List of S.L. Benfica players (25–99 appearances)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese professional football team based in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon.[1][lower-alpha 1] The club was formed in 1904 and played its first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa.[4][5] They won their first regional title in 1910,[6] and their first nationwide in 1930, the Campeonato de Portugal, a knockout competition which determined the Portuguese champion among the winners of the regional championships.[7][8] In 1934, an experimental league competition known as Primeira Liga was introduced in Portuguese football. Due to its success among the clubs, it became the official top-tier championship in 1938, in place of the Campeonato de Portugal.[7] Since its first edition, Benfica have won a record 37 titles.[1] Internationally, they won the European Cup twice, in 1961 and 1962.[1]
Since their first competitive match, more than 750 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches. Dimas, Tahar El Khalej, and Nemanja Matić all fell one short of 100 appearances, as they all moved elsewhere while the season was ongoing. Four former players went on to be first-team managers: Cosme Damião, Ribeiro dos Reis, Vítor Gonçalves, and Cândido Tavares.[9][10][11] Hugo Leal, who appeared 41 times for the club, is the youngest player to have played for Benfica. He was 16 years and 335 days when he played against Sporting de Espinho on 20 April 1997.[12][13] João Félix holds the club record sale at €126 million.[14] Nemanja Matić is the only player listed to have been selected as Primeira Liga Player of the Year.[15][16][lower-alpha 2] Of the players still at the club, Gabriel is the closest to 100 appearances; he has played in 86 matches.
As of 5 February 2021, a total of 263 players have played between 25 and 99 competitive matches for the club. Of those players, 9 are still playing for the club.
Key
- The list is ordered by date of debut.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 5 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
- Player
- Players with name in italics were on loan from another club for part or all of their Benfica career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column, and for the players who later signed a permanent deal, their time spent at loan is specified.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- League appearances and League goals
- League appearances and goals comprise those in the Campeonato de Lisboa and the Primeira Liga. Starting in the 1934–35 season, appearances are only counted in the Primeira Liga.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal (including in the early denomination as Campeonato de Portugal), Taça da Liga, Supertaça, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and defunct competitions such as Campeonato de Lisboa, Latin Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Intercontinental Cup
- International selection
- Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
- Caps
- For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club. All information relating to international selection, including number of full caps won while with the club, is sourced to Tovar (2012), pp. 679–761, unless otherwise noted.
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player |
List of players (25 to 99 appearances)
Player | Pos | Club career | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | International selection | Caps | Notes | Refs |
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League | Total | |||||||||
Henrique Costa | FB | 1906–1918 | 63 | 2 | 63 | 2 | — | — | [17] | |
Cosme Damião | FW | 1907–1916 | 67 | 8 | 67 | 8 | — | — | [lower-alpha 3][9] | [18] |
António Costa | FW | 1907–1914 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | — | — | [19] | |
Artur José Pereira | HB | 1907–1914 | 41 | 6 | 41 | 6 | — | — | [20] | |
Luís Vieira | HB | 1907–1913 1916–1919 | 53 | 5 | 53 | 5 | — | — | [21] | |
Leopoldo Mocho | FB | 1907–1911 1913–1917 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 1 | — | — | [22] | |
António Meireles | FW | 1907–1911 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 7 | — | — | [23] | |
Carlos Figueiredo | FW | 1909–1917 | 39 | 4 | 39 | 4 | — | — | [24] | |
José Domingos | FW | 1910–1915 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | — | [25] | |
Alberto Rio | FW | 1908–1918 | 36 | 18 | 36 | 18 | — | — | [26] | |
Francisco Belas | FW | 1911–1919 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | — | — | [27] | |
Paiva Simões | GK | 1911–1919 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | — | [28] | |
Herculano dos Santos | HB | 1912–1923 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 30 | — | — | [17] | |
Francisco Pereira | FW | 1912–1917 | 26 | 16 | 26 | 16 | — | — | [29] | |
Artur Augusto | FW | 1915–1921 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 5 | — | — | [20] | |
Cândido Oliveira | HB | 1914–1920 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 5 | — | — | [30] | |
Ribeiro dos Reis | FW | 1915–1916 1917–1925 | 43 | 14 | 43 | 14 | Portugal | 1 | [lower-alpha 3][9] | [31] |
José Maria Bastos | FB | 1916–1922 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | — | [27] | |
Fernando Jesus | HB | 1917–1925 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 0 | Portugal | 2 | [32] | |
Alberto Augusto | FW | 1917–1924 | 39 | 10 | 39 | 10 | Portugal | 3 | [26] | |
António Pinho | FB | 1918–1920 1928–1930 1932–1933 | 42 | 2 | 50 | 3 | Portugal | 2 | [33] | |
Francisco Vieira | GK | 1918–1919 1921–1926 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | Portugal | 3 | [21] | |
José Pimenta | FW | 1918–1928 | 75 | 2 | 75 | 2 | — | — | [33] | |
Vítor Gonçalves | FW | 1918–1927 | 72 | 5 | 72 | 5 | Portugal | 2 | [lower-alpha 3][11] | [34] |
José Simões | FW | 1919–1929 | 78 | 14 | 83 | 15 | — | — | [35] | |
Vítor Hugo | HB | 1921–1931 | 84 | 15 | 95 | 15 | — | — | [34] | |
Luís Costa | FB | 1924–1932 1933–1934 | 42 | 0 | 72 | 0 | — | — | [36] | |
Mário Carvalho | FW | 1924–1931 | 69 | 30 | 81 | 34 | Portugal | 2 | [37] | |
Artur Travassos | HB | 1924–1931 | 31 | 1 | 43 | 2 | — | — | [38] | |
Francisco Costa | GK | 1925–1927 1933–1934 | 15 | 0 | 59 | 0 | — | — | [39] | |
Ralph Bailão | FB | 1926–1933 | 58 | 2 | 89 | 4 | — | — | [40] | |
António Jacinto | GK | 1926–1929 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — | — | [41] | |
Tamanqueiro | HB | 1926–1928 | 27 | 4 | 38 | 9 | Portugal | 9 | [31] | |
Germano Campos | FW | 1926–1927 1931–1933 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | — | [42] | |
Eugénio Salvador | FW | 1927–1929 1930–1934 | 34 | 15 | 43 | 20 | — | — | [43] | |
Manuel de Oliveira | FW | 1928–1934 1935–1936 | 46 | 6 | 71 | 17 | — | — | [20] | |
Guedes Gonçalves | FW | 1928–1936 | 45 | 24 | 69 | 35 | — | — | [41] | |
João Oliveira | HB | 1928–1934 | 55 | 10 | 73 | 14 | Portugal | 1 | [32] | |
Anibal José | HB | 1928–1933 | 35 | 1 | 52 | 3 | Portugal | 4 | [44] | |
Artur Dyson | GK | 1929–1931 | 21 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | — | [45] | |
Pedro Silva | HB | 1929–1934 | 21 | 8 | 50 | 24 | — | — | [46] | |
Augusto Dinis | HB | 1929–1933 | 21 | 7 | 37 | 14 | — | — | [25] | |
Alberto Cardoso | FW | 1930–1938 | 31 | 12 | 62 | 23 | — | — | [26] | |
Francisco Gatinho | FB | 1930–1936 | 38 | 0 | 88 | 0 | — | — | [42] | |
João Correia | HB | 1930–1933 1934–1939 | 39 | 1 | 71 | 2 | — | — | [32] | |
Pedro da Conceição | GK | 1931–1936 | 27 | 0 | 48 | 0 | — | — | [18] | |
Augusto Amaro | GK | 1932–1939 | 40 | 0 | 80 | 0 | Portugal | 2 | [47] | |
Carlos Torres | FW | 1933–1937 | 28 | 23 | 60 | 34 | — | — | [38] | |
Domingos Lopes | FW | 1934–1939 | 36 | 6 | 74 | 16 | Portugal | 2 | [25] | |
Raul Baptista | HB | 1935–1941 | 49 | 0 | 95 | 3 | — | — | [40] | |
Feliciano Barbosa | HB | 1935–1939 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 8 | — | — | [40] | |
Cândido Tavares | GK | 1935–1937 | 24 | 0 | 46 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 3][10] | [48] |
António Vieira | FB | 1936–1940 | 35 | 0 | 74 | 0 | Portugal | 2 | [21] | |
Ricardo Freire | FB | 1936–1943 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 7 | — | — | [39] | |
Mário da Rosa | GK | 1937–1950 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 0 | — | — | [49] | |
Carlos Brito | FW | 1938–1946 | 43 | 26 | 79 | 44 | — | — | [50] | |
Elói | FB | 1939–1943 | 38 | 0 | 75 | 0 | — | — | [51] | |
Francisco Rodrigues | FW | 1939–1942 | 44 | 49 | 88 | 99 | — | — | [52] | |
Miguel Lourenço | FW | 1939–1942 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 16 | — | — | [53] | |
Francisco Pires | FW | 1940–1945 | 17 | 7 | 44 | 31 | — | — | [33] | |
Conceição Rodrigues | HB | 1940–1943 | 18 | 4 | 39 | 18 | — | — | [18] | |
Manuel da Costa | HB | 1941–1945 | 43 | 28 | 74 | 49 | — | — | [54] | |
Mário Galvão | FB | 1941–1945 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 4 | — | — | [55] | |
Manuel Jordão | HB | 1942–1946 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 2 | — | — | [56] | |
Eduardo Cerqueira | FB | 1943–1949 | 48 | 0 | 60 | 0 | — | — | [57] | |
Mário Rui | FW | 1943–1948 1952–1954 | 30 | 18 | 57 | 24 | — | — | [58] | |
Artur Teixeira | FB | 1943–1947 | 25 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — | — | [20] | |
João da Silva | HB | 1943–1945 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 2 | — | — | [59] | |
Alfredo Melão | FW | 1946–1951 | 61 | 28 | 73 | 34 | — | — | [23] | |
Pinto Machado | GK | 1946–1949 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | — | [33] | |
Vítor Baptista | FW | 1946–1949 | 59 | 30 | 70 | 40 | — | — | [40] | |
José da Costa | HB | 1947–1952 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 2 | — | — | [60] | |
Rogério Contreiras | GK | 1947–1950 | 34 | 0 | 38 | 0 | — | — | [18] | |
António Manuel | HB | 1948–1954 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | — | [19] | |
Rosário | FW | 1948–1954 | 76 | 18 | 96 | 22 | — | — | [49] | |
Francisco Calado | HB | 1948–1958 | 81 | 10 | 97 | 14 | — | — | [30] | |
Zézinho | HB | 1952–1960 | 50 | 9 | 75 | 11 | — | — | [61] | |
Vieirinha | HB | 1952–1954 | 33 | 5 | 40 | 7 | — | — | [34] | |
Fialho | FW | 1953–1956 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 9 | — | — | [24] | |
Salvador Martins | FW | 1953–1956 1957–1959 | 49 | 20 | 55 | 21 | Portugal | 4 | [43] | |
Leonel Pegado | HB | 1954–1958 | 41 | 3 | 58 | 5 | — | — | [46] | |
Mário João | FB | 1957–1962 | 48 | 2 | 89 | 4 | Portugal | 2 | [58] | |
António Mendes | FW | 1957–1962 | 26 | 19 | 43 | 27 | — | — | [23] | |
António Saraiva | DF | 1959–1963 | 29 | 1 | 50 | 1 | — | — | [62] | |
Jorge Calado | MF | 1961–1968 1969-1971 | 29 | 0 | 49 | 7 | — | — | [30] | |
Augusto Silva | MF | 1962–1967 | 36 | 4 | 64 | 13 | — | — | [40] | |
Pedras | FW | 1962–1966 | 16 | 7 | 32 | 19 | — | — | [46] | |
Yaúca | FW | 1963–1968 | 32 | 23 | 58 | 42 | Portugal | 1 | [61] | |
Luciano Fernandes | DF | 1963–1966 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 0 | — | — | [36] | |
Serafim Pereira | MF | 1963–1966 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 20 | Portugal | 1 | [63] | |
Alfredo Nascimento | GK | 1964–1970 | 27 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | — | [64] | |
Nélson Fernandes | FW | 1965–1968 | 28 | 9 | 40 | 14 | — | — | [65] | |
Augusto Matine | MF | 1967–1968 1969–1971 1972–1973 | 31 | 0 | 53 | 0 | Portugal | 8 | [66] | |
José Miglietti | DF | 1968–1972 | 53 | 0 | 84 | 1 | — | — | [61] | |
Rui Rodrigues | DF | 1971–1974 | 47 | 1 | 59 | 2 | Portugal | 2 | [43] | |
Nelinho | FW | 1972–1974 1975–1977 | 46 | 11 | 55 | 11 | Portugal | 1 | [64] | |
Mário Moinhos | MF | 1973–1977 | 73 | 21 | 96 | 26 | Portugal | 7 | [22] | |
Cavungi | MF | 1975–1980 | 29 | 4 | 41 | 5 | — | — | [57] | |
Carlos Alhinho | DF | 1976–1977 1978–1981 | 74 | 2 | 90 | 2 | Portugal | 6 | [67] | |
Joaquim Pereirinha | DF | 1977–1980 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 2 | — | — | [29] | |
Jorge Silva | FW | 1977–1979 1984–1985 | 33 | 12 | 47 | 16 | — | — | [56] | |
Frederico Rosa | DF | 1979–1983 | 40 | 0 | 63 | 0 | — | — | [39] | |
César Martins | FW | 1979–1983 | 44 | 20 | 85 | 23 | — | — | [57] | |
João Laranjeira | DF | 1979–1982 | 42 | 2 | 60 | 2 | Portugal | 3 | [68] | |
Jorge Gomes | FW | 1979–1982 | 41 | 10 | 59 | 12 | — | — | [56] | |
Alberto Bastos Lopes | DF | 1980–1984 | 23 | 1 | 35 | 1 | — | — | [26] | |
Francisco Vital | FW | 1980–1981 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 4 | — | — | [34] | |
Zoran Filipović | FW | 1981–1984 | 56 | 26 | 84 | 41 | — | — | [69] | |
Carlos Pereira | DF | 1981–1986 1987–1988 | 26 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | — | [70] | |
Glenn Strömberg | MF | 1982–1984 | 29 | 3 | 44 | 6 | Sweden | 10 | [48] | |
Dito | DF | 1986–1988 | 55 | 1 | 81 | 2 | Portugal | 8 | [25] | |
Edmundo | DF | 1986–1988 | 31 | 2 | 44 | 2 | — | — | [71] | |
Tueba Menayane | MF | 1986–1988 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 3 | — | — | [38] | |
Chiquinho Carlos | MF | 1986–1988 | 55 | 15 | 79 | 22 | — | — | [72] | |
António Fonseca | DF | 1987–1990 | 39 | 1 | 49 | 1 | Portugal | 2 | [69] | |
Elzo Coelho | MF | 1987–1989 | 38 | 1 | 55 | 1 | — | — | [51] | |
Hernâni Neves | MF | 1988–1991 1992–1994 | 33 | 1 | 49 | 3 | Portugal | 1 | [17] | |
Adesvaldo Lima | FW | 1988–1991 | 35 | 4 | 49 | 14 | — | — | [53] | |
Vata | FW | 1988–1991 | 60 | 29 | 76 | 37 | — | — | [73] | |
Ademir Alcântara | MF | 1988–1990 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 7 | — | — | [74] | |
Abel Campos | MF | 1988–1990 | 49 | 8 | 64 | 13 | — | — | [74] | |
Aldair | DF | 1989–1990 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 6 | Brazil | 8 | [26] | |
Fernando Mendes | DF | 1989–1991 1992–1993 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 2 | Portugal | 4 | [24] | |
Rui Bento | DF | 1990–1992 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 0 | Portugal | 2 | [49] | |
Erwin Sánchez | MF | 1990–1991 1997–1998 | 41 | 7 | 48 | 8 | Bolivia | 14 | [62] | |
Vasili Kulkov | MF | 1991–1994 | 54 | 6 | 77 | 11 | Russia | 8 | [68] | |
Sergei Yuran | FW | 1991–1994 | 63 | 18 | 95 | 34 | Russia | 10 | [61] | |
Daniel Kenedy | DF | 1992–1996 | 37 | 2 | 85 | 5 | — | — | [68] | |
Abel Xavier | DF | 1992–1995 | 47 | 4 | 65 | 5 | Portugal | 1 | [74] | |
Aílton Delfino | FW | 1993–1994 1995–1996 | 32 | 11 | 38 | 14 | — | — | [75] | |
Pedro Henriques | DF | 1994–1997 | 37 | 1 | 48 | 2 | — | — | [46] | |
Dimas | DF | 1994–1997 | 68 | 4 | 99 | 5 | Portugal | 12 | [25] | |
Paulo Bento | MF | 1994–1996 | 49 | 2 | 68 | 3 | Portugal | 2 | [76] | |
Paulo Pereira | DF | 1994–1996 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 2 | — | — | [76] | |
José Tavares | MF | 1994–1995 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 6 | Portugal | 2 | [48] | |
Nelo | MF | 1994–1995 | 23 | 0 | 36 | 0 | Portugal | 4 | [65] | |
Edílson | FW | 1994–1995 | 23 | 9 | 31 | 19 | — | — | [L 1] | [71] |
Claudio Caniggia | FW | 1994–1995 | 24 | 8 | 34 | 16 | — | — | [77] | |
Bruno Caires | MF | 1994–1996 | 35 | 2 | 51 | 2 | — | — | [78] | |
Edgar Pacheco | MF | 1995–1998 | 48 | 9 | 68 | 11 | — | — | [71] | |
Basarab Panduru | MF | 1995–1998 | 49 | 7 | 68 | 12 | Romania | 3 | [28] | |
Marinho | DF | 1995–1997 | 33 | 1 | 45 | 2 | — | — | [37] | |
Ilian Iliev | MF | 1995–1997 | 40 | 4 | 51 | 4 | — | — | [79] | |
Paulão | MF | 1995–1997 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 3 | Angola | 20 | [80] | |
Hassan Nader | FW | 1995–1997 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 9 | — | — | [81] | |
Mauro Airez | FW | 1995–1997 | 27 | 0 | 39 | 3 | — | — | [66] | |
Marcelo Cipriano | FW | 1995–1996 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 13 | — | — | [37] | |
Maniche | MF | 1995–1996 1999–2001 | 54 | 11 | 69 | 14 | — | — | [82] | |
Tahar El Khalej | DF | 1996–2000 | 72 | 10 | 99 | 11 | Morocco | 15 | [48] | |
Martin Pringle | FW | 1996–1999 | 41 | 6 | 54 | 8 | — | — | [83] | |
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui | DF | 1996–1998 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — | — | [71] | |
Jorge Soares | DF | 1996–1998 | 25 | 2 | 35 | 2 | — | — | [60] | |
Tiago Pereira | MF | 1996–1998 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 1 | — | — | [84] | |
Amaral | MF | 1996–1998 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 2 | Brazil | 3 | [L 2][lower-alpha 4] | [47] |
Jorge Bermúdez | DF | 1996–1997 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 2 | — | — | [85] | |
Serhiy Kandaurov | MF | 1997–2001 | 67 | 12 | 81 | 13 | — | — | [86] | |
Luís Carlos | MF | 1997–2000 | 45 | 1 | 54 | 1 | Portugal | 1 | [36] | |
Bruno Basto | DF | 1997–2000 | 48 | 1 | 58 | 1 | — | — | [50] | |
Sergei Ovchinnikov | GK | 1997–1999 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | Russia | 24 | [28] | |
José Sousa | DF | 1997–1999 | 25 | 1 | 45 | 1 | — | — | [87] | |
Scott Minto | DF | 1997–1999 | 31 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | — | [22] | |
Hugo Leal | MF | 1997–1999 | 31 | 3 | 41 | 3 | Portugal | 1 | [79] | |
Luís Andrade | MF | 1998–2000 2001–2003 | 41 | 0 | 53 | 0 | — | — | [88] | |
Michael Thomas | MF | 1998–1999 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 1 | — | — | [84] | |
Mark Pembridge | MF | 1998–1999 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 3 | Wales | 6 | [46] | |
Robert Enke | GK | 1999–2002 | 77 | 0 | 93 | 0 | — | — | [51] | |
João Tomás | FW | 1999–2001 | 41 | 19 | 46 | 20 | Portugal | 2 | [56] | |
Chano | MF | 1999–2001 | 56 | 2 | 65 | 3 | — | — | [72] | |
Sérgio Nunes | DF | 1999–2001 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 2 | — | — | [63] | |
Ricardo Rojas | DF | 1999–2001 | 25 | 2 | 42 | 0 | — | — | [89] | |
Jorge Ribeiro | DF | 1999–2000 2001–2002 2008–2009 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 2 | — | — | [60] | |
Carlitos | MF | 2000–2004 | 46 | 5 | 50 | 5 | — | — | [77] | |
Ednilson | MF | 2000–2002 | 35 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | — | [71] | |
Fernando Meira | DF | 2000–2002 | 46 | 2 | 55 | 2 | Portugal | 11 | [23] | |
Diogo Luís | DF | 2000–2002 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | — | [25] | |
Pierre van Hooijdonk | FW | 2000–2001 | 30 | 19 | 35 | 23 | — | — | [73] | |
Abdel Sattar Sabry | MF | 2000–2001 | 37 | 8 | 42 | 9 | Egypt | 18 | [43] | |
Roger Flores | MF | 2000–2001 2002–2004 | 36 | 6 | 44 | 7 | — | — | [89] | |
Argel | DF | 2001–2005 | 79 | 6 | 97 | 6 | — | — | [19] | |
Tomo Šokota | FW | 2001–2005 | 60 | 21 | 79 | 28 | Croatia | 8 | [90] | |
Anders Andersson | MF | 2001–2004 | 49 | 1 | 57 | 1 | Sweden | 9 | [88] | |
Ljubinko Drulović | MF | 2001–2003 | 50 | 5 | 54 | 6 | — | — | [45] | |
João Pinto | DF | 2001–2003 | 48 | 4 | 52 | 4 | Portugal | 1 | [59] | |
Marco Caneira | DF | 2001–2002 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Portugal | 2 | [L 3] | [30] |
Fernando Aguiar | MF | 2001–2002 2003–2004 | 38 | 3 | 45 | 3 | — | — | [24] | |
Armando Sá | DF | 2002–2004 | 48 | 1 | 57 | 1 | — | — | [19] | |
Tiago | MF | 2002–2004 | 75 | 19 | 89 | 25 | Portugal | 10 | [84] | |
Miklós Fehér | FW | 2002–2004 | 30 | 7 | 37 | 8 | Hungary | 5 | [91][92] | |
Cristiano Roland | DF | 2002–2004 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 1 | — | — | [93] | |
João Pereira | DF | 2003–2006 | 58 | 4 | 85 | 7 | — | — | [59] | |
Manuel Fernandes | MF | 2003–2006 | 67 | 3 | 97 | 4 | Portugal | 2 | [54] | |
Takis Fyssas | DF | 2003–2005 | 30 | 0 | 41 | 1 | Greece | 21 | [39] | |
Nuno Assis | MF | 2004–2008 | 56 | 4 | 83 | 6 | — | — | [94] | |
Alcides | DF | 2004–2006 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | — | [L 4] | [26] |
Manuel dos Santos | DF | 2004–2006 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 1 | — | — | [45] | |
Bruno Aguiar | MF | 2004–2005 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | — | [50] | |
Azar Karadas | FW | 2004–2005 | 27 | 4 | 36 | 6 | Norway | 5 | [86] | |
Anderson | DF | 2005–2007 | 48 | 4 | 73 | 5 | — | — | [88] | |
Fabrizio Miccoli | FW | 2005–2007 | 39 | 14 | 56 | 19 | — | — | [L 5] | [23] |
Giorgos Karagounis | MF | 2005–2007 | 45 | 3 | 67 | 3 | Greece | 17 | [86] | |
Beto | MF | 2005–2007 | 30 | 0 | 48 | 1 | — | — | [85] | |
Marcelo Moretto | GK | 2005–2007 2008–2009 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — | — | [87] | |
Edcarlos | DF | 2007–2008 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | — | [45] | |
Cristian Rodríguez | MF | 2007–2008 | 24 | 6 | 36 | 7 | Uruguay | 8 | [L 6] | [93] |
Miguel Vítor | DF | 2007–2011 2012 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — | — | [22] | |
Luís Filipe | DF | 2007–2008 2009–2011 | 23 | 0 | 40 | 0 | — | — | [36] | |
Gilles Binya | MF | 2007–2009 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 0 | Cameroon | 10 | [85] | |
Fábio Coentrão | DF | 2007 2009–2011 | 52 | 2 | 97 | 8 | Portugal | 14 | [52] | |
Sidnei | DF | 2008–2011 2012 | 45 | 6 | 75 | 7 | — | — | [35] | |
José Antonio Reyes | MF | 2008–2009 | 26 | 4 | 35 | 6 | — | — | [L 7] | [31] |
Hassan Yebda | MF | 2008–2009 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 2 | — | — | [61] | |
Jonathan Urretaviscaya | MF | 2008–2010 2012–2014 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 2 | — | — | [95] | |
César Peixoto | DF | 2009–2011 | 31 | 0 | 65 | 1 | — | — | [57] | |
Ramires | MF | 2009–2010 | 26 | 4 | 42 | 5 | Brazil | 9 | [31] | |
Weldon | FW | 2009–2011 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 6 | — | — | [96] | |
Alan Kardec | FW | 2010–2011 2012–2013 | 23 | 3 | 43 | 8 | — | — | [97] | |
Felipe Menezes | MF | 2010–2011 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 2 | — | — | [91] | |
Airton Santos | MF | 2010–2015 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | — | [98] | |
Franco Jara | FW | 2010–2011 2014–2015 | 29 | 6 | 47 | 11 | — | — | [99] | |
Nolito | MF | 2011–2013 | 35 | 12 | 63 | 16 | — | — | [100] | |
Bruno César | MF | 2011–2013 | 32 | 10 | 60 | 13 | Brazil | 2 | [101][78] | |
Axel Witsel | MF | 2011–2012 | 32 | 1 | 52 | 5 | Belgium | 8 | [96] | |
Emerson | DF | 2011–2012 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | — | [51] | |
Nemanja Matić | MF | 2011–2013 | 56 | 6 | 99 | 9 | Serbia | 7 | [102][103] | |
André Gomes | MF | 2012–2014 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 4 | Portugal | 1 | [104][105] | |
Lorenzo Melgarejo | DF | 2012–2013 | 21 | 2 | 40 | 2 | Paraguay | 2 | [106][107] | |
Ola John | MF | 2012–2013 2014–2015 | 53 | 3 | 90 | 9 | Netherlands | 1 | [108][109] | |
Miralem Sulejmani | MF | 2013–2015 | 15 | 1 | 34 | 3 | Serbia | 4 | [110][111] | |
Lazar Marković | MF | 2013–2014 | 26 | 5 | 49 | 7 | Serbia | 7 | [112][113] | |
Sílvio | DF | 2013–2016 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 0 | Portugal | 1 | [L 7] | [114][115] |
Victor Lindelöf | DF | 2013–2017 | 48 | 2 | 72 | 2 | Sweden | 12 | [116][117] | |
Guilherme Siqueira | MF | 2013–2014 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 1 | — | — | [L 7] | [118] |
Jan Oblak | GK | 2013–2014 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Slovenia | 3 | [119][120] | |
Talisca | FW | 2014–2016 | 52 | 12 | 78 | 20 | — | — | [121] | |
Derley | FW | 2014–2015 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 2 | — | — | [122] | |
Júlio César | GK | 2014–2017 | 57 | 0 | 83 | 0 | — | — | [123] | |
Gonçalo Guedes | MF | 2014–2017 | 39 | 5 | 68 | 11 | Portugal | 2 | [124][125] | |
Lisandro López | DF | 2014–2017 | 32 | 4 | 54 | 6 | — | — | [126] | |
Kostas Mitroglou | FW | 2015–2017 | 60 | 36 | 88 | 52 | Greece | 14 | [L 8][lower-alpha 5] | [127][128] |
Renato Sanches | MF | 2015–2016 | 24 | 2 | 35 | 2 | Portugal | 9 | [129][130] | |
Mehdi Carcela | MF | 2015–2016 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 3 | Morocco | 1 | [131][132] | |
Nélson Semedo | DF | 2015–2017 | 42 | 3 | 65 | 4 | Portugal | 6 | [133][134] | |
Ederson Moraes | GK | 2015–2017 | 37 | 0 | 58 | 0 | — | — | [135] | |
André Carrillo | MF | 2016–2017 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 3 | Peru | 5 | [136][137] | |
Andrija Živković | MF | 2016–2020 | 55 | 3 | 88 | 4 | Serbia | 12 | [138][139] | |
Filipe Augusto | MF | 2017–2018 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | — | [140] | |
Bruno Varela | GK | 2017–2019 | 29 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | — | [141] | |
Filip Krovinović | MF | 2017–2019 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 2 | — | — | [142] | |
Gedson Fernandes | MF | 2018–2020 | 29 | 0 | 59 | 3 | Portugal | 2 | [143][144] | |
Gabriel | MF | 2018– | 49 | 3 | 86 | 5 | — | — | [145] | |
João Félix | FW | 2018–2019 | 26 | 15 | 43 | 20 | Portugal | 1 | [146][147] | |
Ferro | DF | 2019–2020 | 43 | 3 | 64 | 4 | — | — | [148] | |
Florentino Luís | MF | 2019–2020 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 1 | — | — | [149] | |
Adel Taarabt | MF | 2019– | 42 | 1 | 68 | 1 | Morocco | 5 | [lower-alpha 6] | [150][151] |
Carlos Vinícius | FW | 2019–2020 | 34 | 18 | 49 | 24 | — | — | [152] | |
Chiquinho | FW | 2019– | 33 | 3 | 52 | 6 | — | — | [153] | |
Jota | MF | 2019–2020 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 2 | — | — | [154] | |
Tomás Tavares | DF | 2019–2020 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | — | [155] | |
Nuno Tavares | DF | 2019– | 21 | 1 | 34 | 1 | — | — | [156] | |
Julian Weigl | MF | 2020– | 33 | 1 | 47 | 2 | — | — | [157] | |
Everton Soares | MF | 2020– | 14 | 3 | 25 | 4 | Brazil | 4 | [158] | |
Luca Waldschmidt | FW | 2020– | 14 | 6 | 25 | 8 | Germany | 6 | [159] | |
Darwin Núñez | FW | 2020– | 16 | 3 | 27 | 9 | Uruguay | 3 | [160] |
Footnotes
- Originally located in Benfica;[2] in 1959, the parish was split in two, with Estádio da Luz located in the new parish.[3]
- The award was created in 1970 and ran until 2000, being known as Portuguese Footballer of the Year, with Portuguese newspaper Diário Popular selecting the best player. The current award was created in 2006 and is awarded by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP).
- Player who later became first-team head coach
- Was on loan in the final six months of 1996–97 and signed a permanent deal in December 1997.
- Was on loan in 2015–16 and signed a permanent deal in 2016–17.
- Joined in the 2015-16 season, but only made his first team debut in 2018-19 season.
Player statistics include games played while on loan from:
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