2021–22 S.L. Benfica season

The 2021–22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 118th season in existence and its 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga, were eliminated in the fifth round of Taça de Portugal, and reached the Taça da Liga final. In Europe, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The season started on 4 August 2021, with the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and concluded on 13 May 2022 with a third-place finish in the league. This was Benfica's second consecutive season and third year without any trophy won.

Benfica

2021–22 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira (until 15 July 2021)[1] Rui Costa (interim from 9 July to 10 October 2021)[2]
Head coach	Jorge Jesus (until 28 December 2021) Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker)
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Darwin Núñez (26) All: Darwin Núñez (34)
Highest home attendance	59,633 v Liverpool (5 April 2022)
Lowest home attendance	13,973 v Arouca (14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	31,956[3]
Biggest win	Belenenses SAD 0–7 Benfica (27 November 2021)
Biggest defeat	Benfica 0–4 Bayern Munich (20 October 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2021^[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SRB Mile Svilar 2 DF  BRA Gilberto 3 DF  ESP Álex Grimaldo 4 DF  BRA Lucas Veríssimo 5 DF  BEL Jan Vertonghen 7 MF  BRA Everton 9 FW  URU Darwin Núñez 11 MF  FRA Soualiho Meïté 14 FW  SUI Haris Seferovic 15 FW  UKR Roman Yaremchuk 17 DF  POR Diogo Gonçalves 18 FW  BRA Rodrigo Pinho 20 MF  POR João Mário 21 MF  POR Pizzi 22 DF  AUT Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  SRB Nemanja Radonjić (on loan from Marseille) 27 MF  POR Rafa Silva 28 MF  GER Julian Weigl 30 DF  ARG Nicolás Otamendi (captain) 31 DF  POR Gil Dias 34 DF  POR André Almeida 49 MF  MAR Adel Taarabt 55 MF  POR Paulo Bernardo 77 GK  BRA Helton Leite 83 MF  POR Gedson Fernandes 88 FW  POR Gonçalo Ramos 91 DF  BRA Morato 97 DF  POR Ferro 99 GK  GRE Odysseas Vlachodimos

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
18	FW	Rodrigo Pinho	Marítimo	Free	1 July 2021	[6]
31	DF	Gil Dias	Monaco	€1,500,000		[7]
20	MF	João Mário	Inter Milan	Free	13 July 2021	[8]
11	MF	Soualiho Meïté	Torino	€7,000,000	23 July 2021	[9]
15	FW	Roman Yaremchuk	Gent	€17,000,000	31 July 2021	[10]
23	MF	Nemanja Radonjić	Marseille	Loan	22 August 2021	[11]
22	DF	Valentino Lazaro	Inter Milan	Loan	31 August 2021	[12]
Disclosed total
€25,500,000

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source(s)
33	DF	Jardel		Released	1 July 2021
38	MF	Pedrinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	€18,000,000		[13]
11	MF	Franco Cervi	Celta Vigo	€4,000,000	5 July 2021	[14]
	MF	Caio Lucas	Sharjah FC	€2,000,000	6 July 2021	[15]
	MF	Tiago Dantas	Tondela	Loan	7 July 2021	[16]
71	DF	Nuno Tavares	Arsenal	€8,000,000	10 July 2021	[17]
	MF	Nuno Santos	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	11 July 2021	[18]
	MF	Filip Krovinović	Hajduk Split	€1,500,000	19 July 2021	[19]
	MF	Alfa Semedo	Vitória de Guimarães	€1,500,000	29 July 2021	[20]
10	FW	Luca Waldschmidt	Wolfsburg	€12,000,000	22 August 2021	[21]
61	MF	Florentino Luís	Getafe	Loan	31 August 2021	[22]
13	MF	Jota	Celtic	Loan		[23]
95	FW	Carlos Vinícius	PSV Eindhoven	Loan		[24]
22	MF	Andreas Samaris		Released		[25]
19	MF	Chiquinho	Braga	Loan		[26]
8	MF	Gabriel	Al-Gharafa	Loan	28 September 2021	[27]
Disclosed total
€47,000,000

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures   Cancelled

Benfica v Gent

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	v	Gent	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Benfica v Casa Pia

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Casa Pia	Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 14' Kelechi 79' (o.g.)	Report	Banjaqui 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

Benfica v Boavista

18 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	v	Boavista	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Benfica v Almería

18 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Almería	Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 15' (pen.) Waldschmidt 56'	Report	Villar 68'	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Benfica v Lille

22 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	1–0	Lille	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 28'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

Benfica v Marseille

25 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	1–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 14' (pen.)	Report	Payet 38'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Non-televised friendlies, played at Benfica Campus:

• Benfica 0–1 Benfica B (3 July)^[28]
• Benfica 2–0 Sporting da Covilhã (7 July)^[29]
• Benfica 3–2 Farense (10 July)^[30]
• Benfica 0–0 Belenenses SAD (13 July)^[31]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	7 August 2021	13 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	34	23	5	6	78	30	+48	067.65
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2021	23 December 2021	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	066.67
Taça da Liga	27 October 2021	29 January 2022	Third round	Runners-up	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	025.00
UEFA Champions League	4 August 2021	13 April 2022	Third qualifying round	Quarter-finals	14	6	5	3	20	18	+2	042.86
Total					55	32	12	11	112	59	+53	058.18

Last updated: 13 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	29	4	1	86	22	+64	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	27	4	3	73	23	+50	85
3	Benfica	34	23	5	6	78	30	+48	74	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	8	7	52	31	+21	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Gil Vicente	34	13	12	9	47	42	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-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	23	5	6	78	30	+48	74	10	3	4	36	16	+20	13	2	2	42	14	+28

Last updated: 13 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	8	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2022. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Moreirense v Benfica

7 August 2021 1	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 30' Soares  36' Pires  69' Artur Jorge  75' Pacheco  90+3'	Report	Veríssimo 8' Waldschmidt 19' Taarabt  33' Gonçalves  56' Weigl  60' Meïté  81' R. Silva  90+8'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,498[note 2] Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

Benfica v Arouca

14 August 2021 2	Benfica	2–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Waldschmidt 38' Yaremchuk 44' Morato  85'	Report	Braga  8'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 13,973[note 2] Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

Gil Vicente v Benfica

21 August 2021 3	Gil Vicente	0–2	Benfica	Barcelos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cunha  24' Fujimoto  66' Kritsyuk  75'	Report	Gilberto  44' Veríssimo 83' Grimaldo 88' Núñez  90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 3,751[note 2] Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Benfica v Tondela

29 August 2021 4	Benfica	2–1	Tondela	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi  9' Everton  50' R. Silva 71' Gilberto 88'	Report	Khacef  19' Agra 22' Niasse  35' Undabarrena  56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 19,425[note 2] Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

Santa Clara v Benfica

11 September 2021 5	Santa Clara	0–5	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
17:00 AZOST (UTC±00:00)	Ramos  45+3' Mansur  47'	Report	Vlachodimos  28' Pinho 42' Núñez 54', 62' R. Silva 58' Yaremchuk 68'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 3,326[note 3] Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Benfica v Boavista

20 September 2021 6	Benfica	3–1	Boavista	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 14', 61' Weigl 34' Veríssimo  59'	Report	Sauer 32' Nathan  36' Porozo  69' Musa  74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 23,000[note 3] Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

25 September 2021 7	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Benfica	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bruno Duarte 78' (pen.)	Report	Yaremchuk 30', 41' João Mário 73' Otamendi  83'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 14,222[note 3] Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Benfica v Portimonense

3 October 2021 8	Benfica	0–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Yaremchuk  12' Núñez  43'	Report	Boa Morte  44' Carlinhos  60' Possignolo  62' 66' Samuel  80' Rocha  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 38,845 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Vizela v Benfica

24 October 2021 9	Vizela	0–1	Benfica	Vizela
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mendez  41' Aidara  44' Kiki  58'	Report	Veríssimo  68' Radonjić  86' Everton  90+6' R. Silva 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Estoril v Benfica

30 October 2021 10	Estoril	1–1	Benfica	Estoril
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lourenço  42' Áfrico  54' Rosier 90' Geraldes  90+4'	Report	Veríssimo 2'  75' Radonjić  55'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,128 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Benfica v Braga

7 November 2021 11	Benfica	6–1	Braga	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 2' Núñez 38' R. Silva 42', 45+3' Gilberto  48' Everton 52', 59' Pizzi  81' Ramos  83'	Report	R. Horta 12' Musrati  26' Mineiro  90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,577 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Belenenses SAD v Benfica

27 November 2021 12	Belenenses SAD	0–7[note 4]	Benfica	Oeiras
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Kau 1' (o.g.) Seferovic 14', 39' (pen.) Weigl 27' Núñez 32', 34', 45'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

Benfica v Sporting CP

3 December 2021 13	Benfica	1–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vertonghen  22' Weigl  27' Taarabt  89' Pizzi 90+5'	Report	Paulinho  1' 62' Feddal  1' Sarabia 8'  33' Porro  20' Gonçalves  45+3' Nunes 68' Esgaio  73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,790 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Famalicão v Benfica

12 December 2021 14	Famalicão	1–4	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Rodrigues 25' Ivo  45+1' Riccieli  74'	Report	Gonçalves  3' Núñez 6', 15', 55' R. Silva 46' Weigl  74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,994 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Benfica v Marítimo

19 December 2021 15	Benfica	7–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Núñez 3', 19'  7' Gilberto 33' R. Silva 48' Yaremchuk 56' Ramos 86' Seferovic 90+1'	Report	Rossi  16' Costa  45+1' Alipour 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 27,814 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Porto v Benfica

30 December 2021 16	Porto	3–1	Benfica	Porto
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cardoso  30' Vieira 34' Pepê 37',  52' Taremi 69' Martínez  90+1'	Report	Almeida  8'  49' Vertonghen  26' Yaremchuk 46' Gonçalves  90+1' Gilberto  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 46,250 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

9 January 2022 17	Benfica	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Otamendi  25' Mário 45+5' Grimaldo 75' Bernardo  90+1'	Report	Fonseca  45+2' Antunes  57' Djaló  90' Denílson  45+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 26,268 Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

Benfica v Moreirense

15 January 2022 18	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Silva  55' Núñez 65' Otamendi  86' Grimaldo  90+6'	Report	Pacheco  40' Martins  45+1' Gilberto 61' (o.g.) Paulinho  72' Jorge  89' Kewin  90+6'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,188 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Arouca v Benfica

21 January 2022 19	Arouca	0–2	Benfica	Arouca
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Basso 41' Adílio  46' Moreira  56' Quaresma  90+1' Ba  90+3' Kouassi  90+5'	Report	Núñez 32' (pen.) Grimaldo  43' Ramos 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,387 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Benfica v Gil Vicente

2 February 2022 20	Benfica	1–2	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vertonghen  8' Otamendi  30' Gonçalves  40' João Mário  53' Ramos 88'	Report	Lino 11' Navarro  26' Aburjania 64' Zé Carlos  68' Andrew  74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 21,979 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Tondela v Benfica

7 February 2022 21	Tondela	1–3	Benfica	Tondela
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Borges  39'  65' Quaresma 88'	Report	Everton 23' Núñez 34' Ramos 53'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 3,973 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

Benfica v Santa Clara

12 February 2022 22	Benfica	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Silva  24' Núñez  40', 60' (pen.), 62' Weigl  82'	Report	Mohebi 21',  28' Morita  32' Barreto  40' Rocha  45' Villanueva  59'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,905 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

Boavista v Benfica

18 February 2022 23	Boavista	2–2	Benfica	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pérez  40' García  47' Gorré  69' Gustavo 74' Makouta 80' Musa  84' Hamache  90'	Report	Weigl  15' Taarabt 21' Otamendi  27' Grimaldo 30',  84'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,903 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães

27 February 2022 24	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ramos 23' Everton  35' Núñez 37', 51' (pen.)	Report	Semedo  3' Mumin  56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 39,846 Referee: André Narciso (Porto)

Portimonense v Benfica

5 March 2022 25	Portimonense	1–2	Benfica	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Welinton Júnior 25',  45+8' Rocha  45+7' Dacosta  45+15' Possignolo  63' Luquinha  74'	Report	Vertonghen  41' Grimaldo 45+7' Ramos 50',  57' Bernardo  90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Benfica v Vizela

11 March 2022 26	Benfica	1–1	Vizela	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Taarabt  7' Núñez  64' Araújo 75'	Report	Rashid  11' Wilson  16' Afonso  45' Cassiano 65' Bondoso  78' Mendez  90+3' Claudemir  90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,546 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Benfica v Estoril

20 March 2022 27	Benfica	2–1	Estoril	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Weigl  29' R. Silva 34' Ramos 53'	Report	Acevedo  10' Joãozinho  81' Franco 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,768 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Braga v Benfica

1 April 2022 28	Braga	3–2	Benfica	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ruiz  8' Medeiros 28' Al-Musrati  30' A. Horta 59' Oliveira 79'	Report	Vertonghen  26' Núñez 74' (pen.) João Mário 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,073 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Benfica v Belenenses SAD

9 April 2022 29	Benfica	3–1	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 22', 54', 58' Lazaro  88'	Report	Sousa 3' Calila  33' Sithole  45+1' Camacho  48' Tavares  69' Varela  77' Licá  85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,183 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

Sporting CP v Benfica

17 April 2022 30	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sarabia  13' Paulinho  51'	Report	Núñez 14' Everton  41' Vertonghen  51' Taarabt  75' Dias 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,714 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Benfica v Famalicão

23 April 2022 31	Benfica	0–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves  34' Weigl  78'	Report	Pickel  32' Marín  54' Riccieli  54' Rodrigues  89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,894 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Marítimo v Benfica

30 April 2022 32	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Costa  41' Winck  42' Alipour  79'	Report	Núñez 2' Otamendi  45+2' Weigl  45+6' Ramos  70' Bernardo  73'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,102 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

Benfica v Porto

7 May 2022 33	Benfica	0–1	Porto	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias  16' Ramos  24' Núñez  53' Lazaro  62' Almeida  71' Otamendi  71' João Mário  82' Weigl  84' Yaremchuk  90' Gilberto  90+6'	Report	Grujić  30' Pepe  40' Taremi  79' Costa  90+1' Sanusi 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,256 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Paços de Ferreira v Benfica

13 May 2022 34	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fonseca  57'	Report	Araújo 4', 44' Gilberto  53'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Hugo Silva (Lisbon)

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2021–22 Taça de Portugal

Trofense v Benfica

16 October 2021 Third round	Trofense	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Trofa
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pachu 80' Faria  90+3' Moreira  90+3' João Paulo  102'	[citation needed]	Everton 22'  110' Meïté  24' Lazaro  50' Gilberto  90+7' Almeida 94' Leite  111' Radonjić  120+2'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Trofense Attendance: 4,265[35] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

Benfica v Paços de Ferreira

19 November 2021 Fourth round	Benfica	4–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 78' Seferovic 81' R. Silva 87' Everton 90+3'	[citation needed]	Maracás  30' João Pedro  43' Santos 52' Pires  70' Ibrahim  75' Delgado  76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

Porto v Benfica

23 December 2021 Fifth round	Porto	3–0	Benfica	Porto
20:45 WET (UTC+00:00)	Evanilson 1', 31',  20'  45+2' Vitinha 7' Otávio  58'	[citation needed]	Núñez  23' Otamendi  29'  90+5' Yaremchuk  73'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2021–22 Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	GUI	SCC
1	Benfica	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	3–0
2	Vitória de Guimarães	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4			3–3	—	—
3	Sporting da Covilhã	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0			—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Vitória de Guimarães v Benfica

27 October 2021 2	Vitória de Guimarães	3–3	Benfica	Guimarães
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	André 21' Estupiñán 45+2' Bruno Duarte 82' Janvier  86'	Report	Semedo 8' (o.g.) Pizzi 15' João Mário  27' Radonjić 28' Veríssimo  37'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

Benfica v Sporting da Covilhã

15 December 2021 3	Benfica	3–0	Sporting da Covilhã	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Meïté  5' Seferovic 27' Núñez 67' (pen.), 72' Taarabt  84' Almeida  90+1'	Report	Tembeng  19'  39' Héliton  43' Arnold  85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,291 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

Semi-finals

Benfica v Boavista

25 January 2022	Benfica	1–1 (3–2 p)	Boavista	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Everton 16' Bernardo  29'	Report	Musa  17' Abascal  36' Makouta  46' Gustavo 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 7,539 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
	Penalties
	Pizzi Grimaldo Meïté Vertonghen Weigl		Pérez Musa De Santis Abascal Hamache

Final

Benfica v Sporting CP

29 January 2022	Benfica	1–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Everton 23',  58' Vertonghen  53' João Mário  90+2'	Report	Neto  31' Inácio 49' Paulinho  53' Nunes  59' Esgaio  77' Sarabia 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 20,622 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[36]

Spartak Moscow v Benfica

4 August 2021 First leg	Spartak Moscow	0–2	Benfica	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)	Sobolev  33' Ignatov  87'	Report	Vertonghen  48' R. Silva 51' Gilberto 74'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,933[37][note 5] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Benfica v Spartak Moscow

10 August 2021 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi  16' João Mário 58' Weigl  71' Gigot 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Lomovitsky  25' Larsson  68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 16,312[39][note 2] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[40]

Benfica v PSV Eindhoven

18 August 2021 First leg	Benfica	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Silva 10'  61' Weigl 42' Otamendi  58' Almeida  75' Meïté  86' Ramos  90+2'	Report	Gakpo 51' Van Ginkel  57' Obispo  88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 18,199[41][note 2] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

PSV Eindhoven v Benfica

24 August 2021 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Benfica	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boscagli  64' Ramalho  85' Thomas  90+1'	Report	Veríssimo  8'  32' João Mário  66' Ramos  82' Vlachodimos  90+4'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 21,855[42] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[43]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	BEN	BAR	DKV
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–2	3–0	5–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8			0–4	—	3–0	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	2	9	−7	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1			1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica

14 September 2021 1	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Benfica	Kyiv, Ukraine
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sydorchuk  52' Zabarnyi  73' Harmash  82'	Report	R. Silva  21' Yaremchuk  44' Weigl  71'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 21,657[44] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Benfica v Barcelona

29 September 2021 2	Benfica	3–0	Barcelona	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 3', 79' (pen.) Otamendi  33' R. Silva  56' 69' Grimaldo  62' Weigl  72'	Report	Piqué  12' García  54'  87' Dest  78' N. González  86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,454[45][note 3] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Benfica v Bayern Munich

20 October 2021 3	Benfica	0–4	Bayern Munich	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi  45' João Mário  51'	Report	Upamecano  56' Hernandez  59' Sané 70', 84' Everton 80' (o.g.) Lewandowski 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,201[46] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Bayern Munich v Benfica

2 November 2021 4	Bayern Munich	5–2	Benfica	Munich, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lewandowski 26', 61', 84' 45+1' Gnabry 32' Sané 49' Upamecano  51' Nianzou  69'	Report	Morato 38' Veríssimo  45' Núñez 74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 50,000[47] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Barcelona v Benfica

23 November 2021 5	Barcelona	0–0	Benfica	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piqué  49'	Report	Grimaldo  36' João Mário  49' Vlachodimos  90+2' Taarabt  90+5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 49,572[48] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Benfica v Dynamo Kyiv

8 December 2021 6	Benfica	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Yaremchuk 16' Gilberto 22'  24'	Report	Zabarnyi  29' Verbič  36' Tsyhankov  44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,591[49] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.^{[50][note 6]}

Benfica v Ajax

23 February 2022 First leg	Benfica	2–2	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Haller 26' (o.g.) Núñez  46' Ramos  49' Yaremchuk 72',  72'	Report	Tadić 18' Mazraoui  23' Haller 29' Berghuis  45' Antony  87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,760 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ajax v Benfica

15 March 2022 Second leg	Ajax	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Timber  83' Blind  90+4' Gravenberch  90+4'	Report	Ramos  67' Núñez 77'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 54,066 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.^[52]

Benfica v Liverpool

5 April 2022 First leg	Benfica	1–3	Liverpool	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 49' Taarabt  63'	Report	Konaté 17' Mané 34' Thiago  58' Díaz 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,633 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Liverpool v Benfica

13 April 2022 Second leg	Liverpool	3–3 (6–4 agg.)	Benfica	Liverpool, England
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Konaté 21' Firmino 55', 65'	Report	Ramos 32' Yaremchuk 73' Núñez 83'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,373 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 May 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SRB	Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK	BRA	Helton Leite	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos	48	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	14	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Gilberto	35	4	16+5	2	2	0	0	0	9+3	2
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	48	6	27+2	5	2	1	3	0	14	0
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo	18	3	10	3	0	0	1	0	7	0
5	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	46	0	28	0	3	0	2	0	12+1	0
17	DF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	34	0	10+13	0	0	0	2+1	0	4+4	0
22	DF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro	29	0	10+8	0	0+3	0	2	0	1+5	0
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi	43	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
31	DF	POR	Gil Dias	17	1	7+5	1	1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	25	1	9+6	0	3	1	0	0	3+4	0
53	DF	POR	Sandro Cruz	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	DF	BRA	Morato	24	1	10+4	0	2	0	3	0	4+1	1
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	Everton	46	7	20+7	3	2+1	2	3	2	7+6	0
11	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté	26	0	10+7	0	1	0	2+1	0	1+4	0
20	MF	POR	João Mário	45	4	20+8	3	1+1	0	2+1	0	10+2	1
23	MF	SRB	Nemanja Radonjić	11	1	1+5	0	1+1	0	1+1	1	0+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	44	19	22+6	15	2	1	0+1	0	12+1	3
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl	48	3	27+2	2	2+1	0	2+1	0	13	1
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	41	1	9+14	1	2+1	0	1+1	0	5+8	0
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo	23	0	8+9	0	0	0	1	0	0+5	0
76	MF	POR	Martim Neto	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	POR	Diego Moreira	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	URU	Darwin Núñez	40	34	24+4	26	2	0	0	2	6+4	6
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	14	4	4+6	3	0+2	1	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk	41	9	13+10	6	0+2	0	2+1	0	8+5	3
18	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Pinho	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo	6	3	1+4	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
47	FW	POR	Tiago Gouveia	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	45	8	17+12	7	1+1	0	1+2	0	5+6	1
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
10	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	30	2	3+12	1	1+2	0	1+2	1	5+4	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.
2. The stadium's capacity was limited to 33% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[32]
3. The stadium's capacity was limited to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[33]
4. The match ended in the 48th minute because Belenenses SAD were down to six players after playing with nine men in the first-half.^[34]
5. The stadium's capacity was limited to 3,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[38]
6. Benfica were initially drawn against Real Madrid.^[51]