Benfica is a club that has been around since 1904 and many managers have come and gone in those years, the biggest difference from early in club history to now is that the club plays in a lot more games and competitions then they use to. I now have a look at winningest club managers all time in history across all competitive competitions.
As of August 29, 2019
- Jorge Jesus (June 2009 - June 2015) Wins: 225 Games Coached: 321
- Janos Biri (September 1939 - July 1947) Wins: 194 Games Coached: 272
- Sven-Goran Eriksson (July 1982 - June 1984),(July 1989 - June 1992) Wins: 159 Games Coached: 234
- Otto Gloria (August 1954 - June 1959),(April 1968 - February 1970) Wins: 158 Games Coached: 244
- John Mortimore (July 1976 - June 1979),(July 1985 - June 1984) Wins: 139 Games Coached: 202
- Toni (November 1987 - May 1989),(October 1992 - June 1994),(December 2000 - December 2001) Wins: 126 Games Coached: 215
- Rui Vitoria (June 2015 - January 2019) Wins: 123 Games Coached: 180
- Bela Guttmann (July 1959 - June 1962), (July 1965 - June 1966) Wins: 114 Games Coached: 162
- Cosme Dimiao (October 1908 - March 1926) Wins: 102 Games Coached: 152
- Jimmy Hagan (June 1970 - September 1973) Wins: 94 Games Coached: 120
- Ted Smith (July 1948 - April 1952) Wins: 73 Games Coached: 103
- Fernando Reira (October 1962 - May 1963), (July 1966 - November 1967) Wins: 68 Games Coached: 97
- Jose Antonio Camacho (December 2002 - May 2004),(August 2007 - March 2008) Wins: 66 Games Coached: 109
- Lajos Baroti (July 1980 - June 1982) Wins: 63 Games Coached: 92
- Lippo Hertzka (October 1936 - June 1939) Wins: 61 Games Coached: 92
The Champions League group draw was completed a little earlier today and Portugal's only representative Benfica has been drawn into group G along with Russian League Champions Zenit St. Petersburg and third place clubs in their respective leagues Lyon from France and RB Leipzig from Germany. The group looks to be the widest open group of all the groups this season in the Champions League as any of the four clubs could finish atop the group when the stage ends in mid December. Benfica will open their Champions League tournament on September 17 at home against RB Leipzig.
Benfica's Champions League 2019/20 schedule:
September 17 (home) vs RB Leipzig
October 2 (away) vs Zenit
October 23 (home) vs Lyon
November 5 (away) vs Lyon
November 27 (away) vs RB Leipzig
December 10 (home) vs Zenit
French clubs are in talks with Benfica for a loan move of Serbian winger Andrija Zivkovic, who looks to have fallen out of the plans of Bruno Lage this season. Zivkovic has yet to dress for any of the clubs first three league games or the Super Cup game, Nice and Rennes are the two French clubs being linked with a loan move for the 23 year old. Nice is also said to be looking at potentially purchasing 50% of the players rights for €10M. Zivkovic joined Benfica in the summer of 2016 on a free transfer and has appeared in 84 games across all competitions for the club, scoring 4 goals and setting up another 24.
