S.L. Benfica (handball)

Benfica
Full nameSport Lisboa e Benfica
Nickname(s)As Águias (The Eagles)
Os Encarnados (The Reds)
Founded8 May 1932 (92 years ago) (1932-05-08)
(parent club in 1904)
ArenaPavilhão da Luz Nº 2
Capacity1,800
PresidentFilipe Gomes[1]
Head coachJota González[2]
LeagueAndebol 1
2023–24Andebol 1, 3rd
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Home
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Website
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] ), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional handball team based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Benfica play in the top tier domestic league, Andebol 1, and hold home matches at the Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2. Since its inception in 1932, Benfica have won 7 Portuguese League titles, 6 Portuguese Cups, 2 Portuguese League Cups, and 7 Portuguese Super Cups. Internationally, Benfica won the EHF European League in 2021–22, becoming the first Portuguese club to win the competition.

In addition to the club's men's reserve team, Benfica B, playing in the second division,[3] Benfica also has a women's team, who are the current Portuguese champions, having won 10 League titles, 8 Cups, 1 Federation Cup and 4 Super Cups.

  1. ^ Dores, Márcia; Nascimento, Diogo (30 July 2019). "Andebol: apresentação à Comunicação Social" [Handball: presentation to the media]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ Jota González é o novo treinador S.L. Benfica
  3. ^ "SL Benfica B". Federaçao de Andebol de Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 October 2012.