Clubname: | Benfica de Macau |
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Fullname: | Casa do Sport Lisboa e Benfica em Macau 澳門賓菲加體育會 |
Ground: | Macau Olympic Complex Stadium |
Capacity: | 16,272 |
Chairman: | Duarte Alves |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Nuno Capela |
League: | Liga de Elite |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | Liga de Elite, 2nd of 9[1] |
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Website: | https://www.benficamacau.com/ |
The House of Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Macau, simply known as Benfica de Macau, is a Macanese professional football club that currently competes in the Liga de Elite. They are the six-time champions of the league.
The club plays its home games at the Macau Olympic Complex Stadium.
Benfica de Macau was founded on 17 October 1951, as the House No. 232 of S.L. Benfica.
On 21 August 2016, Benfica de Macau defeated Rovers FC of Guam 4–2 in a 2017 AFC Cup Play-off Qualifier in Bishkek. It was the first win ever for a Macanese club in any AFC competition.[2]
In 2018, Benfica de Macau became the first Macanese club to participate in the AFC Cup group stage.[3] On 7 March 2018, Benfica won 3–2 against Taiwan's Hang Yuen, becoming the first Macanese club to win an AFC group stage match.[4]
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
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2016 | AFC Cup | Qualifying Round | Alga Bishkek | 0–2 | 3rd | |
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | 1–4 | |||||
2017 | AFC Cup | Qualifying Round | Rovers | 4–2 | 2nd | |
Dordoi Bishkek | 1–2 | |||||
2018 | AFC Cup | Group I | Hang Yuen | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2nd |
Hwaebul SC | 3–0 | 3–2 | ||||
April 25 | 0–2 | 0–8 |
Squad for the 2023 Liga de Elite