2018–19_S.L._Benfica_season

Benfica
2018–19 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	Rui Vitória (until 3 January 2019); Bruno Lage
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	1st
Taça de Portugal	Semi-finals
Taça da Liga	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Haris Seferovic (23); All: Haris Seferovic (27)
Highest home attendance	64,064 v Santa Clara; (18 May 2019)
Lowest home attendance	16,454 v Arouca; (22 November 2018)
Average home league attendance	53,824
Biggest win	Benfica 10–0 Nacional; (10 February 2019)
Biggest defeat	Bayern Munich 5–1 Benfica; (27 November 2018)
Home colours	Away colours
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2018–19 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica 2018–19 football season

The 2018–19 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 115th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started with the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on 7 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019 with Benfica becoming Primeira Liga champions for a record 37th time.^[5]

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Internationally, Benfica played in the Champions League group stage for the ninth successive time, a Portuguese record ranking fourth all-time.^[6] However, with two losses at Estádio da Luz, they set a domestic record of five consecutive home matches without a win in the competition.^[7] After finishing third in their group, they moved to the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, where they reached the quarter-finals.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.57262407037086-20] Since the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de Portugal, Sporting CP, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_VGU0.57262407037086-21] Vitória de Guimarães finished ahead of Moreirense on head-to-head points: Vitória de Guimarães 1–0 Moreirense, Moreirense 1–3 Vitória de Guimarães.

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"Luz teve a pior assistência da época" [Da Luz had the worst attendance of the season]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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"Spectators by team". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

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"Benfica seal 37th Portuguese title". Yahoo Sports. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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"Benfica bate recorde português de jogos consecutivos sem ganhar em casa" [Benfica beat Portuguese record of consecutive matches without winning at home]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 8 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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"First team squad information". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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"Equipa técnica já foi reforçada" [Technical staff has already been reinforced]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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"Pré-época 2018/19 do Benfica já está definida" [2018–19 Benfica pre-season is already defined]. S.L. Benfica. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

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"Schedule". International Champions Cup. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

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"Torneio Internacional do Sado" [Sado International Tournament]. Vitória FC (in Portuguese). 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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Rebelo, Marco; Antunes, Sónia (28 June 2018). "Eusébio Cup takes place on August 1". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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"Benfica 3–0 FK Napredak". zerozero (in Portuguese). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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"Benfica – Napredak". S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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"V. Setúbal 1–1 Benfica". Record (in Portuguese). 14 July 2018. p. 2.

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"Bilhetes caros afastaram público" [Expensive tickets drove people away]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 22 July 2018. p. 5.

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"Vitória Guimarães vs. Benfica". Soccerway. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

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"Dez emblemas a tirar notas no dérbi" [Ten clubs taking notes at the derby]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

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"Benfica vs. Galatasaray". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

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"Benfica vs Dinamo Zagreb". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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"Benfica vs. Eintracht Frankfurt". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

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"Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Benfica". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

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N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Svilar	24	2017	20	0	2022	€4.5M
2	DF	Conti	29	2018	10	1	2023	€4.7M
3	LB	Grimaldo	28	2016 (Winter)	117	10	2021	€2.12M
5	DM	Fejsa	35	2013	164	2	2021	Undisclosed
6	CB	Rúben Dias	26	2017	85	8	2023	Youth system
7	RB	Corchia	33	2018	8	0	2019	Undisclosed	On loan from Sevilla
8	CM	Gabriel	30	2018	34	1	2023	Undisclosed
10	ST	Jonas	40	2014	183	137	2020	Free
11	LW	F. Cervi	29	2016	116	16	2023	€5.74M
14	ST	Seferovic	32	2017	80	34	2022	€3.9M
15	LB	Yuri	27	2018	9	0	2023	Youth system
17	RW	Živković	27	2016	84	4	2021	€6M
18	RW	Salvio	33	2010–2011 2012	266	62	2022	€13.5M	Played on loan in the 2010–11 season
20	MF	Krovinović	28	2017	28	2	2022	€3.5M
21	CM	Pizzi	34	2014	230	45	2023	€14M
22	CM	Samaris	34	2014	162	5	2023	€10M
23	RB	T. Ebuehi	28	2018	0	0	2023	Undisclosed
27	MF	Silva	30	2016	100	26	2021	€16.4M
33	CB	Jardel (captain)	38	2011 (Winter)	248	16	2021	Undisclosed
34	RB	A. Almeida (VC)	33	2012	250	6	2023	Undisclosed
49	AM	Taarabt	34	2019	7	0	2020	€4M
61	DM	F. Luís	24	2019	14	1	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
72	GK	Zlobin	27	2019	0	0	2024	Undisclosed	Promoted from Benfica B
73	FW	Jota	25	2019	6	0	2022	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
79	FW	João Félix	24	2018	43	20	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
83	CM	Gedson	25	2018	46	3	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
97	CB	Ferro	27	2019	18	3	2023	Youth system	Promoted from Benfica B
99	GK	Odysseas	29	2018	50	0	2023	€2.4M

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
99	GK	Odisseas Vlachodimos	24	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	2023	€2.4M	Benfica A Bola
23	DF	Tyronne Ebuehi	22	Unattached	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
15	DF	Yuri Ribeiro	21	Rio Ave	Loan return	Summer	2023	—	Benfica
2	DF	Germán Conti	23	Colón	Transfer	Summer	2023	€4.7M	Benfica CMVM
95	MF	Chiquinho	22	Académica	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
77	MF	João Amaral	26	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Summer	2021	Undisclosed	Benfica
30	FW	Nicolás Castillo	25	UNAM	Transfer	Summer	2023	€7.8M	Benfica CMVM
19	FW	Facundo Ferreyra	27	Shakhtar Donetsk	Transfer	Summer	2022	€4M	Benfica CMVM
25	DF	Cristian Lema	28	Belgrano	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Benfica
16	MF	Alfa Semedo	20	Moreirense	Transfer	Summer	2023	€2.5M	Benfica SAPO
7	DF	Sébastien Corchia	27	Sevilla	Loan	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	Sevilla Benfica
8	MF	Gabriel	24	Leganés	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	Leganés Benfica

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	DF	Douglas	27	Barcelona	Loan return	Summer	—	Sport
—	MF	Bryan Cristante	23	Atalanta	Transfer	Summer	€9.5M	A Bola
—	MF	Talisca	24	Guangzhou Evergrande	Loan	Summer	€5.8M	Guangzhou CMVM
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez	27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	Summer	€3M	Wolves CMVM
90	MF	João Carvalho	21	Nottingham Forest	Transfer	Summer	€15M	Forest Benfica
84	FW	Diogo Gonçalves	21	Nottingham Forest	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Forest Benfica
—	MF	André Horta	21	Los Angeles FC	Transfer	Summer	€5.2M	LA FC CMVM
13	GK	Paulo Lopes	40	Retirement	Contract termination	Summer	—	Record
19	DF	Eliseu	34	Unattached	Contract termination	Summer	—	SAPO Desporto
40	MF	João Teixeira	24	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	Free	A Bola
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	25	Argentinos Juniors	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Argentinos Juniors
—	MF	André Carrillo	27	Al-Hilal	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Al-Hilal
—	MF	Salvador Agra	26	Cádiz	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Cádiz
77	MF	João Amaral	26	Lech Poznań	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Lech Poznań
26	MF	Ola John	26	Vitória de Guimarães	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Benfica Vitória
95	MF	Chiquinho	23	Moreirense	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	A Bola
91	FW	Heriberto Tavares	21	Moreirense	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Maisfutebol
—	DF	César	25	Unattached	Contract termination	Summer	—	Diário de Notícias
28	DF	Lisandro López	28	Genoa	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	Benfica
4	DF	Luisão	37	Retirement	Contract termination	—	—	Benfica
—	MF	Talisca	24	Guangzhou Evergrande	Transfer	Winter	€19.2M	CMVM
—	MF	Óscar Benítez	25	Atlético San Luis	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Record
—	MF	Salvador Agra	27	Legia Warsaw	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Legia Warsaw
55	MF	Keaton Parks	21	New York City FC	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica NYC FC
38	DF	Marcelo Hermes	23	Cruzeiro	Transfer	Winter	Free	Super FC
12	GK	Bruno Varela	24	Ajax	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Benfica Ajax
28	DF	Lisandro López	29	Boca Juniors	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	Boca Juniors
16	MF	Alfa Semedo	21	RCD Espanyol	Loan	Winter	€0.4M	Espanyol A Bola
19	FW	Facundo Ferreyra	27	RCD Espanyol	Loan	Winter	€2M	Espanyol A Bola
30	FW	Nicolás Castillo	25	Club América	Transfer	Winter	€7M	América A Bola
25	DF	Cristian Lema	28	Peñarol	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	A Bola
47	MF	Erdal Rakip	22	Malmö FF	Transfer	Winter	€0.5M	Malmö Record
9	FW	Raúl Jiménez	27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	€38M	Wolves CMVM
35	FW	Luka Jović	21	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€6M	Eintracht A Bola

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar	11	0	0+1	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
72	GK	RUS	Ivan Zlobin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	GRE	Odisseas Vlachodimos	50	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Germán Conti	10	1	2+2	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	54	7	34	4	4	0	1	0	10	2	4+1	1
6	DF	POR	Rúben Dias	55	4	32	3	5	0	3	0	9	0	6	1
7	DF	FRA	Sébastien Corchia	8	0	1+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	POR	Yuri Ribeiro	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	37	3	19	2	4	0	4	0	8	1	2	0
34	DF	POR	André Almeida	53	2	33	2	3	0	4	0	10	0	3	0
97	DF	POR	Ferro	18	3	13	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Midfielders
5	MF	SRB	Ljubomir Fejsa	33	0	17+1	0	2	0	1	0	9	0	3	0
8	MF	BRA	Gabriel	34	1	14+3	0	6	1	1+2	0	2+2	0	2+2	0
11	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi	38	5	13+7	4	0+2	0	1+1	0	7+3	1	3+1	0
17	MF	SRB	Andrija Živković	30	0	6+10	0	4	0	2	0	1+4	0	2+1	0
18	MF	ARG	Eduardo Salvio	28	6	7+7	2	1+1	0	1+2	1	7	2	1+1	1
20	MF	CRO	Filip Krovinović	9	0	0+4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	MF	POR	Pizzi	55	15	34	13	3+1	0	3	0	9+1	2	2+2	0
22	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris	26	2	16+2	2	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
27	MF	POR	Rafa Silva	44	21	21+5	17	2+2	2	2	2	4+3	0	3+2	0
49	MF	MAR	Adel Taarabt	7	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF	POR	Florentino Luís	14	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
83	MF	POR	Gedson Fernandes	46	3	11+11	0	1+3	1	3+1	0	9+1	2	5+1	0
Forwards
10	FW	BRA	Jonas	31	15	10+12	11	2+1	2	0+1	0	2	1	1+2	1
14	FW	SUI	Haris Seferovic	51	27	20+9	23	5	0	4	2	5+3	1	4+1	1
73	FW	POR	Jota	6	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
79	FW	POR	João Félix	45	18	21+7	13	4+2	1	2	1	1+2	0	5+1	3
Players who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	POR	Bruno Varela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo	16	1	0+5	0	3	0	2+1	0	1+4	1	0	0
19	FW	ARG	Facundo Ferreyra	9	1	3+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
25	DF	ARG	Cristian Lema	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	CHI	Nicolás Castillo	11	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	0+3	0	1+2	0	0	0

Position	Name
Head coach	Bruno Lage
Assistant coaches	Nélson Veríssimo Minervino Pietra Marco Pedroso
Video analyst	Jhony Conceição
Fitness coach	Alexandre Silva
Goalkeeping coach	Fernando Ferreira

2018–19_S.L._Benfica_season

2018–19 S.L. Benfica season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Appearances and goals

Technical staff

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Primeira Liga

League table

Results by round

Matches

Taça de Portugal

Taça da Liga

Third round

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

References

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10 July 2018 Torneio Internacional do Sado	Benfica	3–0 (4–3^[14] p)	Napredak Kruševac	Setúbal, Portugal
19:00 WEST	Castillo 18' Jardel 22', 41'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 2,000^[15] Referee: André Narciso (Setúbal)^[16]
	Penalties
	Chiquinho Lema Jonas Ferreyra Parks		Vukanović Boranijašević Markoski Rušević Petrović

13 July 2018 Torneio Internacional do Sado	Vitória de Setúbal	1–1	Benfica	Setúbal, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Semedo 37' Fernandes 54'	Report	Jonas 31' Ferreyra 33' Semedo 81'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,000^[17] Referee: João Malheiro Pinto (Lisbon)

21 July 2018 Friendly	Sevilla	0–1	Benfica	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Arana 60' Mesa 73'	Report	Castillo 57' Dias 73'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4,400^[18] Referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland)

25 July 2018 International Champions Cup	Borussia Dortmund	2–2 (3–4 p)	Benfica	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
20:05 EDT	Philipp 20', 22' Achraf 64' Pieper 90+1'	Report	Živković 17' Grimaldo 28' Almeida 51' Semedo 69'	Stadium: Heinz Field Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
	Penalties
	Wolf Gómez Burnić Sancho Isak		Lema Jonas Ferreyra Samaris Salvio

28 July 2018 International Champions Cup	Benfica	1–1 (2–4 p)	Juventus	Harrison, New Jersey, United States
13:05 EDT	Grimaldo 65' Parks 83'	Report	Clemenza 84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 24,194 Referee: José Carlos Rivero (United States)
	Penalties
	Parks Jonas Samaris Félix		Fagioli Can Beltrame Alex Sandro

1 August 2018 International Champions Cup / Eusébio Cup	Benfica	2–3	Lyon	Faro and Loulé, Portugal
21:05 WEST	Pizzi 59' Marcelo 64' (o.g.)	Report	Memphis 24' Marcelo 41' Traoré 45' Terrier 83'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 17,510 Referee: Hélder Malheiro (Portugal)

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	10 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	1st	34	28	3	3	103	31	+72	082.35
Taça de Portugal	18 October 2018	3 April 2019	3rd round	Semi-finals	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	083.33
Taça da Liga	15 September 2018	22 January 2019	Group stage	Semi-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
UEFA Champions League	7 August 2018	12 December 2018	Third qualifying round	Group stage (3rd)	10	4	3	3	13	14	−1	040.00
UEFA Europa League	14 February 2019	18 April 2019	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total					60	42	8	10	140	59	+81	070.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	34	28	3	3	103	31	+72	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Porto	34	27	4	3	74	20	+54	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	5	6	72	33	+39	74	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Braga	34	21	4	9	56	37	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Vitória de Guimarães	34	15	7	12	46	34	+12	52^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

10 August 2018 1	Benfica	3–2	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Pizzi 9', 30', 38'	Report	Boyd 58' Rafa 67' André 75' Celis 81' 86' Wakaso 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 55,219 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

2 November 2018 9	Benfica	1–3	Moreirense	Lisbon
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 2' 55' Dias 73' Jardel 76'	Report	Chiquinho 4' Pedro Nuno 16' Loum 36' 75' Ivanildo 74' Lima 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 47,216 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

23 December 2018 14	Benfica	6–2	Braga	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Pizzi 19' Jardel 40' Grimaldo 48' Jonas 54' Dias 57' Cervi 63' Almeida 67'	Report	Esgaio 15' Sousa 51' Goiano 52' Novais 74' Fransérgio 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 57,842 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

2 January 2019 15	Portimonense	2–0	Benfica	Portimão
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Dias 12' (o.g.) Jardel 38' (o.g.) Paulinho 63' Martínez 79'	Report	Cervi 22' Jonas 63' 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 5,884 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

6 January 2019 16	Benfica	4–2	Rio Ave	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Seferovic 26' 70' Félix 30' 31' 63' Almeida 46' Fejsa 88'	Report	Gabrielzinho 16' Moreira 19' 36' Nadjack 30' Matheus Reis 57'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,281 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

19 August 2018 2	Boavista	0–2	Benfica	Porto
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Espinho 39' Mateus 58' Talocha 71' Costa 80'	Report	Ferreyra 34' Fernandes 52' Pizzi 61'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 15,189 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

26 August 2018 3	Benfica	1–1	Sporting CP	Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Ferreyra 44' Dias 62' Živković 82' Félix 86' Grimaldo 90+1'	Report	Ristovski 24' Nani 64' (pen.) Petrović 86' Salin 90+4' Battaglia 90+7' Coates 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,486 Referee: Luís Godinho (Évora)

2 September 2018 4	Nacional	0–4	Benfica	Funchal
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Marakis 34'	Report	Seferovic 28' Salvio 45' Semedo 49' Jardel 51' Cervi 67' Grimaldo 76' Silva 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 4,793 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

23 September 2018 5	Benfica	2–0	Desportivo das Aves	Lisbon
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Félix 34' Cervi 61' Dias 85'	Report	Costa 54' El Adoua 60' Derley 77' Falcão 89'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,606 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

27 September 2018 6	Chaves	2–2	Benfica	Chaves
21:15 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Perdigão 21' Marcão 30' Ghazaryan 75', 90+4' Djavan 82'	Report	Silva 3', 84' Gabriel 51' Conti 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira Attendance: 7,783 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

7 October 2018 7	Benfica	1–0	Porto	Lisbon
17:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Grimaldo 9' Lema 32' 83' Seferovic 62' Silva 76'	Report	Casillas 20' Otávio 47' Pereira 56' Herrera 59' Brahimi 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,567 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)

27 October 2018 8	Belenenses SAD	2–0	Benfica	Oeiras
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Reinildo 31' Keita 32' 42' Eduardo 36'	Report	Jardel 45' Fejsa 78'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 10,635 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

11 November 2018 10	Tondela	1–3	Benfica	Tondela
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Conti 1' (o.g.) Xavier 23' Tomané 38' Bruno 51' 54' Ícaro 84'	Report	Jonas 9' Silva 17' 75' Cervi 22' Fejsa 62' Seferovic 64'	Stadium: Estádio João Cardoso Attendance: 4,755 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

1 December 2018 11	Benfica	4–0	Feirense	Lisbon
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Silva 3' 67' Jonas 48' 48' Nascimento 57' (o.g.) Seferovic 88'	Report	Alphonse 30' Silva 34'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 44,547 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

9 December 2018 12	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1	Benfica	Setúbal
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Cristiano 11' Mano 44' Pinto 73'	Report	Pizzi 16' Jonas 17' 44' Almeida 41' Fernandes 82'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

16 December 2018 13	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Correa 25' Abedzadeh 45+1' Zainadine 57' Baiano 65' Danny 67'	Report	Jonas 45+2' (pen.) Jardel 70' Cervi 86' Almeida 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 9,830 Referee: João Pinheiro (Braga)

12 January 2019 17	Santa Clara	0–2	Benfica	Ponta Delgada
18:00 WET (UTC-01:00)	Patrick 8' Carvalho 20' Cardoso 40' Candé 79'	Report	Seferovic 22' Dias 25' Fejsa 35' Jardel 48' 61'	Stadium: Estádio de São Miguel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)

18 January 2019 18	Vitória de Guimarães	0–1	Benfica	Guimarães
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Sacko 70' Rafa 77' André 84' Wakaso 90+5'	Report	Conti 50' Seferovic 81' Almeida 84'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 22,841 Referee: Tiago Martins (Lisbon)

29 January 2019 19	Benfica	5–1	Boavista	Lisbon
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00)	Félix 9' Pizzi 28' Seferovic 54' 73' Grimaldo 87'	Report	Talocha 42' Neris 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 41,352 Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

3 February 2019 20	Sporting CP	2–4	Benfica	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jefferson 23' Fernandes 28' 43' Gudelj 60' Ribeiro 72' Raphinha 83' Dost 89' (pen.)	Report	Seferovic 11' Pizzi 28' 73' (pen.) Félix 36' Dias 46' Gabriel 61' Vlachodimos 85'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 45,503 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

10 February 2019 21	Benfica	10–0	Nacional	Lisbon
17:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Grimaldo 1' Samaris 19' Seferovic 21' 27' Félix 50' Pizzi 54' (pen) Ferro 55' Dias 64' Jonas 84' 90' Silva 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 54,810 Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

18 February 2019 22	Desportivo das Aves	0–3	Benfica	Vila das Aves
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Diego Galo 71'	Report	Seferovic 2' Silva 36' Dias 56' Ferro 59' 64' Samaris 71' Almeida 89'	Stadium: Estádio do CD Aves Attendance: 5,159 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)

25 February 2019 23	Benfica	4–0	Chaves	Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Silva 19' 65' Félix 37' Seferovic 44' Jonas 75' 89' Gabriel 87'	Report	Maraš 59' Melo 75' Campi 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,897 Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)

2 March 2019 24	Porto	1–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Adrián 19' Otávio 77' Felipe 80'	Report	Dias 17' Félix 26' Silva 52' Ferro 54' Samaris 60' Gabriel 77' 77' Vlachodimos 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,220 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)

11 March 2019 25	Benfica	2–2	Belenenses SAD	Lisbon
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00)	Jonas 55' Samaris 63'	Report	Santos 25' Eduardo 51' 90+4' Viana 68' 82' Kikas 70' Coelho 72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 52,158 Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)