List of S.L. Benfica presidents

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Ever since its foundation on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa, later merged with Grupo Sport Benfica, it has had a total of 33 presidents.[1] Benfica's first president was José Rosa Rodrigues and the current one is Luís Filipe Vieira, elected in 2003. The latter surpassed Bento Mântua in 2012 as the longest-serving Benfica president.[2]

To elect a president, the paying members of Benfica (sócios), along with Benfica houses, filiations, and delegations, vote in the club's elections, which are currently held every four years since 2010.[3][4] In 2003 the club switched to electronic voting,[5] and since 2010 only effective members with 25 years of continuous membership as an adult can candidate to the presidency of Benfica. Therefore, they must be at least 43 years old to do so.[6][7]

The following chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of president of Benfica since its inception. Each president's entry includes his dates of tenure (and duration) as well as the club's football honours won while under his term.

List of presidents

No.	Cit.	Name	From	To	Duration	Football trophies
1		José Rosa Rodrigues (1st president of Sport Lisboa)	28 February 1904	22 November 1906	2 years, 267 days
2		Luís Carlos de Faria Leal (1st president of Grupo Sport Benfica)	18 November 1906	15 September 1907	301 days
3		Januário Barreto (2nd president of Sport Lisboa)	18 December 1906	13 September 1908	1 year, 270 days
4		João José Pires (2nd president of Grupo Sport Benfica; 1st president after the club merger)	15 September 1907	2 February 1910	2 years, 140 days
5		Alfredo Alexandre Luís da Silva	2 February 1910	26 March 1911	1 year, 52 days	1 Campeonato de Lisboa
6		António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães	26 March 1911	9 July 1911	105 days
7		Alberto Lima	9 July 1911	31 March 1912	1 year, 85 days	1 Campeonato de Lisboa
8		José Eduardo Moreira Sales	31 March 1912	5 December 1912	249 days
—		Alberto Lima	5 December 1912	29 August 1915	2 years, 267 days	2 Campeonato de Lisboa
9		José Antunes dos Santos Júnior	29 August 1915	15 July 1916	321 days	1 Campeonato de Lisboa
10		Félix Bermudes	15 July 1916	7 October 1916	1 year, 84 days
11		Nuno Freire Themudo	7 October 1916	22 July 1917	288 days	1 Campeonato de Lisboa
12		Bento Mântua	22 July 1917	25 August 1926	9 years, 34 days	2 Campeonato de Lisboa
13		Alfredo Silveira Ávila de Melo	25 August 1926	15 August 1930	3 years, 355 days	1 Campeonato de Portugal
14		Manuel da Conceição Afonso	15 August 1930	20 August 1933	3 years, 5 days	1 Campeonato de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
15		Vasco Rosa Ribeiro	20 August 1933	4 November 1936	3 years, 76 days	1 Primeira Liga 1 Campeonato de Portugal
—		Manuel da Conceição Afonso	4 November 1936	31 July 1938	1 year, 269 days	2 Primeira Liga
16		Júlio Ribeiro da Costa	31 July 1938	1 August 1939	1 year, 1 day
17		Augusto da Fonseca Júnior	1 August 1939	18 January 1945	5 years, 170 days	2 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
—		Félix Bermudes	18 January 1945	19 January 1946	1 year, 1 day	1 Primeira Divisão
—		Manuel da Conceição Afonso	19 January 1946	25 January 1947	1 year, 6 days
18		João Tamagnini Barbosa	25 January 1947	29 January 1949	2 years, 4 days
19		Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira	29 January 1949	15 March 1952	3 years, 46 days	1 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Latin Cup
20		Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho	15 March 1952	30 March 1957	5 years, 15 days	1 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal
21		Maurício Vieira de Brito	30 March 1957	31 March 1962	5 years, 1 day	3 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 European Cup
22		António Cabral Fezas Vital	31 March 1962	26 March 1964	1 year, 361 days	1 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 European Cup
23		Adolfo Vieira de Brito	26 March 1964	8 May 1965	1 year, 43 days	2 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
24		António Catarino Duarte	8 May 1965	17 June 1966	1 year, 40 days
25		José Ferreira Queimado	17 June 1966	3 July 1967	1 year, 16 days	1 Primeira Divisão
—		Adolfo Vieira de Brito	3 July 1967	12 April 1969	1 year, 283 days	1 Primeira Divisão
26		Duarte Borges Coutinho	12 April 1969	26 May 1977	8 years, 44 days	7 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal
—		José Ferreira Queimado	26 May 1977	29 May 1981	4 years, 3 days	1 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça de Portugal
27		Fernando Martins	29 May 1981	27 March 1987	5 years, 302 days	2 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
28		João Maria dos Santos Júnior	27 March 1987	24 April 1992	5 years, 28 days	3 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
29		Jorge de Brito	24 April 1992	7 January 1994	1 year, 258 days	1 Taça de Portugal
30		Manuel Damásio	7 January 1994	31 October 1997	3 years, 297 days	1 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
31		João Vale e Azevedo	31 October 1997	27 October 2000	2 years, 362 days
32		Manuel Vilarinho	27 October 2000	31 October 2003	3 years, 4 days
33		Luís Filipe Vieira	31 October 2003	Present	16 years, 290 days	7 Primeira Liga 3 Taça de Portugal 7 Taça da Liga 5 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

References

1. "33 outstanding names of our history". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
2. Nunes, Luís Miguel (7 December 2012). "Benfica: Vieira já é o presidente com mais tempo" [Benfica: Vieira already is the longest-serving president]. Relvado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
3. "Statutes" (PDF). S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
4. "Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Estatutos" [Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Statutes] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). p. 19.
5. "Comunicado da Assembleia Geral sobre voto electrónico" [General Assembly announcement about electronic vote]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
6. "Sócios aprovam filiação de 25 anos e mandatos de quatro" [Members approve 25-year membership and four-year terms]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
7. "Mandatos passam de 3 para 4 anos" [Mandates change from 3 to 4 years]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2019.