# 2019–20 S.L. Benfica season

The 2019–20 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 116th season in existence and its 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with a 5–0 win over Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, on 4 August 2019, and concluded with a 2–1 loss to FC Porto in the Taça de Portugal final, on 1 August 2020.

## Players
### Appearances and goals

    As of 25 July 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Supertaça | Supertaça | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Mile Svilar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | RUS | Ivan Zlobin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | GRE | Odisseas Vlachodimos | 44 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Germán Conti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Grimaldo | 41 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rúben Dias | 48 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jardel | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | POR | André Almeida | 26 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | BRA | Morato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | POR | Nuno Tavares | 15 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | POR | Tomás Tavares | 26 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | POR | Ferro | 40 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Gabriel | 33 | 3 | 19+3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi | 34 | 4 | 19+4 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Andrija Živković | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | POR | Chiquinho | 37 | 3 | 17+8 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Pizzi | 50 | 30 | 33+1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4+2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris | 25 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Rafa Silva | 35 | 11 | 18+7 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Julian Weigl | 20 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt | 37 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino Luís | 18 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | POR | Tiago Dantas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | POR | Gonçalo Ramos | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | POR | David Tavares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic | 44 | 9 | 14+16 | 5 | 1+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | POR | Dyego Sousa | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | POR | Jota | 27 | 2 | 1+18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | BRA | Carlos Vinícius | 46 | 23 | 19+13 | 18 | 4+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Caio | 11 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | POR | Gedson Fernandes | 13 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Raúl de Tomás | 17 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | VEN | Jhonder Cádiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Nélson Veríssimo |
| Assistant coaches | Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso |
| Goalkeeping coach | Fernando Ferreira |
| Observer assistant coach | Marco Pedroso |
| Video analyst | Jhony Conceição |
Last updated: 3 July 2020 Source:

## Pre-season friendlies

On 15 June 2019, Benfica announced their pre-season schedule, which included the following matches:
Win  Draw  Loss
Benfica won the International Champions Cup.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 4 September 2019 | 25 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 070.59 |
| Taça de Portugal | 18 October 2019 | 1 August 2020 | Third round | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 071.43 |
| Taça da Liga | 25 September 2019 | 21 December 2019 | Third round | Third round | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 4 August 2019 | 4 August 2019 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 September 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 20 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 109 | 54 | +55 | 060.38 |
Last updated: 1 August 2020 Source: playmakerstats.com

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 22 | +52 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 July 2020. Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Taça da Liga
#### Third round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GUI | BEN | SET | SCC |
| 1 | Vitória de Guimarães | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Vitória de Setúbal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | — |
| 4 | Sporting da Covilhã | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBL | LYO | BEN | ZEN |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.