Clube Futebol Benfica (), commonly known as Futebol Benfica, or simply as ''Fofó'' (), is a Portuguese

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in the Benfica neighborhood of

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895. Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football, women's football,

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

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 The Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese for 'Championship of Portugal') is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. Together with the third-tier Liga 3, it is organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The Campeonato ...

, 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. Both teams play at the Estádio Francisco Lázaro, where they have been playing ever since the establishment of the club. 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.

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

. Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in

. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete,

Francisco Lázaro Francisco Lázaro (21 January 1888 – 15 July 1912) was a Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and Portugal's standard-bearer in their first-ever participation at the Olympic Games, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Like all the Ol ...

, who died while running in the

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at the

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in Stockholm. The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including

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, women's football, athletics, field hockey,

indoor hockey Indoor hockey is an indoor variant of field hockey. It is similar to the outdoor game in that two teams compete to move a hard ball into the goal of the opposing side using hockey sticks. Indoor hockey is played on a smaller area and between sm ...

, gymnastics and swimming. 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. In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese

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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

Honours

Football

* Terceira Divisão ** Winner of Serie E: 2011–12 *

AF Lisboa The Lisbon Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Lisboa'', abrv. ''AF Lisboa'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Lisbon. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in ...

''(Regional Leagues)'' ** First Division of Honour (2): 1994–95, 2004–05 ** First Division: 1986–87 ** Second Division: 1977–78

Women's football

* Portuguese Women's national league ** Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 * Portuguese Women's Football Cup ** Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16. ** Runners-up: 2010–11, 2013–14 * Supertaça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino ** Champions: 2014–15 ** 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 The Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division ( pt, Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão de Hóquei em Patins or simply ''1ª Divisão''; literally: Roller Hockey First Division National Championship) is the premier roller hockey league in Portu ...

(3): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43

References

External links

*
ZeroZero profile & squad

ForaDeJogo.net profile & squad

Women's team at women.soccerway.com
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