BenficaLissabon

Club name: Benfica

Team name: Benfica

Country: The Portuguese Republic

City: Lissabon

About club:

Academy players in the main team:  Roderick Miranda (defender), Miguel Victor (defender), Andre Gomesh (halfback)

About team: In the tournament Benfica SL is represented by the players born in 1997. Last year they have taken part in the Tournament in France, coming second in the final. Eleven U-16 Benfica players are In the national teams of Portugal. Fábio Duarte for U-15 team, аnd Diogo Gonçalves, Fábio Novo, Gonçalo Rodrigues, João Carvalho, João Coelho, Pedro Rodrigues, Renato Sanches, Ruben Dias, Yuri Ribeiro, Ricardo Mangas.

About Academy:

The mission of Benfica SL Academy is not just the high level football preparation, but general education of all players of all age categories. It`s main objective – preparation of the players for the 1st team. 

There are 302 boys in total of the teams of the Academy, 3% of them – are foreign players.  There are educated to the universal human values – respect, responsibility, solidarity, justice, tolerance.

Achievements:

Champion of Portugal: 1935/36, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1941/42, 1942/43, 1944/45, 1949/50, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 2004/05, 2009/10

Portugal Cup Winner: 1930, 1931, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2004

Portugal Super Cup Winner: 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005

European Champions Cup: 1961, 1962