S.L. Benfica (swimming)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica created a swimming section in 1914, which had one of the most successful teams in Portugal. Benfica's most notable swimmer was Alexandre Yokochi, who competed for the club his entire career and was part of the swimming team who won the EEC European Champions Clubs Cup in 1990.

Benfica
Club information
Full nameSport Lisboa e Benfica
CityLisbon
Founded1914
Home pool(s)Estádio da Luz swimming pool complex
Active departments of S.L. Benfica
Football
(men's)		 Football B
(men's)		 Football U19
(men's)
Football
(women's)		 Futsal Roller hockey
Basketball Handball Volleyball
Athletics Swimming Rugby union
Table tennis Billiards Canoeing

Apart from the individual titles and the ECC European Champions Clubs Cup, Benfica have won five Men's National Championships and one Women's National Championship.[1]

Honours

Men's
  • Portuguese Championship
Winners (5): 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94[1]
  • Portuguese Second Division
Winners: 2009–10[1]

Women's
  • Portuguese Championship
Winners: 1987–88[1]

References
  1. "Vencedores de Natação Pura". Federação Portuguesa de Natação (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.


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