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S.L. Benfica is a Portuguese football team based in Lisbon. The club was formed as Sport Lisboa on 28 February 1904 following a meeting of former Casa Pia students at Farmácia Franco (Franco Pharmacy) led by Cosme Damião. Since the club lacked a field to play, they merged with Grupo Sport Benfica on 13 September 1906, to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Benfica won the Primeira Liga title for the first time in 1936; since then, they have won a further 35 league titles, along with 28 Portuguese Cups, plus a number of other more recently established trophies. They have also been crowned champions of European football on two occasions by winning the European Cup in 1961 and 1962. The club was one of 8 members of the Primeira Liga when it was formed in 1934.

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Benfica since their foundation in 1904. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won, and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included (when known), as well as those who have been in permanent charge. The club's longest-serving manager was Cosme Damião, who managed the team from 1908 to 1926, totalling 18 years.

Managerial history

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The first ever manager was Manuel Gourlade, an employee of Fármacia Franco and also the treasury manager He served for sixteen matches from the first official match on 4 November 1906, until the end of the second season in 1907–08, when eight players defected to Sporting CP. From then on, Cosme Damião took over, leading the club to its first ever Lisbon Championship, two years later. Until the end of the 1910s, he added seven more championships, the last in 1920 was particularly hard because of another mass defection to join recently created clubs Os Belenenses and Casa Pia. Facing a much less talented squad, and an ever increasing debt related to the construction of the football fields, the club entered a trophyless period which led to the departure of Cosme Damião in 1926, after 18 years in charge. He was replaced by Ribeiro dos Reis, a former club player that had recently managed the national team. Although performances improved slightly, he failed to win any silverware, ending his spell in 1929, to make way for a foreign manager, Arthur John, who would also double as a masseur for the club other sports. He was much more successful, leading the club to its first national title, the Portuguese Championship in 1929–30, retaining it in the next season. He moved to Sporting in the next season, with Benfica reappointing Ribeiro dos Reis for a second spell. He did not fare much better, adding only a Lisbon Championship on his second year, by now a second grade competition. He was succeeded by Vítor Gonçalves in 1934, who would reconquer the Portuguese Championship in his first season and lead the team to the first ever Primeira Liga title in his second year. The managerial changes continued in 1936, with Benfica hiring the first of six Hungarian managers: Lippo Hertzka. Hertzka led Real Madrid to its first La Liga title in 1932, and at Benfica, he remained victorious, adding another two Primeira Liga titles in three seasons. In 1939, Benfica changed manager again, hiring János Biri. In his first year, he won the club's last Lisbon Championships and the club's first Portuguese Cup. Over the following six seasons, he managed the team in 272 games, winning three Primeira Liga titles and another two Portuguese Cup. With the appearance of Sporting CP's "five violins" in 1946, the club attempted to fight them, sacking Biri at the end of the season and rehiring Hertzka. Benfica led the league 1947–48 season for most part but ended in second place, equalized on points, but with a goal less. Benfica then returned to English managers, hiring Ted Smith in 1948. He guided the team to a Portuguese Cup in his first year, the league title and the first European trophy, the Latin Cup, in his second year, and finished his two remaining seasons with two more Portuguese Cup titles, although in the latter, it was his assistant, Cândido Tavares who conquered it, after he returned to England. In 1952–53, Benfica hired Alberto Zozaya only to be replaced mid-season by Ribeiro dos Reis in his third spell, ending the season in second, but with one more Portuguese Cup. Ribeiro dos Reis would lead the club halfway through the next year, with José Valdivieso finishing the first trophyless season in five years. Benfica then hired Otto Glória, a manager that would revolutionize the club, starting the professionalism of the club. He created a house for the players to focus before matches, to strengthen the discipline; increased wages which allowed for professional footballers instead of part-time players; improved the physical training; carefully supervised what players ate; regular medical check-ups; implemented an academic program to improve the players' education; began the teaching of English language and also, through etiquette, how to dress and eat.

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 19 February 2017. Only competitive matches are counted.

Table headers

• Nat. – The coach's nationality is given as his country of birth.
• From – The date the coach began working for Benfica.
• To – The date the coach last worked for Benfica.
• P – The number of games coached for Benfica.
• W – The number of games won as a coach.
• D – The number of games draw as a coach.
• L – The number of games lost as a coach.
• GF – The number of goals scored under his tenure.
• GA – The number of goals conceded under his tenure.
• Win% – The total winning percentage under his tenure.
• Honours – The trophies won while coaching Benfica.

Table key

•   Player-coach (team player that assumed simultaneously the role of coach)
•   Caretaker coach (assistant coach that assumed temporarily the job in the absence of the incumbent head coach or until a new head coach was hired)

Managers of S.L. Benfica, their statistics and honours

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Honours	N
Manuel Gourlade		4 November 1906	22 March 1908	16	8	0	8	18	22	050.00
Cosme Damião		17 October 1908	28 March 1926	157	102	21	34	427	161	064.97	99988 Campeonato de Lisboa
Ribeiro dos Reis		17 October 1926	26 May 1929	52	28	11	13	128	86	053.85
Arthur John		20 October 1929	28 June 1931	46	28	6	12	137	55	060.87	99982 Campeonato de Portugal
Ribeiro dos Reis		10 January 1932	30 June 1934	56	37	8	11	135	70	066.07	99981 Campeonato de Lisboa
Vítor Gonçalves		1 October 1934	30 May 1936	63	41	9	13	184	91	065.08	99981 Primeira Liga 1 Campeonato de Portugal
Lippo Hertzka		1 October 1936	25 June 1939	92	61	14	17	290	127	066.30	99982 Primeira Liga
János Biri		1 September 1939	2 July 1947	272	194	25	53	982	470	071.32	99983 Primeira Divisão 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Campeonato de Lisboa
Lippo Hertzka		1 September 1947	30 June 1948	30	22	3	5	97	42	073.33
Ted Smith		1 July 1948	6 April 1952	109	73	18	18	354	148	066.97	99981 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Latin Cup
Cândido Tavares		3 December 1951	15 June 1952	17	13	1	3	59	19	076.47	99981 Taça de Portugal
Alberto Zozaya		1 September 1952	1 February 1953	15	10	1	4	45	17	066.67
Ribeiro dos Reis		2 February 1953	20 December 1953	28	19	7	2	77	28	067.86	99981 Taça de Portugal
José Valdivieso		21 December 1953	31 May 1954	19	8	3	8	46	37	042.11
Otto Glória		1 August 1954	14 June 1959	169	113	30	26	447	163	066.86	99982 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal
José Valdivieso		14 June 1959	30 June 1959	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00	99981 Taça de Portugal
Béla Guttmann		1 July 1959	30 June 1962	124	89	20	15	402	144	071.77	99982 Primeira Divisão 2 European Cup
Fernando Caiado		1 July 1962	1 July 1962	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00	99981 Taça de Portugal
Fernando Riera		1 October 1962	30 May 1963	43	33	5	5	130	44	076.74	99981 Primeira Divisão
Lajos Czeizler		1 June 1963	30 June 1964	41	33	6	2	169	44	080.49	99981 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
Elek Schwartz		1 July 1964	30 June 1965	46	33	7	6	157	41	071.74	99981 Primeira Divisão
Béla Guttmann		1 July 1965	30 June 1966	38	25	7	6	116	51	065.79
Fernando Riera		1 July 1966	30 November 1967	49	35	8	6	123	33	071.43	99981 Primeira Divisão
Fernando Cabrita		1 December 1967	7 April 1968	18	13	2	3	51	17	072.22
Otto Glória		8 April 1968	8 February 1970	75	45	16	14	170	65	060.00	99982 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
José Augusto		9 February 1970	14 May 1970	16	12	3	1	44	13	075.00	99981 Taça de Portugal
Jimmy Hagan		30 June 1970	23 September 1973	120	94	14	12	339	80	078.33	99983 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
Fernando Cabrita		24 September 1973	9 June 1974	35	24	6	5	83	25	068.57
Milorad Pavić		1 July 1974	30 June 1975	41	27	10	4	86	21	065.85	99981 Primeira Divisão
Mário Wilson		1 July 1975	30 June 1976	37	25	5	7	108	32	067.57	99981 Primeira Divisão
John Mortimore		1 July 1976	30 June 1979	114	79	22	13	244	77	069.30	99981 Primeira Divisão
Mário Wilson		1 July 1979	30 June 1980	39	27	7	5	102	27	069.23	99981 Taça de Portugal
Lajos Baróti		1 July 1980	30 June 1982	92	63	16	13	187	59	068.48	99981 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça de Portugal
Sven-Göran Eriksson		1 July 1982	30 June 1984	91	65	17	9	223	60	071.43	99982 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
Pál Csernai		1 July 1984	30 June 1985	45	28	7	10	100	41	062.22	99981 Taça de Portugal
John Mortimore		1 July 1985	4 June 1987	88	60	19	9	173	52	068.18	99981 Primeira Divisão 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Ebbe Skovdahl		10 July 1987	28 November 1987	16	10	3	3	24	7	062.50
Toni		29 November 1987	30 May 1989	87	52	24	11	158	52	059.77	99981 Primeira Divisão
Sven-Göran Eriksson		1 July 1989	30 June 1992	143	94	31	18	304	85	065.73	99981 Primeira Divisão 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Tomislav Ivić		1 July 1992	25 October 1992	12	7	3	2	23	8	058.33
Toni		26 October 1992	30 June 1994	85	57	19	9	176	62	067.06	99981 Primeira Divisão 1 Taça de Portugal
Artur Jorge		1 July 1994	9 September 1995	54	28	15	11	92	45	051.85
Mário Wilson		10 September 1995	30 June 1996	43	29	7	7	77	39	067.44	99981 Taça de Portugal
Paulo Autuori		1 July 1996	19 January 1997	23	14	4	5	43	19	060.87
Mário Wilson		20 January 1997	26 January 1997	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Manuel José		27 January 1997	20 September 1997	29	14	5	10	39	33	048.28
Mário Wilson		21 September 1997	1 November 1997	6	3	3	0	9	4	050.00
Graeme Souness		2 November 1997	2 May 1999	71	41	15	15	139	65	057.75
Shéu Han		3 May 1999	30 May 1999	4	2	1	1	10	5	050.00
Jupp Heynckes		1 July 1999	18 September 2000	48	27	8	13	81	55	056.25
José Mourinho		20 September 2000	5 December 2000	11	6	3	2	17	9	054.55
Toni		6 December 2000	23 December 2001	43	17	16	10	67	58	039.53
Jesualdo Ferreira		25 December 2001	24 November 2002	30	16	7	7	65	32	053.33
Fernando Chalana		25 November 2002	30 November 2002	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
José Antonio Camacho		1 December 2002	30 May 2004	71	47	14	10	132	60	066.20	99981 Taça de Portugal
Giovanni Trapattoni		1 July 2004	30 May 2005	51	29	10	12	82	50	056.86	99981 Primeira Liga
Ronald Koeman		1 July 2005	30 May 2006	49	27	11	11	64	38	055.10	99981 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Fernando Santos		1 July 2006	18 August 2007	49	29	11	9	86	41	059.18
José Antonio Camacho		18 August 2007	9 March 2008	38	18	13	7	57	29	047.37
Fernando Chalana		10 March 2008	11 May 2008	10	3	3	4	13	13	030.00
Quique Flores		24 May 2008	8 June 2009	44	23	12	9	73	47	052.27	99981 Taça da Liga
Jorge Jesus		17 June 2009	4 June 2015	321	225	51	45	674	249	070.09	99983 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal 5 Taça da Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Rui Vitória		15 June 2015		90	68	8	14	209	70	075.56	99982 Primeira Liga 1 Taça da Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Notes

1. From 1908–09 until 1915–16, Cosme Damião acted as player-coach.
2. Resigned for personal reasons in December 1951, but unexpectedly returned in March 1952 but left again in April, the 5 games he coached after his return will be added to existing record.
3. Riera resigned after unpaid salaries and was replaced by his assistant.

References

1. Tovar 2012, p. 11.
2. "Foundation". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
3. "Honours". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
4. Tovar 2012, p. 29.
5. Tovar 2012, p. 37.
6. Tovar 2012, p. 68.
7. ^ Tomaz 2014, p. 144.
8. Pereira 2014, p. 148.
9. Pereira 2014, p. 100.
10. Tovar 2012, p. 104.
11. Tovar 2012, p. 111.
12. "As histórias dos muitos treinadores do Sporting". Magazine Sábado (in Portuguese). 14 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
13. Tovar 2012, p. 120.
14. "A Maior Mentira do Futebol Português". em-defesa-do-benfica.blogspot.pt. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
15. Tovar 2012, p. 139.
16. Tovar 2012, p. 139, 145.
17. Tovar 2012, p. 157.
18. Tovar 2012, p. 171, 177, 189.
19. ^ Tovar 2012, p. 208.
20. Tovar 2012, p. 214.
21. Tovar 2012, p. 220.
22. Tovar 2012, p. 233.
23. Tovar 2012, p. 239.
24. Tovar 2012, p. 245.
25. Tovar 2012, p. 250.
26. Tomaz 2014, p. 51.
27. Tovar (2012), p. 57.
28. Tovar (2012), p. 233.
29. Tovar (2012), p. 336.

Bibliography

• Pereira, Luís Miguel (2014). Bíblia do Benfica. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-9896552152. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tomaz, João (2014). Plantel Glorioso. Portugal: Prime Books. ISBN 978-989-655-246-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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