Benfica
Liga Portugal / Portugal
Portuguese football club SL Benfica is one of the oldest football clubs in Portugal and has been one of the most decorated clubs considering its rich history over the years. It currently competes in the Primeira Liga, the highest division of Portuguese football, and is the most supported Portuguese club of all time. With under 88 major trophies under its name, SL Benfica managers have proved to be a backbone for their side, with some big names gracing the club's managerial ranks over the years.
SL Benfica managers have always been in the spotlight for several controversial reasons. SL Benfica managers have led them to win a record 38 Primeira Liga titles, a record 26 Taca de Portugal titles, and a record 8 Taca da Liga titles over the years, apart from their other domestic success. As of now, the current manager of SL Benfica is the mighty Jose Mourinho after the former manager Bruno Lage was sacked by the club following a shocking defeat for Benfica in the Champions League at home to Qarabag. Join us as we take a look at the new SL Benfica manager, whose official joining seems to be on the cards for the Portuguese side.
Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho is one of the most decorated football managers of all time. Being a midfielder during his professional days, he played for numerous clubs before diving into the art of coaching. His career as a head coach began with SL Benfica in 2000, where he had a brief stint before achieving widespread recognition and fame with his run at FC Porto. With consecutive Primeira Liga titles and an unforgettable UEFA Champions League victory, Jose Mourinho became the ‘Special One’, and with his move to Chelsea, he lived up to that name. After providing back-to-back Premier League titles for Chelsea, he moved to Inter Milan, where he achieved a historic treble by winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League in 2010.
The Special One further travelled to Madrid and led Real Madrid to a huge La Liga victory before returning to Stamford Bridge, where he once again won another Premier League title. Mourinho also led Manchester United to a UEFA Europa League victory and AS Roma to a UEFA Europa Conference League victory, making him the first manager to win all three current UEFA club competitions. With so much experience under his belt, he returns to his original roots as the next SL Benfica manager.
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The SL Benfica football club coach, Jose Mourinho, has been one of the most experienced football managers of all time, and he aims to bring that experience to Benfica, once again. The new and current SL Benfica manager approaches a pragmatic playing style and aims to get results rather than sticking to a specific style of play. SL Benfica football club coach aims to have a compact defensive line and low press, which makes it difficult for opponents to break through. Jose Mourinho tactics also involve counter-attacking prowess, which further sets up consistent goal-scoring opportunities.
Let us take a look at SL Benfica managers and overall management at the moment.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jose Mourinho |
| Assistant Coaches | Luis Nascimento Carlos Cachada Ricardo Rocha |
| Personal Trainer | Alexandre Silva |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Nuno Santos |
| Analyst Coaches | Jhony Conceicao Diogo Camacho |
Join us as we take a look at the list of SL Benfica managers over the years.
| Manager | Nat. | From | To | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Gourlade | Portugal | 4 November 1906 | 22 March 1908 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 50 |
| Cosme Damiao | Portugal | 17 October 1908 | 28 March 1926 | 157 | 102 | 21 | 34 | 427 | 161 | 64.97 |
| Ribeiro dos Reis | Portugal | 17 October 1926 | 26 May 1929 | 52 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 128 | 86 | 53.85 |
| Arthur John | England | 20 October 1929 | 28 June 1931 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 137 | 55 | 60.87 |
| Ribeiro dos Reis | Portugal | 10 January 1932 | 30 June 1934 | 56 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 135 | 70 | 66.07 |
| Vítor Gonçalves | Portugal | 1 October 1934 | 30 May 1936 | 63 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 184 | 91 | 65.08 |
| Lippo Hertzka | Hungary | 1 October 1936 | 25 June 1939 | 92 | 61 | 14 | 17 | 290 | 127 | 66.30 |
| János Biri | Hungary | 1 September 1939 | 2 July 1947 | 272 | 194 | 25 | 53 | 982 | 470 | 71.32 |
| Lippo Hertzka | Hungary | 1 September 1947 | 30 June 1948 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 42 | 73.33 |
| Ted Smith | England | 1 July 1948 | 6 April 1952 | 109 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 354 | 148 | 66.97 |
| Cândido Tavares | Portugal | 3 December 1951 | 15 June 1952 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 19 | 76.47 |
| Alberto Zozaya | Argentina | 1 September 1952 | 1 February 1953 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 66.67 |
| Ribeiro dos Reis | Portugal | 2 February 1953 | 20 December 1953 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 77 | 28 | 67.86 |
| José Valdivieso | Argentina | 21 December 1953 | 31 May 1954 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 42.11 |
| Otto Glória | Brazil | 1 August 1954 | 14 June 1959 | 169 | 113 | 30 | 26 | 447 | 163 | 66.86 |
| José Valdivieso | Argentina | 14 June 1959 | 30 June 1959 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Béla Guttmann | Hungary | 1 July 1959 | 30 June 1962 | 124 | 89 | 20 | 15 | 402 | 144 | 71.77 |
| Fernando Caiado | Portgual | 1 July 1962 | 1 July 1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Fernando Riera | Chile | 1 October 1962 | 30 May 1963 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 130 | 44 | 76.74 |
| Lajos Czeizler | Hungary | 1 June 1963 | 30 June 1964 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 169 | 44 | 80.49 |
| Elek Schwartz | Romania | 1 July 1964 | 30 June 1965 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 157 | 41 | 71.74 |
| Béla Guttmann | Hungary | 1 July 1965 | 30 June 1966 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 116 | 51 | 65.79 |
| Fernando Riera | Chile | 1 July 1966 | 30 November 1967 | 49 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 123 | 33 | 71.43 |
| Fernando Cabrita | Portgual | 1 December 1967 | 7 April 1968 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 72.22 |
| Otto Glória | Brazil | 8 April 1968 | 8 February 1970 | 75 | 45 | 16 | 14 | 170 | 65 | 60.00 |
| José Augusto | Portugal | 9 February 1970 | 14 May 1970 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 75.00 |
| Jimmy Hagan | England | 30 June 1970 | 23 September 1973 | 120 | 94 | 14 | 12 | 339 | 80 | 78.33 |
| Fernando Cabrita | Portugal | 24 September 1973 | 9 June 1974 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 25 | 68.57 |
| Milorad Pavić | Yugoslavia | 1 July 1974 | 30 June 1975 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 86 | 21 | 65.85 |
| Mário Wilson | Portugal | 1 July 1975 | 30 June 1976 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 108 | 32 | 67.57 |
| John Mortimore | England | 1 July 1976 | 30 June 1979 | 114 | 79 | 22 | 13 | 244 | 77 | 69.30 |
| Mário Wilson | Portugal | 1 July 1979 | 30 June 1980 | 39 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 102 | 27 | 69.23 |
| Lajos Baróti | Hungary | 1 July 1980 | 30 June 1982 | 92 | 63 | 16 | 13 | 187 | 59 | 68.48 |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson | Sweden | 1 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 | 91 | 65 | 17 | 9 | 223 | 60 | 71.43 |
| Pál Csernai | Hungary | 1 July 1984 | 30 June 1985 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 100 | 41 | 62.22 |
| John Mortimore | England | 1 July 1985 | 4 June 1987 | 88 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 173 | 52 | 68.18 |
| Ebbe Skovdahl | Denmark | 10 July 1987 | 28 November 1987 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 62.50 |
| Toni | Portugal | 29 November 1987 | 30 May 1989 | 87 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 158 | 52 | 59.77 |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson | Sweden | 1 July 1989 | 30 June 1992 | 143 | 94 | 31 | 18 | 304 | 85 | 65.73 |
| Tomislav Ivić | Croatia | 1 July 1992 | 25 October 1992 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 58.33 |
| Toni | Portugal | 26 October 1992 | 30 June 1994 | 85 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 176 | 62 | 67.06 |
| Artur Jorge | Portugal | 1 July 1994 | 9 September 1995 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 92 | 45 | 51.85 |
| Mário Wilson | Portugal | 10 September 1995 | 30 June 1996 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 39 | 67.44 |
| Paulo Autuori | Brazil | 1 July 1996 | 19 January 1997 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 60.87 |
| Mário Wilson | Portugal | 20 January 1997 | 26 January 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Manuel José | Portugal | 26 January 1997 | 20 September 1997 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 33 | 48.28 |
| Mário Wilson | Portugal | 21 September 1997 | 1 November 1997 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 50.00 |
| Graeme Souness | Scotland | 1 November 1997 | 2 May 1999 | 71 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 139 | 65 | 57.75 |
| Shéu | Portugal | 3 May 1999 | 30 May 1999 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 50.00 |
| Jupp Heynckes | Germany | 31 May 1999 | 20 September 2000 | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 55 | 56.25 |
| José Mourinho | Portugal | 20 September 2000 | 5 December 2000 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 54.55 |
| Toni | Portugal | 7 December 2000 | 27 December 2001 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 67 | 58 | 39.53 |
| Jesualdo Ferreira | Portugal | 29 December 2001 | 25 November 2002 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 32 | 53.33 |
| Fernando Chalana | Portugal | 25 November 2002 | 30 November 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 |
| José Antonio Camacho | Spain | 1 December 2002 | 25 May 2004 | 71 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 133 | 60 | 66.20 |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | Italy | 5 July 2004 | 31 May 2005 | 51 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 82 | 50 | 56.86 |
| Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | 8 June 2005 | 8 May 2006 | 49 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 38 | 55.10 |
| Fernando Santos | Portugal | 20 May 2006 | 20 August 2007 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 41 | 59.18 |
| José Antonio Camacho | Spain | 20 August 2007 | 9 March 2008 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 57 | 29 | 47.37 |
| Fernando Chalana | Spain | 10 March 2008 | 11 May 2008 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 30.00 |
| Quique Flores | Spain | 24 May 2008 | 8 June 2009 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 47 | 52.27 |
| Jorge Jesus | Portugal | 17 June 2009 | 4 June 2015 | 321 | 225 | 51 | 45 | 674 | 249 | 70.09 |
| Rui Vitória | Portugal | 15 June 2015 | 4 January 2019 | 180 | 123 | 27 | 30 | 382 | 160 | 68.33 |
| Bruno Lage | Portugal | 3 January 2019 | 4 July 2020 | 76 | 51 | 12 | 13 | 181 | 75 | 67.11 |
| Nélson Veríssimo | Portugal | 30 June 2020 | 1 August 2020 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 66.67 |
| Jorge Jesus | Portugal | 3 August 2020 | 28 December 2021 | 83 | 52 | 17 | 14 | 182 | 80 | 62.65 |
| Nélson Veríssimo | Portugal | 28 December 2021 | 13 May 2022 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 48.00 |
| Roger Schmidt | Germany | 18 May 2022 | 31 August 2024 | 115 | 80 | 20 | 15 | 250 | 97 | 69.57 |
| Bruno Lage | Portugal | 5 September 2024 | 16 September 2025 | 64 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 152 | 56 | 70.31 |
| Jose Mourinho | Portugal | 18 September 2025 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the current manager of SL Benfica?
After Bruno Lage was recently sacked by the club, Jose Mourinho is expected to take the reins at SL Benfica.
Who is the greatest SL Benfica manager of all time?
While several managers have graced the club over the years, Rui Vitoria, Sven-Goran, and Bela Guttmann are regarded as some of the best SL Benfica managers of all time.
What teams did Jose Mourinho play for?
Jose Mourinho professionally played for Rio Ave, Belenenses, Sesimbra, and Comercio e Industria.
When did Jose Mourinho join SL Benfica as manager?
Jose Mourinho joined SL Benfica as manager after the club sacked their former manager, Bruno Lage, after a shocking Champions League defeat.
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