List of S.L. Benfica seasons explained

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Lisbon. The club was formed in 1904 as Sport Lisboa and played its first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa.

This page includes Benfica seasons in Portuguese football and UEFA competitions (plus the Latin Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) from the first to the last completed season. Moreover, it details the team's achievements in major competitions, as well as the top goalscorers for each season.

Key

Table headers

• Pos – Final position in the league classification
• Pld – Number of league matches played
• W – Number of league matches won
• D – Number of league matches drawn
• L – Number of league matches lost
• GF – Number of goals scored in league matches
• GA – Number of goals conceded in league matches
• Pts – Number of points at the end of the league

Divisions

• Regional – Lisbon regional championship

Results and rounds

 1st  or  W  – Champions or Winners 2nd  or  RU  – Runners-up

• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R16, R32, R64 – Round of 16, 32, and 64
• 1R, 2R, 3R, 4R – First, second, third, and fourth round
• GS – (First) Group stage
• 3Q – Third qualifying round
• PR – Preliminary round

Top scorers

• Players whose name is in italics were also the regional championship or Primeira Liga top scorers.
• GS – Players who were also top scorers in Europe (European Golden Shoe).

Seasons

Overview of List of S.L. Benfica seasons

Season	Division									Cup^[1]	League Cup^[2]	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Player(s)	Goals
	League^[3]											European competitions^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]		Other competitions^[8] ^[9]		Top scorer(s)
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07		2nd	6	5	0	1	5	4	10
1907–08		3rd	10	5	0	5	13	16	10								4
1908–09		2nd	10	7	1	2	27	12	15								6
1909–10		1st	10	8	0	2	24	5	16
1910–11		2nd	12	9	2	1	41	6	20
1911–12		1st	6	6	0	0	21	4	12
1912–13		1st	8	7	1	0	22	4	15
1913–14		1st	10	9	1	0	41	4	19								14
1914–15		2nd	10	8	0	2	50	8	16								15
1915–16		1st	8	7	1	0	16	4	15								6
1916–17		1st	8	7	1	0	26	1	15
1917–18		1st	4	3	0	1	7	5	6								2
1918–19		2nd	10	6	0	4	26	10	12								6
1919–20		1st	9	6	2	1	26	8	14								7
1920–21		4th	10	4	2	4	16	14	10								4
1921–22		2nd	6	3	0	3	11	10	6
1922–23		2nd	8	4	2	2	18	13	10								3
1923–24		3rd	8	3	3	2	13	10	9								5
1924–25		3rd	8	4	1	3	18	7	9								4^[10]
1925–26		5th	14	6	4	4	40	27	16								11^[11]
1926–27		5th	14	5	3	6	23	25	13	SF							7^[12]
1927–28		2nd	15	10	3	2	40	17	23	SF							14^[13]
1928–29		2nd	14	8	5	1	45	20	35	R16							11^[14]
1929–30		2nd	14	10	1	3	40	15	35	W							14^[15]
1930–31		5th	14	4	4	6	35	22	26	W							14^[16]
1931–32		3rd	13	7	2	4	32	17	29	SF							14^[17]
1932–33		1st	19	13	3	3	44	22	48	QF							17^[18]
1933–34		5th	9	5	2	2	18	10	21	SF							7^[19]
1934–35	Primeira Liga Regional	3rd 2nd	14 12	8 8	3 0	3 4	41 27	23 13	19 28	W							23^[20]
1935–36	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd	14 11	8 8	5 0	1 3	44 34	23 16	21 27	SF							24^[21]
1936–37	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd	14 10	12 5	0 3	2 2	57 26	13 14	24 23	SF							32^[22]
1937–38	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd	14 10	10 7	3 2	1 1	34 42	16 14	23 26	RU							35^[23]
1938–39	Primeira Divisão Regional	3rd 3rd	14 10	9 5	3 1	2 4	44 23	24 28	21 21	RU							23^[24]
1939–40	Primeira Divisão Regional	4th 1st	18 10	11 7	1 3	6 0	58 36	34 13	23 27	W							44^[25]
1940–41	Primeira Divisão Regional	4th 2nd	14 10	8 8	2 0	4 2	39 29	28 21	18 26	SF							30^[26]
1941–42	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	22 10	19 7	0 1	3 2	74 39	34 16	38 25	QF							25^[27]
1942–43	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	18 10	15 7	0 1	3 2	74 41	38 16	30 25	W							37^[28]
1943–44	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 2nd	18 10	11 7	4 2	3 1	57 39	34 21	26 26	W							31^[29]
1944–45	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	18 10	14 7	2 0	2 3	79 41	26 18	30 24	SF							37^[30]
1945–46	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 4th	22 10	17 4	3 2	2 4	82 17	29 21	37 20	QF							23^[31]
1946–47	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 2nd	26 10	20 6	1 2	5 2	99 41	47 22	41 24	Not held							29^[32]
1947–48			26	19	3	4	84	35	41	SF							25^[33]
1948–49			26	17	3	6	72	34	37	W							24^[34]
1949–50			26	21	3	2	86	33	45	Not held					W	Julinho	28^[35]
1950–51			26	12	6	8	81	43	30	W							35^[36]
1951–52			26	18	4	4	76	26	40	W						José Águas	34^[37]
1952–53			26	17	5	4	75	27	39	W							35^[38]
1953–54			26	13	6	7	62	40	32	R16							24^[39]
1954–55			26	18	3	5	61	20	39	W							26^[40]
1955–56			26	19	5	2	76	31	43	R16					3rd	José Águas	30^[41]
1956–57			26	17	7	2	75	25	41	W					RU	José Águas	33^[42]
1957–58			26	17	2	7	59	23	36	RU			PR				31^[43]
1958–59			26	17	7	2	78	20	41	W						José Águas	29^[44]
1959–60			26	20	5	1	75	27	45	SF							30^[45]
1960–61			26	22	2	2	92	21	46	R16			W			José Águas	43
1961–62			26	14	8	4	69	38	36	W			W		RU		29
1962–63			26	23	2	1	81	25	48	SF			RU		RU		38^[46]
1963–64			26	21	4	1	103	26	46	W			1R			Eusébio	46^[47]
1964–65			26	19	5	2	88	21	43	RU			RU			Eusébio	48^[48]
1965–66			26	18	5	3	73	30	41	QF			QF			Eusébio	37^[49]
1966–67			26	20	3	3	64	19	43	QF			3R			Eusébio	38^[50]
1967–68			26	18	5	3	75	19	41	SF			RU			Eusébio	50^GS^[51]
1968–69			26	16	7	3	49	17	39	W			QF				29^[52]
1969–70			26	17	4	5	58	14	38	W			2R			Eusébio	25^[53]
1970–71			26	18	5	3	62	17	41	RU			2R			Artur Jorge	36^[54]
1971–72			30	26	3	1	81	16	55	W			SF			Artur Jorge	32^[55]
1972–73			30	28	2	0	101	13	58	R16			2R			Eusébio	42^GS
1973–74			30	21	5	4	68	23	47	RU			2R				19
1974–75			30	21	7	2	62	12	49	RU			QF				18
1975–76			30	23	4	3	94	20	50	R32			QF				35
1976–77			30	23	5	2	67	24	51	R16			1R				27
1977–78			30	21	9	0	56	11	51	QF			QF				21
1978–79			30	23	3	4	75	21	49	R32			2R				28
1979–80			30	19	7	4	79	21	45	W			1R				36
1980–81			30	22	6	2	72	15	50	W			SF		W	Nené	32
1981–82			30	20	4	6	60	22	44	SF			2R		RU		37
1982–83			30	22	7	1	67	13	51	W			RU				31
1983–84			30	24	4	2	86	22	52	R16			QF		RU	Nené	27
1984–85			30	18	7	5	65	28	43	W			2R		RU		27
1985–86			30	21	5	4	54	13	47	W			QF		W		21
1986–87			30	20	8	2	50	25	48	W			2R		RU		20
1987–88			38	19	13	6	59	25	51	SF			RU		RU		18
1988–89			38	27	9	2	60	15	63	RU			2R			Vata	18
1989–90			34	23	9	2	76	48	55	R32			RU		W	Mats Magnusson	40
1990–91			38	32	5	1	89	18	69	QF			1R			Rui Águas	26
1991–92			34	17	12	5	62	23	46	SF			GS		RU		17
1992–93			34	22	8	4	60	18	52	W			QF				17
1993–94			34	23	8	3	73	25	54	R16			SF		RU		18
1994–95			34	22	5	7	61	28	49	QF			QF		RU		17
1995–96			34	22	7	5	57	27	73	W			3R				23
1996–97			34	17	7	10	49	30	58	RU			QF		RU		16
1997–98			34	20	8	6	62	29	68	SF			1R				22
1998–99			34	19	8	7	71	29	65	R32			GS				34
1999–2000			34	21	6	7	58	33	69	R16			3R				20
2000–01			34	15	9	10	54	44	54	R16			1R				24
2001–02			34	17	12	5	66	37	63	R32							13
2002–03			34	23	6	5	74	27	75	R64						Simão	18
2003–04			34	22	8	4	62	28	74	W		Champions League UEFA Cup	3Q 4R				15
2004–05			34	19	8	7	51	31	65	RU		Champions League UEFA Cup	3Q R32		RU		22
2005–06			34	20	7	7	51	29	67	QF			QF		W		17
2006–07			30	20	7	3	55	20	67	R16		Champions League UEFA Cup	GS QF				16
2007–08			30	13	13	4	45	21	52	SF	4R	Champions League UEFA Cup	GS R16				22
2008–09			30	17	8	5	54	32	59	R16	W		GS				17
2009–10			30	24	4	2	78	20	76	R32	W		QF			Óscar Cardozo	38
2010–11			30	20	3	7	61	31	63	SF	W	Champions League Europa League	GS SF		RU		23
2011–12			30	21	6	3	66	27	69	R16	W		QF			Óscar Cardozo	28
2012–13			30	24	5	1	77	20	77	RU	SF	Champions League Europa League	GS RU				33
2013–14			30	23	5	2	58	18	74	W	W	Champions League Europa League	GS RU				21
2014–15			34	27	4	3	86	16	85	R16	W		GS		W		31
2015–16			34	29	1	4	88	22	88	R32	W		QF		RU	Jonas	36
2016–17			34	25	7	2	72	18	82	W	SF		R16		W		27
2017–18			34	25	6	3	80	22	81	5R	3R		GS		W	Jonas	37
2018–19			34	28	3	3	103	31	87	SF	SF	Champions League Europa League	GS QF	—	—	Haris Seferovic	27
2019–20			34	24	5	5	71	26	77	RU	3R	Champions League Europa League	GS R32		W		30
2020–21			34	23	7	4	69	27	76	RU	SF	Champions League Europa League	3Q R32		RU		26
2021–22			34	23	5	6	78	30	74	5R	RU	Champions League	QF	—	—	Darwin Núñez	34
2022–23			34	28	3	3	82	20	87	QF	GS	Champions League	QF	—	—		27
2023–24			34	25	5	4	77	28	80	SF	SF	Champions League Europa League	GS QF		W		22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taça de Portugal – Historial. Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). 17 May 2012. Portuguese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403011109/http://www.fpf.pt/portal/page/portal/PORTAL_FUTEBOL/COMPETICOES/TACA_PORTUGAL/HISTORIAL. 3 April 2012. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Di Maggio. Roberto. Portugal - List of League Cup Finals. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 19 April 2012.
3. Web site: Claro. Paulo. Portugal - List of Champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 4 November 2011.
4. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. European Champions' Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 10 June 2011.
5. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. Fairs' Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 26 January 2000.
6. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. European Cup Winners' Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 26 January 2000.
7. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. UEFA Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 19 May 2011.
8. Web site: Claro. Paulo. Portugal - List of Super Cup Winners. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 4 November 2011.
9. Web site: Stokkermans. Karel. Magnani. Loris. Intercontinental Club Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 May 2012. 30 April 2005.
10. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1924–25. 24 April 2017.
11. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1925–26. 24 April 2017.
12. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1926–27. 24 April 2017.
13. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1927–28. 24 April 2017.
14. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1928–29. 24 April 2017.
15. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1929–30. 24 April 2017.
16. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1930–31. 24 April 2017.
17. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1931–32. 24 April 2017.
18. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1932–33. 24 April 2017.
19. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1933–34. 24 April 2017.
20. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1934–35. 30 April 2017.
21. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1935–36. 30 April 2017.
22. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1936–37. 30 April 2017.
23. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1937–38. 30 April 2017.
24. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1938–39. 30 April 2017.
25. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1939–40. 30 April 2017.
26. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1940–41. 30 April 2017.
27. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1941–42. 30 April 2017.
28. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1942–43. 30 April 2017.
29. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1943–44. 30 April 2017.
30. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1944–45. 30 April 2017.
31. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1945–46. 30 April 2017.
32. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1946–47. 30 April 2017.
33. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1947–48. 30 April 2017.
34. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1948–49. 30 April 2017.
35. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1949–50. 30 April 2017.
36. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1950–51. 30 April 2017.
37. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1951–52. 30 April 2017.
38. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1952–53. 30 April 2017.
39. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1953–54. 30 April 2017.
40. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1954–55. 30 April 2017.
41. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1955–56. 30 April 2017.
42. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1956–57. 30 April 2017.
43. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1955–58. 30 April 2017.
44. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1958–59. 30 April 2017.
45. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1959–60. 30 April 2017.
46. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1962–63. 30 April 2017.
47. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1963–64. 30 April 2017.
48. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1964–65. 30 April 2017.
49. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1965–66. 30 April 2017.
50. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1966–67. 30 April 2017.
51. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1967–68. 30 April 2017.
52. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1968–69. 30 April 2017.
53. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1969–70. 30 April 2017.
54. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1970–71. 30 April 2017.
55. Web site: Benfica players statistics 1971–72. 30 April 2017.