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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ] ), commonly known as Benfica, is a semi-professional table tennis team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Founded in 1935, Benfica play in both the men's and women's national leagues.

It play homes games at the Estádio da Luz in a 190 m² room equipped with modern table tennis tables.

Men's honours

Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Men's Table Tennis League

Winners (24): 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984

• Portuguese Men's Table Tennis Cup

Winners (16): 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983

Women's honours

Domestic competitions

• Portuguese Women's Table Tennis League

Winners (11): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974

• Portuguese Women's Table Tennis Cup

Winners (2): 1970, 1973

Technical staff and management

Name	Nat.	Job
Paulo Marques		Section manager
José Carlos Alfredo		Assistant section manager
Gonçalo Castaneira		Main coach
Virgílio Nascimento		Youth main coach
Lúcia Manuela, António Neves e Romeu Cruz		Assistant coaches

Current roster

Name	Nat.	Age
Dinis Cunha		44
José Monteiro		35
João Gouveia		39
Pedro Silva		30
Gonçalo Castanheira		32
Tomas Law		29

Notable international athletes

• Oliveira Ramos (1935–61)
• Francisco Campas (1936–1960)
• Júlio Costa (1941–1970)
• Carlos Galiano (1945–1971)
• Manuela Jesus (1950–1955)
• José Louro (1951–1981)
• Manuel Carvalho (1951–1969)
• Ana Maria Batista (1951–1965)
• Teresa Montoya (1953–1962)
• Alberto Ló (1958–1963)
• Delfim Soares (1959–1966)
• João Rui (1961–1981)
• José Kong (1963–1966)
• José Alvoeiro (1965–2004)
• Óscar Lameira (1966–1969)
• Ana Maria Cruz (1970–1971)
• José Janeiro (1974–1982)
• José Rocha (1974–1978)
• Rogério Alfar (1987–1992)

References

1. "Achievements".
2. "Section".
3. "Current Athletes".
4. "Internacional Athletes".

External links

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

• S.L. Benfica sections
• Table tennis clubs
• Sport in Lisbon
• 1935 establishments in Portugal
• Table tennis in Portugal