S.L. Benfica Juniors

S.L. Benfica Juniors
Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica Juniores
Nickname(s) As Águias (The Eagles)
Encarnados (The Reds)
Os Gloriosos (The Glorious Ones)
Diabos Vermelhos (Red Devils)
SLB (Acronym for Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
Founded 1904
Manager João Santos
Home colours
Away colours

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Juniors (Juniores in Portuguese) is the youth team department of the Portuguese football club Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

There are main development teams in the Under-19's category (Juniores "A"), Under-17's (Juvenis "B"), Under-15's (Iniciados "C") and Under-13's (Infantis "D"), with further teams in the Under-12's, Under-11's and Under-9's age groups completing the clubs youth academy.

Contents

Players

Junior Team A

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
13 GK Bruno Varela
1 GK José Costa
12 GK José Sá
4 DF David Crespo
14 DF Tiago Duque
2 DF Bruno Gaspar
5 DF João Cancelo
3 DF Fábio Cardoso
17 DF Daniel Martins
16 DF Frederico Venâncio
6 DF Bernardo Lopes
19 DF David Carvalho
No. Position Player
15 MF Cafú
21 MF João Teixeira
11 MF Marcelo Lopes
26 MF Samuel Monday
8 MF André Gomes
18 MF Bernardo Silva
27 MF Diego Lopes
7 FW Eliseu
9 FW Hélder Costa
10 FW Sancidino Silva
22 FW Ivan Cavaleiro
20 FW Alseny Bah
23 FW Miguel Herlein

Notable former players

1960-70

1980s

1990s

2000s

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach João Santos
Team Manager José Henrique
Assistant Coach João Tralhão
Assistant Coach Pepa
Goalkeeper Coach Miguel Miranda
Physical Fitness Coach João Sousa
Physical Fitness Coach José Marques

Last updated: 14 July 2011
Source: ZeroZeroFootball.com (in English),SLBenfica.pt (SL Benfica Official Website) (in Portuguese),Serbenfiquista.com (in Portuguese),Mais-benfica.blogspot.com (in Portuguese)

Honours

Juniors;

S.L. Benfica Sub-20 Team won the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in 1996.[1]

National and Regional Titles;

National Championship (22): 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2004

Regional Championship; 21

Other Tournaments;

National;

Torneio de Futebol Junior da Vila de Albergaria-a-Velha do SC Alba; 1(2009)

Torneio Fernando Justino Ramos: 1

International;

Torneio Eurovoetball: 1(Sub-20)

Torneio Internacional de Manchester: 1

Torneio Internacional de La Croix: 3(Sub-18)

Torneio Internacional de Saint Joseph: 1

Torneio Internacional de Miranda del Ebro: 4

Torneio Internacional de Bordeaux: 2

Torneio Internacional de Don Benito: 1

Torneio Internacional de Pontevedra: 1

Torneio Internacional Salamanca: 1

Torneio Internacional de Mérida: 1

Torneio Internacional Orleans. 1

Torneio Internacional de Cor Groenewegen: 1

Torneio Internacional de Monforte de Emos: 1

Torneio Internacional "Maçã de Alcobaça" Sub-19: 1

Torneio Internacional da Guarda: 2(último em 2009)

torneio Internacional de Vizela: 1

Sources; http://www.rsssf.com/

Not complete, missing "other tournaments".