# 2024–25 S.L. Benfica 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 12 February 2025
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 |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Anatoliy Trubin |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Carreras |
| 4 | DF | POR | António Silva (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Alexander Bah |
| 7 | FW | SUI | Zeki Amdouni (on loan from Burnley) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Arthur Cabral |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Orkun Kökçü |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis |
| 16 | MF | POR | Manu Silva |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Kerem Aktürkoğlu |
| 18 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti (on loan from Como) |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Gianluca Prestianni |
| 26 | DF | SWE | Samuel Dahl (on loan from Roma) |
| 27 | FW | POR | Bruma |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi (captain) |
| 44 | DF | POR | Tomás Araújo |
| 47 | FW | POR | Tiago Gouveia |
| 60 | MF | POR | Nuno Félix |
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino Luís |
| 71 | DF | POR | Leandro Santos |
| 75 | GK | POR | André Gomes |
| 81 | DF | ALB | Adrian Bajrami |
| 84 | MF | POR | João Rego |
| 85 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches (on loan from PSG) |
| 86 | MF | POR | Diogo Prioste |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| Summer transfers |||||||
| 3 | DF | Álvaro Carreras | Manchester United | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| 32 | FW | Benjamín Rollheiser | River Plate | €9,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| 14 | FW | Vangelis Pavlidis | AZ Alkmaar | €18,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| 18 | MF | Leandro Barreiro | Mainz 05 | Free | 2 July 2024 |
| 37 | MF | Jan-Niklas Beste | 1. FC Heidenheim | €8,000,000 | 11 July 2024 |
| 85 | MF | Renato Sanches | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | 5 August 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Zeki Amdouni | Burnley | Loan | 29 August 2024 |
| 28 | DF | Issa Kaboré | Manchester City | Loan | 1 September 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Galatasaray | €12,000,000 | 2 September 2024 |
| Winter transfers |||||||
| 16 | MF | Manu Silva | Vitória SC | €12,000,000 | 20 January 2025 |
| 19 | FW | Andrea Belotti | Como | Loan | 3 February 2025 |
| 27 | FW | Bruma | Braga | €6,500,000 | 3 February 2025 |
| 26 | DF | Samuel Dahl | Roma | Loan | 3 February 2025 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| Summer transfers |||||||
| 27 | FW | Rafa Silva | Beşiktaş | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| — | DF | David Jurásek | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| — | FW | Henrique Araújo | Arouca | Loan | 11 July 2024 |
| — | GK | Leo Kokubo | Sint-Truiden | Free | 11 July 2024 |
| — | MF | Paulo Bernardo | Celtic | €4,000,000 | 1 August 2024 |
| 87 | MF | João Neves | Paris Saint-Germain | €60,000,000 | 5 August 2024 |
| 19 | FW | Casper Tengstedt | Hellas Verona | Loan | 9 August 2024 |
| 7 | FW | David Neres | Napoli | €28,000,000 | 21 August 2024 |
| — | MF | Tiago Dantas | Osijek | Free | 29 August 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Morato | Nottingham Forest | €11,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| 16 | MF | Martim Neto | Rio Ave | Loan | 2 September 2024 |
| 36 | FW | Marcos Leonardo | Al Hilal | €40,000,000 | 2 September 2024 |
| 20 | MF | João Mário | Beşiktaş | Loan | 4 September 2024 |
| Winter transfers |||||||
| 23 | MF | Soualiho Meïté | PAOK | Loan | 22 January 2025 |
| 37 | DF | Jan-Niklas Beste | Freiburg | €8,000,000 | 31 January 2025 |
| 32 | FW | Benjamín Rollheiser | Santos | €11,000,000 | 12 February 2025 |

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
The pre-season began on 3 July 2024.

## 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 | 11 August 2024 | 18 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 076.00 |
| Taça de Portugal | 19 October 2024 | TBD | Third round | TBD | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 30 October 2024 | 11 January 2025 | Quarter-finals | Winners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 19 September 2024 | 11 March 2025 | League phase | Round of 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 045.45 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 16 June 2025 | TBD | Group stage | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 100 | 40 | +60 | 069.77 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 23 | +47 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Porto | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8$^1$ | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 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 | W | W | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
* 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
### UEFA Champions League
#### League phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 14 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 16 | Benfica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 17 | Monaco | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 18 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |

##### 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 |

##### Matches
#### Knockout phase play-offs

The knockout phase play-offs draw was held on 31 January 2025.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 February 2025.

### FIFA Club World Cup
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 December 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Auckland City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 16 March 2025
| 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 | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | UKR | Anatoliy Trubin | 38 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | GK | POR | André Gomes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Carreras | 41 | 3 | 22+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | António Silva | 30 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Alexander Bah | 29 | 2 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SWE | Samuel Dahl | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Otamendi | 40 | 4 | 21+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | POR | Tomás Araújo | 35 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | POR | Leandro Santos | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | ALB | Adrian Bajrami | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes | 40 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Orkun Kökçü | 41 | 10 | 21+3 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | Manu Silva | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | LUX | Leandro Barreiro | 33 | 3 | 10+10 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | POR | Nuno Félix | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | POR | Florentino | 33 | 2 | 17+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | POR | João Rego | 10 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 15 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | POR | Diogo Prioste | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SUI | Zeki Amdouni | 37 | 9 | 6+14 | 7 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Arthur Cabral | 28 | 6 | 2+15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Ángel Di María | 32 | 14 | 15+3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2+1 | 3 | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis | 43 | 20 | 19+6 | 10 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 11+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 39 | 12 | 17+4 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 11+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 10 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Andreas Schjelderup | 26 | 3 | 2+10 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Gianluca Prestianni | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | POR | Bruma | 6 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | POR | Tiago Gouveia | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | POR | Gerson Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team. ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | BRA | Morato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | David Neres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | Martim Neto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Casper Tengstedt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | João Mário | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Benjamín Rollheiser | 18 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | BRA | Marcos Leonardo | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste | 22 | 2 | 5+8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | POR | João Neves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |