Clube Futebol Benfica (), commonly known as Futebol Benfica or simply as ''Fofó'' (), is a Portuguese

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based in the Benfica neighborhood of

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. The club was founded on 23 March 1933; however, the origins of the club can be traced back to 1895. Futebol Benfica is mostly known for its men's football,

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and

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teams. The men's football team competes in the

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league. Previously it competed in the newly created

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, a competition created in 2013 after the merging of the

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and

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(third and fourth tiers of the Portuguese football league system). The women's football team plays in the national top league, the Campeonato Nacional. Both teams play at the Estádio Francisco Lázaro, where they have been playing ever since the establishment of the club. The home colours are red and black. Futebol Benfica is an independent club without any affiliation or connection with the better-known

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 28 Febr ...

, a neighboring club of much larger dimensions.

History

The existence stretches back to around 1895, as the sports division of a philharmonic society in the parish of Benfica in Lisbon, adopting the name "Foot-Ball de Bemfica" in 1911. It was reorganized as an autonomous club on 23 March 1933. Futebol Benfica has won several national titles, principally in

and

. Their pitch is Estádio Francisco Lázaro, on Rua Olivério Serpa, in the parish of Benfica in

. It is named in honor of the Portuguese athlete,

Francisco Lázaro Francisco Lázaro (21 January 1888 – 15 July 1912) was a Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and Portugal's standard-bearer in their first-ever participation at the Olympic Games, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Career Like a ...

, who died while running in the

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at the

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in Stockholm. The club has 3,500 members and approximately 1150 athletes distributed through various sports, including

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, athletics, field hockey,

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, gymnastics and swimming. In the 2011–12 season, Futebol Benfica men's football team was promoted to the

of the Portuguese football after winning the Serie E of the

, having achieved one of the best results in recent years. In the 2014–15 season, Futebol Benfica's women's football team won both the Portuguese national women's football league and the Portuguese women's football cup, and went on to also take the first women's supercup. It won both the national championship and cup again in 2015–16.

Season to season

Honours

Football

** Winner of Serie E: 2011–12 * AF Lisboa ''(Regional Leagues)'' ** First Division of Honour (2): 1994–95, 2004–05 ** First Division: 1986–87 ** Second Division: 1977–78

Women's football

* Portuguese Women's national league ** Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 * Portuguese Women's Football Cup ** Champions (2): 2014–15, 2015–16. ** Runners-up: 2010–11, 2013–14 * Supertaça de Portugal de Futebol Feminino ** Champions: 2014–15 ** Runners-up: 2015–16

Field Hockey

* Portuguese Field Hockey Championship (8): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1978–79

Roller Hockey

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(3): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43

References

External links

*
ZeroZero profile & squad

ForaDeJogo.net profile & squad

Women's team at women.soccerway.com
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