Benfica
Club information
Full nameSport Lisboa e Benfica
CityLisbon
Founded1914
Home pool(s)Estádio da Luz swimming pool complex

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] ⓘ), commonly known as Benfica, created a swimming section in 1914, which had one of the most successful teams in Portugal. Before the appearance of Diogo Ribeiro – the only medalist for Portugal at World Swimming Championships[1][2] – Benfica's most notable swimmer had been Alexandre Yokochi, who competed for the club his entire career and was part of the swimming team who won the EEC European Champions Clubs Cup in 1990.

Apart from individual titles and the ECC European Champions Clubs Cup, Benfica have won six Men's National Championships and one Women's National Championship.[3]

Honours

Men's

  • Portuguese Championship
Winners (6): 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2022–23[3][4]
  • Portuguese Second Division
Winners: 2009–10[3]
  • ECC European Champions Clubs Cup
Winners: 1989–90

Women's

  • Portuguese Championship
Winners: 1987–88[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Making Swimming History for Portugal". The Portugal News. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Kaufman, Sophie (24 July 2023). "Fukuoka 2023, Day 2 Euro Recap Diogo Ribeiro Wins Portugal's First Ever Worlds Medal". SwimSwam. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Vencedores de Natação Pura". Federação Portuguesa de Natação (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ A Bola (archived)


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