Sport London e Benfica F.C.

Sport London e Benfica
Full name Sport London e Benfica
Founded 15 May 1981
Dissolved 2010
2009–10 Spartan South Midlands League Division One, 20th
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Sport London e Benfica was an English football club based in London. Established in 1981, they folded in 2010.

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History

The club was founded on 15 May 1981 as a Sunday league team and was affiliate number 22 to the Portuguese club Sport Lisboa e Benfica. They joined the Camden Sunday League, where they played until joining the Chiswick & District League in 1986. In 1990 they joined the Marathon Sunday League, winning Division Three in 1995–96. They were Division Two champions in 1997–98, and after finishing as runners-up in Division One the following season, were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2001 they moved to the Hayes & District Sunday League, winning the Premier Division in 2003–03. The following season they won the league's Premier Cup and President's Cup.

At the end of the 2004–05 season the club joined the Saturday league system, transferring to the Middlesex County League. They won Division One at the first attempt, and were promoted to the Premier Division. They also won the Premier Division at the first attempt, and were promoted to Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League. In November 2009 they withdrew from the league,[1] and folded at the end of the season.

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