1909–10 S.L. Benfica season

Benfica

1909–10 season
President	João José Pires Alfredo Luís da Silva
Coach	Cosme Damião
Campeonato de Lisboa	1st
Home colours
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The 1909–10 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 6th season in existence and the club's 4th competitive season. Benfica won their first and regional title, the Campeonato de Lisboa.

Campeonato de Lisboa

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Benfica	10	8	0	2	24	5	+19	16
2	Carcavelos	10	7	1	2	27	5	+22	15
3	Internacional	10	5	1	4	15	6	+9	11
4	Belenense	10	3	2	5	8	21	−13	8
5	Sporting CP	10	2	3	5	10	18	−8	7
6	Gilman	10	0	1	9	2	31	−29	1

Source: thefinalball.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference.

Matches

Benfica v Belenense

17 October 1909 1	Benfica	3–0	Belenense	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Carcavelos v Benfica

14 November 1909 2	Carcavelos	2–0	Benfica	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Internacional v Benfica

21 November 1909 3	Internacional	0–2	Benfica	Campo da Feiteira
		Report	António Rosa Rodrigues Cosme Damião

Benfica v Sporting CP

8 December 1909 4	Benfica	2–0	Sporting CP	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Benfica v Gilman

5	Benfica	1–0	Gilman	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Belenense v Benfica

9 January 1910 6	Belenense	1–4	Benfica
		Report	Cosme Damião Luís Vieira Josué Correia

Benfica v Carcavelos

23 January 1910 7	Benfica	1–0	Carcavelos	Campo da Feiteira
	Germano de Vasconcelos	Report		Attendance: 8,000

Benfica v Internacional

2 February 1910 8	Benfica	0–2	Internacional	Campo da Feiteira
		Report

Sporting CP v Benfica

27 February 1910 9	Sporting CP	0–4	Benfica	Sítio das Mouras, Lisbon
		Report		Referee: Henry Frood (England)

Gilman v Benfica

27 March 1910 10	Gilman	0–7	Benfica
		Report

Player statistics

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1909–10 Campeonato de Lisboa
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Alberto Rio	1	0	1	-
	GK		Alfredo Machado	10	0	10	-
	FW		Álvaro Corga	1	0	1	-
	DF		António Alberto Marques	1	0	1	-
	MF		António Costa	9	0	9	-
	FW		António Meireles	10	0	10	-
	FW		António Rosa Rodrigues	2	0	2	-
	MF		Artur José Pereira	10	0	10	-
	MF		Carlos Costa	3	0	3	-
	FW		Carlos França	3	0	3	-
	DF		Carlos Homem de Figueiredo	1	0	1	-
	MF		Carlos Martins	1	0	1	-
	FW		Constantino da Encarnação	4	0	4	-
	MF		Cosme Damião	10	0	10	-
	FW		David da Fonseca	1	0	1	-
	FW		Germano de Vasconcelos	5	0	5	-
	DF		Henrique Costa	10	0	10	-
	FW		Henrique Teixeira	1	0	1	-
	FW		Josué Correia	5	0	5	-
	DF		Leopoldo José Mocho	3	0	3	-
	FW		Luís Vieira	9	0	9	-
	FW		Manuel Lopes	7	0	7	-
	FW		Virgílio Paula	2	0	2	-

References

1. Malheiro 2009.

• Malheiro, João (November 2009). O Império Vermelho - A história completa do Benfica [The Red Empire - The complete history of Benfica] (in Portuguese). Statistics by Rui Malheiro. Portugal: QuidNovi. p. 13. ISBN 978-989-628-170-0.