S.L. Benfica (futsal)
| Full name | Sport Lisboa e Benfica | |||
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| Nicknames | As Águias (The Eagles) Os Encarnados (The Reds) | |||
| Founded | 13 September 2001 | |||
| Ground | Pavilhão Fidelidade | |||
| Capacity | 2,400 | |||
| Chairman | Armindo Cordeiro | |||
| Head coach | Cassiano Klein | |||
| League | Liga Placard | |||
| 2024–25 | Overall table: 2nd Playoffs: Champions | |||
| Website | slbenfica.pt | |||
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] ⓘ), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional futsal team based in Lisbon, Portugal, that plays in the Liga Portuguesa de Futsal, where they are the current champions.
Since its creation in 2001, the team has been a challenger for the domestic championship, and they won at least one trophy per season between 2005 and 2013. In 2006–07 and 2011–12, Benfica won all Portuguese competitions at the time (3). Benfica became the first Portuguese team to win the UEFA Futsal Champions League (then "UEFA Futsal Cup"), in 2010, and were ranked first in the competition's ranking two years later.
Benfica is the second-most decorated team in Portugal, with a total 31 trophies: 9 Portuguese League titles, 8 Portuguese Cups, 4 League Cups, 9 Super Cups, and 1 UEFA Futsal Champions League.