S.L. Benfica (youth)

Benfica Juniors

Full name	Sport Lisboa e Benfica Juniores
Ground	Caixa Futebol Campus
Capacity	1,600
Owner	S.L. Benfica
President	Luís Filipe Vieira
Manager	João Tralhão
League	U19 Championship
2012–13	1st
Home colours Away colours

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Juniors (Juniores in Portuguese) is the youth football department of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. In the 2013-2014 season, they will be competing in the newly created UEFA Youth League.

There are main development teams in the Under-19's category (Juniores "A"), Under-17's (Juvenis "B"), Under-15's (Iniciados "C") and Under-13's (Infantis "D"), with further teams in the Under-12's, Under-11's and Under-9's age groups completing the club's youth academy.

Honours

European competitions

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup:

Winners (1): 1996

Runners-up (1): 1997

Third place (2): 2000, 2001

Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Championship

Winners (23): 1943–44, 1944–45, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2012–13

• Liga Intercalar

Runners-up (1): 2010–11 (South Zone)

Players

Current squad

As of 11 April 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	POR	Rafael Lopes
—	GK	POR	André Ferreira
—	GK	CPV	Thierry Graça
—	DF	POR	João Lima
—	DF	POR	Alexandre Alfaiate
—	DF	POR	Ricardo Carvalho
—	DF	POR	João Nunes
—	DF	ESP	Kike Pina
—	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho
—	DF	POR	Rafael Ramos
—	DF	CPV	Rony Santos
—	MF	POR	Gilson Costa
—	MF	ANG	Valdomiro "Estrela" Lameira

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Filipe Nascimento
—	MF	CPV	Kevin Oliveira
—	MF	POR	Raphael Guzzo
—	MF	POR	Diogo "Rochinha" Rocha
—	MF	POR	João "Jota" Sousa
—	FW	POR	Nuno Santos
—	FW	POR	Gonçalo Guedes
—	FW	POR	Romário Baldé
—	FW	POR	Hildeberto Pereira
—	FW	POR	João Gomes
—	FW	POR	Filipe Ferreira
—	FW	BRA	Matheus Santos

Known former players

Players who represented Portugal are marked in bold.

1960-70

• Fernando Chalana
• Humberto Coelho
• Rui Jordão
• Nené
• Shéu

1980s

• Fernando Brassard
• Rui Bento
• Rui Costa
• Paulo Madeira
• Abel Silva
• Paulo Sousa

1990s

• Jorge Ribeiro
• Maniche

2000s

• Nélson Oliveira

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Team manager	José Henrique
Manager	João Tralhão
Assistant manager	Pedro Valido Luís Tralhão
Goalkeepeing coach	Miguel Miranda

Last updated: 21 January 2014
Source: [1]

See also

• Benfica
• Benfica B