Benfica sink into worrying run and numbers put Rui Costa under fire | OneFootball

Benfica once again ended the league campaign without the title, and the numbers accumulated over the last seven seasons help explain the growing unrest among the Eagles’ fans. Since 2019/20, the Eagles have won only one national championship, a scenario far below the expectations of a Club used to fighting for every trophy.

During that period, the only league title won came in 2022/23, under Roger Schmidt. In addition, Benfica have not won a single Portuguese Cup in the last seven seasons, despite reaching the finals in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2024/25, ending up defeated in all of them.

The Reds also collected three Super Cups — in 2019, 2023 and 2025 — and one League Cup, won in 2024/25, but the results in the league continue to cast a negative shadow over the recent path of the Club from Luz - which could see José Mourinho leave.

Another figure having a major impact concerns their final league positions. Benfica finished in third place three times during that period: in 2020/21 with Jorge Jesus, in 2021/22 under Nélson Veríssimo, and now in 2025/26 with José Mourinho.

, at a time when Benfica are also facing a more delicate financial situation due to their absence from the Champions League.

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