2023–24 S.L. Benfica season

2023–24 season
2023–24 season
President	Rui Costa
Head coach	Roger Schmidt
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Rafa Silva (14); All: Rafa Silva (22)
Highest home attendance	62,247 v Porto; (29 September 2023)
Lowest home attendance	48,959 v AVS; (21 December 2023)
Average home league attendance	56,248 (17 matches)
Biggest win	Benfica 4–0 Vitória Guimarães; (2 September 2023)
Biggest defeat	Porto 5–0 Benfica; (3 March 2024)
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The 2023–24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 120th season in existence and its 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as defending champions, and reached the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal. In Europe, Benfica played in the UEFA Champions League group stage before reaching the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. The season started on 9 August 2023, with a 2–0 win over Porto in the Supertaça match, and concluded on 17 May 2024, with a second-place finish in Primeira Liga.

Players

First-team squad

^[2]^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro Carreras (on loan from Man United)^[4]
4	DF	POR	António Silva
5	DF	BRA	Morato
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah
7	MF	BRA	David Neres
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes
9	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral
10	MF	TUR	Orkun Kökçü
11	FW	ARG	Ángel Di María
14	DF	ESP	Juan Bernat (on loan from PSG)^[5]
19	FW	DEN	Casper Tengstedt
20	MF	POR	João Mário (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni
27	FW	POR	Rafa Silva
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi (captain)
32	FW	ARG	Benjamín Rollheiser (on loan from Estudiantes LP)^[6]
36	FW	BRA	Marcos Leonardo
44	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo
45	GK	JPN	Leo Kokubo
47	MF	POR	Tiago Gouveia
61	MF	POR	Florentino
75	GK	POR	André Gomes
87	MF	POR	João Neves

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
10	MF	Orkun Kökçü	Feyenoord	€25,000,000	1 July 2023	^[7]
11	FW	Ángel Di María	Juventus	Free	5 July 2023	^[8]
13	DF	David Jurásek	Slavia Prague	€14,000,000	10 July 2023	^[9]
1	GK	Anatoliy Trubin	Shakhtar Donetsk	€10,000,000	10 August 2023	^[10]
9	FW	Arthur Cabral	Fiorentina	€20,000,000	10 August 2023	^[11]
17	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	29 August 2023	^[12]
14	DF	Juan Bernat	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan	1 September 2023	^[13]
Winter transfers
36	FW	Marcos Leonardo	Santos	€18,000,000	4 January 2024	^[14]
3	DF	Álvaro Carreras	Manchester United	Loan	17 January 2024	^[4]
32	FW	Benjamín Rollheiser	Estudiantes de La Plata	Loan	20 January 2024	^[6]
25	FW	Gianluca Prestianni	Vélez Sarsfield	€9,000,000	31 January 2024	^[15]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
Summer transfers
—	MF	Julian Weigl	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€7,180,000	1 July 2023	^[16]
3	DF	Álex Grimaldo	Bayer Leverkusen	Free		^[17]
—	DF	Sandro Cruz	Chaves			^[18]
73	MF	Cher Ndour	Paris Saint-Germain			^[19]
96	MF	Diego Moreira	Chelsea			^[20]
—	FW	Haris Seferovic	Al Wasl		5 July 2023	^[21]
2	DF	Gilberto	Bahia	€2,500,000	9 July 2023	^[22]
—	FW	Henrique Araújo	Famalicão	Loan	18 July 2023	^[23]
4	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Corinthians	Loan (€1,000,000)	26 July 2023	^[24]
49	MF	Martim Neto	Gil Vicente	Loan	1 August 2023	^[25]
9	FW	Gonçalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain		7 August 2023	^[26]
17	MF	Soualiho Meïté	PAOK		27 August 2023	^[27]
18	MF	Paulo Bernardo	Celtic		1 September 2023	^[28]
21	FW	Andreas Schjelderup	Nordsjælland	Loan (€2,500,000)		^[29]
23	DF	Mihailo Ristić	Celta Vigo	€1,500,000		^[30]
99	GK	Odysseas Vlachodimos	Nottingham Forest	€9,000,000		^[31]
Winter transfers
—	FW	Gonçalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain	€65,000,000	22 November 2023	^[32]
38	DF	João Victor	Vasco da Gama	€6,000,000	31 December 2023	^[33]
—	MF	Gabriel Pires	Fluminense	Free	18 January 2024	^[34]
22	MF	Chiquinho	Olympiacos	€1,000,000	20 January 2024	^[35]
13	DF	David Jurásek	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan	22 January 2024	^[36]
—	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Al-Duhail	€9,000,000	25 January 2024	^[37]
33	FW	Petar Musa	FC Dallas	€10,000,000	1 February 2024	^[38]

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

The pre-season began on 5 July 2023.^[39]

12 July 2023 Friendly	Southampton	0–2	Benfica	Burton upon Trent, England
15:00 WEST (UTC+1)		Report	Neres 11' Ristić 45'	Stadium: St George's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sunny Gill
Note: Televised training match

16 July 2023 Friendly	Basel	1–3	Benfica	Basel, Switzerland
16:00 WEST (UTC+2)	Calafiori 76' Onyegbule 81'	Report	Di María 24' Ramos 29' Jurásek 41' Schjelderup 76'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 22,072^[40] Referee: Mirel Turkes

20 July 2023 Algarve Cup	Al Nassr	1–4 (5–5 p)	Benfica	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Al-Ghannam 42' Talisca 55'	Report	Di María 23' Ramos 31', 39' Schjelderup 68'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 17,516^[41] Referee: Flávio Duarte
	Penalties
	Brozović Ghareeb Al-Ghannam Lajami Talisca		João Mário Chiquinho Aursnes Araújo Ristić
Note: A penalty shoot-out was held after the match in case the competition needed a tiebreaker.^[42]

21 July 2023 Algarve Cup	Benfica	2–0	Celta Vigo	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Di María 90' (pen.) Musa 90+1'	Report	Núñez 74' Baeza 80'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 14,822^[41] Referee: Carlos Teixeira
Note: Benfica won the tournament.

25 July 2023 Friendly	Burnley	2–0	Benfica	Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Cork 30' Dogson 56' Ekdal 82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: ~12,000^[43] Referee: Pedro Ramalho

30 July 2023 Friendly	Feyenoord	2–1	Benfica	Rotterdam, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paixão 12' Giménez 34'	Report	Di María 30' Musa 85'	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Dennis Higler

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	14 August 2023	17 May 2024	Matchday 1	2nd	34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	073.53
Taça de Portugal	20 October 2023	2 April 2024	Third round	Semi-finals	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	066.67
Taça da Liga	31 October 2023	24 January 2024	Group stage	Semi-finals	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	066.67
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	9 August 2023		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
UEFA Champions League	20 September 2023	12 December 2023	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	016.67
UEFA Europa League	15 February 2024	18 April 2024	Knockout round play-offs	Quarter-finals	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Total					56	36	10	10	114	54	+60	064.29

Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting CP (C)	34	29	3	2	96	29	+67	90	Qualification for the Champions League league phase^[a]
2	Benfica	34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80	Qualification for the Champions League league phase^[a]
3	Porto	34	22	6	6	63	27	+36	72	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[b]
4	Braga	34	21	5	8	71	50	+21	68	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[c]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	19	6	9	52	38	+14	63	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round^[c]

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.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Atalanta, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the Champions League via league position, Benfica was promoted from the Champions League third qualifying round to the league phase, as the team with the highest coefficient out of all the teams in Champions League qualifying.
^ Porto qualified for the Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal.
^ ^a ^b Since the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, finished in top three, the spot given to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot given to the fourth-placed team (Conference 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
34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80	15	2	0	48	7	+41	10	3	4	29	21	+8

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	11	11	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Points	0	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	22	25	28	29	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	52	55	58	58	61	64	67	67	70	73	76	76	79	80

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 August 2023 1	Boavista	3–2	Benfica	Porto
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Reisinho 1' Makouta 11' Pérez 14' Boženík 55', 90+13' 90+15' Onyemaechi 67' Lourenço 90' (pen.) 90+9' Berna 90+8'	Report	Di María 22' 54' Musa 50' R. Silva 65' 75' Bah 82' A. Silva 88'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 21,320 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

19 August 2023 2	Benfica	2–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Neves 37' João Mário 44' Cabral 50' Tengstedt 79' R. Silva 90+3'	Report	Omurwa 11' Mansur 55' Hevertton 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,479 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

26 August 2023 3	Gil Vicente	2–3	Benfica	Barcelos
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Dominguez 17' 90+8' Tiba 29' Touré 74' Zé Carlos 78'	Report	Di María 19' Kökçü 45+4' R. Silva 53' 67' Florentino 67' Musa 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 11,792 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

2 September 2023 4	Benfica	4–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Fernandes 11' (o.g.) Bah 30' Di María 31' Kökçü 45+4' Aursnes 46' Otamendi 60'	Report	T. Silva 17' Mendes 18' J. Silva 40' Händel 79' Freitas 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,410 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

16 September 2023 5	Vizela	1–2	Benfica	Vizela
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Samu 70' (pen.) Pereira 90+5' Wilson 90+12'	Report	Musa 9' Di María 39' Aursnes 67'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 5,584 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

24 September 2023 6	Portimonense	1–3	Benfica	Portimão
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Varela 35' 56'	Report	Bah 5' Musa 17' Neres 66'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 4,354 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

29 September 2023 7	Benfica	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Neves 59' Di María 68' 69' Otamendi 90+5' Jurásek 90+5'	Report	Cardoso 19' Carmo 34' Taremi 35' Wendell 77' Conceição 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,247 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

7 October 2023 8	Estoril	0–1	Benfica	Estoril
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Cassiano 41' Tavares 62' Fernandes 70'	Report	Chiquinho 49' A. Silva 61' 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,966 Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal)

28 October 2023 9	Benfica	1–1	Casa Pia	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	João Mário 44' Florentino 74'	Report	Larrazabal 41' 81' Roberto 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,240 Referee: Claúdio Pereira (Aveiro)

4 November 2023 10	Chaves	0–2	Benfica	Chaves
15:30 WET (UTC+0)	Ribeiro 25' Lameiras 41' Victor 75' Langa 77' Abass 89'	Report	Otamendi 44' Aursnes 59' João Mário 80' (pen.) A. Silva 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 8,271 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

12 November 2023 11	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	João Mário 66' Neves 75' 90+4' Tengstedt 90+7'	Report	Coates 15' Inácio 22' 51' Gyökeres 45' Edwards 57' Hjulmand 69' Neto	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,166 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

3 December 2023 12	Moreirense	0–0	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Ismael 23' Maracás 45+3' Franco 46' Marcelo 50'	Report	Kökçü 79'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,664 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

8 December 2023 13	Benfica	1–1	Farense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	R. Silva 71' Otamendi 78' João Mário 82'	Report	Muscat 36' Falcão 51' Pastor 90' Cáseres 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,766 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Lisbon)

17 December 2023 14	Braga	0–1	Benfica	Braga
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	Saatçı 26' Fonte 75' Carvalho 90+3'	Report	Morato 2' Tengstedt 3' Trubin 88' Otamendi 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 25,532 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

29 December 2023 15	Benfica	3–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:45 WET (UTC+0)	Cabral 31' Kökçü 62' Musa 80' 88' R. Silva 85'	Report	Chiquinho 37' Otávio 61' Assunção 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,725 Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal)

6 January 2024 16	Arouca	0–3	Benfica	Arouca
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Montero 13' Kouassi 76'	Report	R. Silva 39' Kökçü 48' Cabral 71' Florentino 79' Musa 85'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 4,437 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

14 January 2024 17	Benfica	4–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Di María 28' Kökçü 57' A. Silva 61' Marcos Leonardo 80' João Mário 90+1'	Report	Guga 9' Santos 48' 58' Patrick William 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,238 Referee: Iancu Vasilica (Vila Real)

19 January 2024 18	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC+0)	Otamendi 48' R. Silva 55' Florentino 55' Di María 61' Marcos Leonardo 90+4'	Report	Abascal 57' Pérez 79' Vukotić 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,345 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

29 January 2024 19	Estrela da Amadora	1–4	Benfica	Amadora
18:45 WET (UTC+0)	Léo Jabá 28' N'do 45+2' 72'	Report	Di María 41' Cabral 44' R. Silva 45+1' Otamendi 52' Marcos Leonardo 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 6,398 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

4 February 2024 20	Benfica	3–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Cabral 15' Neves 34' R. Silva 49'	Report	Castillo 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,722 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

11 February 2024 21	Vitória de Guimarães	2–2	Benfica	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	Jota Silva 8' Tiago Silva 35' (pen.) Gaspar 38' André Silva 60' Borevković 64' Santos 73' Oliveira 90+5'	Report	Kökçü 33' R. Silva 40' A. Silva 44' Florentino 77' Cabral 90' Otamendi	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 25,015 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

18 February 2024 22	Benfica	6–1	Vizela	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Neres 16', 45' Otamendi 25' Gouveia 30' R. Silva 45+3' Marcos Leonardo 88'	Report	Costa 40' Essende 48' 58' Anderson 52' Bursać 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,191 Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

25 February 2024 23	Benfica	4–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	R. Silva 55', 72' Neres 57' Di María 58'	Report	Varela 69'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,201 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Lisbon)

3 March 2024 24	Porto	5–0	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	Conceição 12' Galeno 20', 44' Wendell 55' Pepê 75' González 79' Namaso 90'	Report	Morato 31' Otamendi 52' 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,013 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

10 March 2024 25	Benfica	3–1	Estoril	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC+0)	Kökçü 15' Marcos Leonardo 45+2' Gouveia 49'	Report	Gomes 22'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,964 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

17 March 2024 26	Casa Pia	0–1	Benfica	Rio Maior
18:00 WET (UTC+0)		Report	Florentino 45' Cabral 74' A. Silva 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior Attendance: 6,925 Referee: Claúdio Pereira (Aveiro)

29 March 2024 27	Benfica	1–0	Chaves	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC+0)	Otamendi 45+3' Neves 66'	Report	Pius 25' H. Souza 31' Hernández 45' Rúben 56' Guima 63' Benny 65' Guzzo 65' V. Fernandes 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,351 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

6 April 2024 28	Sporting CP	2–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Catamo 1', 90+1' 4' Hjulmand 27' Nuno Santos 90+1' Paulinho 90+6'	Report	Otamendi 27' Neres 39' Bah 45+1' 45+3' Tengstedt 74' Aursnes 85' 90+8' A. Silva 90+9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 48,113 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

14 April 2024 29	Benfica	3–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Kökçü 18' Araújo 45+1' Carreras 61' Rollheiser 78' 87'	Report	Ismael 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,083 Referee: Hélder Carvalho (Santarém)

22 April 2024 30	Farense	1–3	Benfica	Faro
20:15 WEST (UTC+1)	Belloumi 23' Falcão 53'	Report	Kökçü 16' Florentino 25' Cabral 33' João Mário 44' Carreras 68'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 6,309 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

27 April 2024 31	Benfica	3–1	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Marcos Leonardo 71', 90+5' 90+5' Neres 85' Kökçü 90+5'	Report	Horta 28' Moutinho 77' Ndour 82' Gómez 89' Carvalho 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,727 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

5 May 2024 32	Famalicão	2–0	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Cádiz 63' Rodríguez 71' 87' Youssouf 85'	Report	Gouveia 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 4,827 Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

12 May 2024 33	Benfica	5–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Di María 25' (pen.) 59' Kökçü 32' (pen.) Florentino 36' R. Silva 42', 46' Tengstedt 77'	Report	Montero 28' Simão 59'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,364 Referee: Fábio Melo (Porto)

17 May 2024 34	Rio Ave	1–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Graça 23' Patrick 45+2' Oudrhiri 57' Adrien Silva 86' Costinha 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Kökçü 32' 86' Tengstedt 39'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 4,809 Referee: David Rafael Silva (Porto)

Taça de Portugal

20 October 2023 Third round	Lusitânia	1–4	Benfica	São Bento
15:30 WEST (UTC+0)	Ferrara 45' (pen.) Bessa 83'	Report	João Mário 9' R. Silva 36' Aursnes 44' Cabral 68' Gouveia 87'	Stadium: Estádio João Paulo II Referee: Ricardo Baixinho (Lisbon)

25 November 2023 Fourth round	Benfica	2–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Riccieli 72' (o.g.) Di María 76' R. Silva 77'	Report	Youssouf 42' Otávio 74' Júnior 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,609 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

10 January 2024 Fifth round	Benfica	3–2	Braga	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Morato 41' R. Silva 42' Cabral 44' Di María 59' Aursnes 70'	Report	João Mário 7' (o.g.)^[44] Zalazar 48' Vitor Carvalho 58' Oliveira 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,018 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

8 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Vizela	1–2	Benfica	Vizela
20:45 WET (UTC±0)	Samu 36' Costa 57' Pereira 61' Petrov 68' Jardel 90+2'	Report	Cabral 34' Di María 45' Carreras 56' João Mário 65' Otamendi 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Hélder Carvalho (Santarém)

Semi-finals

29 February 2024 First leg	Sporting CP	2–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gonçalves 9' Hjulmand 33' Paulinho 41' Gyökeres 54'	Report	Otamendi 31' Aursnes 68' Di María 75' Kökçü 75' R. Silva 79'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,393 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

2 April 2024 Second leg	Benfica	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Di María 45+3' Otamendi 52' R. Silva 64'	Report	Hjulmand 47' Inácio 49' Paulinho 55' Morita 72' Israel 77' Edwards 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,113 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	ARO	AVS
1	Benfica	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	4–1
2	Arouca	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3		0–2	—	—
3	AVS	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0		—	1–2	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

31 October 2023	Arouca	0–2	Benfica	Arouca
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Montero 25' Fernandes 40' Kouassi 57'	Report	Di María 26' A. Silva 35' Guedes 44' Cabral 73'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Hélder Carvalho (Santarém)

21 December 2023	Benfica	4–1	AVS	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Di María 31' João Mário 44' A. Silva 53' Gouveia 65' Anthony 68' (o.g.)	Report	Mercado 21' Anthony 55' Zé Ricardo 62' Alaba 87' Clayton 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,959 Referee: Carlos Macedo (Braga)

Semi-finals

24 January 2024	Benfica	1–1 (4–5 p)	Estoril	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Kökçü 45+1' Otamendi 58' João Mário 60' Morato 77' Gouveia 89'	Report	Guitane 16' Pina 45+1' Mangala 67' Fernandes 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Claúdio Pereira (Aveiro)
	Penalties
	João Mário Marcos Leonardo Otamendi Cabral Di María Araújo		Guitane Marqués Ndiaye Marques Araújo Vital

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

9 August 2023 Final	Benfica	2–0	Porto	Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+1)	Ristić 15' João Mário 16' Kökçü 28' Bah 43' Neves 49' Di María 61' Musa 68' Chiquinho 84' Vlachodimos 87'	Report	Loader 29' Pepe 33' 90' Pepê 45+2' Eustáquio 51' Sanusi 55'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 30,300 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RSO	INT	BEN	SAL
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–1	0–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4^[b]	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	3–3	—	0–2
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4^[b]		0–2	0–1	1–3	—

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

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.
^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

20 September 2023 1	Benfica	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Trubin 2' A. Silva 13' R. Silva 54' Otamendi 69'	Report	Šimić 15' (pen.) 67' Gourna-Douath 21' Gloukh 51' Baidoo 58' Koïta 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,917 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

3 October 2023 2	Inter Milan	1–0	Benfica	Milan, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thuram 62' Martínez 67' Barella 68' Dumfries 70' Asllani 90+5'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,573 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

24 October 2023 3	Benfica	0–1	Real Sociedad	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bernat 77'	Report	Méndez 63' Elustondo 71' Merino 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,002 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

8 November 2023 4	Real Sociedad	3–1	Benfica	San Sebastián, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Merino 6' Oyarzabal 11' Barrenetxea 21' 63' Fernández 86'	Report	Florentino 20' R. Silva 49'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 36,815 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

29 November 2023 5	Benfica	3–3	Inter Milan	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	João Mário 5', 13', 34' 72' Morato 78' A. Silva 84'	Report	Arnautović 51' Frattesi 58' Sánchez 72' (pen.) Cuadrado 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,944 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

12 December 2023 6	Red Bull Salzburg	1–3	Benfica	Salzburg, Austria
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gourna-Douath 10' Ratkov 51' Sučić 57' Kameri 82' Schlager 90'	Report	Di María 32' R. Silva 45+1' Morato 45+4' Musa 72' Cabral 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 27,134 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Toulouse	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Di María 68' (pen.), 90+8' (pen.) Kökçü 90+2'	Report	Spierings 37' Desler 43' 75' Restes 58' Skyttä 90+1' Mawissa 90+2' 90+6' Magri 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,553 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Toulouse	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Benfica	Toulouse, France
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dønnum 15' Suazo 74' Kamanzi 83'	Report	Bah 84'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 31,810 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

7 March 2024 First leg	Benfica	2–2	Rangers	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0)	Di Maria 34' 45+2' (pen.) Goldson 67' (o.g.) Bah 72'	Report	Lawrence 7' Sterling 27' 45+5' Butland 45+1' Yılmaz 67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,579 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 March 2024 Second leg	Rangers	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Glasgow, Scotland
17:45 GMT (UTC±0)	Goldson 55'	Report	R. Silva 66' Tengstedt 90+5'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,943 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

11 April 2024 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	R. Silva 16' Neres 18' Di María 52'	Report	Aubameyang 67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,845 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

18 April 2024 Second leg	Marseille	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–2 p)	Benfica	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbemba 45+2' Moumbagna 79' Harit 89' Gigot 89'	Report	A. Silva 38' Tengstedt 60' Kökçü 109' Florentino 113'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 59,645 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Penalties
	Correa Kondogbia Balerdi Henrique		Di María Kökçü Otamendi A. Silva

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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	UKR	Anatoliy Trubin	49	0	29	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	6	0
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	JPN	Leo Kokubo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	GK	POR	André Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro Carreras	16	1	5+6	1	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
4	DF	POR	António Silva	51	2	30+1	2	6	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
5	DF	BRA	Morato	35	0	17+4	0	3+2	0	3	0	0	0	4+1	0	1	0
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah	32	2	18+1	2	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5+1	0
14	DF	ESP	Juan Bernat	7	0	1+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi	51	4	31	2	5	1	2	1	1	0	6	0	6	0
44	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo	20	1	5+8	1	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
76	DF	BRA	Gustavo Marques	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	DF	POR	Diogo Spencer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	David Neres	35	5	12+12	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	5+1	0
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes	55	4	31+2	2	6	2	3	0	1	0	6	0	5+1	0
10	MF	TUR	Orkun Kökçü	43	7	23+4	7	3+1	0	2	0	1	0	3+2	0	1+3	0
20	MF	POR	João Mário	51	9	29+2	3	5+1	2	3	1	1	0	5	3	2+3	0
47	MF	POR	Tiago Gouveia	26	4	5+8	2	0+5	1	0+3	1	0	0	0+3	0	0+2	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino	44	0	17+13	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	4	0
84	MF	POR	João Rego	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	MF	POR	João Neves	55	3	27+6	3	6	0	3	0	1	0	6	0	6	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Arthur Cabral	43	11	13+15	6	3+1	3	0+3	1	0	0	1+3	1	2+2	0
11	FW	ARG	Ángel Di María	47	17	25+2	9	5	0	3	2	1	1	5	1	6	4
19	FW	DEN	Casper Tengstedt	31	4	8+9	4	3+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+2	0	3+1	0
27	FW	POR	Rafa Silva	51	22	28+1	14	6	4	3	0	1	0	6	2	6	2
32	FW	ARG	Benjamín Rollheiser	9	1	1+8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ARG	Gianluca Prestianni	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	BRA	Marcos Leonardo	21	7	3+11	7	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
89	FW	POR	Gustavo Varela	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	CZE	David Jurásek	12	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	POR	Gonçalo Guedes	12	0	0+8	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
18	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	NOR	Andreas Schjelderup	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	POR	Chiquinho	17	0	1+8	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+5	0	0	0
23	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	CRO	Petar Musa	25	5	6+8	4	0+3	0	1	0	0+1	1	2+4	0	0	0
38	DF	BRA	João Victor	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	POR	Martim Neto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	DF	POR	Rafael Rodrigues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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[table_note_res_CLLS0.093177509071854-44] Since Atalanta, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the Champions League via league position, Benfica was promoted from the Champions League third qualifying round to the league phase, as the team with the highest coefficient out of all the teams in Champions League qualifying.

[table_note_res_ELLS0.093177509071854-45] Porto qualified for the Europa League league phase by winning the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.093177509071854-46] Since the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal winners, Porto, finished in top three, the spot given to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot given to the fourth-placed team (Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_RSO0.78517631431351-48] Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.

[table_hth_BEN0.78517631431351-49] Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

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[19] "A mensagem de despedida de Cher Ndour" [Cher Ndour's farewell message]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[20] "Oficial: eis o novo clube de Diego Moreira" [Official: here's the new club of Diego Moreira]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[21] "Seferovic rescinde e assina pelo Al Wasl" [Seferovic revoke and sign with Al Wasl]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[22] "Bahia confirma chegada de Gilberto" [Bahia confirms arrival of Gilberto]. zerozero (in Portuguese). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

[23] "Henrique Araújo no FC Famalicão" [Henrique Araújo at FC Famalicão]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

[24] "Lucas Veríssimo out on loan". S.L. Benfica. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[25] "Martin Neto emprestado" [Martim Neto out on loan]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[26] "Gonçalo Ramos on loan at PSG until end of season". S.L. Benfica. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[27] "Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Μεϊτέ". PAOK. 27 August 2023.

[28] "Paulo Bernardo joins from Benfica on season-long loan". Celtif F.C. 1 September 2023.

[29] "Schjelderup leaves on loan". S.L. Benfica. 1 September 2023.

[30] "Mihailo Ristic, ritmo y solidez para la banda izquierda del RC Celta" [Mihailo Ristic, rhythm and strength for the left flank of RC Celta] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[31] "Forest complete signing of Odysseas Vlachodimos". Nottingham Forest. 1 September 2023.

[32] "Le Paris Saint-Germain lève l'option d'achat de Gonçalo Ramos" [Paris Saint-Germain exercises Gonçalo Ramos's buy option]. Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (in French). 22 November 202. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[33] "Official: João Victor left Benfica and joins Vasco da Gama". A Bola. 31 December 2023.

[34] "SL Benfica e Gabriel terminam ligação" [SL Benfica and Gabriel end connection]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[35] "Chiquinho transferido" [Chiquinho transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[36] "Jurásek out on loan". S.L. Benfica. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[37] "Lucas Veríssimo transferido" [Lucas Veríssimo transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[38] "Musa transferido" [Musa transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[39] "Calendário da pré-época 2023/24 do campeão nacional" [The domestic champions' 2023–24 pre-season schdedule]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

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[43] "Burnley aplica primeira derrota da pré-época ao Benfica" [Burnley hand first pre-season defeat to Benfica]. RTP (in Portuguese). Lusa. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80	15	2	0	48	7	+41	10	3	4	29	21	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80	15	2	0	48	7	+41	10	3	4	29	21	+8

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	25	5	4	77	28	+49	80	15	2	0	48	7	+41	10	3	4	29	21	+8