|
S.L. Benfica is a Portuguese sports club based in Lisbon, formed in 1904, in Belém, by a group of friends led by Cosme Damião. It has been part of the Portuguese football top-flight, Primeira Liga, since its inception in 1934. Most notably, they have won the Primeira Liga 34 times, along with 25 Taça de Portugal, and 2 European Cups. The supporters of Benfica have played an important part in the growth of the club, during the club's -year existence. One of those cases was in the early days of the construction of the original Estádio da Luz when club president, Ferreira Bogalho, asked them for free concrete to build the stadium. They responded by offering 900,000 tons. During the Estado Novo, various members of the club had problems with the authoritarian regime, as the fans were prohibited from referring to the football team as ''Vermelhos'' (Reds) so it was not confused with communism, instead being referred as ''Encarnados'' (Flesh-coloured), which is still used, even after the transition to democracy. There are three different types of supporters: one is the ''sócio'' or club member, who is eligible to vote in the presidential election of the club and other matters; The Houses (''As Casas''), which are closely affiliated with the ''sócios'', are fan-clubs which have an eligible vote decided by the House leaders; and the ordinary fans of the club, who do not possess any formal membership. Since 2005, club president, Luís Filipe Vieira, implemented an aggressive membership campaign with the intent of reaching 300,000 members. From roughly 95,000 members in 2000, the club reached 160,000 in 2006, a Guinness World record, only one year after the beginning of the campaign. In the scheduled renumbering of 2015, Benfica dropped from 247,859 to 156,916 members, losing roughly 35% of their paying associates. ==Fanbase and attendances== Benfica are the best supported team in Portugal, according to research conducted by UEFA, with 47% of the total number of supporters. Historically, Benfica have always been seen as working-class of Portugal, growing exponentially as the club accumulated titles since the 1930s. Their total number of supporters is an estimated 5,8 million fans in Portugal,〔 for a total fanbase of roughly 14 million worldwide. In April 2010, Benfica launched a social network website for its supporters, SLB Fans; allowing users to create profile pages, interact with others, follow live matches coverages, receive exclusive messages from the team's players and managers, comment videos and photos and get access to players' statistical information. Since the beginning of 2005–06, where information regarding attendances was published, Benfica have been consistently one of Portugal's best attended teams, with an average gate close to 42,000 over the course of ten seasons. In seven of those seasons, it was the league's best, with 2010 being the best, finishing as Europe's 10th best average.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm )〕 Fans pay annually between €100 and €160 to be club members, enjoying discounts with some affiliated enterprises like Repsol, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Hospital Lusiadas, as well lower prices in season tickets or merchadising. From the season ticket holders, matchday tickets, members fees, and merchadising, Benfica generate roughly €14 million per season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Supporters of S.L. Benfica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|