List of S.L. Benfica presidents

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon. Ever since its foundation on 28 February 1904 as Sport Lisboa (later merged with Grupo Sport Benfica), it has had a total of 34 presidents.[1] The first president was José Rosa Rodrigues and the current one is Rui Costa,[2] who replaced the longest-serving Benfica president, Luís Filipe Vieira.[3] The shortest tenure belongs to António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães.[4]

To elect a president, the paying members of Benfica (sócios), along with Benfica houses, filiations, and delegations, vote in the club's elections, held every four years since 2012.[5][6] In 2003 the club switched to electronic voting,[7] and since 2010 only effective members with 25 years of continuous membership as an adult can run for president of Benfica. Therefore, they must be at least 43 years old to do so.[8][9]

The following chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of president of Benfica since its inception. Each president's entry includes dates and duration of his tenure,[a] as well as the club's men's football honours won under his management. Interim presidents are marked in italics.

List of presidents[edit]

No. Name Nat. From To Duration[a] Football trophies
1 José Rosa Rodrigues
(1st president of Sport Lisboa) 		Portugal 28 February 1904 22 November 1906 2 years, 267 days
2 Luís Carlos de Faria Leal
(1st president of Grupo Sport Benfica) 		Portugal 18 November 1906 15 September 1907 301 days
3 Januário Barreto
(2nd president of Sport Lisboa) 		Portugal 18 December 1906 13 September 1908 1 year, 270 days
4 João José Pires
(2nd president of Grupo Sport Benfica;
1st president after the club merger) 		Portugal 15 September 1907 2 February 1910 2 years, 140 days
5 Alfredo Alexandre Luís da Silva Portugal 2 February 1910 26 March 1911 1 year, 52 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
6 António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães Portugal 26 March 1911 9 July 1911 105 days
7 Alberto Lima Portugal 9 July 1911 31 March 1912 1 year, 85 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
8 José Eduardo Moreira Sales Portugal 31 March 1912 5 December 1912 249 days
— Alberto Lima Portugal 5 December 1912 29 August 1915 2 years, 267 days 2 Campeonato de Lisboa
9 José Antunes dos Santos Júnior Portugal 29 August 1915 15 July 1916 321 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
10 Félix Bermudes Portugal 15 July 1916 7 October 1916 1 year, 84 days
11 Nuno Freire Themudo Portugal 7 October 1916 22 July 1917 288 days 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
12 Bento Mântua Portugal 22 July 1917 25 August 1926 9 years, 34 days 2 Campeonato de Lisboa
13 Alfredo Silveira Ávila de Melo Portugal 25 August 1926 15 August 1930 3 years, 355 days 1 Campeonato de Portugal
14 Manuel da Conceição Afonso Portugal 15 August 1930 20 August 1933 3 years, 5 days 1 Campeonato de Portugal
1 Campeonato de Lisboa
15 Vasco Rosa Ribeiro Portugal 20 August 1933 4 November 1936 3 years, 76 days 1 Primeira Divisão
1 Campeonato de Portugal
— Manuel da Conceição Afonso Portugal 4 November 1936 31 July 1938 1 year, 269 days 2 Primeira Divisão
16 Júlio Ribeiro da Costa Portugal 31 July 1938 1 August 1939 1 year, 1 day
17 Augusto da Fonseca Júnior Portugal 1 August 1939 18 January 1945 5 years, 170 days 2 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
1 Campeonato de Lisboa
— Félix Bermudes Portugal 18 January 1945 19 January 1946 1 year, 1 day 1 Primeira Divisão
— Manuel da Conceição Afonso[b] Portugal 19 January 1946 16 September 1946 240 days
— António Afonso da Costa e Sousa Portugal 16 September 1946 25 January 1947 131 days
18 João Tamagnini Barbosa[c] Portugal 25 January 1947 15 December 1948 1 year, 325 days
— António Afonso da Costa e Sousa Portugal 15 December 1948 29 January 1949 45 days
19 Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira Portugal 29 January 1949 15 March 1952 3 years, 46 days 1 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 Latin Cup
20 Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho Portugal 15 March 1952 30 March 1957 5 years, 15 days 1 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
21 Maurício Vieira de Brito Portugal 30 March 1957 31 March 1962 5 years, 1 day 3 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 European Cup
22 António Cabral Fezas Vital Portugal 31 March 1962 26 March 1964 1 year, 361 days 1 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
1 European Cup
23 Adolfo Vieira de Brito Portugal 26 March 1964 8 May 1965 1 year, 43 days 2 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
24 António Catarino Duarte Portugal 8 May 1965 17 June 1966 1 year, 40 days
25 José Ferreira Queimado Portugal 17 June 1966 3 July 1967 1 year, 16 days 1 Primeira Divisão
— Adolfo Vieira de Brito Portugal 3 July 1967 12 April 1969 1 year, 283 days 1 Primeira Divisão
26 Duarte Borges Coutinho Portugal 12 April 1969 26 May 1977 8 years, 44 days 7 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
— José Ferreira Queimado Portugal 26 May 1977 29 May 1981 4 years, 3 days 1 Primeira Divisão
2 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça de Portugal
27 Fernando Martins Portugal 29 May 1981 27 March 1987 5 years, 302 days 2 Primeira Divisão
3 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
28 João Santos Portugal 27 March 1987 24 April 1992 5 years, 28 days 3 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
29 Jorge de Brito Portugal 24 April 1992 7 January 1994 1 year, 258 days 1 Taça de Portugal
30 Manuel Damásio Portugal 7 January 1994 31 October 1997 3 years, 297 days 1 Primeira Divisão
1 Taça de Portugal
31 João Vale e Azevedo Portugal 31 October 1997 27 October 2000 2 years, 362 days
32 Manuel Vilarinho Portugal 27 October 2000 31 October 2003 3 years, 4 days
33 Luís Filipe Vieira[d] Portugal 31 October 2003 15 July 2021 17 years, 257 days 7 Primeira Liga
3 Taça de Portugal
7 Taça da Liga
5 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
— Rui Costa Portugal 9 July 2021[10] 10 October 2021 2 years, 281 days
34 Rui Costa Portugal 10 October 2021[2] Present 2 years, 188 days 1 Primeira Liga

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Most durations of tenure here displayed are not entirely precise, since presidents usually do not take office on elections day or the day election results are announced – and most dates here shown refer to election days.
  2. ^ He asked to resign on 30 July.
  3. ^ He died during his tenure.
  4. ^ He suspended his presidency on 9 July and resigned on 15 July.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "33 outstanding names of our history". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Eleições 2021: Rui Costa eleito Presidente" [2021 elections: Rui Costa elected president]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ Nunes, Luís Miguel (7 December 2012). "Benfica: Vieira já é o presidente com mais tempo" [Benfica: Vieira already is the longest-serving president]. Relvado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ "António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Statutes" (PDF). S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Estatutos" [Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Statutes] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). p. 19.
  7. ^ "Comunicado da Assembleia Geral sobre voto electrónico" [General Assembly announcement about electronic vote]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Sócios aprovam filiação de 25 anos e mandatos de quatro" [Members approve 25-year membership and four-year terms]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Mandatos passam de 3 para 4 anos" [Mandates change from 3 to 4 years]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Statement". S.L. Benfica. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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