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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

#Benfica U23 starters the pre season 26/27

the Under-23s have defined 5 preparation games. The first takes place on July 18, in front of FC Alverca B, at the Benfica Campus.

They will leave on SU 1 December (July 22), also at Benfica Campus, and a double-day on August 1, against SU Sintrense, at Benfica Campus, and Lusitano GC, at Campo Estrela, in Évora.

The cycle of pre-season games closes on August 5, with a reception at Juventude SC, newly on the Benfica Campus.

ata e hora	Jogo	Local
18/07 (10h30)	Benfica-FC Alverca B	Benfica Campus
22/07 (10h30)	Benfica-SU 1.º Dezembro	Benfica Campus
01/08 (10h30)	Benfica-SU Sintrense	Benfica Campus
01/08 (19h00)	Lusitano GC-Benfica	Campo Estrela (Évora)
05/08 (10h30)	Benfica-Juventude SC	Benfica Campus

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

#Benfica sub 19 schedule first game #Benfica vs #ULeiria 8th or 9th of August

Calendário
Jornada 1.ª volta	Jogo	Jornada 2.ª volta
1.ª	Benfica-UD Leiria	10.ª
2.ª	Oriental-Benfica	11.ª
3.ª	Benfica-Torreense	12.ª
4.ª	Alverca-Benfica	13.ª
5.ª	Benfica-Farense	14.ª
6.ª	CD Mafra-Benfica	15.ª
7.ª	Santa Clara-Benfica	16.ª
8.ª	Benfica-Sporting	17.ª
9.ª	Casa Pia-Benfica	18.ª

Saturday, July 4, 2026

#BenficaB Team news reported to #BenficaCampus for the 2026/27 Nelson Verissimo signed a 2 yr extension

Rafael Quintas 18 yrs to report to Benfica B signed until 2031 with a clause of 60 million euros

8 Preparation games

July 11 Sintrense

July 15 Juventude SC

July 18 Torreense

July 25 Farense

Casa Pia

Meredia

Aug 1st CD Mafra

Trofeu Germano Figueiredo

JOGOS DE PREPARAÇÃO

No plano competitivo, estão calendarizados 8 jogos de preparação. A estreia acontece no dia 11 de julho, frente ao SU Sintrense, no Benfica Campus. Seguem-se os encontros com o Juventude SC, a 15 de julho, e com o SCU Torreense, na manhã de 18 de julho, ambos no Benfica Campus.

No mesmo dia, a equipa desloca-se ao Algarve para defrontar o SC Farense, na Academia ALR Farense, em São Brás de Alportel. A 25 de julho, o Benfica B mede forças com o Casa Pia AC e com a AD Mérida, ambos os encontros no Benfica Campus.

A preparação termina no dia 1 de agosto, com um jogo frente ao CD Mafra, no Benfica Campus, e outro diante do Atlético CP, no Estádio da Tapadinha, referente ao Troféu Germano Figueiredo.

, Federico Coletta will join the team a little later after Euro U 19 playing for Italy

3 goalkeepers, 9 defender, 7 midfielders, 6 forwards

Apresentaram-se 25 jogadores:

Guarda-redes: Arnas Voitinovicius, Gonçalo Sobral e Leonardo Lopes
Defesas: Martim Ferreira, Tiago Parente, Leandro Martins, Duarte Soares, Guilherme Gaspar, João Capucho, João Conceição, Diogo Rocha e Ricardo Neto
Médios: Nuno Félix, Tomás Cruz, Francisco Neto, Tiago Freitas, Stevan Manuel, Rafael Quintas e Tiago Rodrigues
Avançados: Olívio Tomé, Jelani Trevisan, Eduardo Fernandes, Francisco Silva, Dilan Neves e Tomás Soares

Nelson Verissimo 49 yrs signed a 2 yr extension

Nélson Veríssimo is the head coach of S.L. Benfica B. He recently agreed to a two-year contract extension to continue managing the B team and coordinating between the academy and the senior squad.

The rest of the S.L. Benfica B coaching and technical staff includes:

Assistant Coaches: Marco Pimenta and André Carvalhas
Goalkeeper Coach: Gonçalo Simões
Performance Analyst Coaches: Pedro Pitacas and Rúben Damazio
Physical Trainers: Fábio Campos and David Pacheco (from Benfica LAB) [1]

Nélson Veríssimo has spent a combined total of roughly 10 years as a coach at SL Benfica B. This tenure consists of 7 years as an assistant coach (from 2012 to 2019) and over 3 years as the head coach

Benfica B reported to the Benfica Campus for the 2026/27 pre-season on June 25, 2026, alongside the senior squad SL Benfica.

The squad kicked off the summer with medical exams at the Hospital da Luz before taking the pitch for tactical and physical assessments.

Here are the other key details surrounding their 2026/27 campaign:

League 2 Schedule: The 2026/27 Liga 2 schedule was drawn, and Benfica B's opening fixture is against Leixões S.C. on the weekend of August 8–9, 2026.
Squad Dynamics: New signings like Gabriel Índio have been reporting directly to the B team as part of their phased integration plan into Portuguese football.
First Match Location: The opening match against Leixões will be played at the Benfica Campus.

#HoqueiPatins #WSEWorldCup #Portugal along with #Spain #Italy and #Andorra

Portugal was in Group A of the World Cup, along with Spain, Italy and Andorra, whose draw took place this sixth fair in Barcelona.

Group B will face Chile, France, Angola and Argentina in the match to be held in Assunção, Paraguay, between October 12 and 18

Friday, July 3, 2026

#Benfica loan players for the 2026-27 season Diogo Prioste first player to go on loan #BenficaB captain

First player to go on loan Diogo Prioste 22 yrs old ex Benfica B captain to Gil Vicente

#BenficaAndebolFem Mariana Teixeira the new Benfica Handball Women's Team

Mariana Teixeira new Benfica Handball Women's Team

Sport Lisbon and Benfica reports that the contracts of Andebol players Madalena Pereira, Maria Unjanque, Alexandra Shunu, Mariana Costa and Sofia Ferreira expired on Thursday, June 30

Madalena Pereira turned seven seasons old in the senior team and is going to embrace a career related to her academic training, being honored by the Club on June 4, after becoming part of the glorious history of women's conquests.

Mariana Costa and Maria Unjanque joined the Club in the summer of 2021 and helped them win five National Championships, four Portugal Cups, three Super Cups and a Federation Cup.

Already Alexandra Shunu strengthened in 2023/24 and was tied to winning three National Championships, two Portugal Cups, two Supercups and a Federation Cup, while Sofia Ferreira, Benfica player from 2024/25, won two Championships Nationals, two Portugal Cups and a Super Cup.

The Club would like to thank the five players and leave their votes of success for the future.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

#BenficaRugby #Benfica players called for the #NationsCup

Guilherme Vasconcelos, Izzak Kelly, Sam Miller and Santiago Cagnone have been called up to represent the national teams at the 2026 Nations Cup, which will run between July 4 and #RugbyBenfica

Hayden Hann, Manuel Fati, Frederico Couto and Edgar Monteiro have been called up by the Sevens coach for the 2026 REC, which will run between July 3 to July 5th #RugbyBenfica

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

#BenficaBasketFem Schaquilla Nunn signed for the 2026/27 season Official Ricardo Vasconcelos 49 signed until 2029 U 20 Gabriela Fernandes called for #PortugalBasket U 20 National Team 7 players on the way out 35 yrs old Marcy Goncalves captain on the way out of Benfica

The senior women's Basketball team has a straight entry into the Group Stage

@EuroCupWomen

for the fifth consecutive season.

The draw takes place on July 16 at 10:00 and is broadcast on Youtube.

Basquetebol

	ÉPOCA	EQUIPA	J	P	AST	R
	2025/26	Benfica [Feminino]	26	14,7	0,7	9,3

Ricardo Vasconcelos, 49, is the new coach of the senior women's basketball team of Sport Lisbon and Benfica. The former Portugal coach has signed a contract until 2029.

Already with a long journey in the modality, Ricardo Vasconcelos is back after 16 years as women's national coach, with great emphasis on the unprecedented participation in EuroBasket 2025, where Portugal won a game

Gabriela Fernandes called for the U 20 Portugal National Team to face Montenegro July 4th and Switzerland July 6th

Gabriela Fernandes, player of the women's basketball team of Benfica, is among the selected players of the National Under-20 National Team for the European Division B of the promotion, which will be played in Samokov (Bulgaria) between 4 and 12 July.

Integrated into Group B, the Portugal squad will meet counterparts Montenegro (July 4) and Switzerland (July 6).

Portugal started the European Women's Under-20 Championship (Division B) in the best way, beating Montenegro, 71-55, in the first game of Group D, held in the Bulgarian city of Samokov.

Marcy Goncalves

Contributing to the success of 3 National Championships (2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26), 2 Portugal Cups (2023/24 and 2025/26), 1 Super Cup (2024), 2 Vitor Hugo Cups (2023/24 and 2024/25) e 1 Federation Cup (2025/26), Marcy Gonçalves, who totaled 122 games and 351 points for Benfica

players on the way out Zuzanna Puc, Artémis Afonso, Emanuely de Oliveira, Sara Rodrigues, Fatumata Baldé e Letícia Soares estão de saída do Benfica. Obrigado! #BasketBenficaFem

in for Benfica 2026/27

Ricardo Vasconcelos will be the next Benfica coach

Inês Neto, 20-year-old base/winger and 1.73 m, represented Clube dos Galitos for the longest time in here career. In the season just concluded, she averaged 15.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.