Benfica 2024–25 football season
The 2024–25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season is the club's 121st season in existence and its 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football . Domestically, Benfica will play in the Primeira Liga , and will also compete in the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal . In Europe, Benfica will play in the UEFA Champions League . At global level, the club will compete in the newly expanded FIFA Club World Cup .
Players
First-team squad
As of 1 February 2025 [ 2] [ 3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
No.
Pos
Player
Transferred from
Fee
Date
Source
Summer transfers
3
DF
Álvaro Carreras
Manchester United
€6,000,000
1 July 2024
[ 4]
32
FW
Benjamín Rollheiser
River Plate
€9,500,000
[ 5]
14
FW
Vangelis Pavlidis
AZ Alkmaar
€18,000,000
[ 6]
18
MF
Leandro Barreiro
Mainz 05
Free
2 July 2024
[ 7]
37
MF
Jan-Niklas Beste
1. FC Heidenheim
€8,000,000
11 July 2024
[ 8]
85
MF
Renato Sanches
Paris Saint-Germain
Loan
5 August 2024
[ 9]
7
FW
Zeki Amdouni
Burnley
29 August 2024
[ 10]
28
DF
Issa Kaboré
Manchester City
1 September 2024
[ 11]
17
FW
Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Galatasaray
€12,000,000
2 September 2024
[ 12]
Winter transfers
16
MF
Manu Silva
Vitória SC
€12,000,000
20 January 2025
[ 13]
Out
No.
Pos
Player
Transferred to
Fee
Date
Source
Summer transfers
27
FW
Rafa Silva
Beşiktaş
Free
1 July 2024
[ 14]
—
DF
David Jurásek
TSG Hoffenheim
Loan
[ 15]
—
FW
Henrique Araújo
Arouca
11 July 2024
[ 16]
—
GK
Leo Kokubo
Sint-Truiden
Free
[ 17]
—
MF
Paulo Bernardo
Celtic
€4,000,000
1 August 2024
[ 18]
87
MF
João Neves
Paris Saint-Germain
€60,000,000
5 August 2024
[ 19]
19
FW
Casper Tengstedt
Hellas Verona
Loan
9 August 2024
[ 20]
7
FW
David Neres
Napoli
€28,000,000
21 August 2024
[ 21]
—
MF
Tiago Dantas
Osijek
Free
29 August 2024
[ 22]
5
DF
Morato
Nottingham Forest
€11,000,000
30 August 2024
[ 23]
16
MF
Martim Neto
Rio Ave
Loan
2 September 2024
[ 24]
36
FW
Marcos Leonardo
Al Hilal
€40,000,000
[ 25]
20
MF
João Mário
Beşiktaş
Loan
4 September 2024
[ 26]
Winter transfers
23
MF
Soualiho Meïté
PAOK
Loan
22 January 2025
[ 27]
37
DF
Jan-Niklas Beste
Freiburg
€8,000,000
31 January 2025
[ 28]
Pre-season friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
The pre-season began on 3 July 2024.[ 29]
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Primeira Liga
11 August 2024
18 May 2025
Matchday 1
TBD
20
14
2
4
46
16
+30
0 70.00
Taça de Portugal
19 October 2024
TBD
Third round
TBD
3
3
0
0
12
1
+11
100.00
Taça da Liga
30 October 2024
11 January 2025
Quarter-finals
Winners
3
2
1
0
7
1
+6
0 66.67
UEFA Champions League
19 September 2024
TBD
League phase
TBD
8
4
1
3
16
12
+4
0 50.00
FIFA Club World Cup
16 June 2025
TBD
Group stage
TBD
0
0
0
0
0
0
+0
! —
Total
34
23
4
7
81
30
+51
0 67.65
Last updated: 2 February 2025
Source: Soccerway
Primeira Liga
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2025. Source:
Liga Portugal Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
20
14
2
4
46
16
+30
44
9
0
1
31
5
+26
5
2
3
15
11
+4
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 81 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Ground A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A Result L W W D W W W W W W W W D W W L L W L W Position 16 8 6 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 Points 0 3 6 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 32 35 38 38 38 41 41 44
Source:
Liga Portugal A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossNotes:
Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW), not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days.
1 Matchday 8 (vs Nacional ) was postponed to 19 December 2024.
Matches
Benfica v Famalicão
Casa Pia v Benfica
Estrela da Amadora v Benfica
Benfica v Moreirense
Santa Clara v Benfica
Benfica v Boavista
Gil Vicente v Benfica
Benfica v Nacional
Rio Ave v Benfica
Benfica v Farense
Porto v Benfica
Benfica v Arouca
Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica
Benfica v Chaves
Estoril v Benfica
Benfica v Sporting CP
Braga v Benfica
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
UEFA Champions League
League phase
The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.[ 30]
League table
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ground A H H A H A A H Result W W L L W D L W Position 11 3 13 19 14 15 21 16 Points 3 6 6 6 9 10 10 13
Source:
UEFA A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
Knockout phase
Knockout phase play-offs
The knockout phase play-offs draw was held on 31 January 2025.
FIFA Club World Cup
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 December 2024.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
As of 2 February 2025
References
Men's
League competitions Cup competitions European competitions National teams
Women's
League competitions Cup competitions European competitions National teams