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SL Benfica

Tier 1Primeira LigaLisboa, PortugalOn the globe

Founded
28 February 1904
Ground
Estádio da Luz68,100 seats · opened 2003
Full name
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Website
slbenfica.pt
Reserve side
SL Benfica B

Who owns SL Benfica

SL Benfica's football company is controlled by the club's members' association, Sport Lisboa e Benfica (40%).

Members in control, investors hold a stake

From the pitch to the top

The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.

Fields the first teamSport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SADSAD (sports public limited company), Portugal, NIPC 504882066
  • 40%controls
    Sport Lisboa e BenficaMembers' association, PortugalFigure as of 16 October 2025With Sport Lisboa e Benfica, SGPS, SA (wholly owned by the club, 23.65%) the club holds 63.65%.High confidenceSource: Liga Portugal
  • 23.6%significant
    Sport Lisboa e Benfica, SGPS, SASociedad anónima, PortugalFigure as of 16 October 2025Chain as disclosed: 100% detida pelo clube fundador.High confidenceSource: Liga Portugal
  • Stake not knownminority
    José António dos SantosPersonFigure as of 28 March 2025Maisfutebol (Mar 2025) gave 16.38% with Grupo Valouro; Liga Portugal's 16 Oct 2025 disclosure shows the largest individual holder at 13.67%, unnamed. Settle from Benfica SAD's CMVM qualifying-holding notices.Low confidenceSource: Maisfutebol

The club’s members’ association is Sport Lisboa e Benfica (NIPC 500276722).

Benfica’s finances

From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.

Against its tier

Benfica's revenue of €230.6m is the highest of the 17 Primeira Liga clubs with published accounts

In 2024-25 it spent €0.55 on staff for every €1 of revenue; the typical Primeira Liga club spent €0.94.

  • Benfica
  • Other Primeira Liga clubs
Revenue17 clubs
Staff per €1 of revenue17 clubs

Each club's newest recorded accounts since 2021–22, at the tier it played that season. If that year's revenue cannot be separated from player trading, the club is omitted rather than using an older year. Coverage counts comparable accounts, not every club with financial data. Revenue excludes player-sale income. Where that income is included in the published total, we subtract the statement's separately reported player-trading figure. Some statements group loan fees and other player income with sale gains; those are removed together. Otherwise loan fees remain included. These are comparisons across accounting formats, not identical revenue definitions. Benfica: Reported revenue €230.6m; player-sale gains already excluded. Rendimentos e ganhos operacionais. The scales are logarithmic.

Revenue€230.6m2024-25
Staff costs€127.7m2024-25
Net result€34.4m2024-25
Equity
€116.3m
accounts, 2024-25

The accounts

Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD, the entity that fields the team · 2020-21 to 2024-25

2024-25Tier 1 · audited2023-24Tier 1 · audited2022-23Tier 1 · audited2021-22Tier 1 · audited2020-21Tier 1 · audited
Profit and loss
Revenue€230.6m1€179.0m1€195.8m1€169.3m1€94.0m1
TV money€52.7m2€50.5m3€48.8m3€47.3m4€55.0m4
UEFA money€72.8m5€49.0m6€74.3m6€65.4m7€10.2m7
Matchday€41.7m8€35.5m9€33.9m9€25.3m10€459k11
Sponsorship€24.5m12€22.5m12€23.9m12€20.2m13€18.9m13
Player sales€117.3m14€77.3m15€88.9m16€64.2m17€100.0m18
Staff costs€127.7m€110.5m€114.7m€112.6m€97.1m
Other operating costs€77.9m19€86.5m€82.1m€67.7m€46.2m
Player amortisation€42.2m20€44.9m€39.4m€50.1m€52.2m
Other depreciation€9.18m21€8.49m€8.16m€8.28m€8.27m
Operating result€50.6m−€14.8m€13.7m−€31.6m−€25.1m
Financial result−€13.4m−€16.0m−€11.9m−€9.95m22−€8.90m23
Result before tax€37.2m−€30.8m€1.80m−€41.5m−€34.0m
Income tax€2.73m€570k−€2.41m24−€6.52m24−€16.6m24
Net result€34.4m−€31.4m€4.21m−€35.0m−€17.4m
Balance sheet
Total assets€591.2m€565.2m€557.8m€533.7m€523.3m
Non-current assets€470.3m€464.7m€420.5m€415.1m€420.9m
Player registrations (book value)€131.2m25€149.1m€126.5m€111.9m€146.2m
Property and equipment€89.1m26€93.7m€98.4m€103.5m€108.1m
Current assets€120.9m€100.6m€137.3m€118.7m€102.3m
Cash€6.38m€20.4m€28.6m€24.1m€44.1m
Equity€116.3m€81.9m€113.2m€109.0m€143.7m
Share capital€115.0m€115.0m€115.0m€115.0m€115.0m
Liabilities€474.9m€483.4m€444.6m€424.7m€379.6m
Non-current liabilities€225.4m€273.8m€259.5m€253.7m€182.6m
Current liabilities€249.4m€209.6m€185.1m€171.0m€197.0m
Provisions——€25k27€1.02m27€1.48m27
Financial debt€203.3m28€222.2m29€169.4m30€171.2m31€145.0m32
Cash flow
Cash from operations−€20.2m−€74.3m−€45.5m−€33.1m−€82.9m
Cash from investing€35.2m€22.7m€59.7m−€6.94m€80.2m
Cash from financing−€29.0m€43.4m−€9.69m€20.0m€41.5m
Net change in cash−€14.0m−€8.21m€4.55m−€20.0m€38.7m
Notes on 32 figures, in the accounts’ own words
  1. Revenue: Rendimentos e ganhos operacionais
  2. TV money: Receitas de televisão (note 15); the TV line also holds €21,887k of FIFA Club World Cup prize money and other income
  3. TV money: Receitas de televisão (note 15)
  4. TV money: Receitas de televisão (note 17)
  5. UEFA money: Prémios da UEFA (note 15): participation, performance and market pool
  6. UEFA money: Prémios da UEFA (note 15)
  7. UEFA money: Prémios da UEFA (note 17)
  8. Matchday: Receitas de jogos: corporate, season tickets, national and European ticketing (note 15)
  9. Matchday: Receitas de jogos (note 15)
  10. Matchday: Receitas de jogos (note 17)
  11. Matchday: Receitas de jogos (note 17): matches behind closed doors
  12. Sponsorship: Patrocinadores (note 15)
  13. Sponsorship: Patrocinadores (note 17)
  14. Player sales: Rendimentos com transações de direitos de atletas (gains €115,053k, other €2,285k); costs €28,428k apart, net €88,910k
  15. Player sales: Rendimentos com transações de direitos de atletas; costs €18,927k apart
  16. Player sales: Rendimentos com transações de direitos de atletas; costs €25,198k apart
  17. Player sales: Rendimentos com transações de direitos de atletas; costs €22,610k apart
  18. Player sales: Rendimentos com transações de direitos de atletas; costs €12,458k apart
  19. Other operating costs: Fornecimentos e serviços externos; Benfica brand royalties (€10,632k) apart
  20. Player amortisation: Amortizações e perdas de imparidade de direitos de atletas
  21. Other depreciation: Depreciações/amortizações excluding players' rights
  22. Financial result: Financial gains €6,648k less financial losses €16,599k
  23. Financial result: Financial gains €9,876k less financial losses €18,780k
  24. Income tax: A tax credit
  25. Player registrations (book value): Ativos intangíveis – plantel de futebol
  26. Property and equipment: Ativos tangíveis
  27. Provisions: Provisões, non-current
  28. Financial debt: Empréstimos obtidos: €142,931k non-current and €60,368k current
  29. Financial debt: Empréstimos obtidos: €164,467k non-current and €57,750k current
  30. Financial debt: Empréstimos obtidos: €143,838k non-current and €25,608k current
  31. Financial debt: Empréstimos obtidos: €145,342k non-current and €25,815k current
  32. Financial debt: Empréstimos obtidos: €53,694k non-current and €91,285k current

2024-25: Source: Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD2023-24: Source: Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD2022-23: Source: Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD2021-22: Source: Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD2020-21: Source: Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD

Where Benfica has played

116-1718-1920-2122-2324-2526-27
Season by season
  1. 2026-271Primeira Liga
  2. 2025-261Primeira Liga
  3. 2024-251Primeira Liga
  4. 2023-241Primeira Liga
  5. 2022-231Primeira Liga, champions
  6. 2021-221Primeira Liga
  7. 2020-211Primeira Liga
  8. 2019-201Primeira Liga
  9. 2018-191Primeira Liga, champions
  10. 2017-181Primeira Liga
  11. 2016-171Primeira Liga, champions

Not yet established

What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.

  • The club's accountsSport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD (SL Benfica's company) posted no annual report that could be found for 2025-26 (tier 1). Lei 39/2023 requires the last three years on the company's site; the filed accounts can be bought from the registry (BDCA certificate), which this batch does not do.
  • Who the shareholders areA natural person holds 13.67% of SL Benfica's SAD according to Liga Portugal's disclosure of 16 Oct 2025, which does not name natural persons; no public source naming the holder was found.
Sources13

Also on Wikidata (Q131499).

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