S.L. Benfica Juniors

Sport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors", commonly known as Benfica Juniors (Juniores do Benfica), is the under-19 football team belonging to the youth department of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. Based in Seixal, they hold home matches at the club's training centre, Futebol Campus.

Benfica Juniors
Full nameSport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors"
Nickname(s)As Águias (The Eagles)
Os Encarnados (The Reds)
GroundBenfica Futebol Campus
Capacity2,720
PresidentLuís Filipe Vieira
Head coachLuís Araújo
LeagueU19 Championship
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website
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

Domestically, Benfica have won a record 24 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores. Internationally, they won the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in 1996 and have reached two UEFA Youth League finals, in the 2013–14 and 2016–17 seasons.[1] They were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values" in the former campaign.[2]

Internationally, Benfica hold UEFA Youth League records for the biggest win, 1–11 at Galatasaray, the biggest home win, 8–0 against Astana,[3] and, as of the end of the 2016–17 campaign, the record for most games played (37) and most goals scored (89).[1]

There are other main development teams below under-19, completing Benfica's youth academy: Juvenis "A" and "B"; Iniciados "A" and "B"; Infantis "A", "B", "C" and "D"; Benjamins "A" and "B"; and Traquinas "A". In 2015, Benfica received the Globe Soccer award for Best Academy of the year.[4]

Starting from the 2018–19 season, Benfica have an under-23 team playing in the newly created Liga Revelação (Revelation League).

Players

Current players
As of 21 September 2019[5][6][7][8]

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

No. Position Player
GK Celton Biai (U23)
GK Guilherme Fernandes
GK Leobrian Kokubo (U23)
GK Pedro Souza
GK Samuel Soares
DF Adrian Bajrami
DF Alexandre Penetra
DF Fábio Baptista (U23)
DF Filipe Cruz
DF Gabriel Araújo
DF Gonçalo Loureiro (U23)
DF Guilherme Montóia
DF João Ferreira (B)
DF Morato (B)
DF Pedro Álvaro (B)
DF Rafael Rodrigues (U23)
DF Renato Matos
DF Sandro Cruz (U23)
DF Tomás Araújo
DF Tomás Tavares (A)
MF Bernardo Silva
MF Diogo Nascimento
MF Famana Quizera
No. Position Player
MF Francisco Rodrigues
MF Francisco Saldanha
MF Gonçalo Ramos (B)
MF Henrique Jocú
MF Iuri Tavares
MF Martim Neto
MF Matheus Palmério
MF Paulo Bernardo (U23)
MF Rafael Brito (B)
MF Ronaldo Camará (U23)
MF Sérgio Andrade (U23)
MF Tiago Dantas (B)
FW Aleksandar Isailović
FW Francisco Domingues
FW Gerson Sousa (U23)
FW Henrique Araújo
FW Henrique Pereira
FW Jair Tavares (U23)
FW Jeremy Sarmiento
FW Luís Lopes (U23)
FW Tiago Araújo (U23)
FW Tiago Gouveia (B)
FW Umaro Embaló (B)
Key

A = player for Benfica; B = player for Benfica B; U23 = player for the under-23s

Notable players

The following is a list of players who have represented Benfica's first-team in a minimum of 25 matches or have become full internationals while at Benfica. Over 1,000 players have come through the youth ranks, but only a small part of them played for the main team. Those who meet the aforementioned criteria are listed below.[9] In rare exceptions, some graduates debuted for the first-team but left the club before reaching 25 matches and went on to achieve recognition elsewhere while representing their country at full international level; those players are also included. Additionally, outstanding performances (Player of the Year) without ever playing for Benfica are also noteworthy of inclusion.

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Luís Araújo
Assistant coaches André Matos
Vítor Couto
Goalkeeping coach Paulo Marques
Observation coach Rodolfo Fernandes
Fitness coach Hugo Zagalo

Last updated: 22 July 2019
Source: [63]

Competitive record

UEFA Youth League
As of match played 3 March 2020

Note: Benfica score is always listed first.

Honours
Winners (24) – record: 1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2017–18
Winners: 1996
Runners-up: 1997, 2014
Runners-up: 2014, 2017

Other youth honours

Juvenis (under-17)

Winners (19): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19

Iniciados (under-15)

  • Portuguese Championship[64]
Winners (10): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

Infantis (under-13)

Winners (3): 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96

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