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 33 presidents.[1] Benfica's first president was José Rosa Rodrigues and the current one is Luís Filipe Vieira, elected in 2003; the latter surpassed Bento Mântua in 2012 as president with the most time in charge of the club.[2]

To elect a president, the paying members of Benfica (sócios) vote in the club's elections, which are currently held every four years.[3] In 2003 the club switched to electronic voting,[4] and since 2010 only members with 25 years of uninterrupted filiation as an adult can candidate to the presidency of Benfica.[5]

The following chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of president of Benfica since its inception. Each president's entry includes his dates of tenure (and duration) as well as the club's football honours won while under his tenure.

List of presidents

No. Cit. Name From To Duration Football trophies
1 José Rosa Rodrigues
(1st president of Sport Lisboa)		 28 February 190422 November 1906 2 years, 267 days
2 Luís Carlos de Faria Leal
(1st president of Grupo Sport Benfica)		 18 November 190615 September 1907 301 days
3 Januário Gonçalves Barreto Duarte
(2nd president of Sport Lisboa)		 18 December 190613 September 1908 1 year, 270 days
4 João José Pires
(2nd president of Grupo Sport Benfica,
1st president of Sport Lisboa e Benfica after the merge)		 15 September 19072 February 1910 2 years, 140 days
5 Portugal Alfredo Alexandre Luís da Silva 2 February 191026 March 1911 1 year, 52 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
6 Portugal António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães 26 March 19119 July 1911 105 days
7 Portugal Alberto Lima 9 July 191131 March 1912 1 year, 85 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
8 Portugal José Eduardo Moreira Sales 31 March 19125 December 1912 249 days
— Portugal Alberto Lima 5 December 191229 August 1915 2 years, 267 days 2 Campeonato de Lisboa
9 Portugal José Antunes dos Santos Júnior 29 August 191515 July 1916 321 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
10 Portugal Félix Bermudes 15 July 19167 October 1916 1 year, 84 days
11 Portugal Nuno Freire Themudo 7 October 191622 July 1917 288 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
12 Portugal Bento Mântua 22 July 191725 August 1926 9 years, 34 days 2 Campeonato de Lisboa
13 Portugal Alberto Silveira Ávila de Melo 25 August 192615 August 1930 3 years, 355 days 1 Campeonato de Portugal
14 Portugal Manuel da Conceição Afonso 15 August 193020 August 1933 3 years, 5 days 1 Campeonato de Portugal
1 Campeonato de Lisboa
15 Portugal Vasco Rosa Ribeiro 20 August 19334 November 1936 3 years, 76 days 1 Primeira Liga
1 Campeonato de Portugal
— Portugal Manuel da Conceição Afonso 4 November 193631 July 1938 1 year, 269 days 2 Primeira Liga
16 Portugal Júlio Ribeiro da Costa 31 July 19381 August 1939 1 year, 1 day
17 Portugal Augusto da Fonseca Júnior 1 August 193918 January 1945 5 years, 170 days 2 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
1 Campeonato de Lisboa
— Portugal Félix Bermudes 18 January 194519 January 1946 1 year, 1 day 1 Primeira Divisão
— Portugal Manuel da Conceição Afonso 19 January 194625 January 1947 1 year, 6 days
18 Portugal João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa 25 January 194729 January 1949 2 years, 4 days
19 Portugal Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira 29 January 194915 March 1952 3 years, 46 days 1 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 Latin Cup
20 Portugal Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho 15 March 195230 March 1957 5 years, 15 days 1 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
21 Portugal Maurício Vieira de Brito 30 March 195731 March 1962 5 years, 1 day 3 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 European Cup
22 Portugal António Carlos Cabral Fezas Vital 31 March 196226 March 1964 1 year, 361 days 1 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
1 European Cup
23 Portugal Adolfo Vieira de Brito 26 March 19648 May 1965 1 year, 43 days 2 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
24 Portugal António Catarino Duarte 8 May 196517 June 1966 1 year, 40 days
25 Portugal José Ferreira Queimado 17 June 19663 July 1967 1 year, 16 days 1 Primeira Divisão
— Portugal Adolfo Vieira de Brito 3 July 196712 April 1969 1 year, 283 days 1 Primeira Divisão
26 Portugal Duarte António Borges Coutinho 12 April 196926 May 1977 8 years, 44 days 7 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
— Portugal José Ferreira Queimado 26 May 197729 May 1981 4 years, 3 days 1 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça de Portugal
27 Portugal Fernando Martins 29 May 198127 March 1987 5 years, 302 days 2 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
28 Portugal João Maria dos Santos Júnior 27 March 198724 April 1992 5 years, 28 days 3 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
29 Portugal Jorge Artur Rego de Brito 24 April 19927 January 1994 1 year, 258 days 1 Taça de Portugal
30 Portugal Manuel Damásio Soares Garcia 7 January 199431 October 1997 3 years, 297 days 1 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
31 Portugal João António de Araújo Vale e Azevedo 31 October 199727 October 2000 2 years, 362 days
32 Portugal Manuel Lino Rodrigues Vilarinho 27 October 200031 October 2003 3 years, 4 days
33 Portugal Luís Filipe Vieira Ferreira 31 October 2003Present 14 years, 347 days 6 Primeira Liga
3 Taça de Portugal
7 Taça da Liga
4 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

References

  1. ↑ "Presidents". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Nunes, Luís Miguel (7 December 2012). "Benfica: Vieira já é o presidente com mais tempo" [Benfica: Vieira already is the longest-serving president]. Relvado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Statutes" (PDF). S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Comunicado da Assembleia Geral sobre voto electrónico" [General Assembly announcement about electronic vote]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sócios aprovam filiação de 25 anos e mandatos de quatro" [Members approve 25-year filiation and four-year term]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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