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SL Benfica kit history

Every kit maker and shirt sponsor, season by season.

Kit evolution

44 seasons · 3 kit makers · 11 shirt sponsors
Shirt sponsor
ShellFNACCasino EstorilParmalatTelecelNetcVodafonePTTMNMEOEmirates
Shirt sponsors, oldest first · swipe
  • Shell ’84–’87
  • FNAC ’87–’92
  • Casino Estoril ’92–’94
  • Parmalat ’94–’96
  • Telecel ’96–’00
  • Netc ’00–’01
  • Vodafone ’01–’05
  • PT ’05–’08
  • TMN ’08–’12
  • MEO ’12–’15
  • Emirates ’15–now

Bar widths are to scale: one season, one slice. Click a maker to jump to its era.To scale. Tap a maker to jump to its era.

Grouped by maker era. Identical maker and sponsor years are collapsed into one row. Yellow chips link to our sold-price pages.

Adidas1983-84 to 1989-90
1983-84
No shirt sponsor
Earliest season with a reliably sourced maker. The club dates its first adidas spell from 1983-84; some kit archives list adidas kits from as early as 1978.
1984-85 to 1986-87
First shirt sponsor: Shell.
1987-88 to 1989-90
FNAC
FNAC arrives on the front of the shirt.
Hummel1990-91 to 1993-94
1990-91 to 1991-92
First Hummel season.
1992-93 to 1993-94
Casino Estoril92-93 home from £188
Casino Estoril arrives on the front of the shirt.
Olympic1994-95 to 1996-97
1994-95 to 1995-96
Parmalat
First Olympic season. Parmalat arrives on the front of the shirt.
1996-97
Telecel
Telecel arrives on the front of the shirt.
Adidas1997-98 to 2026-27
1997-98 to 1999-00
Telecel
adidas returns as kit maker.
2000-01
Netc
Netc on the front for one season.
2001-02 to 2004-05
Vodafone
Vodafone arrives on the front of the shirt.
2005-06 to 2007-08
PT (Portugal Telecom) on the home shirt. Kit archives also list TMN and MEO on some away and third shirts in this period.
2008-09 to 2011-12
TMN
TMN on the home shirt.
2012-13 to 2014-15
MEO
MEO on the home shirt.
2015-16 to 2020-21
Emirates
Emirates arrives on the front of the shirt.
2021-22 to 2026-27
EmiratesSleeve: Betano
Betano becomes the first sleeve sponsor.

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Sources: club records, kit archives and contemporary news.

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