Benfica 2022–23 football season
The 2022–23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 119th season in existence and its 89th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football . It started on 2 August 2022, with the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League , where Benfica qualified for the group stage , reaching the quarter-finals, and concluded on 27 May 2023. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga , Taça de Portugal , and Taça da Liga , winning the league title for a 38th time in their history.
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
The pre-season began on 25 June and ended on 27 July 2022.[ 54] [ 55]
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Primeira Liga
5 August 2022
27 May 2023
Matchday 1
Winners
34
28
3
3
82
20
+62
0 82.35
Taça de Portugal
15 October 2022
9 February 2023
Third round
Quarter-finals
4
2
2
0
5
2
+3
0 50.00
Taça da Liga
20 November 2022
17 December 2022
Group stage
Group stage
3
2
1
0
6
3
+3
0 66.67
UEFA Champions League
2 August 2022
19 April 2023
Third qualifying round
Quarter-finals
14
10
3
1
38
15
+23
0 71.43
Total
55
42
9
4
131
40
+91
0 76.36
Primeira Liga
League table
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
34
28
3
3
82
20
+62
87
15
1
1
48
12
+36
13
2
2
34
8
+26
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 W L W D W W W W W W W W W W L L W W W W D W Position 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Points 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 22 25 28 31 34 37 37 40 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 65 68 71 71 71 74 77 80 83 84 87
Source:
Liga Portugal A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.[ 58]
Paços de Ferreira v Benfica
Arouca v Benfica
Benfica v Casa Pia
Benfica v Boavista
Vizela v Benfica
Benfica v Famalicão
Marítimo v Benfica
Benfica v Vitória de Guimarães
Rio Ave v Benfica
Benfica v Porto
Chaves v Benfica
Benfica v Estoril
Gil Vicente v Benfica
Benfica v Braga
Portimonense v Benfica
Sporting CP v Benfica
Benfica v Santa Clara
Taça de Portugal
Taça da Liga
Group stage
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.
Midtjylland v Benfica
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.
Benfica v Dynamo Kyiv
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.[ 62]
^ 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.
Paris Saint-Germain v Benfica
Benfica v Juventus
Maccabi Haifa v Benfica
Knockout phase
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022.[ 63]
Benfica v Club Brugge
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023.[ 66]
Inter Milan v Benfica
Statistics
Appearances and goals
References
Men's
League competitions Cup competitions European competitions National teams
Women's
League competitions Cup competitions European competitions National teams