S.L. Benfica Juniors
| Full name | Sport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors" | ||
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| Ground | Caixa Futebol Campus | ||
| Capacity | 2,720 | ||
| Owner | S.L. Benfica | ||
| President | Luís Filipe Vieira | ||
| Manager | João Tralhão | ||
| League | U19 Championship | ||
| 2014–15 | 4th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors" (Portuguese: Juniores) is the under-19 football team that belongs to the youth department of S.L. Benfica.
Domestically, Benfica have won a record 23 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores. Internationally, they won the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in 1996, and in the 2013–14 season they reached the UEFA Youth League final (the only Portuguese team to do so) and were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values".[1] On 21 October 2015, Benfica set the biggest UEFA Youth League win, beating Galatasaray away 11–1.[2]
There are other main development teams below under-19, completing the club's youth academy: Juvenis "A" and "B"; Iniciados "A" and "B"; Infantis "A", "B", "C" and "D", Benjamins "A" and "B"; and Traquinas "A". In 2015 Benfica received the Globe Soccer award for Best Academy of the Year.[3]
Contents
Players
Current squad
- As of 30 September 2015[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former players
Players who played for Benfica's first team.
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1960–1970 |
1980s |
1990s |
2000s |
Personnel
Technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Team manager | José Henrique |
| Head coach | João Tralhão |
| Assistant coach | Pedro Valido Luís Tralhão |
| Goalkeepeing coach | Miguel Miranda |
Last updated: 1 October 2015
Source: [1]
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (23): 1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2012–13 (record)
European competitions
- Winners: 1996
- Runners-up: 1997, 2014
- Runners-up: 2014
Juvenis A
- Portuguese Championship[5]
- Winners (17): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15
Iniciados A
- Portuguese Championship[5]
- Winners (8): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14
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External links
- Departamento de Formação (Portuguese) (English)
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