Benfica Lisbon (women's football)

SL Benfica (women's football)
Basic data
Surname	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Seat	Lisbon , Portugal
founding	1904: Association 2018: Department
Colours	Red White
president	Luís Filipe Vieira
Website	slbenfica.pt
First soccer team
Head coach	João Marques
Venue	Estádio da Tapadinha
Places	4000
league	Segunda Divisão
2018/19	1st place ▲
home Away

The women's football department of the Benfica Lisbon sports club (officially: Sport Lisboa e Benfica ) from Portugal was founded in 2018.

history

Benfica began building its women's football department in spring 2018, two years after local rivals Sporting Lisbon entered professional women's football. The multiple selection player Sílvia Rebelo was chosen as the first captain of the new team . In August 2018, an invitation tournament was won in Guadalajara , Spain .

Benfica started playing for the Portuguese championship for the 2018/19 season in the second division (Segunda Divisão) on September 16, 2018 with a 28-0 opener win against UD Ponte Frielas . The Brazilian Darlene Souza became the most successful goalscorer of the game with eight goals. On January 30, 2019, Benfica conceded their first goal in a competitive match, in a 5-1 victory in the cup against Marítimo Funchal at the stadium of Câmara de Lobos . Benfica experienced their first competitive defeat on March 24, 2019 in front of a home crowd in the first leg of the cup semi-finals after a 2-1 defeat against Sporting Braga . This defeat was negated by a 4-2 win in the second leg on April 20, 2019 and thus the entry into the cup final as the first second division team to be completed. The Benfica players were able to end the first season in their history with a first title win, when they became the first second division side to win the Portuguese Association Cup on May 18, 2019 after beating Valadares Gaia FC 4-0 at the Estádio Nacional . The goals were scored by Darlene Souza (penalty), Yasmim Ribeiro , Ana Vitória and Evy Pereira (penalty). On June 23, 2019, Benfica ended its first season with record statistics of 34 wins in 36 competitive games (league and cup), one draw and one defeat, and a goal difference of 452 goals from only 6 goals. The Brazilian Darlene Souza was the outstanding goalscorer with a total of 108 goals in the league and cup. Unbeaten, the club secured the title of the second division and thus promotion to the upper house of Portuguese women's football.

On September 8, 2019, Benfica secured the Portuguese Super Cup for the first time with a 1-0 win (goal: Pauleta ) over Sporting Braga.

Derby de Lisboa

On March 30, 2019, the women's teams from SL Benfica and Sporting CP met for their first derby match at Estádio do Restelo as part of a charity match for the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique ; Sporting won 1-0 after a penalty from Joana Marchão . The match took place in front of a new record crowd in Portuguese women's football of 15,204 spectators.

Squad for the 2018/19 season

No.	Nat.	Surname	birthday	in the team since	Last club
goal
99		Catarina Bajanca	05/02/1996	2018	DG Estoril Praia
01		Daniele Neuhaus	03/21/1993	2018	Santos FC
39		Carolina Vilão	12/18/2000	2018	Sporting Lisbon
Defense
03		Ana Alice	03/14/1989	2018	Rio Preto EC
77		Ana Lopes	09/14/1989	2018	União Ferreirense
14th		Diva Meira	02/16/2000	2018	Vilaverdense FC
24		Inês Queiroga	03/30/2000	2018	Sporting Braga
04th		Sílvia Rebelo	05/20/1989	2018	Sporting Braga
02		Daiane Rodrigues	07/22/1986	2018	SC Internacional
20th		Filipa Rodrigues	09/04/1993	2018	DG Estoril Praia
midfield
21st		Paula Domínguez	08/11/1997	2018	Sporting Braga
06th		Andreia Faria	04/19/2000	2018	Vilaverdense FC
18th		Maiara Lisboa	04/28/1992	2018	Esportiva 3B
08th		Patrícia Llanos	December 13, 1990	2018	Ferroviária
51		Eveline Pereira	03/28/1994	2018	Valadares Gaia FC
11		Josiane Vasconcelos	07/20/1994	2018	Cardiff City FC
Storm
17th		Carlota Cristo	01/11/1998	2018	AGSM Verona
09		Geyse Ferreira	03/27/1998	2018	Madrid CFF
16		Adriana Gomez	11/03/1993	2018	Sporting Braga
07th		Darlene Souza	January 11, 1990	2018	Zaragoza CFF
As of September 22, 2018

Winter transfers for the 2018/19 season

As of January 18, 2019

Accesses
Nat.	Surname	donating club
	Yasmim Ribeiro	Corinthians São Paulo
	Ana Vitória	Corinthians São Paulo

successes

competition		title	year
	Portuguese Cup	1	2019
	Portuguese Super Cup	1	2019

Remarks

1. ↑ Silvia Rebelo vai ser no Capita SL Benfica. In: magazineserrano.pt. June 25, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Benfica vence torneio em Espanha. In: abola.pt. A Bola , August 19, 2018, accessed September 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Benfica goleia na estreia do campeonato (28-0). In: abola.pt. A Bola, September 16, 2018, accessed September 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Futebol Feminino: Benfica vence 28-0 na estreia. In: maisfutebol.iol.pt. September 16, 2018, accessed September 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ 'Meninas' do Marítimo perdem 1-5 com o Benfica, mas assinalam feito. In: dnoticias.pt. January 30, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Benfica perde 23 jogos depois e SC Braga em vantagem na eliminatória. In: abola.pt. A Bola, March 24, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Benfica vence em Braga (2-4) e está na final da Taça de Portugal feminina. In: record.pt. Record , April 20, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Benfica vence Taça de Portugal de futebol feminino. In: record.pt. Record , May 18, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Benfica sagra-se campeão da 2.ª divisão de futebol feminino. In: record.pt. Record, June 23, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Benfica sagra-se campeão da segunda divisão. In: abola.pt. A Bola, June 23, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Benfica bate Sp. Braga e conquista Supertaça de futebol feminino. In: record.pt. Record , September 8, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Sporting vence Benfica em dérbi solidário de futebol feminino. In: record.pt. Record, March 30, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Sporting vence Benfica no primeiro dérbi de futebol feminino de semper - e solidário. In: observador.pt. Observador, March 30, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 .