2017–18 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2017–18 season
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager Rui Vitória
Stadium Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga 3rd
Taça de Portugal TBD
Taça da Liga TBD
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira Winners
UEFA Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Jonas
Eduardo Salvio
Haris Seferović
(1 goal each)
All:
Jonas
Haris Seferović
(2 goals each)
Highest home attendance 58,826
Benfica 3–1 Braga
(9 August 2017)
Lowest home attendance 58,826
Average home league attendance 58,826
Biggest win Benfica 3–1 Vitória de Guimarães
(5 August 2017)
Benfica 3–1 Braga
(9 August 2017)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2016–17
All statistics correct as of 9 August 2017.

The 2017–18 season is Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 114th season in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The pre-season started on 30 June 2017 and concluded after the Emirates Cup.[1] The regular season started on 5 August, with the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match, and will conclude in May 2018.[2]

Benfica play in the Primeira Liga for the first time as a four-time defending champions, since the club retained the domestic league supremacy in the previous campaign. Additionally, Benfica will also participate in the Taça de Portugal, as the reigning title holders, and in the Taça da Liga. Internationally, Benfica will compete in the UEFA Champions League for the eight time in a row.

Season overview

On 29 June 2017, Luís Filipe Vieira gave the motto for the coming season ("Rumo ao Penta") and promised a renewed ambition to conquer an unprecedented fifth Primeira Liga title in a row for Benfica.[3] On the following day, Rui Vitória explained his approach to the new season: "We know that there's a goal previously assumed by the President and the best way to achieve it is to go on together, like it was the first time. It is fundamental to have the first time ambition. Humble and focused so that it can happen."[4]

Pre-season

The pre-season started on 30 June 2017 with the usual medical exams and physical tests in Caixa Futebol Campus and Hospital da Luz. For the first twelve days of July, the work schedule took place in the training ground. For the team's commitments, the program included the Uhrencup, a five-day stay in Algarve with two matches, and a stage at St George's Park, from 23 to 28 July, before the Emirates Cup.[1] Benfica finished third in the Switzerland tournament after a heavy defeat against Young Boys.[5] The team redeemed itself with a victory in the Algarve Football Cup, thanks to a brace by the newly signed Haris Seferović. On 26 July, Benfica played a behind closed doors training ground friendly against Swindon Town which ended 2–1; Seferović and Andrija Živković scored the goals for Benfica.[6] Once again, Benfica stood powerless in the Emirates Cup; by losing both matches, the team repeated the 4th place achieved in 2014. Due to Chapecoense's cancellation, Benfica did not host the Eusébio Cup for the first time since the first edition in 2008.

Benfica lost three players from the starting eleven: on 1 June, Ederson signed with Manchester City for €40 million; Victor Lindelöf left for Manchester United for €35 million on 14 June; Nélson Semedo moved for Barcelona, on 14 July, for €30.5 million.

As with the previous season, Benfica kept struggling with player injuries.[7] On 17 June, Álex Grimaldo did not take part in Spain's squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship because of a "little injury" and, thus, missed the start of Benfica's pre-season.[8] Filip Krovinović was submitted to surgery on 23 June, nine days after signing contract, in order to correct a left inguinal hernia.[9] He was one of three players absent from the squad who traveled to Switzerland, alongside Luisão (right knee injury) and Eduardo Salvio (right tibiotarsal joint sprain).[10] André Almeida suffered a contusion in his right thigh, which prevented him from travelling to Algarve.[11]

Supertaça

For the opening match of the regular season, Benfica had five players on the injury list: Júlio César, Andrija Živković, André Carrillo, André Horta and Konstantinos Mitroglou.[12] Samaris was not an option either, since he was serving the first of a 4-match suspension for having punched Moreirense's player Diego Ivo on 9 April 2017.[13] Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães 3–1. Jonas, Seferović and Raúl Jiménez scored for Benfica and Raphinha scored for Vitória de Guimarães. It was the first time Benfica managed to win back-to-back Supertaça titles. Seferović made his debut for Benfica and Bruno Varela, a former Benfica B player, participated in his first main team match, after being called up to the bench several times in the past.[14][15] Grimaldo suffered a muscular injury on his right leg and was substituted for Eliseu in the 75th minute.[16]

Club

Technical staff

Rui Vitória as Benfica manager
Position Name
Head coach Rui Vitória
Assistant coach Sérgio Botelho
Marco Pedroso
Minervino Pietra
Arnaldo Teixeira
Fitness coach Paulo Morão
Goalkeeping coach Luís Esteves
Rehabilitation physiotherapist Bruno Mendes
Match observer scout Luís Figueiredo
Physiotherapist Telmo Firmino
Sporting director Shéu

Last updated: 27 July 2017
Source: [17]

Other information

Estádio da Luz
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Vice-president Sílvio Cérvan
José Eduardo Moniz
Chairman Domingos Soares de Oliveira
Rui Costa
Communications director Luís Bernardo
Ricardo Lemos
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Estádio da Luz (64,642 / 105x68 metres)
Training ground Caixa Futebol Campus

Source: [17]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
2 CB Argentina Lisandro 27 2014 46 5 2021 Undisclosed
3 LB Spain Grimaldo 21 2016 (Winter) 27 2 2021 €2.12M
4 CB Brazil Luisão (captain)36 2003 516 45 2018 Undisclosed Second nation: Portugal
5 DM Serbia Fejsa 28 2013 98 2 2019 Undisclosed
6 DM Brazil F. Augusto 23 2017 (Winter) 15 0 2022 Undisclosed
7 CM Greece Samaris 28 2014 110 2 2019 €10M
8 CM Portugal André Horta 20 2016 16 1 2021 Free Originally from youth system
9 ST Mexico Raúl 26 2015 79 24 2020 €21.8M Club record signing
10 ST Brazil Jonas 33 2014 113 87 2019 Free Second nation: Italy
11 ST Greece Mitroglou 29 2015 89 52 2020 €7.47M Played as a loanee in the 2015–16 season
Second nation: Germany
12 GK Brazil Júlio César 37 2014 79 0 2018 Free
13 GK Portugal Paulo Lopes 39 2012 11 0 2018 Free Originally from youth system
14 FW Switzerland Seferović 25 2017 2 2 2022 Free
15 RW Peru Carrillo D. 26 2016 32 3 2021 €6.61M
16 CB Croatia Kalaica 19 2016 1 1 2022 Free
17 MF Serbia Živković 21 2016 24 1 2021 €6M
18 RW Argentina Salvio 27 2010–2011
2012 		206 48 2019 €13.5M Played as a loanee in the 2010–11 season
19 LB Portugal Eliseu 33 2014 99 4 2018 Undisclosed Second nation: Cape Verde
20 MF Croatia Krovinović 21 2017 0 0 2022 €3M
21 CM Portugal Pizzi 27 2014 132 25 2022 €14M
22 LW Argentina F. Cervi 23 2016 43 7 2022 €5.74M
23 RB Portugal P. Pereira 19 2017 (Winter) 1 0 2022 Undisclosed Originally from youth system
24 FW England Willock 19 2017 0 0 2022 Free
27 MF Portugal Rafa 24 2016 31 2 2021 €16.4M
30 GK Portugal B. Varela 22 2017 2 0 Undisclosed Originally from youth system
33 CB Brazil Jardel (VC)31 2011 (Winter) 178 11 2020 Undisclosed Second nation: Portugal
34 RB Portugal A. Almeida 26 2012 158 2 2021 Undisclosed
38 LB Brazil M. Hermes 22 2017 (Winter) 1 0 2021 Free
42 MF Slovakia M. Chrien 21 2017 0 0 2022 Undisclosed
66 CB Portugal Rúben Dias 20 2017 0 0 2021 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
84 FW Portugal D. Gonçalves 20 2017 1 0 2021 Youth system Promoted from Benfica B
90 MF Portugal J. Carvalho 20 2017 0 0 2021 Youth system
  • Last updated: 9 August 2017
  • Source: [18]
  • The squad could change until the summer transfer end on 31 August 2017.
  • Ordered by squad number.

New contracts

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Source
19 LB Portugal Eliseu 1 year 2018 Benfica
34 LB Portugal André Almeida 3 years 2021 Benfica

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
14 FW Switzerland Haris Seferović 25 Unattached Transfer Summer 2022 Free Benfica
— DF Brazil Patrick Vieira 26 Unattached Transfer Summer 2020 Free Record
— MF Croatia Filip Krovinović 21 Portugal Rio Ave Transfer Summer 2022 €3M Benfica zerozero
— MF Slovakia Martin Chrien 21 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Transfer Summer 2022 Undisclosed Benfica Viktoria Plzeň
— FW England Chris Willock 19 Unattached Transfer Summer 2022 Free Arsenal Benfica
90 MF Portugal João Carvalho 20 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal Loan return Summer 2021 — O Jogo zerozero
— FW Colombia Cristian Arango 22 Colombia Millonarios Transfer Summer 2022 Undisclosed Benfica Millonarios
— MF Portugal Salvador Agra 25 Portugal Nacional Transfer Summer 2020 Undisclosed zerozero
— GK Portugal Bruno Varela 22 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal Transfer Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed Benfica

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
1 GK Brazil Ederson 23 England Manchester City Transfer Summer €40M Benfica Manchester City
— MF Portugal Daniel Candeias 29 Scotland Rangers Transfer Summer €800k Benfica O Jogo Rangers
14 DF Sweden Victor Lindelöf 22 England Manchester United Transfer Summer €35M Benfica Manchester United
— DF Brazil Marçal 28 France Lyon Transfer Summer €4.5M Benfica Lyon
— FW Portugal Nuno Santos 22 Portugal Rio Ave Transfer Summer Undisclosed Rio Ave
35 FW Serbia Luka Jović 19 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer Undisclosed Benfica Eintracht
— MF Portugal Pedro Nuno 22 Portugal Tondela Loan Summer Undisclosed zerozero
63 MF Guinea-Bissau Pelé 25 Portugal Rio Ave Transfer Summer Undisclosed Rio Ave
95 MF Portugal Yuri Ribeiro 20 Portugal Rio Ave Loan Summer Undisclosed Rio Ave
— FW Austria Kevin Friesenbichler 23 Austria Austria Wien Transfer Summer Undisclosed Austria Wien
— DF Brazil Patrick Vieira 26 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal Loan Summer Undisclosed Vitória de Setúbal
— MF Portugal Salvador Agra 25 Portugal Desportivo das Aves Loan Summer Undisclosed Aves
50 DF Portugal Nélson Semedo 23 Spain Barcelona Transfer Summer €30.5M Barcelona Benfica
— MF Colombia Guillermo Celis 24 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Summer €1M Vitória de Guimarães zerozero
— DF Brazil César 23 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal Loan Summer Undisclosed Vitória de Setúbal
— FW Venezuela Jhon Murillo 21 Turkey Kasımpaşa Loan Summer €400k Kasımpaşa zerozero
— FW Brazil Derley 29 Unattached Contract termination Summer — Aves O Jogo
28 FW Colombia Cristian Arango 22 Portugal Desportivo das Aves Loan Summer Undisclosed zerozero

Kit

Benfica's 2017–18 home kit was inspired by one used in the 1960s (second from the right).

Supplier: Adidas[19]

Sponsors: Emirates[20][21] (front), Sagres[22] (back)

Kit information

Pre-season

On 26 April 2017, it was announced that Benfica would take part in the Emirates Cup.[27] It was the club's second participation in the tournament, after the presence in 2014.[28] On 17 May, the schedule for the Uhrencup was announced; Benfica played against Neuchâtel Xamax and Young Boys.[29] On 20 July, Benfica faced Real Betis in the Algarve Football Cup.[30][31] On 30 June, Benfica announced their pre-season program, which included a standalone friendly match against Hull City on 22 July.[1]

A match between Benfica and Chapecoense was announced on 21 April, as part of the annual Eusébio Cup, but it was canceled on 13 June due to incompatibilities with the Brazilian's team schedule, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

  1. ↑ Within FPF's experiments with video assistant referees (VAR), Hélder Malheiro served as the referee in the first half and Nuno Almeida in the second one.

Competitions

Overall record

As of match played on 9 August 2017
Performance by competition
Competition Starting round Current position/round Final position/round First match Last match
Primeira Liga N/A — — 9 August 2017 13 May 2018
Taça de Portugal Third round Third round — TBD —
Taça da Liga Third round Third round — TBD —
Supertaça N/A — Winners 5 August 2017
UEFA Champions League Group stage Group stage — TBD —
Statistics by competition
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Primeira Liga 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Taça de Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Taça da Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Supertaça 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Primeira Liga

On 5 July 2017, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced nine stipulations for the Liga NOS fixture draw that took place on 7 July. Among previous conditions, two new were added, with one directly concerning Benfica: the two teams who will play the Supertaça could not play against Sporting CP (Portuguese team in the play-off round of Champions League) on the first two matchdays.[34]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Porto 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Benfica 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Vitória de Guimarães 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Portimonense 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. 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.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Result W                                                                  
Position 2                                                                  

Last updated: 9 August 2017.
Source: thefinalball
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches


Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played on 9 August 2017
No. Pos. Nat. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Champions League Total
3 DF Spain Álex Grimaldo 000 000 000 100 000 100
4 DF Brazil Luisão 100 000 000 100 000 200
5 MF Serbia Ljubomir Fejsa 100 000 000 100 000 200
6 MF Brazil Filipe Augusto 010 000 000 010 000 020
9 FW Mexico Raúl Jiménez 010 000 000 011 000 021
10 FW Brazil Jonas 101 000 000 101 000 202
14 FW Switzerland Seferović 101 000 000 101 000 202
18 MF Argentina Eduardo Salvio 101 000 000 100 000 201
19 DF Portugal Eliseu 100 000 000 010 000 110
21 MF Portugal Pizzi 100 000 000 100 000 200
22 MF Argentina Franco Cervi 100 000 000 100 000 200
30 GK Portugal Bruno Varela 10-1 000 000 10-1 000 20-2
33 DF Brazil Jardel 100 000 000 100 000 200
34 DF Portugal André Almeida 100 000 000 100 000 200
84 FW Portugal Diogo Gonçalves 010 000 000 000 000 010

Clean sheets

As of match played on 9 August 2017
No. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Champions League Total
30 Portugal Bruno Varela 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played on 9 August 2017
No. Pos. Player Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Champions League Total
YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
10 FW Brazil Jonas 1 1
14 FW Switzerland Haris Seferović 1 1
19 DF Portugal Eliseu 1 1
Totals 2 1 3

References

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  2. ↑ "Nova época arranca no primeiro fim-de-semana de agosto" [New season starts in the first weekend of August]. FPF (in Portuguese). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Luís Filipe Vieira: "Rumo ao Penta"" [Luís Filipe Vieira: "Towards Penta"]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rui Vitória: "The 'reset' is a way to get the "Penta" (five championships in a row)". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Três ausências em terras helvéticas" [Three absences in Helvetic lands]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "André Almeida indisponível para embates no sul do país" [André Almeida unavailable for clashes in the south of the country]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cinco jogadores no boletim clínico" [Five players on the clinical report]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Apesar do castigo, Samaris pode jogar a final da Taça de Portugal" [Despite the punishment, Samaris can play in the Portuguese Cup final]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bruno Varela – Completed Matches – Liga Zon Sagres 2011/12". thefinalball. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Bruno Varela – Completed Matches – 2013/14". thefinalball. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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