2022–23 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2022–23 season
President	Rui Costa
Head coach	Roger Schmidt
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gonçalo Ramos (7); All: Gonçalo Ramos (12)
Highest home attendance	62,295 v Paris Saint-Germain; (5 October 2022)
Lowest home attendance	47,958 v Vizela; (2 September 2022)
Average home league attendance	54,130 (in 6 matches)
Biggest win	Benfica 5–0 Marítimo; (18 September 2022); Benfica 5–0 Chaves; (29 October 2022); Maccabi Haifa 1–6 Benfica; (2 November 2022)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 November 2022.

The 2022–23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season is the club's 119th season in existence and its 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica play in the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal and will compete in the Taça da Liga. The season started on 2 August 2022, with the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, where Benfica advanced to the group stage, and will conclude in May 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2022^[2]^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BRA	Gilberto
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah
7	MF	BRA	David Neres
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes
13	MF	ARG	Enzo Fernández
17	MF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves
18	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Pinho
20	MF	POR	João Mário (vice-captain)
22	MF	POR	Chiquinho
23	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares
25	DF	USA	John Brooks
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi (captain)
31	MF	POR	Gil Dias
33	FW	CRO	Petar Musa
34	DF	POR	André Almeida
38	DF	BRA	João Victor
39	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo
61	MF	POR	Florentino
66	DF	POR	António Silva
77	GK	BRA	Helton Leite
88	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos
91	DF	BRA	Morato
93	MF	GER	Julian Draxler (on loan from PSG)^[4]
96	MF	POR	Diego Moreira
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
33	FW	Petar Musa	Boavista	€6,400,000	1 July 2022	^[5]^[6]
23	DF	Mihailo Ristić	Montpellier	Free		^[7]
6	DF	Alexander Bah	Slavia Prague	€8,600,000		^[8]^[9]
7	FW	David Neres	Shakhtar Donetsk	€15,300,000		^[10]
38	DF	João Victor	Corinthians	€8,500,000	8 July 2022	^[11]
13	MF	Enzo Fernández	River Plate	€10,000,000	14 July 2022	^[12]
8	MF	Fredrik Aursnes	Feyenoord	€13,000,000	24 August 2022	^[13]
93	MF	Julian Draxler	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan (€2,500,000)	1 September 2022	^[14]
25	DF	John Brooks	Wolfsburg	Free	1 September 2022	^[15]
Disclosed total
€64,300,000

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Darwin Núñez	Liverpool	€75,000,000	1 July 2022	^[16]
7	MF	Everton	Flamengo	€13,500,000		^[17]
—	MF	Gedson Fernandes	Beşiktaş	€6,000,000		^[18]
—	MF	Tiago Dantas	PAOK	Loan		^[19]
—	DF	Pedro Pereira	Monza	€2,500,000		^[20]
—	FW	Jota	Celtic	€7,300,000		^[21]
1	GK	Mile Svilar	Roma	Free		^[22]
—	DF	Ferro	Vitesse	Loan	15 July 2022	^[23]
14	FW	Haris Seferovic	Galatasaray	Loan (€1,000,000)	19 July 2022	^[24]^[25]
72	DF	Tomás Araújo	Gil Vicente	Loan	27 July 2022	^[26]
21	MF	Pizzi	Al Wahda	Free	28 July 2022	^[27]
—	MF	Nuno Santos	Charlotte	€1,000,000	4 August 2022	^[28]
—	MF	Gabriel	Botafogo	Loan	12 August 2022	^[29]
9	FW	Roman Yaremchuk	Club Brugge	€16,000,000	29 August 2022	^[30]^[31]
—	FW	Carlos Vinícius	Fulham	€5,000,000	1 September 2022	^[32]
11	MF	Soualiho Meïté	Cremonese	Loan		^[33]
28	MF	Julian Weigl	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Loan		^[34]
49	MF	Adel Taarabt	Al-Nasr	Free	2 September 2022	^[35]
5	DF	Jan Vertonghen	Anderlecht	Free	2 September 2022	^[36]
Disclosed total
€127,300,000

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Reading	0–2	Benfica	Burton upon Trent, England
16:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bah 65' Dias 72'	Stadium: St George's Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

15 July 2022 Algarve Cup	Benfica	3–0 (5–4 p)	Nice	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
21:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Silva 7' Otamendi 20' Gilberto 36'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Hélder Malheiro
	Penalties
	Yaremchuk Dias A. Silva Vertonghen Pizzi		Claude-Maurice Trouillet Lotomba Brahimi Atal
Note: A penalty shoot-out was held after the match in case the competition needed a tiebreaker.

17 July 2022 Algarve Cup	Fulham	1–5	Benfica	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mitrović 61' Ream 69' Pereira 88'	Report	R. Silva 3' Ramos 21', 29' Yaremchuk 57' Araújo 64'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: ~15,000^[37] Referee: Nuno Almeida

22 July 2022 Friendly	Benfica	4–2	Girona	Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vertonghen 57' Bah 60' Yaremchuk 67' (pen.) A. Silva 80' Pinho 89'	Report	Sáiz 37' Stuani 52' Bueno 77' Sala 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Tobias Thies

26 July 2022 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	3–2	Newcastle United	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 15' João Mário 20' Grimaldo 32' Araújo 89'	Report	Bruno Guimarães 11' Almirón 22', 44' Burn 72' Joelinton 79' 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,081^[38] Referee: Nuno Almeida

Non-televised friendlies, played at Benfica Campus:

Benfica 3–1 Amora (27 July)^[39]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	5 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	13	12	1	0	37	7	+30	092.31
Taça de Portugal	15 October 2022		Third round	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Taça da Liga	21 November 2022		Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	2 August 2022		Third qualifying round	10	8	2	0	28	9	+19	080.00
Total				25	21	4	0	67	17	+50	084.00

Last updated: 9 November 2022
Source: Competitions

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	28	3	3	82	20	+62	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	73	22	+51	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Braga	34	25	3	6	75	30	+45	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	71	32	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Arouca	34	15	9	10	36	37	−1	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round

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

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
13	12	1	0	37	7	+30	37	7	0	0	26	6	+20	5	1	0	11	1	+10

Last updated: 13 November 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2022. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.^[40]

5 August 2022 1	Benfica	4–0	Arouca	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gilberto 8' R. Silva 41', 86' 83' Fernández 45+5' Florentino 54' Weigl 82'	Report	Opoku 1' Quaresma 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,617 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

13 August 2022 2	Casa Pia	0–1	Benfica	Leiria
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Neto 6' Godwin 26' Taira 31' Kunimoto 51' Fernandes 59' Anderson 90'	Report	Otamendi 28' 90+1' Florentino 30' Ramos 58' R. Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 22,253 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

30 August 2022 3	Benfica	3–2	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Silva 16' Neres 42' João Mário 45+4' (pen.) Ramos 56' Fernández 83'	Report	Holsgrove 14' Ramos 34' Koffi 39', 80' Oliveira 45+2' Ibrahim 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,151 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

27 August 2022 4	Boavista	0–3	Benfica	Porto
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lourenço 27' Cannon 52' Sasso 81' Makouta 90+2'	Report	A. Silva 7' Morato 30' Grimaldo 56' João Mário 67', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 10,939 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

2 September 2022 5	Benfica	2–1	Vizela	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi 42' Fernández 51' Neres 76' João Mário 82' 90+12' 90+12' (pen.) Aursnes 84' Ramos 89' 90+1'	Report	Osmajić 20' Guzzo 25' Tomás 45+1' Mendez 86' Rosa 90+9'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 47,958 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

10 September 2022 6	Famalicão	0–1	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
15:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Colombatto 90+2' Sá 90+4' Rodrigues	Report	R. Silva 63'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

18 September 2022 7	Benfica	5–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Silva 28' Grimaldo 63' Ramos 47', 64' Neres 82' Draxler 88'	Report	Andrade 4' Mendes 35' Silva 57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,889 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

1 October 2022 8	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	Benfica	Guimarães
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	André 41' Bamba 48' Safira 74' Lameiras 90+3'	Report	R. Silva 52'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

8 October 2022 9	Benfica	4–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 12', 45+1' Jhonatan 18' (o.g.) Musa 58' 61'	Report	Ronaldo 5' Costinha 57' Amaral 82' Guga 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,176 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

21 October 2022 10	Porto	0–1	Benfica	Porto
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Eustáquio 24' 27' Ramos 43' Cardoso 63' Taremi 74'	Report	João Mário 6' Bah 11' Fernández 37' Aursnes 44' Neres 60' R. Silva 72' Grimaldo 80' Gilberto 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,499 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

29 October 2022 11	Benfica	5–0	Chaves	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Neres 2' Grimaldo 9' Aursnes 31' Otamendi 31' Ramos 37' Musa 80' R. Silva 90+2'	Report	Guima 41' Issah 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,990 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

6 November 2022 12	Estoril	1–5	Benfica	Estoril
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sérginho 90'	Report	Musa 25' A. Silva 29', 40' João Mário 66' Ristić 88'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,858 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

13 November 2022 13	Benfica	v	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

28 December 2022 14	Braga	v	Benfica	Braga
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga

8 January 2023 15	Benfica	v	Portimonense	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

15 January 2023 16	Benfica	v	Sporting CP	Lisbon
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

22 January 2023 17	Santa Clara	v	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
--:-- AZOT (UTC−01:00)				Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel

Taça de Portugal

15 October 2022 Third round	Caldas	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Benfica	Caldas da Rainha
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sousa 46' Militão 66' Marcelo 72' Barreiras 74' 120+2'	Report	Florentino 22' Musa 53' Grimaldo 71' Ristić 105'	Stadium: Campo da Mata Referee: Claúdio Pereira (Aveiro)
	Penalties
	Clemente Simões Borges Rodrigues		Fernández Ristić Aursnes Chiquinho João Mário

9 November 2022 Fourth round	Estoril	0–1	Benfica	Estoril
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ndiaye 15' Álvaro 39' Geraldes 47' Mexer 79'	Report	Neres 25' 66'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Fifth round		v
--:-- WET (UTC±00:00)

Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos	Team	Qualification	BEN	EST	MOR	PEN
1	Benfica	Advance to knockout phase	—
2	Estrela da Amadora			—
3	Moreirense				—
4	Penafiel					—

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

21 November 2022 1	Estrela da Amadora	v	Benfica	Leiria
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

26 November 2022 2	Benfica	v	Penafiel	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

17 December 2022 3	Moreirense	v	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Parque Joaquim de Almeida Freitas

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

2 August 2022 First leg	Benfica	4–1	Midtjylland	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 17', 33', 61' Otamendi 22' Fernández 40' Morato 77'	Report	Sisto 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,346^[41] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

9 August 2022 Second leg	Midtjylland	1–3 (2–7 agg.)	Benfica	Randers, Denmark
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sisto 63' Onyedika 69'	Report	Fernández 23' Ramos 29' R. Silva 40' Araújo 56' Gonçalves 88'	Stadium: Randers Stadium Attendance: 5,111^[42] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

17 August 2022 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Benfica	Łódź, Poland
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andriyevskyi 40'	Report	Gilberto 9' Ramos 37'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

23 August 2022 Second leg	Benfica	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi 27' R. Silva 40' Neres 42' Musa 85'	Report	Shaparenko 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,705^[43] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.^[44]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	PAR	JUV	MHA
1	Benfica	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	4–3	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	7–2
3	Juventus	6	1	0	5	9	13	−4	3^[b]	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–2	—	3–1
4	Maccabi Haifa	6	1	0	5	7	21	−14	3^[b]		1–6	1–3	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

6 September 2022 1	Benfica	2–0	Maccabi Haifa	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 45' R. Silva 50' Grimaldo 54'	Report	Lavi 58' Seck 63'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,161 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

14 September 2022 2	Juventus	1–2	Benfica	Turin, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Milik 4' Miretti 42' Perin 45' Danilo 59' Paredes 73'	Report	Bah 26' João Mário 43' (pen.) 45' Neres 55' Florentino 85'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 34,015 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

5 October 2022 3	Benfica	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pereira 41' (o.g.) Fernández 45' Ramos 70'	Report	Messi 22' Fabián 90+1' Neymar 90+1' Verratti 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 62,295 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

11 October 2022 4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Benfica	Paris, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sarabia 29' Mbappé 40' (pen.) Verratti 61'	Report	Otamendi 21' João Mário 43' 62' (pen.) Florentino 45+3' Fernández 69' Gilberto 83'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,435 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

25 October 2022 5	Benfica	4–3	Juventus	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	A. Silva 17' João Mário 28' (pen.) R. Silva 35', 50' Fernández 84'	Report	Kean 21' Danilo 62' Milik 77' McKennie 79'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,131 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

2 November 2022 6	Maccabi Haifa	1–6	Benfica	Haifa, Israel
22:00 IST (UTC+02:00)	Chery 26' (pen.) Abu Fani 85' Menachem 89' Atzili 90+3'	Report	Ramos 20' Neres 45+3' Musa 59' Grimaldo 69' R. Silva 73' Araújo 88' João Mário 90+2'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 30,464 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022.^[45]

15 February 2023 First leg	Club Brugge	v	Benfica	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

7 March 2023 Second leg	Benfica	v	Club Brugge	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 November 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	GK	POR	Samuel Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK	BRA	Helton Leite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos	23	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Gilberto	19	2	6+5	1	1+1	0	0	0	4+2	1
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	23	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	10	2
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	DEN	Alexander Bah	20	0	6+5	0	1	0	0	0	6+2	0
23	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić	6	1	1+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	USA	John Brooks	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi	22	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	10	1
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	BRA	João Victor	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF	POR	António Silva	17	3	9	2	2	0	0	0	6	1
91	DF	BRA	Morato	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	David Neres	19	7	8+2	4	1	1	0	0	7+1	2
8	MF	NOR	Fredrik Aursnes	15	0	4+4	0	1	0	0	0	3+3	0
13	MF	ARG	Enzo Fernández	23	3	12	1	2	0	0	0	9	2
17	MF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	17	1	2+7	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+6	1
20	MF	POR	João Mário	23	9	11	5	2	0	0	0	10	4
22	MF	POR	Chiquinho	14	0	1+3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+7	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	22	11	11	6	1	0	0	0	10	5
31	MF	POR	Gil Dias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino	24	0	9+3	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
93	MF	GER	Julian Draxler	9	1	2+3	1	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
96	MF	POR	Diego Moreira	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
18	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Pinho	5	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0+2	0
33	FW	CRO	Petar Musa	16	5	2+7	3	1+1	1	0	0	0+5	1
39	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo	10	2	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+5	2
88	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	20	12	10	7	0	0	0	0	10	5
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
5	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
11	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

References

^ "Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Benfica - Squad - UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Julian Draxler signs loan deal with Benfica Lisbon". Paris Saint-German. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Petar Musa é do Benfica!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "Revelados os valores pagos por Alexander Bah e Petar Musa (Benfica)".
^ "Oficial: Ristic é reforço" [Oficial: Ristic is new signing]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 26 May 2022.
^ "Alexander Bah is a Benfica player!". S.L. Benfica. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Águias confirmam contratação de Bah" [Eagles confirm the signing of Bah]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Neres é do Benfica!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Apresentação de João Victor". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ "Eusébio "ajudou" Enzo Fernández a escolher o número". A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Fredrik Aursnes belongs to Benfica!". S.L. Benfica. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ "Julian Draxler: Benfica take Germany midfielder on season-long loan from Paris St-Germain - BBC Sport". 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "OFICIAL: Benfica confirma contratação de John Brooks". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Oficial: transferência de Darwin comunicada à CMVM". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ "Boa sorte, Everton!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Benfica formaliza saída de Gedson Fernandes". Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Benfica empresta médio Tiago Dantas aos gregos do PAOK". RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Venda de Jota mete SAD acima dos 100 milhões no semestre". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Jota: I fell in love with Celtic and now I'm here to stay". Celtic F.C. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Oficial: Svilar é o segundo reforço da temporada para José Mourinho". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Negócio concluído: Ferro segue para os Países Baixos". A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Seferovic heads to Turkey". S.L. Benfica. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "Profesyonel Futbolcu Haris Seferovic'in geçici transferi hakkında". Galatasaray SK (in Turkish). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Tomás Araújo at Gil Vicente". S.L. Benfica. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Oficial: Al Wahda confirma Pizzi". www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Charlotte FC acquires Portuguese attacking midfielder Nuno Santos from SL Benfica". Charlotte FC. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Confirmada a saída de Gabriel: conheça os pormenores" [Gabriel's departure confirmed: find out the details]. www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "ROMAN YAREMCHUK NAAR CLUB BRUGGE". clubbrugge.be. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ "Benfica oficializa venda de Yaremchuk ao Club Brugge: os valores do negócio". Record (in Portuguese). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ "Vinicius Joins Fulham". Fulham FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "MEITÉ NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLA CREMONESE" [Meïté is the new player of Cremonese] (in Italian). Cremonese. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Benfica oficializa saída de Weigl" [Benfica make official Weigl's departure]. www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "Taarabt rescinde contrato" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Vertonghen no Anderlecht". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ Benfica repete boa exibição, goleia Fulham e conquista Troféu do Algarve
^ "SL Benfica vs Newcastle".
^ "Benfica beats Amora FC". S.L. Benfica. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23" [The full schedule for the 2022–23 Liga]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Benfica vs. Midtjylland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Midtjylland vs. Benfica" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Benfica v Dynamo Kyiv" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "2022 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

[table_hth_PAR0.29440933619366-45] Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.

[table_hth_JUV0.29440933619366-46] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[2] "First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[3] "Benfica - Squad - UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[4] "Julian Draxler signs loan deal with Benfica Lisbon". Paris Saint-German. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[5] "Petar Musa é do Benfica!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

[6] "Revelados os valores pagos por Alexander Bah e Petar Musa (Benfica)".

[7] "Oficial: Ristic é reforço" [Oficial: Ristic is new signing]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 26 May 2022.

[8] "Alexander Bah is a Benfica player!". S.L. Benfica. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[9] "Águias confirmam contratação de Bah" [Eagles confirm the signing of Bah]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[10] "Neres é do Benfica!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[11] "Apresentação de João Victor". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[12] "Eusébio "ajudou" Enzo Fernández a escolher o número". A Bola (in Portuguese). 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[13] "Fredrik Aursnes belongs to Benfica!". S.L. Benfica. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[14] "Julian Draxler: Benfica take Germany midfielder on season-long loan from Paris St-Germain - BBC Sport". 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[15] "OFICIAL: Benfica confirma contratação de John Brooks". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[16] "Oficial: transferência de Darwin comunicada à CMVM". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[17] "Boa sorte, Everton!". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[18] "Benfica formaliza saída de Gedson Fernandes". Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[19] "Benfica empresta médio Tiago Dantas aos gregos do PAOK". RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[20] "Venda de Jota mete SAD acima dos 100 milhões no semestre". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[21] "Jota: I fell in love with Celtic and now I'm here to stay". Celtic F.C. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[22] "Oficial: Svilar é o segundo reforço da temporada para José Mourinho". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[23] "Negócio concluído: Ferro segue para os Países Baixos". A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[24] "Seferovic heads to Turkey". S.L. Benfica. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[25] "Profesyonel Futbolcu Haris Seferovic'in geçici transferi hakkında". Galatasaray SK (in Turkish). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[26] "Tomás Araújo at Gil Vicente". S.L. Benfica. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[27] "Oficial: Al Wahda confirma Pizzi". www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[28] "Charlotte FC acquires Portuguese attacking midfielder Nuno Santos from SL Benfica". Charlotte FC. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[29] "Confirmada a saída de Gabriel: conheça os pormenores" [Gabriel's departure confirmed: find out the details]. www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[30] "ROMAN YAREMCHUK NAAR CLUB BRUGGE". clubbrugge.be. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

[31] "Benfica oficializa venda de Yaremchuk ao Club Brugge: os valores do negócio". Record (in Portuguese). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

[32] "Vinicius Joins Fulham". Fulham FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[33] "MEITÉ NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLA CREMONESE" [Meïté is the new player of Cremonese] (in Italian). Cremonese. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[34] "Benfica oficializa saída de Weigl" [Benfica make official Weigl's departure]. www.abola.pt (in Portuguese). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[35] "Taarabt rescinde contrato" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[36] "Vertonghen no Anderlecht". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[37] Benfica repete boa exibição, goleia Fulham e conquista Troféu do Algarve

[38] "SL Benfica vs Newcastle".

[39] "Benfica beats Amora FC". S.L. Benfica. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[40] "O calendário completo da Liga 2022/23" [The full schedule for the 2022–23 Liga]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

[41] "Benfica vs. Midtjylland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[42] "Midtjylland vs. Benfica" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[43] "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Benfica v Dynamo Kyiv" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[44] "2022 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[47] "UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw". UEFA. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

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