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Revision as of 20:20, 20 September 2021

Benfica
2021–22 season
PresidentLuís Filipe Vieira
(until 15 July 2021)[1]
Rui Costa
(interim since 9 July 2021)[2]
Head coachJorge Jesus
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Liga1st
Taça de PortugalThird round
Taça da LigaThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luca Waldschmidt
Lucas Veríssimo
Rafa Silva
Darwin Núñez
Roman Yaremchuk
(2 goals each)
All:
Rafa Silva
(4 goals)
Highest home attendance19,425 v Tondela
(29 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance13,973 v Arouca
(14 August 2021)
Biggest winSanta Clara 0–5 Benfica
(11 September 2021)
← 2020–21
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 14 September 2021.

The 2021–22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season is the club's 118th season in existence and its 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Benfica play in the Primeira Liga and will participate in the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga. Internationally, Benfica compete in the UEFA Champions League. The season started on 4 August 2021, with the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and will conclude in May 2022.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2021[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Serbia SRB Mile Svilar
2 DF Brazil BRA Gilberto
3 DF Spain ESP Álex Grimaldo
4 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Veríssimo
5 DF Belgium BEL Jan Vertonghen
7 MF Brazil BRA Everton
9 FW Uruguay URU Darwin Núñez
11 MF France FRA Soualiho Meïté
14 FW Switzerland SUI Haris Seferovic
15 FW Ukraine UKR Roman Yaremchuk
17 DF Portugal POR Diogo Gonçalves
18 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo Pinho
20 MF Portugal POR João Mário
21 MF Portugal POR Pizzi (vice-captain)
22 DF Austria AUT Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić (on loan from Marseille)
27 MF Portugal POR Rafa Silva
28 MF Germany GER Julian Weigl
30 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Otamendi
31 DF Portugal POR Gil Dias
34 DF Portugal POR André Almeida (captain)
49 MF Morocco MAR Adel Taarabt
55 MF Portugal POR Paulo Bernardo
77 GK Brazil BRA Helton Leite
83 MF Portugal POR Gedson Fernandes
88 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Ramos
91 DF Brazil BRA Morato
97 DF Portugal POR Ferro
99 GK Greece GRE Odysseas Vlachodimos

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
18 FW Brazil Rodrigo Pinho Portugal Marítimo Free 1 July 2021 [5]
31 DF Portugal Gil Dias France Monaco €1,500,000 [6]
20 MF Portugal João Mário Italy Inter Milan Free 13 July 2021 [7]
11 MF France Soualiho Meïté Italy Torino €7,000,000 23 July 2021 [8]
15 FW Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk Belgium Gent €17,000,000 31 July 2021 [9]
23 MF Serbia Nemanja Radonjić France Marseille Loan 22 August 2021 [10]
22 DF Austria Valentino Lazaro Italy Inter Milan Loan 31 August 2021 [11]
Disclosed total
€25,500,000

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source(s)
33 DF Brazil Jardel Released 1 July 2021
38 MF Brazil Pedrinho Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk €18,000,000 [12]
11 MF Argentina Franco Cervi Spain Celta Vigo €4,000,000 5 July 2021 [13]
MF Brazil Caio Lucas United Arab Emirates Sharjah FC €2,000,000 6 July 2021 [14]
MF Portugal Tiago Dantas Portugal Tondela Loan 7 July 2021 [15]
71 DF Portugal Nuno Tavares England Arsenal €8,000,000 10 July 2021 [16]
MF Portugal Nuno Santos Portugal Paços de Ferreira Loan 11 July 2021 [17]
MF Croatia Filip Krovinović Croatia Hajduk Split €1,500,000 19 July 2021 [18]
MF Guinea-Bissau Alfa Semedo Portugal Vitória de Guimarães €1,500,000 29 July 2021 [19]
10 FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Germany Wolfsburg €12,000,000 22 August 2021 [20]
61 MF Portugal Florentino Luís Spain Getafe Loan 31 August 2021 [21]
13 MF Portugal Jota Scotland Celtic Loan [22]
95 FW Brazil Carlos Vinícius Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Loan [23]
22 MF Greece Andreas Samaris Released [24]
19 MF Portugal Chiquinho Portugal Braga Loan [25]
Disclosed total
€47,000,000

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures   Cancelled

16 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal v Belgium Gent Faro/Loulé, Portugal
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
16 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal 2–1 Portugal Casa Pia Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benfica Campus
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)
18 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal v Portugal Boavista Faro/Loulé, Portugal
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
18 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal 2–1 Spain Almería Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benfica Campus
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)
22 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal 1–0 France Lille Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)
25 July 2021 Friendly Benfica Portugal 1–1 France Marseille Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Non-televised friendlies, played at Benfica Campus:

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Primeira Liga 7 August 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 5 5 0 0 13 2 +11 100.00
Taça de Portugal October 2021 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Taça da Liga 27 October 2021 Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 4 August 2021 Third qualifying round 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 060.00
Total 10 8 2 0 19 3 +16 080.00

Last updated: 14 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 29 4 1 86 22 +64 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 +50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 +48 74 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 +21 65 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 5 0 0 13 2  +11 15 2 0 0 4 1  +3 3 0 0 9 1  +8

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456
GroundAHAHAH
ResultWWWWW
Position83211
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 August 2021 1 Moreirense 1–2 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 1,498[note 2]
Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)
14 August 2021 2 Benfica 2–0 Arouca Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 13,973[note 2]
Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)
21 August 2021 3 Gil Vicente 0–2 Benfica Barcelos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 3,751[note 2]
Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)
29 August 2021 4 Benfica 2–1 Tondela Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 19,425[note 2]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)
11 September 2021 5 Santa Clara 0–5 Benfica Ponta Delgada
17:00 AZOST (UTC±00:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel
Attendance: 3,326[note 3]
Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)
20 September 2021 6 Benfica 3–1 Boavista Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2021–22 Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BEN SCC GUI
1 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
2 Sporting da Covilhã 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
3 Vitória de Guimarães 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
27 October 2021 2 Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica Guimarães
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
15 December 2021 3 Benfica v Sporting da Covilhã Lisbon
Stadium: Estádio da Luz

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[32]

4 August 2021 First leg Spartak Moscow Russia 0–2 Portugal Benfica Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)
Report
Stadium: Otkritie Arena
Attendance: 2,933[33][note 4]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
10 August 2021 Second leg Benfica Portugal 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Russia Spartak Moscow Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 16,312[35][note 2]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[36]

18 August 2021 First leg Benfica Portugal 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 18,199[37][note 2]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
24 August 2021 Second leg PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Portugal Benfica Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 21,855[38]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[39] Template:2021–22 UEFA Champions League group tables

14 September 2021 1 Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–0 Portugal Benfica Kyiv, Ukraine
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)
Report
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium
Attendance: 21,657[40]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
29 September 2021 2 Benfica Portugal v Spain Barcelona Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
20 October 2021 3 Benfica Portugal v Germany Bayern Munich Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
2 November 2021 4 Bayern Munich Germany v Portugal Benfica Munich, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
23 November 2021 5 Barcelona Spain v Portugal Benfica Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Camp Nou
8 December 2021 6 Benfica Portugal v Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 September 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Serbia SRB Mile Svilar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 GK Brazil BRA Helton Leite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 GK Greece GRE Odysseas Vlachodimos 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA Gilberto 8 2 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 2+2 1
3 DF Spain ESP Álex Grimaldo 9 1 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Veríssimo 8 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Belgium BEL Jan Vertonghen 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
17 DF Portugal POR Diogo Gonçalves 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 DF Austria AUT Valentino Lazaro 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Otamendi 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
31 DF Portugal POR Gil Dias 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 DF Portugal POR André Almeida 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
91 DF Brazil BRA Morato 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
97 DF Portugal POR Ferro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Brazil BRA Everton 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1+4 0
11 MF France FRA Soualiho Meïté 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
20 MF Portugal POR João Mário 9 1 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
21 MF Portugal POR Pizzi 8 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
23 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
27 MF Portugal POR Rafa Silva 9 4 0+4 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
28 MF Germany GER Julian Weigl 8 1 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
49 MF Morocco MAR Adel Taarabt 8 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+4 0
55 MF Portugal POR Paulo Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83 MF Portugal POR Gedson Fernandes 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Uruguay URU Darwin Núñez 4 2 2+1 2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
14 FW Switzerland SUI Haris Seferovic 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 FW Ukraine UKR Roman Yaremchuk 7 2 2+1 2 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo Pinho 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Ramos 8 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
10 FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 FW Brazil BRA Carlos Vinícius 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.
  2. ^ a b c d e f The stadium's capacity was limited to 33% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.[30]
  3. ^ The stadium's capacity was limited to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.[31]
  4. ^ The stadium's capacity was limited to 3,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[34]

References

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  2. ^ "Statement". S.L. Benfica. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Benfica - Squad - UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Bem-vindo, Rodrigo Pinho!". S.L. Benfica. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Bem-vindo, Gil Dias!". S.L. Benfica. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Welcome, João Mário!". S.L. Benfica. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Welcome, Meïte!". S.L. Benfica. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Welcome, Yaremchuk!". S.L. Benfica. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Welcome, Nemanja!". S.L. Benfica. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Welcome, Valentino!". S.L. Benfica. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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  13. ^ "Franco Cervi transferido". S.L. Benfica. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Caio Lucas transferido". S.L. Benfica. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Tiago Dantas emprestado". S.L. Benfica. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Nuno Tavares transferido". S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Nuno Santos emprestado ao Paços de Ferreira". S.L. Benfica. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Krovinovic transferred". S.L. Benfica. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Alfa Semedo transferred". S.L. Benfica. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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  22. ^ "Jota emprestado". S.L. Benfica. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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