2026–27 S.L. Benfica season

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The 2026–27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season is the club's 123rd season in existence and its 93rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica plays in the Primeira Liga, and also compete in the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal. In Europe, Benfica plays in the UEFA Europa League.

PresidentRui Costa

Head coachMarco Silva^[1]

StadiumEstádio da Luz

Primeira LigaMatchday 1

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Benfica
2026–27 season
President	Rui Costa
Head coach	Marco Silva^[1]
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	Matchday 1
Taça de Portugal	Fourth round
Taça da Liga	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Vangelis Pavlidis (4)
Highest home attendance	59,563 v St. Gallen (30 July 2026)
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 St. Gallen (30 July 2026)
Biggest defeat	St. Gallen 2–1 Benfica (23 July 2026)
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Players

First-team squad

As of 1 August 2026^[2]^[3]

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin
2	DF	FRA	Clément Lenglet (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
3	DF	ESP	Rafael Obrador
5	MF	ARG	Enzo Barrenechea
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah
7	FW	POR	Bruma
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes (captain)
9	FW	CRO	Franjo Ivanović
10	MF	UKR	Heorhiy Sudakov
11	FW	BEL	Dodi Lukébakio
13	FW	POL	Jakub Kamiński
14	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis
16	MF	POR	Manu Silva
17	DF	BIH	Amar Dedić
18	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	COL	Richard Ríos
21	FW	NOR	Andreas Schjelderup
22	FW	COL	Jhon Durán (on loan from Al-Nassr)
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni
26	DF	SWE	Samuel Dahl
27	FW	POR	Rafa Silva
33	DF	BRA	Gabriel Índio
44	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo
47	FW	POR	Tiago Gouveia
50	GK	POR	Diogo Ferreira
60	MF	POR	Nuno Félix
66	DF	USA	Joshua Wynder
84	MF	POR	João Rego

Transfers

In

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No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
2	DF	Clément Lenglet	Atlético Madrid	Loan	30 June 2026	^[4]
5	MF	Enzo Barrenechea	Aston Villa F.C.	€12,000,000	1 July 2026	^[5]
10	MF	Heorhiy Sudakov	Shakhtar Donetsk	€20,250,000	1 July 2026	^[6]
13	FW	Jakub Kamiński	1. FC Köln	€17,000,000	7 July 2026	^[7]
22	FW	Jhon Durán	Al-Nassr	Loan (€6,100,000)	20 July 2026	^[8]
33	DF	Gabriel Índio	Athletic	€4,000,000	26 July 2026	^[9]
Disclosed total
€59,350,000

Out

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No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
15	DF	Sidny Lopes Cabral	Trabzonspor	€7,000,000	4 June 2026	^[10]
—	DF	Rafael Rodrigues	Al Ain	€2,500,000	10 June 2026	^[11]^[12]
61	MF	Florentino	Burnley	€24,000,000	12 June 2026	^[13]^[14]
64	DF	Gonçalo Oliveira	Stade Rennais	€3,500,000	20 June 2026	^[15]
76	DF	Gustavo Marques	Red Bull Bragantino	€3,500,000	26 June 2026	^[16]^[17]
93	MF	Beni Souza	Estrela da Amadora	Undisclosed	30 June 2026	^[18]
—	MF	Orkun Kökçü	Beşiktaş	€25,000,000	1 July 2026	^[19]
30	DF	Nicolás Otamendi	River Plate	Free		^[20]^[21]
67	FW	Rodrigo Rêgo	Brighton	€3,500,000		^[22]
86	MF	Diogo Prioste	Gil Vicente	Loan	3 July 2026	^[23]
68	MF	João Veloso	Moreirense	Loan	13 July 2026	^[24]
—	GK	André Gomes	Casa Pia	€500,000	20 July 2026	^[25]
—	FW	Gustavo Varela	AC Monza	€2,000,000	27 July 2026	^[26]
39	FW	Henrique Araújo	Casa Pia	Undisclosed	28 July 2026	^[27]
4	DF	António Silva	Bournemouth	€25,000,000	1 August 2026	^[28]
Disclosed total
€93,000,000

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

The pre-season began on 25 June 2026.^[29]^[30]

11 July 2026 Algarve Cup	Benfica	1–2	Flamengo	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
19:30 WEST	Pavlidis 45+8'	Report	35' 45' Lino 39' Pulgar 45' Henrique 68' Wallace Yan 81' Saúl	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

17 July 2026 Friendly	Benfica	2–0	Villareal	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
19:30 WEST	Rafa 53' Enzo 55' Pavlidis 76'	Report	31' Moreno	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

24 July 2026 Friendly	Benfica	5–1	Belenenses	Lisbon, Portugal
18:00 WEST	Anísio 2' Ivanović 38' (pen.) Prestianni 45', 55' Durán 54'	Report	33' Bruninho	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	9 August 2026	16 May 2027	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça de Portugal	21–22 November 2026		Fourth round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Taça da Liga	27–29 October 2026		Quarter-finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	23 July 2026		Second qualifying round	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Total				2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00

Last updated: 30 July 2026
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
2	Alverca	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3	Arouca	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Benfica	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Braga	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6	Casa Pia

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Results summary

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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: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result
Position
Points

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

Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW), not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days.

Matches

9 August 2026 1	Benfica	v	Académico de Viseu	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

16 August 2026 2	Casa Pia	v	Benfica	Rio Maior
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

23 August 2026 3	Moreirense	v	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas

30 August 2026 4	Benfica	v	Estoril	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

6 September 2026 5	Marítimo	v	Benfica	Funchal
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo

13 September 2026 6	Benfica	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

20 September 2026 7	Porto	v	Benfica	Porto
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

11 October 2026 8	Benfica	v	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

25 October 2026 9	Santa Clara	v	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

1 November 2026 10	Benfica	v	Alverca	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

8 November 2026 11	Estrela da Amadora	v	Benfica	Amadora
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Gomes

29 November 2026 12	Benfica	v	Famalicão	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

6 December 2026 13	Nacional	v	Benfica	Funchal
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Madeira

13 December 2026 14	Benfica	v	Braga	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

20 December 2026 15	Rio Ave	v	Benfica	Vila do Conde
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC

27 December 2026 16	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

10 January 2027 17	Arouca	v	Benfica	Arouca
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

17 January 2027 18	Académico de Viseu	v	Benfica	Viseu
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo

24 January 2027 19	Benfica	v	Casa Pia	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

31 January 2027 20	Benfica	v	Moreirense	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

7 February 2027 21	Estoril	v	Benfica	Estoril
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota

14 February 2027 22	Benfica	v	Marítimo	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

21 February 2027 23	Gil Vicente	v	Benfica	Barcelos
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

28 February 2027 24	Benfica	v	Porto	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

7 March 2027 25	Vitória de Guimarães	v	Benfica	Guimarães
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

14 March 2027 26	Benfica	v	Santa Clara	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

21 March 2027 27	Alverca	v	Benfica	Alverca do Ribatejo
--:-- WET (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

4 April 2027 28	Benfica	v	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

11 April 2027 29	Famalicão	v	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho

18 April 2027 30	Benfica	v	Nacional	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

25 April 2027 31	Braga	v	Benfica	Braga
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

2 May 2027 32	Benfica	v	Rio Ave	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

9 May 2027 33	Sporting CP	v	Benfica	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

16 May 2027 34	Benfica	v	Arouca	Lisbon
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

27–29 October 2026 Quarter-finals	Benfica	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC+00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 17 June 2026.

23 July 2026 First leg	FC St. Gallen	2–1	Benfica	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daschner 30' Balde 37' Stanić 62' Gaal 80', 90+4'	Report	Rafa Silva 44' Pavlidis 65'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,179 Referee: Luca Pairetto (Italy)

30 July 2026 Second leg	Benfica	5–0 (6–2 agg.)	FC St. Gallen	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 11', 55', 66', 74' (pen.) Lenglet 81'	Report	21' Stanić 50' Okoroji	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,563 Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 20 July 2026.

6 August 2026 First leg	Benfica	v	Heart of Midlothian	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

13 August 2026 Second leg	Heart of Midlothian	v	Benfica	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Sander van der Eijk (Netherlands)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 July 2026

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Clément Lenglet	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	BIH	Amar Dedić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	SWE	Samuel Dahl	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	DF	BRA	Gabriel Índio	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
58	DF	POR	Daniel Banjaqui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	POR	José Neto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ARG	Enzo Barrenechea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	UKR	Heorhiy Sudakov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	POR	Manu Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	COL	Richard Ríos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
73	MF	POR	Miguel Figueiredo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
84	MF	POR	João Rego	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
88	MF	POR	Tiago Freitas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	POR	Bruma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CRO	Franjo Ivanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	BEL	Dodi Lukébakio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	FW	POL	Jakub Kamiński	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
21	FW	NOR	Andreas Schjelderup	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	FW	COL	Jhon Durán	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	POR	Rafa Silva	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
47	FW	POR	Tiago Gouveia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
72	FW	POR	Anísio Cabral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	POR	Gonçalo Moreira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who made an appearance but left the team.
4	DF	POR	António Silva	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

2026–27 S.L. Benfica season

Players

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Primeira Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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