Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional roller hockey team based in

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, Portugal. Founded in 1917, Benfica play in the

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, where they are the current champions, having won 24 league titles (shared record). Moreover, they have won 15 Portuguese Cups, nine

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s, one 1947 Cup and two Elite Cup. Internationally, Benfica have won, among other trophies, two

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, two

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, two Intercontinental Cup and one Golden Cup.

History

International success

Benfica's only European trophy up to the season of 2009–10 had been a

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in the final by 6–4, at their home ground). With this victory, Benfica had the chance to play the

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against the

winner

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. The opponent refused to play the cup's final and Benfica won it by 10–0 (disqualification), conquering their first Continental Cup. On 2 June 2013, Benfica won their first

defeating

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at Dragão Caixa by 6–5 ( aet), in an all Portuguese final. That made them the fourth Portuguese team to lift the most important clubs European trophy. On 2 November 2013, Benfica won their second Continental Cup defeating

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of Spain (5–3, 5–0), thus becoming the only Portuguese club to win the trophy twice. On 16 November 2013, Benfica won the Intercontinental Cup, defeating

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by 10–3 and winning the only missing trophy for the club and the second one for Portuguese roller hockey, after the 1993 Óquei de Barcelos win. On 15 March 2015, Benfica became the second European club, after

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, to win

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's most important club title in both men and women competitions, after defeating the French team Coutras in the final of the Women's European Cup. Domestically, earlier that season, the women's section had conquered the national Super Cup on 8 November 2014, and later also won their third consecutive national championship on 8 June 2015, and their second consecutive domestic cup on 14 June, accomplishing the treble, and winning all five competitions they played, including the Torneio de Abertura. Later, on 16 May, Benfica's men squad became Portuguese champions without defeat, totalling 25 wins and one draw. On 15 May 2016, Benfica were crowned European champions for the second time, after beating

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in the

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5–3. Five months later, Benfica beat Óquei de Barcelos (9–2) in the second leg of the Continental Cup, and won the trophy for a third time. On 16 December 2017, Benfica beat Reus Deportiu (3–5) and won their second Intercontinental Cup, thus becoming the second team with most trophies in the competition.

Current squad

Men's technical staff

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Honours

According to Benfica's official website

Domestic

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: Winners (24) – shared record: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23 *

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: Winners (15): 1962–63, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: Winners (9): 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2022, 2023 * 1947 Cup : Winners – record: 2020 * Elite Cup : Winners (2) – shared record: 2017, 2023

European

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: Winners (2):

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, 2015–16 *

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* Continental Cup : Winners (3): 2011, 2013, 2016 * Nations Cup : Winners: 1962 *

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Women's current squad

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* 20 Carolina Monteiro * 66 Maria Sofia Silva * 95 Raquel Santos

Women's honours

Regional

* Opening Tournament of Lisbon Roller Sports Association : Winners (8): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

National

* Portuguese League : Winners (10) – record: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Portuguese Cup : Winners (9) – record: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Portuguese Super Cup : Winners (10) – record: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 * Elite Cup : Winners (2) – record: 2022, 2023

European

* WSE Women’s Champions League : Winners: 2014–15

References

External links

* {{Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division teams Roller hockey Roller hockey clubs in Portugal 1917 establishments in Portugal