Benfica, the Return of the Champion

Some Wikipedia History xD
Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Benfica are the current Portuguese champions, having won three consecutive league titles.

Founded in 1904 by a group of people led by Cosme Damião, Benfica is one of the "Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have never been relegated from the Primeira Liga – the other two are rivals FC Porto and Sporting CP. The team is nicknamed Águias (Eagles) for the symbol atop the club's crest, and Encarnados (Reds) for the shirt colour. Since 2003, their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz, which replaced the original one. Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club, with an estimated fan base of 14 million supporters worldwide, and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country. By August 2015, it had 156,916 paying members. The club's official anthem, "Ser Benfiquista", refers to its supporters who are called Benfiquistas. Benfica is honoured in three Portuguese Orders: those of Christ, of Merit and of Prince Henry.

Benfica is the most successful Portuguese club in terms of both domestic (75) and overall titles (77) – 78 including the Latin Cup – and is the only one to have won all national competitions. They have won a record 35 Primeira Liga titles, a record 25 Taça de Portugal (10 doubles), a record 7 Taça da Liga (one treble), 5 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and 3 Campeonato de Portugal. Internationally, Benfica won two consecutive European Cup titles, in 1961 and 1962, a unique feat in Portuguese football. In addition, they were runners-up at the Intercontinental Cup in 1961 and '62, at the European Cup in 1963, '65, '68, '88 and '90, and at the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 1983, 2013 and '14. They have reached ten European finals, which ranks seventh all-time among UEFA clubs and is a domestic record. Furthermore, they hold the European record for the most consecutive wins in domestic league (29) and the longest unbeaten run in the Portuguese league (56 matches).

In 2000, Benfica was ranked twelfth in the FIFA Club of the Century award. In 2009, it was ranked ninth in "Europe's Club of the Century" by IFFHS.Benfica is ranked sixth in the current UEFA club coefficient rankings – the best position of a Portuguese club – and have the second most participations in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (35), after Real Madrid. Benfica's all-time top goalscorer is Eusébio, who won one Ballon d'Or and two European Golden Boots while at the club.

The Squad when i assumed control


The Tactic that will be used to dominate xD


Finances - around 20M € without sells

Files Used in-Game
Sortitoutsi FM Data Update 30/07, Pr0 Wonderkids & Agents, FM No Injuries at Start

Database
Around 190.000 players, with the best leagues (English ,Spain, Italy, Portugal)

Will probably be updating 3 in 3 months and in the end of summer/winter market.

Matches (until 1 September 2015)´

Well, team needs a lot of improving in attack, making around 30 shots per match. Still need to figure out something with my Complete Striker.

Transfers Summer Market'15


so most of them will be to use in the next years, Luan to replace Gaitan, Bentancur to replace Renato Sanches in the future...For now i will be using only 13-14 players all season since i loaned all the best young players to get matches and develop more. Probably next year will be a more revolution in the squad, need new Center Back.

Staff were all replaced also

Ideas for next Season Market Transfer:
Julio Cesar needs a replacement
Luisão needs a replacement
Jardel/Lisandro/Lindelof needs to be replaced also
Fejsa needs to be sold and get some Wanyama-Style Player (maybe Onazi?)
Above the Midfield, bought already the Essential players, they only need to Evolve

Update March 2016

Matches




Current Squad


Already bought Jorge and Donarumma, only need some players to defend now, really optimistic about the future of this.

EDIT: Check out my first year regen

End of 2014/2015 season
- Winner of Supertaça
- 1st Place in Liga NOS
- Winner of Taça de Portugal
- Winner of Taça da Liga
- Semi-Final in Champions League (won in quarter-finals against Man City and lost to Real Madrid)



New Season Squad


For some reason Rulli was released from R. Sociedad in-game, also had to loan Donnarumma, Rugani was expensive as sh*t but doing it in 48 months Also got some offers from Barcelona to sell Carrillo, Nelson Semedo and Luan, but no deal for now. Probably need 1 more midfield (on loan maybe since i have no money).
Also bought a lot of 5 Star Potential Regens, let's see how they go.

PS: Still in loan we have Andrija Zivkovic, Bentancur, Donnarumma, Gonçalo Guedes, Jovic, Saponjic and about youth teams we still have João Filipe and Zé Gomes so the future will be bright.

Maybe Future Team

GR
Rulli
Donnarumma
Svilar

RB
Nélson Semedo
Gino Peruzzi

CB
Daniele Rugani
Jardel
Lisandro Lopez
(these last two i wanna replace them for Vallejo and Kempf)

LB
Jorge
Grimaldo

Defender Midfield
Walace
Thiago Maia

Central Midfields
Tielemans
Samaris
Talisca
(last two must be replaced by Bentancur, maybe gonna try to buy Ajer too)

Inside Forwards *will depend on the Evolution of the players
Luan
Gabriel Barbosa (now playing as a Striker)
Andrija Zivkovic
Carrillo (will be sold after turning 27/28 probably)
João Filipe
Mbappé
(maybe Svendsen and Van Berger)

Strikers
Gabriel Jesus
Gabriel Barbosa
Raul Saraiva (probably, Screenshot above)