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CF Benfica

CF Benfica

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Career & Clubs

History

The existence stretches back to around 1895, as the sports division of a philharmonic society in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon, adopting the name "Foot-Ball de Bemfica" in 1911. It was reorganized as an autonomous club on 23 March 1933. Futebol Benfica has won several national titles, principally in roller hockey and field hockey. Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete, Francisco Lázaro, who died while running in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including football, women's football, athletics, field hockey, indoor hockey, gymnastics and swimming. In the 2011–12 season, Futebol Benfica men's football team was promoted to the Segunda Divisão of the Portuguese football after winning the Serie E of the Terceira Divisão, having achieved one of the best results in recent years. In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese national women's football league and the Portuguese women's football cup, and went on to also take the first women's supercup. It won both the national championship and cup again in 2015–16.

League
Segunda Divisão

Legacy

Honours

Football

Terceira Divisão Winner of Serie E: 2011–12 AF Lisboa (Regional Leagues) First Division of Honour (2): 1994–95, 2004–05 First Division: 1986–87 Second Division: 1977–78

Women's football

Portuguese Women's national league Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 Portuguese Women's Football Cup Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16. Runners-up: 2010–11, 2013–14 Supertaça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino Champions: 2014–15 Runners-up: 2015–16

Field Hockey

Portuguese Field Hockey Championship (8): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1978–79

Roller Hockey

Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division (3): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43

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Description

Portuguese sports club

Extract from Wikipedia

Clube Futebol Benfica, commonly known as Futebol Benfica or simply as Fofó, is a Portuguese sports club based in the Benfica neighborhood of Lisbon. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895. Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football, women's football, field hockey and roller hockey teams.

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