- SL Benfica (basketball)
Infobox Basketball club
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name = Benfica Basket
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leagues = Portuguese Proliga
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arena =Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros
location =Lisbon ,Portugal
colors = red & white
president =
coach = flagicon|PORHenrique Vieira
championships = 20 Portuguese Championships
18 Portuguese Cups
5Portuguese 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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a_pattern_s =Benfica Basket is the professional
basketball team ofSport Lisboa e Benfica , based inLisbon ,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 theProliga , a league organized by theFederação 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 withFC Porto 's basketball team and it usually leads to arguments between the fans and players. SL Benfica is currently one of the best teams inProliga .Achievements
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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, 1997/98Current Squad 2008/09
Former Notable Players
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Carlos Lisboa
* Pedro Miguel
* / flagicon|PORMike Plowden
* / flagicon|PORSteve Rocha
*Jean-Jacques Conceição
*José Carlos Guimarães
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