Who owns SL Benfica Women?
SL Benfica Women is owned by Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portugal).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD — Relatório & Contas 2025-2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon
- Origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon
- Category
- Sport & fitness › Teams & leagues › Sports teams
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About SL Benfica Women
SL Benfica's women's football team, which the club calls the Inspiradoras, won a sixth consecutive Liga BPI title in 2025/26 without losing a match and with the league's best attack and defence. It also won its third Taça de Portugal, the club's second league-and-cup double. Of its 15 home games, four were at the Estádio da Luz and eleven at the Benfica Campus, and 12,653 people watched the league match against Sporting. The football SAD holds the right to run women's football and amortises it as an asset.
Ownership timeline of SL Benfica Women
- Current owner Sport Lisboa e Benfica [1] reported
Where SL Benfica Women sits in Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in sport & fitness.
Also in sport & fitness
Other brands in sports teams, and who owns them
Sport Lisboa e Benfica has more brands in sports teams on Brandtree than any other owner: 2 of 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Olympique Lyonnais | Eagle Football Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| FC Porto | FC Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| F.C. København | PARKEN | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Sporting CP | Sporting CP | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a cooperative headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Sport Lisboa e Benfica is the Lisbon sports club behind SL Benfica. Its professional football is run by Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD, a sports company set up on 10 February 2000 whose shares trade on Euronext Lisbon. The club holds 9,200,630 of the SAD's 23,000,000 shares directly and 5,439,631 more through Sport Lisboa e Benfica, SGPS, a holding company it exclusively controls, about 63.7% in all. The SAD pays the club royalties for the right to use the Benfica brand. Benfica SGPS also wholly owns Benfica TV and Benfica Estádio.
Sport Lisboa e Benfica: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇵🇹 SL Benfica Women and other Portuguese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 55 brands that began in Portugal. 8 of them (15%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; SL Benfica Women is not one of them.
- FC Porto — FC Porto 🇵🇹
- Sporting CP — Sporting CP 🇵🇹
- Amanhecer — Jerónimo Martins 🇵🇹
- Amoos — Navigator 🇵🇹
- Azores Airlines — SATA 🇵🇹
- Bordallo Pinheiro — Vista Alegre Atlantis 🇵🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SL Benfica Women?
The parent company of SL Benfica Women is Sport Lisboa e Benfica, a cooperative headquartered in Portugal.
Is SL Benfica Women Portuguese?
Yes. SL Benfica Women originated in Portugal and its owner, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is also headquartered in Portugal.
Is SL Benfica Women still owned by Sport Lisboa e Benfica?
Yes. As of 25 October 2026, SL Benfica Women is still owned by Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD — Relatório & Contas 2025-2026 — Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD, Annual report; retrieved 25 October 2026.
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