S.L. Benfica Juniors

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Benfica Juniors
Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors"
Ground Caixa Futebol Campus
Ground Capacity 2,720
Owner S.L. Benfica
President Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager João Tralhão
League U19 Championship
2014–15 4th
Website Club home page

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]

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.

No. Position Player
Portugal GK André Ferreira
Portugal GK Daniel Azevedo
Portugal GK Diogo Ferreira
Portugal GK Fábio Duarte
Portugal DF Alfa Semedo
Portugal DF Diogo Cabral
Serbia DF Emir Azemović
Portugal DF Francisco Ferreira
Portugal DF Hugo Santos
Portugal DF João Escoval
Portugal DF João Lima
Portugal DF Pedro Amaral
Portugal DF Ricardo Araújo
Portugal DF Ricardo Mangas
Portugal DF Rodrigo Borges
Portugal DF Rúben Dias
Portugal DF Yuri Ribeiro
Portugal MF Bruno Lourenço
Portugal MF Diogo Gonçalves
No. Position Player
Portugal MF Diogo Mendes
Portugal MF Gonçalo Rodrigues
Portugal MF João Carvalho
Portugal MF Jorge Pereira
France MF Logan Martin
Portugal MF Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal MF Renato Sanches
Portugal FW Aurélio Buta
Portugal FW Fábio Novo
Portugal FW Hildeberto Pereira
Portugal FW Hugo Neto
Portugal FW José Filipe
Portugal FW José Gomes
Brazil FW Leonardo Vieira
Costa Rica FW Marvin Loría (on loan from Deportivo Saprissa)
Montenegro FW Oliver Šarkić
Portugal FW Tiago Dias
Portugal FW Micael Borges
Portugal FW Zidane Banjaqui

Notable former players

Players who played for Benfica's first team.

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Staff
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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