2010–11 S.L. Benfica season

The 2010–11 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 107th season in existence and the club's 77th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Benfica qualified for the Champions League by winning the previous Primeira Liga.

Benfica

2010–11 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar Cardozo (12) All: Óscar Cardozo (23)
Highest home attendance	60,026 v PSV Eindhoven (7 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance	14,897 v Olhanense (19 January 2011)
Average home league attendance	38,146[1]
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Olhanense (12 January 2011)
Biggest defeat	Porto 5–0 Benfica (7 November 2010)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

In Jesus' second season, the loss of Ángel Di María and Ramires was devastating to the team. He moved Carlos Martins to the right wing as a substitute to Ramires. Nicolás Gaitán freshly landed in Europe to replace Di María. These changes had the immediate effect of breaking the high-pressure, high-tempo football of the previous years. By late September, Benfica was already trailing nine points from Porto, a difference it never recovered.^[2][3]

In December 2010, Eduardo Salvio replaced Carlos Martins and Benfica changed to a more common 4–4–2 formation, with two out-and-out wingers to provide width, a pure attacking midfielder combined with a defensive midfielder. That decision left to a good winning streak and Jesus surpassed the record held by Jimmy Hagan's 1972–73 team, with 16 consecutive wins,^[4][5] including a 2–0 win at VfB Stuttgart for the season's Europa League (4–1 on aggregate), Benfica's first ever victory in Germany. As fatigue started to influence the most used players, in the only competitions the club were actively competing, Benfica was unable to maintain a 2–0 lead against Porto, and lost the chance to go the Portuguese Cup final. A 1–0 loss in Braga prevented Benfica from reaching the Europa League final. Domestically, Benfica won their third League Cup, beating Paços de Ferreira.^[6][7]

In January, the Portuguese winter transfer record fee was broken when David Luiz went to Chelsea for £21 million.^[8] The record was later surpassed on 31 January 2014 by another Benfica player, when Rodrigo's economic rights were sold to an investment firm for €30 million.^[9]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Monthey v Benfica

10 July 2010 (2010-07-10) Friendly	Monthey	0–3	Benfica	Monthey, Switzerland
19:45 CET (UTC+01)		Report	Menezes 26' (pen.) Weldon 41' Saviola 87'	Stadium: Stade Philippe Pottier Referee: Damien Carrel

Sion v Benfica

11 July 2010 (2010-07-11) Friendly	Sion	2–1	Benfica	Sion, Switzerland
17:15 CET (UTC+01)	Mpenza 4' Prijović 81'	Report	Aimar 64'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: Maurice Gremaud

Benfica v Aris

13 July 2010 (2010-07-13) Friendly	Benfica	4–1	Aris	Nyon, Switzerland
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Aimar 17' Saviola 52' Alan Kardec 65' Jara 84'	Report	Cesarec 25'	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

Benfica v Groningen

17 July 2010 (2010-07-17) Guimarães Trophy	Benfica	3–3 (3–4 p)	Groningen	Guimarães, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Alan Kardec 6' Martins 58' Nuno Gomes 78'	Report	Pedersen 3' Metaj 75' Stenman 89'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Augusto Costa
	Penalties
	Menezes David Luiz Aimar Saviola Nuno Gomes		Rijsdijk Kunst Tadić Stenman Veldmate

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

18 July 2010 (2010-07-18) Guimarães Trophy	Vitória de Guimarães	3–5	Benfica	Guimarães, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Valdomiro 33', 90' Douglas 61'	Report	Alan Kardec 6', 48' Saviola 9' Jara 54' Martins 69'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Referee: Ricardo Maia

Benfica v Monaco

24 July 2010 (2010-07-24) Friendly	Benfica	3–2	Monaco	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Airton 30' Aimar 50' Cardozo 62'	Report	Sagbo 42' Mongongu 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Bruno Paixão

Benfica v Sunderland

27 July 2010 (2010-07-27) Friendly	Benfica	2–0	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 29' Martins 89'	Report		Stadium: Municipal de Albufeira Referee: Hugo Miguel

Benfica v Feyenoord

30 July 2010 (2010-07-30) Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	4–1 (5–4 p)	Feyenoord	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 50', 72' Menezes 75' Amorim 85'	Report	Smolov 3'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo Referee: Duarte Gomes
	Penalties
	Cardozo Menezes Amorim David Luiz Coentrão		Vlaar Fernández De Cler Wijnaldum Fer

Benfica v Aston Villa

1 August 2010 (2010-08-01) Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	4–1	Aston Villa	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	David Luiz 10' Saviola 37', 50' Cardozo 43'	Report	Carew 68'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo Referee: João Capela

Benfica v Tottenham

3 August 2010 (2010-08-03) Eusébio Cup	Benfica	0–1	Tottenham	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bale 55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,215 Referee: Pedro Proença

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2010 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Porto v Benfica

7 August 2010 (2010-08-07)	Porto	2–0	Benfica	Aveiro
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Rolando 3' Falcao 67'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 28,000 Referee: João Ferreira

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2010–11 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	27	3	0	73	16	+57	84	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	30	20	3	7	61	31	+30	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	30	13	9	8	41	31	+10	48	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	Braga	30	13	7	10	45	33	+12	46
5	Vitória de Guimarães	30	12	7	11	36	37	−1	43	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
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.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[10]
(C) Champions

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D
Position	11	14	11	13	8	5	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ForaDeJogo.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Benfica v Académica de Coimbra

15 August 2010 (2010-08-15) 1	Benfica	1–2	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Jara 62'	[citation needed]	Fidalgo 26' Laionel 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,905 Referee: Cosme Machado

Nacional v Benfica

21 August 2010 (2010-08-21) 2	Nacional	2–1	Benfica	Funchal
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Luís Alberto 51' Sá 66'	[citation needed]	Martins 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Pedro Proença

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

28 August 2010 (2010-08-28) 3	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 4' Luisão 44' Aimar 56'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,975 Referee: Vasco Santos

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

10 September 2010 (2010-09-10) 4	Vitória de Guimarães	2–1	Benfica	Guimarães
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Silva 17' Rui Miguel 83'	[citation needed]	Saviola 32'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 17,730 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

Benfica v Sporting CP

19 September 2010 (2010-09-19) 5	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 13', 50'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,899 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Marítimo v Benfica

25 September 2010 (2010-09-25) 6	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
19:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Coentrão 58'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 4,200 Referee: João Capela

Benfica v Braga

3 October 2010 (2010-10-03) 7	Benfica	1–0	Braga	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Martins 73'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 43,417 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Portimonense v Benfica

24 October 2010 (2010-10-24) 8	Portimonense	0–1	Benfica	Faro
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	García 49'	Stadium: Estádio do Algarve Attendance: 12,373 Referee: Hugo Miguel

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

29 October 2010 (2010-10-29) 9	Benfica	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Aimar 14' Alan Kardec 65'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,529 Referee: Bruno Esteves

Porto v Benfica

7 November 2010 (2010-11-07) 10	Porto	5–0	Benfica	Porto
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Varela 12' Falcao 25', 29' Hulk 81' (pen.), 90+1'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,817 Referee: Pedro Proença

Benfica v Naval 1º de Maio

14 November 2010 (2010-11-14) 11	Benfica	4–0	Naval 1º de Maio	Lisbon
18:15 CET (UTC+01)	Alan Kardec 10' Gaitán 47', 62' Nuno Gomes 89'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,143 Referee: Vasco Santos

Beira-Mar v Benfica

28 November 2010 (2010-11-28) 12	Beira-Mar	1–3	Benfica	Aveiro
18:15 CET (UTC+01)	Varela 85'	[citation needed]	Cardozo 45', 59' Saviola 66'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 15,466 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Benfica v Olhanense

3 December 2010 (2010-12-03) 13	Benfica	2–0	Olhanense	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 42' Saviola 81'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,984 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Benfica v Rio Ave

18 December 2010 (2010-12-18) 14	Benfica	5–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
17:00 CET (UTC+01)	Aimar 5' Saviola 8', 52' Salvio 62', 73'	[citation needed]	Tomás 42', 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 38,456 Referee: Hugo Miguel

União de Leiria v Benfica

9 January 2011 (2011-01-09) 15	União de Leiria	0–3	Benfica	Leiria
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Saviola 27' Gaitán 80' Cardozo 90'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 12,506 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Académica de Coimbra v Benfica

16 January 2011 (2011-01-16) 16	Académica de Coimbra	0–1	Benfica	Coimbra
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Saviola 19'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 13,264 Referee: Elmano Santos

Benfica v Nacional

22 January 2011 (2011-01-22) 17	Benfica	4–2	Nacional	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Gaitán 8' Sidnei 20' Cardozo 51' Jara 89'	[citation needed]	Luís Alberto 76' Mihelič 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,255 Referee: Rui Costa

Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

6 February 2011 (2011-02-06) 18	Vitória de Setúbal	0–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Gaitán 45' Jara 78'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 8,605 Referee: Cosme Machado

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

13 February 2011 (2011-02-13) 19	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:15 CET (UTC+01)	Sidnei 24' Aimar 49' Martins 90+4'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,927 Referee: João Ferreira

Sporting CP v Benfica

21 February 2011 (2011-02-21) 20	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Salvio 15' Gaitán 63'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 34,483 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Benfica v Marítimo

27 February 2011 (2011-02-27) 21	Benfica	2–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Salvio 81' Coentrão 90+4'	[citation needed]	Djalma 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,991 Referee: Vasco Santos

Braga v Benfica

6 March 2011 (2011-03-06) 22	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Braga
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Viana 41' Mossoró 77'	[citation needed]	Saviola 19'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 18,097 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Benfica v Portimonense

13 March 2011 (2011-03-13) 23	Benfica	1–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Nuno Gomes 77'	[citation needed]	Pessoa 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,711 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) 24	Paços de Ferreira	1–5	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Carole 28' (o.g.)	[citation needed]	Cardozo 5' (pen.) Aimar 13' Gaitán 25' Nuno Gomes 82', 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Benfica v Porto

3 April 2011 (2011-04-03) 25	Benfica	1–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola 17' (pen.)	[citation needed]	Guarín 9' Hulk 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,403 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Naval 1º de Maio v Benfica

10 April 2011 (2011-04-10) 26	Naval 1º de Maio	2–1	Benfica	Figueira Foz
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Moraes 22' Marinho 83'	[citation needed]	Alan Kardec 36'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Bruno Paixão

Benfica v Beira-Mar

17 April 2011 (2011-04-17) 27	Benfica	2–1	Beira-Mar	Lisbon
18:15 CET (UTC+01)	Sidnei 53' Jara 70'	[citation needed]	Yartey 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,558 Referee: Elmano Santos

Olhanense v Benfica

1 May 2011 (2011-05-01) 28	Olhanense	1–1	Benfica	Olhão
18:15 CET (UTC+01)	Djalmir 90+3'	[citation needed]	Jara 4'	Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 3,375 Referee: Vasco Santos

Rio Ave v Benfica

8 May 2011 (2011-05-08) 29	Rio Ave	1–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:20 CET (UTC+01)	Braga 88'	[citation needed]	Cardozo 7', 27'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 2,390 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Benfica v União de Leiria

14 May 2011 (2011-05-14) 30	Benfica	3–3	União de Leiria	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 39' García 58' Jara 64'	[citation needed]	Silva 43', 88' Lima 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,084 Referee: André Gralha

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2010–11 Taça de Portugal

Benfica v Arouca

16 October 2010 (2010-10-16) Third round	Benfica	5–1	Arouca	Lisbon
21:00 CET (UTC+01)	Alan Kardec 24', 45' Saviola 31' Luisão 66' Gaitán 86'	[citation needed]	Santos 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 23,449 Referee: Marco Ferreira

Benfica v Braga

12 December 2010 (2010-12-12) Fourth round	Benfica	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola 38' Aimar 90+3'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Benfica v Olhanense

12 January 2011 (2011-01-12) Fifth round	Benfica	5–0	Olhanense	Lisbon
18:45 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola 20' Salvio 27' Cardozo 40', 81' Luisão 62'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Rio Ave v Benfica

26 January 2011 Quarter-finals	Rio Ave	0–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:30 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Cardozo 44' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Referee: João Ferreira

Semi-finals

Porto v Benfica

2 February 2011 First leg	Porto	0–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	Coentrão 6' García 26'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Benfica v Porto

20 April 2011 Second leg	Benfica	1–3 (3–3a agg.)	Porto	Lisbon
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 79' (pen.)		Moutinho 64' Hulk 72' Falcao 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2010–11 Taça da Liga

Group stage

Main article: 2010–11_Taça_da_Liga § Group_B_2

Benfica v Marítimo

2 January 2011 (2011-01-02) 1	Benfica	2–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Salvio 24' Saviola 38'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 20,804 Referee: João Ferreira

Benfica v Olhanense

19 January 2011 (2011-01-19) 2	Benfica	3–2	Olhanense	Lisbon
19:15 CET (UTC+01)	García 13' Jara 23' Salvio 27'	[citation needed]	Djalmir 43' Duarte 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Desportivo das Aves v Benfica

30 January 2011 (2011-01-30) 3	Desportivo das Aves	0–4	Benfica	Vila das Aves
18:15 CET (UTC+01)		[citation needed]	García 35' Jara 69' Nuno Gomes 76' Menezes 90'	Stadium: Estádio do CD das Aves Attendance: 5,030 Referee: Carlos Xistra

Knockout phase

Benfica v Sporting CP

2 March 2011 Semi-finals	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 33' García 90+2'	Report	Postiga 21'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,652 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

23 April 2011 Final	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Benfica	Coimbra
21:00 CET (UTC+01)	Luisão 49' (o.g.)	Report	Jara 17' García 43'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 26,222 Referee: Pedro Proença

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Schalke 04	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Benfica	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Benfica v Hapoel Tel Aviv

14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 1	Benfica	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST	Luisão 21' Cardozo 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,512 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

Schalke 04 v Benfica

29 September 2010 (2010-09-29) 2	Schalke 04	2–0	Benfica	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Farfán 73' Huntelaar 85'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena, Attendance: 50,436 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Lyon v Benfica

20 October 2010 (2010-10-20) 3	Lyon	2–0	Benfica	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST	Briand 21' López 51'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,816 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Benfica v Lyon

2 November 2010 (2010-11-02) 4	Benfica	4–3	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST	Alan Kardec 20' Coentrão 32', 67' García 42'	Report	Gourcuff 74' Gomis 85' Lovren 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,394 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Benfica

24 November 2010 (2010-11-24) 5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	Benfica	Tel Aviv, Israel
20:45 CEST	Zahavi 24', 90' Silva 74'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 11,668 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Benfica v Schalke 04

7 December 2010 (2010-12-07) 6	Benfica	1–2	Schalke 04	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 CEST	Luisão 87'	Report	Jurado 19' Höwedes 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 23,348 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Benfica v VfB Stuttgart

17 February 2011 First leg	Benfica	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00	Cardozo 70' Jara 81'	Report	Harnik 21'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,852 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

VfB Stuttgart v Benfica

24 February 2011 Second leg	VfB Stuttgart	0–2 (4–1 agg.)	Benfica	Stuttgart, Germany
21:05		Report	Salvio 31' Cardozo 78'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Round of 16

Benfica v Paris Saint-Germain

10 March 2011 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Pereira 42' Jara 81'	Report	Luyindula 14'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,928 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Paris Saint-Germain v Benfica

17 March 2011 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Benfica	Paris, France
19:00	Bodmer 35'	Report	Gaitán 27'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,193 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

Benfica v PSV

7 April 2011 First leg	Benfica	4–1	PSV	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Aimar 37' Salvio 45', 52' Saviola 90+4'	Report	Labyad 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,026 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

PSV v Benfica

14 April 2011 Second leg	PSV	2–2 (6–3 agg.)	Benfica	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:05	Dzsudzsák 17' Lens 25'	Report	Luisão 45+2' Cardozo 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Semi-finals

Benfica v Braga

28 April 2011 First leg	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	Jardel 50' Cardozo 59'	Report	Vandinho 53'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,778 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Braga v Benfica

5 May 2011 Second leg	Braga	1–0 (2–2 a agg.)	Benfica	Braga, Portugal
21:05	Custódio 19'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 25,384 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Liga	15 August 2010	14 May 2011	30	20	3	7	61	31	+30	066.67
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2010	20 April 2011	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	083.33
Taça da Liga	2 January 2011	23 March 2011	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	100.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	7 August 2010	7 August 2010	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
UEFA Champions League	14 September 2010	7 December 2010	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	033.33
UEFA Europa League	17 February 2011	5 May 2011	8	5	2	1	15	8	+7	062.50
Total [11]			56	37	5	14	113	61	+52	066.07

Player statistics

As of 29 November 2012^[update].

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup1		League Cup		Europa League2
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	José Moreira	6	-5	2	-2	0	0	4	-3	0	0
12	GK	ESP	Roberto	41	-46	25	-23	1	-2	1	-1	14	-20
13	GK	BRA	Júlio César	10	-10	4	-6	6	-4	0	0	0	0
Defenders
14	DF	URU	Maxi Pereira	49	1	26	0	5	0	4	0	14	1
22	DF	POR	Luís Filipe	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	46	6	23	1	7	2	2	0	14	3
23	DF	BRA	David Luiz	28	0	16	0	4	0	2	0	6	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	16	1	8	0	1	0	2	0	5	1
27	DF	BRA	Sidnei	28	3	16	3	4	0	4	0	4	0
3	DF	POR	Fábio Faria	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	POR	Roderick Miranda	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF	POR	Fábio Coentrão	45	5	23	2	6	1	2	0	14	2
25	DF	POR	César Peixoto	36	0	16	0	5	0	4	0	11	0
24	DF	FRA	Lionel Carole	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Javi García	45	8	24	2	4	1	4	4	13	1
2	MF	BRA	Airton	28	0	15	0	5	0	4	0	4	0
5	MF	POR	Ruben Amorim	18	0	12	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
10	MF	ARG	Pablo Aimar	46	7	23	5	7	1	4	0	12	1
16	MF	BRA	Felipe Menezes	17	1	7	0	1	0	4	1	5	0
17	MF	POR	Carlos Martins	46	3	25	3	5	0	3	0	13	0
8	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	39	10	19	4	5	1	4	2	11	3
20	MF	ARG	Nicolás Gaitán	48	9	26	7	6	1	3	0	13	1
28	MF	ARG	José Luis Fernández	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Strikers
7	FW	PAR	Óscar Cardozo	42	23	22	12	6	5	2	1	12	5
30	FW	ARG	Javier Saviola	47	14	24	9	7	3	4	1	12	1
11	FW	ARG	Franco Jara	43	11	26	6	3	0	5	3	9	2
19	FW	BRA	Weldon	8	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	POR	Nuno Gomes	9	6	6	4	1	0	2	2	0	0
31	FW	BRA	Alan Kardec	24	6	12	3	3	2	2	0	7	1

• 1.^ Includes 2010 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
• 2.^ Includes 2010-11 UEFA Champions League

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
12	GK	Roberto	24	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	2016	€8,500,000	N/A
20	MF	Nicolás Gaitán	22	Boca Juniors	Transfer	2016	€8,400,000	N/A
#	FW	Rodrigo	19	Real Madrid	Transfer	2016	€7,000,000	N/A
11	FW	Franco Jara	21	Arsenal de Sarandí	Transfer	2016	€5,500,000	N/A
8	MF	Eduardo Salvio	20	Atlético Madrid	Loan	2011	€2,500,000	Benfica bought 25% economic rights
#	GK	Jan Oblak	17	Olimpija Ljubljana	Transfer	2016	€1,700,000	N/A
3	DF	Fábio Faria	21	Rio Ave	Transfer	2015	€2,100,000	N/A
15	DF	Roderick Miranda	19	SL Benfica	Promoted	2018	Free	N/A
26	MF	Hassan Yebda	26	Portsmouth	Loan return	2014	Free
#	DF	Rafik Halliche	23	Nacional	Loan return	2015	Free
#	DF	Marco Zoro	26	Vitória de Setúbal	Loan return	2011	Free
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	20	Beira-Mar	Loan return	2013	Free
#	DF	Leandro da Silva	21	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan return	2014	Free
#	MF	Fellipe Bastos	20	Servette	Loan return	2012	Free
#	DF	Rúben Lima	20	Vitória Setúbal	Loan return	2012	Free
#	FW	André Carvalhas	20	Fátima	Loan return	2011	Free
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	21	Carregado	Loan return	2012	Free
#	FW	Ariza Makukula	29	Kayserispor	Loan return	2013	Free
3	DF	José Shaffer	24	Banfield	Loan return	2013	Free
#	FW	Jonathan Urretavizcaya	20	Peñarol	Loan return	2013	Free
#	FW	Javier Balboa	25	Cartagena	Loan return	2013	Free
#	FW	Nélson Oliveira	18	Rio Ave	Loan return	2018	Free
#	DF	Abel Pereira	21	Tondela	Loan return	2012	Free
#	FW	Ivan Santos	21	Atlético CP	Loan	2011	Free
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	19	Tondela	Loan return	2012	Free
#	FW	André Soares	20	Atlético CP	Loan return	2012	Free
#	FW	José Coelho	20	Paços Ferreira	Loan return	2012	Free
#	MF	David Simão	20	Fátima	Loan return	2015	Free
#	MF	Leandro Pimenta	19	Beira-Mar	Loan return	2013	Free
#	MF	Gilles Binya	25	Neuchâtel Xamax	Loan return	2012	Free
#	DF	João Pereira	20	Fátima	Loan return	2012	Free

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
28	MF	José Luis Fernández	23	Racing Club	Transfer	2015	€1,858,789	N/A
24	DF	Lionel Carole	19	Nantes	Transfer	2015	€1,400,000	N/A
33	DF	Jardel	24	Olhanense	Transfer	2016	€375,000	N/A
#	MF	Elvis	20	Paraná Clube	Transfer	2016	€580,000	N/A

Spend : €37,950,000

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW	Mantorras	28	-	Retirement	-
20	MF	Ángel Di María	22	Real Madrid	Transfer	€25,000,000 + €11M add-ons
8	MF	Ramires	23	Chelsea	Transfer	€22,000,000
#	DF	Rafik Halliche	23	Fulham	Transfer	€1,500,000
#	FW	Ariza Makukula	29	Manisaspor	Transfer	€2,000,000
#	DF	Leandro da Silva	21	Paraná Clube	Contract terminated	Free
#	GK	Quim	34	Braga	Transfer	Free
#	DF	Rúben Lima	20	Beira-Mar	Transfer	Free
#	DF	João Pereira	20	Beira-Mar	Transfer	Free
#	MF	Gilles Binya	25	Neuchâtel Xamax	Transfer	Free
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	20	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	GK	Jan Oblak	17	Beira-Mar	Loan	Free
#	DF	Hassan Yebda	26	Napoli	Loan	Free
#	FW	Rodrigo	19	Bolton Wanderers	Loan	Free
#	FW	Urreta	20	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Free
#	DF	José Shaffer	24	Rosario Central	Loan	Free
#	MF	Fellipe Bastos	20	Vasco da Gama	Loan	Free
#	FW	Éder Luís	25	Vasco da Gama	Loan	Free
#	FW	Nélson Oliveira	18	Paços Ferreira	Loan	Free
#	MF	David Simão	20	Paços Ferreira	Loan	Free
#	FW	José Coelho	20	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ivan Santos	21	Espinho	Loan	Free
#	DF	Abel Pereira	21	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	FW	André Carvalhas	21	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	21	Belenenses	Loan	Free
#	MF	Lassana Camará	18	Servette	Loan	Free
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	19	Tondela	Loan	Free
#	FW	André Soares	20	Servette	Loan	Free
#	FW	Evandro Brandão	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	MF	Leandro Pimenta	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	DF	Mário Rui	19	Fátima	Loan	Free
#	DF	Miguel Vítor	21	Leicester City	Loan	Free
#	DF	Jorge Ribeiro	28	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	Free

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
23	DF	David Luiz	23	Chelsea	Transfer	€25,000,000 + Nemanja Matić
2	DF	Patric	21	Atlético Mineiro	Transfer	€1,300,000
#	DF	Marco Zoro	27	Universitatea Craiova	Loan	Free
3	DF	José Shaffer	24	Banfield	Loan	Free
#	FW	Urreta	20	Peñarol	Loan	Free
#	FW	Freddy Adu	21	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan	Free
#	FW	Javier Balboa	25	Albacete	Loan	Free
#	FW	Marcel	29	Vasco da Gama	Loan	Free
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	20	Beira-Mar	Loan	Free
#	GK	Jan Oblak	17	Olhanense	Loan	Free
3	DF	Fábio Faria	21	Real Valladolid	Loan	Free
#	DF	Abel Pereira	21	Gondomar	Loan	Free
#	FW	Evandro Brandão	19	Gondomar	Loan	Free
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	20	Casa Pia	Loan	Free

Transfer income: €76,800,000

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: €34,700,000 Winter: €3,250,000 Total: €37,950,000

Income Summer: €50,500,000 Winter: €26,300,000 Total: €76,800,000

Expenditure Summer: €15,800,000 Winter: €23,050,000 Total: €38,850,000