List of S.L. Benfica players (25–99 appearances)

Nemanja Matić made 99 appearances for Benfica in three-and-a-half seasons

Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a Portuguese professional football team based in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon.^{[1][lower-alpha 1]} The club was formed in 1904, and played his first competitive match on 4 November 1906, when it entered the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Lisboa.^[4][5] They won their first regional title in 1910,^[6] and their first nationwide in 1930, the Campeonato de Portugal, a knockout competition which determined the Portuguese champion among the winners of the regional championships.^[7][8] In 1934, an experimental league competition known as Primeira Liga was introduced in Portuguese football. Due to its success among the clubs, it become the official top-tier championship in 1938, in place of the Campeonato de Portugal.^[7] Since its first edition, Benfica have won a record 35 titles.^[1] They have also won the European Cup twice, in 1961 and 1962.^[1]

Since their first competitive match, more than 750 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches. Dimas, Tahar El Khalej and Nemanja Matić all fell one short of 100 appearances, as they all moved elsewhere while the season was ongoing. Four former players went on to be first-team managers: Cosme Damião, Ribeiro dos Reis, Vítor Gonçalves and Cândido Tavares.^[9][10][11] Hugo Leal, who appeared 41 times for the club, is the youngest player to have played for Benfica. He was 16 years and 335 days when he played against Sporting de Espinho on 20 April 1997.^[12][13] Axel Witsel is the club record sale at €40 million, while Raúl Jiménez is the record purchase at €21.8 million.^[14][15] Nemanja Matić and Jonas are the only two players listed to have been selected as Primeira Liga Player of the Year.^{[16][17][lower-alpha 2]} Of the players still at the club, Pizzi is the closest to 100 appearances; he has played in 98 matches.

As of 2 December 2016, a total of 249 players have played between 25 and 99 competitive matches for the club. Of those players, 13 are still playing for the club.

Key

• The list is ordered by date of debut.
• Appearances as a substitute are included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 2 December 2016. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Player

Players with name in italics were on loan from another club for part or all of their Benfica career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column, and for the players who later signed a permanent deal, their time spent at loan is specified.

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

League appearances and League goals

League appearances and goals comprise those in the Campeonato de Lisboa and the Primeira Liga. Starting in the 1934–35 season, appearances are only counted in the Primeira Liga.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal (including in the early denomination as Campeonato de Portugal), Taça da Liga, Supertaça, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and defunct competitions such as Campeonato de Lisboa, Latin Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Intercontinental Cup

International selection

Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.

Caps

For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club. All information relating to international selection, including number of full caps won while with the club, is sourced to Tovar (2012), pp. 679–761, unless otherwise noted.

List of players (25 to 99 appearances)

Founder Cosme Damião made 67 appearances for Benfica

Glenn Strömberg made only 44 appearances, but won two league titles.

Dimas made 99 appearances between 1994 and December 1996

Fábio Coentrão made 97 appearances for Benfica

Of the 12 players currently with Benfica, Jonas is the highest scorer

Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection

Player	Pos	Club career	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	International selection	Caps	Notes	Refs
			League		Total
Costa, HenriqueHenrique Costa	2 !FB	1906–1918	63	2	63	2	—	—		[18]
Damiao, CosmeCosme Damião	6 !FW	1907–1916	67	8	67	8	—	—	[lower-alpha 3][9]	[19]
Costa, AntonioAntónio Costa	6 !FW	1907–1914	31	3	31	3	—	—		[20]
Pereira, Artur JoseArtur José Pereira	4 !HB	1907–1914	41	6	41	6	—	—		[21]
Vieira, LuisLuís Vieira	4 !HB	1907–1913 1916–1919	53	5	53	5	—	—		[22]
Mocho, LeopoldoLeopoldo Mocho	2 !FB	1907–1911 1913–1917	37	1	37	1	—	—		[23]
Meireles, AntonioAntónio Meireles	6 !FW	1907–1911	27	7	27	7	—	—		[24]
Figueiredo, CarlosCarlos Figueiredo	6 !FW	1909–1917	39	4	39	4	—	—		[25]
Domingos, JoseJosé Domingos	6 !FW	1910–1915	25	0	25	0	—	—		[26]
Rio, AlbertoAlberto Rio	6 !FW	1908–1918	36	18	36	18	—	—		[27]
Belas, FranciscoFrancisco Belas	6 !FW	1911–1919	26	2	26	2	—	—		[28]
Simoes, PaivaPaiva Simões	1 !GK	1911–1919	28	0	28	0	—	—		[29]
dos Santos, HerculanoHerculano dos Santos	4 !HB	1912–1923	57	30	57	30	—	—		[18]
Pereira, FranciscoFrancisco Pereira	6 !FW	1912–1917	26	16	26	16	—	—		[30]
Augusto, ArturArtur Augusto	6 !FW	1915–1921	32	5	32	5	—	—		[21]
Oliveira, CandidoCândido Oliveira	4 !HB	1914–1920	32	5	32	5	—	—		[31]
dos Reis, RibeiroRibeiro dos Reis	6 !FW	1915–1916 1917–1925	43	14	43	14	Portugal	1	[lower-alpha 3][9]	[32]
Bastos, Jose MariaJosé Maria Bastos	2 !FB	1916–1922	25	0	25	0	—	—		[28]
Jesus, FernandoFernando Jesus	4 !HB	1917–1925	58	0	58	0	Portugal	2		[33]
Augusto, AlbertoAlberto Augusto	6 !FW	1917–1924	39	10	39	10	Portugal	3		[27]
Pinho, AntonioAntónio Pinho	2 !FB	1918–1920 1928–1930 1932–1933	42	2	50	3	Portugal	2		[34]
Vieira, FranciscoFrancisco Vieira	1 !GK	1918–1919 1921–1926	41	0	41	0	Portugal	3		[22]
Pimenta, JoseJosé Pimenta	6 !FW	1918–1928	75	2	75	2	—	—		[34]
Goncalves, VitorVítor Gonçalves	6 !FW	1918–1927	72	5	72	5	Portugal	2	[lower-alpha 3][11]	[35]
Simoes, JoseJosé Simões	6 !FW	1919–1929	78	14	83	15	—	—		[36]
Hugo, VitorVítor Hugo	4 !HB	1921–1931	84	15	95	15	—	—		[35]
Costa, LuisLuís Costa	2 !FB	1924–1932 1933–1934	42	0	72	0	—	—		[37]
Carvalho, MarioMário Carvalho	6 !FW	1924–1931	69	30	81	34	Portugal	2		[38]
Travassos, ArturArtur Travassos	4 !HB	1924–1931	31	1	43	2	—	—		[39]
Costa, FranciscoFrancisco Costa	1 !GK	1925–1927 1933–1934	15	0	59	0	—	—		[40]
Bailao, RalphRalph Bailão	2 !FB	1926–1933	58	2	89	4	—	—		[41]
Antonio Jacinto António Jacinto	1 !GK	1926–1929	31	0	36	0	—	—		[42]
Tamanqueiro, Tamanqueiro	4 !HB	1926–1928	27	4	38	9	Portugal	9		[32]
Campos, GermanoGermano Campos	6 !FW	1926–1927 1931–1933	24	0	28	0	—	—		[43]
Salvador, EugenioEugénio Salvador	6 !FW	1927–1929 1930–1934	34	15	43	20	—	—		[44]
de Oliveira, ManuelManuel de Oliveira	6 !FW	1928–1934 1935–1936	46	6	71	17	—	—		[21]
Goncalves, GuedesGuedes Gonçalves	6 !FW	1928–1936	45	24	69	35	—	—		[42]
Oliveira, JoaoJoão Oliveira	4 !HB	1928–1934	55	10	73	14	Portugal	1		[33]
Jose, AnibalAnibal José	4 !HB	1928–1933	35	1	52	3	Portugal	4		[45]
Dyson, ArturArtur Dyson	1 !GK	1929–1931	21	0	39	0	—	—		[46]
Silva, PedroPedro Silva	4 !HB	1929–1934	21	8	50	24	—	—		[47]
Dinis, AugustoAugusto Dinis	4 !HB	1929–1933	21	7	37	14	—	—		[26]
Cardoso, AlbertoAlberto Cardoso	6 !FW	1930–1938	31	12	62	23	—	—		[27]
Gatinho, FranciscoFrancisco Gatinho	2 !FB	1930–1936	38	0	88	0	—	—		[43]
Correia, JoaoJoão Correia	4 !HB	1930–1933 1934–1939	39	1	71	2	—	—		[33]
Da Conceição, PedroPedro da Conceição	1 !GK	1931–1936	27	0	48	0	—	—		[19]
Amaro, AugustoAugusto Amaro	1 !GK	1932–1939	40	0	80	0	Portugal	2		[48]
Torres, CarlosCarlos Torres	6 !FW	1933–1937	28	23	60	34	—	—		[39]
Lopes, DomingosDomingos Lopes	6 !FW	1934–1939	36	6	74	16	Portugal	2		[26]
Baptista, RaulRaul Baptista	4 !HB	1935–1941	49	0	95	3	—	—		[41]
Barbosa, FelicianoFeliciano Barbosa	4 !HB	1935–1939	15	3	45	8	—	—		[41]
Tavares, CandidoCândido Tavares	1 !GK	1935–1937	24	0	46	0	—	—	[lower-alpha 3][10]	[49]
Vieira, AntonioAntónio Vieira	2 !FB	1936–1940	35	0	74	0	Portugal	2		[22]
Freire, RicardoRicardo Freire	6 !FB	1936–1943	13	0	31	7	—	—		[40]
Da Rosa, MarioMário da Rosa	1 !GK	1937–1950	34	0	47	0	—	—		[50]
Brito, CarlosCarlos Brito	6 !FW	1938–1946	43	26	79	44	—	—		[51]
Eloi Elói	2 !FB	1939–1943	38	0	75	0	—	—		[52]
Rodrigues, FranciscoFrancisco Rodrigues	6 !FW	1939–1942	44	49	88	99	—	—		[53]
Lourenco, MiguelMiguel Lourenço	6 !FW	1939–1942	19	9	33	16	—	—		[54]
Pires, FranciscoFrancisco Pires	6 !FW	1940–1945	17	7	44	31	—	—		[34]
Conceicao RodriguesConceição Rodrigues	4 !HB	1940–1943	18	4	39	18	—	—		[19]
da Costa, ManuelManuel da Costa	4 !HB	1941–1945	43	28	74	49	—	—		[55]
Galvao, MarioMário Galvão	2 !FB	1941–1945	12	2	30	4	—	—		[56]
Jordao, ManuelManuel Jordão	4 !HB	1942–1946	15	2	29	2	—	—		[57]
Cerqueira, EduardoEduardo Cerqueira	2 !FB	1943–1949	48	0	60	0	—	—		[58]
Mario Rui Mário Rui	6 !FW	1943–1948 1952–1954	30	18	57	24	—	—		[59]
Teixeira, ArturArtur Teixeira	4 !FB	1943–1947	25	0	45	0	—	—		[21]
Da Silva, JoaoJoão da Silva	4 !HB	1943–1945	13	1	26	2	—	—		[60]
Melao, AlfredoAlfredo Melão	6 !FW	1946–1951	61	28	73	34	—	—		[24]
Machado, PintoPinto Machado	1 !GK	1946–1949	24	0	39	0	—	—		[34]
Baptista, VitorVítor Baptista	6 !FW	1946–1949	59	30	70	40	—	—		[41]
Da Costa, JoseJosé da Costa	6 !HB	1947–1952	23	1	26	2	—	—		[61]
Contreiras, RogerioRogério Contreiras	1 !GK	1947–1950	34	0	38	0	—	—		[19]
Antonio Manuel António Manuel	6 !HB	1948–1954	26	0	26	0	—	—		[20]
Rosario Rosário	6 !FW	1948–1954	76	18	96	22	—	—		[50]
Calado, FranciscoFrancisco Calado	4 !HB	1948–1958	81	10	97	14	—	—		[31]
Zezinho Zézinho	4 !HB	1952–1960	50	9	75	11	—	—		[62]
Vieirinha, Vieirinha	4 !HB	1952–1954	33	5	40	7	—	—		[35]
Fialho, Fialho	6 !FW	1953–1956	33	9	36	9	—	—		[25]
Martins, SalvadorSalvador Martins	6 !FW	1953–1956 1957–1959	49	20	55	21	Portugal	4		[44]
Pegado, LeonelLeonel Pegado	4 !HB	1954–1958	41	3	58	5	—	—		[47]
Mario Joao Mário João	2 !FB	1957–1962	48	2	89	4	Portugal	2		[59]
Mendes AntonioAntónio Mendes	6 !FW	1957–1962	26	19	43	27	—	—		[24]
Saraiva, AntonioAntónio Saraiva	3 !DF	1959–1963	29	1	50	1	—	—		[63]
Calado, JorgeJorge Calado	5 !MF	1961–1968 1969-1971	29	0	49	7	—	—		[31]
Silva, AugustoAugusto Silva	5 !MF	1962–1967	36	4	64	13	—	—		[41]
Pedras, Pedras	6 !FW	1962–1966	16	7	32	19	—	—		[47]
Yauca Yaúca	6 !FW	1963–1968	32	23	58	42	Portugal	1		[62]
Fernandes, LucianoLuciano Fernandes	3 !DF	1963–1966	33	0	40	0	—	—		[37]
Pereira, SerafimSerafim Pereira	5 !MF	1963–1966	24	9	44	20	Portugal	1		[64]
Nascimento, AlfredoAlfredo Nascimento	1 !GK	1964–1970	27	0	44	0	—	—		[65]
Fernandes, NelsonNélson Fernandes	6 !FW	1965–1968	28	9	40	14	—	—		[66]
Matine, AugustoAugusto Matine	5 !MF	1967–1968 1969–1971 1972–1973	31	0	53	0	Portugal	8		[67]
Miglietti, JoseJosé Miglietti	3 !DF	1968–1972	53	0	84	1	—	—		[62]
Rodrigues, RuiRui Rodrigues	3 !DF	1971–1974	47	1	59	2	Portugal	2		[44]
Nelinho, Nelinho	6 !FW	1972–1974 1975–1977	46	11	55	11	Portugal	1		[65]
Moinhos, MarioMário Moinhos	5 !MF	1973–1977	73	21	96	26	Portugal	7		[23]
Cavungi, Cavungi	5 !MF	1975–1980	29	4	41	5	—	—		[58]
Alhinho, CarlosCarlos Alhinho	3 !DF	1976–1977 1978–1981	74	2	90	2	Portugal	6		[68]
Pereirinha, JoaquimJoaquim Pereirinha	3 !DF	1977–1980	28	1	39	2	—	—		[30]
Silva, JorgeJorge Silva	6 !FW	1977–1979 1984–1985	33	12	47	16	—	—		[57]
Rosa, FredericoFrederico Rosa	3 !DF	1979–1983	40	0	63	0	—	—		[40]
Martins, CésarCésar Martins	6 !FW	1979–1983	44	20	85	23	—	—		[58]
Laranjeira, JoaoJoão Laranjeira	3 !DF	1979–1982	42	2	60	2	Portugal	3		[69]
Gomes, JorgeJorge Gomes	6 !FW	1979–1982	41	10	59	12	—	—		[57]
Bastos Lopes, AlbertoAlberto Bastos Lopes	3 !DF	1980–1984	23	1	35	1	—	—		[27]
Vital, FranciscoFrancisco Vital	6 !FW	1980–1981	15	1	28	4	—	—		[35]
Filipovic, ZoranZoran Filipović	6 !FW	1981–1984	56	26	84	41	—	—		[70]
Pereira, CarlosCarlos Pereira	3 !DF	1981–1986 1987–1988	26	0	34	0	—	—		[71]
Stromberg, GlennGlenn Strömberg	5 !MF	1982–1984	29	3	44	6	Sweden	10		[49]
Dito, Dito	3 !DF	1986–1988	55	1	81	2	Portugal	8		[26]
Edmundo, Edmundo	3 !DF	1986–1988	31	2	44	2	—	—		[72]
Menayane, TuebaTueba Menayane	5 !MF	1986–1988	28	2	43	3	—	—		[39]
Chiquinho Carlos, Chiquinho Carlos	5 !MF	1986–1988	55	15	79	22	—	—		[73]
Fonseca, AntonioAntónio Fonseca	3 !DF	1987–1990	39	1	49	1	Portugal	2		[70]
Coelho, ElzoElzo Coelho	5 !MF	1987–1989	38	1	55	1	—	—		[52]
Neves, HernaniHernâni Neves	5 !MF	1988–1991 1992–1994	33	1	49	3	Portugal	1		[18]
Lima, AdesvaldoAdesvaldo Lima	6 !FW	1988–1991	35	4	49	14	—	—		[54]
Vata, Vata	6 !FW	1988–1991	60	29	76	37	—	—		[74]
Alcantara, AdemirAdemir Alcântara	5 !MF	1988–1990	30	4	34	7	—	—		[75]
Campos, AbelAbel Campos	5 !MF	1988–1990	49	8	64	13	—	—		[75]
Aldair, Aldair	3 !DF	1989–1990	22	5	33	6	Brazil	8		[27]
Mendes, FernandoFernando Mendes	3 !DF	1989–1991 1992–1993	27	1	35	2	Portugal	4		[25]
Bento, RuiRui Bento	3 !DF	1990–1992	24	0	38	0	Portugal	2		[50]
Sanchez, ErwinErwin Sánchez	5 !MF	1990–1991 1997–1998	41	7	48	8	Bolivia	14		[63]
Kulkov, VasiliVasili Kulkov	5 !MF	1991–1994	54	6	77	11	Russia	8		[69]
Yuran, SergeiSergei Yuran	6 !FW	1991–1994	63	18	95	34	Russia	10		[62]
Daniel Kenedy, Daniel Kenedy	3 !DF	1992–1996	37	2	85	5	—	—		[69]
Xavier, AbelAbel Xavier	3 !DF	1992–1995	47	4	65	5	Portugal	1		[75]
Delfino, AiltonAílton Delfino	6 !FW	1993–1994 1995–1996	32	11	38	14	—	—		[76]
Henriques, PedroPedro Henriques	3 !DF	1994–1997	37	1	48	2	—	—		[47]
Dimas, Dimas	3 !DF	1994–1997	68	4	99	5	Portugal	12		[26]
Bento, PauloPaulo Bento	5 !MF	1994–1996	49	2	68	3	Portugal	2		[77]
Pereira, PauloPaulo Pereira	3 !DF	1994–1996	20	1	29	2	—	—		[77]
Tavares, JoseJosé Tavares	5 !MF	1994–1995	20	2	34	6	Portugal	2		[49]
Nelo, Nelo	5 !MF	1994–1995	23	0	36	0	Portugal	4		[66]
Edilson Edílson	6 !FW	1994–1995	23	9	31	19	—	—	[L 1]	[72]
Caniggia, ClaudioClaudio Caniggia	6 !FW	1994–1995	24	8	34	16	—	—		[78]
Caires, BrunoBruno Caires	5 !MF	1994–1996	35	2	51	2	—	—		[79]
Pacheco, EdgarEdgar Pacheco	5 !MF	1995–1998	48	9	68	11	—	—		[72]
Panduru, BasarabBasarab Panduru	5 !MF	1995–1998	49	7	68	12	Romania	3		[29]
Marinho, Marinho	3 !DF	1995–1997	33	1	45	2	—	—		[38]
Iliev, IlianIlian Iliev	5 !MF	1995–1997	40	4	51	4	—	—		[80]
Paulao Paulão	5 !MF	1995–1997	23	3	27	3	Angola	20		[81]
Nader, HassanHassan Nader	6 !FW	1995–1997	17	7	27	9	—	—		[82]
Airez, MauroMauro Airez	6 !FW	1995–1997	27	0	39	3	—	—		[67]
Cipriano, MarceloMarcelo Cipriano	6 !FW	1995–1996	27	7	39	13	—	—		[38]
Maniche, Maniche	5 !MF	1995–1996 1999–2001	54	11	69	14	—	—		[83]
El Khalej, TaharTahar El Khalej	3 !DF	1996–2000	72	10	99	11	Morocco	15		[49]
Pringle, MartinMartin Pringle	6 !FW	1996–1999	41	6	54	8	—	—		[84]
El Hadrioui, AbdelkrimAbdelkrim El Hadrioui	3 !DF	1996–1998	21	0	29	0	—	—		[72]
Soares, JorgeJorge Soares	3 !DF	1996–1998	25	2	35	2	—	—		[61]
Pereira, TiagoTiago Pereira	5 !MF	1996–1998	24	1	30	1	—	—		[85]
Amaral, Amaral	5 !MF	1996–1998	24	0	45	2	Brazil	3	[L 2][lower-alpha 4]	[48]
Bermudez, JorgeJorge Bermúdez	3 !DF	1996–1997	27	1	38	2	—	—		[86]
Kandaurov, SerhiySerhiy Kandaurov	5 !MF	1997–2001	67	12	81	13	—	—		[87]
Luis Carlos Luís Carlos	5 !MF	1997–2000	45	1	54	1	Portugal	1		[37]
Basto, BrunoBruno Basto	3 !DF	1997–2000	48	1	58	1	—	—		[51]
Ovchinnikov, SergeiSergei Ovchinnikov	1 !GK	1997–1999	20	0	28	0	Russia	24		[29]
Sousa, JoseJosé Sousa	3 !DF	1997–1999	25	1	45	1	—	—		[88]
Minto, ScottScott Minto	3 !DF	1997–1999	31	0	42	0	—	—		[23]
Leal, HugoHugo Leal	5 !MF	1997–1999	31	3	41	3	Portugal	1		[80]
Andrade, LuisLuís Andrade	5 !MF	1998–2000 2001–2003	41	0	53	0	—	—		[89]
Thomas, MichaelMichael Thomas	5 !MF	1998–1999	18	1	25	1	—	—		[85]
Pembridge, MarkMark Pembridge	5 !MF	1998–1999	19	1	28	3	Wales	6		[47]
Enke, RobertRobert Enke	1 !GK	1999–2002	77	0	93	0	—	—		[52]
Tomas, JoaoJoão Tomás	6 !FW	1999–2001	41	19	46	20	Portugal	2		[57]
Chano, Chano	5 !MF	1999–2001	56	2	65	3	—	—		[73]
Nunes, SergioSérgio Nunes	3 !DF	1999–2001	20	2	28	2	—	—		[64]
Rojas, RicardoRicardo Rojas	3 !DF	1999–2001	25	2	42	0	—	—		[90]
Ribeiro, JorgeJorge Ribeiro	3 !DF	1999–2000 2001–2002 2008–2009	20	1	28	2	—	—		[61]
Carlitos, Carlitos	5 !MF	2000–2004	46	5	50	5	—	—		[78]
Ednilson, Ednilson	5 !MF	2000–2002	35	0	44	0	—	—		[72]
Meira, FernandoFernando Meira	3 !DF	2000–2002	46	2	55	2	Portugal	11		[24]
Diogo LuisDiogo Luís	3 !DF	2000–2002	23	0	28	0	—	—		[26]
van Hooijdonk, PierrePierre van Hooijdonk	6 !FW	2000–2001	30	19	35	23	—	—		[74]
Sabry, Abdel SattarAbdel Sattar Sabry	5 !MF	2000–2001	37	8	42	9	Egypt	18		[44]
Flores, RogerRoger Flores	5 !MF	2000–2001 2002–2004	36	6	44	7	—	—		[90]
Argel, Argel	3 !DF	2001–2005	79	6	97	6	—	—		[20]
Sokota, TomoTomo Šokota	6 !FW	2001–2005	60	21	79	28	Croatia	8		[91]
Andersson, AndersAnders Andersson	5 !MF	2001–2004	49	1	57	1	Sweden	9		[89]
Drulovic, LjubinkoLjubinko Drulović	5 !MF	2001–2003	50	5	54	6	—	—		[46]
Pinto, JoaoJoão Pinto	3 !DF	2001–2003	48	4	52	4	Portugal	1		[60]
Caneira, MarcoMarco Caneira	3 !DF	2001–2002	27	0	29	0	Portugal	2	[L 3]	[31]
Aguiar, FernandoFernando Aguiar	5 !MF	2001–2002 2003–2004	38	3	45	3	—	—		[25]
Sa, ArmandoArmando Sá	3 !DF	2002–2004	48	1	57	1	—	—		[20]
Tiago, Tiago	5 !MF	2002–2004	75	19	89	25	Portugal	10		[85]
Feher, MiklosMiklós Fehér	6 !FW	2002–2004	30	7	37	8	Hungary	5		[92][93]
Roland, CristianoCristiano Roland	3 !DF	2002–2004	24	1	31	1	—	—		[94]
Pereira, JoaoJoão Pereira	3 !DF	2003–2006	58	4	85	7	—	—		[60]
Fernandes, ManuelManuel Fernandes	5 !MF	2003–2006	67	3	97	4	Portugal	2		[55]
Fyssas, TakisTakis Fyssas	3 !DF	2003–2005	30	0	41	1	Greece	21		[40]
Assis, NunoNuno Assis	5 !MF	2004–2008	56	4	83	6	—	—		[95]
Alcides, Alcides	3 !DF	2004–2006	20	0	34	0	—	—	[L 4]	[27]
dos Santos, ManuelManuel dos Santos	3 !DF	2004–2006	24	0	38	1	—	—		[46]
Aguiar, BrunoBruno Aguiar	5 !MF	2004–2005	18	0	31	0	—	—		[51]
Karadas, AzarAzar Karadas	6 !FW	2004–2005	27	4	36	6	Norway	5		[87]
Anderson, Anderson	3 !DF	2005–2007	48	4	73	5	—	—		[89]
Miccoli, FabrizioFabrizio Miccoli	6 !FW	2005–2007	39	14	56	19	—	—	[L 5]	[24]
Karagounis, GiorgosGiorgos Karagounis	5 !MF	2005–2007	45	3	67	3	Greece	17		[87]
Beto, Beto	5 !MF	2005–2007	30	0	48	1	—	—		[86]
Moretto, MarceloMarcelo Moretto	1 !GK	2005–2007 2008–2009	19	0	29	0	—	—		[88]
Edcarlos, Edcarlos	3 !DF	2007–2008	16	0	27	0	—	—		[46]
Rodriguez, CristianCristian Rodríguez	5 !MF	2007–2008	24	6	36	7	Uruguay	8	[L 6]	[94]
Vitor, MiguelMiguel Vítor	3 !DF	2007–2011 2012	24	0	45	0	—	—		[23]
Luis FilipeLuís Filipe	3 !DF	2007–2008 2009–2011	23	0	40	0	—	—		[37]
Binya, GillesGilles Binya	5 !MF	2007–2009	23	0	39	0	Cameroon	10		[86]
Coentrao, FabioFábio Coentrão	3 !DF	2007 2009–2011	52	2	97	8	Portugal	14		[53]
Sidnei, Sidnei	3 !DF	2008–2011 2012	45	6	75	7	—	—		[36]
Reyes, Jose AntonioJosé Antonio Reyes	5 !MF	2008–2009	26	4	35	6	—	—	[L 7]	[32]
Yebda, HassanHassan Yebda	5 !MF	2008–2009	25	1	34	2	—	—		[62]
Urretaviscaya, JonathanJonathan Urretaviscaya	5 !MF	2008–2010 2012–2014	15	2	27	2	—	—		[96]
Peixoto, CesarCésar Peixoto	3 !DF	2009–2011	31	0	65	1	—	—		[58]
Ramires, Ramires	5 !MF	2009–2010	26	4	42	5	Brazil	9		[32]
Weldon, Weldon	6 !FW	2009–2011	16	5	34	0	—	—		[97]
Kardec, AlanAlan Kardec	6 !FW	2010–2011 2012–2013	23	3	43	8	—	—		[98]
Menezes, FelipeFelipe Menezes	5 !MF	2010–2011	13	0	29	2	—	—		[92]
Santos, AirtonAirton Santos	5 !MF	2010–2015	19	0	34	0	—	—		[99]
Jara, FrancoFranco Jara	6 !FW	2010–2011 2014–2015	29	6	47	11	—	—		[100]
Nolito, Nolito	5 !MF	2011–2013	35	12	63	16	—	—		[101]
Bruno Cesar Bruno César	5 !MF	2011–2013	32	10	60	13	Brazil	2		[102][79]
Witsel, AxelAxel Witsel	5 !MF	2011–2012	32	1	52	5	Belgium	8		[97]
Emerson, Emerson	3 !DF	2011–2012	24	0	39	0	—	—		[52]
Matic, NemanjaNemanja Matić	5 !MF	2011–2013	56	6	99	9	Serbia	7		[103][104]
Gomes, AndreAndré Gomes	5 !MF	2012–2014	14	2	41	4	Portugal	1		[105][106]
Melgarejo, LorenzoLorenzo Melgarejo	3 !DF	2012–2013	21	2	40	2	Paraguay	2		[107][108]
John, OlaOla John	5 !MF	2012–2013 2014–2015	53	3	88	9	Netherlands	1		[109][110]
Sulejmani, MiralemMiralem Sulejmani	5 !MF	2013–2015	15	1	34	3	Serbia	4		[111][112]
Markovic, LazarLazar Marković	5 !MF	2013–2014	26	5	49	7	Serbia	7		[113][114]
Fejsa, LjubomirLjubomir Fejsa	5 !MF	2013–	51	1	78	2	Serbia	10		[115][116]
Silvio Sílvio	3 !DF	2013–2016	13	0	40	0	Portugal	1	[L 7]	[117][118]
Lindelof, VictorVictor Lindelöf	5 !DF	2013–	27	1	43	1	Sweden	11		[119][120]
Siqueira, GuilhermeGuilherme Siqueira	5 !MF	2013–2014	18	1	33	1	—	—	[L 7]	[121]
Oblak, JanJan Oblak	1 !GK	2013–2014	16	0	26	0	Slovenia	3		[122][123]
Talisca, Talisca	6 !FW	2014–2016	52	12	78	20	—	—		[124]
Derley, Derley	6 !FW	2014–2015	14	1	27	2	—	—		[125]
Samaris, AndreasAndreas Samaris	5 !MF	2014–	59	2	87	2	Greece	13		[126][127]
Jonas, Jonas	6 !FW	2014–	62	52	85	68	Brazil	4		[128][129]
Eliseu, Eliseu	3 !DF	2014–	60	4	84	4	Portugal	15		[130][131]
Pizzi, Pizzi	5 !MF	2014–	66	14	98	19	Portugal	2		[132][133]
Julio Cesar Júlio César	1 !GK	2014–	21	0	72	0	—	—		[134]
Guedes, GoncaloGonçalo Guedes	6 !MF	2014–	35	4	59	8	Portugal	2		[135][136]
Lopez, LisandroLisandro López	3 !DF	2014–	27	4	39	4	—	—		[137]
Jimenez, RaulRaúl Jiménez	FW	2015–	35	8	57	16	Mexico	13		[138][139]
Mitroglou, KonstantinosKonstantinos Mitroglou	FW	2015–	41	24	61	31	Greece	12	[L 8][lower-alpha 5]	[140][141]
Sanches, RenatoRenato Sanches	5 !MF	2015–2016	24	2	35	2	Portugal	9		[142][143]
Carcela-Gonzalez, MehdiMehdi Carcela-González	5 !MF	2015–2016	20	2	29	3	Morocco	1		[144][145]
Semedo, NélsonNélson Semedo	3 !DF	2015–	23	3	38	4	Portugal	1		[146][147]
Moraes, EdersonEderson Moraes	1 !GK	2015–	17	0	30	0	—	—		[148]

Footnotes

Player statistics include games played while on loan from:

References

General

• Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica [Benfica Almanac]. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8. 
• Pereira, Luís Miguel (2014). Bíblia do Benfica [Benfica's Bible] (in Portuguese). Carcavelos: PrimeBooks. ISBN 978-989-655-215-2. 

Specific