2014–15 S.L. Benfica season

The 2014–15 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 111th season in existence and the club's 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

Benfica

2014–15 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Head coach	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Jonas (20 goals)[1] All: Jonas (31 goals)
Highest home attendance	63,534 v Porto[2] (26 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance	11,955 v Arouca (14 January 2015)
Average home league attendance	48,520[3]
Biggest win	Benfica 6–0 Estoril (28 February 2015)
Biggest defeat	Benfica 0–2 Zenit Saint Petersburg (16 September 2014) Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Benfica (1 October 2014)
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Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall Primeira Liga title, their second consecutive and sixth overall Taça da Liga, and their fifth Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Benfica's 2014–15 trophies

Season overview

July

In the 111th season, manager Jorge Jesus started his sixth consecutive season at Benfica, for the first time in the last 60 years, since János Biri. The president Luís Filipe Vieira started his eleventh consecutive season.

After winning an historic treble, Benfica lost many players of its starting XI. Nemanja Matić had moved to Chelsea on 15 January 2014.^[4] Guilherme Siqueira had returned to Granada in June.^[5] On 25 June, Ezequiel Garay had moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[6] Rodrigo and André Gomes' economic rights had been sold to an investment firm on 31 January;^[7][8] in July, they moved to Valencia on loan. On 15 July, Lazar Marković moved to Liverpool.^[9][10] The next day, Jan Oblak moved to Atlético Madrid.^[11][12]

August

On 4 August, after seven seasons, Benfica's ninth all-time top scorer, Óscar Cardozo, moved to Trabzonspor.^[13]

On 10 August, Benfica won its fifth Supercup, beating Rio Ave 3–2 on penalties after a goalless draw. A severely remodeled squad, only presented seven starters of the Taça de Portugal final played just two months earlier: Luisão, Maxi Pereira, Ruben Amorim, Eduardo Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás Gaitán and Lima. The new players Talisca, Derley, Eliseu and Bebé made their official debut for Benfica. Benfica dominated throughout the match but was unable to score on multiple occasions, finally beating Rio Ave on penalties, after Artur defended three of them.^[14][15] It was the first time since 2010 that Benfica played the Supercup, winning a previous one in 2005. With this conquest, Benfica became the only Portuguese club to have won all four domestic titles in a year.

On 17 August, in the league's first day, Benfica beat Paços de Ferreira (2–0) with goals from Maxi Pereira and Salvio, with Artur saving a penalty in the 10th minute.^[16] Additionally, Benfica won the first matchday ten years later; the first with Jorge Jesus and the second during the ten-year term of Luís Filipe Vieira. On 19 August, Júlio César joined Benfica. On 22 August, Benfica signed Andreas Samaris.^[17] On 24 August, Benfica won at Boavista with a strike by Eliseu from 25 meters out.^[18] During the match, played in an artificial turf, Ruben Amorim got severely injured,^[19] with news in next day reporting an anterior cruciate ligament injury.^[20] On 31 August, Benfica drew against Sporting CP (1–1). Nicolás Gaitán scored the first goal, while Artur made a mistake which allowed Islam Slimani to tie the match. It was the first league goal for Sporting at the Estádio da Luz since 29 April 2007. It was also the first time in seven seasons that Sporting made any points in a league match against Benfica, while playing as a visitor at the Lisbon derby.^[21]

September

On 1 September, Benfica signed Bryan Cristante and extended Sílvio's loan. On 11 September, Benfica signed Jonas. On 12 September, after the early break for the Euro 2016 qualifying, Benfica returned with a 0–5 win at Vitória de Setúbal, with a hat-trick from Talisca, in his first goals in the Primeira Liga. Furthermore, Samaris and Cristante made their debuts for Benfica, while Ola John scored his first goal in the league.^[22] On 16 September, in the first matchday of the Champions League, Benfica lost 0–2 to Zenit. Hulk scored, Artur was sent off for a foul on Danny outside of the box, and former Benfica player Witsel scored the second goal. It was Benfica's first home defeat in 51 matches, and the first home defeat in the Champions League since 2 October 2012.^[23][24] On 21 September, Benfica struggled to defeat Moreirense, suffering an early goal from João Pedro in the debut of Júlio César. In the second half, after Marcelo Oliveira was sent off for tackling Talisca, Eliseu scored from 30 meters out; eight minutes later Maxi Pereira untied the match; and in the final minutes Lima scored from penalty kick after being tackled in the box.^[25] On 27 September, Benfica won at Estoril (2–3) with two goals from Talisca and one from Lima. Winning 0–2, the Eagles allowed Estoril to tie the match, with goals from Diogo Amado and Kléber, but in an individual effort from Derley, Lima scored the winning goal.^[26]

October

On 1 October, Benfica lost at Bayer Leverkusen (3–1) and remained point-less in the Champions League group stage.^[27] Nonetheless, four days later Benfica won 4–0 against Arouca, in the debut of Lisandro López, Jonas and Pizzi, maintaining the lead in Portuguese league.^[28] On 18 October, Benfica defeated Covilhã (2–3) with a hat-trick from Jonas in the third round of Taça de Portugal.^[29] On 22 October, Benfica drew at Monaco (0–0) and achieved their first point in the Champions League. On 26 October, Benfica lost for the first time in the league, (1–2) at Braga, but kept the first position. On 31 October, Benfica beat Rio Ave (1–0) with a goal from Talisca, who scored his fourth consecutive goal in the Primeira Liga.

November

On 4 November, Benfica beat Monaco with a goal from Talisca and secured the first victory in group stage of Champions League.^[30] On 9 November, Benfica won at Nacional (1–2), with goals from Salvio and Jonas, and maintained the lead of Primeira Liga. On 22 November, Benfica advanced to the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal by beating Moreirense (4–1), with Jonas and Salvio scoring two goals each. On 26 November, Benfica lost at Zenit (1–0) and were eliminated from European competitions following the Monaco win at Leverkusen. On 30 November, Benfica won at Académica (0–2) with goals from Nicolás Gaitán and Luisão, and kept the first place in the Portuguese league.

December

On 6 December, Benfica continued leading the Portuguese league by defeating Belenenses (3–0) with goals from Lima, Pérez, and Salvio. On 9 December, Benfica draw with Bayer Leverkusen (0–0). On 14 December, Benfica defeated Porto at the Estádio do Dragão (0–2) with two goals from Lima, securing the first place in Primeira Liga with six more points than the second-placed Porto. On 18 December, Benfica was eliminated from Taça de Portugal by Braga (1–2). On 21 December, Benfica beat Gil Vicente (1–0) in Primeira Liga with a goal from Nicolás Gaitán. On 30 December, Benfica beat Nacional (1–0) with a header from Jonas in the third round of Taça da Liga, their last match of 2014. Miralem Sulejmani returned after suffering an injury in May 2014.

January

On 1 January, Nélson Oliveira moved to Swansea City on loan. On 2 January, Enzo Pérez moved to Valencia. On 4 January, Benfica beat Penafiel (0–3) with goals from Talisca, Jonas and Jardel, achieving seven consecutive wins in Primeira Liga, thus scoring in every league match since 21 April 2012 (79 matches).^[31] Gonçalo Guedes made his debut. On 8 January, Bebé (Tiago) moved to Córdoba on loan. On 10 January, Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães (3–0) with goals from Jonas, Ola John and Nicolás Gaitán. Eliseu and Salvio returned after injury, the former was out of competition since 31 October. It was Júlio César's sixth consecutive league match without conceding a goal, in a total of 629 minutes.^[32] On 14 January, Benfica beat Arouca (4–0) in the third round of the Taça da Liga and became leader of Group A with six points. Pizzi, Cristante, Salvio, and Jonas scored the goals. Rui Fonte debuted and Sílvio returned after suffering an injury in April 2014. On 18 January, Benfica won at Marítimo (0–4) with goals from Salvio (2), Ola John and Lima. It was Benfica's ninth consecutive win and seventh match without conceding a goal in Primeira Liga, leading it with 46 points in 17 matches, with an efficiency of 90.2%, the best record of the Top 20 leagues in Europe.^[33][34] On 21 January, Benfica won at Moreirense (0–2) and secured the first place in the Taça da Liga's Group A with nine points, advancing to the semi-finals, without conceding a goal. On 26 January, Benfica lost at Paços de Ferreira (1–0) from a penalty kick in the 90th minute, ending the series of consecutive wins (9) and clean sheets (7) in the league. Lima failed a penalty kick in the first-half. Despite this, Benfica kept the lead with 6 more points than the second classified which also lost. On 29 January, Jonathan Rodríguez joined Benfica on loan from Peñarol. On 31 January, Benfica beat Boavista (3–0) with goals from Lima, Maxi Pereira and Jonas.

February

On 8 February, Benfica drew at Sporting CP (1–1) with a last-minute goal from Jardel in the 94th minute,^[35] and continued leading the Primeira Liga with 4 more points than the second classified. On 11 February, Benfica advanced to their sixth Taça da Liga final and second consecutive without conceding a goal, after beating Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) with goals from Talisca, Pizzi and Jonas. Ruben Amorim returned as a substitute after suffering an injury in August 2014. On 15 February, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) in Primeira Liga, with goals from Jardel and Lima (2). On 21 February, Benfica won at Moreirense (1–3) with goals from Luisão, Eliseu and Jonas; and continued leading the Primeira Liga. On 28 February – on the club's 111th anniversary – Benfica thrashed Estoril (6–0) with goals from Luisão, Salvio, Pizzi, Jonas (2) and Lima; and set the league's biggest home win.

March

On 8 March, Benfica won at Arouca (1–3) with goals from Jonas and Lima (2). On 14 March, Benfica beat Braga (2–0) with goals from Jonas and Eliseu. On 21 March, Benfica lost at Rio Ave (2–1). Salvio scored for the Eagles.

April

On 4 April, Benfica beat Nacional (3–1) with goals from Jonas (2) and Lima. On 11 April, Benfica defeated Académica (5–1) with Jardel, Jonas (2), Lima and Ljubomir Fejsa scoring the goals; Fejsa returned to the first-team after an injury in April 2014, while Jonathan Rodríguez debuted in Primeira Liga. On 18 April, Benfica won at Belenenses (0–2), with Jonas scoring twice for a third consecutive league match. On 26 April, Benfica drew against Porto (0–0), and kept leading the Primeira Liga, three points ahead. It was the first time since 11 April 2009 that Benfica did not score at home in a league match.

May

On 2 May, Benfica won at Gil Vicente (0–5) with goals from Maxi Pereira (2), Jonas, Luisão and Lima. On 9 May, Benfica beat Penafiel (4–0) with goals from Lima (2), Jonas and Pizzi. On 17 May, Benfica drew at Guimarães (0–0) and became Portuguese champions for a second consecutive time, with one game to spare, three points ahead of Porto, which had drawn at Belenenses.^[36][37] On 23 May, Benfica beat Marítimo (4–1) with goals from Lima (2) and Jonas (2) in their last league match.

On 29 May, Benfica played their last match of the season, defeating Marítimo (2–1) in the Taça da Liga final, with goals from Jonas and Ola John, thus winning the club's sixth Taça da Liga and 75th title overall, a new Portuguese record.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Artur	34	2011	144	0	2015	Free
2	CB		Lisandro	25	2014	10	0	2018	Undisclosed
4	CB		Luisão (captain)	34	2003	458	44	2017	Undisclosed
5	DM		Fejsa	26	2013	33	1	2018	Undisclosed
6	DM		R. Amorim	30	2008	154	6	2017	Undisclosed	Originally from youth system
7	CM		Samaris	26	2014	37	0	2019	€10,000,000
8	LW		Sulejmani	26	2013	34	3	2018	Free
9	ST		Derley	27	2014	27	2	2018	Undisclosed
10	AM		Nico Gaitán	27	2010	216	30	2018	€8,400,000
11	ST		Lima	31	2012	144	70	2016	Undisclosed
13	GK		Paulo Lopes	37	2012	9	0	2015	Free	Originally from youth system
14	RB		Maxi (VC)	31	2007	333	21	2015	€3,000,000
15	LW		John	23	2012	87	9	2017	Undisclosed
17	ST		Jonas	31	2014	35	31	2016	Free
18	RW		Salvio	24	2012	150	38	2017	€13,500,000	Played on loan in the 2010–11 season
19	LB		Eliseu	31	2014	33	4	2016	Undisclosed
20	GK		Júlio César	35	2014	30	0	2016	Free
21	CM		Pizzi	25	2014	31	4	2019	€6,000,000
23	LB		Benito	23	2014	6	0	2019	Undisclosed
24	DM		Cristante	20	2014	15	1	2019	€4,840,000
25	ST		J. Rodríguez	21	2015	1	0	2017	€2,000,000	On loan with buy option
27	AM		Mukhtar	20	2015	1	0	2020	Undisclosed
28	FB		Sílvio	27	2013	25	0	2015	Loan	Originally from youth system
30	AM		A. Talisca	21	2014	44	11	2019	€4,000,000
33	CB		Jardel	29	2011 (Winter)	125	6	2018	Undisclosed
34	DM		A. Almeida	24	2012	95	0	2018	Undisclosed
37	CB		César	22	2014	9	0	2019	Undisclosed

• Source: S.L. Benfica
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	From	Ends	Fee	Ref
20 May 2014	MF	57	Paweł Dawidowicz	19	Lechia Gdańsk	2019	Undisclosed	[38]
22 May 2014	FW	79	Kevin Friesenbichler	20	Bayern Munich II	2018	Free	[39]
7 June 2014	DF	—	Djavan	26	Corinthians Alagoano	2018	Undisclosed	[40]
20 June 2014	DF	37	César	21	Ponte Preta	2019	Undisclosed	[41]
22 June 2014	DF	23	Loris Benito	22	Zürich	2019	Undisclosed	[42]
3 July 2014	MF	50	Daniel Candeias	26	Nacional	2019	Free	[43]
4 July 2014	DF	42	Luís Felipe	23	Palmeiras	2018	Free	[44][45]
5 July 2014	MF	30	Talisca	20	Bahia	2019	€4,000,000	[46]
11 July 2014	FW	31	Victor Andrade	18	Santos	2019	Free	[47]
16 July 2014	FW	9	Derley	26	Marítimo	2018	Undisclosed	[48]
24 July 2014	DF	19	Eliseu	30	Málaga	2016	Undisclosed	[49]
25 July 2014	FW	32	Bebé	24	Manchester United	2018	Undisclosed	[50]
19 August 2014	GK	20	Júlio César	34	Queens Park Rangers	2016	Free	[51]
22 August 2014	MF	7	Andreas Samaris	25	Olympiacos	2019	€10,000,000	[52]
30 August 2014	FW	96	Dolly Menga	21	Lierse	2017	Undisclosed	[53]
1 September 2014	MF	24	Bryan Cristante	19	Milan	2019	€4,840,000	[54]
1 September 2014	FW	59	Oliver Sarkic	17	Anderlecht		Undisclosed	[55]
11 September 2014	FW	17	Jonas	30	Unattached	2016	Free	[56]
15 January 2015	MF	27	Hany Mukhtar	19	Hertha BSC	2020	Undisclosed	[57]
29 January 2015	MF	80	Elbio Álvarez	20	Peñarol		€2,350,000	[58]
1 February 2015	FW	91	Flávio Silva	18	Torreense	2020	Undisclosed	[59][60]
24 February 2015	FW	—	Sancidino Silva	20	Unattached	2020	Free	[61]

Loan in

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	From	Ends	Fee	Ref
1 September 2014	DF	28	Sílvio	26	Atlético Madrid	30 June 2015	Free	[62]
29 January 2015	FW	25	Jonathan Rodríguez	21	Peñarol	30 June 2017	€2,000,000 (40%)	[58][63][64]
2 February 2015	DF	79	Vitali Lystsov	19	União de Leiria	30 June 2015	Free	[60][65]

Loan return

Date	Pos	Player	Age	From	Ends	Ref
2 July 2014	FW	Franco Jara	25	Estudiantes La Plata	2016	[66]
2 July 2014	DF	Lisandro López	24	Getafe	2018	[67]
2 July 2014	MF	Luis Fariña	23	Baniyas	2018	[67]
2 July 2014	FW	Nélson Oliveira	22	Rennes	2018	[68]
2 July 2014	FW	Ola John	22	Hamburger SV	2017	[67]
2 July 2014	MF	Pizzi	24	Espanyol	2019	[67]
1 September 2014	FW	Michel	27	Al-Wakrah	—	[69]
1 September 2014	DF	Jim Varela	19	Farense	2018	[70]
1 September 2014	FW	Juan San Martín	20	Farense	2018	[70]
1 September 2014	FW	Clésio Baúque	19	Harrisburg City Islanders	2018	[71]
2 December 2014	FW	Yannick Djaló	28	San Jose Earthquakes	2016	[72]

Out

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	Private company	Fee	Ref
31 January 2014	MF	30	André Gomes	20	Meriton Capital Limited	€10,500,000 (70%) (+ 25%)	[7][8]
31 January 2014	FW	19	Rodrigo	22	Meriton Capital Limited	€22,800,000 (76%) (+ €10,000,000)	[7][8]
July 2013–March 2014	FW	—	Cláudio Correa	—	Master International FZC	Undisclosed	[73]
July 2013–March 2014	FW	—	Derlis González	—	Master International FZC	Undisclosed	[73]

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	To	Fee	Ref
6 May 2014	FW	—	Alan Kardec	25	São Paulo	€2,250,000 (50%) (+ 10%)	[74][75]
20 May 2014	FW	—	Derlis González	20	Basel	Undisclosed	[76]
6 June 2014	DF	16	Guilherme Siqueira	28	Granada	End of loan	[77]
17 June 2014	FW	—	Filipe Nascimento	19	Académico de Viseu	Free	[78]
20 June 2014	GK	—	Rafael Copetti	23	Vasco da Gama	Undisclosed (50%)	[79]
25 June 2014	DF	24	Ezequiel Garay	27	Zenit Saint Petersburg	€2,400,000 (40%)	[80][81]
30 June 2014	DF	96	Huang Wei	20	Farense	End of contract	[82]
30 June 2014	FW	74	Sancidino Silva	20	Unattached	End of contract	[83]
8 July 2014	DF	—	Rafael Ramos	19	Orlando City	Undisclosed	[84]
8 July 2014	MF	—	Valdomiro Lameira	18	Orlando City	Undisclosed	[84]
14 July 2014	DF	—	Stefan Mitrović	24	SC Freiburg	€1,175,000	[48]
15 July 2014	MF	50	Lazar Marković	20	Liverpool	€12,500,000 (50%)	[85]
16 July 2014	GK	41	Jan Oblak	21	Atlético Madrid	€16,000,000	[86]
22 July 2014	FW	—	Cláudio Correa	21	Sol de América	Undisclosed	[87]
2 August 2014	DF	—	Djavan	26	Braga	€1,000,000	[48]
4 August 2014	FW	7	Óscar Cardozo	31	Trabzonspor	€4,000,000 (80%) (+ €1,650,000)	[88]
15 August 2014	MF	51	Filip Marković	22	Mallorca	Undisclosed	[89]
22 August 2014	DF	88	Rudinilson Silva	20	Lechia Gdańsk	Undisclosed	[90]
1 September 2014	FW	23	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	24	Paços de Ferreira	End of contract	[91]
16 September 2014	MF	17	Carlos Martins	32	Unattached	End of contract	[92]
2 January 2015	MF	35	Enzo Pérez	28	Valencia	€25,000,000	[93][94]
20 January 2015	MF	—	Bernardo Silva	20	Monaco	€15,750,000	[95]
24 January 2015	FW	22	Franco Jara	26	Olympiacos	€1,500,000	[96][97][98]
27 January 2015	MF	54	João Amorim	22	Desportivo das Aves	End of contract	[99]
2 February 2015	FW	—	Michel	28	Penafiel	End of contract	[100]
2 February 2015	FW	96	Dolly Menga	21	Braga	Undisclosed	[101]

Loan out

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Age	To	Ends	Ref
8 July 2014	MF	—	Jorge Rojas	21	Gimnasia	31 December 2015	[102]
8 July 2014	FW	9	Rogelio Funes Mori	23	Eskişehirspor	30 June 2015	[103]
17 July 2014	MF	30	André Gomes	20	Valencia	30 June 2015	[104]
23 July 2014	MF	10	Filip Đuričić	22	Mainz 05	30 June 2015	[105]
23 July 2014	FW	19	Rodrigo	23	Valencia	30 June 2015	[106]
27 July 2014	MF	—	Luis Fariña	23	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2015	[107]
7 August 2014	MF	94	Bernardo Silva	19	Monaco	30 June 2015	[108]
7 August 2014	FW	90	Ivan Cavaleiro	20	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2015	[108]
13 August 2014	DF	42	Luís Felipe	23	Criciúma	31 December 2014	[109]
20 August 2014	DF	—	João Cancelo	20	Valencia	30 June 2015	[110]
24 August 2014	MF	50	Daniel Candeias	26	1. FC Nürnberg	30 June 2015	[111]
25 August 2014	FW	79	Kevin Friesenbichler	20	Lechia Gdańsk	30 June 2015	[112]
30 August 2014	MF	56	Lolo	21	Lugo	30 June 2015	[113]
30 August 2014	MF	95	Raphael Guzzo	19	Chaves	30 June 2015	[114]
1 September 2014	DF	—	Sidnei	25	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2015	[115]
1 September 2014	FW	80	Harramiz Soares	24	Farense	30 June 2015	[91]
1 September 2014	DF	76	Bruno Gaspar	21	Vitória de Guimarães	30 June 2015	[91]
11 September 2014	FW	—	Juan San Martín	20	Central Español	30 June 2015	[116]
1 January 2015	FW	16	Nélson Oliveira	23	Swansea City	30 June 2015	[117]
5 January 2015	DF	42	Luís Felipe	23	Joinville	31 December 2015	[118]
7 January 2015	MF	77	Rúben Pinto	22	Paços de Ferreira	30 June 2015	[119]
8 January 2015	FW	32	Bebé	24	Córdoba	30 June 2015	[120]
15 January 2015	DF	65	Fábio Cardoso	20	Paços de Ferreira	30 June 2015	[121]
19 January 2015	FW	67	Hélder Costa	21	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2015	[122]
21 January 2015	MF	—	Jim Varela	20	Rampla Juniors		[123]
26 January 2015	FW	—	Yannick Djaló	28	Mordovia Saransk	30 June 2015	[124]
26 January 2015	MF	70	Rochinha	19	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2015	[125]
29 January 2015	MF	50	Daniel Candeias	26	Granada	30 June 2015	[126]
2 February 2015	MF	—	Filip Đuričić	23	Southampton	30 June 2015	[127]
2 February 2015	FW	83	Rui Fonte	24	Belenenses	30 June 2015	[128]
5 February 2015	DF	—	Gianni Rodríguez	20	Peñarol	30 June 2015	[129]
9 February 2015	DF	3	Steven Vitória	28	Philadelphia Union	31 December 2015	[130]
12 May 2015	DF	42	Luís Felipe	23	Paysandu	31 December 2015	[45]

Overall transfer activity

Spending Other: €0 Summer: €31,940,000[48] Winter: €2,000,000 Total: €33,940,000

Income Other: €33,300,000 Summer: €40,525,000[A] Winter: €42,250,000 Total: €116,075,000

Expenditure Other: €33,300,000 Summer: €8,585,000 Winter: €40,250,000 Total: €82,135,000

Notes

1. ^
   Includes €1,200,000 in transfer fees of former Benfica players: €75,000 from Zenit Saint Petersburg corresponding to 0.5% of Javi García,^[131] and €1,125,000 from Manchester United corresponding to 1.5% of Ángel Di María.^[132]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jorge Jesus
Assistant coach	Raúl José Miguel Quaresma Minervino Pietra
Goalkeeping coach	Hugo Oliveira
Fitness coach	Mário Monteiro
Motivational consultant	Evandro Mota
Video analyst	Marco Pedroso

Source: S.L. Benfica

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Benfica v Estoril

18 July 2014 Taça de Honra Semi-final	Benfica	1–0	Estoril	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST	Talisca 31' Cancelo  62'	Report	Mano  36' Tavares  85'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Ricardo Baixinho (Portugal)

Benfica v Sporting CP

20 July 2014 Taça de Honra Final	Benfica	0–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Talisca  45' Silva  86'	Report	Martins 42' Rosell  88'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 10,632 Referee: Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)

Marseille v Benfica

23 July 2014 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Benfica	Clermont-Ferrand, France
20:00 CEST	Gignac 21' Thauvin  27' Dja Djédjé  31' Batshuayi 56' Sparagna  57'	Report	Gaitán 14'  27' Talisca  30' Jara  60'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Benfica v Ajax

26 July 2014 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	0–1	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WEST	Gaitán  15' Teixeira  92'	Report	Kishna 41' Milik  94'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 25,240 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Sion v Benfica

30 July 2014 Valais Cup	Sion	0–2	Benfica	Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
19:30 CEST		Report	Jara 15' Teixeira 50'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Benfica v Athletic Bilbao

31 July 2014 Valais Cup	Benfica	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Fribourg, Switzerland
19:30 CEST	Tiago  63' Jara  81'	Report	Aduriz 40' Gómez  60' Beñat 72'	Stadium: Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Arsenal v Benfica

2 August 2014 Emirates Cup	Arsenal	5–1	Benfica	London, England
16:20 BST	Monreal  20' Sanogo 26', 44', 45+1', 49' Campbell 40'	Report	Gaitán 61' Benito  83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Lee Mason (England)

Benfica v Valencia

3 August 2014 Emirates Cup	Benfica	1–3	Valencia	London, England
14:00 BST	Derley 2' Teixeira  80'	Report	Gayà 49' Piatti 54' Guardado 60'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Primeira Liga	—	1st	17 August 2014	23 May 2015
Taça de Portugal	Third round	Fifth round	18 October 2014	18 December 2014
Taça da Liga	Third round	Winners	30 December 2014	29 May 2015
Supertaça	—	Winners	10 August 2014
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Group stage (4th)	16 September 2014	9 December 2014

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Primeira Liga	34	27	4	3	86	16	+70	079.41
Taça de Portugal	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	066.67
Taça da Liga	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00
Supertaça	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	016.67
Total	49	35	7	7	108	28	+80	071.43

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2014 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Benfica v Rio Ave

10 August 2014	Benfica	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Rio Ave	Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pérez  44'	Report	Pinto  53' Filipe Augusto  80' Lopes  90' Cássio  110' Wakaso  111'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 29,895 Referee: Duarte Gomes (Lisbon) Man of the Match: Enzo Pérez
	Penalties
	Derley Lima Tiago Luisão		Tarantini Filipe Augusto Ukra Lopes Pinto

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2014–15 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	27	4	3	86	16	+70	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	25	7	2	74	13	+61	82
3	Sporting CP	34	22	10	2	67	29	+38	76	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Braga	34	17	7	10	55	28	+27	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	10	9	50	35	+15	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in matches between tied teams; 3) goal difference in matches between tied teams; 4) away goals in matches between tied teams; 5) goal difference; 6) wins; 7) goals scored. The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.^[133] Qualification for the 2015–16 Europa League has changed:^[134] the best-placed non-qualified domestic championship club will enter the UEFA Europa League from the 2015–16 season, rather than the domestic cup runners-up, should the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Champions League via the final championship standings.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

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

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

Matches

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

17 August 2014 1	Benfica	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pérez  5' Pereira 25' Salvio 72' Almeida  76'	Report	Lopes  27'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,536 Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)

Boavista v Benfica

24 August 2014 2	Boavista	0–1	Benfica	Porto
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bobô  56'  86' Dias  77' Tengarrinha  90+2'	Report	Jara  37' Eliseu 43' Talisca  56' Pereira  61'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 10,702 Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)

Benfica v Sporting CP

31 August 2014 3	Benfica	1–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gaitán 12' Pereira  31' Pérez  70' Salvio  90+3'	Report	Slimani 20' Carrillo  25' Esgaio  33' Silva  69'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,895 Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

12 September 2014 4	Vitória de Setúbal	0–5	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Queirós  18' Lourenço  41' Dani  45' Pedro  85'	Report	Eliseu  1' Salvio 10'  57' Gaitán  30' Talisca 38', 43', 51' John 76'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 10,000 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

Benfica v Moreirense

21 September 2014 5	Benfica	3–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Talisca  52' Eliseu 68' Pereira 77' Lima 83' (pen.)	Report	João Pedro 16' Oliveira  36'  56' Arsénio  39' Anilton  82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,126 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

Estoril v Benfica

27 September 2014 6	Estoril	2–3	Benfica	Estoril
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bruno Miguel  19' Amado 38' Cabrera  40'  66' Kléber 53' Gonçalves  56'	Report	Talisca 3', 8' Pérez  42' Lima 71' Eliseu  81'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 7,587 Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)

Benfica v Arouca

5 October 2014 7	Benfica	4–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Salvio  28' 83' Samaris  72' Talisca 75' Derley 80' Jonas 88'	Report	Artur  28' Nelsinho  44' Oliveira  49' Bruno Amaro  63'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 41,665 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Braga v Benfica

26 October 2014 8	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Santos  3' Danilo  20'  90' Eder 28'  49' Gomes  42' Pardo  54' Rúben Micael  79' Agra 81'	Report	Talisca 2' Samaris  25' Pérez  90'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 21,078 Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)

Benfica v Rio Ave

31 October 2014 9	Benfica	1–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Talisca  29' 60' Almeida  86'	Report	Gouano  10' Wakaso  18' Lopes  56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,599 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

Nacional v Benfica

9 November 2014 10	Nacional	1–2	Benfica	Funchal
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Abreu 1' Júnior  28' Marçal  29' Suk  43'	Report	Salvio 7' Jonas 19'  77' Samaris  59' Pereira  83' Júlio César  89'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 5,239 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Académica de Coimbra v Benfica

30 November 2014 11	Académica de Coimbra	0–2	Benfica	Coimbra
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Alexandre  19' Marcos Paulo  42' Rui Pedro  55' Ivanildo  70' Marinho  86'  90+5'	Report	Gaitán 8' Jonas  39' Luisão 45' Almeida  61' Pereira  67' Jardel  73'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 12,582 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

Benfica v Belenenses

6 December 2014 12	Benfica	3–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Júlio César  56' Almeida  49' Lima 64' (pen.) Pérez 70' Salvio 82'	Report	Caeiro  37'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,611 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Porto v Benfica

14 December 2014 13	Porto	0–2	Benfica	Porto
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Danilo  12' Casemiro  54'	Report	Almeida  2' Lima 36', 55' Pérez  38' Gaitán  47' Samaris  87'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 48,109 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Gil Vicente

21 December 2014 14	Benfica	1–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris  19' Gaitán 30' César  71'	Report	Jander  43' Vilela  44' Paulinho  72' Viana  79'  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,219 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

Penafiel v Benfica

4 January 2015 15	Penafiel	0–3	Benfica	Penafiel
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sousa  17' Tony  23'  65' Martins  64' Ribeiro  73'	Report	Talisca  31' 36' Pereira  70' Jonas 78' Jardel 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Attendance: 4,079 Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portalegre)

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

10 January 2015 16	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 14' Samaris  30' Gaitán  38' 90' John 54' César  63'	Report	Hernâni  9' André  61'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,065 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Marítimo v Benfica

18 January 2015 17	Marítimo	0–4	Benfica	Funchal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Maâzou  23'	Report	Salvio 18', 57' Talisca  27'  89' John 53' Lima 64'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 7,097 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

26 January 2015 18	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Oliveira 90' (pen.)  90+4'	Report	Samaris  71' Eliseu  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 6,404 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)

Benfica v Boavista

31 January 2015 19	Benfica	3–0	Boavista	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Lima 23' Pereira 32'  90+1' Jonas 54' (pen.)	Report	Figueiredo  54' Sampaio  71'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,346 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Sporting CP v Benfica

8 February 2015 20	Sporting CP	1–1	Benfica	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cédric  62' Jefferson 88'  88'	Report	Pereira  54' Eliseu  60' Almeida  67' Samaris  84' Jardel 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 49,076 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

15 February 2015 21	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jardel 9' Lima 40', 71' Samaris  70' Salvio  72' Luisão  82' Guedes  87'	Report	Pedro  42' Kiko  64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,564 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Moreirense v Benfica

21 February 2015 22	Moreirense	1–3	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	João Pedro 35'  58' Marafona  49' Simões  60' Battaglia  86'	Report	Luisão 58' López  65' Eliseu 66' Jonas 73'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 5,793 Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)

Benfica v Estoril

28 February 2015 23	Benfica	6–0	Estoril	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Luisão 16' Salvio 26' Pizzi 33' Jonas 35', 86' Lima 56' (pen.) Gaitán  70' Pereira  79'	Report	Esiti  24'  68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,712 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

Arouca v Benfica

8 March 2015 24	Arouca	1–3	Benfica	Arouca
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Medeiros 7' Simão  22' Nelsinho  41' Artur  44' Basto  62'	Report	Jonas 51'  69' Lima 56', 76' Talisca  85'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 6,960 Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)

Benfica v Braga

14 March 2015 25	Benfica	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris  17' Jonas 21'  45' Gaitán  63' Eliseu 77'	Report	Baiano  7' Gomes  25'  59' Danilo  35'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,222 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Rio Ave v Benfica

21 March 2015 26	Rio Ave	2–1	Benfica	Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pinto  57' Ukra  65' 73' (pen.) Zeegelaar  89' Del Valle 90+5'  90+5'	Report	Salvio 5' Talisca  58' Pizzi  68' Samaris  72' Luisão  85'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 9,692 Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)

Benfica v Nacional

4 April 2015 27	Benfica	3–1	Nacional	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 21', 58' Lima 30' Eliseu  90+2' Amorim  90+2'	Report	Sequeira  49' Rodrigues 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,572 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Benfica v Académica de Coimbra

11 April 2015 28	Benfica	5–1	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jardel 8' Jonas 11', 53' Lima 19' (pen.) Pereira  78' Fejsa 84'	Report	Lopes 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,197 Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)

Belenenses v Benfica

18 April 2015 29	Belenenses	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Meira  34'	Report	Jonas 6', 60' Almeida  77' Júlio César  78'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Attendance: 15,137 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Benfica v Porto

26 April 2015 30	Benfica	0–0	Porto	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Eliseu  19' Gaitán  24' Fejsa  77' Júlio César  86'	Report	Danilo  47' Quaresma  59' Martínez  61' Marcano  73' Maicon  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,534 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Gil Vicente v Benfica

2 May 2015 31	Gil Vicente	0–5	Benfica	Barcelos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cadú  38' Berger  70'	Report	Pereira 15', 70' Jonas 22' Luisão 46' Lima 59' Jardel  79' Eliseu  87'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 8,532 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

Benfica v Penafiel

9 May 2015 32	Benfica	4–0	Penafiel	Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lima 8', 63' Jonas 30' Pizzi 61' Samaris  69' Pereira  69' Jardel  72'	Report	Vítor Bruno  69' Rabiola  71'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,540[135] Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

17 May 2015 33	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	Benfica	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otávio  24' Afonso  59'	Report	Pereira  25' Fejsa  45+2'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 28,875 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Marítimo

23 May 2015 34	Benfica	4–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lima 6', 59' Jonas 42', 83'	Report	Marega 32' Ferreira  45' João Diogo  89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,532 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2014–15 Taça de Portugal

Third round

Sporting da Covilhã v Benfica

18 October 2014	Sporting da Covilhã	2–3	Benfica	Covilhã
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Moreira  1' Traquina 9'  90+2' Nana  31' Erivelto 43'	Report	Jonas 2' (pen.), 54', 71'  53' Artur  89'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Fourth round

Benfica v Moreirense

22 November 2014	Benfica	4–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 3', 7' Salvio 22', 57' Talisca  80' Júlio César  85'	Report	Cardozo 26'  60' Elízio  86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 22,447 Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)

Fifth round

Benfica v Braga

18 December 2014	Benfica	1–2	Braga	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pereira  10' Jonas 33'	Report	Pardo  11' 58' Djavan  35' Danilo  38' Santos 48' Rúben Micael  56' Kritsyuk  61' Pinto  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 28,234 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2014–15 Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advances to knockout phase
2	Moreirense	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Arouca	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Nacional	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Benfica v Nacional

30 December 2014 1	Benfica	1–0	Nacional	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 10' John  20' Pereira  67'	Report	Gomaa  51'  85' Ghazal  79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,542 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Benfica v Arouca

14 January 2015 2	Benfica	4–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 31' (pen.) Cristante  39' 42' Salvio 83' Jonas 84'	Report	Simão  27' Dabó  30' Vuletich  55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 11,955 Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)

Moreirense v Benfica

21 January 2015 3	Moreirense	0–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gerso  67'	Report	Derley  23' 67' Cristante  60' Jonas 64'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 2,818 Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)

Semi-finals

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

11 February 2015	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sílvio  34' Talisca 41' (pen.)  71' Pizzi 45' (pen.) Jonas 73' Derley  87'	Report	Advíncula  39' Tavares  44' Queirós  53' Santos  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 13,101 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Final

Main article: 2015 Taça da Liga final

Benfica v Marítimo

29 May 2015	Benfica	2–1	Marítimo	Coimbra
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Jonas 37'  86' John 80'  81' Pereira  85' Luisão  90+3'	Report	Briguel  32' Silva  32'  48' Marega  36' João Diogo 56' Gallo  59' Ferreira  67' Fransérgio  74' Bessa  85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 28,517 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	LEV	ZEN	BEN
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	4	1	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–0	0–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Benfica	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5			1–0	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Benfica v Zenit Saint Petersburg

16 September 2014 1	Benfica	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Artur  18' Pereira  60'	Report	Hulk 5' Witsel 22' García  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,294 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Bayer Leverkusen v Benfica

1 October 2014 2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Benfica	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kießling 25' Son 34' Hilbert  60' Çalhanoğlu 64' (pen.) Öztunalı  90+2'	Report	Gaitán  22' Pérez  54' Luisão  58' Salvio 62'  70' Samaris  88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,202 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Monaco v Benfica

22 October 2014 3	Monaco	0–0	Benfica	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carvalho  71' Kurzawa  78' Carrasco  90+5'	Report	Eliseu  8' López  26'  76' Salvio  36'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 12,776 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Benfica v Monaco

4 November 2014 4	Benfica	1–0	Monaco	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris  29' Pérez  38' Talisca 82'	Report	Traoré  26' Carvalho  39' Toulalan  56' Moutinho  74' Martial  86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,565 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Benfica

26 November 2014 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)	Neto  30' Hulk  36' Criscito  44' Danny 79'	Report	Jardel  11' Samaris  21' Luisão  36'  90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,123 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Benfica v Bayer Leverkusen

9 December 2014 6	Benfica	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cristante  36'	Report	Boenisch  26' Toprak  32'  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal1		Taça da Liga		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BRA	Artur	20	-10	12	-7	2	-2	3	0	3	-1
2	DF	ARG	Lisandro López	10	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Steven Vitória	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	39	4	30	4	2	0	2	0	5	0
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	POR	Ruben Amorim	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	37	0	28	0	1	0	3	0	5	0
8	FW	SRB	Miralem Sulejmani	8	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Derley	27	2	15	1	4	0	3	1	5	0
10	MF	ARG	Nicolás Gaitán	37	4	27	4	3	0	2	0	5	0
11	FW	BRA	Lima	44	19	34	19	2	0	2	0	6	0
13	GK	POR	Paulo Lopes	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1
14	DF	URU	Maxi Pereira	42	5	32	5	2	0	3	0	5	0
15	MF	NED	Ola John	36	4	26	3	4	0	4	1	2	0
16	FW	POR	Nélson Oliveira	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	BRA	Jonas	35	31	27	20	3	6	5	5	0	0
18	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	38	13	29	9	2	2	2	1	5	1
19	DF	POR	Eliseu	33	4	26	4	1	0	3	0	3	0
20	GK	BRA	Júlio César	30	-17	23	-9	2	-3	2	-1	3	-4
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	31	4	23	2	2	0	5	2	1	0
22	FW	ARG	Franco Jara	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SUI	Loris Benito	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	ITA	Bryan Cristante	15	1	5	0	3	0	4	1	3	0
25	FW	URU	Jonathan Rodríguez	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Hany Mukhtar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	POR	Sílvio	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	MF	BRA	Talisca	44	11	32	9	3	0	3	1	6	1
32	FW	POR	Tiago	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	43	4	31	4	3	0	5	0	4	0
34	MF	POR	André Almeida	31	0	20	0	3	0	2	0	6	0
35	MF	ARG	Enzo Pérez	19	1	11	1	3	0	0	0	5	0
37	DF	BRA	César	8	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	0
78	FW	POR	Gonçalo Guedes (B)	9	0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
83	FW	POR	Rui Fonte (B)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
92	DF	SWE	Victor Lindelöf (B)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF	POR	João Teixeira (B)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

(B) – Benfica B player

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Goalscorers

Rnk	Pos	Player	League	Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Jonas	20	6	5	—	31
2	FW	Lima	19	0	0	0	19
3	MF	Eduardo Salvio	9	2	1	1	13
4	MF	Talisca	9	0	1	1	11
5	DF	Maxi Pereira	5	0	0	0	5
6	MF	Nicolás Gaitán	4	0	0	0	4
	DF	Eliseu	4	0	0	0	4
	DF	Jardel	4	0	0	0	4
	DF	Luisão	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	Pizzi	2	0	2	0	4
	MF	Ola John	3	0	1	0	4
12	FW	Derley	1	0	1	0	2
13	MF	Enzo Pérez	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Bryan Cristante	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	1	0	0	0	1
Totals			86	8	12	2	108

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Talisca	Vitória de Setúbal	5–0 (A)	12 September 2014	Primeira Liga
Jonas	Sporting da Covilhã	3–2 (A)	18 October 2014	Taça de Portugal

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Number of matches inside brackets.

Rnk	Player	League	Cup1	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Júlio César	15 (23)	0 (2)	1 (2)	1(3)	17 (30)
2	Artur	6 (12*)	1 (2)	3 (3)	2 (3)	12 (20)
3	Paulo Lopes	—	—	—	0 (1)	0 (1)
Totals		21 (34)	1 (4)	4 (5)	3 (6)	29 (49)

¹Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Includes 1 shared match on Round 19 against Boavista.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	League			Cup			League Cup			Champions League			Total			Notes
4	DF		Luisão	1		1				1				1		2	1	1
2	DF		Lisandro López	1									1		1	2		1
1	GK		Artur				1								1	1		1
30	MF		Talisca	6	1		1			1						8	1
7	MF		Andreas Samaris	12									3			15
14	DF		Maxi Pereira	11			1			1			2			15
35	MF		Enzo Pérez	5			1						2			8			Cup includes Super Cup
19	DF		Eliseu	7									1			8
34	DF		André Almeida	7												7
10	MF		Nicolás Gaitán	6									1			7
18	MF		Eduardo Salvio	4			2									6
17	FW		Jonas	4			1			1						6
20	GK		Júlio César	4			1									5
33	DF		Jardel	3									1			4
24	MF		Bryan Cristante							2			1			3
37	DF		César	2												2
9	FW		Derley							2						2
5	MF		Ljubomir Fejsa	2												2
15	MF		Ola John							2						2
22	FW		Franco Jara	1												1
28	DF		Sílvio							1						1
78	FW		Gonçalo Guedes	1												1
21	MF		Pizzi	1												1
6	MF		Ruben Amorim	1												1

Source: LPFP and competitions above.
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

No.	Pos	Name	Award	Month	Ref
30	MF	Talisca	SJPF Player of the Month	August 2014	[136]
				September 2014
17	FW	Jonas	SJPF Player of the Month	February 2015	[137]
				April 2015	[138]
17	FW	Jonas	LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year	—	[139]
20	GK	Júlio César	LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper	—	[139]
—	—	Jorge Jesus	LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach	—	[139]