C.F. Benfica

38°44′57.15″N 9°12′25.35″W

CF Benfica
Full nameClube Futebol Benfica
Nickname(s)Fofó
Founded23 March 1933 (1933-03-23)
GroundEstádio Francisco Lázaro,
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Capacity1,500
PresidentDomingos Estanislau
ManagerPedro Barroca
LeagueCampeonato Nacional
2013–14Série G, 8th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Not to be confused with C.F. Benfica (women).
For the Portuguese First Division football team, see S.L. Benfica.

Clube Futebol Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐ̃jˈfikɐ]), commonly known as Futebol Benfica, or simply as Fofó (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔˈfɔ]), is a Portuguese sports club based in the Benfica neighborhood of Lisbon. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895.[1] Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football, women's football, field hockey and roller hockey teams.

The men's football team competes in the Regional league. Previously it competed in the newly created Campeonato Nacional de Seniores, a competition created in 2013 after the merging of the Segunda Divisão and Terceira Divisão (third and fourth tiers of the Portuguese football league system).

The women's football team plays in the national top league, the Campeonato Nacional.[2] Both teams play at the Estádio Francisco Lázaro, where they have been playing ever since the establishment of the club.[3] The home colours are red and black.

Futebol Benfica is an independent club without any affiliation or connection with the better-known Sport Lisboa e Benfica, a neighboring club of much larger dimensions.[4]

History

The existence stretches back to around 1895, as the sports division of a philharmonic society in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon, adopting the name "Foot-Ball de Bemfica" in 1911. It was reorganized as an autonomous club on 23 March 1933. Futebol Benfica has won several national titles, principally in roller hockey and field hockey.

Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete, Francisco Lázaro, who died while running in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[5]

The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including football, women's football, athletics, field hockey, indoor hockey, gymnastics and swimming.[6]

In the 2011–12 season, Futebol Benfica men's football team was promoted to the Segunda Divisão of the Portuguese football after winning the Serie E of the Terceira Divisão, having achieved one of the best results in recent years.[7]

In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese national women's football league and the Portuguese women's football cup, and went on to also take the first women's supercup. It won both the national championship and cup again in 2015–16.

Season to season
See also: Portuguese football league system
Season Division Section Place Notes
1994–95[8] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 1st Promoted
1995–96[9] 3rd Série E 10th
1996–97[10] 3rd Série E 11th
1997–98[11] 3rd Série E 13th
1998–99[12] 3rd Série E 13th
1999–2000[13] 3rd Série E 10th
2000–01[14] 3rd Série F 12th
2001–02[15] 3rd Série E 12th
2002–03[16] 3rd Série F 16th Relegated
2003–04[17] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 3rd
2004–05[18] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 1st Promoted
2005–06[19] 3rd Série F 15th Relegated
2006–07[20] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 2nd
2007–08[21] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 2nd Promoted
2008–09[22] 3rd Série E 10th Relegated
2009–10[23] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 8th
2010–11[24] Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour 2nd Promoted
2011–12[25] 3rd Série E 1st Promoted
2012–13[26] 2nd B Zona Sul 13th
2013–14[27] CN Série G 8th Relegated
2014–15 Regional AF Lisboa – 1st Division of Honour

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Honours

Football
  • Terceira Divisão
  • AF Lisboa (Regional Leagues)
    • First Division of Honour (2): 1994–95, 2004–05
    • First Division: 1986–87
    • Second Division: 1977–78

Women's football
Main article: CF Benfica (women)

Field Hockey
  • Portuguese Field Hockey Championship (8): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1978–79

Roller Hockey

References
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