S.L. Benfica (roller hockey)

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Benfica
Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded 19 August 1917 (106 years ago) (1917-08-19)
Chairman José Trindade
Manager Pedro Nunes
Home ground Pavilhão Fidelidade
(Capacity 2,400)
League First Division
Season 2014–15
Position 1st
Official Website slbenfica.pt
Home
Away
Active departments of
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a professional roller hockey team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica play in Portuguese first division where they are the most successful club, having won a record 22 titles. They are the current champions (without defeat).[1] Benfica is also the world's oldest club to play roller hockey without interruption.

International success

Benfica's only European trophy up to the season of 2009–10 was a single CERS Cup won in the 1990–91 season but in the 2010–11 season the club's European fate began to change. They made their way up to the 2010–11 CERS Cup Final Four, eventually winning the trophy for the second time (deafeating CP Vilanova in the final by 6–4, at their home ground).[2] With this victory, Benfica had the chance to play the CERH Continental Cup against the CERH European League winner HC Liceo La Coruña. The opponent refused to play the cup's final and Benfica won it by 10–0 (disqualification), conquering their first Continental Cup.[3]

On 2 June 2013, Benfica won its first CERH European League defeating FC Porto at Dragão Caixa by 6–5 (aet), in an all Portuguese final.[4] That made them the fourth Portuguese team to lift the most important clubs European trophy. On 2 November 2013, Benfica won its second Continental Cup defeating CE Vendrell of Spain (5–3, 5–0), thus becoming the only Portuguese club to win the trophy twice.[5] On 16 November 2013, Benfica won the FIRS Intercontinental Cup, defeating Sport Recife by 10–3 and winning the only missing trophy for the club and the second one for Portuguese roller hockey, after the 1992 Óquei de Barcelos win.[6]

On 15 March 2015, Benfica became the second European club, after CP Voltregà, to win CERH's most important club title in both men and women competitions, after defeating the French team Coutras in the final of the Women's European Cup. Domestically, earlier that season, the women's section had conquered the national Super Cup on 8 November 2014, and later also won their third consecutive national championship on 8 June 2015, and their second consecutive domestic cup on 14 June, accomplishing the treble, and winning all five competitions they played, including the Torneio de Abertura.[7]

Men's honours

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2012–13 CERH European League trophy (right) at the Museu Benfica

According to S.L. Benfica website[8]

Domestic

  • Portuguese First Division: 22 (record)
    • 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2011–12, 2014–15
  • Portuguese Cup: 15 (record)
    • 1962–63, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Portuguese Super Cup: 7
    • 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2012

European

Worldwide

Other

Women's honours

Domestic

  • Portuguese League: 3
    • 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Portuguese Cup: 2
    • 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Portuguese Super Cup: 3
    • 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Opening Tournament of Lisbon Roller Sports Association: 3

European

Players

Current squad

As of 28 May 2015[13]
Goalkeepers
  • 01 Portugal Pedro Henriques
  • 10 Spain Guillem Trabal

Defenders

  • 02 Portugal Valter Neves (captain)
  • 04 Portugal Diogo Rafael
 Midfielders
  • 14 Portugal Tiago Rafael

Forwards

  • 05 Argentina Carlos Nicolia
  • 07 Spain Jordi Adroher
  • 08 Spain Marc Torra

Universals

  • 09 Portugal João Rodrigues
  • 44 Portugal Miguel Rocha
 Technical staff
  • Portugal Pedro Nunes (head coach)
  • Portugal José Carlos Manaças (assistant coach)
  • Portugal João Paulo Almeida (club doctor)
  • Portugal David Amaro (physiotherapist)
  • Portugal Tiago Vaz (physiologist)

Former notable players

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References

  1. ↑ http://desporto.sapo.pt/hoquei/campeonato_portugal/artigo/2015/05/16/hoquei-em-patins-sporting-falha-liga-europeia-benfica-acaba-sem-derrotas
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