# 2022–23 S.L. Benfica B season

The 2022–23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B" season was the team's 18th season in existence and their 10th consecutive one in the second division of Portuguese football. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 12 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Rodrigo Pinho |
| 24 | GK | POR | Samuel Soares |
| 44 | DF | ALB | Adrian Bajrami |
| 45 | GK | JPN | Leo Kokubo |
| 46 | FW | POR | Gerson Sousa |
| 51 | FW | POR | João Resende |
| 52 | DF | POR | Henrique Pereira |
| 53 | DF | POR | Ricardo Teixeira |
| 54 | MF | POR | Diogo Capitão (captain) |
| 55 | MF | POR | Paulo Bernardo |
| 62 | DF | FRA | Lenny Lacroix |
| 65 | DF | POR | Rafael Rodrigues |
| 66 | DF | POR | António Silva |
| 70 | MF | POR | Filipe Cruz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 71 | DF | POR | João Tomé |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Cher Ndour |
| 74 | MF | SVN | Žan Jevšenak |
| 76 | MF | POR | Martim Neto |
| 78 | DF | POR | Francisco "Kiko" Domingues |
| 79 | MF | POR | Diogo Nascimento |
| 80 | MF | POR | Pedro Santos |
| 81 | MF | POR | Tomás Azevedo |
| 87 | MF | POR | João Neves |
| 89 | FW | BRA | João Neto |
| 90 | FW | POR | Luís Semedo |
| 92 | GK | POR | Pedro Souza |
| 96 | MF | POR | Diego Moreira |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Germán Conti (at América Mineiro until 31 December 2022) |
| — | DF | POR | João Ferreira (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | MNE | Ilija Vukotić (at Boavista until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | POR | Rafael Brito (at Marítimo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | POR | Tiago Dantas (at PAOK until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | POR | Tiago Gouveia (at Estoril until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga Portugal 2 | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 029.41 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 029.41 |
Source: Soccerway

### Liga Portugal 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 12 | Penafiel | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 39 | |
| 13 | Nacional | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 39 | |
| 14 | Benfica B (I) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 38 | |
| 15 | Leixões | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 38 | |
| 16 | B-SAD (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 35 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
* 1 2 Penafiel are ahead of Nacional on head-to-head points: Penafiel 3–0 Nacional, Nacional 1–1 Pennafiel.
* 1 2 Benfica B are ahead of Leixões on head-to-head points: Benfica B 2–1 Leixões, Leixões 1–1 Benfica B. Leixões were deducted 1 point for financial irregularities.

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.