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SL Benfica (handball)
Encyclopedia
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (handball) is the name of the professional handball
team of SL Benfica
sports club
. It is based in Lisbon
, Portugal
and plays in the LPA
.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
team of SL Benfica
SL Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team...
sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
. It is based in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and plays in the LPA
Liga Portuguesa de Andebol
Liga Portuguesa de Andebol, also known as the Liga Halcon due to sponsorship, is the premier professional handball league in Portugal, consisting of 12 teams...
.
Achievements (Men's section)
- Liga Portuguesa de AndebolLiga Portuguesa de AndebolLiga Portuguesa de Andebol, also known as the Liga Halcon due to sponsorship, is the premier professional handball league in Portugal, consisting of 12 teams...
:- Winner (7): 1961-62, 1974-75, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1988/89, 1989/90, 2007/08
- Portuguese Handball Cup:
- Winner (4): 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 2010/11
- Portuguese Handball Supercup:
- Winner (3): 1989/90, 1993/94, 2010/2011
- Portuguese Handball League Cup:
- Winner (2): 2006/07, 2008/2009
Current Squad 2011/12
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 |  |
João Ferreirinho (GK) |
| 16 | |
Ricardo Candeias (GK) |
| 18 | |
Carlos Carneiro |
| 13 | |
Nuno Roque |
| 54 | |
José Costa |
| 19 | |
Rui Silva |
| 17 | |
João Pinto |
| 3 |  |
Artem Kuibida |
| 9 |  |
Georgi Zaikin |
| 20 | |
Nuno Grilo |
| 7 | |
João Lopes |
| 2 | |
Pedro Peneda |
| 10 | |
Claudio Pedroso |
| 77 | |
Inácio Carmo |
| 15 | |
Pedro Graça |
| 8 | |
João Pais |
| 5 | |
David Tavares |
| 22 | |
António Areia |