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S.L. Benfica
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1927 (97 years old)

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Lisbon, Portugal

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13 Nov Derthona Bas - S.L. Benfica
10 Dec S.L. Benfica - Basquet Manr
17 Dec S.L. Benfica - Niners Chemn

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29 Oct S.L. Benfica 58 - 72 Derthona Bas
16 Oct Niners Chemn 103 - 75 S.L. Benfica
02 Oct Basquet Manr 92 - 64 S.L. Benfica
21 Sep S.L. Benfica 91 - 85 Fribourg Oly
19 Sep BC Rilski Sp 89 - 88 S.L. Benfica


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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: (About this soundlisten)), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional basketball team based in Lisbon, Portugal, who play in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). Created in 1927, it is the senior representative side of the basketball section of multi-sports club S.L. Benfica. In June 2007, the club decided to leave the professional top league, then known as LCB, and join the Proliga, a league organized by the Portuguese Basketball Federation. From 2008 onwards, they returned to the LPB after the federation took over the realms of the competition.

Founded in 1927, Benfica is the most successful Portuguese club, having the record for most championships, cups, league cups, super cups, and other national competitions, with a total of 80 domestic titles. It is also the Portuguese team that advanced the furthest in the European top club championship, now known as EuroLeague.

Some of their most memorable moments were European victories against clubs that have won the Euroleague, such as Virtus Bologna, Real Madrid, Cantù, Cibona, Joventut Badalona, Panathinaikos, Partizan, CSKA Moscow or Varese. Despite basketball not being nearly as popular as football among the Portuguese population, Benfica has a major rivalry with FC Porto in this sport, rivalry which was interrupted from 2012 to 2015.

Along with its several junior teams that play in their respective top division championships, Benfica also has a developmental basketball team, Benfica B, that plays in the Proliga, the second highest tier in Portugal after the LPB, in which the main team competes.


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