# 2022–23 S.L. Benfica season

The 2022–23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 119th season in existence and its 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 2 August 2022, with the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, where Benfica qualified for the group stage, reaching the quarter-finals, and concluded on 27 May 2023. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, and Taça da Liga, winning the league title for a 38th time in their history.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Gilberto |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Grimaldo |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Lucas Veríssimo |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Alexander Bah |
| 7 | MF | BRA | David Neres |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes |
| 15 | MF | POR | Gonçalo Guedes (on loan from Wolves) |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Casper Tengstedt |
| 20 | MF | POR | João Mário (vice-captain) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup |
| 22 | MF | POR | Chiquinho |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić |
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | POR | Rafa Silva |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi (captain) |
| 33 | FW | CRO | Petar Musa |
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino |
| 66 | DF | POR | António Silva |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Cher Ndour |
| 75 | GK | POR | André Gomes |
| 87 | MF | POR | João Neves |
| 88 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Ramos |
| 91 | DF | BRA | Morato |
| 93 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler (on loan from PSG) |
| 96 | MF | POR | Diego Moreira |
| 99 | GK | GRE | Odysseas Vlachodimos |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 33 | FW | Petar Musa | Boavista | €6,400,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Mihailo Ristić | Montpellier | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Alexander Bah | Slavia Prague | €8,600,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 7 | FW | David Neres | Shakhtar Donetsk | €15,300,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 38 | DF | João Victor | Corinthians | €8,500,000 | 8 July 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Enzo Fernández | River Plate | €10,000,000 | 14 July 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Fredrik Aursnes | Feyenoord | €13,000,000 | 24 August 2022 |
| 93 | MF | Julian Draxler | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan (€2,500,000) | 1 September 2022 |
| 25 | DF | John Brooks | Wolfsburg | Free | 1 September 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Casper Tengstedt | Rosenborg | €9,500,000 | 11 January 2023 |
| 21 | MF | Andreas Schjelderup | Nordsjælland | €14,000,000 | 11 January 2023 |
| 15 | MF | Gonçalo Guedes | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | 20 January 2023 |
| Disclosed total |||||||
| €87,800,000 |||||||

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Darwin Núñez | Liverpool | €75,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Everton | Flamengo | €13,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| — | MF | Gedson Fernandes | Beşiktaş | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| — | MF | Tiago Dantas | PAOK | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| — | DF | Pedro Pereira | Monza | €2,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| — | FW | Jota | Celtic | €7,300,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Mile Svilar | Roma | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| — | DF | Ferro | Vitesse | Loan | 15 July 2022 |
| 14 | FW | Haris Seferovic | Galatasaray | Loan (€1,000,000) | 19 July 2022 |
| 72 | DF | Tomás Araújo | Gil Vicente | Loan | 27 July 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | Al Wahda | Free | 28 July 2022 |
| — | MF | Nuno Santos | Charlotte | €1,000,000 | 4 August 2022 |
| — | MF | Gabriel | Botafogo | Loan | 12 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | Club Brugge | €16,000,000 | 29 August 2022 |
| — | FW | Carlos Vinícius | Fulham | €5,000,000 | 1 September 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Soualiho Meïté | Cremonese | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Julian Weigl | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 49 | MF | Adel Taarabt | Al-Nasr | Free | 2 September 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | Anderlecht | Free | 2 September 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Rodrigo Pinho | Coritiba | €2,500,000 | 29 December 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Diogo Gonçalves | Copenhagen | €2,000,000 | 5 January 2023 |
| 77 | GK | Helton Leite | Antalyaspor | Free | 20 January 2023 |
| 39 | FW | Henrique Araújo | Watford | Loan | 23 January 2023 |
| — | DF | Tomás Tavares | Spartak Moscow | €3,000,000 | 24 January 2023 |
| 38 | DF | João Victor | Nantes | Loan | 25 January 2023 |
| 25 | DF | John Brooks | Hoffenheim | €500,000 | 26 January 2023 |
| — | DF | Germán Conti | Lokomotiv Moscow | Free | 30 January 2023 |
| 31 | DF | Gil Dias | Stuttgart | €2,000,000 | 30 January 2023 |
| 55 | MF | Paulo Bernardo | Paços de Ferreira | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Haris Seferovic | Celta de Vigo | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| 13 | MF | Enzo Fernandez | Chelsea | €121,000,000 | 31 January 2023 |
| 34 | DF | André Almeida | | Free | 1 February 2023 |
| — | DF | Ferro | Hajduk Split | €1,500,000 | 15 February 2023 |
| Disclosed total |||||||
| €259,800,000 |||||||

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
The pre-season began on 25 June and ended on 27 July 2022.

## 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 | 5 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | +62 | 082.35 |
| Taça de Portugal | 15 October 2022 | 9 February 2023 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 20 November 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 August 2022 | 19 April 2023 | Third qualifying round | Quarter-finals | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 131 | 40 | +91 | 076.36 |
Source: Competitions

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 20 | +62 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Braga | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Arouca | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 87 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.

### Taça da Liga
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOR | BEN | EST | PEN |
| 1 | Moreirense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Estrela da Amadora | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | | — | 2–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | 1–2 | — | — | — |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | PAR | JUV | MHA |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 7–2 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 3 | | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | GRE | Odysseas Vlachodimos | 54 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Gilberto | 36 | 4 | 8+13 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álex Grimaldo | 54 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Lucas Veríssimo | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Alexander Bah | 42 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić | 10 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi | 46 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 66 | DF | POR | António Silva | 44 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 91 | DF | BRA | Morato | 20 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BRA | David Neres | 48 | 12 | 22+9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7+5 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes | 42 | 3 | 24+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 15 | 2 | 4+8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | João Mário | 51 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Chiquinho | 44 | 2 | 14+11 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Rafa Silva | 47 | 14 | 26+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino | 54 | 0 | 25+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Cher Ndour | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | POR | João Neves | 20 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 19 | 2 | 4+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | POR | Diego Moreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | DEN | Casper Tengstedt | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CRO | Petar Musa | 41 | 11 | 2+28 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+6 | 2 |
| 88 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Ramos | 48 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team. ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Enzo Fernández | 29 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Diogo Gonçalves | 20 | 1 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Rodrigo Pinho | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Julian Weigl | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | POR | Gil Dias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | POR | André Almeida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | BRA | João Victor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | POR | Henrique Araújo | 14 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+5 | 2 |
| 55 | MF | POR | Paulo Bernardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | BRA | Helton Leite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |