2019–20 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2019–20 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Bruno Lage (until 29 June 2020); Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker)
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
Taça da Liga	Third round
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Vinícius (19 goals); All: Pizzi (30 goals)
Highest home attendance	62,956 v Paços de Ferreira; (10 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	37,044 v Vitória de Guimarães; (25 September 2019)
Average home league attendance	39,359
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP; (4 August 2019); Benfica 5–0 Paços de Ferreira; (10 August 2019)
Biggest defeat	2 goal difference in 4 matches
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 116th season in existence and its 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with a 5–0 win over Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, on 4 August 2019, and concluded with a 2–1 loss to FC Porto in the Taça de Portugal final, on 1 August 2020.

Players[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 25 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK	RUS	Ivan Zlobin	7	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odisseas Vlachodimos	44	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Germán Conti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	41	1	26	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	2	0
6	DF	POR	Rúben Dias	48	3	33	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
23	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	18	0	10	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	26	4	23	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	BRA	Morato	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF	POR	Nuno Tavares	15	1	10+1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
84	DF	POR	Tomás Tavares	26	0	9+3	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	40	1	25+1	1	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BRA	Gabriel	33	3	19+3	2	4	1	0+1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi	34	4	19+4	2	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
17	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	POR	Chiquinho	37	3	17+8	2	4+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	1	3	0	2	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	50	30	33+1	18	6	5	0+1	0	1	2	4+2	3	2	2
22	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	25	0	8+8	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	35	11	18+7	7	1+2	1	0+1	0	1	1	2+1	1	1+1	1
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl	20	1	17+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	37	1	19+5	1	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	4	0	2	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino Luís	18	0	8+2	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
86	MF	POR	Tiago Dantas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	1	2	0+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	MF	POR	David Tavares	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	44	9	14+16	5	1+3	2	2	0	1	0	2+3	2	1+1	0
20	FW	POR	Dyego Sousa	12	0	1+10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
73	FW	POR	Jota	27	2	1+18	0	1	0	3	2	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	46	23	19+13	18	4+2	4	0+1	0	0	0	3+2	1	0+2	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Caio	11	1	0+4	1	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	13	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás	17	3	6+1	0	2	1	2+1	1	1	0	1+3	1	0	0
26	FW	VEN	Jhonder Cádiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Nélson Veríssimo
Assistant coaches	Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Ferreira
Observer assistant coach	Marco Pedroso
Video analyst	Jhony Conceição

Last updated: 3 July 2020
Source: ^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

On 15 June 2019, Benfica announced their pre-season schedule, which included the following matches:^[6]^[7]

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2019 Friendly	Benfica	1–2	Anderlecht	Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Chiquinho 69'	Report	Vlap 34' Thelin 40'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,979^[8] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

13 July 2019 Taça Hospital da Luz	Académica	0–8	Benfica	Coimbra, Portugal
20:15 WEST	Reko 59'	Report	Silva 23' De Tomás 24', 45+6' Gabriel 31' Conti 51', 85' Pizzi 60' Seferovic 62' Taarabt 89'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 17,350^[9] Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

20 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Benfica	3–0	Guadalajara	Santa Clara, California, United States
13:05 PDT	De Tomás 4' 61' Gabriel 41' Silva 70' Seferovic 73' Fejsa 85'	Report	González 37' Villalpando 55'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 15,724^[10] Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

24 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Fiorentina	1–2	Benfica	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:05 EDT	Vlahović 29' Ranieri 50' Biraghi 67'	Report	Seferovic 9' Dias 39' Silva 48' Gabriel 57' Caio 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,141^[11] Referee: Robert Sibiga (United States)

28 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Milan	0–1	Benfica	Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
15:05 EDT	Musacchio 38'	Report	Pizzi 38' Fejsa 65' Taarabt 70'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 27,565^[12] Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

Benfica won the International Champions Cup.

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	4 September 2019	25 July 2020	Matchday 1	2nd	34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	070.59
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2019	1 August 2020	Third round	Runners-up	7	5	1	1	16	9	+7	071.43
Taça da Liga	25 September 2019	21 December 2019	Third round	Third round	3	0	3	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	4 August 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2019	10 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	033.33
UEFA Europa League	20 February 2020	27 February 2020	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total					53	32	11	10	109	54	+55	060.38

Last updated: 1 August 2020
Source: playmakerstats.com

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira[]

4 August 2019	Benfica	5–0	Sporting CP	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 40' Grimaldo 46' 64' Dias 47' Ferro 50' Pizzi 60', 75' Seferovic 70' De Tomás 72' Chiquinho 90'	Report	Acuña 20' Doumbia 32' 89' Raphinha 49' Fernandes 62' Coates 62'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 28,636^[13] Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve) Man of the Match: Pizzi^[14]

Primeira Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	26	4	4	74	22	+52	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Braga	34	18	6	10	61	40	+21	60^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
4	Sporting CP	34	18	6	10	49	34	+15	60^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
5	Rio Ave	34	15	10	9	48	36	+12	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]

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.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
^ ^a ^b ^c Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	12	2	3	38	13	+25	12	3	2	33	13	+20

Last updated: 25 July 2020.
Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

10 August 2019 1	Benfica	5–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nuno Tavares 26' Pizzi 31' (pen.) 74' Seferovic 70' Vinícius 84'	Report	Baixinho 9' Douglas 35' Bernardo 48' 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,956 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

17 August 2019 2	Belenenses SAD	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 4' Eduardo Kau 34' Kikas 50' Matija 65' André Santos 68' Licá 83' Calila 90+5'	Report	Nuno Tavares 40' Silva 59' Pizzi 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

24 August 2019 3	Benfica	0–2	Porto	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 80' Seferovic 83'	Report	Zé Luís 22' 72' Marchesín 41' Danilo 64' Luis Díaz 80' Alex Telles 83' Marega 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,735 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

1 September 2019 4	Braga	0–4	Benfica	Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Hassan 23' Sequeira 78'	Report	Pizzi 25' (pen.) 47' Taarabt 45+1' Bruno Viana 51' (o.g.) Esgaio 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 15,499 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

14 September 2019 5	Benfica	2–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nogueira 45' (o.g.) Pizzi 53' Jota 90'	Report	Nogueira 30' Kraev 46' Soares 78' Baraye 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,706 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

21 September 2019 6	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pacheco 19' Aouacheria 38' Singh 47' Nenê 67'	Report	Almeida 31' Taarabt 79' Silva 85' Seferovic 90+1'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

28 September 2019 7	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fejsa 34' Seferovic 45+2' Carlos Vinícius 63' Grimaldo 66' Taarabt 80' Vlachodimos 82'	Report	Pereira 12' Semedo 61' Mansilla 70' Hachadi 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,115 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

27 October 2019 8	Tondela	0–1	Benfica	Tondela
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	João Pedro 90+2'	Report	Ferro 19' Florentino 27' Almeida 85'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

30 October 2019 9	Benfica	4–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Almeida 16' 53' Dias 46' Vinícius 62', 64'	Report	Lucas Fernandes 27'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,037 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

2 November 2019 10	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cervi 29' Dias 32' Pizzi 51'	Report	A. Santos 35' N. Santos 45+1' Tarantini (footballer) 63'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,579 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

9 November 2019 11	Santa Clara	1–2	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC−01:00)	Carlos 17' 45+3' Zé Manuel 57' Ramos 69'	Report	Jardel 46' Vinícius 54' Gabriel 72' Pizzi 78' Taarabt 86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 8,309 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

30 November 2019 12	Benfica	4–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 9' Vinícius 17', 55' Gabriel 27' 60' Ferro 28' Grolli 31' (o.g.)	Report	Renê 30' Costa 58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,772 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

6 December 2019 13	Boavista	1–4	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Obiora 30' Stojiljković 44' 45+3' Ra. Costa 54' Reisinho 90+2'	Report	Cervi 9' 54' Vinícius 35', 62' Tavares 48' Dias 54' Gabriel 90+3' Ferro 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 18,044 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

14 December 2019 14	Benfica	4–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vinícius 39' Pizzi 48', 63' Caio 89'	Report	Martins 2' Riccieli 45'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,721 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

4 January 2020 15	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Evangelista 31' Teixeira 57' Rochinha 89' 90+5'	Report	Cervi 23' Tavares 42' Gabriel 52' Taarabt 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 27,291 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

10 January 2020 16	Benfica	2–1	Aves	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Chiquinho 23' Almeida 52' 89' Vinícius 72' Pizzi 76' (pen.) Ferro 90+5'	Report	Yamga 12' Mohammadi 20' Banjaqui 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

17 January 2020 17	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Acuña 30' Phellype 57' Plata 90' Mathieu 90+3'	Report	Gabriel 26' Chiquinho 58' Silva 80', 90+9' Cervi 90+5' Vlachodimos 90+9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,017 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

26 January 2020 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Douglas 25' Micael 38' Jorge Silva 71'	Report	Silva 39' 89' Weigl 40' Vinícius 47'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

31 January 2020 19	Benfica	3–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 19' Vinícius 31' Taarabt 38' Chiquinho 78' Silva 85'	Report	Varela 11' Esgaio 42' Show 60' G. Silva 69' Licá 70', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,134 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

8 February 2020 20	Porto	3–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Oliveira 10' 84' Otávio 27' Soares 38' Telles 38' (pen.) Dias 44' (o.g.) Marchesín 86'	Report	Vinícius 18', 50' Taarabt 27' Weigl 30' Ferro 37' Pizzi 45+4' Vlachodimos 64'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,227 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

15 February 2020 21	Benfica	0–1	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 45+1' Taarabt 56'	Report	Carmo 21' Palhinha 35' 45+1' R. Silva 45+1' 90+6' Esgaio 54' Wallace 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,371 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

24 February 2020 22	Gil Vicente	0–1	Benfica	Barcelos
19:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Nogueira 86'	Report	Vinícius 15' Dias 17'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

2 March 2020 23	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris 56' Pizzi 90+1'	Report	Soares 55' Abreu 67' Pasinato 90+1' Machado 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,861 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

7 March 2020 24	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Carlinhos 46' Semedo 50' Mansilla 54' Artur Jorge 75' Valente 84'	Report	Pizzi 51' (pen.) Tavares 61' Samaris 68' Silva 77'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,152 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

4 June 2020 25	Benfica	0–0	Tondela	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

10 June 2020 26	Portimonense	2–2	Benfica	Portimão
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Willyan 45' 52' Dener 66' Possignolo 73' Júnior Tavares 76' Beto 86' Hackman 86'	Report	Pizzi 18' Almeida 31' 57' Weigl 57' Gabriel 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

17 June 2020 27	Rio Ave	1–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Elmusrati 13' 62' Taremi 26' Santos 72' Figueiras 80'	Report	Pizzi 45+3' Seferovic 64' Dias 74' Weigl 87'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

23 June 2020 28	Benfica	3–4	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel 31' Silva 50' Vinícius 63', 65' Dias 81'	Report	Carvalho 17' 44' Sanusi 57' Crysan 81' (pen.) Zé Manuel 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

29 June 2020 29	Marítimo	2–0	Benfica	Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	China 45' Kerkez 61' Pinho 64' 78' Correa 74'	Report	Almeida 32'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

4 July 2020 30	Benfica	3–1	Boavista	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Almeida 13' Pizzi 31' Gabriel 42' Tavares 63'	Report	Cassiano 40' Obiora 62' Dulanto 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

9 July 2020 31	Famalicão	1–1	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Roderick 39' Gonçalves 45+1' Guga 84'	Report	Cervi 7' Weigl 24' Pizzi 37' Gabriel 57'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

14 July 2020 32	Benfica	2–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Weigl 22' Chiquinho 37' Almeida 79' Seferovic 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

21 July 2020 33	Aves	0–4	Benfica	Aves
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Morais 50'	Report	Silva 4' Pizzi 52' (pen.) Ramos 87', 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre (Porto)

25 July 2020 34	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias 20' Gabriel 22' Seferovic 28' Almeida 70' Vinícius 88' 90+4'	Report	Neto 36' Šporar 69' Cabral 71' Wendel 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Taça de Portugal[]

18 October 2019 Third round	Cova da Piedade	0–4	Benfica	Cova da Piedade
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pizzi 45+2', 49' Vinícius 63', 90+2' Gabriel 86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira Attendance: 2,250^[15] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

23 November 2019 Fourth round	Vizela	1–2	Benfica	Vizela
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samu 6' Ericson 21' 26' João Pedro 54'	Report	Grimaldo 22' Gabriel 33' Pizzi 45' De Tomás 70' Vinícius 86'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Referee: Hélder Malheiro

18 December 2019 Fifth round	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 18' 41' Grimaldo 24' Vinícius 57' 63' Dias 84'	Report	Ferro 14' (o.g.) Eduardo 26' Fonte 41' Wallace 57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

14 January 2020 Quarter-finals	Benfica	3–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 3' Cervi 13' Seferovic 65', 72'	Report	Piazon 4' Augusto 21' Taremi 30' Lopes 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

4 February 2020 Semi-finals 1st leg	Benfica	3–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 43' Pizzi 53' (pen.) Silva 78' Dias 90+1' Gabriel 90+5'	Report	Assunção 13' Gonçalves 60' 78' Martins 65' Martínez 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

11 February 2020 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Famalicão	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Račić 22' Gonçalves 45+5' Martins 71' Martínez 78' Coly 90+5'	Report	Pizzi 24' Taarabt 28' Cervi 60' Tavares 63' Vlachodimos 85' Vinícius 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

1 August 2020 Final	Benfica	1–2	Porto	Coimbra
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias 12' Jardel 44' Weigl 47' Vinícius 75' 84' (pen.)	Report	Luis Díaz 9' 38' Mbemba 47', 59' Telles 90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Taça da Liga[]

Third round[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GUI	BEN	SET	SCC
1	Vitória de Guimarães	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	—	3–0
2	Benfica	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3		0–0	—	—	—
3	Vitória de Setúbal	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2		0–2	2–2	—	—
4	Sporting da Covilhã	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2		—	1–1	1–1	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 September 2019 1	Benfica	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt 74'	Report	Davidson 56' Sacko 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,507 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

3 December 2019 2	Sporting da Covilhã	1–1	Benfica	Covilhã
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gilberto 11' Jean 24' Bonani 46' Bruno 74'	Report	Jota 41' 82' Samaris 45' Vinícius 63'	Stadium: Estádio José dos Santos Pinto Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Rui Oliveira

21 December 2019 3	Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Semedo 43' Guedes 83', 90+2' 90+2'	Report	Morato 47' De Tomás 49' Jota 73' 84' Jardel 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBL	LYO	BEN	ZEN
1	RB Leipzig	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	2–2	2–1
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	2–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7^[a]		0–2	2–0	3–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

17 September 2019 1	Benfica	1–2	RB Leipzig	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jota 62' Haris Seferovic 84'	Report	Poulsen 57' Werner 69', 78' Haidara 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,460 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2 October 2019 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dzyuba 22' Rakitskiy 44' Dias 70' (o.g.) Azmoun 78'	Report	De Tomás 85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,683 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

23 October 2019 3	Benfica	2–1	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva 4' Pizzi 42' 86' Fernandes 59'	Report	Marcelo 10' Dembélé 26' Koné 38' Depay 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,035 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

5 November 2019 4	Lyon	3–1	Benfica	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andersen 4' Depay 33' Traoré 89'	Report	Gabriel 43' Florentino 50' Seferovic 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 51,077 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

27 November 2019 5	RB Leipzig	2–2	Benfica	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Forsberg 90' (pen.), 90+6'	Report	Pizzi 20' Taarabt 52' Vinícius 59' Dias 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,339 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

10 December 2019 6	Benfica	3–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel 19' Cervi 47' Pizzi 58' (pen.) Azmoun 79' (o.g.)	Report	Douglas 17' 56' Yerokhin 43' Ozdoyev 55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,232 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Europa League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

20 February 2020 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Benfica	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Patrick 56' Kovalenko 72'	Report	Pizzi 66' (pen.) Florentino 90+5'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium^[16] Attendance: 24,429 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Benfica	3–3 (4–5 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9' Dias 36' Silva 47' 50'	Report	Dias 12' (o.g.) Ismaily 43' Stepanenko 49' Patrick 71' Taison 83' Konoplyanka 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,302 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

References[]

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^ "Spectators by game". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ "Spectators by game". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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^ Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

[table_hth_BRA0.78508138087815-15] Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0

[table_note_res_ELGS0.78508138087815-16] Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_BEN0.56491583053252-18] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

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[2] "Spectators by game". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[3] "Spectators by game". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[4] "Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[5] "Coaching staff". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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[7] "Tournament schedule". International Champions Cup. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

[8] Novo, David (11 July 2019). "Nota 10 no primeiro exame da época" [A 10 rating on the season's first test]. Record (in Portuguese).

[9] "Benfica goleia Académica por 8–0" [Benfica thrash Académica 8–0]. Notícias de Coimbra (in Portuguese). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[10] "Benfica vs. Guadalajara". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[11] "Fiorentina vs. Benfica". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[12] "AC Milan vs. Benfica". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[13] "Super Cup numbers". S.L. Benfica. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

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[17] "Goleador sem Piedade" [Scorer without mercy]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 October 2019. p. 2.

[Shakhtar_Donetsk-19] Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	12	2	3	38	13	+25	12	3	2	33	13	+20

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	12	2	3	38	13	+25	12	3	2	33	13	+20

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	12	2	3	38	13	+25	12	3	2	33	13	+20