2014–15 S.L. Benfica season
# 2014–15 S.L. Benfica season

The 2014–15 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 111th season in existence and the club's 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

Benfica won their second consecutive and 34th overall Primeira Liga title, their second consecutive and sixth overall Taça da Liga, and their fifth Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

## Season overview

### July

In the 111th season, manager Jorge Jesus started his sixth consecutive season at Benfica, for the first time in the last 60 years, since János Biri. The president Luís Filipe Vieira started his eleventh consecutive season.

After winning an historic treble, Benfica lost many players of its starting XI. Nemanja Matić had moved to Chelsea on 15 January 2014. Guilherme Siqueira had returned to Granada in June. On 25 June, Ezequiel Garay had moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg. Rodrigo and André Gomes' economic rights had been sold to an investment firm on 31 January; in July, they moved to Valencia on loan. On 15 July, Lazar Marković moved to Liverpool. The next day, Jan Oblak moved to Atlético Madrid.

### August

On 4 August, after seven seasons, Benfica's ninth all-time top scorer, Óscar Cardozo, moved to Trabzonspor.

On 10 August, Benfica won its fifth Supercup, beating Rio Ave 3–2 on penalties after a goalless draw. A severely remodeled squad, only presented seven starters of the Taça de Portugal final played just two months earlier: Luisão, Maxi Pereira, Rúben Amorim, Eduardo Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás Gaitán and Lima. The new players Talisca, Derley, Eliseu and Bebé made their official debut for Benfica. Benfica dominated throughout the match but was unable to score on multiple occasions, finally beating Rio Ave on penalties, after Artur defended three of them. It was the first time since 2010 that Benfica played the Supercup, winning a previous one in 2005. With this conquest, Benfica became the only Portuguese club to have won all four domestic titles in a year.

On 17 August, in the league's first day, Benfica beat Paços de Ferreira (2–0) with goals from Maxi Pereira and Salvio, with Artur saving a penalty in the 10th minute. Additionally, Benfica won the first matchday ten years later; the first with Jorge Jesus and the second during the ten-year term of Luís Filipe Vieira. On 19 August, Júlio César joined Benfica. On 22 August, Benfica signed Andreas Samaris. On 24 August, Benfica won at Boavista with a strike by Eliseu from 25 meters out. During the match, played in an artificial turf, Rúben Amorim got severely injured, with news in next day reporting an anterior cruciate ligament injury. On 31 August, Benfica drew against Sporting CP (1–1). Nicolás Gaitán scored the first goal, while Artur made a mistake which allowed Islam Slimani to tie the match. It was the first league goal for Sporting at the Estádio da Luz since 29 April 2007. It was also the first time in seven seasons that Sporting made any points in a league match against Benfica, while playing as a visitor at the Derby de Lisboa.

### September

On 1 September, Benfica signed Bryan Cristante and extended Sílvio's loan. On 11 September, Benfica signed Jonas. On 12 September, after the early break for the Euro 2016 qualifying, Benfica returned with a 0–5 win at Vitória de Setúbal, with a hat-trick from Talisca, in his first goals in the Primeira Liga. Furthermore, Samaris and Cristante made their debuts for Benfica, while Ola John scored his first goal in the league. On 16 September, in the first matchday of the Champions League, Benfica lost 0–2 to Zenit. Hulk scored, Artur was sent off for a foul on Danny outside of the box, and former Benfica player Witsel scored the second goal. It was Benfica's first home defeat in 51 matches, and the first home defeat in the Champions League since 2 October 2012. On 21 September, Benfica struggled to defeat Moreirense, suffering an early goal from João Pedro in the debut of Júlio César. In the second half, after Marcelo Oliveira was sent off for tackling Talisca, Eliseu scored from 30 meters out; eight minutes later Maxi Pereira untied the match; and in the final minutes Lima scored from penalty kick after being tackled in the box. On 27 September, Benfica won at Estoril (2–3) with two goals from Talisca and one from Lima. Winning 0–2, the Eagles allowed Estoril to tie the match, with goals from Diogo Amado and Kléber, but in an individual effort from Derley, Lima scored the winning goal.

### October

On 1 October, Benfica lost at Bayer Leverkusen (3–1) and remained point-less in the Champions League group stage. Nonetheless, four days later Benfica won 4–0 against Arouca, in the debut of Lisandro López, Jonas and Pizzi, maintaining the lead in Portuguese league. On 18 October, Benfica defeated Covilhã (2–3) with a hat-trick from Jonas in the third round of Taça de Portugal. On 22 October, Benfica drew at Monaco (0–0) and achieved their first point in the Champions League. On 26 October, Benfica lost for the first time in the league, (1–2) at Braga, but kept the first position. On 31 October, Benfica beat Rio Ave (1–0) with a goal from Talisca, who scored his fourth consecutive goal in the Primeira Liga.

### November

On 4 November, Benfica beat Monaco with a goal from Talisca and secured the first victory in group stage of Champions League. On 9 November, Benfica won at Nacional (1–2), with goals from Salvio and Jonas, and maintained the lead of Primeira Liga. On 22 November, Benfica advanced to the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal by beating Moreirense (4–1), with Jonas and Salvio scoring two goals each. On 26 November, Benfica lost at Zenit (1–0) and were eliminated from European competitions following the Monaco win at Leverkusen. On 30 November, Benfica won at Académica (0–2) with goals from Nicolás Gaitán and Luisão, and kept the first place in the Portuguese league.

### December

On 6 December, Benfica continued leading the Portuguese league by defeating Belenenses (3–0) with goals from Lima, Pérez, and Salvio. On 9 December, Benfica draw with Bayer Leverkusen (0–0). On 14 December, Benfica defeated Porto at the Estádio do Dragão (0–2) with two goals from Lima, securing the first place in Primeira Liga with six more points than the second-placed Porto. On 18 December, Benfica was eliminated from Taça de Portugal by Braga (1–2). On 21 December, Benfica beat Gil Vicente (1–0) in Primeira Liga with a goal from Nicolás Gaitán. On 30 December, Benfica beat Nacional (1–0) with a header from Jonas in the third round of Taça da Liga, their last match of 2014. Miralem Sulejmani returned after suffering an injury in May 2014.

### January

On 1 January, Nélson Oliveira moved to Swansea City on loan. On 2 January, Enzo Pérez moved to Valencia. On 4 January, Benfica beat Penafiel (0–3) with goals from Talisca, Jonas and Jardel, achieving seven consecutive wins in Primeira Liga, thus scoring in every league match since 21 April 2012 (79 matches). Gonçalo Guedes made his debut. On 8 January, Bebé (Tiago) moved to Córdoba on loan. On 10 January, Benfica defeated Vitória de Guimarães (3–0) with goals from Jonas, Ola John and Nicolás Gaitán. Eliseu and Salvio returned after injury, the former was out of competition since 31 October. It was Júlio César's sixth consecutive league match without conceding a goal, in a total of 629 minutes. On 14 January, Benfica beat Arouca (4–0) in the third round of the Taça da Liga and became leader of Group A with six points. Pizzi, Cristante, Salvio, and Jonas scored the goals. Rui Fonte debuted and Sílvio returned after suffering an injury in April 2014. On 18 January, Benfica won at Marítimo (0–4) with goals from Salvio (2), Ola John and Lima. It was Benfica's ninth consecutive win and seventh match without conceding a goal in Primeira Liga, leading it with 46 points in 17 matches, with an efficiency of 90.2%, the best record of the Top 20 leagues in Europe. On 21 January, Benfica won at Moreirense (0–2) and secured the first place in the Taça da Liga's Group A with nine points, advancing to the semi-finals, without conceding a goal. On 26 January, Benfica lost at Paços de Ferreira (1–0) from a penalty kick in the 90th minute, ending the series of consecutive wins (9) and clean sheets (7) in the league. Lima failed a penalty kick in the first-half. Despite this, Benfica kept the lead with 6 more points than the second classified which also lost. On 29 January, Jonathan Rodríguez joined Benfica on loan from Peñarol. On 31 January, Benfica beat Boavista (3–0) with goals from Lima, Maxi Pereira and Jonas.

### February

On 8 February, Benfica drew at Sporting CP (1–1) with a last-minute goal from Jardel in the 94th minute, and continued leading the Primeira Liga with 4 more points than the second classified. On 11 February, Benfica advanced to their sixth Taça da Liga final and second consecutive without conceding a goal, after beating Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) with goals from Talisca, Pizzi and Jonas. Rúben Amorim returned as a substitute after suffering an injury in August 2014. On 15 February, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal (3–0) in Primeira Liga, with goals from Jardel and Lima (2). On 21 February, Benfica won at Moreirense (1–3) with goals from Luisão, Eliseu and Jonas; and continued leading the Primeira Liga. On 28 February – on the club's 111th anniversary – Benfica thrashed Estoril (6–0) with goals from Luisão, Salvio, Pizzi, Jonas (2) and Lima; and set the league's biggest home win.

### March

On 8 March, Benfica won at Arouca (1–3) with goals from Jonas and Lima (2). On 14 March, Benfica beat Braga (2–0) with goals from Jonas and Eliseu. On 21 March, Benfica lost at Rio Ave (2–1). Salvio scored for the Eagles.

### April

On 4 April, Benfica beat Nacional (3–1) with goals from Jonas (2) and Lima. On 11 April, Benfica defeated Académica (5–1) with Jardel, Jonas (2), Lima and Ljubomir Fejsa scoring the goals; Fejsa returned to the first-team after an injury in April 2014, while Jonathan Rodríguez debuted in Primeira Liga. On 18 April, Benfica won at Belenenses (0–2), with Jonas scoring twice for a third consecutive league match. On 26 April, Benfica drew against Porto (0–0), and kept leading the Primeira Liga, three points ahead. It was the first time since 11 April 2009 that Benfica did not score at home in a league match.

### May

On 2 May, Benfica won at Gil Vicente (0–5) with goals from Maxi Pereira (2), Jonas, Luisão and Lima. On 9 May, Benfica beat Penafiel (4–0) with goals from Lima (2), Jonas and Pizzi. On 17 May, Benfica drew at Guimarães (0–0) and became Portuguese champions for a second consecutive time, with one game to spare, three points ahead of Porto, which had drawn at Belenenses. On 23 May, Benfica beat Marítimo (4–1) with goals from Lima (2) and Jonas (2) in their last league match.

On 29 May, Benfica played their last match of the season, defeating Marítimo (2–1) in the Taça da Liga final, with goals from Jonas and Ola John, thus winning the club's sixth Taça da Liga and 75th title overall, a new Portuguese record.

## Players

### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Artur | 34 | 2011 | 144 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 2 | CB | Lisandro | 25 | 2014 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 4 | CB | Luisão (captain) | 34 | 2003 | 458 | 44 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DM | Fejsa | 26 | 2013 | 33 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | DM | R. Amorim | 30 | 2008 | 154 | 6 | 2017 | Undisclosed | Originally from youth system |
| 7 | CM | Samaris | 26 | 2014 | 37 | 0 | 2019 | €10,000,000 | |
| 8 | LW | Sulejmani | 26 | 2013 | 34 | 3 | 2018 | Free | |
| 9 | ST | Derley | 27 | 2014 | 27 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | AM | Nico Gaitán | 27 | 2010 | 216 | 30 | 2018 | €8,400,000 | |
| 11 | ST | Lima | 31 | 2012 | 144 | 70 | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 13 | GK | Paulo Lopes | 37 | 2012 | 9 | 0 | 2015 | Free | Originally from youth system |
| 14 | RB | Maxi (VC) | 31 | 2007 | 333 | 21 | 2015 | €3,000,000 | |
| 15 | LW | John | 23 | 2012 | 87 | 9 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | ST | Jonas | 31 | 2014 | 35 | 31 | 2016 | Free | |
| 18 | RW | Salvio | 24 | 2012 | 150 | 38 | 2017 | €13,500,000 | Played on loan in the 2010–11 season |
| 19 | LB | Eliseu | 31 | 2014 | 33 | 4 | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | GK | Júlio César | 35 | 2014 | 30 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 21 | CM | Pizzi | 25 | 2014 | 31 | 4 | 2019 | €6,000,000 | |
| 23 | LB | Benito | 23 | 2014 | 6 | 0 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | DM | Cristante | 20 | 2014 | 15 | 1 | 2019 | €4,840,000 | |
| 25 | ST | J. Rodríguez | 21 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | €2,000,000 | On loan with buy option |
| 27 | AM | Mukhtar | 20 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 28 | FB | Sílvio | 27 | 2013 | 25 | 0 | 2015 | Loan | Originally from youth system |
| 30 | AM | A. Talisca | 21 | 2014 | 44 | 11 | 2019 | €4,000,000 | |
| 33 | CB | Jardel | 29 | 2011 (Winter) | 125 | 6 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 34 | DM | A. Almeida | 24 | 2012 | 95 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 37 | CB | César | 22 | 2014 | 9 | 0 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |

* Source: S.L. Benfica
* Ordered by squad number.

### Transfers

**In**

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | From | Ends | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 May 2014 | MF | 57 | Paweł Dawidowicz | 19 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 22 May 2014 | FW | 79 | Kevin Friesenbichler | 20 | Bayern Munich II | 2018 | Free |
| 7 June 2014 | DF | — | Djavan | 26 | Corinthians Alagoano | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2014 | DF | 37 | César | 21 | Ponte Preta | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2014 | DF | 23 | Loris Benito | 22 | Zürich | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2014 | MF | 50 | Daniel Candeias | 26 | Nacional | 2019 | Free |
| 4 July 2014 | DF | 42 | Luís Felipe | 23 | Palmeiras | 2018 | Free |
| 5 July 2014 | MF | 30 | Talisca | 20 | Bahia | 2019 | €4,000,000 |
| 11 July 2014 | FW | 31 | Victor Andrade | 18 | Santos | 2019 | Free |
| 16 July 2014 | FW | 9 | Derley | 26 | Marítimo | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2014 | DF | 19 | Eliseu | 30 | Málaga | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2014 | FW | 32 | Bebé | 24 | Manchester United | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2014 | GK | 20 | Júlio César | 34 | Queens Park Rangers | 2016 | Free |
| 22 August 2014 | MF | 7 | Andreas Samaris | 25 | Olympiacos | 2019 | €10,000,000 |
| 30 August 2014 | FW | 96 | Dolly Menga | 21 | Lierse | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | 24 | Bryan Cristante | 19 | Milan | 2019 | €4,840,000 |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | 59 | Oliver Sarkic | 17 | Anderlecht | | Undisclosed |
| 11 September 2014 | FW | 17 | Jonas | 30 | Unattached | 2016 | Free |
| 15 January 2015 | MF | 27 | Hany Mukhtar | 19 | Hertha BSC | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2015 | MF | 80 | Elbio Álvarez | 20 | Peñarol | | €2,350,000 |
| 1 February 2015 | FW | 91 | Flávio Silva | 18 | Torreense | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2015 | FW | — | Sancidino Silva | 20 | Unattached | 2020 | Free |

**Loan in**

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | From | Ends | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | 28 | Sílvio | 26 | Atlético Madrid | 30 June 2015 | Free |
| 29 January 2015 | FW | 25 | Jonathan Rodríguez | 21 | Peñarol | 30 June 2017 | €2,000,000 (40%) |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | 79 | Vitali Lystsov | 19 | União de Leiria | 30 June 2015 | Free |

**Loan return**

| Date | Pos | Player | Age | From | Ends |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Franco Jara | 25 | Estudiantes La Plata | 2016 |
| 2 July 2014 | DF | Lisandro López | 24 | Getafe | 2018 |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Luis Fariña | 23 | Baniyas | 2018 |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 22 | Rennes | 2018 |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Ola John | 22 | Hamburger SV | 2017 |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Pizzi | 24 | Espanyol | 2019 |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Michel | 27 | Al-Wakrah | — |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | Jim Varela | 19 | Farense | 2018 |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Juan San Martín | 20 | Farense | 2018 |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Clésio Baúque | 19 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2018 |
| 2 December 2014 | FW | Yannick Djaló | 28 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2016 |

**Out**

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | Private company | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | 30 | André Gomes | 20 | Meriton Capital Limited | €10,500,000 (70%) (+ 25%) |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | 19 | Rodrigo | 22 | Meriton Capital Limited | €22,800,000 (76%) (+ €10,000,000) |
| July 2013–March 2014 | FW | — | Cláudio Correa | — | Master International FZC | Undisclosed |
| July 2013–March 2014 | FW | — | Derlis González | — | Master International FZC | Undisclosed |
| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | To | Fee |
| 6 May 2014 | FW | — | Alan Kardec | 25 | São Paulo | €2,250,000 (50%) (+ 10%) |
| 20 May 2014 | FW | — | Derlis González | 20 | Basel | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2014 | DF | 16 | Guilherme Siqueira | 28 | Granada | End of loan |
| 17 June 2014 | FW | — | Filipe Nascimento | 19 | Académico de Viseu | Free |
| 20 June 2014 | GK | — | Rafael Copetti | 23 | Vasco da Gama | Undisclosed (50%) |
| 25 June 2014 | DF | 24 | Ezequiel Garay | 27 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | €2,400,000 (40%) |
| 30 June 2014 | DF | 96 | Huang Wei | 20 | Farense | End of contract |
| 30 June 2014 | FW | 74 | Sancidino Silva | 20 | Unattached | End of contract |
| 8 July 2014 | DF | — | Rafael Ramos | 19 | Orlando City | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2014 | MF | — | Valdomiro Lameira | 18 | Orlando City | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2014 | DF | — | Stefan Mitrović | 24 | SC Freiburg | €1,175,000 |
| 15 July 2014 | MF | 50 | Lazar Marković | 20 | Liverpool | €12,500,000 (50%) |
| 16 July 2014 | GK | 41 | Jan Oblak | 21 | Atlético Madrid | €16,000,000 |
| 22 July 2014 | FW | — | Cláudio Correa | 21 | Sol de América | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2014 | DF | — | Djavan | 26 | Braga | €1,000,000 |
| 4 August 2014 | FW | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | 31 | Trabzonspor | €4,000,000 (80%) (+ €1,650,000) |
| 15 August 2014 | MF | 51 | Filip Marković | 22 | Mallorca | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2014 | DF | 88 | Rudinilson Silva | 20 | Lechia Gdańsk | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | 23 | Jonathan Urretaviscaya | 24 | Paços de Ferreira | End of contract |
| 16 September 2014 | MF | 17 | Carlos Martins | 32 | Unattached | End of contract |
| 2 January 2015 | MF | 35 | Enzo Pérez | 28 | Valencia | €25,000,000 |
| 20 January 2015 | MF | — | Bernardo Silva | 20 | Monaco | €15,750,000 |
| 24 January 2015 | FW | 22 | Franco Jara | 26 | Olympiacos | €1,500,000 |
| 27 January 2015 | MF | 54 | João Amorim | 22 | Desportivo das Aves | End of contract |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | — | Michel | 28 | Penafiel | End of contract |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | 96 | Dolly Menga | 21 | Braga | Undisclosed |

**Loan out**

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Age | To | Ends |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 July 2014 | MF | — | Jorge Rojas | 21 | Gimnasia | 31 December 2015 |
| 8 July 2014 | FW | 9 | Rogelio Funes Mori | 23 | Eskişehirspor | 30 June 2015 |
| 17 July 2014 | MF | 30 | André Gomes | 20 | Valencia | 30 June 2015 |
| 23 July 2014 | MF | 10 | Filip Đuričić | 22 | Mainz 05 | 30 June 2015 |
| 23 July 2014 | FW | 19 | Rodrigo | 23 | Valencia | 30 June 2015 |
| 27 July 2014 | MF | — | Luis Fariña | 23 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2015 |
| 7 August 2014 | MF | 94 | Bernardo Silva | 19 | Monaco | 30 June 2015 |
| 7 August 2014 | FW | 90 | Ivan Cavaleiro | 20 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2015 |
| 13 August 2014 | DF | 42 | Luís Felipe | 23 | Criciúma | 31 December 2014 |
| 20 August 2014 | DF | — | João Cancelo | 20 | Valencia | 30 June 2015 |
| 24 August 2014 | MF | 50 | Daniel Candeias | 26 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 June 2015 |
| 25 August 2014 | FW | 79 | Kevin Friesenbichler | 20 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 August 2014 | MF | 56 | Lolo | 21 | Lugo | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 August 2014 | MF | 95 | Raphael Guzzo | 19 | Chaves | 30 June 2015 |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | — | Sidnei | 25 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2015 |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | 80 | Harramiz Soares | 24 | Farense | 30 June 2015 |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | 76 | Bruno Gaspar | 21 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 June 2015 |
| 11 September 2014 | FW | — | Juan San Martín | 20 | Central Español | 30 June 2015 |
| 1 January 2015 | FW | 16 | Nélson Oliveira | 23 | Swansea City | 30 June 2015 |
| 5 January 2015 | DF | 42 | Luís Felipe | 23 | Joinville | 31 December 2015 |
| 7 January 2015 | MF | 77 | Rúben Pinto | 22 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 June 2015 |
| 8 January 2015 | FW | 32 | Bebé | 24 | Córdoba | 30 June 2015 |
| 15 January 2015 | DF | 65 | Fábio Cardoso | 20 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 June 2015 |
| 19 January 2015 | FW | 67 | Hélder Costa | 21 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 June 2015 |
| 21 January 2015 | MF | — | Jim Varela | 20 | Rampla Juniors | |
| 26 January 2015 | FW | — | Yannick Djaló | 28 | Mordovia Saransk | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 January 2015 | MF | 70 | Rochinha | 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 June 2015 |
| 29 January 2015 | MF | 50 | Daniel Candeias | 26 | Granada | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | — | Filip Đuričić | 23 | Southampton | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | 83 | Rui Fonte | 24 | Belenenses | 30 June 2015 |
| 5 February 2015 | DF | — | Gianni Rodríguez | 20 | Peñarol | 30 June 2015 |
| 9 February 2015 | DF | 3 | Steven Vitória | 28 | Philadelphia Union | 31 December 2015 |
| 12 May 2015 | DF | 42 | Luís Felipe | 23 | Paysandu | 31 December 2015 |

**Overall transfer activity**

**Notes**

* ^ Includes €1,200,000 in transfer fees of former Benfica players: €75,000 from Zenit Saint Petersburg corresponding to 0.5% of Javi García, and €1,125,000 from Manchester United corresponding to 1.5% of Ángel Di María.

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Jorge Jesus |
| Assistant coach | Raúl José Miguel Quaresma Minervino Pietra |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hugo Oliveira |
| Fitness coach | Mário Monteiro |
| Motivational consultant | Evandro Mota |
| Video analyst | Marco Pedroso |

Source: S.L. Benfica

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

Performance by competition :

| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Primeira Liga | — | 1st | 17 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 |
| Taça de Portugal | Third round | Fifth round | 18 October 2014 | 18 December 2014 |
| Taça da Liga | Third round | Winners | 30 December 2014 | 29 May 2015 |
| Supertaça | — | Winners | 10 August 2014 | 10 August 2014 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Group stage (4th) | 16 September 2014 | 9 December 2014 |

Statistics by competition :

| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Primeira Liga | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 16 | +70 | 079.41 |
| Taça de Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Taça da Liga | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Supertaça | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Total | 49 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 108 | 28 | +80 | 071.43 |

### Primeira Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 16 | +70 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 13 | +61 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Braga | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

* ↑ Since Sporting CP won the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fourth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the sixth-placed team.

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Taça da Liga

**Third round**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advances to knockout phase |
| 2 | Moreirense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Arouca | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### UEFA Champions League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | ZEN | BEN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics

### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Artur | 20 | -10 | 12 | -7 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro López | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Steven Vitória | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luisão | 39 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POR | Rúben Amorim | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Miralem Sulejmani | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Derley | 27 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Gaitán | 37 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Lima | 44 | 19 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Paulo Lopes | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 14 | DF | URU | Maxi Pereira | 42 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Ola John | 36 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | POR | Nélson Oliveira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Jonas | 35 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Eduardo Salvio | 38 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | POR | Eliseu | 33 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 30 | -17 | 23 | -9 | 2 | -3 | 2 | -1 | 3 | -4 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Pizzi | 31 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Franco Jara | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Loris Benito | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | URU | Jonathan Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | POR | Sílvio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Talisca | 44 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | POR | Tiago | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Jardel | 43 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | POR | André Almeida | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ARG | Enzo Pérez | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | BRA | César | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes (B) | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte (B) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | SWE | Victor Lindelöf (B) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | POR | João Teixeira (B) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

(B) – Benfica B player

^ Includes Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | Pos | Player | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | Jonas | 20 | 6 | 5 | — | 31 |
| 2 | FW | Lima | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | MF | Eduardo Salvio | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | MF | Talisca | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | DF | Maxi Pereira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Eliseu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Jardel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Luisão | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Pizzi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Ola John | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | FW | Derley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Enzo Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 86 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 108 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Talisca | Vitória de Setúbal | 5–0 (A) | 12 September 2014 | Primeira Liga |
| Jonas | Sporting da Covilhã | 3–2 (A) | 18 October 2014 | Taça de Portugal |

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

Number of matches inside brackets.

| Rnk | Player | League | $Cup^1$ | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Júlio César | 15 (23) | 0 (2) | 1 (2) | 1(3) | 17 (30) |
| 2 | Artur | 6 (12*) | 1 (2) | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | 12 (20) |
| 3 | Paulo Lopes | — | — | — | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
| Totals | Totals | 21 (34) | 1 (4) | 4 (5) | 3 (6) | 29 (49) |

$^1Includes$ Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

* Includes 1 shared match on Round 19 against Boavista.

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | League | League | League | Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | Luisão | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Lisandro López | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | |
| 1 | GK | Artur | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| 30 | MF | Talisca | 6 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 8 | 1 | | |
| 7 | MF | Andreas Samaris | 12 | | | | | 3 | | | 15 | | | |
| 14 | DF | Maxi Pereira | 11 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 15 | | | |
| 35 | MF | Enzo Pérez | 5 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | 8 | | | Cup includes Super Cup |
| 19 | DF | Eliseu | 7 | | | | | 1 | | | 8 | | | |
| 34 | DF | André Almeida | 7 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 10 | MF | Nicolás Gaitán | 6 | | | | | 1 | | | 7 | | | |
| 18 | MF | Eduardo Salvio | 4 | | | 2 | | | | | 6 | | | |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 | | | |
| 20 | GK | Júlio César | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 33 | DF | Jardel | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | |
| 24 | MF | Bryan Cristante | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 3 | | | |
| 37 | DF | César | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 9 | FW | Derley | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 5 | MF | Ljubomir Fejsa | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 15 | MF | Ola John | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 22 | FW | Franco Jara | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 28 | DF | Sílvio | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 78 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 21 | MF | Pizzi | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | MF | Rúben Amorim | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |

Source: LPFP and competitions above. Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Awards

| No. | Pos | Name | Award | Month |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | MF | Talisca | SJPF Player of the Month | August 2014 |
| 30 | MF | Talisca | SJPF Player of the Month | September 2014 |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Player of the Month | February 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | SJPF Player of the Month | April 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Jonas | LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year | — |
| 20 | GK | Júlio César | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper | — |
| — | — | Jorge Jesus | LPFP Primeira Liga Best Coach | — |
