2014–15 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica
2014–15 season
PresidentLuís Filipe Vieira
Head coachJorge Jesus
StadiumEstádio da Luz
Primeira Liga1st
Taça de PortugalFifth round
Taça da LigaWinners
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonas (20 goals)[1]
All: Jonas (31 goals)
Highest home attendance63,534 v Porto[2]
(26 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance11,955 v Arouca
(14 January 2015)
Average home league attendance48,520[3]
Biggest winBenfica 6–0 Estoril
(28 February 2015)
Biggest defeatBenfica 0–2 Zenit Saint Petersburg
(16 September 2014)
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Benfica
(1 October 2014)

The 2014–15 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 111th season in existence and the club's 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall Primeira Liga title, their second consecutive and sixth overall Taça da Liga, and their fifth Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Benfica's 2014–15 trophies

Season overview

July

In the 111th season, manager Jorge Jesus started his sixth consecutive season at Benfica, for the first time in the last 60 years, since János Biri. The president Luís Filipe Vieira started his eleventh consecutive season.

After winning an historic treble, Benfica lost many players of its starting XI. Nemanja Matić had moved to Chelsea on 15 January 2014.[4] Guilherme Siqueira had returned to Granada in June.[5] On 25 June, Ezequiel Garay had moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg.[6] Rodrigo and André Gomes' economic rights had been sold to an investment firm on 31 January;[7][8] in July, they moved to Valencia on loan. On 15 July, Lazar Marković moved to Liverpool.[9][10] The next day, Jan Oblak moved to Atlético Madrid.[11][12]

August

On 4 August, after seven seasons, Benfica's ninth all-time top scorer, Óscar Cardozo, moved to Trabzonspor.[13]

On 10 August, Benfica won its fifth Supercup, beating Rio Ave 3–2 on penalties after a goalless draw. A severely remodeled squad, only presented seven starters of the Taça de Portugal final played just two months earlier: Luisão, Maxi Pereira, Rúben Amorim, Eduardo Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás Gaitán and Lima. The new players Talisca, Derley, Eliseu and Bebé made their official debut for Benfica. Benfica dominated throughout the match but was unable to score on multiple occasions, finally beating Rio Ave on penalties, after Artur defended three of them.[14][15] It was the first time since 2010 that Benfica played the Supercup, winning a previous one in 2005. With this conquest, Benfica became the only Portuguese club to have won all four domestic titles in a year.

On 17 August, in the league's first day, Benfica beat Paços de Ferreira (2–0) with goals from Maxi Pereira and Salvio, with Artur saving a penalty in the 10th minute.[16] Additionally, Benfica won the first matchday ten years later; the first with Jorge Jesus and the second during the ten-year term of Luís Filipe Vieira. On 19 August, Júlio César joined Benfica. On 22 August, Benfica signed Andreas Samaris.[17] On 24 August, Benfica won at Boavista with a strike by Eliseu from 25 meters out.[18] During the match, played in an artificial turf, Rúben Amorim got severely injured,[19] with news in next day reporting an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[20] On 31 August, Benfica drew against Sporting CP (1–1). Nicolás Gaitán scored the first goal, while Artur made a mistake which allowed Islam Slimani to tie the match. It was the first league goal for Sporting at the Estádio da Luz since 29 April 2007. It was also the first time in seven seasons that Sporting made any points in a league match against Benfica, while playing as a visitor at the Derby de Lisboa.[21]

September

On 1 September, Benfica signed Bryan Cristante and extended Sílvio's loan. On 11 September, Benfica signed Jonas. On 12 September, after the early break for the Euro 2016 qualifying, Benfica returned with a 0–5 win at Vitória de Setúbal, with a hat-trick from Talisca, in his first goals in the Primeira Liga. Furthermore, Samaris and Cristante made their debuts for Benfica, while Ola John scored his first goal in the league.[22] On 16 September, in the first matchday of the Champions League, Benfica lost 0–2 to Zenit. Hulk scored, Artur was sent off for a foul on Danny outside of the box, and former Benfica player Witsel scored the second goal. It was Benfica's first home defeat in 51 matches, and the first home defeat in the Champions League since 2 October 2012.[23][24] On 21 September, Benfica struggled to defeat Moreirense, suffering an early goal from João Pedro in the debut of Júlio César. In the second half, after Marcelo Oliveira was sent off for tackling Talisca, Eliseu scored from 30 meters out; eight minutes later Maxi Pereira untied the match; and in the final minutes Lima scored from penalty kick after being tackled in the box.[25] On 27 September, Benfica won at Estoril (2–3) with two goals from Talisca and one from Lima. Winning 0–2, the Eagles allowed Estoril to tie the match, with goals from Diogo Amado and Kléber, but in an individual effort from Derley, Lima scored the winning goal.[26]

October

On 1 October, Benfica lost at Bayer Leverkusen (3–1) and remained point-less in the Champions League group stage.[27] Nonetheless, four days later Benfica won 4–0 against Arouca, in the debut of Lisandro López, Jonas and Pizzi, maintaining the lead in Portuguese league.[28] On 18 October, Benfica defeated Covilhã (2–3) with a hat-trick from Jonas in the third round of Taça de Portugal.[29] On 22 October, Benfica drew at Monaco (0–0) and achieved their first point in the Champions League. On 26 October, Benfica lost for the first time in the league, (1–2) at Braga, but kept the first position. On 31 October, Benfica beat Rio Ave (1–0) with a goal from Talisca, who scored his fourth consecutive goal in the Primeira Liga.

November

On 4 November, Benfica beat Monaco with a goal from Talisca and secured the first victory in group stage of Champions League.[30] On 9 November, Benfica won at Nacional (1–2), with goals from Salvio and Jonas, and maintained the lead of Primeira Liga. On 22 November, Benfica advanced to the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal by beating Moreirense (4–1), with Jonas and Salvio scoring two goals each. On 26 November, Benfica lost at Zenit (1–0) and were eliminated from European competitions following the Monaco win at Leverkusen. On 30 November, Benfica won at Académica (0–2) with goals from Nicolás Gaitán and Luisão, and kept the first place in the Portuguese league.

December

On 6 December, Benfica continued leading the Portuguese league by defeating Belenenses (3–0) with goals from Lima, Pérez, and Salvio. On 9 December, Benfica draw with Bayer Leverkusen (0–0). On 14 December, Benfica defeated Porto at the Estádio do Dragão (0–2) with two goals from Lima, securing the first place in Primeira Liga with six more points than the second-placed Porto. On 18 December, Benfica was eliminated from Taça de Portugal by Braga (1–2). On 21 December, Benfica beat Gil Vicente (1–0) in Primeira Liga with a goal from Nicolás Gaitán. On 30 December, Benfica beat Nacional (1–0) with a header from Jonas in the third round of Taça da Liga, their last match of 2014. Miralem Sulejmani returned after suffering an injury in May 2014.

January

On 1 January, Nélson Oliveira moved to Swansea City on loan. On 2 January, Enzo Pérez moved to Valencia. On 4 January, Benfica beat Penafiel (0–3) with goals from Talisca, Jonas and Jardel, achieving seven consecutive wins in Primeira Liga, thus scoring in every league match since 21 April 2012 (79 matches).[31] Gonçalo Guedes made his debut. On 8 January, Bebé (Tiago) moved to Córdoba on loan. On 10 January, Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães (3–0) with goals from Jonas, Ola John and Nicolás Gaitán. Eliseu and Salvio returned after injury, the former was out of competition since 31 October. It was Júlio César's sixth consecutive league match without conceding a goal, in a total of 629 minutes.[32] On 14 January, Benfica beat Arouca (4–0) in the third round of the Taça da Liga and became leader of Group A with six points. Pizzi, Cristante, Salvio, and Jonas scored the goals. Rui Fonte debuted and Sílvio returned after suffering an injury in April 2014. On 18 January, Benfica won at Marítimo (0–4) with goals from Salvio (2), Ola John and Lima. It was Benfica's ninth consecutive win and seventh match without conceding a goal in Primeira Liga, leading it with 46 points in 17 matches, with an efficiency of 90.2%, the best record of the Top 20 leagues in Europe.[33][34] On 21 January, Benfica won at Moreirense (0–2) and secured the first place in the Taça da Liga's Group A with nine points, advancing to the semi-finals, without conceding a goal. On 26 January, Benfica lost at Paços de Ferreira (1–0) from a penalty kick in the 90th minute, ending the series of consecutive wins (9) and clean sheets (7) in the league. Lima failed a penalty kick in the first-half. Despite this, Benfica kept the lead with 6 more points than the second classified which also lost. On 29 January, Jonathan Rodríguez joined Benfica on loan from Peñarol. On 31 January, Benfica beat Boavista (3–0) with goals from Lima, Maxi Pereira and Jonas.

February

On 8 February, Benfica drew at Sporting CP (1–1) with a last-minute goal from Jardel in the 94th minute,[35] and continued leading the Primeira Liga with 4 more points than the second classified. On 11 February, Benfica advanced to their sixth Taça da Liga final and second consecutive without conceding a goal, after beating Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) with goals from Talisca, Pizzi and Jonas. Rúben Amorim returned as a substitute after suffering an injury in August 2014. On 15 February, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) in Primeira Liga, with goals from Jardel and Lima (2). On 21 February, Benfica won at Moreirense (1–3) with goals from Luisão, Eliseu and Jonas; and continued leading the Primeira Liga. On 28 February – on the club's 111th anniversary – Benfica thrashed Estoril (6–0) with goals from Luisão, Salvio, Pizzi, Jonas (2) and Lima; and set the league's biggest home win.

March

On 8 March, Benfica won at Arouca (1–3) with goals from Jonas and Lima (2). On 14 March, Benfica beat Braga (2–0) with goals from Jonas and Eliseu. On 21 March, Benfica lost at Rio Ave (2–1). Salvio scored for the Eagles.

April

On 4 April, Benfica beat Nacional (3–1) with goals from Jonas (2) and Lima. On 11 April, Benfica defeated Académica (5–1) with Jardel, Jonas (2), Lima and Ljubomir Fejsa scoring the goals; Fejsa returned to the first-team after an injury in April 2014, while Jonathan Rodríguez debuted in Primeira Liga. On 18 April, Benfica won at Belenenses (0–2), with Jonas scoring twice for a third consecutive league match. On 26 April, Benfica drew against Porto (0–0), and kept leading the Primeira Liga, three points ahead. It was the first time since 11 April 2009 that Benfica did not score at home in a league match.

May

On 2 May, Benfica won at Gil Vicente (0–5) with goals from Maxi Pereira (2), Jonas, Luisão and Lima. On 9 May, Benfica beat Penafiel (4–0) with goals from Lima (2), Jonas and Pizzi. On 17 May, Benfica drew at Guimarães (0–0) and became Portuguese champions for a second consecutive time, with one game to spare, three points ahead of Porto, which had drawn at Belenenses.[36][37] On 23 May, Benfica beat Marítimo (4–1) with goals from Lima (2) and Jonas (2) in their last league match.

On 29 May, Benfica played their last match of the season, defeating Marítimo (2–1) in the Taça da Liga final, with goals from Jonas and Ola John, thus winning the club's sixth Taça da Liga and 75th title overall, a new Portuguese record.

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Brazil Artur 34 2011 144 0 2015 Free
2 CB Argentina Lisandro 25 2014 10 0 2018 Undisclosed
4 CB Brazil Luisão (captain) 34 2003 458 44 2017 Undisclosed
5 DM Serbia Fejsa 26 2013 33 1 2018 Undisclosed
6 DM Portugal R. Amorim 30 2008 154 6 2017 Undisclosed Originally from youth system
7 CM Greece Samaris 26 2014 37 0 2019 €10,000,000
8 LW Serbia Sulejmani 26 2013 34 3 2018 Free
9 ST Brazil Derley 27 2014 27 2 2018 Undisclosed
10 AM Argentina Nico Gaitán 27 2010 216 30 2018 €8,400,000
11 ST Brazil Lima 31 2012 144 70 2016 Undisclosed
13 GK Portugal Paulo Lopes 37 2012 9 0 2015 Free Originally from youth system
14 RB Uruguay Maxi (VC) 31 2007 333 21 2015 €3,000,000
15 LW Netherlands John 23 2012 87 9 2017 Undisclosed
17 ST Brazil Jonas 31 2014 35 31 2016 Free
18 RW Argentina Salvio 24 2012 150 38 2017 €13,500,000 Played on loan in the 2010–11 season
19 LB Portugal Eliseu 31 2014 33 4 2016 Undisclosed
20 GK Brazil Júlio César 35 2014 30 0 2016 Free
21 CM Portugal Pizzi 25 2014 31 4 2019 €6,000,000
23 LB Switzerland Benito 23 2014 6 0 2019 Undisclosed
24 DM Italy Cristante 20 2014 15 1 2019 €4,840,000
25 ST Uruguay J. Rodríguez 21 2015 1 0 2017 €2,000,000 On loan with buy option
27 AM Germany Mukhtar 20 2015 1 0 2020 Undisclosed
28 FB Portugal Sílvio 27 2013 25 0 2015 Loan Originally from youth system
30 AM Brazil A. Talisca 21 2014 44 11 2019 €4,000,000
33 CB Brazil Jardel 29 2011 (Winter) 125 6 2018 Undisclosed
34 DM Portugal A. Almeida 24 2012 95 0 2018 Undisclosed
37 CB Brazil César 22 2014 9 0 2019 Undisclosed

Transfers

In

Date Pos No. Player Age From Ends Fee Ref
20 May 2014 MF 57 Poland Paweł Dawidowicz 19 Poland Lechia Gdańsk 2019 Undisclosed [38]
22 May 2014 FW 79 Austria Kevin Friesenbichler 20 Germany Bayern Munich II 2018 Free [39]
7 June 2014 DF — Brazil Djavan 26 Brazil Corinthians Alagoano 2018 Undisclosed [40]
20 June 2014 DF 37 Brazil César 21 Brazil Ponte Preta 2019 Undisclosed [41]
22 June 2014 DF 23 Switzerland Loris Benito 22 Switzerland Zürich 2019 Undisclosed [42]
3 July 2014 MF 50 Portugal Daniel Candeias 26 Portugal Nacional 2019 Free [43]
4 July 2014 DF 42 Brazil Luís Felipe 23 Brazil Palmeiras 2018 Free [44][45]
5 July 2014 MF 30 Brazil Talisca 20 Brazil Bahia 2019 €4,000,000 [46]
11 July 2014 FW 31 Brazil Victor Andrade 18 Brazil Santos 2019 Free [47]
16 July 2014 FW 9 Brazil Derley 26 Portugal Marítimo 2018 Undisclosed [48]
24 July 2014 DF 19 Portugal Eliseu 30 Spain Málaga 2016 Undisclosed [49]
25 July 2014 FW 32 Portugal Bebé 24 England Manchester United 2018 Undisclosed [50]
19 August 2014 GK 20 Brazil Júlio César 34 England Queens Park Rangers 2016 Free [51]
22 August 2014 MF 7 Greece Andreas Samaris 25 Greece Olympiacos 2019 €10,000,000 [52]
30 August 2014 FW 96 Angola Dolly Menga 21 Belgium Lierse 2017 Undisclosed [53]
1 September 2014 MF 24 Italy Bryan Cristante 19 Italy Milan 2019 €4,840,000 [54]
1 September 2014 FW 59 Montenegro Oliver Sarkic 17 Belgium Anderlecht Undisclosed [55]
11 September 2014 FW 17 Brazil Jonas 30 Unattached 2016 Free [56]
15 January 2015 MF 27 Germany Hany Mukhtar 19 Germany Hertha BSC 2020 Undisclosed [57]
29 January 2015 MF 80 Uruguay Elbio Álvarez 20 Uruguay Peñarol €2,350,000 [58]
1 February 2015 FW 91 Portugal Flávio Silva 18 Portugal Torreense 2020 Undisclosed [59][60]
24 February 2015 FW — Portugal Sancidino Silva 20 Unattached 2020 Free [61]

Loan in

Date Pos No. Player Age From Ends Fee Ref
1 September 2014 DF 28 Portugal Sílvio 26 Spain Atlético Madrid 30 June 2015 Free [62]
29 January 2015 FW 25 Uruguay Jonathan Rodríguez 21 Uruguay Peñarol 30 June 2017 €2,000,000 (40%) [58][63][64]
2 February 2015 DF 79 Russia Vitali Lystsov 19 Portugal União de Leiria 30 June 2015 Free [60][65]

Loan return

Date Pos Player Age From Ends Ref
2 July 2014 FW Argentina Franco Jara 25 Argentina Estudiantes La Plata 2016 [66]
2 July 2014 DF Argentina Lisandro López 24 Spain Getafe 2018 [67]
2 July 2014 MF Argentina Luis Fariña 23 United Arab Emirates Baniyas 2018 [67]
2 July 2014 FW Portugal Nélson Oliveira 22 France Rennes 2018 [68]
2 July 2014 FW Netherlands Ola John 22 Germany Hamburger SV 2017 [67]
2 July 2014 MF Portugal Pizzi 24 Spain Espanyol 2019 [67]
1 September 2014 FW Brazil Michel 27 Qatar Al-Wakrah — [69]
1 September 2014 DF Uruguay Jim Varela 19 Portugal Farense 2018 [70]
1 September 2014 FW Uruguay Juan San Martín 20 Portugal Farense 2018 [70]
1 September 2014 FW Mozambique Clésio Baúque 19 United States Harrisburg City Islanders 2018 [71]
2 December 2014 FW Portugal Yannick Djaló 28 United States San Jose Earthquakes 2016 [72]

Out

Date Pos No. Player Age Private company Fee Ref
31 January 2014 MF 30 Portugal André Gomes 20 Meriton Capital Limited €10,500,000 (70%) (+ 25%) [7][8]
31 January 2014 FW 19 Spain Rodrigo 22 Meriton Capital Limited €22,800,000 (76%) (+ €10,000,000) [7][8]
July 2013–March 2014 FW — Paraguay Cláudio Correa — Master International FZC Undisclosed [73]
July 2013–March 2014 FW — Paraguay Derlis González — Master International FZC Undisclosed [73]
Date Pos No. Player Age To Fee Ref
6 May 2014 FW — Brazil Alan Kardec 25 Brazil São Paulo €2,250,000 (50%) (+ 10%) [74][75]
20 May 2014 FW — Paraguay Derlis González 20 Switzerland Basel Undisclosed [76]
6 June 2014 DF 16 Brazil Guilherme Siqueira 28 Spain Granada End of loan [77]
17 June 2014 FW — Portugal Filipe Nascimento 19 Portugal Académico de Viseu Free [78]
20 June 2014 GK — Brazil Rafael Copetti 23 Brazil Vasco da Gama Undisclosed (50%) [79]
25 June 2014 DF 24 Argentina Ezequiel Garay 27 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg €2,400,000 (40%) [80][81]
30 June 2014 DF 96 China Huang Wei 20 Portugal Farense End of contract [82]
30 June 2014 FW 74 Guinea-Bissau Sancidino Silva 20 Unattached End of contract [83]
8 July 2014 DF — Portugal Rafael Ramos 19 United States Orlando City Undisclosed [84]
8 July 2014 MF — Angola Valdomiro Lameira 18 United States Orlando City Undisclosed [84]
14 July 2014 DF — Serbia Stefan Mitrović 24 Germany SC Freiburg €1,175,000 [48]
15 July 2014 MF 50 Serbia Lazar Marković 20 England Liverpool €12,500,000 (50%) [85]
16 July 2014 GK 41 Slovenia Jan Oblak 21 Spain Atlético Madrid €16,000,000 [86]
22 July 2014 FW — Paraguay Cláudio Correa 21 Paraguay Sol de América Undisclosed [87]
2 August 2014 DF — Brazil Djavan 26 Portugal Braga €1,000,000 [48]
4 August 2014 FW 7 Paraguay Óscar Cardozo 31 Turkey Trabzonspor €4,000,000 (80%) (+ €1,650,000) [88]
15 August 2014 MF 51 Serbia Filip Marković 22 Spain Mallorca Undisclosed [89]
22 August 2014 DF 88 Guinea-Bissau Rudinilson Silva 20 Poland Lechia Gdańsk Undisclosed [90]
1 September 2014 FW 23 Uruguay Jonathan Urretaviscaya 24 Portugal Paços de Ferreira End of contract [91]
16 September 2014 MF 17 Portugal Carlos Martins 32 Unattached End of contract [92]
2 January 2015 MF 35 Argentina Enzo Pérez 28 Spain Valencia €25,000,000 [93][94]
20 January 2015 MF — Portugal Bernardo Silva 20 France Monaco €15,750,000 [95]
24 January 2015 FW 22 Argentina Franco Jara 26 Greece Olympiacos €1,500,000 [96][97][98]
27 January 2015 MF 54 Portugal João Amorim 22 Portugal Desportivo das Aves End of contract [99]
2 February 2015 FW — Brazil Michel 28 Portugal Penafiel End of contract [100]
2 February 2015 FW 96 Angola Dolly Menga 21 Portugal Braga Undisclosed [101]

Loan out

Date Pos No. Player Age To Ends Ref
8 July 2014 MF — Paraguay Jorge Rojas 21 Argentina Gimnasia 31 December 2015 [102]
8 July 2014 FW 9 Argentina Rogelio Funes Mori 23 Turkey Eskişehirspor 30 June 2015 [103]
17 July 2014 MF 30 Portugal André Gomes 20 Spain Valencia 30 June 2015 [104]
23 July 2014 MF 10 Serbia Filip Đuričić 22 Germany Mainz 05 30 June 2015 [105]
23 July 2014 FW 19 Spain Rodrigo 23 Spain Valencia 30 June 2015 [106]
27 July 2014 MF — Argentina Luis Fariña 23 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2015 [107]
7 August 2014 MF 94 Portugal Bernardo Silva 19 France Monaco 30 June 2015 [108]
7 August 2014 FW 90 Portugal Ivan Cavaleiro 20 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2015 [108]
13 August 2014 DF 42 Brazil Luís Felipe 23 Brazil Criciúma 31 December 2014 [109]
20 August 2014 DF — Portugal João Cancelo 20 Spain Valencia 30 June 2015 [110]
24 August 2014 MF 50 Portugal Daniel Candeias 26 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg 30 June 2015 [111]
25 August 2014 FW 79 Austria Kevin Friesenbichler 20 Poland Lechia Gdańsk 30 June 2015 [112]
30 August 2014 MF 56 Spain Lolo 21 Spain Lugo 30 June 2015 [113]
30 August 2014 MF 95 Portugal Raphael Guzzo 19 Portugal Chaves 30 June 2015 [114]
1 September 2014 DF — Brazil Sidnei 25 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2015 [115]
1 September 2014 FW 80 São Tomé and Príncipe Harramiz Soares 24 Portugal Farense 30 June 2015 [91]
1 September 2014 DF 76 Portugal Bruno Gaspar 21 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 30 June 2015 [91]
11 September 2014 FW — Uruguay Juan San Martín 20 Uruguay Central Español 30 June 2015 [116]
1 January 2015 FW 16 Portugal Nélson Oliveira 23 England Swansea City 30 June 2015 [117]
5 January 2015 DF 42 Brazil Luís Felipe 23 Brazil Joinville 31 December 2015 [118]
7 January 2015 MF 77 Portugal Rúben Pinto 22 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 30 June 2015 [119]
8 January 2015 FW 32 Portugal Bebé 24 Spain Córdoba 30 June 2015 [120]
15 January 2015 DF 65 Portugal Fábio Cardoso 20 Portugal Paços de Ferreira 30 June 2015 [121]
19 January 2015 FW 67 Portugal Hélder Costa 21 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2015 [122]
21 January 2015 MF — Uruguay Jim Varela 20 Uruguay Rampla Juniors [123]
26 January 2015 FW — Portugal Yannick Djaló 28 Russia Mordovia Saransk 30 June 2015 [124]
26 January 2015 MF 70 Portugal Rochinha 19 England Bolton Wanderers 30 June 2015 [125]
29 January 2015 MF 50 Portugal Daniel Candeias 26 Spain Granada 30 June 2015 [126]
2 February 2015 MF — Serbia Filip Đuričić 23 England Southampton 30 June 2015 [127]
2 February 2015 FW 83 Portugal Rui Fonte 24 Portugal Belenenses 30 June 2015 [128]
5 February 2015 DF — Uruguay Gianni Rodríguez 20 Uruguay Peñarol 30 June 2015 [129]
9 February 2015 DF 3 Portugal Steven Vitória 28 United States Philadelphia Union 31 December 2015 [130]
12 May 2015 DF 42 Brazil Luís Felipe 23 Brazil Paysandu 31 December 2015 [45]

Overall transfer activity

Notes
  1. ^
    Includes €1,200,000 in transfer fees of former Benfica players: €75,000 from Zenit Saint Petersburg corresponding to 0.5% of Javi García,[131] and €1,125,000 from Manchester United corresponding to 1.5% of Ángel Di María.[132]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Jorge Jesus
Assistant coach Raúl José
Miguel Quaresma
Minervino Pietra
Goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira
Fitness coach Mário Monteiro
Motivational consultant Evandro Mota
Video analyst Marco Pedroso

Source: S.L. Benfica

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 July 2014 Taça de Honra Semi-final Benfica Portugal 1–0 Portugal Estoril Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 WEST Talisca 31'
Cancelo Yellow card 62'		 Report Mano Yellow card 36'
Tavares Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Referee: Ricardo Baixinho (Portugal)
20 July 2014 Taça de Honra Final Benfica Portugal 0–1 Portugal Sporting CP Lisbon, Portugal
20:30 WEST Talisca Yellow card 45'
Silva Yellow card 86'		 Report Martins 42'
Rosell Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 10,632
Referee: Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)
23 July 2014 Friendly Marseille France 2–1 Portugal Benfica Clermont-Ferrand, France
20:00 CEST Gignac 21'
Thauvin Yellow card 27'
Dja Djédjé Yellow card 31'
Batshuayi 56'
Sparagna Yellow card 57'		 Report Gaitán 14' Yellow card 27'
Talisca Yellow card 30'
Jara Red card 60'		 Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
26 July 2014 Eusébio Cup Benfica Portugal 0–1 Netherlands Ajax Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WEST Gaitán Yellow card 15'
Teixeira Yellow card 92'		 Report Kishna 41'
Milik Yellow card 94'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,240
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)
30 July 2014 Valais Cup Sion Switzerland 0–2 Portugal Benfica Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Report Jara 15'
Teixeira 50'		 Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
31 July 2014 Valais Cup Benfica Portugal 0–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao Fribourg, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Tiago Yellow card 63'
Jara Yellow card 81'		 Report Aduriz 40'
Gómez Yellow card 60'
Beñat 72'		 Stadium: Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)
2 August 2014 Emirates Cup Arsenal England 5–1 Portugal Benfica London, England
16:20 BST Monreal Yellow card 20'
Sanogo 26', 44', 45+1', 49'
Campbell 40'		 Report Gaitán 61'
Benito Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Lee Mason (England)
3 August 2014 Emirates Cup Benfica Portugal 1–3 Spain Valencia London, England
14:00 BST Derley 2'
Teixeira Yellow card 80'		 Report Gayà 49'
Piatti 54'
Guardado 60'		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition
Competition Starting round Final position/round First match Last match
Primeira Liga — 1st 17 August 2014 23 May 2015
Taça de Portugal Third round Fifth round 18 October 2014 18 December 2014
Taça da Liga Third round Winners 30 December 2014 29 May 2015
Supertaça — Winners 10 August 2014
UEFA Champions League Group stage Group stage (4th) 16 September 2014 9 December 2014
Statistics by competition
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Primeira Liga 34 27 4 3 86 16 +70 079.41
Taça de Portugal 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 066.67
Taça da Liga 5 5 0 0 12 1 +11 100.00
Supertaça 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 016.67
Total 49 35 7 7 108 28 +80 071.43

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2014 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
10 August 2014 Benfica 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 Rio Ave Aveiro
20:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pérez Yellow card 44' Report Pinto Yellow card 53'
Filipe Augusto Yellow card 80'
Lopes Yellow card 90'
Cássio Yellow card 110'
Wakaso Yellow card 111'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Attendance: 29,895
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Lisbon)
Man of the Match: Enzo Pérez
Penalties
Derley soccer ball with red X
Lima soccer ball with check mark
Tiago soccer ball with check mark
Luisão soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Tarantini
soccer ball with check mark Filipe Augusto
soccer ball with check mark Ukra
soccer ball with red X Lopes
soccer ball with red X Pinto

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2014–15 Primeira Liga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 34 27 4 3 86 16 +70 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Porto 34 25 7 2 74 13 +61 82
3 Sporting CP 34 22 10 2 67 29 +38 76 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Braga 34 17 7 10 55 28 +27 58 Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
5 Vitória de Guimarães 34 15 10 9 50 35 +15 55 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in matches between tied teams; 3) goal difference in matches between tied teams; 4) away goals in matches between tied teams; 5) goal difference; 6) wins; 7) goals scored. The LPFP decided that only criteria 1, 5, 6 and 7 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition.[133] Qualification for the 2015–16 Europa League has changed:[134] the best-placed non-qualified domestic championship club will enter the UEFA Europa League from the 2015–16 season, rather than the domestic cup runners-up, should the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Champions League via the final championship standings.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWDWWWWLWWWWWWWWWLWDWWWWWLWWWDWWDW
Position4453111111111111111111111111111111
Source: LPFP
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2014 1 Benfica 2–0 Paços de Ferreira Lisbon
19:15 WEST (UTC+01:00) Pérez Yellow card 5'
Pereira 25'
Salvio 72'
Almeida Yellow card 76'		 Report Lopes Yellow card 27' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 42,536
Referee: Cosme Machado (Braga)
24 August 2014 2 Boavista 0–1 Benfica Porto
19:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Bobô Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 86'
Dias Yellow card 77'
Tengarrinha Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Jara Yellow card 37'
Eliseu 43'
Talisca Yellow card 56'
Pereira Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 10,702
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)
31 August 2014 3 Benfica 1–1 Sporting CP Lisbon
19:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Gaitán 12'
Pereira Yellow card 31'
Pérez Yellow card 70'
Salvio Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Slimani 20'
Carrillo Yellow card 25'
Esgaio Yellow card 33'
Silva Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 61,895
Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)
12 September 2014 4 Vitória de Setúbal 0–5 Benfica Setúbal
20:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Queirós Yellow card 18'
Lourenço Yellow card 41'
Dani Yellow card 45'
Pedro Yellow card 85'		 Report Eliseu Yellow card 1'
Salvio 10' Yellow card 57'
Gaitán Yellow card 30'
Talisca 38', 43', 51'
John 76'		 Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)
21 September 2014 5 Benfica 3–1 Moreirense Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Talisca Yellow card 52'
Eliseu 68'
Pereira 77'
Lima 83' (pen.)		 Report João Pedro 16'
Oliveira Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 56'
Arsénio Yellow card 39'
Anilton Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 37,126
Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)
27 September 2014 6 Estoril 2–3 Benfica Estoril
18:30 WEST (UTC+01:00) Bruno Miguel Yellow card 19'
Amado 38'
Cabrera Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 66'
Kléber 53'
Gonçalves Yellow card 56'		 Report Talisca 3', 8'
Pérez Yellow card 42'
Lima 71'
Eliseu Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Attendance: 7,587
Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)
5 October 2014 7 Benfica 4–0 Arouca Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Salvio Yellow card 28' 83'
Samaris Yellow card 72'
Talisca 75'
Derley 80'
Jonas 88'		 Report Artur Yellow card 28'
Nelsinho Yellow card 44'
Oliveira Yellow card 49'
Bruno Amaro Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 41,665
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)
26 October 2014 8 Braga 2–1 Benfica Braga
20:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Santos Yellow card 3'
Danilo Yellow card 20' Yellow-red card 90'
Eder 28' Yellow card 49'
Gomes Yellow card 42'
Pardo Yellow card 54'
Rúben Micael Yellow card 79'
Agra 81'		 Report Talisca 2'
Samaris Yellow card 25'
Pérez Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Attendance: 21,078
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)
31 October 2014 9 Benfica 1–0 Rio Ave Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Talisca Yellow card 29' 60'
Almeida Yellow card 86'		 Report Gouano Yellow card 10'
Wakaso Yellow card 18'
Lopes Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 36,599
Referee: Manuel Mota (Braga)
9 November 2014 10 Nacional 1–2 Benfica Funchal
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Abreu 1'
Júnior Yellow card 28'
Marçal Yellow card 29'
Suk Yellow card 43'		 Report Salvio 7'
Jonas 19' Yellow card 77'
Samaris Yellow card 59'
Pereira Yellow card 83'
Júlio César Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 5,239
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)
30 November 2014 11 Académica de Coimbra 0–2 Benfica Coimbra
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Alexandre Yellow card 19'
Marcos Paulo Yellow card 42'
Rui Pedro Yellow card 55'
Ivanildo Yellow card 70'
Marinho Yellow card 86' Red card 90+5'		 Report Gaitán 8'
Jonas Yellow card 39'
Luisão 45'
Almeida Yellow card 61'
Pereira Yellow card 67'
Jardel Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 12,582
Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)
6 December 2014 12 Benfica 3–0 Belenenses Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Júlio César Yellow card 56'
Almeida Yellow card 49'
Lima 64' (pen.)
Pérez 70'
Salvio 82'		 Report Caeiro Yellow card 37' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 46,611
Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)
14 December 2014 13 Porto 0–2 Benfica Porto
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Danilo Yellow card 12'
Casemiro Yellow card 54'		 Report Almeida Yellow card 2'
Lima 36', 55'
Pérez Yellow card 38'
Gaitán Yellow card 47'
Samaris Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 48,109
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)
21 December 2014 14 Benfica 1–0 Gil Vicente Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Samaris Yellow card 19'
Gaitán 30'
César Yellow card 71'		 Report Jander Yellow card 43'
Vilela Yellow card 44'
Paulinho Yellow card 72'
Viana Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card 90+3'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,219
Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)
4 January 2015 15 Penafiel 0–3 Benfica Penafiel
19:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Sousa Yellow card 17'
Tony Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 65'
Martins Yellow card 64'
Ribeiro Yellow card 73'		 Report Talisca Yellow card 31' 36'
Pereira Yellow card 70'
Jonas 78'
Jardel 87'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril
Attendance: 4,079
Referee: Paulo Baptista (Portalegre)
10 January 2015 16 Benfica 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Jonas 14'
Samaris Yellow card 30'
Gaitán Yellow card 38' 90'
John 54'
César Yellow card 63'		 Report Hernâni Yellow card 9'
André Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 44,065
Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)
18 January 2015 17 Marítimo 0–4 Benfica Funchal
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Maâzou Yellow card 23' Report Salvio 18', 57'
Talisca Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 89'
John 53'
Lima 64'		 Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros
Attendance: 7,097
Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)
26 January 2015 18 Paços de Ferreira 1–0 Benfica Paços de Ferreira
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Oliveira 90' (pen.) Yellow card 90+4' Report Samaris Yellow card 71'
Eliseu Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
Attendance: 6,404
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Setúbal)
31 January 2015 19 Benfica 3–0 Boavista Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Lima 23'
Pereira 32' Yellow card 90+1'
Jonas 54' (pen.)		 Report Figueiredo Yellow card 54'
Sampaio Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,346
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Lisbon)
8 February 2015 20 Sporting CP 1–1 Benfica Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Cédric Yellow card 62'
Jefferson 88' Yellow card 88'		 Report Pereira Yellow card 54'
Eliseu Yellow card 60'
Almeida Yellow card 67'
Samaris Yellow card 84'
Jardel 90+4'		 Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 49,076
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)
15 February 2015 21 Benfica 3–0 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Jardel 9'
Lima 40', 71'
Samaris Yellow card 70'
Salvio Yellow card 72'
Luisão Yellow card 82'
Guedes Yellow card 87'		 Report Pedro Yellow card 42'
Kiko Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,564
Referee: Manuel Oliveira (Porto)
21 February 2015 22 Moreirense 1–3 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
19:00 WET (UTC±00:00) João Pedro 35' Yellow card 58'
Marafona Yellow card 49'
Simões Red card 60'
Battaglia Yellow card 86'		 Report Luisão 58'
López Yellow card 65'
Eliseu 66'
Jonas 73'		 Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 5,793
Referee: Jorge Ferreira (Braga)
28 February 2015 23 Benfica 6–0 Estoril Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Luisão 16'
Salvio 26'
Pizzi 33'
Jonas 35', 86'
Lima 56' (pen.)
Gaitán Yellow card 70'
Pereira Yellow card 79'		 Report Esiti Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 68' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 46,712
Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)
8 March 2015 24 Arouca 1–3 Benfica Arouca
16:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Medeiros 7'
Simão Yellow card 22'
Nelsinho Yellow card 41'
Artur Yellow card 44'
Basto Red card 62'		 Report Jonas 51' Yellow card 69'
Lima 56', 76'
Talisca Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca
Attendance: 6,960
Referee: Vasco Santos (Porto)
14 March 2015 25 Benfica 2–0 Braga Lisbon
17:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Samaris Yellow card 17'
Jonas 21' Yellow card 45'
Gaitán Yellow card 63'
Eliseu 77'		 Report Baiano Yellow card 7'
Gomes Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 59'
Danilo Yellow card 35'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,222
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
21 March 2015 26 Rio Ave 2–1 Benfica Vila do Conde
18:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Pinto Yellow card 57'
Ukra Yellow card 65' 73' (pen.)
Zeegelaar Yellow card 89'
Del Valle 90+5' Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Salvio 5'
Talisca Yellow card 58'
Pizzi Yellow card 68'
Samaris Yellow card 72'
Luisão Red card 85'		 Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Attendance: 9,692
Referee: Marco Ferreira (Madeira)
4 April 2015 27 Benfica 3–1 Nacional Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Jonas 21', 58'
Lima 30'
Eliseu Yellow card 90+2'
Amorim Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Sequeira Yellow card 49'
Rodrigues 74'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 48,572
Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)
11 April 2015 28 Benfica 5–1 Académica de Coimbra Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Jardel 8'
Jonas 11', 53'
Lima 19' (pen.)
Pereira Yellow card 78'
Fejsa 84'		 Report Lopes 80' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 56,197
Referee: Luís Ferreira (Braga)
18 April 2015 29 Belenenses 0–2 Benfica Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Meira Yellow card 34' Report Jonas 6', 60'
Almeida Yellow card 77'
Júlio César Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
Attendance: 15,137
Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)
26 April 2015 30 Benfica 0–0 Porto Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Eliseu Yellow card 19'
Gaitán Yellow card 24'
Fejsa Yellow card 77'
Júlio César Yellow card 86'		 Report Danilo Yellow card 47'
Quaresma Yellow card 59'
Martínez Yellow card 61'
Marcano Yellow card 73'
Maicon Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 63,534
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto)
2 May 2015 31 Gil Vicente 0–5 Benfica Barcelos
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Cadú Yellow card 38'
Berger Yellow card 70'		 Report Pereira 15', 70'
Jonas 22'
Luisão 46'
Lima 59'
Jardel Yellow card 79'
Eliseu Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos
Attendance: 8,532
Referee: João Capela (Lisbon)
9 May 2015 32 Benfica 4–0 Penafiel Lisbon
17:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Lima 8', 63'
Jonas 30'
Pizzi 61'
Samaris Yellow card 69'
Pereira Yellow card 69'
Jardel Yellow card 72'		 Report Vítor Bruno Yellow card 69'
Rabiola Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 57,540[135]
Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)
17 May 2015 33 Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 Benfica Guimarães
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Otávio Yellow card 24'
Afonso Yellow card 59'		 Report Pereira Yellow card 25'
Fejsa Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 28,875
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)
23 May 2015 34 Benfica 4–1 Marítimo Lisbon
18:00 WEST (UTC+01:00) Lima 6', 59'
Jonas 42', 83'		 Report Marega 32'
Ferreira Yellow card 45'
João Diogo Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,532
Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2014–15 Taça de Portugal

Third round

18 October 2014 Sporting da Covilhã 2–3 Benfica Covilhã
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Moreira Yellow card 1'
Traquina 9' Yellow card 90+2'
Nana Yellow card 31'
Erivelto 43'		 Report Jonas 2' (pen.), 54', 71' Yellow card 53'
Artur Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Fourth round

22 November 2014 Benfica 4–1 Moreirense Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Jonas 3', 7'
Salvio 22', 57'
Talisca Yellow card 80'
Júlio César Yellow card 85'		 Report Cardozo 26' Yellow card 60'
Elízio Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 22,447
Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)

Fifth round

18 December 2014 Benfica 1–2 Braga Lisbon
20:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Pereira Yellow card 10'
Jonas 33'		 Report Pardo Yellow card 11' 58'
Djavan Yellow card 35'
Danilo Yellow card 38'
Santos 48'
Rúben Micael Yellow card 56'
Kritsyuk Yellow card 61'
Pinto Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 28,234
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Porto)

Taça da Liga

Main article: 2014–15 Taça da Liga

Third round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Benfica 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advances to knockout phase
2 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Arouca 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4 Nacional 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: LPFP
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
30 December 2014 1 Benfica 1–0 Nacional Lisbon
21:15 WET (UTC±00:00) Jonas 10'
John Yellow card 20'
Pereira Yellow card 67'		 Report Gomaa Yellow card 51' Yellow-red card 85'
Ghazal Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 15,542
Referee: Nuno Almeida (Algarve)
14 January 2015 2 Benfica 4–0 Arouca Lisbon
20:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Pizzi 31' (pen.)
Cristante Yellow card 39' 42'
Salvio 83'
Jonas 84'		 Report Simão Yellow card 27'
Dabó Red card 30'
Vuletich Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 11,955
Referee: Bruno Esteves (Setúbal)
21 January 2015 3 Moreirense 0–2 Benfica Moreira de Cónegos
20:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Gerso Yellow card 67' Report Derley Yellow card 23' 67'
Cristante Yellow card 60'
Jonas 64'		 Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
Attendance: 2,818
Referee: Jorge Tavares (Aveiro)

Semi-finals

11 February 2015 Benfica 3–0 Vitória de Setúbal Lisbon
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Sílvio Yellow card 34'
Talisca 41' (pen.) Yellow card 71'
Pizzi 45' (pen.)
Jonas 73'
Derley Yellow card 87'		 Report Advíncula Red card 39'
Tavares Yellow card 44'
Queirós Yellow card 53'
Santos Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 13,101
Referee: Rui Costa (Porto)

Final

Main article: 2015 Taça da Liga final
29 May 2015 Benfica 2–1 Marítimo Coimbra
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Jonas 37' Yellow card 86'
John 80' Yellow card 81'
Pereira Yellow card 85'
Luisão Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Briguel Yellow card 32'
Silva Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 48'
Marega Yellow card 36'
João Diogo 56'
Gallo Yellow card 59'
Ferreira Yellow card 67'
Fransérgio Yellow card 74'
Bessa Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 28,517
Referee: Carlos Xistra (Castelo Branco)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LEV ZEN BEN
1 France Monaco 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–0 0–0
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 — 2–0 3–1
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–0 1–2 — 1–0
4 Portugal Benfica 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–0 0–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2014 1 Benfica Portugal 0–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WEST (UTC+01:00) Artur Red card 18'
Pereira Yellow card 60'		 Report Hulk 5'
Witsel 22'
García Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,294
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
1 October 2014 2 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–1 Portugal Benfica Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kießling 25'
Son 34'
Hilbert Yellow card 60'
Çalhanoğlu 64' (pen.)
Öztunalı Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Gaitán Yellow card 22'
Pérez Yellow card 54'
Luisão Yellow card 58'
Salvio 62' Yellow card 70'
Samaris Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,202
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
22 October 2014 3 Monaco France 0–0 Portugal Benfica Fontvieille, Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Carvalho Yellow card 71'
Kurzawa Yellow card 78'
Carrasco Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Eliseu Yellow card 8'
López Yellow card 26' Red card 76'
Salvio Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 12,776
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
4 November 2014 4 Benfica Portugal 1–0 France Monaco Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Samaris Yellow card 29'
Pérez Yellow card 38'
Talisca 82'		 Report Traoré Yellow card 26'
Carvalho Yellow card 39'
Toulalan Yellow card 56'
Moutinho Yellow card 74'
Martial Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 32,565
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
26 November 2014 5 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1–0 Portugal Benfica Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+03:00) Neto Yellow card 30'
Hulk Yellow card 36'
Criscito Yellow card 44'
Danny 79'		 Report Jardel Yellow card 11'
Samaris Yellow card 21'
Luisão Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 90+2'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,123
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
9 December 2014 6 Benfica Portugal 0–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 WET (UTC±00:00) Cristante Yellow card 36' Report Boenisch Yellow card 26'
Toprak Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 90+1'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 17,564
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Primeira Liga Taça de Portugal1 Taça da Liga UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Brazil BRA Artur 20 -10 12 -7 2 -2 3 0 3 -1
2 DF Argentina ARG Lisandro López 10 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF Portugal POR Steven Vitória 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Luisão 39 4 30 4 2 0 2 0 5 0
5 MF Serbia SRB Ljubomir Fejsa 6 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF Portugal POR Rúben Amorim 12 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF Greece GRE Andreas Samaris 37 0 28 0 1 0 3 0 5 0
8 FW Serbia SRB Miralem Sulejmani 8 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Derley 27 2 15 1 4 0 3 1 5 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Gaitán 37 4 27 4 3 0 2 0 5 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Lima 44 19 34 19 2 0 2 0 6 0
13 GK Portugal POR Paulo Lopes 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1
14 DF Uruguay URU Maxi Pereira 42 5 32 5 2 0 3 0 5 0
15 MF Netherlands NED Ola John 36 4 26 3 4 0 4 1 2 0
16 FW Portugal POR Nélson Oliveira 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Brazil BRA Jonas 35 31 27 20 3 6 5 5 0 0
18 MF Argentina ARG Eduardo Salvio 38 13 29 9 2 2 2 1 5 1
19 DF Portugal POR Eliseu 33 4 26 4 1 0 3 0 3 0
20 GK Brazil BRA Júlio César 30 -17 23 -9 2 -3 2 -1 3 -4
21 MF Portugal POR Pizzi 31 4 23 2 2 0 5 2 1 0
22 FW Argentina ARG Franco Jara 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Switzerland SUI Loris Benito 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
24 MF Italy ITA Bryan Cristante 15 1 5 0 3 0 4 1 3 0
25 FW Uruguay URU Jonathan Rodríguez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany GER Hany Mukhtar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Portugal POR Sílvio 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
30 MF Brazil BRA Talisca 44 11 32 9 3 0 3 1 6 1
32 FW Portugal POR Tiago 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
33 DF Brazil BRA Jardel 43 4 31 4 3 0 5 0 4 0
34 MF Portugal POR André Almeida 31 0 20 0 3 0 2 0 6 0
35 MF Argentina ARG Enzo Pérez 19 1 11 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
37 DF Brazil BRA César 8 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0
78 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Guedes (B) 9 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
83 FW Portugal POR Rui Fonte (B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
92 DF Sweden SWE Victor Lindelöf (B) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
97 MF Portugal POR João Teixeira (B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

(B) – Benfica B player

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Goalscorers

Rnk Pos Player League Cup League
Cup 		Champions
League 		Total
1 FW Brazil Jonas 20 6 5 — 31
2 FW Brazil Lima 19 0 0 0 19
3 MF Argentina Eduardo Salvio 9 2 1 1 13
4 MF Brazil Talisca 9 0 1 1 11
5 DF Uruguay Maxi Pereira 5 0 0 0 5
6 MF Argentina Nicolás Gaitán 4 0 0 0 4
DF Portugal Eliseu 4 0 0 0 4
DF Brazil Jardel 4 0 0 0 4
DF Brazil Luisão 4 0 0 0 4
MF Portugal Pizzi 2 0 2 0 4
MF Netherlands Ola John 3 0 1 0 4
12 FW Brazil Derley 1 0 1 0 2
13 MF Argentina Enzo Pérez 1 0 0 0 1
MF Italy Bryan Cristante 0 0 1 0 1
MF Serbia Ljubomir Fejsa 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 86 8 12 2 108

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition
Brazil Talisca Vitória de Setúbal 5–0 (A) 12 September 2014 Primeira Liga
Brazil Jonas Sporting da Covilhã 3–2 (A) 18 October 2014 Taça de Portugal

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Number of matches inside brackets.

Rnk Player League Cup1 League
Cup 		Champions
League 		Total
1 Brazil Júlio César 15 (23) 0 (2) 1 (2) 1(3) 17 (30)
2 Brazil Artur 6 (12*) 1 (2) 3 (3) 2 (3) 12 (20)
3 Portugal Paulo Lopes — — — 0 (1) 0 (1)
Totals 21 (34) 1 (4) 4 (5) 3 (6) 29 (49)

1Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Includes 1 shared match on Round 19 against Boavista.

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name League Cup League Cup Champions League Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
4 DF Brazil Luisão 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2 DF Argentina Lisandro López 1 1 1 2 1
1 GK Brazil Artur 1 1 1 1
30 MF Brazil Talisca 6 1 1 1 8 1
7 MF Greece Andreas Samaris 12 3 15
14 DF Uruguay Maxi Pereira 11 1 1 2 15
35 MF Argentina Enzo Pérez 5 1 2 8 Cup includes Super Cup
19 DF Portugal Eliseu 7 1 8
34 DF Portugal André Almeida 7 7
10 MF Argentina Nicolás Gaitán 6 1 7
18 MF Argentina Eduardo Salvio 4 2 6
17 FW Brazil Jonas 4 1 1 6
20 GK Brazil Júlio César 4 1 5
33 DF Brazil Jardel 3 1 4
24 MF Italy Bryan Cristante 2 1 3
37 DF Brazil César 2 2
9 FW Brazil Derley 2 2
5 MF Serbia Ljubomir Fejsa 2 2
15 MF Netherlands Ola John 2 2
22 FW Argentina Franco Jara 1 1
28 DF Portugal Sílvio 1 1
78 FW Portugal Gonçalo Guedes 1 1
21 MF Portugal Pizzi 1 1
6 MF Portugal Rúben Amorim 1 1

Source: LPFP and competitions above.
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

No. Pos Name Award Month Ref
30 MF Brazil Talisca SJPF Player of the Month August 2014 [136]
September 2014
17 FW Brazil Jonas SJPF Player of the Month February 2015 [137]
April 2015 [138]
17 FW Brazil Jonas LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year — [139]
20 GK Brazil Júlio César LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper — [139]
— — Portugal Jorge Jesus LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach — [139]

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