2020–21 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
	2020–21 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Head coach	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Runners-up
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Haris Seferovic (22); All: Haris Seferovic (26)
Highest home attendance	4,750 v Standard Liège; (29 October 2020)
Lowest home attendance	0 (no spectators allowed)
Average home league attendance	0 (no spectators allowed)
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Paços de Ferreira; (10 April 2021)
Biggest defeat	Boavista 3–0 Benfica; (2 November 2020)
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 117th season in existence and its 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. This season, Benfica invested €105 million amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a record investment in Portuguese football.^[1] Domestically, Benfica lost the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match, were eliminated in the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga, finished third in the Primeira Liga – their worst league position since 2008–09^[2] – and lost a Taça de Portugal final for a second time in a row.^[3] Internationally, Benfica were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League, respectively. The season started on 18 September 2020 and concluded on 23 May 2021. Considered a failed, disastrous season,^[4]^[5]^[6] it was the first time Benfica ended trophyless since 2012–13.^[3]

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 February 2021

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mile Svilar
2	DF	Gilberto
3	DF	Álex Grimaldo
4	DF	Lucas Veríssimo
5	DF	Jan Vertonghen
7	MF	Everton
8	MF	Gabriel
9	FW	Darwin Núñez
10	FW	Luca Waldschmidt
11	MF	Franco Cervi
14	FW	Haris Seferovic
17	MF	Diogo Gonçalves
19	MF	Chiquinho

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Pizzi
22	MF	Andreas Samaris
27	MF	Rafa Silva
28	MF	Julian Weigl
30	DF	Nicolás Otamendi
33	DF	Jardel (captain)
34	DF	André Almeida (vice-captain)
38	MF	Pedrinho
49	MF	Adel Taarabt
71	DF	Nuno Tavares
77	GK	Helton Leite
88	FW	Gonçalo Ramos
99	GK	Odysseas Vlachodimos

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
38	MF	Pedrinho	Corinthians	€17,098,000	3 August 2020	^[7] ^[8]^[9]
2	DF	Gilberto	Fluminense	€3,000,000	8 August 2020	^[10]
77	GK	Helton Leite	Boavista	Undisclosed	8 August 2020	^[11]
5	DF	Jan Vertonghen	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	14 August 2020	^[12]
7	FW	Everton	Grêmio	€22,005,000		^[13]^[9]
10	MF	Luca Waldschmidt	Freiburg	€16,017,000		^[14]^[9]
9	FW	Darwin Núñez	Almería	€25,020,000	4 September 2020	^[15]^[9]
30	DF	Nicolás Otamendi	Manchester City	€15,158,000	29 September 2020	^[16]^[9]
4	DF	Lucas Veríssimo	Santos	€6,500,000	10 February 2021	^[17]
Disclosed total
€104,798,000

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source(s)
—	GK	Bruno Varela	Vitória de Guimarães	Free	19 August 2020	^[18]
—	FW	Yony González	LA Galaxy	Loan	19 August 2020	^[19]
—	DF	Tyronne Ebuehi	Twente	Loan	21 August 2020	^[20]
—	GK	Ivan Zlobin	Famalicão	Undisclosed	22 August 2020	^[21]
—	MF	Andrija Živković	PAOK	Released	26 August 2020	^[22]
—	FW	Jhonder Cádiz	Nashville SC	Loan (€500,000)	9 September 2020	^[23]^[24]
—	DF	Pedro Pereira	Crotone	Loan	21 September 2020	^[25]
—	MF	David Tavares	Moreirense	Loan	22 September 2020	^[26]
—	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	Al-Ahli	Released	24 September 2020	^[27]
—	MF	Florentino	Monaco	Loan	25 September 2020	^[28]
6	DF	Rúben Dias	Manchester City	€68,000,000	30 September 2020	^[29]
—	DF	Cristian Lema	Damac FC	€2,000,000	2 October 2020	^[30]^[31]
95	FW	Carlos Vinícius	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan (€3,000,000)	2 October 2020	^[32]^[33]
84	DF	Tomás Tavares	Alavés	Loan	3 October 2020	^[34]
97	DF	Ferro	Valencia	Loan	31 January 2021
Disclosed total
€73,500,000

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

30 August 2020 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Bournemouth	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taarabt 14' Everton 21'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Danjuma 17'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

2 September 2020 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taarabt 41', 69' Vinícius 56', 90+3'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Paulinho 31' A. Horta 45+1' Gaitán 70'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal, first half), Hugo Silva (Santarém, second half)

5 September 2020 Friendly	Benfica	2–0	Rennes	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 33' (pen.) Gabriel 64'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Hugo Silva (Santarém, first half), Fábio Melo (Porto, second half)

Non-televised friendlies, at Benfica Campus:

Benfica 4–0 Benfica B/U23 (15 August)^[35]
Benfica 4–1 Estoril (22 August)^[36]
Benfica 4–0 Belenenses SAD (25 August)^[37]
Benfica 5–1 Farense (26 August)^[38]
Benfica 3–0 Benfica B (6 September)^[39]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	34	23	7	4	69	27	+42	67.65
Taça de Portugal	7	6	0	1	18	3	+15	85.71
Taça da Liga	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	00.00
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	00.00
Champions League	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	00.00
Europa League	8	3	4	1	21	13	+8	37.50
Total	53	32	12	9	111	50	+61	60.38

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Primeira Liga

League table

Template:2020–21 Primeira Liga table

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	7	4	69	27	+42	76	12	3	2	31	15	+16	11	4	2	38	12	+26

Source: Liga Portugal

Results by round

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Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 August 2020.^[40]

18 September 2020 1	Famalicão	1–5	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pereira 45' Rodrigues 67'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Waldschmidt 19', 66' Everton 21' Dias 27' Grimaldo 42' Silva 52' Gabriel 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Luís Godinho

26 September 2020 2	Benfica	2–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Dias 20' Pizzi 30' Almeida 60' Seferovic 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nuno Almeida

4 October 2020 3	Benfica	3–2	Farense	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 15' Gabriel 50' Otamendi 52' Almeida 71' Seferovic 79', 87'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nunes 34' Lucca 54' César 63' Scheid 89' Patrick 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Tiago Martins

18 October 2020 4	Rio Ave	0–3	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pinto 81'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Waldschmidt 6', 45+4' Gilberto 78' Otamendi 80' Gabriel 84' Weigl 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: João Pinheiro

26 October 2020 5	Benfica	2–0	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 6' Núñez 74'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Rui Costa

2 November 2020 6	Boavista	3–0	Benfica	Porto
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gomes 18' (pen.) Elis 38' Show 59' Reisinho 65' Hamache 76' Jardim 80'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Vertonghen 45+1' Tavares 66' Gonçalves 90' Otamendi 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hugo Miguel

8 November 2020 7	Benfica	2–3	Braga	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 68', 86' Gonçalves 79'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Medeiros 11' 38' Esgaio 26' Moura 50', 63' Sequeira 56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Artur Soares Dias

30 November 2020 8	Marítimo	1–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pinho 14'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 32' Everton 51' 66'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Manuel Mota

6 December 2020 9	Benfica	2–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Silva 58' Otamendi 74' Waldschmidt 90+4'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Reabciuk 23' Eustáquio 66' Jordi 72' Zé Uilton 78'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Rui Costa

20 December 2020 10	Gil Vicente	0–2	Benfica	Barcelos
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nogueira 39', 45' Carvalho 63'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gilberto 43' Weigl 46' Rodrigão 58' (o.g.) Everton 65'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nuno Almeida

29 December 2020 11	Benfica	2–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Núñez 14' Silva 23' Otamendi 38' Waldschmidt 59' Taarabt 90+5'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Candé 30' Willyan 34' Moufi 54' Beto 76' Gilberto 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Tiago Martins

4 January 2021 12	Santa Clara	1–1	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Sagna 26' Cardoso 59' 77' Rashid 90+5'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ferro 29' Núñez 32'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hélder Malheiro

8 January 2021 13	Benfica	2–0	Tondela	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 56' Everton 69' Pizzi 73' Waldschmidt 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Manuel Oliveira

15 January 2021 14	Porto	1–1	Benfica	Porto
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taremi 25' 73' Pepe 51' Corona 64' Marega 73' Marchesín 90+5'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Grimaldo 17' Pizzi 50' Tavares 54' Chiquinho 78' Vertonghen 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Luís Godinho

25 January 2021 15	Benfica	1–1	Nacional	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Chiquinho 14' Jardel 71'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Róchez 48' Pedrão 80' Micael 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Rui Costa

1 February 2021 16	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tomás 15' Neto 40' Nunes 90+2' Tabata 90+5'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gilberto 13' Weigl 16' Otamendi 53' Pizzi 76' Gabriel 79'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Artur Soares Dias

5 February 2021 17	Benfica	0–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Weigl 67'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> André 32' Trmal 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nuno Almeida

8 February 2021 18	Benfica	2–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Núñez 3' Otamendi 7' 72' Taarabt 56' Gilberto 87'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Babić 29' Vinagre 58'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hugo Miguel

14 February 2021 19	Moreirense	1–1	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yan 40' (pen.) Ba 58' Pacheco 70'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 25' Grimaldo 38' Weigl 65' Otamendi 73'	Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Manuel Oliveira

21 February 2021 20	Farense	0–0	Benfica	Faro
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pedro Henrique 86' Lucca 90+6'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gabriel 31' Otamendi 89'	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hugo Miguel

1 March 2021 21	Benfica	2–0	Rio Ave	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 59' Silva 72' Pizzi 78'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nuno Almeida

8 March 2021 22	Belenenses SAD	0–3	Benfica	Oeiras
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ramires 87'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Seferovic 55', 58' Veríssimo 65'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Tiago Martins

13 March 2021 23	Benfica	2–0	Boavista	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Weigl 29' Taarabt 39' Seferovic 42', 52'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Awaziem 8'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Manuel Mota

21 March 2021 24	Braga	0–2	Benfica	Braga
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fransérgio 27', 39'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Otamendi 16' Gonçalves 45+1' Silva 45+2' Seferovic 56' Pizzi 65' Weigl 70'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: João Pinheiro

5 April 2021 25	Benfica	1–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Waldschmidt 21' (pen.) Weigl 23' Silva 72' Núñez 90+5'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Renê 38' Winck 38' Pelágio 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Luís Godinho

10 April 2021 26	Paços de Ferreira	0–5	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Eustáquio 22' Costa 57'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gonçalves 28' 38' Veríssimo 33' Grimaldo 43' Silva 45' Seferovic 45+8', 78' 61' Waldschmidt 58' Núñez 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hugo Miguel

17 April 2021 27	Benfica	1–2	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Veríssimo 31' Carvalho 87' (o.g.)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Leautey 35' Lourency 81' Denis 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

22 April 2021 28	Portimonense	1–5	Benfica	Portimão
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Beto 43' Poha 72'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gabriel 6' Pizzi 45+2' Núñez 50' Seferovic 64', 73' Otamendi 78' Everton 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Artur Soares Dias

26 April 2021 29	Benfica	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Carlos 25' (o.g.) Chiquinho 73' Weigl 89' Otamendi 90+3'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Carvalho 62'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hélder Malheiro

30 April 2021 30	Tondela	0–2	Benfica	Tondela
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 11' Everton 19' Chiquinho 68'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Manuel Mota

6 May 2021 31	Benfica	1–1	Porto	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Everton 23' Weigl 31' Veríssimo 58' Silva 60' Leite 71' Gabriel 81' Pizzi 81' Seferovic 83' Gonçalves 89'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Oliveira 15' Pepe 64' Uribe 75' Mbemba 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Artur Soares Dias

11 May 2021 32	Nacional	1–3	Benfica	Funchal
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pedrão 8' Vigário 60'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Chiquinho 34' Gilberto 55' Pedrão 78' (o.g.) Grimaldo 80' Ramos 81', 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Rui Costa

15 May 2021 33	Benfica	4–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Grimaldo 7' Seferovic 12', 48' (pen.) Pizzi 29' Veríssimo 37' 38' Otamendi 43' Gabriel 57' Tavares 87' Núñez 90+2'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Reis 31' Gonçalves 45+1', 77' (pen.) 90+2' Mendes 57' Santos 62' João Mário 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Tiago Martins

19 May 2021 34	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Benfica	Guimarães
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fernandes 53' 63'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taarabt 43' Seferovic 48', 58' Everton 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Vitor Ferreira

Taça de Portugal

21 November 2020 Third round	Paredes	0–1	Benfica	Paredes
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Madureira 23' Brito 25' Santos 29'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Samaris 25' Ramos 40'	Stadium: Estádio da Cidade Desportiva de Paredes Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Vitor Ferreira

13 December 2020 Fourth round	Benfica	5–0	Vilafranquense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ramos 11' 60' Pizzi 14' Seferovic 15', 42' Pedrinho 56'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kady 13' Jefferson 84'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Andre Narciso

12 January 2021 Fifth round	Estrela da Amadora	0–4	Benfica	Amadora
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yuran 45+2' Romano 45+2' Latón 60'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Chiquinho 42', 63' Samaris 45+2' Seferovic 51' Waldschmidt 66'	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Joao Bento

28 January 2021 Quarter-finals	Benfica	3–0	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Núñez 32' Silva 37' Cervi 72'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Dieguinho 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: João Pinheiro

11 February 2021 Semi-finals First leg	Estoril	1–3	Benfica	Estoril
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Clóvis 12' Vidigal 24' Hugo 64'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gonçalves 8' Núñez 45', 78' Seferovic 69' Otamendi 75' Taarabt 82'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: António Nobre

4 March 2021 Semi-finals Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Estoril	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tavares 29' Pizzi 30' Ramos 43' Waldschmidt 90'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Lazare 15'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hélder Malheiro

23 May 2021 Final	Braga	2–0	Benfica	Coimbra
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Esgaio 35' Piazon 45+3' 90+4' Musrati 67' Novais 82' R. Horta 85'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Leite 17' Silva 85' Tavares 88' Otamendi 89' Taarabt 90+3' Grimaldo 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nuno Almeida

Taça da Liga

16 December 2020 Quarter-finals	Benfica	1–1 (4–1 p)	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taarabt 41' Pizzi 83' (pen.)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Estupiñán 16' Fernandes 52' Luís 60' Janvier 76' Poha 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Fábio Veríssimo
		Penalties
	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Everton Pizzi Gabriel Seferovic		<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Almeida Pepelu Poha

20 January 2021 Semi-finals	Braga	2–1	Benfica	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Castro 20' Ruiz 28' Sequeira 34' Tormena 59' Esgaio 66' Fransérgio 90+4'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Todibo 38' Pizzi 45' (pen.) Weigl 52' Jardel 83'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

23 December 2020 Final	Porto	2–0	Benfica	Aveiro
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Oliveira 25' (pen.) 53' Pepe 36' Mbemba 57' Díaz 90'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Weigl 30' Seferovic 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Hugo Miguel

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 31 August 2020, 12:00 CEST.^[42]

15 September 2020 Third qualifying round	PAOK	2–1	Benfica	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pelkas 1' Varela 29' Michailidis 45' Giannoulis 63' Živković 75' Schwab 79' Esiti 90+2'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Almeida 44' Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[43] 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage

22 October 2020 1	Lech Poznań	2–4	Benfica	Poznań, Poland
18:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ishak 15', 49' Crnomarković 17' Muhar 90+1'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 9' (pen.) Núñez 42', 60', 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

29 October 2020 2	Benfica	3–0	Standard Liège	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gonçalves 43' Pizzi 49' (pen.), 76' Waldschmidt 66' (pen.)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Bodart 48' Fai 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 4,750^{[lower-alpha 2]} Referee: François Letexier (France)

5 November 2020 3	Benfica	3–3	Rangers	Lisbon, Portugal
18:55 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Goldson 2' (o.g.) Otamendi 19' Silva 77' Núñez 90+1'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gonçalves 24' (o.g.) Kamara 12' Morelos 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

26 November 2020 4	Rangers	2–2	Benfica	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Arfield 7' Roofe 69' Kamara 80'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Gabriel 16' Chiquinho 42' Tavernier 78' (o.g.) Pizzi 81' Vertonghen 83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

3 December 2020 5	Benfica	4–0	Lech Poznań	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Vertonghen 36' Núñez 57' Pizzi 58' Weigl 89'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kacharava 2' Marchwiński 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

10 December 2020 6	Standard Liège	2–2	Benfica	Liège, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Raskin 12' Tapsoba 60' Cimirot 65'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Everton 16' Ferreira 53' Pizzi 67' (pen.) Cervi 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[45]

18 February 2021 First leg	Benfica	1–1	Arsenal	Rome, Italy
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Pizzi 55' (pen.)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Smith Rowe 54' Saka 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Note: The match, originally to be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, was moved to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, due to restrictions imposed by Portugal on travelers from the United Kingdom out of concern of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.^[46]^[47]

25 February 2021 Second leg	Arsenal	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	Benfica	Piraeus, Greece
18:55 CET (UTC+01:00)	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Aubameyang 21', 87' Tierney 67'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Taarabt 5' Gonçalves 43' Silva 61'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 0^{[lower-alpha 1]} Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Note: The match, originally to be played at Emirates Stadium in London, was moved to Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by the United Kingdom on travelers from Portugal.^[48]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 23 May 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Supertaça		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mile Svilar	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK		Helton Leite	22	0	15	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
99	GK		Odysseas Vlachodimos	21	0	18	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Gilberto	32	0	17+8	0	4+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
3	DF		Álex Grimaldo	36	2	27+4	2	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Lucas Veríssimo	15	2	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Jan Vertonghen	33	0	26+2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
30	DF		Nicolás Otamendi	32	1	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Jardel	14	0	5+3	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
34	DF		André Almeida	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF		Nuno Tavares	20	0	7+7	0	3+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
82	DF		João Ferreira	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
91	DF		Morato	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Everton	39	7	24+8	7	2+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Gabriel	25	1	10+10	1	4	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF		Franco Cervi	19	1	5+9	0	3+1	1	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Diogo Gonçalves	26	1	12+9	1	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Pizzi	40	9	19+13	6	5+1	1	1+1	2	0	0
22	MF		Andreas Samaris	9	1	1+5	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Julian Weigl	35	0	23+5	0	1+3	0	2	0	1	0
38	MF		Pedrinho	26	1	4+15	0	4	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
49	MF		Adel Taarabt	35	0	19+7	0	3+3	0	2	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Darwin Núñez	36	9	19+10	6	2+2	3	2	0	1	0
10	FW		Luca Waldschmidt	33	9	18+9	7	1+3	2	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Haris Seferovic	40	26	24+7	22	3+3	4	1+1	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Chiquinho	24	4	2+16	2	3+2	2	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW		Rafa Silva	37	6	27+2	5	3+2	1	2	0	1	0
78	FW		Tiago Araújo	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
80	FW		Daniel	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW		Gonçalo Ramos	10	4	0+4	2	4+1	2	0+1	0	0	0
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
6	DF		Rúben Dias	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Jean-Clair Todibo	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Dyego Sousa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Facundo Ferreyra	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
73	FW		Jota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	DF		Tomás Tavares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW		Carlos Vinícius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	DF		Ferro	6	0	2+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Notes

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 ^1.44 ^1.45 ^1.46 ^1.47 ^1.48 ^1.49 ^1.50 ^1.51 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[41]
↑ The stadium's capacity was limited to 7.5%.^[44]

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[Covid-42] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 ^1.44 ^1.45 ^1.46 ^1.47 ^1.48 ^1.49 ^1.50 ^1.51 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[41]

[46] The stadium's capacity was limited to 7.5%.^[44]

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