Benfica Football Wallpapers

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as simply Benfica or SLB and, occasionally, as Benfica Lisbon, is a multi-sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team. Historically, Benfica has been the most successful football club in domestic competitions and is one of the Três Grandes, or Big Three, football clubs in Portugal, the other two being Futebol Clube do Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal, Benfica's biggest rivals. Benfica was one of the founding members of the Primeira Liga in 1933, and, together with Porto and Sporting, they have never been relegated from the First Division (Portuguese: Primeira Divisão) of Portuguese football. On 28 February 1904, Sport Lisboa e Benfica (originally known as Grupo Sport Lisboa, English: Lisbon Sport Group) was founded during a meeting in the southwest part of Lisbon involving 24 young men, led by Cosme Damião. As a result of this meeting, the most popular and successful football club in Portugal was created, as well as one of the most internationally recognized football clubs in the world. Domestically, Benfica has won a total of 32 Portuguese Liga titles, 24 Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal, Portugal Millennium Cup) titles, two Portuguese League Cup (Taça da Liga, bwin Cup) titles, and four Portuguese SuperCups (Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira) titles. Internationally, Benfica has won two European Cup (currently UEFA Champions League) titles, one Latin Cup title, and one Iberian Cup title. In addition, the football club has seven UEFA Champions League finals appearances and one UEFA Cup (currently UEFA Europa League) finals appearance.