Sport Lisboa Benfica

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Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S.L. Benfica and in many fan anthems as SLB is an electric multisports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, best known for its football team.

Sport Lisboa e Benfica was founded in 1904.

The club's main stadium is the Estádio da Luz.

SL Benfica Honours, Trophies & Awards

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

SL Benfica has the biggest fan base among Portuguese clubs, having also the largest number of supporters outside of Portugal for a Portuguese club, with a total of 15 million Benfica's supporters worldwide. It is also the biggest club in the world in number of associates (registered paying supporters), with a current (November 2006) number of 160,398, a fact which was attested by the Guinness Book of Records on November 10, 2006.


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