List of S.L. Benfica seasons

This is a list of seasons played by S.L. Benfica in Portuguese football and UEFA competitions (plus the Latin Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) from 1904 (when the club, then known as Sport Lisboa, was founded) to the most recent season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Benfica have won 2 European Cup, 1 Latin Cup, 35 Primeira Liga (record), 3 Campeonato de Portugal, 25 Taça de Portugal (record), 7 Taça da Liga (record), 6 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 10 Campeonato de Lisboa.

Key

Table headers Pos – Final position in the league classification P – Number of league games played W – Number of league games won D – Number of league games drawn L – Number of league games lost GF – Number of goals scored in league games GA – Number of goals conceded in league games Pts – Number of points at the end of the league

Divisions Regional – Lisbon regional championship

Results and rounds  1st  or  W  – Champion or Winner  2nd  or  RU  – Runner-up SF – Semifinals QF – Quarterfinals R16, R32, R64 – Round of 16, 32, and 64 R1, R2, R3, R4 – First, Second, Third, and Fourth round GS, GS2 – (First) Group stage, and Second Group stage Q3 – 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

As of match played 2 December 2016

Season	Division	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Cup [n 1][1]	League Cup [2]	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Name	Goals
	League [3]											European competitions [4][5][6][7]		Other competitions [8][9]		Top-scorer(s) [n 2]
1904–05[n 3]	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1905–06	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1906–07	Regional	2nd	6	5	0	1	5	4	10	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1907–08[n 4]	Regional	3rd	10	5	0	5	13	16	10	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Eduardo Corga	4
1908–09	Regional	2nd	10	7	1	2	27	12	15	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	António Meireles	6
1909–10	Regional	1st	10	8	0	2	24	5	16	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1910–11	Regional	2nd	12	9	2	1	41	6	20	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1911–12	Regional	1st	6	6	0	0	21	4	12	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1912–13	Regional	1st	8	7	1	0	22	4	15	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1913–14	Regional	1st	10	9	1	0	41	4	19	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Álvaro Gaspar	14
1914–15	Regional	2nd	10	8	0	2	50	8	16	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Herculano Santos	15
1915–16	Regional	1st	8	7	1	0	16	4	15	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Francisco Pereira	6
1916–17	Regional	1st	8	7	1	0	26	1	15	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1917–18	Regional	1st	4	3	0	1	7	5	6	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Artur Augusto	2
1918–19	Regional	2nd[n 5]	10	6	0	4	26	10	12	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jesus Crespo	6
1919–20	Regional	1st	9	6	2	1	26	8	14	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Artur Augusto	7
1920–21	Regional	4th[n 6]	10	4	2	4	16	14	10	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jesus Crespo	4
1921–22	Regional	2nd	6	3	0	3	11	10	6	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1922–23	Regional	2nd	8	4	2	2	18	13	10	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jesus Crespo	3
1923–24	Regional	3rd	8	3	3	2	13	10	9	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jesus Crespo	5
1924–25	Regional	3rd	8	4	1	3	18	7	9	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jorge Tavares Vítor Hugo	4
1925–26	Regional	5th	14	6	4	4	40	27	16	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jorge Tavares	11
1926–27	Regional	5th	14	5	3	6	23	25	13	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Américo Antunes	7
1927–28	Regional	2nd[n 7]	15	10	3	2	40	17	23	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Jorge Tavares	8
1928–29	Regional[n 8]	2nd	14	8	5	1	45	20	35	R16	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Vítor Silva	11
1929–30	Regional	2nd	14	10	1	3	40	15	35	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Vítor Silva	11
1930–31	Regional	5th	14	4	4	6	35	22	26	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Alberto Cardoso Guedes Gonçalves	6
1931–32	Regional	3rd	13	7	2	4	32	17	29	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Octávio Policarpo	10
1932–33	Regional	1st[n 9]	19	13	3	3	44	22	48	QF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Vítor Silva Luís Xavier	11
1933–34	Regional	5th	9	5	2	2	18	10	21	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Rogério de Sousa	5
1934–35	Primeira Liga Regional	3rd 2nd[n 10]	14 12	8 8	3 0	3 4	41 27	23 13	19 28	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Alfredo Valadas Alfredo Valadas Rogério de Sousa	13 5
1935–36	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd[n 11]	14 11	8 8	5 0	1 3	44 34	23 16	21 27	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Alfredo Valadas Alfredo Valadas	12 9
1936–37	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd	14 10	12 5	0 3	2 2	57 26	13 14	24 23	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Rogério de Sousa Rogério de Sousa	19 10
1937–38	Primeira Liga Regional	1st 2nd	14 10	10 7	3 2	1 1	34 42	16 14	23 26	RU	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Rogério de Sousa G. Espírito Santo	12 21
1938–39	Primeira Divisão[n 12] Regional	3rd 3rd	14 10	9 5	3 1	2 4	44 23	24 28	21 21	RU	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	G. Espírito Santo G. Espírito Santo	13 8
1939–40	Primeira Divisão Regional	4th 1st	18 10	11 7	1 3	6 0	58 36	34 13	23 27	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Francisco Rodrigues Francisco Rodrigues	21 13
1940–41	Primeira Divisão Regional	4th 2nd	14 10	8 8	2 0	4 2	39 29	28 21	18 26	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Francisco Rodrigues Francisco Rodrigues	12 12
1941–42	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	22 10	19 7	0 1	3 2	74 39	34 16	38 25	QF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Francisco Rodrigues Conceição Rodrigues Francisco Pires	16 10
1942–43	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	18 10	15 7	0 1	3 2	74 41	38 16	30 25	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Julinho Manuel da Costa	24 11
1943–44	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 2nd	18 10	11 7	4 2	3 1	57 39	34 21	26 26	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Julinho Joaquim Teixeira	16 9
1944–45	Primeira Divisão Regional	1st 2nd	18 10	14 7	2 0	2 3	79 41	26 18	30 24	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Rogério Pipi Joaquim Teixeira	16 18
1945–46	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 4th	22 10	17 4	3 2	2 4	82 17	29 21	37 20	QF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Rogério Pipi Rogério Pipi	18 5
1946–47	Primeira Divisão Regional	2nd 2nd	26 10	20 6	1 2	5 2	99 41	47 22	41 24	Not held[n 13]	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Julinho Rogério Pipi	22 10
1947–48	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	19	3	4	84	35	41	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Julinho	24
1948–49	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	17	3	6	72	34	37	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Eduardo Corona	15
1949–50	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	21	3	2	86	33	45	Not held[n 14]	& —	& —	& —	Latin Cup	W	Julinho	29
1950–51	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	12	6	8	81	43	30	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Arsénio	25
1951–52	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	18	4	4	76	26	40	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Águas	28
1952–53	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	17	5	4	75	27	39	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Águas	25
1953–54	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	13	6	7	62	40	32	R16	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Águas	23
1954–55	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	18	3	5	61	20	39	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Águas	20
1955–56	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	19	5	2	76	31	43	R16	& —	& —	& —	Latin Cup	3rd	José Águas	28
1956–57	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	17	7	2	75	25	41	W	& —	& —	& —	Latin Cup	RU	José Águas	30
1957–58	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	17	2	7	59	23	36	RU	& —	European Cup	PR	& —	& —	José Águas	22
1958–59	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	17	7	2	78	20	41	W	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Águas	26
1959–60	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	20	5	1	75	27	45	SF	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	José Augusto	19
1960–61	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	22	2	2	92	21	46	R16	& —	European Cup	W	& —	& —	José Águas	27
1961–62	Primeira Divisão	3rd	26	14	8	4	69	38	36	W	& —	European Cup	W	Intercontinental Cup	RU	José Águas	18
1962–63	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	23	2	1	81	25	48	SF	& —	European Cup	RU	Intercontinental Cup	RU	José Torres	26
1963–64	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	21	4	1	103	26	46	W	& —	European Cup	R1	& —	& —	Eusébio	28
1964–65	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	19	5	2	88	21	43	RU	& —	European Cup	RU	& —	& —	Eusébio	28
1965–66	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	18	5	3	73	30	41	QF	& —	European Cup	QF	& —	& —	Eusébio	25
1966–67	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	20	3	3	64	19	43	QF	& —	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3	& —	& —	Eusébio	31
1967–68	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	18	5	3	75	19	41	SF	& —	European Cup	RU	& —	& —	Eusébio	42^GS
1968–69	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	16	7	3	49	17	39	W	& —	European Cup	QF	& —	& —	José Torres	16
1969–70	Primeira Divisão	2nd	26	17	4	5	58	14	38	W	& —	European Cup	R2	& —	& —	Eusébio	20
1970–71	Primeira Divisão	1st	26	18	5	3	62	17	41	RU	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	& —	& —	Artur Jorge	23
1971–72	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	26	3	1	81	16	55	W	& —	European Cup	SF	& —	& —	Artur Jorge	27
1972–73	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	28	2	0	101	13	58	R16	& —	European Cup	R2	& —	& —	Eusébio	40^GS
1973–74	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	21	5	4	68	23	47	RU	& —	European Cup	R2	& —	& —	Eusébio	16
1974–75	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	21	7	2	62	12	49	RU	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	& —	& —	Mário Moinhos	13
1975–76	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	23	4	3	94	20	50	R32	& —	European Cup	QF	& —	& —	Rui Jordão	30
1976–77	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	23	5	2	67	24	51	R16	& —	European Cup	R1	& —	& —	Nené	22
1977–78	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	21	9	0	56	11	51	QF	& —	European Cup	QF	& —	& —	Nené	12
1978–79	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	23	3	4	75	21	49	R32	& —	UEFA Cup	R2	& —	& —	Nené	25
1979–80	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	19	7	4	79	21	45	W	& —	UEFA Cup	R1	& —	& —	Nené	30
1980–81	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	22	6	2	72	15	50	W	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	SF	Supertaça	W	Nené	20
1981–82	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	20	4	6	60	22	44	SF	& —	European Cup	R2	Supertaça	RU	Nené	24
1982–83	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	22	7	1	67	13	51	W	& —	UEFA Cup	RU	& —	& —	Nené	22
1983–84	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	24	4	2	86	22	52	R16	& —	European Cup	QF	Supertaça	RU	Nené	21
1984–85	Primeira Divisão	3rd	30	18	7	5	65	28	43	W	& —	European Cup	R2	Supertaça	RU	Michael Manniche	17
1985–86	Primeira Divisão	2nd	30	21	5	4	54	13	47	W	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Supertaça	W	Michael Manniche	14
1986–87	Primeira Divisão	1st	30	20	8	2	50	25	48[n 15]	W	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Supertaça	RU	Rui Águas	13
1987–88	Primeira Divisão	2nd	38	19	13	6	59	25	51	SF	& —	European Cup	RU	Supertaça	RU	Mats Magnusson	13
1988–89	Primeira Divisão	1st	38	27	9	2	60	15	63	RU	& —	UEFA Cup	R2	& —	& —	Vata	16
1989–90	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	23	9	2	76	48	55	R32	& —	European Cup	RU	Supertaça	W	Mats Magnusson	33
1990–91	Primeira Divisão	1st	38	32	5	1	89	18	69	QF	& —	UEFA Cup	R1	& —	& —	Rui Águas	25
1991–92	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	17	12	5	62	23	46	SF	& —	European Cup	GS	Supertaça	RU	Isaías	12
1992–93	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	22	8	4	60	18	52	W	& —	UEFA Cup	QF	& —	& —	Isaías	9
1993–94	Primeira Divisão	1st	34	23	8	3	73	25	54	R16	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	SF	Supertaça	RU	João Vieira Pinto	15
1994–95	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	22	5	7	61	28	49	QF	& —	Champions League	QF	Supertaça	RU	Isaías	14
1995–96	Primeira Divisão[n 16]	2nd	34	22	7	5	57	27	73	W	& —	UEFA Cup	R3	& —	& —	João Vieira Pinto	18
1996–97	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	17	7	10	49	30	58	RU	& —	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Supertaça	RU	Donizete João Vieira Pinto	7
1997–98	Primeira Divisão	2nd	34	20	8	6	62	29	68	SF	& —	UEFA Cup	R1	& —	& —	Nuno Gomes	18
1998–99	Primeira Divisão	3rd	34	19	8	7	71	29	65	R32	& —	Champions League	GS	& —	& —	Nuno Gomes	24
1999–00	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	21	6	7	58	33	69	R16	& —	UEFA Cup	R3	& —	& —	Nuno Gomes	18
2000–01	Primeira Liga	6th	34	15	9	10	54	44	54	R16	& —	UEFA Cup	R1	& —	& —	Pierre van Hooijdonk	19[10][11]
2001–02	Primeira Liga	4th	34	17	12	5	66	37	63	R32	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Mantorras	13
2002–03	Primeira Liga	2nd	34	23	6	5	74	27	75	R64	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	Simão	18
2003–04	Primeira Liga	2nd	34	22	8	4	62	28	74	W	& —	Champions League UEFA Cup	Q3 R4	& —	& —	Simão	12
2004–05	Primeira Liga	1st	34	19	8	7	51	31	65	RU	& —	Champions League UEFA Cup	Q3 R32	Supertaça	RU	Simão	15
2005–06	Primeira Liga	3rd	34	20	7	7	51	29	67	QF	& —	Champions League	QF	Supertaça	W	Nuno Gomes	15
2006–07	Primeira Liga	3rd	30	20	7	3	55	20	67	R16	& —	Champions League UEFA Cup	GS QF	& —	& —	Simão	11
2007–08	Primeira Liga	4th	30	13	13	4	45	21	52	SF	R4	Champions League UEFA Cup	GS R16	& —	& —	Óscar Cardozo	13
2008–09	Primeira Liga	3rd	30	17	8	5	54	32	59	R16	W	UEFA Cup	GS	& —	& —	Óscar Cardozo	17
2009–10	Primeira Liga	1st	30	24	4	2	78	20	76	R32	W	Europa League	QF	& —	& —	Óscar Cardozo	26
2010–11	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	20	3	7	61	31	63	SF	W	Champions League Europa League	GS SF	Supertaça	RU	Óscar Cardozo	12
2011–12	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	21	6	3	66	27	69	R16	W	Champions League	QF	& —	& —	Óscar Cardozo	20
2012–13	Primeira Liga	2nd	30	24	5	1	77	20	77	RU	SF	Champions League Europa League	GS RU	& —	& —	Lima	20
2013–14	Primeira Liga	1st	30	23	5	2	58	18	74	W	W	Champions League Europa League	GS RU	& —	& —	Lima	14
2014–15	Primeira Liga	1st	34	27	4	3	86	16	85	R16	W	Champions League	GS	Supertaça	W	Jonas	20
2015–16	Primeira Liga	1st	34	29	1	4	88	22	88	R32	W	Champions League	QF	Supertaça	RU	Jonas	32
2016–17	Primeira Liga	1st	12	9	2	1	27	7	29	R16	R3 (GS)	Champions League	GS	Supertaça	W	Pizzi	5

Notes

1. Before the official establishment of the Primeira Liga as the primary national championship, in the 1938–39 season, the Taça de Portugal was called Campeonato de Portugal (English: Championship of Portugal) and its winners were declared the national champions (although the winners of the Championship of Portugal no longer count as Portuguese football champions).
2. Only goals scored in the regional championship or Primeira Liga are considered.
3. With the name Sport Lisboa.
4. Sport Lisboa absorbed Grupo Sport Benfica, changing the name to Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
5. Benfica had to play a two-legged final against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost both legs, 1–0 at home (Campo de Benfica) and 2–1 away (Estádio do Campo Grande). Both final matches are included on the stats.
6. Benfica had to play a match after the end of the first stage at the Campo de Benfica against Carcavelinhos to determine the second team of their group (there were two groups of four teams) to advance to the second stage as both finished the first stage of the Regional at the middle two positions with the same number of points. Benfica won 1–0. This match is included on the stats.
7. Benfica had to play a final match at an unknown ground against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost 3–0. The final match is included on the stats.
8. Starting this season, Regional wins became worth 3 points, ties became worth 2 points and defeats became worth 1 point; instead of the traditional 2/1/0 points. If a team failed to show up at any given match, that team would not get any point.
9. Benfica had to play a final match at the Stadium de Lisboa against Belenenses as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica won 2–1. The final match is included on the stats.
10. Benfica had to play a final round-robin tournament against Sporting CP and Belenenses as all three finished the Regional at the top three positions with the same number of points. Sporting won both matches and Belenenses lost both, leaving Benfica at the second place. Both Benfica matches are included on the stats.
11. Benfica had to play a final match at the Campo das Salésias against Sporting CP as both finished the Regional at the top two positions with the same number of points. Benfica lost 4–1. The final match is included on the stats.
12. After four experimental editions, the Primeira Liga was officially established as a national league competition with the purpose of determining the national champions, thus replacing the Campeonato de Portugal, which was converted into the Taça de Portugal, the top domestic cup competition.
13. The Cup was not organized in the 1946–47 season due to overscheduling caused by the major changes of the football league system.
14. The Cup was not organized in the 1949–50 season because the Estádio Nacional was the host venue for the Latin Cup.
15. Benfica and Braga saw two points subtracted as the federation attributed a 3–0 defeat to both teams after crowd violence that occurred when they faced each other in the last matchday. The original result was 1–1.
16. Starting this season, league wins became worth 3 points, instead of the traditional 2 points.

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