2019–20 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2019–20 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Bruno Lage
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Final
Taça da Liga	Third round
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Vinícius (17 goals); All: Pizzi (27 goals)
Highest home attendance	62,956[1]; Benfica 5–0 Paços de Ferreira; (10 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	37,507[2]; Benfica 0–0 Vitória de Guimarães; (25 September 2019)
Average home league attendance	54,855[3]
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP; (4 August 2019); Benfica 5–0 Paços de Ferreira; (10 August 2019)
Biggest defeat	Benfica 0–2 Porto; (24 August 2019); Zenit 3–1 Benfica; (2 October 2019)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 23 June 2020.

The 2019–20 season is Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 116th season in existence and the club's 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with a 5–0 win over Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira on 4 August 2019.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 February 2019[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mile Svilar
2	DF	Germán Conti
3	DF	Álex Grimaldo
6	DF	Rúben Dias
8	MF	Gabriel
11	MF	Franco Cervi
14	FW	Haris Seferović
17	MF	Andrija Živković
19	MF	Chiquinho
20	FW	Dyego Sousa (on loan from Shenzhen)
21	MF	Pizzi
22	MF	Andreas Samaris
23	DF	Tyronne Ebuehi
27	MF	Rafa Silva

No.	Position	Player
28	MF	Julian Weigl
30	FW	Yony González
33	DF	Jardel (captain)
34	DF	André Almeida (vice-captain)
49	MF	Adel Taarabt
61	MF	Florentino Luís
71	DF	Nuno Tavares
72	GK	Ivan Zlobin
73	FW	Jota
84	DF	Tomás Tavares
92	MF	David Tavares
95	FW	Carlos Vinícius
97	DF	Ferro
99	GK	Odysseas Vlachodimos

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Bruno Varela (at Ajax until 30 June 2020)[5]
—	GK	Igor Rodrigues (at Chaves until 30 June 2020)
25	DF	Cristian Lema (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2020)[6]
—	DF	Pedro Pereira (at Bristol City until 30 June 2020)
16	MF	Alfa Semedo (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2020)[7]
20	MF	Filip Krovinović (at West Bromwich Albion until 30 June 2020)[8]

No.	Position	Player
5	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa (at Alavés until 30 June 2020)
7	MF	Caio (at Sharjah SC until 30 June 2021)
83	MF	Gedson Fernandes (at Tottenham until 30 June 2021)[9]
—	MF	Óscar Benítez (at Atlético San Luis)[10]
26	FW	Jhonder Cádiz (at Dijon until 30 June 2020)[11]
—	FW	Facundo Ferreyra (at Espanyol until 30 June 2020)[12]

Appearances and goals

As of 7 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK		Ivan Zlobin	7	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK		Odisseas Vlachodimos	35	0	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF		Germán Conti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Álex Grimaldo	39	1	24	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	2	0
6	DF		Rúben Dias	39	3	24	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
23	DF		Tyronne Ebuehi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Jardel	10	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
34	DF		André Almeida	17	2	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF		Morato	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF		Nuno Tavares	7	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
84	DF		Tomás Tavares	24	0	7+3	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
97	DF		Ferro	36	1	22	1	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Gabriel	24	2	11+2	1	4	1	0+1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF		Franco Cervi	27	4	13+3	2	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
17	MF		Andrija Živković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Chiquinho	30	2	11+7	1	4+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	1	3	0	2	0
21	MF		Pizzi	40	26	23+1	14	6	5	0+1	0	1	2	4+2	3	2	2
22	MF		Andreas Samaris	20	0	7+4	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF		Rafa Silva	25	9	13+2	5	1+2	1	0+1	0	1	1	2+1	1	1+1	1
28	MF		Julian Weigl	11	0	8+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	MF		Adel Taarabt	33	1	15+5	1	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	4	0	2	0
61	MF		Florentino Luís	15	0	7	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
86	MF		Tiago Dantas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	MF		David Tavares	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW		Haris Seferović	34	6	10+10	2	1+3	2	2	0	1	0	2+3	2	1+1	0
20	FW		Dyego Sousa	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
73	FW		Jota	19	2	1+10	0	1	0	3	2	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
95	FW		Carlos Vinícius	36	20	14+8	15	4+2	4	0+1	0	0	0	3+2	1	0+2	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
5	MF		Ljubomir Fejsa	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Caio	11	1	0+4	1	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
83	MF		Gedson Fernandes	13	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Raúl de Tomás	17	3	6+1	0	2	1	2+1	1	1	0	1+3	1	0	0
26	FW		Jhonder Cádiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Bruno Lage
Assistant coaches	Nélson Veríssimo Alexandre Silva Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Ferreira
Observer assistant coach	Marco Pedroso
Video analyst	Jhony Conceição

Last updated: 4 September 2019
Source: [13]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 15 June 2019, Benfica announced their pre-season schedule, which included the following matches:[14][15]

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2019 Friendly	Benfica	1–2	Anderlecht	Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Chiquinho 69'	Report	Vlap 34' Thelin 40'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,979[16] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

13 July 2019 Taça Hospital da Luz	Académica	0–8	Benfica	Coimbra, Portugal
20:15 WEST	Reko 59'	Report	Silva 23' De Tomás 24', 45+6' Gabriel 31' Conti 51', 85' Pizzi 60' Seferović 62' Taarabt 89'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 17,350[17] Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

20 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Benfica	3–0	Guadalajara	Santa Clara, California, United States
13:05 PDT	De Tomás 4' 61' Gabriel 41' Silva 70' Seferović 73' Fejsa 85'	Report	González 37' Villalpando 55'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 15,724[18] Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

24 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Fiorentina	1–2	Benfica	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:05 EDT	Vlahović 29' Ranieri 50' Biraghi 67'	Report	Seferović 9' Dias 39' Silva 48' Gabriel 57' Caio 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,141[19] Referee: Robert Sibiga (United States)

28 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Milan	0–1	Benfica	Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
15:05 EDT	Musacchio 38'	Report	Pizzi 38' Fejsa 65' Taarabt 70'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 27,565[20] Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

Benfica won the International Champions Cup.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	4 September 2019	26 July 2020	Matchday 1	TBD	28	20	4	4	59	21	+38	071.43
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2019	1 August 2020	Third round	TBD	6	5	1	0	15	7	+8	083.33
Taça da Liga	25 September 2019	21 December 2019	Third round	Third round	3	0	3	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	4 August 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2019	10 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	033.33
UEFA Europa League	20 February 2020	27 February 2020	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total					46	28	10	8	96	47	+49	060.87

Last updated: 23 June 2020

Source: playmakerstats.com

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

4 August 2019	Benfica	5–0	Sporting CP	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 40' Grimaldo 46' 64' Dias 47' Ferro 50' Pizzi 60', 75' Seferović 70' De Tomás 72' Chiquinho 90'	Report	Acuña 20' Doumbia 32' 89' Raphinha 49' Fernandes 62' Coates 62'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 28,636[21] Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve) Man of the Match: Pizzi[22]

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (X)	28	21	4	3	56	18	+38	67	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica (X)	28	20	4	4	59	21	+38	64	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	28	16	4	8	45	29	+16	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Braga	28	15	5	8	46	32	+14	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Famalicão	28	12	9	7	44	43	+1	45	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 2020. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League.
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto or Benfica qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	20	4	4	59	21	+38	64	9	2	3	31	11	+20	11	2	1	28	10	+18

Last updated: 23 June 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L
Position	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2020. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 August 2019 1	Benfica	5–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nuno Tavares 26' Pizzi 31', 74' Seferović 70' Vinícius 84'	Report	Baixinho 9' Douglas 35' Bernardo 48' 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,956 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

17 August 2019 2	Belenenses SAD	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 4' Eduardo Kau 34' Kikas 50' Matija 65' André Santos 68' Licá 83' Calila 90+5'	Report	Nuno Tavares 40' Silva 59' Pizzi 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

24 August 2019 3	Benfica	0–2	Porto	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 80' Seferović 83'	Report	Zé Luís 22' 72' Marchesín 41' Danilo 64' Luis Díaz 80' Alex Telles 83' Marega 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,735 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

1 September 2019 4	Braga	0–4	Benfica	Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Hassan 23' Sequeira 78'	Report	Pizzi 25', 47' Taarabt 45+1' Bruno Viana 51' (o.g.) Esgaio 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 15,499 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

14 September 2019 5	Benfica	2–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nogueira 45' (o.g.) Pizzi 53' Jota 90'	Report	Nogueira 30' Kraev 46' Soares 78' Baraye 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,706 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

21 September 2019 6	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pacheco 19' Aouacheria 38' Singh 47' Nenê 67'	Report	Almeida 31' Taarabt 79' Silva 85' Seferović 90+1'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

28 September 2019 7	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fejsa 34' Seferović 45+2' Carlos Vinícius 63' Grimaldo 66' Taarabt 80' Vlachodimos 82'	Report	Pereira 12' Semedo 61' Mansilla 70' Hachadi 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,115 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

27 October 2019 8	Tondela	0–1	Benfica	Tondela
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	João Pedro 90+2'	Report	Ferro 19' Florentino 27' Almeida 85'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

30 October 2019 9	Benfica	4–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Almeida 16' 53' Dias 46' Vinícius 62', 64'	Report	Lucas Fernandes 27'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,037 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

2 November 2019 10	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cervi 29' Dias 32' Pizzi 51'	Report	A. Santos 35' N. Santos 45+1' Tarantini (footballer) 63'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,579 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

9 November 2019 11	Santa Clara	1–2	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC−01:00)	Carlos 17' 45+3' Zé Manuel 57' Ramos 69'	Report	Jardel 46' Vinícius 54' Gabriel 72' Pizzi 78' Taarabt 86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 8,309 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

30 November 2019 12	Benfica	4–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 9' Vinícius 17', 55' Gabriel 27' 60' Ferro 28' Grolli 31' (o.g.)	Report	Renê 30' Costa 58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,772 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

6 December 2019 13	Boavista	1–4	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Obiora 30' Stojiljković 44', 45+3' Ra. Costa 54' Reisinho 90+2'	Report	Cervi 9', 54' Vinícius 35', 62' Tavares 48' Dias 54' Gabriel 90+3' Ferro 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 18,044 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

14 December 2019 14	Benfica	4–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vinícius 39' Pizzi 48', 63' Caio 89'	Report	Martins 2' Riccieli 45'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,721 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

4 January 2020 15	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Evangelista 31' Teixeira 57' Rochinha 89' 90+5'	Report	Cervi 23' Tavares 42' Gabriel 52' Taarabt 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 27,291 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

10 January 2020 16	Benfica	2–1	Aves	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Chiquinho 23' Almeida 52', 89' Vinícius 72' Pizzi 76' (pen.) Ferro 90+5'	Report	Yamga 12' Mohammadi 20' Banjaqui 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

17 January 2020 17	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Acuña 30' Phellype 57' Plata 90' Mathieu 90+3'	Report	Gabriel 26' Chiquinho 58' Silva 80', 90+9' Cervi 90+5' Vlachodimos 90+9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,017 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

26 January 2020 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Douglas 25' Micael 38' Jorge Silva 71'	Report	Silva 39', 89' Weigl 40' Vinícius 47'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

31 January 2020 19	Benfica	3–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 19' Vinícius 31' Taarabt 38' Chiquinho 78' Silva 85'	Report	Varela 11' Esgaio 42' Show 60' G. Silva 69' Licá 70', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,134 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

8 February 2020 20	Porto	3–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Oliveira 10', 84' Otávio 27' Soares 38' Telles 38' (pen.) Dias 44' (o.g.) Marchesín 86'	Report	Vinícius 18', 50' Taarabt 27' Weigl 30' Ferro 37' Pizzi 45+4' Vlachodimos 64'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,227 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

15 February 2020 21	Benfica	0–1	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 45+1' Taarabt 56'	Report	Carmo 21' Palhinha 35', 45+1' R. Silva 45+1' 90+6' Esgaio 54' Wallace 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,371 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

24 February 2020 22	Gil Vicente	0–1	Benfica	Barcelos
19:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Nogueira 86'	Report	Vinícius 15' Dias 17'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

2 March 2020 23	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris 56' Pizzi 90+1'	Report	Soares 55' Abreu 67' Pasinato 90+1' Machado 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,861 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

7 March 2020 24	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Carlinhos 46' Semedo 50' Mansilla 54' Artur Jorge 75' Valente 84'	Report	Pizzi 51' (pen.) Tavares 61' Samaris 68' Silva 77'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,152 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

4 June 2020 25	Benfica	0–0	Tondela	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

10 June 2020 26	Portimonense	2–2	Benfica	Portimão
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Willyan 45' Fali 52' Dener 66' Possignolo 73' Júnior Tavares 76' Beto 86' Hackman 86'	Report	Pizzi 18' Almeida 31', 57' Weigl 57' Gabriel 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

17 June 2020 27	Rio Ave	1–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Elmusrati 13' 62' Taremi 26' Santos 72' Figueiras 80'	Report	Pizzi 45+3' Seferović 64' Dias 74' Weigl 87'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

23 June 2020 28	Benfica	3–4	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel 31' Silva 50' Vinícius 63', 65' Dias 81'	Report	Carvalho 17', 44' Sanusi 57' Crysan 81' (pen.) Zé Manuel 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

29 June 2020 29	Marítimo	v	Benfica	Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo

4 July 2020 30	Benfica	v	Boavista	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

9 July 2020 31	Famalicão	v	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho

14 July 2020 32	Benfica	v	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

21 July 2020 33	Aves	v	Benfica	Aves
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves

26 July 2020 34	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Taça de Portugal

Third round

18 October 2019	Cova da Piedade	0–4	Benfica	Cova da Piedade
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pizzi 45+2', 49' Vinícius 63', 90+2' Gabriel 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira Attendance: 2,250[23] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Fourth round

23 November 2019	Vizela	1–2	Benfica	Vizela
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samu 6' Ericson 21' 26' João Pedro 54'	Report	Grimaldo 22' Gabriel 33' Pizzi 45' De Tomás 70' Vinícius 86'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Fifth round

18 December 2019	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 18', 41' Grimaldo 24' Vinícius 57', 63' Dias 84'	Report	Ferro 14' (o.g.) Eduardo 26' Fonte 41' Wallace 57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Quarter-finals

14 January 2020	Benfica	3–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 3' Cervi 13' Seferović 65', 72'	Report	Piazon 4' Augusto 21' Taremi 30' Lopes 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Semi-finals

4 February 2020 First leg	Benfica	3–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 43' Pizzi 53' (pen.) Silva 78' Dias 90+1' Gabriel 90+5'	Report	Assunção 13' Gonçalves 60', 78' Martins 65' Martínez 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

11 February 2020 Second leg	Famalicão	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Račić 22' Gonçalves 45+5' Martins 71' Martínez 78' Coly 90+5'	Report	Pizzi 24' Taarabt 28' Cervi 60' Tavares 63' Vlachodimos 85' Vinícius 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Final

1 August 2020	Benfica	v	Porto	Oeiras
17:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GUI	BEN	SET	SCC
1	Vitória de Guimarães	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	—	3–0
2	Benfica	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3		0–0	—	—	—
3	Vitória de Setúbal	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2		0–2	2–2	—	—
4	Sporting da Covilhã	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2		—	1–1	1–1	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 September 2019 1	Benfica	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 74'	Report	Davidson 56' Sacko 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,507 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

3 December 2019 2	Sporting da Covilhã	1–1	Benfica	Covilhã
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gilberto 11' Jean 24' Bonani 46' Bruno 74'	Report	Jota 41', 82' Samaris 45' Vinícius 63'	Stadium: Estádio José dos Santos Pinto Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Rui Oliveira

21 December 2019 3	Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Semedo 43' Guedes 83', 90+2', 90+2'	Report	Morato 47' De Tomás 49' Jota 73', 84' Jardel 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBL	LYO	BEN	ZEN
1	RB Leipzig	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	2–2	2–1
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7[lower-alpha 1]	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	2–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7[lower-alpha 1]		0–2	2–0	3–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

17 September 2019 1	Benfica	1–2	RB Leipzig	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jota 62' Seferović 84'	Report	Poulsen 57' Werner 69', 78' Haidara 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,460 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2 October 2019 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dzyuba 22' Rakitskiy 44' Dias 70' (o.g.) Azmoun 78'	Report	De Tomás 85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,683 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

23 October 2019 3	Benfica	2–1	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva 4' Pizzi 42' 86' Fernandes 59'	Report	Marcelo 10' Dembélé 26' Koné 38' Depay 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,035 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

5 November 2019 4	Lyon	3–1	Benfica	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andersen 4' Depay 33' Traoré 89'	Report	Gabriel 43' Florentino 50' Seferović 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 51,077 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

27 November 2019 5	RB Leipzig	2–2	Benfica	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Forsberg 90' (pen.), 90+6'	Report	Pizzi 20' Taarabt 52' Vinícius 59' Dias 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,339 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

10 December 2019 6	Benfica	3–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel 19' Cervi 47' Pizzi 58' (pen.) Azmoun 79' (o.g.)	Report	Douglas 17' 56' Yerokhin 43' Ozdoyev 55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,232 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Benfica	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Patrick 56' Kovalenko 72'	Report	Pizzi 66' (pen.) Florentino 90+5'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium[24] Attendance: 24,429 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Benfica	3–3 (4–5 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9' Dias 36' Silva 47', 50'	Report	Dias 12' (o.g.) Ismaily 43' Stepanenko 49' Patrick 71' Taison 83' Konoplyanka 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,302 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.19907324630724-23] Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto or Benfica qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_BEN0.24135113425616-25] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

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[2] "Spectators by game". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

[3] "Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[4] "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[5] Rebelo, Marco (24 June 2019). "Bruno Varela and Alex Pinto loaned out". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[6] "Football: Lema loaned out". S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[7] "Forest complete double signing". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[8] "Loan deal". S.L. Benfica. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[9] "Negócio fechado: Benfica empresta Gedson ao Tottenham". www.record.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[10] "Atlético San Luis garante Óscar Benítez por empréstimo" [Atlético San Luis secure Óscar Benítez on loan]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

[11] "Cedência temporária de Cádiz" [Temporary transfer of Cádiz]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[12] "Facundo Ferreyra, incorporación para el ataque" [Facundo Ferreyra, incorporation into the attack]. RCD Espanyol (in Spanish). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[13] "Coaching staff". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

[14] "Benfica's pre-season is set". S.L. Benfica. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[15] "Tournament schedule". International Champions Cup. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[16] Novo, David (11 July 2019). "Nota 10 no primeiro exame da época" [A 10 rating on the season's first test]. Record (in Portuguese).

[17] "Benfica goleia Académica por 8–0" [Benfica thrash Académica 8–0]. Notícias de Coimbra (in Portuguese). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[18] "Benfica vs. Guadalajara". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[19] "Fiorentina vs. Benfica". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[20] "AC Milan vs. Benfica". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[21] "Super Cup numbers". S.L. Benfica. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[22] "Pizzi eleito homem do jogo Sagres" [Pizzi elected Sagres' man of the match]. FPF (in Portuguese). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[24] "Goleador sem Piedade" [Scorer without mercy]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 October 2019. p. 2.

[Shakhtar_Donetsk-26] Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.