# List of S.L. Benfica presidents

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Ever since its foundation on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa (later merged with Grupo Sport Benfica), it has had a total of 34 presidents. The first president was José Rosa Rodrigues and the current one is Rui Costa, who replaced the longest-serving Benfica president, Luís Filipe Vieira. The shortest tenure belongs to António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães.
To elect a president, the paying members of Benfica (sócios), along with Benfica houses, filiations, and delegations, vote in the club's elections, held every four years since 2012. In 2003 the club switched to electronic voting, and since 2010 only effective members with 25 years of continuous membership as an adult can run for president of Benfica. Therefore, they must be at least 43 years old to do so. (The new club statutes, approved in 2025, will change these requirements.)
The following chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of president of Benfica since its inception. Each president's entry includes dates and duration of his tenure, as well as the club's men's football honours won under his management. Interim presidents are marked in italics.

## List of presidents

Overview of S.L. Benfica presidents :
| No. | Name | From | To | Duration | Football trophies |
| 1 | José Rosa Rodrigues (1st president of Sport Lisboa) | 28 February 1904 | 22 November 1906 | 2 years, 267 days | |
| 2 | Luís Carlos de Faria Leal (1st president of Grupo Sport Benfica) | 18 November 1906 | 15 September 1907 | 301 days | |
| 3 | Januário Barreto (2nd president of Sport Lisboa) | 18 December 1906 | 13 September 1908 | 1 year, 270 days | |
| 4 | João José Pires (2nd president of Grupo Sport Benfica; 1st president after the club merger) | 15 September 1907 | 2 February 1910 | 2 years, 140 days | |
| 5 | Alfredo Alexandre Luís da Silva | 2 February 1910 | 26 March 1911 | 1 year, 52 days | 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 6 | António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães | 26 March 1911 | 9 July 1911 | 105 days | |
| 7 | Alberto Lima | 9 July 1911 | 31 March 1912 | 1 year, 85 days | 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 8 | José Eduardo Moreira Sales | 31 March 1912 | 5 December 1912 | 249 days | |
| — | Alberto Lima | 5 December 1912 | 29 August 1915 | 2 years, 267 days | 2 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 9 | José Antunes dos Santos Júnior | 29 August 1915 | 15 July 1916 | 321 days | 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 10 | Félix Bermudes | 15 July 1916 | 7 October 1916 | 1 year, 84 days | |
| 11 | Nuno Freire Themudo | 7 October 1916 | 22 July 1917 | 288 days | 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 12 | Bento Mântua | 22 July 1917 | 25 August 1926 | 9 years, 34 days | 2 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 13 | Alfredo Silveira Ávila de Melo | 25 August 1926 | 15 August 1930 | 3 years, 355 days | 1 Campeonato de Portugal |
| 14 | Manuel da Conceição Afonso | 15 August 1930 | 20 August 1933 | 3 years, 5 days | 1 Campeonato de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| 15 | Vasco Rosa Ribeiro | 20 August 1933 | 4 November 1936 | 3 years, 76 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 1 Campeonato de Portugal |
| — | Manuel da Conceição Afonso | 4 November 1936 | 31 July 1938 | 1 year, 269 days | 2 Primeira Divisão |
| 16 | Júlio Ribeiro da Costa | 31 July 1938 | 1 August 1939 | 1 year, 1 day | |
| 17 | Augusto da Fonseca Júnior | 1 August 1939 | 18 January 1945 | 5 years, 170 days | 2 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa |
| — | Félix Bermudes | 18 January 1945 | 19 January 1946 | 1 year, 1 day | 1 Primeira Divisão |
| — | Manuel da Conceição Afonso | 19 January 1946 | 16 September 1946 | 240 days | |
| — | António Afonso da Costa e Sousa | 16 September 1946 | 25 January 1947 | 131 days | |
| 18 | João Tamagnini Barbosa | 25 January 1947 | 15 December 1948 | 1 year, 325 days | |
| — | António Afonso da Costa e Sousa | 15 December 1948 | 29 January 1949 | 45 days | |
| 19 | Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira | 29 January 1949 | 15 March 1952 | 3 years, 46 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Latin Cup |
| 20 | Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho | 15 March 1952 | 30 March 1957 | 5 years, 15 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal |
| 21 | Maurício Vieira de Brito | 30 March 1957 | 31 March 1962 | 5 years, 1 day | 3 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 European Cup |
| 22 | António Cabral Fezas Vital | 31 March 1962 | 26 March 1964 | 1 year, 361 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 European Cup |
| 23 | Adolfo Vieira de Brito | 26 March 1964 | 8 May 1965 | 1 year, 43 days | 2 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
| 24 | António Catarino Duarte | 8 May 1965 | 17 June 1966 | 1 year, 40 days | |
| 25 | José Ferreira Queimado | 17 June 1966 | 3 July 1967 | 1 year, 16 days | 1 Primeira Divisão |
| — | Adolfo Vieira de Brito | 3 July 1967 | 12 April 1969 | 1 year, 283 days | 1 Primeira Divisão |
| 26 | Duarte Borges Coutinho | 12 April 1969 | 26 May 1977 | 8 years, 44 days | 7 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal |
| — | José Ferreira Queimado | 26 May 1977 | 29 May 1981 | 4 years, 3 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça de Portugal |
| 27 | Fernando Martins | 29 May 1981 | 27 March 1987 | 5 years, 302 days | 2 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
| 28 | João Santos | 27 March 1987 | 24 April 1992 | 5 years, 28 days | 3 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
| 29 | Jorge de Brito | 24 April 1992 | 7 January 1994 | 1 year, 258 days | 1 Taça de Portugal |
| 30 | Manuel Damásio | 7 January 1994 | 31 October 1997 | 3 years, 297 days | 1 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal |
| 31 | João Vale e Azevedo | 31 October 1997 | 27 October 2000 | 2 years, 362 days | |
| 32 | Manuel Vilarinho | 27 October 2000 | 31 October 2003 | 3 years, 4 days | |
| 33 | Luís Filipe Vieira | 31 October 2003 | 15 July 2021 | 17 years, 257 days | 7 Primeira Liga 3 Taça de Portugal 7 Taça da Liga 5 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |
| — | Rui Costa | 9 July 2021 | 10 October 2021 | 93 days | |
| 34 | Rui Costa | 10 October 2021 | Present | 3 years, 158 days | 1 Primeira Liga 1 Taça da Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira |