Benfica History, Ownership, Support Staff, Squad members and Honors

Benfica also known as The Eagles is a Portuguese Football Club. They participate in the Taca da Liga, Supertaca Candido de Oliveira, Taca de Portugal and Liga NOS.

The Club had also appeared in major European competitions as well as Latin European competitions.

HISTORY

The club was founded 115 years ago in 1904 under the name of Sport Lisboa but was the name changed into Benfica after the club merged with Grupo Sport Benfica.

The initial years of the club were not so admiring as it became after 1934 when the Portuguese League officially formed. In the league, the Club emerged as a dominant club by conquering three consecutive titles from 1936 to 1938.

The club ended the 50s with 9 Primeira Liga titles and 10 Taca de Portugal trophies. After booming in domestic tournaments, the club started their journey to become a big club in European Football.

They stopped the Real Madrid five times in a row to conquer the European Cup. In 1961, the club won the European Cup and defended the title successfully the following year.

The winning streak of the club halted during the mid-80s due to the financial crisis. But after eight years the club again stood up to conquer their 24^th Taca de Portugal.

In 2013-14, the club won the Treble including Primeira Liga, Taca de Portugal and Taca da Liga for the first time.

Club Ownership

The Club is under the ownership of Sport Lisboa e Benfica sports club. The sports club apart from Football also promotes 12 different other sports. Luis Filipe Vieira is the current president of the club.

The Estadio da Lu serves the club as their home ground. Located in Libson the stadium has a net capacity to hold 64,642 spectators.

The current net worth of the club is 156.6 Million Euros.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Burno Lage	Manager	43
Pietra	Assistant Manger	65
Marco Pedroso	Assistant Manger	40
Nelson	Assistant Manger	42

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Carlos Vinicius	Forward	95
H. Seferovic	Forward	14
Chiquinho	Forward	19
Jota	Forward	73
R. de Tomas	Forward	9
Caio	Forward	7
Florentino	Midfielder	61
A. samaris	Midfielder	22
L. Fejsa	Midfielder	5
G. Fernandes	Midfielder	83
Gabriel	Midfielder	8
A. Taarabt	Midfielder	49
Pizzi	Midfielder	21
A. Zivkovic	Midfielder	17
Rafa Silva	Midfielder	27
F. Cervi	Midfielder	11
R. Dias	Defender	6
Ferro	Defender	97
G. Conti	Defender	2
jardel	Defender	33
A. Grimaldo	Defender	3
N. Tavares	Defender	71
A. Almeida	Defender	34
T. Tavares	Defender	84
T. Ebuehi	Defender	23
O. Vlachodimos	GoalKeeper	99
M. Svilar	GoalKeeper	1
I. Zlobin	GoalKeeper	72