S.L. Benfica (table tennis)

Benfica

Full name	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded	1935
Ground	Estádio da Luz
Coach	Gonçalo Castanheira
League	First Division of Men's League Second Division of Women's League
2013–14	7th (men) 4th (women)
Website	http://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/mais/tenisdemesa.aspx

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

Table tennis table

Name	Nat.	Age
Dinis Cunha		43
José Monteiro		34
João Gouveia		38
Pedro Silva		29
Gonçalo Castanheira		31
Tomas Law		28

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)

External links

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