Competition Facts
25 matches: 20W-5D-0L, 80% won.
Unbeaten across all 25 matches.
Top scorer: Eusébio with 16 goals.
Biggest win: 11-0 against Macau XI on 11 Feb 1973.
95 scored, 24 conceded — 3.8 a game.
7 clean sheets in 25 matches.
All-time in Pre-Season: 840 matches across 80 seasons — 467W-167D-206L.
Our leading scorer in the competition: Eusébio with 62 goals.
Biggest win in the competition: 15-2 against UD Oliveirense on 3 Feb 1956.
Our first match in the competition was on 8 Sep 1935.
Fixtures & Results
Pre-Season Campaign
SL Benfica · Friendlies & Cups
WWWWWW
25Played
21Won
4Drew
0Lost
95-24Goals
07/16/1972 00:00Played
SL Benfica
2 - 2
Sporting
07/23/1972 00:00Played
SL Benfica
3 - 0
Sporting
08/26/1972 00:00Played
SL Benfica
3 - 0
Botafogo
09/01/1972 00:00Played
Indonesia
2 - 4
SL Benfica09/03/1972 00:00Played
West Berlin XI
2 - 4
SL Benfica10/17/1972 00:00Played
Offenbach–Eintracht Frankfurt XI
1 - 3
SL Benfica12/15/1972 00:00Played
Calcio Padova
1 - 7
SL Benfica12/20/1972 00:00Played
Belenenses
0 - 3
SL Benfica12/23/1972 00:00Played
SL Benfica
1 - 1
(4-2 pens)
Atlético CP01/10/1973 00:00Played
Atlético de Madrid
0 - 0
SL Benfica02/05/1973 00:00Played
Hong Kong
1 - 3
SL Benfica02/08/1973 00:00Played
China
1 - 5
SL Benfica02/11/1973 00:00Played
Macau XI
0 - 11
SL Benfica02/15/1973 00:00Played
Indonesia
1 - 4
SL Benfica05/16/1973 00:00Played
Marítimo
0 - 4
SL Benfica05/22/1973 00:00Played
FC Nürnberg
2 - 2
SL Benfica05/27/1973 00:00Played
Seiko
1 - 6
SL Benfica05/30/1973 00:00Played
Caroline Hill
1 - 5
SL Benfica06/05/1973 00:00Played
Stade de Reims
2 - 2
SL Benfica06/11/1973 00:00Played
Salamanca
1 - 2
SL Benfica06/12/1973 00:00Played
SL Benfica
2 - 1
Anderlecht
06/20/1973 00:00Played
SL Benfica
3 - 0
Nottingham Forest06/24/1973 00:00Played
Boavista FC
1 - 4
SL Benfica06/27/1973 00:00Played
SL Benfica
7 - 1
Málaga
06/29/1973 00:00Played
SL Benfica
5 - 2
FK Crvena Zvezda