4 0 19 7 12
4 Vitória SC Vitória SC 15 9 4 3 2 14 13 1
5 Estoril Estoril 15 9 4 3 2 17 12 5
6 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 14 8 4 2 2 10 6 4
7 Braga Braga 14 8 4 2 2 14 7 7
8 Moreirense Moreirense 13 7 4 1 2 12 11 1
9 Alverca Alverca 13 9 4 1 4 7 13 -6
10 Famalicão Famalicão 11 9 3 2 4 13 8 5
11 Santa Clara Santa Clara 11 9 3 2 4 7 7 0
12 Estrela Estrela 10 9 2 4 3 13 12 1
13 Rio Ave Rio Ave 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3
14 Arouca Arouca 9 9 2 3 4 10 19 -9
15 Nacional Nacional 6 7 2 0 5 9 14 -5
16 Tondela Tondela 5 8 1 2 5 6 12 -6
17 Casa Pia Casa Pia 4 8 0 4 4 7 15 -8
18 AVS AVS 3 9 0 3 6 7 18 -11
# Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Porto Porto 27 9 9 0 0 20 2 18
2 Sporting Sporting 23 9 7 2 0 20 6 14
3 Benfica Benfica 20 8 6 2 0 17 4 13
4 Gil Vicente Gil Vicente 14 9 3 5 1 12 6 6
5 Braga Braga 13 9 3 4 2 17 11 6
6 Famalicão Famalicão 12 8 3 3 2 7 6 1
7 Moreirense Moreirense 11 9 3 2 4 11 13 -2
8 Rio Ave Rio Ave 11 9 2 5 2 12 16 -4
9 Vitória SC Vitória SC 10 8 3 1 4 4 9 -5
10 Nacional Nacional 10 9 2 4 3 9 9 0
11 Casa Pia Casa Pia 10 9 3 1 5 10 17 -7
12 Estrela Estrela 9 8 2 3 3 10 15 -5
13 Alverca Alverca 7 8 2 1 5 10 14 -4
14 Tondela Tondela 7 8 2 1 5 6 16 -10
15 Santa Clara Santa Clara 5 7 1 2 4 4 9 -5
16 Estoril Estoril 5 8 1 2 5 11 17 -6
17 Arouca Arouca 5 8 1 2 5 8 23 -15
18 AVS AVS 1 8 0 1 7 4 25 -21
Advanced standings Primeira Liga
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Coach
José Mourinho
José Mourinho Portugal 62 years - 21 official matches
62%
13 win
24%
5 draws
14%
3 Losses
2.23 Points/match (in championship)
Overall
  • Squad size 59
  • Average age 24.4
  • Foreign players 29 (49.2%)
  • Contracts ending 4
  • Injured players 2
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers
Loaned players - Defenders
Loaned players - Midfielders
Loaned players - Strikers
Other formations used in Primeira Liga
  • 4-4-2 3 time
  • 4-3-3 1 time
  • 4-2-4-0 1 time
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Global stats
  • Appearances 17
  • Goals for 36
  • Penalty goal 9
  • Goals against 11
  • Yellow 34
  • Red 2
65%
11 win
35%
6 draws
0%
No loss
2.29 Points/match
3.
39 pts
3.
19 pts
3.
20 pts
Current form
Goal types (36 scored)
From inside box
34
94%
Right foot
24
67%
Penalty
9
25%
Left foot
8
22%
Headed
4
11%
From outside box
2
6%
Set pieces
0
0%
Own accrued
0
0%
Goals scored and conceded per match

Final Time

1st half

2nd half

Goals scored and conceded per time segments
Stats exact scores
Goal
Goals per game
2. Benfica
2.1
Full table
Penalty Goals per game
1. Benfica
0.5
Full table
Attacking
Shots On Target ( inc goals ) per game
2. Benfica
5.8
Full table
Successful Dribbles per game
1. Benfica
11
Full table
Passing
Possession Percentage (%)
3. Benfica
57%
Full table
Passing Accuracy (%)
4. Benfica
85%
Full table
Crossing Accuracy (%)
3. Benfica
26%
Full table
Defending
Duels won per game
1. Benfica
57.2
Full table
Tackles Won per game
5. Benfica
10.1
Full table
Foul
Yellow Cards per game
17. Benfica
2
Full table
Total Red Cards per game
10. Benfica
0.1
Full table
Goalkeeper
Goals Conceded per game
16. Benfica
0.7
Full table
Goal
Passing
Total Passes per game
Full table
Key Passes (Attempt Assists) per game
Full table
Attacking
Successful Dribbles per game
Full table
Touches per game
83.5
Full table
Defending
Duels won per game
7.9
Full table
Aerial Duels won per game
4.8
Full table
Tackles Won per game
1. S. Dahl
1.5
Full table
Interceptions per game
Full table
Foul
Total Fouls Won per game
2.6
Full table
Total Fouls Conceded per game
2.2
Full table
Goalkeeper
Penalties Saved
1
Full table
Saves Made per game
Full table
Main
Games Played
17
Full table
Starts
16
Full table
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Transfers overview
Count Average age Amount
Arrivals 11 24 101.8M €
Departures 16 26 93M €
Total 27 25 -8.8M €
Transfers