PRIMEIRA LIGA · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Douglas on £50,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £636k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £33m
SQUAD SIZE102
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £26k
Then and now
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27 — 101% higher than the £636,050 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 26 | D/WB R | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Eduardo Salvio | £47,000 | £2,444,000 | 27 | AM R | Argentina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luisão | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 36 | D C | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 28 | DM | Greece | JUN 2019 | ||
| Raúl Jiménez | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 26 | ST | Mexico | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andrija Zivkovic | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 20 | AM RLC | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ljubomir Fejsa | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 28 | DM | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jonas | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 33 | AM/F C | Brazil | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rafa | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 24 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ola John | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 25 | AM RL | Holland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Pizzi | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 27 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Eliseu | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 33 | D/WB L | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jardel | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 31 | D C | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| André Almeida | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | D RL, DM | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Franco Cervi | £16,000 | £832,000 | 23 | AM LC | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Haris Seferovic | £16,000 | £832,000 | 25 | ST | Switzerland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | D/WB/M L | Spain | JUN 2021 | ||
| Filip Krovinovic | £12,000 | £624,000 | 21 | AM RC | Croatia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mile Svilar | £8,900 | £462,800 | 17 | GK | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Branimir Kalaica | £7,500 | £390,000 | 19 | D C | Croatia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Paulo Lopes | £6,800 | £353,600 | 38 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Simón Ramírez | £5,600 | £291,200 | 18 | D/WB R | Chile | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alex Pinto | £4,500 | £234,000 | 18 | D R | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Chris Willock | £4,400 | £228,800 | 19 | AM LC | England | JUN 2022 | ||
| Diogo Gonçalves | £4,400 | £228,800 | 20 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Martin Chrien | £3,900 | £202,800 | 21 | AM C | Slovakia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rúben Dias | £3,700 | £192,400 | 20 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Anthony Carter | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | ST | Australia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Bruno Varela | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gedson Fernandes | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | D R, AM RC | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Heriberto Tavares | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | AM RC | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Guga (Gonçalo Rodrigues) | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| João Carvalho | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | AM LC | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| João Félix | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ivan Zlobin | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | GK | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jota (João Filipe) | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Keaton Parks | £2,000 | £104,000 | 19 | AM C | U.S.A. | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zé Gomes | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Pedro Amaral | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | D/WB L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paolo Medina | £1,800 | £93,600 | 18 | D/WB R | Mexico | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alexis Scholl | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | D/WB/M L | Belgium | JUN 2020 | ||
| Vitaly Lystsov | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | D C | Russia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Diogo Pinto | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | AM LC | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Diogo Mendes | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Diogo Garrido | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel Azevedo | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Filipe Soares | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Florentino Luís | £1,300 | £67,600 | 17 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ferro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 20 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fábio Duarte | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Godfried Frimpong | £1,200 | £62,400 | 18 | D L, AM RL, ST | Holland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Hélder Baldé | £1,200 | £62,400 | 18 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jonathan Ongenda | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | ST | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jorginho | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | D/AM L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ilija Vukotić | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | DM | Montenegro | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kevin Csoboth | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Hungary | JUN 2019 | ||
| David Tavares | £930 | £48,360 | 18 | AM LC | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nuno Santos | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | D C, DM | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £840 | £43,680 | 18 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Pedro Álvaro | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rodrigo Conceição | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | AM R | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ricardo Matos | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Duk | £690 | £35,880 | 17 | AM R, ST | Cape Verde | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nuno Tavares | £590 | £30,680 | 17 | D/AM L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel dos Anjos (Daniel da Silva dos Anjos) | £540 | £28,080 | 21 | ST | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Vinicius Jaú | £500 | £26,000 | 19 | AM RL | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Armando Pelaez | £120 | £6,240 | 19 | ST | U.S.A. | JUN 2020 | ||
| Francisco Saldanha | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Joel Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| António Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Emanuel Serrano | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/AM R | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Iuri Tavares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM R, ST | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Diego Batista | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sandro Cruz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Celton Biai | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Diogo Capitão | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gonçalo Gomes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tomás Tavares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bernardo Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nuno Cunha | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daniel Martins | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D L | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Diogo Fustiga | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Carlos dos Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | U.S.A. | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gonçalo Loureiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marko Martinovic | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RC | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Pedro Ganchas | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D LC | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Hugo Nunes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jair Tavares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luís Pinheiro | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D R | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tiago Gouveia | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| André Oliveira | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gonçalo Ramos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Miguel Rico | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| José Gata | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| João Monteiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tiago Dantas | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Afonso Simão | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C, DM | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Edi Semedo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tiago Araújo | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gonçalo Oliveira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Úmaro Embaló | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
46 Under £1k 2%
18 £1k-£2k 4%
16 £2k-£5k 7%
4 £5k-£10k 5%
9 £10k-£25k 26%
9 £25k-£100k 57%
Top 5 earners took 35% of the squad wage bill, across the 102 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2017/18
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2017/18?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £636,050 a week in 2017/18 - £33,074,600 across the year - spread over a squad of 102. We hold a wage for all 102 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2017/18?
Douglas was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £50,000 a week, 1.9x the 22+ squad average of £26,433.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2017/18?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £26,433 a week in 2017/18, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 102. The top five earners took 35% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27, 101% higher than the £636,050 of 2017/18. The current squad is 86 players against 102 then.