PRIMEIRA LIGA · 2019/20 · ARCHIVE
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Dyego Sousa on £92,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £572k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £30m
SQUAD SIZE93
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £24k
Then and now
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27 — 123% higher than the £572,490 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyego Sousa | £92,000 | £4,784,000 | 29 | Striker | Portugal | DEC 2020 | ||
| Julian Weigl | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 30 | Defensive midfielder | Greece | JUN 2023 | ||
| Andrija Zivkovic | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Adel Taarabt | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rafa | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gabriel | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Rúben Dias | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 22 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Pizzi | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jardel | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Franco Cervi | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | Left winger | Argentina | JUN 2023 | ||
| Odysseas Vlachodimos | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Greece | JUN 2024 | ||
| André Almeida | £18,000 | £936,000 | 28 | Full-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Haris Seferovic | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | Striker | Switzerland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £17,000 | £884,000 | 23 | Left-back, left midfielder | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ferro | £9,300 | £483,600 | 22 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mile Svilar | £8,900 | £462,800 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Carlos Vinicius | £7,400 | £384,800 | 24 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jota (João Filipe) | £7,100 | £369,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Florentino Luís | £5,300 | £275,600 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tyronne Ebuehi | £4,600 | £239,200 | 23 | Full-back, right midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Chiquinho | £4,400 | £228,800 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nuno Tavares | £3,900 | £202,800 | 19 | Full-back, left winger | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ivan Zlobin | £3,100 | £161,200 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tomás Tavares | £2,600 | £135,200 | 18 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Duk | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Right winger, striker | Cape Verde | JUN 2021 | ||
| Diogo Capitão | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Diogo Almeida | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | Right winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Filipe Cruz | £2,300 | £119,600 | 17 | Right-back, right winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gonçalo Loureiro | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Henrique Jocú | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Henrique Araújo | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jair Tavares | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kevin Csoboth | £2,000 | £104,000 | 19 | Winger | Hungary | JUN 2021 | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pedro Ganchas | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tomás Domingos | £1,600 | £83,200 | 20 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tiago Gouveia | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tiago Araújo | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | Left-back, winger | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Vasco Paciência | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Adrian Bajrami | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Centre-back | Switzerland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Aleksandar Isailovic | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Striker | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| David Barrero | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Colombia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Carlos dos Santos | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Goalkeeper | U.S.A. | JUN 2023 | ||
| Diego Batista | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Dylan Silva | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2022 | ||
| Francisco Saldanha | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabinho | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Henrique Pereira | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gerson Sousa | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Guilherme Fernandes | £1,200 | £62,400 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jorginho | £1,100 | £57,200 | 21 | Left-back, left winger | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| João Borges | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jeremy Sarmiento | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Winger | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luís Pinheiro | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Leo Kokubo | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Japan | JUN 2023 | ||
| Miguel Montenegro | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Paulo Bernardo | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Renato Matos | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rafael Rodrigues | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | Left-back, left midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Morato | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tiago Macedo | £620 | £32,240 | 20 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Sandro Cruz | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Sérgio Andrade | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tomás Azevedo | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Samuel Soares | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Tomás Araújo | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vilius Armalas | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | Centre-back | Lithuania | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alexandre Penetra | £130 | £6,760 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bernardo Silva | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matheus Palmério | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ronaldo Camará | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Pedro Souza | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| João Tomé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rafael Afonso | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Manuel Campos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rajmund Molnár | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Hungary | JUN 2022 | ||
| Francisco Domingues | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Left winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ricardo Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gonçalo Negrão | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tomás Martinho | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Martim Neto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| João Resende | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zan Jevsenak | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Slovenia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Miguel Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rodrigo Pereira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gustavo Mendonça | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gabriel Araújo | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| José Müller | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Diogo Nascimento | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Dário Miranda | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Full-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Pedro Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luís Semedo | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
37 Under £1k 2%
22 £1k-£2k 5%
14 £2k-£5k 7%
5 £5k-£10k 7%
8 £10k-£25k 27%
7 £25k-£100k 53%
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 93 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2019/20
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2019/20?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £572,490 a week in 2019/20 - £29,769,480 across the year - spread over a squad of 93. We hold a wage for all 93 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2019/20?
Dyego Sousa was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £92,000 a week, 3.8x the 22+ squad average of £24,240.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2019/20?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £24,240 a week in 2019/20, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 93. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27, 123% higher than the £572,490 of 2019/20. The current squad is 86 players against 93 then.