SL Benfica

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly referred to as simply SL Benfica, Benfica or Benfica Lisbon) is a football club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica was founded in 1904 as Sport Lisboa, but underwent a name change in 1908 after merging with Sport Club de Benfica.

Benfica was one of Europe's first powerhouses, and was the first team to break Real Madrid's dominance in the early European Champions Cup. Having won two European Cups in a row (1961 and 1962), the Lisbon club never managed to win a European trophy again, despite losing several ECC finals to AC Milan (1963 and 1989), Internazionale (1964), Manchester United (1968) and PSV (1988), plus a UEFA Cup in 1982 (Anderlecht). In 1968, it was considered the best European Team by France Football. Many of its successes in the 1960s were with all-time football great Eusébio in the side.

During the 1970s, the team faded slightly from the European scene, but remained the main force inside the Portuguese football scene. However, financial problems began undermining the club. In the 1980s the board decided to close the third level in the Estádio da Luz, and a questionable signing policy (which included squads composed of well over 30 players, signing players for hefty sums without any sporting or financial return, and signing fading Portuguese star Futre in the early 1990s), resulted in several problems in the years ahead.

Recently, the club has managed to regain some of its sporting and financial prowess and has won the the 2004/05 Portuguese league, a victory which set off massive countrywide celebrations.

Benfica play their home games in the new Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (unofficially "Estádio da Luz", literally the stadium of light) - which is partly built on top of the old stadium grounds -, one of Europe's largest sporting stadiums and host of the Euro 2004 final. They are Portugal's most decorated football team, having won 31 domestic league titles, 24 Portuguese Cups, and two European Cups.

As a multiple sports-oriented club, Benfica also field teams in basketball, roller hockey, indoor football (futsal), volleyball, handball, water polo, rugby and an athletics team. In total, Benfica have 13 international titles: 3 in football (two European Cups - 60/61 and 61/62, one Latin Cup - 49/50); one in roller hockey (CERS Cup - 90/91); 4 in rugby (3 Iberian Cup + 1 Torneio Ibérico) and 5 in athletics (Athletics European Cup).

Pre-Season Football Squad (2005/06 season)

This is the full squad for the 2005/2006 pre-season.

Number		Player	Position	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1		José Filipe da Silva Moreira	GK
12		Joaquim Manuel S. Silva Quim	GK	Sporting Clube de Braga
24		Yannick Daniel Quesnel	GK	Futebol Clube de Alverca
Defenders
2		Euripedes D. Adão Amoreirinha	CD	Futebol Clube de Alverca
30		André Luís	CD	Santos Futebol Clube
4		Anderson R. L. Silva Luisão	CD	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
13		Alcides Eduardo M. Araújo Alves	CD	Santos Futebol Clube
14		Panagiotis Fyssas	LD
18		Manuel Dos Santos Fernandes	LD	Olympique de Marseille
23		Luís Miguel Brito G. Monteiro	RD
47		João Pedro Da Silva Pereira	RD
33		Ricardo Sérgio Rocha Azevedo	CD\\RD
Midfielders / Wingers
5		Paulo Almeida Dos Santos	DM	Santos Futebol Clube
6		Armando G. Teixeira "Petit"	DM	Boavista FC
8		Bruno João Morais Aguiar	LW\\RW	Futebol Clube de Alverca
19		Everson Pereira Da Silva	RM	OGC Nice
28		Roger Galera Flores	AM	Fluminense
15		Nuno Assis	AM	Vitória de Guimarães
37		Manuel Henriques T. Fernandes	CM
Forwards
7		Carlos A. A. Garcia "Carlitos	RF	GD Estoril-Praia
9		Pedro Manuel Torres "Mantorras	CF
11		Geovanni Deiberson Maurício	CF\\RF
20		Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa	RF\\LF	FC Barcelona
21		Nuno Miguel S. P. Ribeiro "Gomes	CF	Boavista FC
22		Azar Karadas	CF	Rosenborg B.K
25		Tomislav Sokota	(fired)
Manager
		Ronald Koeman

External link

• SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's OFFICIAL WEBSITE

• UNOFFICIAL - SL Benfica Website
• UNOFFICIAL - SL Benfica Website in English
• UNOFFICIAL - SL Benfica Website in German

• SL Benfica Supporters:
  • Diabos Vermelhos

• SL Benfica Humor Page:
  • E Pluribus Unum

SuperLiga Galp Energia 2004/05
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Portuguese football by seasons
1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 2004-05 [ [{{localurl:{}|action=edit}} edit] ]

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