S.L. Benfica de Macau

Benfica de Macau

Full name	Casa do Sport Lisboa e Benfica em Macau (Chinese: 澳門賓菲加體育會)
Founded	1951
Ground	Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau
Capacity	16,272
Coach	Henrique Nunes da Silva
League	Liga de Elite
2016	1st
Home colours Away colours

The House of Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Macau (Chinese: 澳門賓菲加體育會), simply known as Benfica de Macau, is a football club based in Macau. They are the current champions of Macau's first division Liga de Elite. It was founded on 17 October 1951, as the number 232 House of S.L. Benfica.

History

On 21 August 2016, Benfica de Macau defeated Rovers FC of Guam 4-2 in a 2017 AFC Cup Play-off Qualifier in Bibshek. It was the first win ever for a Macanese club in an AFC competition.^[1]

Honours

• Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol: 3

2014, 2015,^[2] 2016^[3][4]

• Taça de Macau: 2

2013,^[5] 2014^[6]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Lei Chi Kin 5 MF Luís Amorim 7 FW Vinício Alves 8 MF Filipe Aguiar 10 MF Cuco 11 FW Iuri Capelo 13 DF Filipe Duarte 14 MF Edgar 17 MF Marco Meireles 18 FW Ricardo Torrao

No. Position Player 20 FW Nicholas Torrão 21 MF Christopher Nwaorou 23 MF Lei Kam Hong 28 FW Alison Agues 30 GK Rui Nibra 45 FW Carlos Leonel 77 DF Chan Man 88 FW Joel GK Kuong Iat Man

References

1. "DUO SEAL KEY 2017 AFC CUP QUALIFYING WINS, STALEMATE IN GROUP C". The AFC.com. 21 August 2016.
2. "衛冕聯賽冀衝出澳門 賓菲加望戰亞協盃". Exmoo News. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. "賓菲加提早三輪封王". Macao Daily News. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
4. http://www.record.xl.pt/internacional/paises/outros/detalhe/benfica-tricampeao-em-macau.html
5. 2013 MFA Cup Match Final Results
6. 2014 MFA Cup Match Final Results

External links

• Benfica de Macau facebook page