SL Benfica (basketball)

Infobox Basketball club
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leagues = Portuguese Proliga
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arena = Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros
location = Lisbon, Portugal
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coach = flagicon|POR Henrique Vieira
championships = 20 Portuguese Championships
18 Portuguese Cups
5 Portuguese Basketball League Cup
7 Portuguese Super Cups
website = [http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Modalidades/Basquetebol/resultados/resultados.asp www.slbenfica.pt]
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Benfica Basket is the professional basketball team of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, based in Lisbon, Portugal. It used to play in LCB, but in June 2007, the team decided to leave the LCB professional top league and join for the 2007/2008 season the Proliga, a league organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol.

SL Benfica are a top club in Portugal. One of its most memorable moments was when Benfica's basketball team won a European Cup clash against Italian giants Buckler Bologna, beating the Italians 102-90, in December 4, 1993 at Pavilhão da Luz in Lisbon. However, basketball is not nearly as popular with the population as football. Just as in football, Benfica has a major rivalry with FC Porto's basketball team and it usually leads to arguments between the fans and players. SL Benfica is currently one of the best teams in Proliga.

Achievements

* Portuguese Basketball League (LCB): 201939/40, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1969/70, 1974/75, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95

* Portuguese Basketball Cup: 181945/46, 1946/47, 1960/61, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1980/81, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96

* Portuguese Basketball League Cup: 51989/90, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95

* Portuguese Basketball SuperCup: 71984/85, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98

Current Squad 2008/09

Former Notable Players

* Carlos Lisboa
* Pedro Miguel
* / flagicon|POR Mike Plowden
* / flagicon|POR Steve Rocha
* Jean-Jacques Conceição
* José Carlos Guimarães