2018–19 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2018–19 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Rui Vitória (until 3 January 2019); Bruno Lage
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Haris Seferovic (23); All: Haris Seferovic (27)
Highest home attendance	64,064 v Santa Clara; (18 May 2019)
Lowest home attendance	16,454 v Arouca; (22 November 2018)
Average home league attendance	53,824
Biggest win	Benfica 10–0 Nacional; (10 February 2019)
Biggest defeat	Bayern Munich 5–1 Benfica; (27 November 2018)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 115th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on 7 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019 with Benfica becoming Primeira Liga champions for a record 37th time.^[5]

Internationally, Benfica played in the Champions League group stage for the ninth successive time, a Portuguese record ranking fourth all-time.^[6] However, with two losses at Estádio da Luz, they set a domestic record of five consecutive home matches without a win in the competition.^[7] After finishing third in their group, they moved to the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, where they reached the quarter-finals.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Svilar	25	2017	20	0	2022	€4.5M
2	DF	Conti	30	2018	10	1	2023	€4.7M
3	LB	Grimaldo	29	2016 (Winter)	117	10	2021	€2.12M
5	DM	Fejsa	36	2013	164	2	2021	Undisclosed
6	CB	Rúben Dias	27	2017	85	8	2023	Youth system
7	RB	Corchia	34	2018	8	0	2019	Undisclosed	On loan from Sevilla
8	CM	Gabriel	31	2018	34	1	2023	Undisclosed
10	ST	Jonas	40	2014	183	137	2020	Free
11	LW	F. Cervi	30	2016	116	16	2023	€5.74M
14	ST	Seferovic	32	2017	80	34	2022	€3.9M
15	LB	Yuri	27	2018	9	0	2023	Youth system
17	RW	Živković	28	2016	84	4	2021	€6M
18	RW	Salvio	34	2010–2011 2012	266	62	2022	€13.5M	Played on loan in the 2010–11 season
20	MF	Krovinović	29	2017	28	2	2022	€3.5M
21	CM	Pizzi	35	2014	230	45	2023	€14M
22	CM	Samaris	35	2014	162	5	2023	€10M
23	RB	T. Ebuehi	29	2018	0	0	2023	Undisclosed
27	MF	Silva	31	2016	100	26	2021	€16.4M
33	CB	Jardel (captain)	38	2011 (Winter)	248	16	2021	Undisclosed
34	RB	A. Almeida (VC)	34	2012	250	6	2023	Undisclosed
49	AM	Taarabt	35	2019	7	0	2020	€4M
61	DM	F. Luís	25	2019	14	1	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
72	GK	Zlobin	27	2019	0	0	2024	Undisclosed	Promoted from Benfica B
73	FW	Jota	25	2019	6	0	2022	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
79	FW	João Félix	25	2018	43	20	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
83	CM	Gedson	25	2018	46	3	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
97	CB	Ferro	27	2019	18	3	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
99	GK	Odysseas	30	2018	50	0	2023	€2.4M

Source: ^[8]
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
99	GK	Odisseas Vlachodimos	24	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	2023	€2.4M	Benfica A Bola
23	DF	Tyronne Ebuehi	22	Unattached	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
15	DF	Yuri Ribeiro	21	Rio Ave	Loan return	Summer	2023	—	Benfica
2	DF	Germán Conti	23	Colón	Transfer	Summer	2023	€4.7M	Benfica CMVM
95	MF	Chiquinho	22	Académica	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
77	MF	João Amaral	26	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2021	Undisclosed	Benfica
30	FW	Nicolás Castillo	25	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	2023	€7.8M	Benfica CMVM
19	FW	Facundo Ferreyra	27	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Summer	2022	€4M	Benfica CMVM
25	DF	Cristian Lema	28	Belgrano	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
16	MF	Alfa Semedo	20	Moreirense	Transfer	Summer	2023	€2.5M	Benfica SAPO
7	DF	Sébastien Corchia	27	Sevilla	Loan	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	Sevilla Benfica
8	MF	Gabriel	24	Leganés	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Leganés Benfica

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	DF	Douglas	27	Barcelona	Loan return	Summer	—	Sport
—	MF	Bryan Cristante	23	Atalanta	Transfer	Summer	€9.5M	A Bola
—	MF	Talisca	24	Guangzhou Evergrande	Loan	Summer	€5.8M	Guangzhou CMVM
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez	27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	Summer	€3M	Wolves CMVM
90	MF	João Carvalho	21	Nottingham Forest	Transfer	Summer	€15M	Forest Benfica
84	FW	Diogo Gonçalves	21	Nottingham Forest	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Forest Benfica
—	MF	André Horta	21	Los Angeles FC	Transfer	Summer	€5.2M	LA FC CMVM
13	GK	Paulo Lopes	40	Retirement	Contract termination	Summer	—	Record
19	DF	Eliseu	34	Unattached	Contract termination	Summer	—	SAPO Desporto
40	MF	João Teixeira	24	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	Free	A Bola
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	25	Argentinos Juniors	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Argentinos Juniors
—	MF	André Carrillo	27	Al-Hilal	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Al-Hilal
—	MF	Salvador Agra	26	Cádiz	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Cádiz
77	MF	João Amaral	26	Lech Poznań	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Lech Poznań
26	MF	Ola John	26	Vitória de Guimarães	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Benfica Vitória
95	MF	Chiquinho	23	Moreirense	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	A Bola
91	FW	Heriberto Tavares	21	Moreirense	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Maisfutebol
—	DF	César	25	Unattached	Contract termination	Summer	—	Diário de Notícias
28	DF	Lisandro López	28	Genoa	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Benfica
4	DF	Luisão	37	Retirement	Contract termination	—	—	Benfica
—	MF	Talisca	24	Guangzhou Evergrande	Transfer	Winter	€19.2M	CMVM
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	25	Atlético San Luis	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Record
—	MF	Salvador Agra	27	Legia Warsaw	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Legia Warsaw
55	MF	Keaton Parks	21	New York City FC	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica NYC FC
38	DF	Marcelo Hermes	23	Cruzeiro	Transfer	Winter	Free	Super FC
12	GK	Bruno Varela	24	Ajax	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica Ajax
28	DF	Lisandro López	29	Boca Juniors	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Boca Juniors
16	MF	Alfa Semedo	21	RCD Espanyol	Loan	Winter	€0.4M	Espanyol A Bola
19	FW	Facundo Ferreyra	27	RCD Espanyol	Loan	Winter	€2M	Espanyol A Bola
30	FW	Nicolás Castillo	25	Club América	Transfer	Winter	€7M	América A Bola
25	DF	Cristian Lema	28	Peñarol	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	A Bola
47	MF	Erdal Rakip	22	Malmö FF	Transfer	Winter	€0.5M	Malmö Record
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez	27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	€38M	Wolves CMVM
35	FW	Luka Jović	21	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€6M	Eintracht A Bola

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar	11	0	0+1	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK	RUS	Ivan Zlobin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odisseas Vlachodimos	50	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Germán Conti	10	1	2+2	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	54	7	34	4	4	0	1	0	10	2	4+1	1
6	DF	POR	Rúben Dias	55	4	32	3	5	0	3	0	9	0	6	1
7	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia	8	0	1+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	37	3	19	2	4	0	4	0	8	1	2	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	53	2	33	2	3	0	4	0	10	0	3	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	18	3	13	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Midfielders
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	33	0	17+1	0	2	0	1	0	9	0	3	0
8	MF	BRA	Gabriel	34	1	14+3	0	6	1	1+2	0	2+2	0	2+2	0
11	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi	38	5	13+7	4	0+2	0	1+1	0	7+3	1	3+1	0
17	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković	30	0	6+10	0	4	0	2	0	1+4	0	2+1	0
18	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	28	6	7+7	2	1+1	0	1+2	1	7	2	1+1	1
20	MF	CRO	Filip Krovinović	9	0	0+4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	55	15	34	13	3+1	0	3	0	9+1	2	2+2	0
22	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	26	2	16+2	2	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	44	21	21+5	17	2+2	2	2	2	4+3	0	3+2	0
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	7	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino Luís	14	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	46	3	11+11	0	1+3	1	3+1	0	9+1	2	5+1	0
Forwards
10	FW	BRA	Jonas	31	15	10+12	11	2+1	2	0+1	0	2	1	1+2	1
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	51	27	20+9	23	5	0	4	2	5+3	1	4+1	1
73	FW	POR	Jota	6	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
79	FW	POR	João Félix	45	18	21+7	13	4+2	1	2	1	1+2	0	5+1	3
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	POR	Bruno Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	16	1	0+5	0	3	0	2+1	0	1+4	1	0	0
19	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra	9	1	3+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
25	DF	ARG	Cristian Lema	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	CHI	Nicolás Castillo	11	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0+3	0	1+2	0	0	0

Technical staff

As of 15 January 2019

Position	Name
Head coach	Bruno Lage
Assistant coaches	Nélson Veríssimo Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso
Video analyst	Jhony Conceição
Fitness coach	Alexandre Silva
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Ferreira

Last updated: January 2019
Source: ^[9]

Pre-season friendlies

On 15 May 2018, Benfica announced their pre-season schedule (updated on 28 June), which included the following matches:^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2018 Torneio Internacional do Sado	Benfica	3–0 (4–3^[16] p)	Napredak Kruševac	Setúbal, Portugal
19:00 WEST	Castillo 18' Jardel 22', 41'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 2,000^[14] Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal)^[15]
	Penalties
	Chiquinho Lema Jonas Ferreyra Parks		Vukanović Boranijašević Markoski Rušević Petrović

13 July 2018 Torneio Internacional do Sado	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Semedo 37' Fernandes 54'	Report	Jonas 31' Ferreyra 33' Semedo 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,000^[17] Referee: João Malheiro Pinto (Lisbon)

21 July 2018 Friendly	Sevilla	0–1	Benfica	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Arana 60' Mesa 73'	Report	Castillo 57' Dias 73'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4,400^[18] Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

25 July 2018 International Champions Cup	Borussia Dortmund	2–2 (3–4 p)	Benfica	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
20:05 EDT	Philipp 20', 22' Achraf 64' Pieper 90+1'	Report	Živković 17' Grimaldo 28' Almeida 51' Semedo 69'	Stadium: Heinz Field Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
	Penalties
	Wolf Gómez Burnić Sancho Isak		Lema Jonas Ferreyra Samaris Salvio

28 July 2018 International Champions Cup	Benfica	1–1 (2–4 p)	Juventus	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
13:05 EDT	Grimaldo 65' Parks 83'	Report	Clemenza 84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 24,194 Referee: José Carlos Rivero (United States)
	Penalties
	Parks Jonas Samaris Félix		Fagioli Can Beltrame Alex Sandro

1 August 2018 International Champions Cup / Eusébio Cup	Benfica	2–3	Lyon	Faro and Loulé, Portugal
21:05 WEST	Pizzi 59' Marcelo 64' (o.g.)	Report	Memphis 24' Marcelo 41' Traoré 45' Terrier 83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 17,510 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Portugal)

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	10 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	1st	34	28	3	3	103	31	+72	082.35
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2018	3 April 2019	3rd round	Semi-finals	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	083.33
Taça da Liga	15 September 2018	22 January 2019	Group stage	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
UEFA Champions League	7 August 2018	12 December 2018	Third qualifying round	Group stage (3rd)	10	4	3	3	13	14	−1	040.00
UEFA Europa League	14 February 2019	18 April 2019	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total					60	42	8	10	140	59	+81	070.00

Source: thefinalball.com

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	28	3	3	103	31	+72	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	74	20	+54	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	72	33	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Braga	34	21	4	9	56	37	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

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) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition 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.
^ Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: thefinalball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 August 2018 1	Benfica	3–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9', 30', 38'	Report	Boyd 58' Rafa 67' André 75' Celis 81' 86' Wakaso 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,219 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

19 August 2018 2	Boavista	0–2	Benfica	Porto
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Espinho 39' Mateus 58' Talocha 71' Costa 80'	Report	Ferreyra 34' Fernandes 52' Pizzi 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 15,189 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

26 August 2018 3	Benfica	1–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ferreyra 44' Dias 62' Živković 82' Félix 86' Grimaldo 90+1'	Report	Ristovski 24' Nani 64' (pen.) Petrović 86' Salin 90+4' Battaglia 90+7' Coates 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,486 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

2 September 2018 4	Nacional	0–4	Benfica	Funchal
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marakis 34'	Report	Seferovic 28' Salvio 45' Semedo 49' Jardel 51' Cervi 67' Grimaldo 76' Silva 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,793 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

23 September 2018 5	Benfica	2–0	Desportivo das Aves	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Félix 34' Cervi 61' Dias 85'	Report	Costa 54' El Adoua 60' Derley 77' Falcão 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,606 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

27 September 2018 6	Chaves	2–2	Benfica	Chaves
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Perdigão 21' Marcão 30' Ghazaryan 75', 90+4' Djavan 82'	Report	Silva 3', 84' Gabriel 51' Conti 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 7,783 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

7 October 2018 7	Benfica	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Grimaldo 9' Lema 32' 83' Seferovic 62' Silva 76'	Report	Casillas 20' Otávio 47' Pereira 56' Herrera 59' Brahimi 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,567 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

27 October 2018 8	Belenenses SAD	2–0	Benfica	Oeiras
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Reinildo 31' Keita 32' 42' Eduardo 36'	Report	Jardel 45' Fejsa 78'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 10,635 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

2 November 2018 9	Benfica	1–3	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 2' 55' Dias 73' Jardel 76'	Report	Chiquinho 4' Pedro Nuno 16' Loum 36' 75' Ivanildo 74' Lima 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 47,216 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

11 November 2018 10	Tondela	1–3	Benfica	Tondela
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Conti 1' (o.g.) Xavier 23' Tomané 38' Bruno 51' 54' Ícaro 84'	Report	Jonas 9' Silva 17' 75' Cervi 22' Fejsa 62' Seferovic 64'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,755 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

1 December 2018 11	Benfica	4–0	Feirense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Silva 3' 67' Jonas 48' 48' Nascimento 57' (o.g.) Seferovic 88'	Report	Alphonse 30' Silva 34'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,547 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

9 December 2018 12	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cristiano 11' Mano 44' Pinto 73'	Report	Pizzi 16' Jonas 17' 44' Almeida 41' Fernandes 82'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

16 December 2018 13	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Correa 25' Abedzadeh 45+1' Zainadine 57' Baiano 65' Danny 67'	Report	Jonas 45+2' (pen.) Jardel 70' Cervi 86' Almeida 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 9,830 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

23 December 2018 14	Benfica	6–2	Braga	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 19' Jardel 40' Grimaldo 48' Jonas 54' Dias 57' Cervi 63' Almeida 67'	Report	Esgaio 15' Sousa 51' Goiano 52' Novais 74' Fransérgio 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,842 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

2 January 2019 15	Portimonense	2–0	Benfica	Portimão
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 12' (o.g.) Jardel 38' (o.g.) Paulinho 63' Martínez 79'	Report	Cervi 22' Jonas 63' 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

6 January 2019 16	Benfica	4–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Seferovic 26' 70' Félix 30' 31' 63' Almeida 46' Fejsa 88'	Report	Gabrielzinho 16' Moreira 19' 36' Nadjack 30' Matheus Reis 57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,281 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

12 January 2019 17	Santa Clara	0–2	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
18:00 WET (UTC-01:00)	Patrick 8' Carvalho 20' Cardoso 40' Candé 79'	Report	Seferovic 22' Dias 25' Fejsa 35' Jardel 48' 61'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

18 January 2019 18	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sacko 70' Rafa 77' André 84' Wakaso 90+5'	Report	Conti 50' Seferovic 81' Almeida 84'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 22,841 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

29 January 2019 19	Benfica	5–1	Boavista	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Félix 9' Pizzi 28' Seferovic 54' 73' Grimaldo 87'	Report	Talocha 42' Neris 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 41,352 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

3 February 2019 20	Sporting CP	2–4	Benfica	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jefferson 23' Fernandes 28' 43' Gudelj 60' Ribeiro 72' Raphinha 83' Dost 89' (pen.)	Report	Seferovic 11' Pizzi 28' 73' (pen.) Félix 36' Dias 46' Gabriel 61' Vlachodimos 85'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,503 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

10 February 2019 21	Benfica	10–0	Nacional	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 1' Samaris 19' Seferovic 21' 27' Félix 50' Pizzi 54' (pen.) Ferro 55' Dias 64' Jonas 84' 90' Silva 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,810 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

18 February 2019 22	Desportivo das Aves	0–3	Benfica	Vila das Aves
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Diego Galo 71'	Report	Seferovic 2' Silva 36' Dias 56' Ferro 59' 64' Samaris 71' Almeida 89'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 5,159 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

25 February 2019 23	Benfica	4–0	Chaves	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Silva 19' 65' Félix 37' Seferovic 44' Jonas 75' 89' Gabriel 87'	Report	Maraš 59' Melo 75' Campi 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,897 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

2 March 2019 24	Porto	1–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Adrián 19' Otávio 77' Felipe 80'	Report	Dias 17' Félix 26' Silva 52' Ferro 54' Samaris 60' Gabriel 77' 77' Vlachodimos 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,220 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

11 March 2019 25	Benfica	2–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 55' Samaris 63'	Report	Santos 25' Eduardo 51' 90+4' Viana 68' 82' Kikas 70' Coelho 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,158 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

17 March 2019 26	Moreirense	0–4	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Aurélio 6' Pacheco 36' Ivanildo 63' Bilel 90'	Report	Félix 37' Samaris 43' Silva 48' Florentino 83'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,510 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

30 March 2019 27	Benfica	1–0	Tondela	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Seferovic 84' Taarabt 90+2'	Report	Tomané 36' Monteiro 81' Bruno 90' Costa 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,594 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

7 April 2019 28	Feirense	1–4	Benfica	Santa Maria da Feira
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sturgeon 10' Babanco 58' Silva 64'	Report	Pizzi 40' (pen.) Almeida 45+2' Seferovic 49', 89'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 5,449 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

14 April 2019 29	Benfica	4–2	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 1', 36' 59' Félix 56' Almeida 67' Seferovic 78' Dias 85'	Report	Micael 28' Valente 39' Sousa 54' Fernandes 81' Cádiz 87' (pen.) Sávio 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,463 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

22 April 2019 30	Benfica	6–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Félix 2', 64' Pizzi 49' Cervi 71', 87' Salvio 90'	Report	Renê 39' Chico Banza 80' Baiano 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,224 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

28 April 2019 31	Braga	1–4	Benfica	Braga
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Eduardo 35' (pen.) Palhinha 45+2' Fransérgio 48' Esgaio 57' Viana 64'	Report	Dias 34' 69' Pizzi 34' 59' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Florentino 45+1' Félix 60' Silva 72' 90' Seferovic 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 24,046 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

4 May 2019 32	Benfica	5–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 62', 65' Seferovic 84', 88' Jonas 90+2'	Report	Bruno Tabata 53'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,677 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

12 May 2019 33	Rio Ave	2–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Junio 41' Coentrão 45+3' Tarantini 45+3' 50' Ronan 84'	Report	Silva 3' Dias 45' Félix 45+1' Pizzi 56' 78' Grimaldo 86' Vlachodimos 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 8,836 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

18 May 2019 34	Benfica	4–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Seferovic 17', 56' Félix 23' Silva 39'	Report	César 59' Ramos 71'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 64,064 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Taça de Portugal

18 October 2018 Third round	Sertanense	0–3	Benfica	Coimbra
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Barbosa 45+2' Pereira 55'	Report	Silva 35' Dias 47' Fernandes 53' Jonas 68'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 9,132 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

22 November 2018 Fourth round	Benfica	2–1	Arouca	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 42' Semedo 50' Gabriel 62' Corchia 89' Silva 90+3'	Report	Bukia 19' Vieira 40' Ericson 78' Kiko 88' Soares 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 16,454 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

19 December 2018 Fifth round	Montalegre	0–1	Benfica	Montalegre
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Conti 30' 33' Gabriel 62'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Diogo Vaz Pereira Attendance: 5,470 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

15 January 2019 Quarter-finals	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Osorio 34' Amoah 70' Wakaso 88'	Report	Félix 14' Jardel 24' Pizzi 35' Almeida 83' Samaris 85' Svilar 87'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 13,743^[19] Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

6 February 2019 Semi-finals first leg	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gabriel 16' 62' Jardel 28' Félix 49' Ilori 64' (o.g.) Silva 71'	Report	Ilori 2' Gaspar 58' Fernandes 82' Diaby 90+1' Coates 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,636^[20] Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

3 April 2019 Semi-finals second leg	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gudelj 45' Gaspar 54' Luiz Phellype 59' Fernandes 75' Acuña 77' Raphinha 82' Borja 90+5'	Report	Félix 43' Silva 63' 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,221^[21] Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Benfica were eliminated on away goals.

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Desportivo das Aves	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	3	1	+2	2
4	Rio Ave	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 September 2018 1	Benfica	2–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Semedo 16' Salvio 21' 35' Silva 50' Samaris 79'	Report	Galeno 37' Gabrielzinho 51' Vinícius 60'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,132 Referee: Rui Oliveira (Porto)

5 December 2018 2	Benfica	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Seferovic 11' Félix 45' Semedo 60'	Report	Tanque 38'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 17,194 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

28 December 2018 3	Desportivo das Aves	1–1	Benfica	Vila das Aves
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gomes 29' Falcão 44' Baldé 49' Jorge Fellipe 58' Fariña 87'	Report	Fernandes 37' Seferovic 69' Ribeiro 75' Živković 81'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 4,957 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Semi-finals

22 January 2019	Benfica	1–3	Porto	Braga
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Silva 31' Seferovic 45' Jardel 55' Fernandes 64'	Report	Telles 13' Brahimi 24' Marega 35' Pereira 57' Felipe 71' Fernando 86' Tiquinho 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 22,945 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

7 August 2018 First leg	Benfica	1–0	Fenerbahçe	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cervi 69' Grimaldo 79'	Report	Soldado 78' Ekici 82' Elmas 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,878 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

14 August 2018 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Benfica	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elmas 22' Potuk 45+1' Özbayraklı 90'	Report	Fernandes 26' Vlachodimos 53' Salvio 56' Dias 63' Pizzi 83'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 42,245 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

21 August 2018 First leg	Benfica	1–1	PAOK	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pizzi 45+1' (pen.) Fernandes 52' Almeida 83'	Report	Vieirinha 71' Warda 76' 89' Pelkas 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,084 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

29 August 2018 Second leg	PAOK	1–4	Benfica	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matos 8' 76' Prijović 13' Maurício 33' Varela 49' Pelkas 75' Shakhov 84'	Report	Almeida 1' Jardel 20' 34' Salvio 26' (pen.), 50' (pen.) Pizzi 39'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 26,725 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	AJX	BEN	AEK
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	5–1	2–0
2	Ajax	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	1–0	3–0
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0		0–2	0–2	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2018 1	Benfica	0–2	Bayern Munich	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fejsa 22' Jardel 39'	Report	Lewandowski 10' Kimmich 18' Hummels 52' Sanches 54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,274 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

2 October 2018 2	AEK Athens	2–3	Benfica	Athens, Greece
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ponce 34' Bakasetas 40' Klonaridis 53', 63'	Report	Seferovic 6' Dias 8' 45+4' Grimaldo 15' 90+3' Semedo 74' Almeida 79'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,154 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

23 October 2018 3	Ajax	1–0	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mazraoui 22' 90+2' Onana 39' Tagliafico 49'	Report	Jardel 9' Conti 64' Salvio 72' Seferovic 86'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,489 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

7 November 2018 4	Benfica	1–1	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 29' 39' Fejsa 45' Jardel 70'	Report	Tagliafico 34' De Ligt 42' Tadić 61' 83' Van de Beek 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,328 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

27 November 2018 5	Bayern Munich	5–1	Benfica	Munich, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Robben 13', 30' 24' Lewandowski 36', 51' Ribéry 33' 76'	Report	Fernandes 46' Semedo 87'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

12 December 2018 6	Benfica	1–0	AEK Athens	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dias 37' Grimaldo 88'	Report	Hult 73' Galanopoulos 82' 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,633 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2019 First leg	Galatasaray	1–2	Benfica	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernando 40' Ndiaye 50' Luyindama 54' Nagatomo 70'	Report	Salvio 27' (pen.) Fernandes 41' Gabriel 53' Seferovic 64' Félix 90+4'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 42,722^[22] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

21 February 2019 Second leg	Benfica	0–0	Galatasaray	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 90+3'	Report	Marcão 4' Badou Ndiaye 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,545^[23] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)