O Clássico () is the name given in
football
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to matches between Portuguese clubs
S.L. Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...
and
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...
. Originally, the term ''O Clássico'' only referred to games played in the
league
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, but now tends to include matches that take place in other domestic competitions such as the
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
,
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...
and
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...
. Despite being the two most decorated Portuguese clubs in
European football
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, with seven European trophies between them, they have never faced each other in a European competition. Benfica and Porto are two of the three clubs known as the "
Big Three" in Portugal, the other being
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, .
The rivalry comes about as
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
and
Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
are the two largest cities in
Portugal
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, and both clubs are the most decorated football teams in Portugal.
Rivalry

The first match between the ''Águias'' and the ''Dragões'' was an
exhibition game
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that was played on the 28 April 1912, when Benfica defeated Porto 8–2.
Eight years later, Porto would win their first ''Clássico'', 3–2. Porto would have to wait another nine years to accumulate their second victory over Benfica. Prior to the establishment of the
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
in 1934, both Benfica and Porto were competing within their football league district. Both sides were also competing in the
Campeonato de Portugal which later became in 1938 the
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
.
Until 1934, Benfica would win the
Campeonato de Lisboa
The Campeonato de Lisboa (English: Championship of Lisbon) was a regional football league in Portugal situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. It started in 1906, before the Lisbon Football Association was created, an ...
nine times as well as triumphing in the
Taça de Honra
Taça de Honra (Honour Cup) is a Portuguese friendly football tournament played between teams of the Lisbon Football Association (AFL). It is the third oldest competition in Portugal after the championships of Lisbon and Porto. The format has va ...
de Lisboa twice, while Porto would win the Campeonato do Porto nineteen times as well as claiming the Taça de Honra do Porto twice. Benfica would meet Porto for the first time in an official match in the domestic cup competition which during the early periods of Portuguese football was the Campeonato de Portugal. Benfica defeated Porto in the final of the 1931 Campeonato de Portugal, 3–0 at the Campo do Arnado in
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
. Two goals from
Vítor Silva
Vítor Marcolino da Silva (20 February 1909 – 21 July 1982) was a Portuguese footballer. Listed by Benfica, as one of the club's best forwards in history, Silva represented the club on 131 official games, scoring 108 goals.
Club career
Bor ...
and one from Augusto Dinis sealed the win to claim Benfica's second Campeonato de Portugal.
The inception of the
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
saw Porto win the very
first edition of the competition. Both sides met for the first time in the competition on 3 February 1935, on which Porto won 2–1. Benfica would win the return tie 3–0. Despite Benfica's win, the ''Águias'' would finish third in the league, three points behind Porto. The next five seasons would see Benfica win three titles to Porto's two. During the 1940s, both sides would take a back seat to
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, , which would win five league titles in the decade.
The late 1950s and 1960s saw Benfica dominate not just Portuguese football but also European football. The arrival of
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Stri ...
saw Benfica secure eight league titles in ten years.
Benfica's league titles were joined by two consecutive
European Cups which were won in
1961
Events January
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* January 3
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, 3–2 against
Barcelona
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, and in
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
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, 5–3 against
Real Madrid
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. The 1970s saw the continuation of Benfica's dominance up until the
1977–78 season, during which Porto won the league title for the first time in 19 years. The 1980s and early 1990s saw both Benfica and Porto battle for the league title. Porto's resurgence and the introduction of
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (28 December 1937 – 15 February 2025) () was a Portuguese sports executive, who was president of Portuguese sports club FC Porto, Porto from 1982 until 2024. He was the president with most titles won (69) in t ...
as chairman saw Porto reach new heights, winning the
European Cup
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for the first time after defeating
Bayern Munich
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2–1 in the
1987 European Cup Final.
Three years later, Benfica reached their eighth European final, the
1990 European Cup Final
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, losing 1–0 to
Milan
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.
In the 1990s, Porto began to dominate Portuguese football, winning a record five consecutive league titles.
The intensity between these two sides in the '90s was culminated by the fact that former
Portuguese international teammates
João Pinto
João Manuel Vieira Pinto (; born 19 August 1971) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mostly as a forward.
Blessed with playmaking and goalscoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figu ...
, who played for Benfica, and
Paulinho Santos
João Paulo Maio dos Santos (born 21 November 1970), commonly known as Paulinho Santos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
He spent 11 years of his professional career with Porto, playing in several ...
, who played for Porto, publicly declared their dislike for each other. The new millennium saw a continuation of Porto's dominance.
Porto would reach the heights of their 1987 European Cup final win after
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
guided ''Os Dragões'' to the
UEFA Cup
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in
2003
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In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
and the UEFA Champions League in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. Benfica won the league title in 2005 for the first time in over ten years to halter Porto's momentum. During the second half of the 2000s, both sides battled for top spot, with the rivalry intensified after Benfica's
Cristian Rodríguez joined Porto in the summer of 2008 to become the third Benfica player in recent history to have made the switch. In 2010, after four seasons, Benfica won their 32nd league title. Also in 2010, Benfica defeated Porto 3–0 in the
2009–10 Taça da Liga final to win the first of what would be four straight Taça da Liga titles, a competition that Porto would only win in the
2022–23 edition against Sporting CP.
The next year, Porto recorded their biggest home win over ''As Águias'', a 5–0 thrashing in a league fixture. Porto would secure a treble in the same season in which they claimed the league title, the Taça de Portugal as well as the UEFA Europa League. On 18 May 2014, Benfica made history after achieving the domestic treble of winning the
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
,
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
and
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...
. Later on, Benfica secured four more league titles – four in a row and 37 overall, the latter a Portuguese record – and won another two league cups, achieving a record seventh overall. Porto and Benfica would go back-and-forth as league champions from the
2017–18 season through to the
2019–20 season.
Honours comparison
These are the major football honours of Benfica and Porto as of 11 January 2025.
League matches
The matches listed below are only
Primeira Liga
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matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Cup matches
The matches listed below are only
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
League Cup matches
The matches listed below are only
Taça da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...
matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Super Cup matches
The matches listed below are only
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...
matches, club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time, and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Campeonato de Portugal matches
The matches listed below are only
Campeonato de Portugal matches. The Campeonato de Portugal was created in 1922 and was the primary tournament in Portugal, where all teams competed from around the country. In 1938, the Campeonato de Portugal became what is now known as the
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
. The club name in bold indicates win. The score is given at full-time and half-time (in brackets), and in the goals columns, the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.
Head-to-head results
Reserve team matches
Both Benfica's reserves,
Benfica B, and Porto's reserves,
Porto B, were established in the late 1990s. Both sides folded following the end of the 2005–06 season. The two teams were re-established in 2012 to compete in the
2012–13 Segunda Liga
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, where they met for the first time.
Head-to-head results
Premier League International Cup
:''Note: the match was played on neutral ground.''
All-time head-to-head results
This section does not include exhibition games and matches between reserve teams.
Records and statistics

* Biggest Benfica home win: Benfica 12–2 Porto (7 February 1943)
* Biggest Benfica away win: Porto 2–8 Benfica (28 May 1952, in the inauguration of Porto's
Estádio das Antas
The Estádio das Antas (; officially Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto ) was the third (and longest occupied) stadium of the Portuguese football side FC Porto. It was in use from 1952 to 2004, replacing the earlier Campo da Constituição, 1.6k ...
)
* Most consecutive Benfica wins: 4 (12 September 1971 – 5 November 1972)
* Longest undefeated Benfica run: 7 (24 January 1982 – 8 December 1983)
* Most consecutive Benfica losses: 4 (10 February 2002 – 21 September 2003, 24 August 2019 – 23 December 2020)
* Most consecutive matches without Benfica winning: 9 (31 January 1988 – 17 April 1991)
* Biggest Porto home win: Porto 8–0 Benfica (28 May 1933)
* Biggest Porto away win: Benfica 0–5 Porto (18 September 1996)
* Most consecutive Porto wins: 4 (10 February 2002 – 21 September 2003, 24 August 2019 – 23 December 2020)
* Longest undefeated Porto run: 9 (31 January 1988 – 17 April 1991)
* Most consecutive Porto losses: 4 (12 September 1971 – 5 November 1972)
* Most consecutive matches without Porto winning: 7 (24 January 1982 – 8 December 1983)
* Most common result: 1–1 (14 times)
Most appearances
''Competitive matches only, includes appearances as used substitute.''
Top goalscorers
Players who played for both clubs
*
Artur Augusto: Benfica 1915–21, 1923–25; Porto 1921–23
* Tavares Bastos: Benfica 1917–22; Porto 1922–24
*
Francisco Ferreira: Porto 1937–38; Benfica 1938–52
* José Maria: Porto 1949–57; Benfica 1957–58
*
Serafim: Porto 1960–63; Benfica 1963–67
*
Paula: Porto 1959–66; Benfica 1966–68
*
Artur Jorge: Porto 1964–65; Benfica 1969–75
*
Abel
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: Benfica 1968–70; Porto 1970–76
*
Carlos Alhinho: Porto 1976; Benfica 1976–77, 1978–81
*
Romeu: Benfica 1975–77; Porto 1979–83
*
Francisco Vital: Porto 1977–80; Benfica 1980–81
*
Eurico Gomes
Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known simply as Eurico as a player, is a Portuguese former professional football central defender and manager.
He began his career at Benfica, later appearing for Sporting CP and Porto; he becam ...
: Benfica 1975–79; Porto 1982–87
*
Eduardo Luís
Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes (born 6 December 1955), known as Eduardo Luís, is a Portuguese former football central defender and manager.
Club career
Born in Loures, Lisbon District, Eduardo Luís started playing professionally with C.S. ...
: Benfica 1975–76; Porto 1982–89
*
Rui Águas: Benfica 1985–88, 1990–94; Porto 1988–90
*
Dito: Benfica 1986–88; Porto 1988–89
*
Paulo Futre
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (; born 28 February 1966) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
Widely considered as one of the best players of his generation, after starting his professional career with Sport ...
: Porto 1984–87; Benfica 1993
*
José Tavares José Tavares may refer to:
* José Tavares (politician) (1949-2021), Brazilian politician
* José Tavares (footballer) (born 1966), Portuguese football midfielder
See also
* José Tabares (born 1978), Argentine football striker
{{hndis, Tava ...
: Porto 1990–91; Benfica 1994–95
*
Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (, ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Ukrainian-born Russian professional football manager and a former player.
As a striker, he represented the USSR and Russia at international level. He has Ru ...
: Benfica 1991–94; Porto 1994–95
*
Vasili Kulkov
Vasili Sergeyevich Kulkov (; 11 June 1966 – 10 October 2020) was a Russian footballer.
Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at Spartak Moscow and Benfica. Having retired as a player, he continu ...
: Benfica 1991–94; Porto 1994–95
*
Paulo Pereira: Porto 1988–94; Benfica 1994–96
*
Fernando Mendes: Benfica 1989–91, 1992–93; Porto 1996–99
*
Kenedy: Benfica 1993–96; Porto 1997–98
*
Pedro Henriques: Benfica 1993–97; Porto 1997–98
*
Basarab Panduru: Benfica 1995–98; Porto 1998–99
*
Sergei Ovchinnikov: Benfica 1998–99; Porto 2000–02
*
Ljubinko Drulović
Ljubinko Drulović (; born 11 September 1968) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger, and is a current manager.
He spent the most notable part of his playing career in Portugal, with stints at Porto and Benfica – ...
: Porto 1994–2001; Benfica 2001–03
*
João Manuel Pinto: Porto 1995–2001; Benfica 2001–03
*
Argel: Porto 1999; Benfica 2001–04
*
Paulo Santos: Benfica 1993–94; Porto 2001–05
*
Zlatko Zahovič
Zlatko Zahovič (; born 1 February 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After making a name for himself in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica where he amassed Primeira Liga totals ...
: Porto 1996–99; Benfica 2001–05
*
Emílio Peixe
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former Association football, footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently Manager (association football), manager of the Kuwait national under-23 football te ...
: Porto 1997–2002; Benfica 2002–03
*
Tiago Pereira: Benfica 1997–98; Porto 2002–04
*
Miklós Fehér
Miklós "Miki" Fehér (; 20 July 1979 – 25 January 2004) was a Hungarian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
He spent most of his nine-year career in Portugal, represe ...
: Porto 1998–2002; Benfica 2002–04
*
Edgaras Jankauskas
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A powerful forward during his playing career, Jankauskas excelled in the physical side ...
: Benfica 2002 (loan); Porto 2002–04
*
Maniche
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He played top-flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and G ...
: Benfica 1995–96, 1999–2002; Porto 2002–05
*
Tomo Šokota
Tomislav "Tomo" Šokota (born 8 April 1977) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a striker. Šokota was a powerful striker but his promising career was overshadowed by frequent injuries, especially in second half of the 2000s. Šokota g ...
: Benfica 2001–05; Porto 2005–07
*
Marco Ferreira: Porto 2003–04; Benfica 2006–07
*
Derlei
Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all thre ...
: Porto 2002–05; Benfica 2007 (loan)
*
Cristian Rodríguez: Benfica 2007–08 (loan); Porto 2008–12
*
César Peixoto
Paulo César Silva Peixoto (born 12 May 1980) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left midfielder but occasionally as a left-back, currently manager of Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.
He amassed Primeira Liga t ...
: Porto 2002–07; Benfica 2009–12
*
Maxi Pereira
Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
He played with Defensor in Uruguay, joining Benfica in 2007 and going on to remain with the club for eight ...
: Benfica 2007–15; Porto 2015–19
*
Nicolás Otamendi
Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi (born 12 February 1988) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre back, centre-back for Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica, Benfica, which he Captain (association football) ...
: Porto 2010–14; Benfica 2020–present
Sergei Yuran and Maxi Pereira are the only players who have scored a goal for both sides in ''O Clássico''.
Nicolás Otamendi is the only player to be sent off for both clubs.
Managers who managed both clubs
*
János Biri
János Biri (21 July 1901 – 29 March 1983) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. Biri played as a goalkeeper for a number of clubs, most notably Padova and MTK Budapest FC, also representing Hungary in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He is bes ...
: Porto 1935–36; Benfica 1939–47
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Lippo Hertzka: Benfica 1936–39; Porto 1942–45
*
Béla Guttmann
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: Porto 1958–59, 1973; Benfica 1959–62, 1965–66
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Otto Glória
Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian football coach.
Career
Glória was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. ...
: Benfica 1954–59, 1968–70; Porto 1964–65
*
Elek Schwartz
Alexandru "Elek" Schwartz (23 October 1908 – 2 October 2000) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach of the Netherlands national team. With S.L. Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into ...
: Benfica 1964–65; Porto 1969–70
*
Fernando Riera
Fernando José Riera Bauzá (27 June 1920 – 23 September 2010) was a Chilean professional Association football, football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.
Career
Riera was born in Santiago, Chile. As a footballer, he playe ...
: Benfica 1962–63; 1966–68; Porto 1972–73
*
Tomislav Ivić
Tomislav Ivić (; 30 June 1933 – 24 June 2011) was a Croatian professional football player and manager. Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game. In April 2007, Italian spor ...
: Porto 1988–89, 1993–94; Benfica 1992
*
Artur Jorge: Porto 1984–87, 1988–91; Benfica 1994–95
*
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
: Benfica 2000; Porto 2002–04
*
Fernando Santos: Porto 1998–2001; Benfica 2006–07
*
Jesualdo Ferreira
Manuel Jesualdo Ferreira (born 24 May 1946) is a Portuguese Manager (association football), football manager who last managed Zamalek SC, Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League.
In a managerial career of over forty years, he was in charge of all ...
: Benfica 2001–03; Porto 2006–10
See also
*
Derby de Lisboa
*
FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry
*
List of association football club rivalries in Europe
This list deals with association football rivalries around the Europe among clubs. This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further afield. For rivalries between international teams and club rivalries around the world, see ' ...
Notes
References
External links
Benfica official websiteFC Porto official website
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S.L. Benfica
FC Porto
Nicknamed sporting events