{{short description|Portuguese sports club}} {{distinguish|C.F. Benfica (women)}} {{for|the Portuguese First Division football team|S.L. Benfica}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{coord|38|44|57.15|N|9|12|25.35|W|display=title}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Futebol Benfica | image = Clube Futebol Benfica logo.png | image_size = 120px | caption = | fullname = Clube Futebol Benfica | nickname = ''Fofó'' | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1933|3|23}} | ground = Estádio Francisco Lázaro,<br/>Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal | capacity = 1,500 | chrtitle = President | chairman = Vasco Fernandes | mgrtitle = Manager | manager = Pedro Barroca | league = Campeonato Nacional | season = 2013–14 | position = Série G, 8th (relegated) | website = http://www.futebolbenfica.com/ | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _bluestriped_sides | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _band_red | leftarm1 = FF2121 | body1 = FF2121 | rightarm1 = FF2121 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = _band_black | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = FF2121 | socks2 = FF2121 }} '''Clube Futebol Benfica''' ({{IPA|pt|bɐ̃jˈfikɐ}}), commonly known as '''Futebol Benfica''' or simply as '''''Fofó''''' ({{IPA|pt|fɔˈfɔ}}), is a Portuguese sports club based in the Benfica neighborhood of Lisbon. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cfbenfica.net/historial_2.html#Historial|title=Historial do Clube Futebol Benfica|trans-title=History of Clube Futebol Benfica|work=Clube Futebol Benfica|accessdate=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131233443/http://cfbenfica.net/historial_2.html#Historial#Historial|archive-date=31 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football, women's football, field hockey and roller hockey teams.

The men's football team competes in the Regional league. Previously it competed in the newly created Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, a competition created in 2013 after the merging of the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (third and fourth tiers of the Portuguese football league system).

The women's football team plays in the national top league, the Campeonato Nacional.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} Both teams play at the Estádio Francisco Lázaro, where they have been playing ever since the establishment of the club.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} The home colours are red and black.

Futebol Benfica is an independent club without any affiliation or connection with the better-known Sport Lisboa e Benfica, a neighboring club of much larger dimensions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slbenfica.pt |title=SL Benfica|work=SLB|accessdate=11 November 2012 }}</ref>

==History== The existence stretches back to around 1895, as the sports division of a philharmonic society in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon, adopting the name "Foot-Ball de Bemfica" in 1911. It was reorganized as an autonomous club on 23 March 1933. Futebol Benfica has won several national titles, principally in roller hockey and field hockey.

Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete, Francisco Lázaro, who died while running in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/doping-em-portugal/noticias/interior/francisco-lazaro-a-primeira-das-vitimas-do-doping-1308210.html|title=Francisco Lázaro: a primeira das vítimas do 'doping'|work=DN|accessdate=29 October 2012 }}</ref>

The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including football, women's football, athletics, field hockey, indoor hockey, gymnastics and swimming.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cfbenfica.net/historial_3.html#Historial|title=Historial e Títulos do Clube Futebol Benfica|trans-title=History and Titles of Clube Futebol Benfica|work=Clube Futebol Benfica|accessdate=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603093012/http://www.cfbenfica.net/historial_3.html#Historial#Historial|archive-date=3 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2011–12 season, Futebol Benfica men's football team was promoted to the Segunda Divisão of the Portuguese football after winning the Serie E of the Terceira Divisão, having achieved one of the best results in recent years.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}

In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese national women's football league and the Portuguese women's football cup, and went on to also take the first women's supercup. It won both the national championship and cup again in 2015–16.

==Season to season== {{See also|Portuguese football league system}}

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Division | Section ! Place ! Notes |- style="background:#8FD8D8;" | 1994–95{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | '''Regional''' | AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour | 1st | Promoted |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 1995–96<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=19961540055 |title=III Divisão 1995/96 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> | '''3rd''' | Série E | 10th | |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 1996–97<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=19971540055 |title=III Divisão 1996/97 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> | '''3rd''' | Série E | 11th | |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 1997–98<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=19981540055 |title=III Divisão 1997/98 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> | '''3rd''' | Série E | 13th | |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 1998–99<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=19991540055 |title=III Divisão 1998/99 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> | '''3rd''' | Série E | 13th | |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 1999–2000<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20001540055 |title=III Divisão 1999/2000 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> | '''3rd''' | Série E | 10th | |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2000–01<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20011540055 |title=III Divisão 2000/01 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Série F |style="background:#CECE1B;"|12th |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2001–02<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20021540055 |title=III Divisão 2001/02 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Série E |style="background:#CECE1B;"|12th |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2002–03<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20031540055 |title=III Divisão 2002/03 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Série F |style="background:#CECE1B;"|16th |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2003–04<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20041542801 |title=III Divisão 2003/04 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| '''Regional''' |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|3rd |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| |- |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2004–05{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| '''Regional''' |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|1st |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2005–06{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Série F |style="background:#CECE1B;"|15th |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2006–07{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| '''Regional''' |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2nd |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| |- |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2007–08{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| '''Regional''' |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2nd |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2008–09<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foradejogo.net/championship.php?championship=20091540055 |title=III Divisão 2008/09 |work=Foradejogo.net |accessdate=20 November 2012 }}</ref> |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Série E |style="background:#CECE1B;"|10th |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|2009–10{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| '''Regional''' |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour |style="background:#8FD8D8;"|8th |style="background:#8FD8D8;"| |- style="background:#8FD8D8;" | 2010–11{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | '''Regional''' | AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour | 2nd | Promoted |- style="background:#CECE1B;" | 2011–12{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | '''3rd''' | Série E | 1st | Promoted |- style="background:#FF7F00;" | 2012–13{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | '''2nd B''' | Zona Sul | 13th | |- style="background:#FF7F00;" | 2013–14{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | '''CN''' | Série G | 8th | Relegated |- style="background:#8FD8D8;" | 2014–15 | '''Regional''' | AF Lisboa&nbsp;– 1st Division of Honour | | |- |}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foradejogo.net/team.php?team=236 |title=Fut. Benfica Histórico |work=ForaDeJogo.net|accessdate=19 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Honours==

===Football=== * Terceira Divisão ** Winner of Serie E: 2011–12 * AF Lisboa ''(Regional Leagues)'' ** First Division of Honour (2): 1994–95, 2004–05 ** First Division: 1986–87 ** Second Division: 1977–78

===Women's football=== {{main|CF Benfica (women)}} *Portuguese Women's national league ** Champions (2): 2014–15,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/cm_ao_minuto/detalhe/futebol_benfica_conquista_primeiro_titulo_feminino_da_sua_historia.html|title = Futebol Benfica conquista primeiro título feminino}}</ref> 2015–16<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/fofo-sagra-se-bicampeao-nacional-5175869.html|title=Fofó sagra-se bicampeão nacional|date=15 May 2016 }}</ref> * Portuguese Women's Football Cup ** Champions (2): 2014–15,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/futebol_feminino/interior.aspx?content_id=953399|title = As principais notícias sobre Futebol Feminino}}</ref> 2015–16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.futebol365.pt/artigo/152433-cronica-futebol-benfica-agarra-a-taca-de-portugal-e-faz-dobradinha/|title = Crónica: Futebol Benfica agarra a Taça de Portugal e faz 'dobradinha'}}</ref> ** Runners-up: 2010–11,{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} 2013–14 *Supertaça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino ** Champions: 2014–15<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/supertaca-feminina/abrantes/futebol-benfica-vence-supertaca-de-futebol-feminino|title = Futebol Benfica vence Supertaça de futebol feminino}}</ref> ** Runners-up: 2015–16

===Field Hockey=== * Portuguese Field Hockey Championship (8): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1978–79

===Roller Hockey=== * Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division (3): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website}} * [https://www.foradejogo.net/team.php?team=236 ForaDeJogo.net profile & squad] * [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/portugal/clube-futebol-benfica/ Women's team at women.soccerway.com]

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