S.L. Benfica (table tennis)

Active departments of S.L. Benfica
Football (men's) Football B (men's) Football U19 (men's) Football (women's) Futsal Roller hockey Basketball Handball Volleyball Athletics Swimming Rugby union Table tennis Billiards Canoeing

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβo.ɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] (listen)), commonly known as Benfica, is a semi-professional table tennis team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica play in both the men's and women's national leagues.

It play homes games at the Estádio da Luz in a 190 m² room equipped with modern table tennis tables.

Men's honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Portuguese Men's Table Tennis League

Winners (24): 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984

• Portuguese Men's Table Tennis Cup

Winners (16): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983

Women's honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Portuguese Women's Table Tennis League

Winners (11): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974

• Portuguese Women's Table Tennis Cup

Winners (2): 1970, 1973^[1]

Technical staff and management[]

Name	Nat.	Job
Paulo Marques		Section manager
José Carlos Alfredo		Assistant section manager
Gonçalo Castaneira		Main coach
Virgílio Nascimento		Youth main coach
Lúcia Manuela, António Neves e Romeu Cruz		Assistant coaches

^[2]

Current roster[]

Table tennis table

Name	Nat.	Age
Dinis Cunha		40
José Monteiro		31
João Gouveia		35
Pedro Silva		26
Gonçalo Castanheira		28
Tomas Law		25

^[3]

Notable international athletes[]

• Oliveira Ramos (1935–61)
• Francisco Campas (1936–1960)
• Júlio Costa (1941–1970)
• Carlos Galiano (1945–1971)
• Manuela Jesus (1950–1955)
• José Louro (1951–1981)
• Manuel Carvalho (1951–1969)
• Ana Maria Batista (1951–1965)
• Teresa Montoya (1953–1962)
• Alberto Ló (1958–1963)
• Delfim Soares (1959–1966)
• João Rui (1961–1981)
• José Kong (1963–1966)
• José Alvoeiro (1965–2004)
• Óscar Lameira (1966–1969)
• Ana Maria Cruz (1970–1971)
• José Janeiro (1974–1982)
• José Rocha (1974–1978)
• Rogério Alfar (1987–1992)

^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French)^{[dead link]}