2024–25 S.L. Benfica season
Benfica 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Rui Costa | ||
| Head coach | Roger Schmidt (until 31 August 2024) Bruno Lage (from 5 September 2024) | ||
| Stadium | Estádio da Luz | ||
| Primeira Liga | 7th | ||
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | ||
| Taça da Liga | Quarter-finals | ||
| UEFA Champions League | League phase | ||
| FIFA Club World Cup | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Vangelis Pavlidis Tiago Gouveia Fredrik Aursnes Orkun Kökçü Marcos Leonardo (1 each) All: Vangelis Pavlidis Tiago Gouveia Fredrik Aursnes Orkun Kökçü Marcos Leonardo (1 each) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 59,490 v Estrela da Amadora (24 August 2024) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 58,926 v Casa Pia (17 August 2024) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 59,208 (2 matches)[1] | ||
| Biggest win | Benfica 3–0 Casa Pia (17 August 2024) | ||
| Biggest defeat | Famalicão 2–0 Benfica (11 August 2024) | ||
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← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |||
The 2024–25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season will be the club's 121st season in existence and its 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica will play in the Primeira Liga, and will also compete in the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal. In Europe, Benfica will play in the UEFA Champions League. At global level, the club will compete in the newly-expanded FIFA Club World Cup.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 4 September 2024[2][3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF |  Álvaro Carreras |  Manchester United | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
| 32 | FW |  Benjamín Rollheiser | River Plate | €9,500,000 | [5] | |
| 14 | FW |  Vangelis Pavlidis |  AZ Alkmaar | €18,000,000 | [6] | |
| 18 | MF |  Leandro Barreiro |  Mainz 05 | Free | 2 July 2024 | [7] |
| 37 | MF | Jan-Niklas Beste | 1. FC Heidenheim | €8,000,000 | 11 July 2024 | [8] |
| 85 | MF |  Renato Sanches |  Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | 5 August 2024 | [9] |
| 7 | FW |  Zeki Amdouni | Burnley | 29 August 2024 | [10] | |
| 28 | DF |  Issa Kaboré | Manchester City | 1 September 2024 | [11] | |
| 17 | FW |  Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Galatasaray | €12,000,000 | 2 September 2024 | [12] |
Out
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | FW | Rafa Silva | Beşiktaş | Free | 1 July 2024 | [13] |
| — | DF |  David Jurásek | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | [14] | |
| — | FW | Henrique Araújo | Arouca | 11 July 2024 | [15] | |
| — | GK |  Leo Kokubo |  Sint-Truiden | Free | [16] | |
| — | MF | Paulo Bernardo |  Celtic | €4,000,000 | 1 August 2024 | [17] |
| 87 | MF | João Neves | Paris Saint-Germain | €59,921,587 | 5 August 2024 | [18] |
| 19 | FW |  Casper Tengstedt |  Hellas Verona | Loan | 9 August 2024 | [19] |
| 7 | FW |  David Neres | Napoli | €28,000,000 | 21 August 2024 | [20] |
| — | MF | Tiago Dantas |  Osijek | Free | 29 August 2024 | [21] |
| 5 | DF | Morato | Nottingham Forest | €11,000,000 | 30 August 2024 | [22] |
| 16 | MF | Martim Neto | Rio Ave | Loan | 2 September 2024 | [23] |
| 36 | FW | Marcos Leonardo |  Al Hilal | €40,000,000 | [24] | |
| 20 | MF | João Mário | Beşiktaş | Loan | 4 September 2024 | [25] |
Pre-season friendlies
Win Draw Loss
The pre-season began on 3 July 2024.[26]
Benfica 
v Farense
v Farense | 12 July 2024 Friendly | Benfica | 5–0 | Farense | Águeda, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda |
Benfica v 
Celta de Vigo
v Celta de Vigo | 13 July 2024 Friendly | Benfica | 2–2 | Celta de Vigo | Águeda, Portugal |
| 19:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda |
Benfica v 
Brentford
v Brentford | 25 July 2024 Friendly | Benfica | 1–1 | Brentford | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
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| Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Benfica v 
Feyenoord
v Feyenoord | 28 July 2024 Eusébio Cup | Benfica | 5–0 | Feyenoord | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Benfica v Fulham
v Fulham | 2 August 2024 Algarve Cup | Benfica | 0–1 | Fulham | Faro/Loulé, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST | Stadium: Estádio Algarve |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Primeira Liga | 11 August 2024 | 18 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Taça de Portugal | 18–20 October 2024 | TBD | Third round | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Taça da Liga | 29–31 October 2024 | TBD | Quarter-finals | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| UEFA Champions League | 17–19 September 2024 | TBD | League phase | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| FIFA Club World Cup | June 2025 | TBD | Group stage | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 | ||||
Last updated: 30 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
Primeira Liga
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 |
| 6 | Braga | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 |
| 7 | Benfica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Source: Liga Portugal
Results by round
Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Famalicão v Benfica
| 11 August 2024 1 | Famalicão | 2–0 | Benfica | Vila Nova de Famalicão |
| 18:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 5,025 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria) |
Benfica v Casa Pia
| 17 August 2024 2 | Benfica | 3–0 | Casa Pia | Lisbon |
| 20:30 WEST (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,926 Referee: Iancu Vasilica (Vila Real) |
Benfica v Estrela da Amadora
| 24 August 2024 3 | Benfica | 1–0 | Estrela da Amadora | Lisbon |
| 20:30 WEST (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,490 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon) |
Moreirense v Benfica
| 30 August 2024 4 | Moreirense | 1–1 | Benfica | Moreira de Cónegos |
| 20:15 WEST (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,817 Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal) |
Benfica v Santa Clara
| 14 September 2024 5 | Benfica | v | Santa Clara | Lisbon |
| 20:30 WEST (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Claúdio Pereira (Aveiro) |
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
Benfica v Santa Clara
| 29–31 October 2024 Quarter-finals | Benfica | v | Santa Clara | Lisbon |
| --:-- WET (UTC±00:00) | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
UEFA Champions League
League phase
The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.[27]
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to round of 16 (seeded) |
| 7 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 17 September 2024. Source: UEFA[28]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Results by round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | ||||||||
| Position |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Red Star Belgrade 
v Benfica
v Benfica | 19 September 2024 1 | Red Star Belgrade | v | Benfica | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium |
Benfica v Atlético Madrid
v Atlético Madrid | 2 October 2024 2 | Benfica | v | Atlético Madrid | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Benfica v Feyenoord
v Feyenoord | 23 October 2024 3 | Benfica | v | Feyenoord | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Bayern Munich 
v Benfica
v Benfica | 6 November 2024 4 | Bayern Munich | v | Benfica | Munich, Germany |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena |
Monaco 
v Benfica
v Benfica | 27 November 2024 5 | Monaco | v | Benfica | Monaco, France |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Stade Louis II |
Benfica v 
Bologna
v Bologna | 11 December 2024 6 | Benfica | v | Bologna | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Benfica v Barcelona
v Barcelona | 21 January 2025 7 | Benfica | v | Barcelona | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) | Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz |
Juventus v Benfica
v Benfica | 29 January 2025 8 | Juventus | v | Benfica | Turin, Italy |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Stadium: Juventus Stadium |
FIFA Club World Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 30 August 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Champions League | FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  UKR | Anatoliy Trubin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 75 | GK | POR | André Gomes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Carreras | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | POR | António Silva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | DEN | Alexander Bah | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | DF | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | DF | POR | Tomás Araújo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | DF |  ALB | Adrian Bajrami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF |  NOR | Fredrik Aursnes | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | TUR | Orkun Kökçü | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 84 | MF | POR | João Rego | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 85 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SUI | Zeki Amdouni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Arthur Cabral | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | ARG | Ángel Di María | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | FW | TUR | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | FW | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW | ARG | Gianluca Prestianni | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | FW | ARG | Benjamín Rollheiser | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | FW | POR | Tiago Gouveia | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | BRA | Morato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | BRA | David Neres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF | POR | Martim Neto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW | DEN | Casper Tengstedt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | POR | João Mário | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | FW | BRA | Marcos Leonardo | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 87 | MF | POR | João Neves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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