2019–20 S.L. Benfica season

The 2019–20 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 116th season in existence and its 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with a 5–0 win over Sporting CP in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, on 4 August 2019, and concluded with a 2–1 loss to FC Porto in the Taça de Portugal final, on 1 August 2020.

Benfica

2019–20 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Bruno Lage (until 29 June 2020) Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker)
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
Taça da Liga	Third round
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Vinícius (19)[1] All: Pizzi (30)
Highest home attendance	62,956 v Paços de Ferreira[2] (10 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	37,044 v Vitória de Guimarães[3] (25 September 2019)
Average home league attendance	39,359[4]
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Sporting CP (4 August 2019) Benfica 5–0 Paços de Ferreira (10 August 2019)
Biggest defeat	2 goal difference in 4 matches
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

Appearances and goals

As of 25 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK	RUS	Ivan Zlobin	7	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odisseas Vlachodimos	44	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Germán Conti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	41	1	26	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	2	0
6	DF	POR	Rúben Dias	48	3	33	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
23	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	18	0	10	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	26	4	23	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	BRA	Morato	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF	POR	Nuno Tavares	15	1	10+1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
84	DF	POR	Tomás Tavares	26	0	9+3	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	40	1	25+1	1	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BRA	Gabriel	33	3	19+3	2	4	1	0+1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi	34	4	19+4	2	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
17	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	POR	Chiquinho	37	3	17+8	2	4+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	1	3	0	2	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	50	30	33+1	18	6	5	0+1	0	1	2	4+2	3	2	2
22	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	25	0	8+8	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	35	11	18+7	7	1+2	1	0+1	0	1	1	2+1	1	1+1	1
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl	20	1	17+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	37	1	19+5	1	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	4	0	2	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino Luís	18	0	8+2	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
86	MF	POR	Tiago Dantas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	1	2	0+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	MF	POR	David Tavares	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	44	9	14+16	5	1+3	2	2	0	1	0	2+3	2	1+1	0
20	FW	POR	Dyego Sousa	12	0	1+10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
73	FW	POR	Jota	27	2	1+18	0	1	0	3	2	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	46	23	19+13	18	4+2	4	0+1	0	0	0	3+2	1	0+2	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Caio	11	1	0+4	1	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	13	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ESP	Raúl de Tomás	17	3	6+1	0	2	1	2+1	1	1	0	1+3	1	0	0
26	FW	VEN	Jhonder Cádiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Coaching staff

See also: List of S.L. Benfica managers

Position	Name
Head coach	Nélson Veríssimo
Assistant coaches	Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Ferreira
Observer assistant coach	Marco Pedroso
Video analyst	Jhony Conceição

Last updated: 3 July 2020
Source: ^[5]

Pre-season friendlies

On 15 June 2019, Benfica announced their pre-season schedule, which included the following matches:^[6][7]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Benfica v Anderlecht

10 July 2019 Friendly	Benfica	1–2	Anderlecht	Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Chiquinho 69'	Report	Vlap 34' Thelin 40'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,979[8] Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Académica v Benfica

13 July 2019 Taça Hospital da Luz	Académica	0–8	Benfica	Coimbra, Portugal
20:15 WEST	Reko  59'	Report	Silva 23' De Tomás 24', 45+6' Gabriel  31' Conti 51', 85' Pizzi 60' Seferovic 62' Taarabt 89'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 17,350[9] Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

Benfica v Guadalajara

20 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Benfica	3–0	Guadalajara	Santa Clara, California, United States
13:05 PDT	De Tomás 4'  61' Gabriel  41' Silva 70' Seferovic 73' Fejsa  85'	Report	González  37' Villalpando  55'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 15,724[10] Referee: Joseph Dickerson (United States)

Fiorentina v Benfica

24 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Fiorentina	1–2	Benfica	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
20:05 EDT	Vlahović 29' Ranieri  50' Biraghi  67'	Report	Seferovic 9' Dias  39' Silva  48' Gabriel  57' Caio 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,141[11] Referee: Robert Sibiga (United States)

Milan v Benfica

28 July 2019 International Champions Cup	Milan	0–1	Benfica	Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
15:05 EDT	Musacchio  38'	Report	Pizzi  38' Fejsa  65' Taarabt 70'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 27,565[12] Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

Benfica won the International Champions Cup.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	4 September 2019	25 July 2020	Matchday 1	2nd	34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	070.59
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2019	1 August 2020	Third round	Runners-up	7	5	1	1	16	9	+7	071.43
Taça da Liga	25 September 2019	21 December 2019	Third round	Third round	3	0	3	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	4 August 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2019	10 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	033.33
UEFA Europa League	20 February 2020	27 February 2020	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total					53	32	11	10	109	54	+55	060.38

Last updated: 1 August 2020
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Benfica v Sporting CP

4 August 2019	Benfica	5–0	Sporting CP	Faro/Loulé
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Silva 40' Grimaldo  46' 64' Dias  47' Ferro  50' Pizzi 60', 75' Seferovic  70' De Tomás  72' Chiquinho 90'	Report	Acuña  20' Doumbia  32'  89' Raphinha  49' Fernandes  62' Coates  62'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 28,636[13] Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve) Man of the Match: Pizzi[14]

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2019–20 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	26	4	4	74	22	+52	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Braga	34	18	6	10	61	40	+21	60[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
4	Sporting CP	34	18	6	10	49	34	+15	60[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
5	Rio Ave	34	15	10	9	48	36	+12	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]

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:

1. Head-to-head away goals: Braga 1, Sporting 0
2. Since the winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League 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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	5	5	71	26	+45	77	12	2	3	38	13	+25	12	3	2	33	13	+20

Last updated: 25 July 2020.
Source: Liga Portugal

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

10 August 2019 1	Benfica	5–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nuno Tavares 26' Pizzi 31' (pen.) 74' Seferovic 70' Vinícius 84'	Report	Baixinho  9' Douglas  35' Bernardo  48'  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,956 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Belenenses SAD v Benfica

17 August 2019 2	Belenenses SAD	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lucca  4' Eduardo Kau  34' Kikas  50' Matija  65' André Santos  68' Licá  83' Calila  90+5'	Report	Nuno Tavares  40' Silva 59' Pizzi 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Benfica v Porto

24 August 2019 3	Benfica	0–2	Porto	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt  80' Seferovic  83'	Report	Zé Luís 22'  72' Marchesín  41' Danilo  64' Luis Díaz  80' Alex Telles  83' Marega 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,735 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Braga v Benfica

1 September 2019 4	Braga	0–4	Benfica	Braga
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Hassan  23' Sequeira  78'	Report	Pizzi 25' (pen.) 47' Taarabt  45+1' Bruno Viana 51' (o.g.) Esgaio 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 15,499 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Benfica v Gil Vicente

14 September 2019 5	Benfica	2–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Nogueira 45' (o.g.) Pizzi 53' Jota  90'	Report	Nogueira  30' Kraev  46' Soares  78' Baraye  80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,706 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Moreirense v Benfica

21 September 2019 6	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pacheco  19' Aouacheria  38' Singh 47' Nenê  67'	Report	Almeida  31' Taarabt  79' Silva 85' Seferovic 90+1'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Vitória de Setúbal

28 September 2019 7	Benfica	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fejsa  34' Seferovic  45+2' Carlos Vinícius 63' Grimaldo  66' Taarabt  80' Vlachodimos  82'	Report	Pereira  12' Semedo  61' Mansilla  70' Hachadi  73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,115 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

Tondela v Benfica

27 October 2019 8	Tondela	0–1	Benfica	Tondela
15:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	João Pedro  90+2'	Report	Ferro 19' Florentino  27' Almeida  85'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Benfica v Portimonense

30 October 2019 9	Benfica	4–0	Portimonense	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Almeida 16'  53' Dias 46' Vinícius 62', 64'	Report	Lucas Fernandes  27'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,037 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

Benfica v Rio Ave

2 November 2019 10	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cervi  29' Dias 32' Pizzi 51'	Report	A. Santos  35' N. Santos  45+1' Tarantini (footballer)  63'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,579 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Santa Clara v Benfica

9 November 2019 11	Santa Clara	1–2	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
17:00 WET (UTC−01:00)	Carlos 17'  45+3' Zé Manuel  57' Ramos  69'	Report	Jardel  46' Vinícius 54' Gabriel  72' Pizzi 78' Taarabt  86'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 8,309 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Marítimo

30 November 2019 12	Benfica	4–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 9' Vinícius 17', 55' Gabriel  27'  60' Ferro  28' Grolli 31' (o.g.)	Report	Renê  30' Costa  58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,772 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Boavista v Benfica

6 December 2019 13	Boavista	1–4	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Obiora  30' Stojiljković 44'  45+3' Ra. Costa  54' Reisinho  90+2'	Report	Cervi  9' 54' Vinícius 35', 62' Tavares  48' Dias  54' Gabriel 90+3' Ferro  90+4'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 18,044 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Famalicão

14 December 2019 14	Benfica	4–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vinícius 39' Pizzi 48', 63' Caio 89'	Report	Martins  2' Riccieli  45'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 51,721 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

4 January 2020 15	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Evangelista  31' Teixeira  57' Rochinha  89'  90+5'	Report	Cervi 23' Tavares  42' Gabriel  52' Taarabt  90+8'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 27,291 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Benfica v Aves

10 January 2020 16	Benfica	2–1	Aves	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Chiquinho  23' Almeida  52' 89' Vinícius  72' Pizzi 76' (pen.) Ferro  90+5'	Report	Yamga  12' Mohammadi 20' Banjaqui  44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,760 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Sporting CP v Benfica

17 January 2020 17	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Acuña  30' Phellype  57' Plata  90' Mathieu  90+3'	Report	Gabriel  26' Chiquinho  58' Silva 80', 90+9' Cervi  90+5' Vlachodimos  90+9'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 41,017 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

26 January 2020 18	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Douglas  25' Micael  38' Jorge Silva  71'	Report	Silva 39'  89' Weigl  40' Vinícius 47'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Benfica v Belenenses SAD

31 January 2020 19	Benfica	3–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi  19' Vinícius 31' Taarabt 38' Chiquinho 78' Silva  85'	Report	Varela  11' Esgaio  42' Show  60' G. Silva  69' Licá 70', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,134 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Porto v Benfica

8 February 2020 20	Porto	3–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Oliveira 10'  84' Otávio  27' Soares  38' Telles 38' (pen.) Dias 44' (o.g.) Marchesín  86'	Report	Vinícius 18', 50' Taarabt  27' Weigl  30' Ferro  37' Pizzi  45+4' Vlachodimos  64'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,227 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Braga

15 February 2020 21	Benfica	0–1	Braga	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias  45+1' Taarabt  56'	Report	Carmo  21' Palhinha  35' 45+1' R. Silva  45+1'  90+6' Esgaio  54' Wallace  74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,371 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Gil Vicente v Benfica

24 February 2020 22	Gil Vicente	0–1	Benfica	Barcelos
19:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Nogueira  86'	Report	Vinícius 15' Dias  17'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

Benfica v Moreirense

2 March 2020 23	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samaris  56' Pizzi 90+1'	Report	Soares  55' Abreu 67' Pasinato  90+1' Machado  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,861 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

7 March 2020 24	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Carlinhos 46' Semedo  50' Mansilla  54' Artur Jorge  75' Valente  84'	Report	Pizzi 51' (pen.) Tavares  61' Samaris  68' Silva  77'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,152 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Benfica v Tondela

4 June 2020 25	Benfica	0–0	Tondela	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt  64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

Portimonense v Benfica

10 June 2020 26	Portimonense	2–2	Benfica	Portimão
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Willyan  45' Fali  52' Dener 66' Possignolo  73' Júnior Tavares 76' Beto  86' Hackman  86'	Report	Pizzi 18' Almeida 31'  57' Weigl  57' Gabriel  86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

Rio Ave v Benfica

17 June 2020 27	Rio Ave	1–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Elmusrati  13'  62' Taremi 26' Santos  72' Figueiras  80'	Report	Pizzi  45+3' Seferovic 64' Dias  74' Weigl 87'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho (Porto)

Benfica v Santa Clara

23 June 2020 28	Benfica	3–4	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel  31' Silva 50' Vinícius 63', 65' Dias  81'	Report	Carvalho  17' 44' Sanusi 57' Crysan 81' (pen.) Zé Manuel 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Marítimo v Benfica

29 June 2020 29	Marítimo	2–0	Benfica	Funchal
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	China  45' Kerkez  61' Pinho  64' 78' Correa 74'	Report	Almeida  32'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

Benfica v Boavista

4 July 2020 30	Benfica	3–1	Boavista	Lisbon
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Almeida 13' Pizzi 31' Gabriel 42' Tavares  63'	Report	Cassiano  40' Obiora  62' Dulanto 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Famalicão v Benfica

9 July 2020 31	Famalicão	1–1	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Roderick  39' Gonçalves  45+1' Guga 84'	Report	Cervi  7' Weigl  24' Pizzi 37' Gabriel  57'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

14 July 2020 32	Benfica	2–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Weigl  22' Chiquinho 37' Almeida  79' Seferovic 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Aves v Benfica

21 July 2020 33	Aves	0–4	Benfica	Aves
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Morais  50'	Report	Silva 4' Pizzi 52' (pen.) Ramos 87', 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre (Porto)

Benfica v Sporting CP

25 July 2020 34	Benfica	2–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias  20' Gabriel  22' Seferovic 28' Almeida  70' Vinícius 88'  90+4'	Report	Neto  36' Šporar 69' Cabral  71' Wendel  77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Taça de Portugal

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Cova da Piedade v Benfica

18 October 2019 Third round	Cova da Piedade	0–4	Benfica	Cova da Piedade
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pizzi 45+2', 49' Vinícius 63', 90+2' Gabriel  86'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira Attendance: 2,250[15] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Vizela v Benfica

23 November 2019 Fourth round	Vizela	1–2	Benfica	Vizela
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Samu 6' Ericson  21'  26' João Pedro  54'	Report	Grimaldo  22' Gabriel  33' Pizzi  45' De Tomás 70' Vinícius 86'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Referee: Hélder Malheiro

Benfica v Braga

18 December 2019 Fifth round	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 18'  41' Grimaldo  24' Vinícius  57' 63' Dias  84'	Report	Ferro 14' (o.g.) Eduardo  26' Fonte  41' Wallace  57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Rio Ave

14 January 2020 Quarter-finals	Benfica	3–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias  3' Cervi 13' Seferovic 65', 72'	Report	Piazon 4' Augusto  21' Taremi 30' Lopes  51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Benfica v Famalicão

4 February 2020 Semi-finals 1st leg	Benfica	3–2	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo  43' Pizzi 53' (pen.) Silva 78' Dias  90+1' Gabriel 90+5'	Report	Assunção  13' Gonçalves 60'  78' Martins  65' Martínez 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Famalicão v Benfica

11 February 2020 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Famalicão	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Račić  22' Gonçalves  45+5' Martins  71' Martínez 78' Coly  90+5'	Report	Pizzi 24' Taarabt  28' Cervi  60' Tavares  63' Vlachodimos  85' Vinícius  90+1'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

Benfica v Porto

1 August 2020 Final	Benfica	1–2	Porto	Coimbra
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias  12' Jardel  44' Weigl  47' Vinícius  75' 84' (pen.)	Report	Luis Díaz  9'  38' Mbemba 47', 59' Telles  90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Taça da Liga

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Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GUI	BEN	SET	SCC
1	Vitória de Guimarães	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	—	3–0
2	Benfica	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3			0–0	—	—	—
3	Vitória de Setúbal	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2			0–2	2–2	—	—
4	Sporting da Covilhã	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2			—	1–1	1–1	—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

25 September 2019 1	Benfica	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Taarabt  74'	Report	Davidson  56' Sacko  75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,507 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Sporting da Covilhã v Benfica

3 December 2019 2	Sporting da Covilhã	1–1	Benfica	Covilhã
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Gilberto  11' Jean  24' Bonani 46' Bruno  74'	Report	Jota  41' 82' Samaris  45' Vinícius  63'	Stadium: Estádio José dos Santos Pinto Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Rui Oliveira

Vitória de Setúbal v Benfica

21 December 2019 3	Vitória de Setúbal	2–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Semedo  43' Guedes 83', 90+2'  90+2'	Report	Morato  47' De Tomás 49' Jota 73'  84' Jardel  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 4,084 Referee: Manuel Oliveira

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBL	LYO	BEN	ZEN
1	RB Leipzig	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	2–2	2–1
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			2–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7[a]	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	2–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7[a]			0–2	2–0	3–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

Benfica v RB Leipzig

17 September 2019 1	Benfica	1–2	RB Leipzig	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jota  62' Haris Seferovic 84'	Report	Poulsen  57' Werner 69', 78' Haidara  70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,460 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Benfica

2 October 2019 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dzyuba 22' Rakitskiy  44' Dias 70' (o.g.) Azmoun 78'	Report	De Tomás 85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,683 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Benfica v Lyon

23 October 2019 3	Benfica	2–1	Lyon	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva 4' Pizzi  42' 86' Fernandes  59'	Report	Marcelo  10' Dembélé  26' Koné  38' Depay 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,035 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Lyon v Benfica

5 November 2019 4	Lyon	3–1	Benfica	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andersen 4' Depay 33' Traoré 89'	Report	Gabriel  43' Florentino  50' Seferovic 76'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 51,077 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

RB Leipzig v Benfica

27 November 2019 5	RB Leipzig	2–2	Benfica	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Forsberg 90' (pen.), 90+6'	Report	Pizzi 20' Taarabt  52' Vinícius 59' Dias  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,339 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Benfica v Zenit Saint Petersburg

10 December 2019 6	Benfica	3–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gabriel  19' Cervi 47' Pizzi 58' (pen.) Azmoun 79' (o.g.)	Report	Douglas  17'  56' Yerokhin  43' Ozdoyev  55'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,232 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Shakhtar Donetsk v Benfica

20 February 2020 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Benfica	Kharkiv, Ukraine
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Patrick 56' Kovalenko 72'	Report	Pizzi 66' (pen.) Florentino  90+5'	Stadium: Metalist Stadium[16] Attendance: 24,429 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk

27 February 2020 Second leg	Benfica	3–3 (4–5 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9' Dias 36' Silva 47'  50'	Report	Dias 12' (o.g.) Ismaily  43' Stepanenko 49' Patrick 71' Taison  83' Konoplyanka  87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,302 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)