2017–18 S.L. Benfica season
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The 2017–18 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 114th season in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 5 August 2017 with Benfica's victory in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and concluded on 13 May 2018.[1]
2017–18 season | |||
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President | Luís Filipe Vieira | ||
Manager | Rui Vitória | ||
Stadium | Estádio da Luz | ||
Primeira Liga | 2nd | ||
Taça de Portugal | Fifth round | ||
Taça da Liga | Third round | ||
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Winners | ||
UEFA Champions League | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Jonas (34) All: Jonas (37) | ||
Highest home attendance | 63,526 v Porto (15 April 2018) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 21,355 v Portimonense (20 December 2017) | ||
Average home league attendance | 53,209 | ||
Biggest win | Benfica 6–0 Vitória de Setúbal (26 November 2017) | ||
Biggest defeat | Basel 5–0 Benfica (27 September 2017) | ||
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Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as four-time defending champions for the first time in their history and finished second. Benfica also entered the Taça de Portugal as title holders but were eliminated in the fifth round. Moreover, they were eliminated in the third round of the Taça da Liga.
Internationally, Benfica competed in the UEFA Champions League for the eight time in a row but failed to gain a single point in the group stage for their first time, finishing with a negative goal difference of 13, which became the worst campaign of a Portuguese team in that competition.[2]