Benfica Football Wallpapers

Sport Lisboa e Benfica commonly known as Benfica or SLB, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Founded on 28 February 1904, Benfica is one of the Três Grandes (Big Three) football clubs in Portugal. The team plays its home matches in the Estádio da Luz with a capacity of 65,647. The club's official anthem is "Ser Benfiquista". Unlike many other European football clubs, Benfica sócios (paying supporters) own and operate the club since its creation. Benfica is the world's most supported football club, and the twenty-second richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €111.1 million. Domestically, Benfica holds a record of 32 Primeira Liga titles, a record of 24 Taça de Portugal (and 4 consecutively), a record of 9 Doubles, a record of 4 Taça da Liga (totally and consecutively), 3 Campeonato de Portugal and 4 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Benfica has the distinction of being the first club in the history of the Primeira Liga to have completed an entire 30 game season unbeaten in 1972–73 and also the first club to do it twice in 1977–78. Internationally, Benfica was the first and only Portuguese club to win 2 European Cups consecutively, in 1961 and 1962, and one Latin Cup in 1950. In addition, the club was runner-up in the 1961 and 1962 Intercontinental Cups, in the 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1987–88 and 1989–90 European Cups, in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Benfica holds the Portuguese record of 9 European finals and it is the seventh club with the most presence in UEFA finals. Benfica is the most successful football club in Portuguese competitions, with 67 titles, having 69 titles overall. The club was one of the founding members of the Primeira Liga in 1933 and it has never been relegated from the first division of Portuguese football.