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Ever since its foundation, Benfica has had 44 managers, which 7 were interim and 13 held the job on more than one time. The first manager was Manuel Gourlade and the current one is Jorge Jesus. The manager with more years in service is Cosme Damião, who held the charge from 1908 to 1926 (18 years).

Statistics

Information correct as of match played 18 May 2014. Only competitive matches are counted.

Table headers

• Nationality – 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	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Honours	Notes
Manuel Gourlade	Portugal	November 4, 1906	March 22, 1908	16	8	0	8	18	22	050.00
Cosme Damião	Portugal	October 17, 1908	March 28, 1926	157	102	21	34	427	161	064.97	9998 8 Lisbon Championship
Ribeiro dos Reis	Portugal	October 17, 1926	May 26, 1929	52	28	11	13	128	86	053.85
Arthur John	England	October 20, 1929	June 28, 1931	46	28	6	12	137	55	060.87	9998 2 Campeonato de Portugal
Ribeiro dos Reis	Portugal	January 10, 1932	June 30, 1934	56	37	8	11	135	70	066.07	9998 1 Lisbon Championship
Vítor Gonçalves	Portugal	October 1, 1934	June 30, 1935	32	23	2	7	93	45	071.88	9998 1 Campeonato de Portugal
Lipót Hertzka	Hungary	October 1, 1935	June 25, 1939	123	79	21	23	381	173	064.23	9998 3 Primeira Liga
János Biri	Hungary	September 1, 1939	July 2, 1947	272	194	25	53	982	470	071.32	9998 3 Primeira Liga 3 Taça de Portugal 1 Lisbon Championship
Lipót Hertzka	Hungary	September 1, 1947	June 30, 1948	30	22	3	5	97	42	073.33
Ted Smith	England	July 1, 1948	April 6, 1952	109	73	18	18	354	148	066.97	9998 1 Latin Cup 1 Primeira Liga 2 Taça de Portugal
Cândido Tavares	Portugal	December 3, 1951	June 15, 1952	17	13	1	3	59	19	076.47	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Alberto Zozaya	Argentina	September 1, 1952	February 1, 1953	15	10	1	4	45	17	066.67
Ribeiro dos Reis	Portugal	February 2, 1953	December 20, 1953	28	19	7	2	77	28	067.86	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
José Valdivieso	Argentina	December 21, 1953	May 31, 1954	19	8	3	8	46	37	042.11
Otto Glória	Brazil	August 1, 1954	May 14, 1959	169	113	30	26	447	163	066.86	<s+pan style="display:none;">9998 2 Primeira Liga 2 Taça de Portugal
José Valdivieso	Argentina	June 14, 1959	June 30, 1959	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Béla Guttmann	Hungary	July 1, 1959	June 30, 1962	124	89	20	15	402	144	071.77	9998 2 European Cup 2 Primeira Liga
Fernando Caiado	Portugal	July 1, 1962	July 1, 1962	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Fernando Riera	Chile	October 1, 1962	May 30, 1963	43	33	5	5	130	44	076.74	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Lajos Czeizler	Hungary	June 1, 1963	June 30, 1964	41	33	6	2	169	44	080.49	9998 1 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal
Elek Schwartz	Romania	July 1, 1964	June 30, 1965	46	33	7	6	157	41	071.74	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Béla Guttmann	Hungary	July 1, 1965	June 30, 1966	38	25	7	6	116	51	065.79
Fernando Riera	Chile	July 1, 1966	November 30, 1967	49	35	8	6	123	33	071.43	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Fernando Cabrita	Portugal	December 1, 1967	April 7, 1968	18	13	2	3	51	17	072.22
Otto Glória	Brazil	April 8, 1968	February 8, 1970	75	45	16	14	170	65	060.00	9998 2 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal
José Augusto	Portugal	February 9, 1970	May 14, 1970	16	12	3	1	44	13	075.00	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Jimmy Hagan	England	June 30, 1970	September 23, 1974	120	94	14	12	339	80	078.33	9998 3 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal
Fernando Cabrita	Portugal	September 24, 1973	June 9, 1974	35	24	6	5	83	25	068.57
Milorad Pavić	Yugoslavia	July 1, 1974	June 30, 1975	41	27	10	4	86	21	065.85	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Mário Wilson	POR	July 1, 1975	June 30, 1976	37	25	5	7	108	32	067.57	9998 1 Primeira Liga
John Mortimore	ENG	July 1, 1976	June 30, 1979	114	79	22	13	244	77	069.30	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Mário Wilson	POR	July 1, 1979	June 30, 1980	39	27	7	5	102	27	069.23	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Lajos Baróti	HUN	July 1, 1980	June 30, 1982	92	63	16	13	187	59	068.48	9998 1 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Sven-Göran Eriksson	SWE	July 1, 1982	June 30, 1984	91	65	17	9	223	60	071.43	9998 2 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal
Pál Csernai	HUN	July 1, 1984	June 30, 1985	45	28	7	10	100	41	062.22	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
John Mortimore	ENG	July 1, 1985	June 4, 1987	88	60	19	9	173	52	068.18	9998 1 Primeira Liga 2 Taça de Portugal 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Ebbe Skovdahl	DEN	July 10, 1987	November 28, 1987	16	10	3	3	24	7	062.50
Toni	POR	November 29, 1987	May 30, 1989	87	52	24	11	158	52	059.77	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Sven-Göran Eriksson	SWE	July 1, 1989	June 30, 1992	143	94	31	18	304	85	065.73	9998 1 Primeira Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Tomislav Ivić	CRO	July 1, 1992	October 25, 1992	12	7	3	2	23	8	058.33
Toni	POR	October 26, 1992	June 30, 1994	85	57	19	9	176	62	067.06	9998 1 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal
Artur Jorge	POR	July 1, 1994	September 9, 1995	54	28	15	11	92	45	051.85
Mário Wilson	POR	September 10, 1995	June 30, 1996	43	29	7	7	77	39	067.44	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Paulo Autuori	BRA	July 1, 1996	January 19, 1997	23	14	4	5	43	19	060.87
Mário Wilson	POR	January 20, 1997	January 26, 1997	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Manuel José	POR	January 27, 1997	September 20, 1997	29	14	5	10	39	33	048.28
Mário Wilson	POR	September 21, 1997	November 1, 1997	6	3	3	0	9	4	050.00
Graeme Souness	SCO	November 2, 1997	May 2, 1999	71	41	15	15	139	65	057.75
Shéu Han	POR	May 3, 1999	May 30, 1999	4	2	1	1	10	5	050.00
Jupp Heynckes	GER	July 1, 1999	September 18, 2000	48	27	8	13	81	55	056.25
José Mourinho	POR	September 20, 2000	December 5, 2000	11	6	3	2	17	9	054.55
Toni	POR	December 6, 2000	December 23, 2001	43	17	16	10	67	58	039.53
Jesualdo Ferreira	POR	December 25, 2001	November 24, 2002	30	16	7	7	65	32	053.33
Fernando Chalana	POR	November 25, 2002	November 30, 2002	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
José Antonio Camacho	ESP	December 1, 2002	May 30, 2004	71	47	14	10	132	60	066.20	9998 1 Taça de Portugal
Giovanni Trapattoni	ITA	July 1, 2004	May 30, 2005	51	29	10	12	82	50	056.86	9998 1 Primeira Liga
Ronald Koeman	NED	July 1, 2005	May 30, 2006	49	27	11	11	64	38	055.10	9998 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Fernando Santos	POR	July 1, 2006	August 18, 2007	49	29	11	9	86	41	059.18
José Antonio Camacho	ESP	August 18, 2007	March 9, 2008	38	18	13	7	57	29	047.37
Fernando Chalana	POR	March 10, 2008	May 11, 2008	10	3	3	4	13	13	030.00
Quique Flores	ESP	May 24, 2008	June 8, 2009	44	23	12	9	73	47	052.27	9998 1 Taça da Liga
Jorge Jesus	POR	June 17, 2009	present	274	191	45	38	566	219	069.71	9998 2 Primeira Liga 1 Taça de Portugal 4 Taça da Liga 1 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Notes

1. From 1908-09 till 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

• Tovar, Rui Miguel (November 2012). Almanaque do Benfica (in Portuguese). Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
• "Os 57 treinadores do Benfica". dn.pt. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

Citations

1. Tovar (2012), p. 57.
2. Tovar (2012), p. 233.
3. Tovar (2012), p. 336.

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