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Benfica were founded in Lisbon in 1904 and have spent the 122 years since setting the standard in Portuguese football: a record 38 Primeira Liga titles as of 2026, two European Cups, and a production line of talent the rest of Europe shops from every summer.
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Home is the Estádio da Luz, rebuilt for Euro 2004 and still the loudest ground in Portugal on derby night. This quiz covers the lot — the Béla Guttmann and Eusébio years, the curse that supposedly followed them, the record title hauls, the €100m-plus sales, and the strange 2025-26 campaign in which Benfica went all 34 league games unbeaten and somehow still finished third. Whether you stand with the ultras in the Curva Sul or admire O Glorioso from a distance, there's a run of questions here with your name on it.
The defining stretch remains 1961 and 1962. On 31 May 1961, Guttmann's side beat Barcelona 3-2 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, ending Real Madrid's five-year monopoly on the European Cup. A year later in Amsterdam they beat Madrid themselves, 5-3, a 20-year-old Eusébio striking twice to out-duel a Ferenc Puskás hat-trick in one of the greatest finals ever played. Then Guttmann, refused a pay rise, walked out — and legend holds he swore Benfica would not win another European final for a hundred years. Eight finals since, eight defeats: the European Cups of 1963, 1965 and 1968, the 1983 UEFA Cup, the 1988 and 1990 European Cup finals against PSV and Milan, and the Europa League finals of 2013 and 2014. Eusébio even prayed at Guttmann's grave before the 1990 final in Vienna. Milan won 1-0.
Expect plenty on the sales that fund the machine: João Félix's €126m move to Atlético Madrid in 2019 remains the club-record sale as of 2026, Chelsea triggered Enzo Fernández's €121m release clause in January 2023 barely six months after he arrived from River Plate, and Darwin Núñez joined Liverpool in 2022 for an initial €75m that could rise to €100m with add-ons. Manager questions run from Guttmann to José Mourinho — appointed in September 2025, gone to Real Madrid by June 2026 and replaced by Marco Silva — and the boardroom features too: Rui Costa won re-election as president in November 2025 with more than 93,000 members voting, a world record for a club election. Cult heroes from Mário Coluna to Luisão get their due. The difficulty climbs steadily: early questions ask which stadium Benfica call home and who their two great rivals are; later ones want scorers, dates and clause values from memory.
What separates Ball IQ from a list of pub-quiz questions is that every answer is explained. Get one wrong and you don't just see the correct option — you learn why: the context behind Guttmann's exit, how the 1962 final swung after Puskás's hat-trick, why Enzo's release clause made Benfica the selling club every sporting director studies. It turns a quiz into the fastest way to genuinely deepen your Benfica knowledge, whether you're a lifelong sócio or building your football education one club at a time. You can start right now: a set of sample Benfica questions is free to play in your browser, no download or sign-up needed. When you're ready for the full question bank — plus daily challenges to protect your streak and real-time multiplayer to settle arguments with Porto- and Sporting-supporting friends — the complete experience lives in the Ball IQ app for iPhone.
Ball IQ has 22 Benfica questions — 6 easy, 9 medium and 7 hard.
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12 sample questions. Tap “Show answer” to reveal the answer and the story behind it.
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Which bird features on Benfica's crest and appears as their matchday mascot?
- Falcon
- Eagle
- Hawk
- Raven
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Answer: Eagle
An eagle sits atop the Benfica crest, and a live eagle named Vitória flies before home games.
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Which Premier League club signed striker Darwin Núñez from Benfica in 2022?
- Arsenal
- Manchester United
- Liverpool
- Newcastle
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Answer: Liverpool
Liverpool signed Darwin Núñez from Benfica in June 2022 in a deal that could rise beyond £80m.
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Which club has won the most Primeira Liga titles in Portuguese football history?
- Sporting CP
- Porto
- Benfica
- Braga
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Answer: Benfica
Benfica lead the way with a record 38 Portuguese top-flight titles, ahead of Porto and Sporting.
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João Félix left Benfica in 2019 in a €126m deal — which club signed him?
- Manchester City
- Atlético Madrid
- Barcelona
- Juventus
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Answer: Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid paid Benfica a club-record €126m for the teenage forward in 2019.
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Sven-Göran Eriksson led Benfica to the 1990 European Cup final, where they lost 1-0 to which club?
- AC Milan
- Ajax
- Real Madrid
- Steaua Bucharest
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Answer: AC Milan
A Frank Rijkaard goal gave AC Milan a 1-0 win over Eriksson's Benfica in the 1990 European Cup final.
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Benfica won their 38th league title in 2022-23 under which German head coach?
- Roger Schmidt
- Julian Nagelsmann
- Ralf Rangnick
- Thomas Tuchel
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Answer: Roger Schmidt
Roger Schmidt guided Benfica to the 2022-23 Primeira Liga crown in his first season in charge.
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Ángel Di María moved to Real Madrid in 2010 from which club?
- Rosario Central
- Benfica
- Porto
- Shakhtar Donetsk
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Answer: Benfica
Di María spent three seasons at Benfica before his 2010 move to Real Madrid.
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Which Italian coach ended Benfica's 11-year league drought by winning the 2004-05 Primeira title?
- Giovanni Trapattoni
- Fabio Capello
- Carlo Ancelotti
- Marcello Lippi
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Answer: Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni delivered Benfica's first league title in 11 years in 2004-05.
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Benfica striker Miklós Fehér tragically collapsed and died during a 2004 match against which Portuguese club?
- Vitória de Guimarães
- Boavista
- Sporting CP
- Braga
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Answer: Vitória de Guimarães
The Hungarian forward collapsed from cardiac arrest against Vitória de Guimarães in January 2004.
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Benfica hold a Guinness World Record for most paid-up members of a sports club — roughly how many?
- 40,000
- 160,000
- 500,000
- 1 million
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Answer: 160,000
Benfica were recognised by Guinness in 2006 for having around 160,000 paying members, the most of any sports club.
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Which former Benfica and Portugal playmaker became the club's president in 2021?
- Rui Costa
- João Pinto
- Nuno Gomes
- Simão Sabrosa
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Answer: Rui Costa
Rui Costa, a Benfica youth product and ex-Portugal star, was elected club president in October 2021.
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The famous 'Guttmann curse' supposedly dooms Benfica to no European trophy for how long?
- 50 years
- 100 years
- 25 years
- 200 years
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Answer: 100 years
Béla Guttmann reportedly declared Benfica would not be European champions again for 100 years after a pay dispute in 1962.