2011–12 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2011–12 season
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Head coach	Jorge Jesus
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Liga	2nd
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
Taça da Liga	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Óscar Cardozo (20); All: Óscar Cardozo (28)
Highest home attendance	63,822 v Manchester United; (14 September 2011)
Lowest home attendance	14,453 v Santa Clara; (18 January 2012)
Average home league attendance	42,530
Biggest win	União de Leiria 0–4 Benfica; (8 January 2012); Benfica 5–1 Rio Ave; (16 December 2011)
Biggest defeat	1 goal difference in 7 matches
Home colours	Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 108th season in existence and the club's 78th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It involved Benfica competing in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and the UEFA Champions League. Benfica qualified for the Champions League by finishing second in the previous Primeira Liga.

In Jesus' third season at the helm of the club, he tried to implement a more balanced system, with Axel Witsel replacing Pablo Aimar as a more central midfielder, with Aimar pushed as to second striker role, to give more defensive support than Javier Saviola. Nicolás Gaitán was moved to the right, with Bruno César and Nolito alternating on the left. Rodrigo eventually gained his space in the starting eleven, replacing Aimar.^[2]^[3]^[4]

This season, Benfica placed first in their UEFA Champions League group, later reaching the competition's quarter-finals, and won their fourth Taça da Liga by defeating Gil Vicente.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

9 July 2011 (2011-07-09) Friendly	Benfica	9–1	Fribourg Regional Team	Fribourg, Switzerland
19:45 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 15', 21', 30', 43' Saviola 39' (pen.) Gaitán 41' Nolito 51' Rodrigo 58' Vítor 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard Referee: Stephan Klossner

10 July 2011 (2011-07-10) Friendly	Servette	1–1	Benfica	Geneva, Switzerland
19:45 CET (UTC+01)	Vitkieviez 25'	Report	Gaitán 11'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 12,699

12 July 2011 (2011-07-12) Friendly	Dijon	2–1	Benfica	Nyon, Switzerland
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cacérès 40' Courgnaud 72'	Report	Urretavizcaya 90+1'	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

15 July 2011 (2011-07-15) Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Faro, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 11' Jara 89' Saviola 89'	Report	Nenê 14'	Stadium: Estádio do Algarve Referee: João Ferreira

17 July 2011 (2011-07-17) Guadiana Trophy	Benfica	2–2	Anderlecht	Faro, Portugal
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola 16' Urretavizcaya 58'	Report	Lukaku 27' Suárez 45+1'	Stadium: Estádio do Algarve Referee: Duarte Gomes

20 July 2011 (2011-07-20) Friendly	Benfica	1–0	Toulouse	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Jardel 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,416 Referee: Hugo Miguel

6 August 2011 Eusébio Cup	Benfica	2–1	Arsenal	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)	Aimar 50' Nolito 60'	Report	Van Persie 34'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,833 Referee: Duarte Gomes

Primeira Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	30	23	6	1	69	19	+50	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	30	21	6	3	66	27	+39	69	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Braga	30	19	5	6	59	29	+30	62	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Sporting CP	30	18	5	7	47	26	+21	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Marítimo	30	14	8	8	41	38	+3	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: LPFP (in Portuguese)
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.
(Note: LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[8]
(C) Champions

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W
Position	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ForaDeJogo.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 August 2011 1	Gil Vicente	2–2	Benfica	Barcelos
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Vieira 37' 77' Laionel 74' Vilela 76'	Report	Nolito 7' Saviola 20'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Attendance: 12,008 Referee: João Ferreira

20 August 2011 2	Benfica	3–1	Feirense	Lisbon
20:45 CET (UTC+01)	Nolito 14' Cardozo 75' Bruno César 90+1' Saviola 90+3'	Report	Cunha 46' Rabiola 53' Luciano 61' Sténio 70' Ludovic 83'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,856 Referee: Hugo Pacheco

29 August 2011 3	Nacional	0–2	Benfica	Funchal
21:45 CET (UTC+01)	Aurélio 49' 62' Danielson 52' Lopes 67' Costa 78'	Report	Cardozo 22' 41' Emerson 54' García 60' Bruno César 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

10 September 2011 4	Benfica	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 33' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Garay 69' Emerson 84' Pereira 88' Artur 90'	Report	Alex 20' João Paulo 35' El Adoua 38' Teles 43' N'Diaye 45' Silva 63' Alves 80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 38,917 Referee: Vasco Santos

18 September 2011 5	Benfica	4–1	Académica de Coimbra	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Bruno César 9' 26' Nolito 42', 90+1' 74' Pereira 77' Aimar 82'	Report	Sow 7' Danilo 40' Adrien 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 32,191 Referee: Vasco Santos

23 September 2011 6	Porto	2–2	Benfica	Porto
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Otamendi 9' 51' Kléber 37' 77' Fucile 43' Pereira 57' Fernando 78' Moutinho 90+1'	Report	Luisão 40' García 40' Cardozo 43' 47' Gaitán 82' Bruno César 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 49,511 Referee: Jorge Sousa

1 October 2011 7	Benfica	4–1	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Saviola 22', 43' Matić 45+1' Luisão 51' 65' Gaitán 52' Nolito 66' 88'	Report	Melgarejo 8' Michel 51' (pen.) Josué 54' Luisinho 68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,467 Referee: Bruno Esteves

22 October 2011 8	Beira-Mar	0–1	Benfica	Aveiro
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Joãozinho 13' Coelho 49' Tavares 70' Moreira 70'	Report	Bruno César 11' Cardozo 42' Saviola 45+1' Matić 59' Amorim 71'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Attendance: 17,845 Referee: Paulo Baptista

29 October 2011 9	Benfica	2–1	Olhanense	Lisbon
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Rodrigo 1', 13' Luisão 52'	Report	Eduardo 48' Djalmir 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,319 Referee: Marco Ferreira

6 November 2011 10	Braga	1–1	Benfica	Braga
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Mahamat 7' Lima 45' (pen.) Viana 60' Mossoró 72' Alan 79'	Report	Emerson 45' García 55' Rodrigo 73' Garay 76' Amorim 82'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 18,688 Referee: Pedro Proença

26 November 2011 11	Benfica	1–0	Sporting CP	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	García 42' Aimar 45+2' Cardozo 48' 63'	Report	Elias 2' Carriço 21' Van Wolfswinkel 48' Carrillo 81' Santos 84' Schaars 87'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,146 Referee: João Capela

11 December 2011 12	Marítimo	0–1	Benfica	Funchal
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Roberto 39' Miranda 40' Olberdam 42' 47'	Report	García 29' Emerson 40' Aimar 50' Pereira 63' Cardozo 85' Jardel 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa

16 December 2011 13	Benfica	5–1	Rio Ave	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Pereira 22' Cardozo 34' (pen.) Nolito 36', 72' Saviola 45' Garay 48' Witsel 64'	Report	Bruno China 9' Atsu 25' Éder 33' Kelvin 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,996 Referee: Bruno Esteves

8 January 2012 14	União de Leiria	0–4	Benfica	Marinha Grande
19:15 CET (UTC+01)	Djaniny 25'	Report	Bruno César 10' Cardozo 48' García 62' Rodrigo 73', 76' Luisão 87'	Stadium: Municipal da Marinha Grande Attendance: 8,378 Referee: Cosme Machado

14 January 2012 15	Benfica	4–1	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Nolito 24' Cardozo 33', 45' 39' 85' Matić 73'	Report	Neca 6' Silva 39' Santos 39' Tengarrinha 53'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,155 Referee: Hélder Malheiro

22 January 2012 16	Benfica	3–1	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 27' Rodrigo 72' 88' Aimar 74'	Report	Galo 40' Daniel 53' Cunha 71' Luís Manuel 71'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 45,214 Referee: Marco Ferreira

28 January 2012 17	Feirense	1–2	Benfica	Santa Maria da Feira
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	De Freitas 6' Varela 50' 72' Ludovic 72'	Report	García 36' Varela 54' (o.g.) Artur 57' Cardozo 73' (pen.) Pereira 82'	Stadium: Estádio Marcolino de Castro Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Rui Costa

11 February 2012 18	Benfica	4–1	Nacional	Lisbon
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Garay 9' Cardozo 21' Rodrigo 39', 61' Witsel 51'	Report	Todorović 15' Claudemir 29' (pen.) 58' Barcelos 65' Neto 78' Danielson 81' Candeias 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,238 Referee: Jorge Sousa

20 February 2012 19	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Benfica	Guimarães
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	João Paulo 26' Toscano 32' 37' Alves 78'	Report	Pereira 19' Matić 36' Aimar 67' Witsel 71' Luisão 76'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 19,052 Referee: Carlos Xistra

25 February 2012 20	Académica de Coimbra	0–0	Benfica	Coimbra
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Diogo 36' Ferreira 64' Cédric 82' Adrien 90+1' Peiser 90+7'	Report	Matić 45+1' Pereira 60' Nolito 90+7'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 14,011 Referee: Hugo Miguel

2 March 2012 21	Benfica	2–3	Porto	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 42', 48' 45+1' Emerson 63' 77' M. Pereira 90+4'	Report	Hulk 7' 90+2' Rolando 21' Á. Pereira 24' Djalma 29' Rodríguez 64' Maicon 87' Helton 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,222 Referee: Pedro Proença

11 March 2012 22	Paços de Ferreira	1–2	Benfica	Paços de Ferreira
19:15 CET (UTC+01)	Michel 22' 76' 28' Luíz Carlos 67' Ricardo 89'	Report	García 10' Bruno César 42' 68' Luisão 49' Gaitán 63' Oliveira 83' Pereira 85' Artur 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Bruno Esteves

16 March 2012 23	Benfica	3–1	Beira-Mar	Lisbon
22:15 CET (UTC+01)	Cardozo 26', 48' Gaitán 44' Bruno César 61' Witsel 88'	Report	Cássio 90+1'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 33,986 Referee: Manuel Mota

23 March 2012 24	Olhanense	0–0	Benfica	Olhão
21:45 CET (UTC+01)	Agra 32' Maurício 64' Toy 81' Vinha 83' Meza 89'	Report	Emerson 32' Aimar 63' Jardel 64' Oliveira 90+5'	Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo Attendance: 4,842 Referee: João Capela

31 March 2012 25	Benfica	2–1	Braga	Lisbon
22:15 CET (UTC+01)	Vítor 32' Luisão 65' Witsel 77' (pen.) Bruno César 90+2'	Report	Douglão 13' Elderson 82'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 49,078 Referee: João Ferreira

9 April 2012 26	Sporting CP	1–0	Benfica	Lisbon
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Van Wolfswinkel 18' (pen.) Schaars 40' Xandão 45' Pereira 64' Polga 69' Elias 81' Carriço 81'	Report	Luisão 17' 90' García 28' Oliveira 64' Nolito 75' Witsel 80'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 47,409 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

21 April 2012 27	Benfica	4–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
18:00 CET (UTC+01)	Nolito 15', 19' Rodrigo 65' Bruno César 69' Capdevila 90'	Report	Roberto 25' Sami 34' 52'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 40,099 Referee: Bruno Paixão

29 April 2012 28	Rio Ave	2–2	Benfica	Vila do Conde
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Atsu 8' Pinto 16' Gaspar 40' Yazalde 51' Kelvin 66' Braga 72'	Report	Pereira 37' Nolito 37' 53' Cardozo 40' (pen.) Matić 43' Capdevila 55' García 78'	Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

5 May 2012 29	Benfica	1–0	União de Leiria	Lisbon
21:30 CET (UTC+01)	Garay 14' Bruno César 21' Pereira 26' Almeida 87'	Report	Ogu 37'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 30,070 Referee: Rui Costa

12 May 2012 30	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	Benfica	Setúbal
19:30 CET (UTC+01)	Lopes 12' Santos 36' Neca 56' Suswam 73'	Report	Matić 31' Bruno César 34', 62' 57' Cardozo 90'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Attendance: 5,590 Referee: Jorge Sousa

Taça de Portugal

14 October 2011 Third round	Portimonense	0–2	Benfica	Portimão
21:15 CET (UTC+01)		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão

18 November 2011 Fourth round	Naval 1º de Maio	0–1	Benfica	Figueira da Foz
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Godinho 50'	Report	Nolito 63' Mora 73' Rodrigo 83'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

2 December 2011 Fifth round	Marítimo	2–1	Benfica	Funchal
21:15 CET (UTC+01)	Briguel 25' Dias 28' Roberto 60' Sami 70' João Guilherme 79' Miranda 90'	Report	Saviola 26' (pen.) Gaitán 39'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paulo Baptista

Taça da Liga

Group stage

3 January 2012 1	Vitória de Guimarães	1–4	Benfica	Guimarães
20:45	João Paulo 48'	Report	Witsel 11' Cardozo 65', 83' Rodrigo 88'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 7,237 Referee: Bruno Paixão

18 January 2012 2	Benfica	2–0	Santa Clara	Lisbon
20:15	Oliveira 68' Witsel 75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 14,453 Referee: Rui Silva

5 February 2012 3	Benfica	3–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:30	Oliveira 13' Rodrigo 72', 80'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 19,594 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Knockout phase

20 March 2012 Semi-finals	Benfica	3–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:45	Pereira 4' Nolito 43' Cardozo 77'	Report	González 8' Mangala 17'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 28,553 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

14 April 2012 Final	Benfica	2–1	Gil Vicente	Coimbra
20:45	Rodrigo 31' Gaitán 81' Saviola 83' 85' Bruno César 85'	Report	Luís Manuel 50' Zé Luís 79' Cláudio 85'	Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Attendance: 23,452 Referee: Jorge Sousa

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

27 July 2011 First leg	Benfica	2–0	Trabzonspor	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Nolito 71' Gaitán 88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 37,341^[9] Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

3 August 2011 Second leg	Trabzonspor	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Benfica	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Paulo Henrique 32'	Report	Nolito 19'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium⁹ Attendance: 32,060^[10] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Play-off round

16 August 2011 First leg	Twente	2–2	Benfica	Enschede, Netherlands
20:45	De Jong 6' Ruiz 80'	Report	Cardozo 21' Nolito 35'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000^[11] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

24 August 2011 Second leg	Benfica	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Twente	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Witsel 46', 66' Luisão 59'	Report	Ruiz 85'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,353^[12] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group stage

Group C
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
Basel	6	3	2	1	11	10	+1	11
Manchester United	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
Oțelul Galați	6	0	0	6	3	11	−8	0

14 September 2011 1	Benfica	1–1	Manchester United	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Cardozo 24'	Report	Giggs 42'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 63,822^[13] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

27 September 2011 2	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Benfica	Bucharest, Romania¹
20:45		Report	Bruno César 40'	Stadium: Stadionul Național Attendance: 6,824^[14] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

18 October 2011 3	Basel	0–2	Benfica	Basel, Switzerland
20:45		Report	Bruno César 20' Cardozo 75'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 35,831^[15] Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

2 November 2011 4	Benfica	1–1	Basel	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Rodrigo 4'	Report	Huggel 64'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 39,270^[16] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

22 November 2011 5	Manchester United	2–2	Benfica	Manchester, England
20:45	Berbatov 30' Fletcher 59'	Report	Jones 3' (o.g.) Aimar 61'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,873^[17] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

7 December 2011 6	Benfica	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Cardozo 7'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,155^[18] Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

15 February 2012 First leg	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–2	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00	Shirokov 27', 88' Semak 71'	Report	Pereira 21' Cardozo 87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,200^[19] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

6 March 2012 Second leg	Benfica	2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:45	Pereira 45+1' Oliveira 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,909 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Quarter-finals

27 March 2012 First leg	Benfica	0–1	Chelsea	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 GMT	Bruno César 26' Luisão 67' García 75'	Report	Meireles 18' Kalou 75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

4 April 2012 Second leg	Chelsea	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Benfica	London, England
19:45 GMT	Lampard 21' (pen.) Ivanović 38' Ramires 44' Mikel 79' Meireles 90+2'	Report	Cardozo 19' Bruno César 20' Pereira 20' 40' Aimar 27' García 85'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 37,264 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovakia)

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Liga	12 August 2011	12 May 2012	30	21	6	3	66	27	+39	070.00
Taça de Portugal	14 October 2011	2 December 2011	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Taça da Liga	3 January 2012	14 April 2012	5	5	0	0	14	4	+10	100.00
UEFA Champions League	27 July 2011	4 April 2012	14	6	5	3	21	14	+7	042.86
Total ^[20]			52	34	11	7	105	47	+58	065.38

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Portuguese Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Artur	47	-43	29	-26	0	0	4	-3	14	-14
39	GK	POR	Mika	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK	POR	Eduardo	9	-7	1	-1	3	-2	5	-4	0	0
Defenders
14	DF	URU	Maxi Pereira	43	3	25	0	1	0	4	1	13	2
22	DF	POR	André Almeida	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Luisão	41	2	25	1	2	0	2	0	12	1
33	DF	BRA	Jardel	18	0	10	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay	41	2	24	2	3	0	3	0	11	0
27	DF	POR	Miguel Vítor	10	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
38	DF	ESP	Joan Capdevila	12	0	5	0	2	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF	BRA	Emerson	39	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
36	DF	POR	Luís Martins	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Javi García	39	2	22	1	1	0	4	0	12	1
21	DF	SRB	Nemanja Matić	30	1	16	1	2	0	2	0	10	0
5	MF	POR	Ruben Amorim	14	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
10	MF	ARG	Pablo Aimar	42	3	24	2	2	0	4	0	12	1
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel	49	5	29	1	2	0	4	2	14	2
35	MF	ARG	Enzo Pérez	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	POR	David Simão	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	POR	Rúben Pinto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Bruno César	44	13	26	10	2	1	4	0	12	2
12	FW	POR	Yannick Djaló	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF	ARG	Nicolás Gaitán	44	4	25	3	1	0	4	0	14	1
9	MF	ESP	Nolito	48	15	29	11	3	0	4	1	12	3
Strikers
7	FW	PAR	Óscar Cardozo	45	28	29	20	0	0	4	3	12	5
11	FW	ARG	Franco Jara	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	POR	Nélson Oliveira	22	3	12	0	3	0	5	2	2	1
19	FW	ESP	Rodrigo	38	16	22	9	3	2	4	4	9	1
30	FW	ARG	Javier Saviola	31	6	18	4	2	1	5	1	6	0
22	FW	URU	Rodrigo Mora	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Source	Notes
1	GK	Artur	30	Braga	Transfer	2016	€200,000	N/A
28	MF	Axel Witsel	22	Standard Liège	Transfer	2017	€6,500,000	N/A
24	DF	Ezequiel Garay	24	Real Madrid	Transfer	2016	€5,500,000	N/A
8	MF	Bruno César	22	Corinthians	Transfer	2016	€5,300,000	N/A
21	MF	Nemanja Matić	22	Chelsea	Transfer	2016	€7,614,350	N/A	Transfer of David Luiz
35	MF	Enzo Pérez	25	Estudiantes La Plata	Transfer	2016	€5,500,000	N/A
3	DF	Emerson	25	Lille	Transfer	2015	€2,000,000	N/A
38	DF	Joan Capdevila	33	Villarreal	Transfer	2013	€1,000,000	N/A
39	GK	Mika	20	União de Leiria	Transfer	2016	€500,000	N/A
#	DF	Lorenzo Melgarejo	20	Independiente FBC	Transfer	2015	€750,000	N/A
9	MF	Nolito	24	Barcelona B	Transfer	2016	Free	N/A
34	DF	André Almeida	20	Belenenses	Transfer	2016	€1,100,000	N/A
22	FW	Rodrigo Mora	23	Defensor	Transfer	2015	€780,000	N/A
47	GK	Eduardo	28	Genoa	Loan	2012	Free	N/A
#	MF	Nuno Coelho	23	Académica de Coimbra	Transfer	2014	€100,000	N/A
#	DF	Daniel Wass	22	Brøndby	Transfer	2015	Free	N/A
36	DF	Luís Martins	19	Benfica U19	Promoted	2016	Free	N/A
37	MF	Rúben Pinto	19	Benfica U19	Promoted	2015	Free	N/A
26	MF	David Simão	21	Paços Ferreira	Loan return	2015	Free	N/A
#	DF	Marco Zoro	27	Universitatea Craiova	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	DF	José Shaffer	24	Banfield	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Jonathan Urretavizcaya	21	Peñarol	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Freddy Adu	22	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	Javier Balboa	26	Albacete	Loan Return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	Marcel	29	Vasco da Gama	Loan return	2011	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	21	Beira-Mar	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	GK	Jan Oblak	18	Olhanense	Loan return	2015	Free	N/A
3	DF	Fábio Faria	22	Real Valladolid	Loan return	2014	Free	N/A
#	DF	Abel Pereira	22	Gondomar	Loan return	2013	Free
#	FW	Evandro Brandão	20	Gondomar	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	20	Casa Pia	Loan return	2012	Free
#	DF	Hassan Yebda	27	Napoli	Loan Return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	Rodrigo	20	Bolton Wanderers	Loan return	2016	Free	N/A
#	FW	Nélson Oliveira	19	Paços Ferreira	Loan return	2018	Free	N/A
#	FW	José Coelho	21	Fátima	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ivan Santos	22	Espinho	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	FW	André Carvalhas	22	Fátima	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	22	Belenenses	Loan return	2015	Free	N/A
#	MF	Lassana Camará	19	Servette	Loan Return	2013	Free	N/A
#	FW	André Soares	21	Servette	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	MF	Leandro Pimenta	20	Fátima	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	DF	Mário Rui	20	Fátima	Loan return	2013	Free	N/A
#	DF	Miguel Vítor	22	Leicester City	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A
#	DF	Jorge Ribeiro	29	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan return	2012	Free	N/A

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type of Transfer	Contract Ends	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
12	MF	Yannick Djaló	25	-	Transfer	2015	€250,000
34	DF	André Almeida	21	União de Leiria	Loan return	2015	Free	N/A

Spend : €27,050,000

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
18	DF	Fábio Coentrão	23	Real Madrid	Transfer	€30,000,000	N/A
12	GK	Roberto	25	Real Zaragoza	Transfer	€8,600,000	CMVM
1	GK	José Moreira	29	Swansea City	Transfer	€850,000	N/A
21	FW	Nuno Gomes	34	Braga	Transfer	Free	N/A
22	DF	Luís Filipe	32	Olhanense	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	DF	Marco Zoro	27	-	Contract Terminated	Free	N/A
#	FW	Freddy Adu	22	Philadelphia Union	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	Marcel	29	Suwon Bluewings	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	Weldon	30	CFR Cluj	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	DF	Abel Pereira	22	Doxa	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	Evandro Brandão	20	Videoton	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	DF	Hassan Yebda	27	Granada	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	DF	Jorge Ribeiro	29	Granada	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ivan Santos	22	Oliveirense	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	André Carvalhas	22	Trofense	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	MF	Lassana Camará	19	Real Valladolid	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	André Soares	21	Marítimo B	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	DF	Mário Rui	20	Parma	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	Javier Balboa	26	Beira-Mar	Transfer	Free	N/A
24	DF	Lionel Carole	20	Sedan	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Daniel Wass	22	Evian	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	José Luis Fernández	23	Estudiantes La Plata	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Lorenzo Melgarejo	20	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Fábio Faria	22	Paços de Ferreira	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	Nuno Coelho	23	Beira-Mar	Loan	Free	N/A
34	DF	André Almeida	20	União de Leiria	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	José Shaffer	24	União de Leiria	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	Elvis	20	Leiria	Loan	Free	N/A
#	GK	Jan Oblak	18	Leiria	Loan	Free	N/A
#	FW	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	21	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	Free	N/A
#	FW	Hélio Vaz	20	Atlético CP	Loan	Free	N/A
#	FW	José Coelho	21	Atlético CP	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	Leandro Pimenta	20	Atlético CP	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	Miguel Rosa	22	Belenenses	Loan	Free	N/A
#	FW	Franco Jara	22	Granada	Loan	€400,000	N/A
#	MF	Carlos Martins	29	Granada	Loan	€500,000	N/A
#	GK	Júlio César	24	Granada	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Sidnei	21	Beşiktaş	Loan	€200,000	N/A
#	MF	Airton	21	Flamengo	Loan	€300,000	N/A
#	FW	Alan Kardec	22	Santos	Loan	Free	N/A
#	FW	Ishmael Yartey	21	Servette	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Roderick	20	Servette	Loan	Free	N/A
#	MF	Eduardo Salvio	20	Atlético Madrid	Loan Return	Free	N/A

Winter

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type of transfer	Transfer fee	Source
25	DF	César Peixoto	31	Gil Vicente	Transfer	Free	N/A
#	FW	José Coelho	21	Sheriff Tiraspol	Transfer	Free	N/A
5	MF	Ruben Amorim	26	Braga	Loan	Free	N/A
35	MF	Enzo Pérez	25	Estudiantes La Plata	Loan	€300,000	N/A
22	FW	Rodrigo Mora	24	Peñarol	Loan	Free	N/A
26	MF	David Simão	21	Académica de Coimbra	Loan	Free	N/A
#	DF	Fábio Faria	22	Rio Ave	Loan	Free	N/A

Transfer income: €41,150,000

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: €27,050,000

Winter: €0,000,000

Total: €27,050,000

Income

Summer: €40,850,000

Winter: €300,000

Total: €41,150,000

Expenditure

Summer: €13,800,000

Winter: €300,000

Total: €14,100,000

References

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^ "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 4". football-lineups.com.
^ "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 9". football-lineups.com.
^ "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 25". football-lineups.com.
^ "Benfica entre a elite europeia nos "quartos"". UEFA.
^ "Benfica em Guimarães para recolocar vantagem em cinco pontos". Diario Noticias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^ "Benfica vence Gil Vicente e conquista Taça da Liga". Jornal Noticias (in Portuguese).
^ "Liga Portugal".
^ "Benfica vs. Trabzonspor - 27 July 2011". Soccerway. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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[2] "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 4". football-lineups.com.

[3] "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 9". football-lineups.com.

[4] "Portuguese Liga 2011/2012 - Matchday 25". football-lineups.com.

[5] "Benfica entre a elite europeia nos "quartos"". UEFA.

[6] "Benfica em Guimarães para recolocar vantagem em cinco pontos". Diario Noticias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 January 2013.

[7] "Benfica vence Gil Vicente e conquista Taça da Liga". Jornal Noticias (in Portuguese).

[8] "Liga Portugal".

[9] "Benfica vs. Trabzonspor - 27 July 2011". Soccerway. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[10] "Trabzonspor vs. Benfica - 3 August 2011". Soccerway. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[11] "Twente vs. Benfica - 16 August 2011". Soccerway. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[12] "Benfica vs. Twente - 24 August 2011". Soccerway. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

[13] "Benfica vs. Manchester United - 14 September 2011". Soccerway. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[14] "Oţelul Galaţi vs. Benfica - 27 September 2011". Soccerway. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[15] "Basel vs. Benfica - 18 October 2011". Soccerway. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[16] "Benfica vs. Basel - 2 November 2011". Soccerway. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

[17] "Manchester United vs. Benfica - 22 November 2011". Soccerway. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

[18] "Benfica vs. Oţelul Galaţi - 7 December 2011". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[19] "Zenit vs. Benfica - 15 February 2012". Soccerway. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

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