S.L. Benfica (youth)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica "Juniors" (Portuguese: Juniores), commonly known as Benfica Juniors, is the under-19 football team comprised in the youth department of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play their home matches at the Benfica Campus, the club's training ground and youth academy in Seixal.

Benfica's under-19s have won a record 26 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores, one Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup (1996), one UEFA Youth League (2021–22) and one Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (2022). Benfica hold UEFA Youth League records for the biggest win in a final, 6–0 against Red Bull Salzburg, most final appearances (4, joint-record with Chelsea) and most games played (70). They were distinguished for "Best implementation of the UEFA Youth League values" in 2013–14.

There are other development teams below under-19, completing Benfica's youth system: Juvenis "A" and "B"; Iniciados "A" and "B"; Infantis "A", "B", "C" and "D"; Benjamins "A" and "B"; and Traquinas "A". In 2015, Benfica received the Globe Soccer award for Best Academy of the year.

Benfica ranked first in a study analysing football academies, with 93 club-trained players active across 49 leagues. These players averaged 2,582 minutes played in official matches over the previous year, with an average club employment level of 0.81. FC Barcelona ranked second with 76 trained players (average club level of 0.87 and 2,773 minutes played), followed by CA River Plate in third place with 97 players (average club level of 0.81 and 2,305 minutes).

The top ten also included Sporting CP, Real Madrid, CA Boca Juniors, CA Vélez Sarsfield, AFC Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb, and Defensor Uruguay. In total, 30 countries were represented by at least one club in the top 100 rankings, with Argentina (15 clubs) and Brazil (11 clubs) being the most represented nations.

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