2021–22 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2021–22 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira; (until 15 July 2021); Rui Costa; (interim from 9 July to 10 October 2021)
Head coach	Jorge Jesus; (until 28 December 2021); Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker)
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Darwin Núñez (26); All: Darwin Núñez (34)
Highest home attendance	59,633 v Liverpool; (5 April 2022)
Lowest home attendance	13,973 v Arouca; (14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	31,956
Biggest win	Belenenses SAD 0–7 Benfica; (27 November 2021)
Biggest defeat	Benfica 0–4 Bayern Munich; (20 October 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 118th season in existence and its 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga, were eliminated in the fifth round of Taça de Portugal, and reached the Taça da Liga final. In Europe, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The season started on 4 August 2021, with the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and concluded on 13 May 2022 with a third-place finish in the league. This was Benfica's second consecutive season and third year without any trophy won.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 31 August 2021^[4]^[5]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SRB	Mile Svilar
2	DF	BRA	Gilberto
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo
5	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen
7	MF	BRA	Everton
9	FW	URU	Darwin Núñez
11	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic
15	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk
17	DF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves
18	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Pinho
20	MF	POR	João Mário
21	MF	POR	Pizzi
22	DF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	SRB	Nemanja Radonjić (on loan from Marseille)
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi (captain)
31	DF	POR	Gil Dias
34	DF	POR	André Almeida
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo
77	GK	BRA	Helton Leite
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes
88	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos
91	DF	BRA	Morato
97	DF	POR	Ferro
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
18	FW	Rodrigo Pinho	Marítimo	Free	1 July 2021	^[6]
31	DF	Gil Dias	Monaco	€1,500,000	1 July 2021	^[7]
20	MF	João Mário	Inter Milan	Free	13 July 2021	^[8]
11	MF	Soualiho Meïté	Torino	€7,000,000	23 July 2021	^[9]
15	FW	Roman Yaremchuk	Gent	€17,000,000	31 July 2021	^[10]
23	MF	Nemanja Radonjić	Marseille	Loan	22 August 2021	^[11]
22	DF	Valentino Lazaro	Inter Milan	Loan	31 August 2021	^[12]
Disclosed total
€25,500,000

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source(s)
33	DF	Jardel		Released	1 July 2021
38	MF	Pedrinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	€18,000,000	1 July 2021	^[13]
11	MF	Franco Cervi	Celta Vigo	€4,000,000	5 July 2021	^[14]
	MF	Caio Lucas	Sharjah FC	€2,000,000	6 July 2021	^[15]
	MF	Tiago Dantas	Tondela	Loan	7 July 2021	^[16]
71	DF	Nuno Tavares	Arsenal	€8,000,000	10 July 2021	^[17]
	MF	Nuno Santos	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	11 July 2021	^[18]
	MF	Filip Krovinović	Hajduk Split	€1,500,000	19 July 2021	^[19]
	MF	Alfa Semedo	Vitória de Guimarães	€1,500,000	29 July 2021	^[20]
10	FW	Luca Waldschmidt	Wolfsburg	€12,000,000	22 August 2021	^[21]
61	MF	Florentino Luís	Getafe	Loan	31 August 2021	^[22]
13	MF	Jota	Celtic	Loan		^[23]
95	FW	Carlos Vinícius	PSV Eindhoven	Loan		^[24]
22	MF	Andreas Samaris		Released		^[25]
19	MF	Chiquinho	Braga	Loan		^[26]
8	MF	Gabriel	Al-Gharafa	Loan	28 September 2021	^[27]
Disclosed total
€47,000,000

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures Cancelled

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	v	Gent	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Casa Pia	Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 14' Kelechi 79' (o.g.)	Report	Banjaqui 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

18 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	v	Boavista	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve

18 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	2–1	Almería	Seixal, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 15' (pen.) Waldschmidt 56'	Report	Villar 68'	Stadium: Benfica Campus Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

22 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	1–0	Lille	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ramos 28'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: João Gonçalves (Porto)

25 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	1–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 14' (pen.)	Report	Payet 38'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

Non-televised friendlies, played at Benfica Campus:

Benfica 0–1 Benfica B (3 July)^[28]
Benfica 2–0 Sporting da Covilhã (7 July)^[29]
Benfica 3–2 Farense (10 July)^[30]
Benfica 0–0 Belenenses SAD (13 July)^[31]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Primeira Liga	7 August 2021	13 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	34	23	5	6	78	30	+48	067.65
Taça de Portugal	16 October 2021	23 December 2021	Third round	Fifth round	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	066.67
Taça da Liga	27 October 2021	29 January 2022	Third round	Runners-up	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	025.00
UEFA Champions League	4 August 2021	13 April 2022	Third qualifying round	Quarter-finals	14	6	5	3	20	18	+2	042.86
Total					55	32	12	11	112	59	+53	058.18

Last updated: 13 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Primeira Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	29	4	1	86	22	+64	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Sporting CP	34	27	4	3	73	23	+50	85	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Benfica	34	23	5	6	78	30	+48	74	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Braga	34	19	8	7	52	31	+21	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Gil Vicente	34	13	12	9	47	42	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results summary[edit]


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	5	6	78	30	+48	74	10	3	4	36	16	+20	13	2	2	42	14	+28

Last updated: 13 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	8	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2022. Source: Liga Portugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

7 August 2021 1	Moreirense	1–2	Benfica	Moreira de Cónegos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Martins 30' Soares 36' Pires 69' Artur Jorge 75' Pacheco 90+3'	Report	Veríssimo 8' Waldschmidt 19' Taarabt 33' Gonçalves 56' Weigl 60' Meïté 81' R. Silva 90+8'	Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Attendance: 1,498^{[note 2]} Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

14 August 2021 2	Benfica	2–0	Arouca	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Waldschmidt 38' Yaremchuk 44' Morato 85'	Report	Braga 8'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 13,973^{[note 2]} Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

21 August 2021 3	Gil Vicente	0–2	Benfica	Barcelos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Cunha 24' Fujimoto 66' Kritsyuk 75'	Report	Gilberto 44' Veríssimo 83' Grimaldo 88' Núñez 90'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 3,751^{[note 2]} Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

29 August 2021 4	Benfica	2–1	Tondela	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9' Everton 50' R. Silva 71' Gilberto 88'	Report	Khacef 19' Agra 22' Niasse 35' Undabarrena 56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 19,425^{[note 2]} Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

11 September 2021 5	Santa Clara	0–5	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
17:00 AZOST (UTC±00:00)	Ramos 45+3' Mansur 47'	Report	Vlachodimos 28' Pinho 42' Núñez 54', 62' R. Silva 58' Yaremchuk 68'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 3,326^{[note 3]} Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

20 September 2021 6	Benfica	3–1	Boavista	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 14', 61' Weigl 34' Veríssimo 59'	Report	Sauer 32' Nathan 36' Porozo 69' Musa 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 23,000^{[note 3]} Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

25 September 2021 7	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Benfica	Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Bruno Duarte 78' (pen.)	Report	Yaremchuk 30', 41' João Mário 73' Otamendi 83'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 14,222^{[note 3]} Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

3 October 2021 8	Benfica	0–1	Portimonense	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Yaremchuk 12' Núñez 43'	Report	Boa Morte 44' Carlinhos 60' Possignolo 62' 66' Samuel 80' Rocha 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 38,845 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

24 October 2021 9	Vizela	0–1	Benfica	Vizela
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Mendez 41' Aidara 44' Kiki 58'	Report	Veríssimo 68' Radonjić 86' Everton 90+6' R. Silva 90+8'	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

30 October 2021 10	Estoril	1–1	Benfica	Estoril
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Lourenço 42' Áfrico 54' Rosier 90' Geraldes 90+4'	Report	Veríssimo 2' 75' Radonjić 55'	Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Attendance: 4,128 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

7 November 2021 11	Benfica	6–1	Braga	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 2' Núñez 38' R. Silva 42', 45+3' Gilberto 48' Everton 52', 59' Pizzi 81' Ramos 83'	Report	R. Horta 12' Musrati 26' Mineiro 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,577 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

27 November 2021 12	Belenenses SAD	0–7^{[note 4]}	Benfica	Oeiras
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)		Report	Kau 1' (o.g.) Seferovic 14', 39' (pen.) Weigl 27' Núñez 32', 34', 45'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

3 December 2021 13	Benfica	1–3	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vertonghen 22' Weigl 27' Taarabt 89' Pizzi 90+5'	Report	Paulinho 1' 62' Feddal 1' Sarabia 8' 33' Porro 20' Gonçalves 45+3' Nunes 68' Esgaio 73'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,790 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

12 December 2021 14	Famalicão	1–4	Benfica	Vila Nova de Famalicão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Rodrigues 25' Ivo 45+1' Riccieli 74'	Report	Gonçalves 3' Núñez 6', 15', 55' R. Silva 46' Weigl 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Attendance: 3,994 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

19 December 2021 15	Benfica	7–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Núñez 3', 19' 7' Gilberto 33' R. Silva 48' Yaremchuk 56' Ramos 86' Seferovic 90+1'	Report	Rossi 16' Costa 45+1' Alipour 81'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 27,814 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

30 December 2021 16	Porto	3–1	Benfica	Porto
21:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cardoso 30' Vieira 34' Pepê 37', 52' Taremi 69' Martínez 90+1'	Report	Almeida 8' 49' Vertonghen 26' Yaremchuk 46' Gonçalves 90+1' Gilberto 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 46,250 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

9 January 2022 17	Benfica	2–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Otamendi 25' Mário 45+5' Grimaldo 75' Bernardo 90+1'	Report	Fonseca 45+2' Antunes 57' Djaló 90' Denílson 45+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 26,268 Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Braga)

15 January 2022 18	Benfica	1–1	Moreirense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Silva 55' Núñez 65' Otamendi 86' Grimaldo 90+6'	Report	Pacheco 40' Martins 45+1' Gilberto 61' (o.g.) Paulinho 72' Jorge 89' Kewin 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,188 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

21 January 2022 19	Arouca	0–2	Benfica	Arouca
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Basso 41' Adílio 46' Moreira 56' Quaresma 90+1' Ba 90+3' Kouassi 90+5'	Report	Núñez 32' (pen.) Grimaldo 43' Ramos 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca Attendance: 2,387 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

2 February 2022 20	Benfica	1–2	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Vertonghen 8' Otamendi 30' Gonçalves 40' João Mário 53' Ramos 88'	Report	Lino 11' Navarro 26' Aburjania 64' Zé Carlos 68' Andrew 74'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 21,979 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

7 February 2022 21	Tondela	1–3	Benfica	Tondela
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Borges 39' 65' Quaresma 88'	Report	Everton 23' Núñez 34' Ramos 53'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 3,973 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

12 February 2022 22	Benfica	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	R. Silva 24' Núñez 40', 60' (pen.), 62' Weigl 82'	Report	Mohebi 21', 28' Morita 32' Barreto 40' Rocha 45' Villanueva 59'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,905 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

18 February 2022 23	Boavista	2–2	Benfica	Porto
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pérez 40' García 47' Gorré 69' Gustavo 74' Makouta 80' Musa 84' Hamache 90'	Report	Weigl 15' Taarabt 21' Otamendi 27' Grimaldo 30', 84'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 7,903 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

27 February 2022 24	Benfica	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Ramos 23' Everton 35' Núñez 37', 51' (pen.)	Report	Semedo 3' Mumin 56'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 39,846 Referee: André Narciso (Porto)

5 March 2022 25	Portimonense	1–2	Benfica	Portimão
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Welinton Júnior 25', 45+8' Rocha 45+7' Dacosta 45+15' Possignolo 63' Luquinha 74'	Report	Vertonghen 41' Grimaldo 45+7' Ramos 50', 57' Bernardo 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

11 March 2022 26	Benfica	1–1	Vizela	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Taarabt 7' Núñez 64' Araújo 75'	Report	Rashid 11' Wilson 16' Afonso 45' Cassiano 65' Bondoso 78' Mendez 90+3' Claudemir 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 31,546 Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

20 March 2022 27	Benfica	2–1	Estoril	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Weigl 29' R. Silva 34' Ramos 53'	Report	Acevedo 10' Joãozinho 81' Franco 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,768 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

1 April 2022 28	Braga	3–2	Benfica	Braga
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ruiz 8' Medeiros 28' Al-Musrati 30' A. Horta 59' Oliveira 79'	Report	Vertonghen 26' Núñez 74' (pen.) João Mário 77'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 16,073 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

9 April 2022 29	Benfica	3–1	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 22', 54', 58' Lazaro 88'	Report	Sousa 3' Calila 33' Sithole 45+1' Camacho 48' Tavares 69' Varela 77' Licá 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 34,183 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

17 April 2022 30	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Sarabia 13' Paulinho 51'	Report	Núñez 14' Everton 41' Vertonghen 51' Taarabt 75' Dias 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 40,714 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

23 April 2022 31	Benfica	0–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Gonçalves 34' Weigl 78'	Report	Pickel 32' Marín 54' Riccieli 54' Rodrigues 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,894 Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

30 April 2022 32	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Costa 41' Winck 42' Alipour 79'	Report	Núñez 2' Otamendi 45+2' Weigl 45+6' Ramos 70' Bernardo 73'	Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo Attendance: 9,102 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Lisbon)

7 May 2022 33	Benfica	0–1	Porto	Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Dias 16' Ramos 24' Núñez 53' Lazaro 62' Almeida 71' Otamendi 71' João Mário 82' Weigl 84' Yaremchuk 90' Gilberto 90+6'	Report	Grujić 30' Pepe 40' Taremi 79' Costa 90+1' Sanusi 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 42,256 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

13 May 2022 34	Paços de Ferreira	0–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Fonseca 57'	Report	Araújo 4', 44' Gilberto 53'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Referee: Hugo Silva (Lisbon)

Taça de Portugal[edit]

16 October 2021 Third round	Trofense	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Trofa
20:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pachu 80' Faria 90+3' Moreira 90+3' João Paulo 102'	Report	Everton 22' 110' Meïté 24' Lazaro 50' Gilberto 90+7' Almeida 94' Leite 111' Radonjić 120+2'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Trofense Attendance: 4,265^[35] Referee: António Nobre (Leiria)

19 November 2021 Fourth round	Benfica	4–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 78' Seferovic 81' R. Silva 87' Everton 90+3'	Report	Maracás 30' João Pedro 43' Santos 52' Pires 70' Ibrahim 75' Delgado 76'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)

23 December 2021 Fifth round	Porto	3–0	Benfica	Porto
20:45 WET (UTC+00:00)	Evanilson 1', 31', 20' 45+2' Vitinha 7' Otávio 58'	Report	Núñez 23' Otamendi 29' 90+5' Yaremchuk 73'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

Taça da Liga[edit]

Third round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BEN	GUI	SCC
1	Benfica	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	3–0
2	Vitória de Guimarães	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4		3–3	—	—
3	Sporting da Covilhã	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0		—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

27 October 2021 2	Vitória de Guimarães	3–3	Benfica	Guimarães
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	André 21' Estupiñán 45+2' Bruno Duarte 82' Janvier 86'	Report	Semedo 8' (o.g.) Pizzi 15' João Mário 27' Radonjić 28' Veríssimo 37'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

15 December 2021 3	Benfica	3–0	Sporting da Covilhã	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Meïté 5' Seferovic 27' Núñez 67' (pen.), 72' Taarabt 84' Almeida 90+1'	Report	Tembeng 19' 39' Héliton 43' Arnold 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 15,291 Referee: Gustavo Correia (Porto)

Semi-finals[edit]

25 January 2022	Benfica	1–1 (3–2 p)	Boavista	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Everton 16' Bernardo 29'	Report	Musa 17' Abascal 36' Makouta 46' Gustavo 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 7,539 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)
	Penalties
	Pizzi Grimaldo Meïté Vertonghen Weigl		Pérez Musa De Santis Abascal Hamache

Final[edit]

29 January 2022	Benfica	1–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00)	Everton 23', 58' Vertonghen 53' João Mário 90+2'	Report	Neto 31' Inácio 49' Paulinho 53' Nunes 59' Esgaio 77' Sarabia 78'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Leiria Attendance: 20,622 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[36]

4 August 2021 First leg	Spartak Moscow	0–2	Benfica	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+03:00)	Sobolev 33' Ignatov 87'	Report	Vertonghen 48' R. Silva 51' Gilberto 74'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,933^[37]^{[note 5]} Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

10 August 2021 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi 16' João Mário 58' Weigl 71' Gigot 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Lomovitsky 25' Larsson 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 16,312^[39]^{[note 2]} Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[40]

18 August 2021 First leg	Benfica	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	R. Silva 10' 61' Weigl 42' Otamendi 58' Almeida 75' Meïté 86' Ramos 90+2'	Report	Gakpo 51' Van Ginkel 57' Obispo 88'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 18,199^[41]^{[note 2]} Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

24 August 2021 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Benfica	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boscagli 64' Ramalho 85' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Veríssimo 8' 32' João Mário 66' Ramos 82' Vlachodimos 90+4'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 21,855^[42] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[43]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	BEN	BAR	DKV
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–2	3–0	5–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	3–0	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	2	9	−7	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1		1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2021 1	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Benfica	Kyiv, Ukraine
22:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Sydorchuk 52' Zabarnyi 73' Harmash 82'	Report	R. Silva 21' Yaremchuk 44' Weigl 71'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 21,657^[44] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

29 September 2021 2	Benfica	3–0	Barcelona	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 3', 79' (pen.) Otamendi 33' R. Silva 56' 69' Grimaldo 62' Weigl 72'	Report	Piqué 12' García 54' 87' Dest 78' N. González 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 29,454^[45]^{[note 3]} Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

20 October 2021 3	Benfica	0–4	Bayern Munich	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Otamendi 45' João Mário 51'	Report	Upamecano 56' Hernandez 59' Sané 70', 84' Everton 80' (o.g.) Lewandowski 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,201^[46] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2 November 2021 4	Bayern Munich	5–2	Benfica	Munich, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lewandowski 26', 61', 84' 45+1' Gnabry 32' Sané 49' Upamecano 51' Nianzou 69'	Report	Morato 38' Veríssimo 45' Núñez 74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 50,000^[47] Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

23 November 2021 5	Barcelona	0–0	Benfica	Barcelona, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piqué 49'	Report	Grimaldo 36' João Mário 49' Vlachodimos 90+2' Taarabt 90+5'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 49,572^[48] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

8 December 2021 6	Benfica	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Yaremchuk 16' Gilberto 22' 24'	Report	Zabarnyi 29' Verbič 36' Tsyhankov 44'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 36,591^[49] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.^[50]^{[note 6]}

23 February 2022 First leg	Benfica	2–2	Ajax	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Haller 26' (o.g.) Núñez 46' Ramos 49' Yaremchuk 72', 72'	Report	Tadić 18' Mazraoui 23' Haller 29' Berghuis 45' Antony 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,760 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

15 March 2022 Second leg	Ajax	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Timber 83' Blind 90+4' Gravenberch 90+4'	Report	Ramos 67' Núñez 77'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 54,066 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Quarter-finals[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.^[52]

5 April 2022 First leg	Benfica	1–3	Liverpool	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Núñez 49' Taarabt 63'	Report	Konaté 17' Mané 34' Thiago 58' Díaz 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 59,633 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

13 April 2022 Second leg	Liverpool	3–3 (6–4 agg.)	Benfica	Liverpool, England
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Konaté 21' Firmino 55', 65'	Report	Ramos 32' Yaremchuk 73' Núñez 83'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 51,373 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 13 May 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
1	GK	SRB	Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK	BRA	Helton Leite	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odysseas Vlachodimos	48	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	14	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	Gilberto	35	4	16+5	2	2	0	0	0	9+3	2
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	48	6	27+2	5	2	1	3	0	14	0
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Veríssimo	18	3	10	3	0	0	1	0	7	0
5	DF	BEL	Jan Vertonghen	46	0	28	0	3	0	2	0	12+1	0
17	DF	POR	Diogo Gonçalves	34	0	10+13	0	0	0	2+1	0	4+4	0
22	DF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro	29	0	10+8	0	0+3	0	2	0	1+5	0
30	DF	ARG	Nicolás Otamendi	43	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
31	DF	POR	Gil Dias	17	1	7+5	1	1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	25	1	9+6	0	3	1	0	0	3+4	0
53	DF	POR	Sandro Cruz	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	POR	Tomás Araújo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	DF	BRA	Morato	24	1	10+4	0	2	0	3	0	4+1	1
Midfielders
7	MF	BRA	Everton	46	7	20+7	3	2+1	2	3	2	7+6	0
11	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté	26	0	10+7	0	1	0	2+1	0	1+4	0
20	MF	POR	João Mário	45	4	20+8	3	1+1	0	2+1	0	10+2	1
23	MF	SRB	Nemanja Radonjić	11	1	1+5	0	1+1	0	1+1	1	0+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	44	19	22+6	15	2	1	0+1	0	12+1	3
28	MF	GER	Julian Weigl	48	3	27+2	2	2+1	0	2+1	0	13	1
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	41	1	9+14	1	2+1	0	1+1	0	5+8	0
55	MF	POR	Paulo Bernardo	23	0	8+9	0	0	0	1	0	0+5	0
76	MF	POR	Martim Neto	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	POR	Diego Moreira	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	URU	Darwin Núñez	40	34	24+4	26	2	0	0	2	6+4	6
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	14	4	4+6	3	0+2	1	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk	41	9	13+10	6	0+2	0	2+1	0	8+5	3
18	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Pinho	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	POR	Henrique Araújo	6	3	1+4	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
47	FW	POR	Tiago Gouveia	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW	POR	Gonçalo Ramos	45	8	17+12	7	1+1	0	1+2	0	5+6	1
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team.
10	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	30	2	3+12	1	1+2	0	1+2	1	5+4	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW	BRA	Carlos Vinícius	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The stadium's capacity was limited to 33% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[32]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The stadium's capacity was limited to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[33]
^ The match ended in the 48th minute because Belenenses SAD were down to six players after playing with nine men in the first-half.^[34]
^ The stadium's capacity was limited to 3,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[38]
^ Benfica were initially drawn against Real Madrid.^[51]

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.84022879080858-33] Since the winners of the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, Porto, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa Conference League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa Conference League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[covid-28] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.

[capacity_33-35] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The stadium's capacity was limited to 33% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[32]

[capacity_50-37] The stadium's capacity was limited to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[33]

[39] The match ended in the 48th minute because Belenenses SAD were down to six players after playing with nine men in the first-half.^[34]

[44] The stadium's capacity was limited to 3,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[38]

[58] Benfica were initially drawn against Real Madrid.^[51]

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[2] "Statement". S.L. Benfica. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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[9] "Welcome, Meïte!". S.L. Benfica. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[10] "Welcome, Yaremchuk!". S.L. Benfica. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[11] "Welcome, Nemanja!". S.L. Benfica. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[12] "Welcome, Valentino!". S.L. Benfica. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[13] "Agreement between Benfica and Shakhtar for the transfer of Pedrinho". S.L. Benfica. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[14] "Franco Cervi transferred". S.L. Benfica. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[15] "Caio Lucas transferred". S.L. Benfica. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[16] "Tiago Dantas loaned". S.L. Benfica. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[17] "Nuno Tavares transferred". S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[18] "Nuno Santos emprestado ao Paços de Ferreira" [Nuno Santos on loan to Paços de Ferreira]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[19] "Krovinovic transferred". S.L. Benfica. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[20] "Alfa Semedo transferred". S.L. Benfica. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[21] "Agreement between Benfica and Wolfsburg for the transfer of Luca Waldschmidt". S.L. Benfica. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[22] "Florentino loaned out". S.L. Benfica. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[23] "Jota emprestado" [Jota loaned out]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[24] "Vinícius transferred to PSV". S.L. Benfica. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[25] "Samaris termina ligação ao Clube" [Samaris ends link with the club]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[26] "Chiquinho emprestado" [Chiquinho loaned out]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[27] "Gabriel emprestado" [Gabriel loaned out]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[29] "Training match against the B team". S.L. Benfica. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[30] "Benfica beat SC Covilhã". S.L. Benfica. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[31] "Win against Farense". S.L. Benfica. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[32] "Draw in the Lisbon derby". S.L. Benfica. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[34] "Fans will return to the stands in the new season". Liga Portugal. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[36] "DGS alarga ocupação dos recintos desportivos para 50 por cento" [DGS widens capacity of sports venues to 50 per cent]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[38] "Belenenses v Benfica Portuguese match abandoned after Belenenses left with six players". BBC Sport. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

[40] "Benfica obrigado a horas extra para seguir em frente" [Benfica forced to overtime to go forward]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

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[49] "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA. 26 August 2021.

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[53] "Full Time Report – Bayern Munich v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA. 2 November 2021.

[54] "Full Time Report – Barcelona v Benfica" (PDF). UEFA. 23 November 2021.

[55] "Full Time Report – Benfica v Dynamo Kyiv" (PDF). UEFA. 8 December 2021.

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