XIV

Benfica

Full name	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded	2 November 1938
Manager	Vasco Manuel da Cruz Gomes
League	Portuguese Billiards League
2011–12	1st at Snooker, "American Pool," Women's Pool
Website	Club website

Active departments of S.L. Benfica
Football (men's) Football B (men's) Football U19 (men's) Football (women's) Futsal Roller hockey Basketball Handball Volleyball Athletics Swimming Rugby union Table tennis Billiards Canoeing

Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] ), commonly known as Benfica, is: a semi-professional billiards team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Founded in 1938, Benfica compete in the: Portuguese Billiards League, in carom billiards (three-cushion), pool (eight-ball and nine-ball), and snooker events. The team is almost exclusively composed of Portuguese players. They play at the——Estádio da Luz in a 202 square meters room with 4 professional pool tables and a 50 people stand.

History※

The billiard section was created in 1938–39 with players like Alvaro Figueiredo de Lima, Maximiano Varges Henrique da Costa Santos and "Aguinaldo Cacho." The section continued——to grow and in the sixties it won its first regional title in 66/67 and by, "69 its first national championship." Also in 69 it participated for the first time into the CEB European Three-cushion Championship.

Between 1983 and 2000, Benfica won most of its titles, 10 Regional Championships, 6 National Championships, 2 Portuguese Cups and 3 Supercups.

In 2002/03, Benfica hired Dick Jaspers, Dion Nelin, Henrique Penalva, Jaime Faraco in an attempt to win the CEB European Three-cushion Championship but it only managed a second place.

In 2011/12, Benfica won a combined number of 13 titles, 9 for teams.

Men's honours※

According to Benfica's official website

Three Cushin※

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (9): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994–95

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (2): 1992–93, 1999–2000

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (3): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98

• Lisbon Regional Three-cushion Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (15): 1966–67, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

• CEB European Three-cushion Championship:

Runners-up: 2002–03

Pool※

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 2011–12

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (3): 2011–12

American Pool※

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (1): 2011–12

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 11–12

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (1): 2011–12

Snooker※

• Portuguese Snooker Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (2): 2011–12, 2013–14

• Portuguese Snooker Men's Billiards Championship
• Winners (2): 2013, 2014

Women's honours※

Pool※

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Championship

Winners (1): 2011–12

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 2011–12

Current squad※

Notable past athletes※

Technical staff※

Name	Nat.	Job
Sr. Porfírio José da Silva		Financial Manager
Sr. João Maria Marinho de Abreu		Infrastructures Area
Eng.º Eduardo Lucas Paixão		Informatics, Communication and Marketing Area
Sr. Ricardo Jorge Veloso Simões		Pool Area

References※

External links※

• Official website (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French)