Benfica or Sport Lisboa e Benfica, competes at their home stadium or ground, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Estádio da Luz), in Lisbon. Nicknamed Encarnados, Águias, O Glorioso, Benfica was founded in 1904. Top tier Benfica plays in the highest division soccer league in Portugal - Liga Sagres. Sixteen football teams are members of the Portuguese Leagues’ top division Liga Sagres, also known as Portuguese Liga, or BWINLIGA. Each of the Liga Sagres teams plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away. Benfica competes in Europe under UEFA for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, European Super Cup and potentially the FIFA Club World Cup. Benfica was UEFA Champions League Winner in 1961 and 1962; Portugese League Winner in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
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