Benfica

It has been a long time coming but we're finally headed to Portugal. And where better to go than the nation's biggest, best and most successful club?

Benfica is an institution, commanding six million fans in a nation of just ten million. From the glory of Coluna, Eusébio and Guttmann to modern icons like Rui Costa, Simão and peak Aimar, the club's history is littered with genius. But it hasn't always been plain sailing, as the chaotic years between 1994 and 2005 highlight. 

Welcome to As Águias, a club we've fallen in love with during this magazine's production, our biggest print publication ever. Across 140 pages, you'll find some of the greatest stories and names in Portuguese football history, as well as a deep dive into football in Lisbon. You'll like this.

Featuring:

• The rise of Benfica
• Dérbi de Lisboa
• Mário Coluna: O Monstro Sagrado
• The Béla Guttman diaries
• Eusébio
• Estádio da Luz
• The Nené diaries
• The rare genius of Fernando Chalana
• Sven Göran-Eriksson: Glory
• 1994-2005: eleven years of chaos
• Rui Costa
• Simão Sabrosa
• The peak of Pablo Aimar
• Developing footballers the Benfica way
• Eight legendary kits illustrated
• The evolution of a logo
• Benfica by records and numbers
• 50: appearances and goals
• ... and more

Order now to avoid missing out: every other issue has sold out prior to dispatch and once they're gone, they're gone.