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The Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðju ðɐ ˈluʃ]), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club Benfica , its owner.
Estádio da Luz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɨˈʃtaðiu ðɐ ˈluʃ], Stadium of Light), officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of S.L. Benfica and the Portugal national team .
From 1954 to 2003, Benfica played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the largest stadium in Europe and third largest in the world in terms of capacity – 120,000 – from 1985 to 1987. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] It was demolished between 2002 and 2003, and the new Estádio da Luz was finalized in 2003, with a construction cost of €162 million, roughly € ...
Murrayfield Stadium: 67,144: Edinburgh Scotland: Scotland national rugby union team, Edinburgh Rugby 2005, 2009 and 2017 Heineken Cup Final venue: 1925: 4 [24] 25 Estádio da Luz: 65,592: Lisbon Portugal: Benfica UEFA Euro 2004 Final venue 2014 and 2020 UEFA Champions League Final venue: 2003: 4 [2] [6] [3] 26 Krestovsky Stadium: 63,145 [25 ...
Benfica; 2024–25 season; President: Rui Costa: Head coach: Roger Schmidt (until 31 August 2024) Bruno Lage (from 5 September 2024): Stadium: Estádio da Luz: Primeira Liga: 2nd: Taça de Portugal
The 2023–24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 120th season in existence and its 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as defending champions, and reached the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal.
The 2018–19 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 115th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.It started with the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on 7 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019 with Benfica becoming Primeira Liga champions for a record 37th time.
The supporters of Benfica, who are called benfiquistas, have played an important part in the club's growth during its 120-year existence. One of those cases was in the early days of the construction of the original Estádio da Luz, when club president Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho asked them for free concrete to build the stadium.