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  • Benfica is one of the the most sucessful club in Portugal with a total of 31 Portuguese Liga, 27 Portuguese Cup, 1 Carlsberg Cup, 4 SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, 2 UEFA Champions League and 1 Latin Cup.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • Benfica is one of the the most sucessful club in Portugal with a total of 31 Portuguese Liga, 27 Portuguese Cup, 1 Carlsberg Cup, 4 SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, 2 UEFA Champions League and 1 Latin Cup.

    SL Benfica 2008/09 team kits Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • Alfio Basile also felt justified after he called the Benfica youngster for upcoming international duty earlier in the day much to the criticism the domestic media.

    Angel of Gold Beats Nigeria 2008

  • So he went to Portugal for a season and won the title with Benfica, the club's first in 11 years.

    Meet Soccer's Dr. Seuss Gabriele Marcotti 2011

  • Benfica, which is looking to add to its record 31 league trophies, has 61 points to Braga's

    Brownsville Herald : THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010

  • (Portugal) Led Portugal to the third place in world cup 1966, made "Benfica" European champion, etc. almost entirely by his individual efforts.

    WN.com - Articles related to Maradona and Messi arrive in South Africa 2010

  • Galatasaray, Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor were the only previous teams to have won the Turkish Super Lig but Bursa's victory draws Turkey level in the fewest champions stakes with Portugal, where Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Belenenses and Boavista are the only champions.

    Why does the Premier League have a January transfer window? | The Knowledge 2012

  • Nasri, meanwhile, did not travel to Lisbon at the weekend for the 2-1 friendly loss to Benfica because of what Wenger described as a "muscular problem" but, to general angst at Arsenal, he has joined up with the France squad in Montpellier, ahead of the friendly against Chile on Wednesday.

    Arsenal open the door for Samir Nasri's £25m move to Manchester City 2011

  • Wilshere had suffered the ankle injury early in Arsenal's Emirates Cup tie with New York Red Bulls – he had not been included in the Londoners' 19-man travelling squad for Saturday's friendly at Benfica – with his club manager left frustrated by Capello's initial stance.

    Riots force police and FA into talks before England friendly 2011

  • Hope no injuries tonight. #afcIn tonight's other match: Zenit St Petersburg have beaten Benfica 3-2 after an exhibition of hideous clanger-dropping from both goalkeepers on a cold night in Russia.

    AC Milan 4-0 Arsenal – as it happened | Barry Glendenning 2012

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