2024–25 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica 2024–25 football season

Benfica
2024–25 season
President	Rui Costa
Head coach	Roger Schmidt
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	Pre-season
Taça de Portugal	Third round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	League phase
FIFA Club World Cup	Group stage
← 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 3 July 2024^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro Carreras
4	DF	POR	António Silva
5	DF	BRA	Morato
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah
7	MF	BRA	David Neres
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes
9	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral
10	MF	TUR	Orkun Kökçü
19	FW	DEN	Casper Tengstedt
20	MF	POR	João Mário (vice-captain)
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi (captain)
32	FW	ARG	Benjamín Rollheiser
36	FW	BRA	Marcos Leonardo
44	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo
45	GK	JPN	Leo Kokubo
47	MF	POR	Tiago Gouveia
61	MF	POR	Florentino Luís
75	GK	POR	André Gomes
87	MF	POR	João Neves
—	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis
—	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Álvaro Carreras	Manchester United	€6,000,000	1 July 2024	^[3]
32	FW	Benjamín Rollheiser	River Plate	€9,500,000		^[4]
—	FW	Vangelis Pavlidis	AZ Alkmaar	€18,000,000		^[5]
—	MF	Leandro Barreiro	Mainz 05	Free	2 July 2024	^[6]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
27	FW	Rafa Silva	Beşiktaş J.K.	Free	1 July 2024	^[7]
11	FW	Ángel Di María		Free		^[8]
—	DF	David Jurásek	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan		^[9]

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

The pre-season began on 3 July 2023.^[10]

Benfica

Farense

12 July 2024 Friendly	Benfica	–	Farense	Águeda, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda

Benfica

Celta de Vigo

13 July 2024 Friendly	Benfica	–	Celta de Vigo	Águeda, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Águeda

Benfica

Brentford

25 July 2024 Friendly	Benfica	–	Brentford	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Benfica

Feyenoord

28 July 2024 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	–	Feyenoord	Lisbon, Portugal
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	9–12 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
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					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
1	Arouca	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	AVS	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Benfica	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Boavista	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Braga

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.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

FIFA Club World Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League		FIFA Club World Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin	0	0	0	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
45	GK	JPN	Leo Kokubo	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	POR	António Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Morato	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	DF	BRA	Gustavo Marques	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	DF	POR	Diogo Spencer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	David Neres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	TUR	Orkun Kökçü	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	POR	João Mário	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	POR	Tiago Gouveia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	MF	POR	João Rego	0	0	0	0	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
	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral	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
32	FW	ARG	Benjamín Rollheiser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	BRA	Marcos Leonardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	FW	POR	Gustavo Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.

References

^ "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Benfica - Squad - UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Álvaro Carreras signs for Benfica until 2029". S.L. Benfica. 26 May 2024.
^ Almeida, Isaura (20 January 2024). "Benfica anuncia a contratação do argentino Rollheiser" [Benfica announces signing of Argentinian Rollheiser]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Pavlidis joins Benfica!". S.L. Benfica. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ "Todas as explicações de Rui Costa: os motivos para Schmidt continuar, o que falhou esta época, a contestação e o mercado". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "Rafa deixa Benfica e é reforço do Besiktas". abola.pt. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Bem-vindo, Di María!" [Welcome, Di María!]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Leihe verlängert – Jurásek bleibt ein weiteres Jahr bei der TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 1 July 2024.
^ "Pré-época 2024/25 em marcha" [2024/25 pre-season underway]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

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2024–25 in Portuguese football

Men's

League competitions	Primeira Liga (level 1) Liga Portugal 2 (level 2) Liga 3 (level 3) Campeonato de Portugal (level 4)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal Final Taça da Liga Final Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League Youth League
National teams	Senior UEFA Euro 2024 (Group F) 2026 FIFA World Cup - qualifying U21 UEFA Euro 2025 - qualifying Group G U19 U17 UEFA Euro 2025 - qualifying

Women's

League competitions	Campeonato Nacional (level 1) Campeonato Nacional II Divisão (level 2) Campeonato Nacional III Divisão (level 3)
Cup competitions	Taça de Portugal Final Taça da Liga Final Supertaça de Portugal
European competitions	Champions League
National teams	Senior UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - qualifying League B

Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Arouca AVS Benfica Boavista Braga Casa Pia Estoril Estrela da Amadora Famalicão Farense Gil Vicente Moreirense Nacional Porto Rio Ave Santa Clara Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães
Liga Portugal 2	Académico de Viseu Alverca Benfica B Chaves Feirense Felgueiras Leixões Mafra Marítimo Oliveirense Paços de Ferreira Penafiel Portimonense Porto B Tondela Torreense União de Leiria Vizela