Benfica Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-04 · 50 entries checked · 41 flagged · 106 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 106 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Estádio da Luz — The original Estádio da Luz had a capacity of 120,000 seats between 1985 and 1994: capacity was reduced to around 78,000 in the 1990s, not maintained at 120,000 until 1994.

Estádio da Luz — The seating capacity is currently set at 68,100: the official capacity is 64,642 as of post-2020 renovations.

Epa Epa Epa — The entry states that the club's official anthem is 'Ser Benfiquista', but the actual official anthem of S.L. Benfica is 'Hino do Sport Lisboa e Benfica'.

Epa Epa Epa — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section includes a fact about Prime being the official hydration partner of S.L. Benfica in May 2024, but this is a factual error: Prime became the official hydration partner of Benfica in July 2024, not May 2024.

Campo de Restelo — Benfica's original home was Estádio da Luz (inaugurated in 1954), not in the Restelo neighborhood; Campo de Restelo was a different stadium used by Belenenses, not Benfica.

Campo de Restelo — Benfica's first European Cup final appearance was in 1961 (against Barcelona), not 1962; the 1962 final was their second.

O Grande Benfica — The entry implies the full name 'Sport Lisboa e Benfica' and club existed as such from 1904, but the merger with Grupo Sport Benfica occurred later and the full name dates from 1908.

O Grande Benfica — The claim that Benfica is 'the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country' is not a widely established factual statistic and may be misleading or unverifiable.

Eusébio — Eusébio is not Benfica's all-time top scorer with 473 goals in 440 competitive matches; that total includes friendlies, while competitive matches only have a lower number.

Manuel Bento — He was the oldest footballer ever to appear in the Portuguese first division, retiring at age 44

Manuel Bento — He was chosen Man of the match in his final career game against C.F. Os Belenenses

João Alves — The entry states Alves won 36 caps for Portugal, but widely accepted records list him with 38 caps, creating a factual inconsistency.

Nuno Gomes — Gomes earned a seven-month international ban for pushing referee Günter Benkö after the Euro 2000 semi-final; the source does not mention any reduction of the ban. — The ban was initially seven months but was later reduced to five months on appeal; the entry o

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