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Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica are the under-19 team of Portuguese football club S.L. Benfica. They hold home matches at Benfica Campus, the club's training ground and youth academy in Seixal.

Juniores do Benfica

Full name	Juniores do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Nickname(s)	As Águias (The Eagles) Os Encarnados (The Reds)
Ground	Benfica Campus
Capacity	2,720
President	Rui Costa
Head coach	Filipe Coelho (domestic league) Luís Araújo (UEFA Youth League)
League	Campeonato Nacional de Juniores
2021–22	1st (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Benfica's under-19s have won a record 25 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores (current champions), one Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup (1996), one UEFA Youth League (2021–22) and one Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (2022). Benfica hold UEFA Youth League records for the biggest win in a final, 6–0 against Red Bull Salzburg, most final appearances (4, joint-record with Chelsea) and most games played (70).[1] They were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values" in 2013–14.[2]

There are other development teams below under-19, completing Benfica's youth system: 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.[3]

Players

Current players

As of 14 September 2022[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  POR André Gomes — GK  POR André Moreira — GK  POR Diogo Ferreira — GK  POL Marcel Mendes — GK  POR Rodrigo Anjos — DF  POR Diogo Spencer — DF  POR Francisco Machado — DF  POR Guilherme Montóia — DF  POR Henrique Sá — DF  POR Hugo Faria — DF  POR João Conceição — DF  POR João Fonseca — DF  POR João Pereira — DF  POR João Tomé (B) — DF  POR José Sampaio — DF  POR Júlio Gil — DF  POR Leandro Santos — DF  POR Mario Tudose — DF  BRA Tiago Coser — DF  POR Vladimir Mendes — DF  POR Žan Jevšenak (B) — MF  POR Alamara Djabi — MF  ITA Cher Ndour (B)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Diogo Prioste — MF  POR Hugo Félix — MF  POR João Neves (B) — MF  POR João Veloso — MF  POR Nuno Félix — MF  ITA Paul Okon — MF  POR Rafael Luís — MF  POR Tiago Reisinho — FW  POR Diego Moreira (B) — FW  POR Franculino Djú — FW  POR Gustavo Varela — FW  POR Iuri Moreira — FW  POR Ivan Lima — FW  BEL Jelani Trevisan — FW  POR João Rêgo — FW  POR José Marques — FW  POR Luís Semedo (B) — FW  EST Karel Mustmaa — FW  NED Kyanno Silva — FW  ROU Miguel Constantinescu — FW  POR Ricardo Marques — FW  POR Rodrigo Rêgo

Key

B = current Benfica B player

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.[6] 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	Filipe Coelho
Assistant coaches	Vítor Couto Luís Tralhão
Goalkeeping coach	João Regino
Observation coach	Tiago Martins
Fitness coach	Hugo Zagalo

Competitive record

UEFA Youth League

As of match played 2 November 2022

Note: Benfica score is always listed first.

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2013–14	GS	Anderlecht	3–0	6–3
		Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	4–1
		Olympiacos	0–0	0–1
	R16	Austria Wien	4–1	—
	QF	Manchester City	—	2–1
	SF	Real Madrid	4–0
	F	Barcelona	0–3
2014–15	GS	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	1–5
		Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	3–2
		Monaco	3–0	1–0
	R16	Liverpool	2–1	—
	QF	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1 (aet) (4–5 p)	—
2015–16	GS	Astana	8–0	5–0
		Atlético Madrid	1–1	2–1
		Galatasaray	2–0	11–1
	R16	FK Viagem Příbram	—	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)
	QF	Real Madrid	—	0–2
2016–17	GS	Beşiktaş	0–0	3–0
		Napoli	2–0	3–2
		Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	1–2
	PO	Midtjylland	—	1–1 (aet) (6–5 p)
	R16	PSV Eindhoven	—	1–1 (aet) (5–4 p)
	QF	CSKA Moscow	—	2–0
	SF	Real Madrid	4–2
	F	Red Bull Salzburg	1–2
2017–18	GS	CSKA Moscow	5–1	0–2
		Basel	0–0	2–2
		Manchester United	2–2	1–1
2018–19	GS	Bayern Munich	3–0	2–2
		AEK Athens	3–0	3–1
		Ajax	3–3	0–3
	PO	Montpellier	—	1–2
2019–20	GS	RB Leipzig	2–1	3–0
		Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	7–1
		Lyon	1–2	3–2
	R16	Liverpool	4–1	—
	QF	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1
	SF	Ajax	3–0
	F	Real Madrid	2–3
2020–21	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2021–22	GS	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	0–4
		Barcelona	4–0	3–0
		Bayern Munich	4–0	2–0
	R16	Midtjylland	—	3–2
	QF	Sporting CP	—	4–0
	SF	Juventus	2–2 (4–3 p)
	F	Red Bull Salzburg	6–0
2022–23	GS	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	6–2
		Juventus	2–3	1–1
		Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	3–2

Honours

• Portuguese Championship[71]

Winners (25) – 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, 2021–22

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup[72][73]

Winners: 1996

• UEFA Youth League

Winners: 2021–22

• Under-20 Intercontinental Cup

Winners – record: 2022

Other youth honours

Juvenis (under-17)

• Portuguese Championship[71]

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[71]

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)

• Portuguese Championship[71]

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

References

External links

• Departamento de Formação (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French)
• How Benfica became a global figurehead in player development – These Football Times (2017)

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