Benfica club crest

Portugal · Portugal Liga NOS

Benfica

SL Benfica

Benfica

Kit impression

Founded

1904

Years standing

122

Home ground

Estádio da Luz

Country

Portugal

The Case For Them

Here is the argument for Benfica: Portugal, Portugal Liga NOS, and a ground called Estádio da Luz. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

  • Old enough to matter

    1904 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

  • Nothing won, everything to play for

    Trophyless, so far. That is the pitch: be there before the story turns.

  • Home is home

    Estádio da Luz is the address. Learn the walk from the station to the turnstile and you have most of what supporting a club actually is.

  • Easy weekend

    Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS) is about 5km from the ground, and Colégio Militar/Luz station is 0km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Estádio da Luz. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)

5 km / 3 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Colégio Militar/Luz station

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Estádio da Luz

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Estádio da Luz

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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