List of S.L. Benfica players (25–99 appearances)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese professional football team based in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon.[1][lower-alpha 1] The club was formed in 1904 and played its first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa.[4][5] They won their first regional title in 1910,[6] and their first nationwide in 1930, the Campeonato de Portugal, a knockout competition which determined the Portuguese champion among the winners of the regional championships.[7][8] In 1934, an experimental league competition known as Primeira Liga was introduced in Portuguese football. Due to its success among the clubs, it became the official top-tier championship in 1938, in place of the Campeonato de Portugal.[7] Since its first edition, Benfica have won a record 37 titles.[1] Internationally, they won the European Cup twice, in 1961 and 1962.[1]

This article is about Benfica players with between 25 and 99 appearances. For Benfica players with more than 100 appearances, see List of S.L. Benfica players. For a list of all Benfica players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:S.L. Benfica footballers. For the current Benfica squad, see S.L. Benfica § First-team squad.

Nemanja Matić made 99 appearances for Benfica in three-and-a-half seasons.

Since their first competitive match, more than 750 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches. Dimas, Tahar El Khalej, and Nemanja Matić all fell one short of 100 appearances, as they all moved elsewhere while the season was ongoing. Four former players went on to be first-team managers: Cosme Damião, Ribeiro dos Reis, Vítor Gonçalves, and Cândido Tavares.[9][10][11] Hugo Leal, who appeared 41 times for the club, is the youngest player to have played for Benfica. He was 16 years and 335 days when he played against Sporting de Espinho on 20 April 1997.[12][13] João Félix holds the club record sale at €126 million.[14] Nemanja Matić is the only player listed to have been selected as Primeira Liga Player of the Year.[15][16][lower-alpha 2] Of the players still at the club, Odisseas Vlachodimos is the closest to 100 appearances; he has played in 95 matches.

As of 1 August 2020, a total of 252 players have played between 25 and 99 competitive matches for the club. Of those players, 10 are still playing for the club.

Key

• The list is ordered by date of debut.
• Appearances as a substitute are included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 1 August 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Player

Players with name in italics were on loan from another club for part or all of their Benfica career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column, and for the players who later signed a permanent deal, their time spent at loan is specified.

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

League appearances and League goals

League appearances and goals comprise those in the Campeonato de Lisboa and the Primeira Liga. Starting in the 1934–35 season, appearances are only counted in the Primeira Liga.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal (including in the early denomination as Campeonato de Portugal), Taça da Liga, Supertaça, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and defunct competitions such as Campeonato de Lisboa, Latin Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Intercontinental Cup

International selection

Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.

Caps

For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club. All information relating to international selection, including number of full caps won while with the club, is sourced to Tovar (2012), pp. 679–761, unless otherwise noted.

List of players (25 to 99 appearances)

Founder Cosme Damião made 67 appearances for Benfica.

Glenn Strömberg made only 44 appearances but won two league titles.

Dimas made 99 appearances between 1994 and December 1996.

Fábio Coentrão made 97 appearances for Benfica.

Of the 10 players currently with Benfica, Odysseas Vlachodimos, is the closest to 100 appearances.

Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection

Player	Pos	Club career	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	International selection	Caps	Notes	Refs
			League		Total
Henrique Costa	FB	1906–1918	63	2	63	2	—	—		[17]
Cosme Damião	FW	1907–1916	67	8	67	8	—	—	[lower-alpha 3][9]	[18]
António Costa	FW	1907–1914	31	3	31	3	—	—		[19]
Artur José Pereira	HB	1907–1914	41	6	41	6	—	—		[20]
Luís Vieira	HB	1907–1913 1916–1919	53	5	53	5	—	—		[21]
Leopoldo Mocho	FB	1907–1911 1913–1917	37	1	37	1	—	—		[22]
António Meireles	FW	1907–1911	27	7	27	7	—	—		[23]
Carlos Figueiredo	FW	1909–1917	39	4	39	4	—	—		[24]
José Domingos	FW	1910–1915	25	0	25	0	—	—		[25]
Alberto Rio	FW	1908–1918	36	18	36	18	—	—		[26]
Francisco Belas	FW	1911–1919	26	2	26	2	—	—		[27]
Paiva Simões	GK	1911–1919	28	0	28	0	—	—		[28]
Herculano dos Santos	HB	1912–1923	57	30	57	30	—	—		[17]
Francisco Pereira	FW	1912–1917	26	16	26	16	—	—		[29]
Artur Augusto	FW	1915–1921	32	5	32	5	—	—		[20]
Cândido Oliveira	HB	1914–1920	32	5	32	5	—	—		[30]
Ribeiro dos Reis	FW	1915–1916 1917–1925	43	14	43	14	Portugal	1	[lower-alpha 3][9]	[31]
José Maria Bastos	FB	1916–1922	25	0	25	0	—	—		[27]
Fernando Jesus	HB	1917–1925	58	0	58	0	Portugal	2		[32]
Alberto Augusto	FW	1917–1924	39	10	39	10	Portugal	3		[26]
António Pinho	FB	1918–1920 1928–1930 1932–1933	42	2	50	3	Portugal	2		[33]
Francisco Vieira	GK	1918–1919 1921–1926	41	0	41	0	Portugal	3		[21]
José Pimenta	FW	1918–1928	75	2	75	2	—	—		[33]
Vítor Gonçalves	FW	1918–1927	72	5	72	5	Portugal	2	[lower-alpha 3][11]	[34]
José Simões	FW	1919–1929	78	14	83	15	—	—		[35]
Vítor Hugo	HB	1921–1931	84	15	95	15	—	—		[34]
Luís Costa	FB	1924–1932 1933–1934	42	0	72	0	—	—		[36]
Mário Carvalho	FW	1924–1931	69	30	81	34	Portugal	2		[37]
Artur Travassos	HB	1924–1931	31	1	43	2	—	—		[38]
Francisco Costa	GK	1925–1927 1933–1934	15	0	59	0	—	—		[39]
Ralph Bailão	FB	1926–1933	58	2	89	4	—	—		[40]
António Jacinto	GK	1926–1929	31	0	36	0	—	—		[41]
Tamanqueiro	HB	1926–1928	27	4	38	9	Portugal	9		[31]
Germano Campos	FW	1926–1927 1931–1933	24	0	28	0	—	—		[42]
Eugénio Salvador	FW	1927–1929 1930–1934	34	15	43	20	—	—		[43]
Manuel de Oliveira	FW	1928–1934 1935–1936	46	6	71	17	—	—		[20]
Guedes Gonçalves	FW	1928–1936	45	24	69	35	—	—		[41]
João Oliveira	HB	1928–1934	55	10	73	14	Portugal	1		[32]
Anibal José	HB	1928–1933	35	1	52	3	Portugal	4		[44]
Artur Dyson	GK	1929–1931	21	0	39	0	—	—		[45]
Pedro Silva	HB	1929–1934	21	8	50	24	—	—		[46]
Augusto Dinis	HB	1929–1933	21	7	37	14	—	—		[25]
Alberto Cardoso	FW	1930–1938	31	12	62	23	—	—		[26]
Francisco Gatinho	FB	1930–1936	38	0	88	0	—	—		[42]
João Correia	HB	1930–1933 1934–1939	39	1	71	2	—	—		[32]
Pedro da Conceição	GK	1931–1936	27	0	48	0	—	—		[18]
Augusto Amaro	GK	1932–1939	40	0	80	0	Portugal	2		[47]
Carlos Torres	FW	1933–1937	28	23	60	34	—	—		[38]
Domingos Lopes	FW	1934–1939	36	6	74	16	Portugal	2		[25]
Raul Baptista	HB	1935–1941	49	0	95	3	—	—		[40]
Feliciano Barbosa	HB	1935–1939	15	3	45	8	—	—		[40]
Cândido Tavares	GK	1935–1937	24	0	46	0	—	—	[lower-alpha 3][10]	[48]
António Vieira	FB	1936–1940	35	0	74	0	Portugal	2		[21]
Ricardo Freire	FB	1936–1943	13	0	31	7	—	—		[39]
Mário da Rosa	GK	1937–1950	34	0	47	0	—	—		[49]
Carlos Brito	FW	1938–1946	43	26	79	44	—	—		[50]
Elói	FB	1939–1943	38	0	75	0	—	—		[51]
Francisco Rodrigues	FW	1939–1942	44	49	88	99	—	—		[52]
Miguel Lourenço	FW	1939–1942	19	9	33	16	—	—		[53]
Francisco Pires	FW	1940–1945	17	7	44	31	—	—		[33]
Conceição Rodrigues	HB	1940–1943	18	4	39	18	—	—		[18]
Manuel da Costa	HB	1941–1945	43	28	74	49	—	—		[54]
Mário Galvão	FB	1941–1945	12	2	30	4	—	—		[55]
Manuel Jordão	HB	1942–1946	15	2	29	2	—	—		[56]
Eduardo Cerqueira	FB	1943–1949	48	0	60	0	—	—		[57]
Mário Rui	FW	1943–1948 1952–1954	30	18	57	24	—	—		[58]
Artur Teixeira	FB	1943–1947	25	0	45	0	—	—		[20]
João da Silva	HB	1943–1945	13	1	26	2	—	—		[59]
Alfredo Melão	FW	1946–1951	61	28	73	34	—	—		[23]
Pinto Machado	GK	1946–1949	24	0	39	0	—	—		[33]
Vítor Baptista	FW	1946–1949	59	30	70	40	—	—		[40]
José da Costa	HB	1947–1952	23	1	26	2	—	—		[60]
Rogério Contreiras	GK	1947–1950	34	0	38	0	—	—		[18]
António Manuel	HB	1948–1954	26	0	26	0	—	—		[19]
Rosário	FW	1948–1954	76	18	96	22	—	—		[49]
Francisco Calado	HB	1948–1958	81	10	97	14	—	—		[30]
Zézinho	HB	1952–1960	50	9	75	11	—	—		[61]
Vieirinha	HB	1952–1954	33	5	40	7	—	—		[34]
Fialho	FW	1953–1956	33	9	36	9	—	—		[24]
Salvador Martins	FW	1953–1956 1957–1959	49	20	55	21	Portugal	4		[43]
Leonel Pegado	HB	1954–1958	41	3	58	5	—	—		[46]
Mário João	FB	1957–1962	48	2	89	4	Portugal	2		[58]
António Mendes	FW	1957–1962	26	19	43	27	—	—		[23]
António Saraiva	DF	1959–1963	29	1	50	1	—	—		[62]
Jorge Calado	MF	1961–1968 1969-1971	29	0	49	7	—	—		[30]
Augusto Silva	MF	1962–1967	36	4	64	13	—	—		[40]
Pedras	FW	1962–1966	16	7	32	19	—	—		[46]
Yaúca	FW	1963–1968	32	23	58	42	Portugal	1		[61]
Luciano Fernandes	DF	1963–1966	33	0	40	0	—	—		[36]
Serafim Pereira	MF	1963–1966	24	9	44	20	Portugal	1		[63]
Alfredo Nascimento	GK	1964–1970	27	0	44	0	—	—		[64]
Nélson Fernandes	FW	1965–1968	28	9	40	14	—	—		[65]
Augusto Matine	MF	1967–1968 1969–1971 1972–1973	31	0	53	0	Portugal	8		[66]
José Miglietti	DF	1968–1972	53	0	84	1	—	—		[61]
Rui Rodrigues	DF	1971–1974	47	1	59	2	Portugal	2		[43]
Nelinho	FW	1972–1974 1975–1977	46	11	55	11	Portugal	1		[64]
Mário Moinhos	MF	1973–1977	73	21	96	26	Portugal	7		[22]
Cavungi	MF	1975–1980	29	4	41	5	—	—		[57]
Carlos Alhinho	DF	1976–1977 1978–1981	74	2	90	2	Portugal	6		[67]
Joaquim Pereirinha	DF	1977–1980	28	1	39	2	—	—		[29]
Jorge Silva	FW	1977–1979 1984–1985	33	12	47	16	—	—		[56]
Frederico Rosa	DF	1979–1983	40	0	63	0	—	—		[39]
César Martins	FW	1979–1983	44	20	85	23	—	—		[57]
João Laranjeira	DF	1979–1982	42	2	60	2	Portugal	3		[68]
Jorge Gomes	FW	1979–1982	41	10	59	12	—	—		[56]
Alberto Bastos Lopes	DF	1980–1984	23	1	35	1	—	—		[26]
Francisco Vital	FW	1980–1981	15	1	28	4	—	—		[34]
Zoran Filipović	FW	1981–1984	56	26	84	41	—	—		[69]
Carlos Pereira	DF	1981–1986 1987–1988	26	0	34	0	—	—		[70]
Glenn Strömberg	MF	1982–1984	29	3	44	6	Sweden	10		[48]
Dito	DF	1986–1988	55	1	81	2	Portugal	8		[25]
Edmundo	DF	1986–1988	31	2	44	2	—	—		[71]
Tueba Menayane	MF	1986–1988	28	2	43	3	—	—		[38]
Chiquinho Carlos	MF	1986–1988	55	15	79	22	—	—		[72]
António Fonseca	DF	1987–1990	39	1	49	1	Portugal	2		[69]
Elzo Coelho	MF	1987–1989	38	1	55	1	—	—		[51]
Hernâni Neves	MF	1988–1991 1992–1994	33	1	49	3	Portugal	1		[17]
Adesvaldo Lima	FW	1988–1991	35	4	49	14	—	—		[53]
Vata	FW	1988–1991	60	29	76	37	—	—		[73]
Ademir Alcântara	MF	1988–1990	30	4	34	7	—	—		[74]
Abel Campos	MF	1988–1990	49	8	64	13	—	—		[74]
Aldair	DF	1989–1990	22	5	33	6	Brazil	8		[26]
Fernando Mendes	DF	1989–1991 1992–1993	27	1	35	2	Portugal	4		[24]
Rui Bento	DF	1990–1992	24	0	38	0	Portugal	2		[49]
Erwin Sánchez	MF	1990–1991 1997–1998	41	7	48	8	Bolivia	14		[62]
Vasili Kulkov	MF	1991–1994	54	6	77	11	Russia	8		[68]
Sergei Yuran	FW	1991–1994	63	18	95	34	Russia	10		[61]
Daniel Kenedy	DF	1992–1996	37	2	85	5	—	—		[68]
Abel Xavier	DF	1992–1995	47	4	65	5	Portugal	1		[74]
Aílton Delfino	FW	1993–1994 1995–1996	32	11	38	14	—	—		[75]
Pedro Henriques	DF	1994–1997	37	1	48	2	—	—		[46]
Dimas	DF	1994–1997	68	4	99	5	Portugal	12		[25]
Paulo Bento	MF	1994–1996	49	2	68	3	Portugal	2		[76]
Paulo Pereira	DF	1994–1996	20	1	29	2	—	—		[76]
José Tavares	MF	1994–1995	20	2	34	6	Portugal	2		[48]
Nelo	MF	1994–1995	23	0	36	0	Portugal	4		[65]
Edílson	FW	1994–1995	23	9	31	19	—	—	[L 1]	[71]
Claudio Caniggia	FW	1994–1995	24	8	34	16	—	—		[77]
Bruno Caires	MF	1994–1996	35	2	51	2	—	—		[78]
Edgar Pacheco	MF	1995–1998	48	9	68	11	—	—		[71]
Basarab Panduru	MF	1995–1998	49	7	68	12	Romania	3		[28]
Marinho	DF	1995–1997	33	1	45	2	—	—		[37]
Ilian Iliev	MF	1995–1997	40	4	51	4	—	—		[79]
Paulão	MF	1995–1997	23	3	27	3	Angola	20		[80]
Hassan Nader	FW	1995–1997	17	7	27	9	—	—		[81]
Mauro Airez	FW	1995–1997	27	0	39	3	—	—		[66]
Marcelo Cipriano	FW	1995–1996	27	7	39	13	—	—		[37]
Maniche	MF	1995–1996 1999–2001	54	11	69	14	—	—		[82]
Tahar El Khalej	DF	1996–2000	72	10	99	11	Morocco	15		[48]
Martin Pringle	FW	1996–1999	41	6	54	8	—	—		[83]
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui	DF	1996–1998	21	0	29	0	—	—		[71]
Jorge Soares	DF	1996–1998	25	2	35	2	—	—		[60]
Tiago Pereira	MF	1996–1998	24	1	30	1	—	—		[84]
Amaral	MF	1996–1998	24	0	45	2	Brazil	3	[L 2][lower-alpha 4]	[47]
Jorge Bermúdez	DF	1996–1997	27	1	38	2	—	—		[85]
Serhiy Kandaurov	MF	1997–2001	67	12	81	13	—	—		[86]
Luís Carlos	MF	1997–2000	45	1	54	1	Portugal	1		[36]
Bruno Basto	DF	1997–2000	48	1	58	1	—	—		[50]
Sergei Ovchinnikov	GK	1997–1999	20	0	28	0	Russia	24		[28]
José Sousa	DF	1997–1999	25	1	45	1	—	—		[87]
Scott Minto	DF	1997–1999	31	0	42	0	—	—		[22]
Hugo Leal	MF	1997–1999	31	3	41	3	Portugal	1		[79]
Luís Andrade	MF	1998–2000 2001–2003	41	0	53	0	—	—		[88]
Michael Thomas	MF	1998–1999	18	1	25	1	—	—		[84]
Mark Pembridge	MF	1998–1999	19	1	28	3	Wales	6		[46]
Robert Enke	GK	1999–2002	77	0	93	0	—	—		[51]
João Tomás	FW	1999–2001	41	19	46	20	Portugal	2		[56]
Chano	MF	1999–2001	56	2	65	3	—	—		[72]
Sérgio Nunes	DF	1999–2001	20	2	28	2	—	—		[63]
Ricardo Rojas	DF	1999–2001	25	2	42	0	—	—		[89]
Jorge Ribeiro	DF	1999–2000 2001–2002 2008–2009	20	1	28	2	—	—		[60]
Carlitos	MF	2000–2004	46	5	50	5	—	—		[77]
Ednilson	MF	2000–2002	35	0	44	0	—	—		[71]
Fernando Meira	DF	2000–2002	46	2	55	2	Portugal	11		[23]
Diogo Luís	DF	2000–2002	23	0	28	0	—	—		[25]
Pierre van Hooijdonk	FW	2000–2001	30	19	35	23	—	—		[73]
Abdel Sattar Sabry	MF	2000–2001	37	8	42	9	Egypt	18		[43]
Roger Flores	MF	2000–2001 2002–2004	36	6	44	7	—	—		[89]
Argel	DF	2001–2005	79	6	97	6	—	—		[19]
Tomo Šokota	FW	2001–2005	60	21	79	28	Croatia	8		[90]
Anders Andersson	MF	2001–2004	49	1	57	1	Sweden	9		[88]
Ljubinko Drulović	MF	2001–2003	50	5	54	6	—	—		[45]
João Pinto	DF	2001–2003	48	4	52	4	Portugal	1		[59]
Marco Caneira	DF	2001–2002	27	0	29	0	Portugal	2	[L 3]	[30]
Fernando Aguiar	MF	2001–2002 2003–2004	38	3	45	3	—	—		[24]
Armando Sá	DF	2002–2004	48	1	57	1	—	—		[19]
Tiago	MF	2002–2004	75	19	89	25	Portugal	10		[84]
Miklós Fehér	FW	2002–2004	30	7	37	8	Hungary	5		[91][92]
Cristiano Roland	DF	2002–2004	24	1	31	1	—	—		[93]
João Pereira	DF	2003–2006	58	4	85	7	—	—		[59]
Manuel Fernandes	MF	2003–2006	67	3	97	4	Portugal	2		[54]
Takis Fyssas	DF	2003–2005	30	0	41	1	Greece	21		[39]
Nuno Assis	MF	2004–2008	56	4	83	6	—	—		[94]
Alcides	DF	2004–2006	20	0	34	0	—	—	[L 4]	[26]
Manuel dos Santos	DF	2004–2006	24	0	38	1	—	—		[45]
Bruno Aguiar	MF	2004–2005	18	0	31	0	—	—		[50]
Azar Karadas	FW	2004–2005	27	4	36	6	Norway	5		[86]
Anderson	DF	2005–2007	48	4	73	5	—	—		[88]
Fabrizio Miccoli	FW	2005–2007	39	14	56	19	—	—	[L 5]	[23]
Giorgos Karagounis	MF	2005–2007	45	3	67	3	Greece	17		[86]
Beto	MF	2005–2007	30	0	48	1	—	—		[85]
Marcelo Moretto	GK	2005–2007 2008–2009	19	0	29	0	—	—		[87]
Edcarlos	DF	2007–2008	16	0	27	0	—	—		[45]
Cristian Rodríguez	MF	2007–2008	24	6	36	7	Uruguay	8	[L 6]	[93]
Miguel Vítor	DF	2007–2011 2012	24	0	45	0	—	—		[22]
Luís Filipe	DF	2007–2008 2009–2011	23	0	40	0	—	—		[36]
Gilles Binya	MF	2007–2009	23	0	39	0	Cameroon	10		[85]
Fábio Coentrão	DF	2007 2009–2011	52	2	97	8	Portugal	14		[52]
Sidnei	DF	2008–2011 2012	45	6	75	7	—	—		[35]
José Antonio Reyes	MF	2008–2009	26	4	35	6	—	—	[L 7]	[31]
Hassan Yebda	MF	2008–2009	25	1	34	2	—	—		[61]
Jonathan Urretaviscaya	MF	2008–2010 2012–2014	15	2	27	2	—	—		[95]
César Peixoto	DF	2009–2011	31	0	65	1	—	—		[57]
Ramires	MF	2009–2010	26	4	42	5	Brazil	9		[31]
Weldon	FW	2009–2011	16	5	27	6	—	—		[96]
Alan Kardec	FW	2010–2011 2012–2013	23	3	43	8	—	—		[97]
Felipe Menezes	MF	2010–2011	13	0	29	2	—	—		[91]
Airton Santos	MF	2010–2015	19	0	34	0	—	—		[98]
Franco Jara	FW	2010–2011 2014–2015	29	6	47	11	—	—		[99]
Nolito	MF	2011–2013	35	12	63	16	—	—		[100]
Bruno César	MF	2011–2013	32	10	60	13	Brazil	2		[101][78]
Axel Witsel	MF	2011–2012	32	1	52	5	Belgium	8		[96]
Emerson	DF	2011–2012	24	0	39	0	—	—		[51]
Nemanja Matić	MF	2011–2013	56	6	99	9	Serbia	7		[102][103]
André Gomes	MF	2012–2014	14	2	41	4	Portugal	1		[104][105]
Lorenzo Melgarejo	DF	2012–2013	21	2	40	2	Paraguay	2		[106][107]
Ola John	MF	2012–2013 2014–2015	53	3	90	9	Netherlands	1		[108][109]
Miralem Sulejmani	MF	2013–2015	15	1	34	3	Serbia	4		[110][111]
Lazar Marković	MF	2013–2014	26	5	49	7	Serbia	7		[112][113]
Sílvio	DF	2013–2016	13	0	40	0	Portugal	1	[L 7]	[114][115]
Victor Lindelöf	DF	2013–2017	48	2	72	2	Sweden	12		[116][117]
Guilherme Siqueira	MF	2013–2014	18	1	33	1	—	—	[L 7]	[118]
Jan Oblak	GK	2013–2014	16	0	26	0	Slovenia	3		[119][120]
Talisca	FW	2014–2016	52	12	78	20	—	—		[121]
Derley	FW	2014–2015	14	1	27	2	—	—		[122]
Júlio César	GK	2014–2017	57	0	83	0	—	—		[123]
Gonçalo Guedes	MF	2014–2017	39	5	68	11	Portugal	2		[124][125]
Lisandro López	DF	2014–2017	32	4	54	6	—	—		[126]
Kostas Mitroglou	FW	2015–2017	60	36	88	52	Greece	14	[L 8][lower-alpha 5]	[127][128]
Renato Sanches	MF	2015–2016	24	2	35	2	Portugal	9		[129][130]
Mehdi Carcela	MF	2015–2016	20	2	29	3	Morocco	1		[131][132]
Nélson Semedo	DF	2015–2017	42	3	65	4	Portugal	6		[133][134]
Ederson Moraes	GK	2015–2017	37	0	58	0	—	—		[135]
André Carrillo	MF	2016–2017	19	1	31	3	Peru	5		[136][137]
Andrija Živković	MF	2016–	55	3	88	4	Serbia	12		[138][139]
Filipe Augusto	MF	2017–2018	16	0	27	0	—	—		[140]
Bruno Varela	GK	2017–2019	29	0	35	0	—	—		[141]
Filip Krovinović	MF	2017–2019	17	1	28	2	—	—		[142]
Gedson Fernandes	MF	2018–2020	29	0	59	3	Portugal	2		[143][144]
Odisseas Vlachodimos	GK	2018–	67	0	95	0	Greece	4		[145][146]
Gabriel	MF	2018–	39	2	68	4	—	—		[147]
João Félix	FW	2018–2019	26	15	43	20	Portugal	1		[148][149]
Ferro	DF	2019–	39	3	58	4	—	—		[150]
Florentino Luís	MF	2019–	21	1	32	1	—	—		[151]
Adel Taarabt	MF	2019–	30	1	45	1	Morocco	5	[lower-alpha 6]	[152][153]
Carlos Vinícius	FW	2019–	33	18	47	22	—	—		[154]
Chiquinho	FW	2019–	25	2	38	3	—	—		[155]
Jota	MF	2019–	23	0	34	2	—	—		[156]
Tomás Tavares	DF	2019–	12	0	26	0	—	—		[157]

Footnotes

1. Originally located in Benfica;[2] in 1959, the parish was split in two, with Estádio da Luz located in the new parish.[3]
2. The award was created in 1970 and ran until 2000, being known as Portuguese Footballer of the Year, with Portuguese newspaper Diário Popular selecting the best player. The current award was created in 2006 and is awarded by the Portuguese League for Professional Football (LPFP).
3. Player who later became first-team head coach
4. Was on loan in the final six months of 1996–97 and signed a permanent deal in December 1997.
5. Was on loan in 2015–16 and signed a permanent deal in 2016–17.
6. Joined in the 2015-16 season, but only made his first team debut in 2018-19 season.

Player statistics include games played while on loan from:

1. Palmeiras
2. Parma
3. Inter Milan
4. Chelsea
5. Juventus
6. Paris Saint-Germain
7. Atlético Madrid
8. Fulham

References

General

• Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica [Benfica Almanac]. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pereira, Luís Miguel (2014). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica's Bible] (in Portuguese). Carcavelos: PrimeBooks. ISBN 978-989-655-215-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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76. Tovar 2012, p. 740.
77. Tovar 2012, p. 694.
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81. Tovar 2012, p. 713.
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86. Tovar 2012, p. 722.
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