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Benfica Logo

Benfica logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG

  • Download PNG Benfica Logo PNG Benfica is the name of one of the most famous European football clubs which was established in 1904 in Portugal under the name “Sport Lisboa”.
  • Today the popular and successful team is managed by Luis Filipe Vieira and has Jorge Jesus as the head coach.
  • Meaning and history The iconic Benfica badge, which today is known in almost any corner of the world, was born as a result of two teams me crests merger — the Grupo Sport Lisboa shield with an eagle, and the Grupo Sport Benfica “wheel” badge with a crest.
  • The two teams, responsible for the foundation of Benfica, have left their legacy for future generations, and the current logo is a celebration of the club’s history.
  • 1908 — 1930 The logo for the new team, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, featured a classic shield, vertically divided into two equal parts, with an eagle on top, placed over a rounded badge, resembling a bicycle wheel.
  • The two halves of the shield featured light pink and white colors and had a monochrome football in the center.
  • Now the eagle was drawn in gold and black, and the ribbon it was standing on featured two colors of the Portuguese flag — green and red.
  • The football became yellow and the ribbon with an inscription — light blue.
  • 1999 — Today The redesign of 1999 refined the color palette of the Benfica logo again — the “wheel” now featured a thick gray outline, and the letters on the blue ribbon are written in yellow.
  • The eagle was redrawn and became bigger and lighter, while the shield left almost untouched, just the outline was switched from gold to white.
  • The Benfica logo is a celebration of the club’s history and roots, it is bright and eye-catching, keeping patriotic elements and combining them with sport and power symbols.
  • Font and color The ornate heraldic Benfica logo is more about graphical components than lettering, this is why both inscriptions on a colorful badge are executed in a neat and clean sans-serif typeface with modest traditional shapes and cuts.
  • The Benfica iconic logo features a rich color palette, which includes white and gray as the main colors, and yellow, green, red, and blue as the additional ones.
  • Benfica Colors RED PANTONE: PMS 3556 C HEX: #E83030 RGB: (232, 48, 48) CMYK: (3, 95, 95, 0) WHITE HEX: #FFFFFF RGB: (255, 255, 255) CMYK: (0, 0, 0, 0) BLACK PANTONE: PMS BLACK 6 C HEX: #000000 RGB: (0, 0, 0) CMYK: (70, 50, 50, 100) GREEN PANTONE: PMS 7731 C HEX: #12814B RGB: (18, 129, 75) CMYK: (87, 25, 90, 12) BLUE PANTONE: PMS 285 C HEX: #1074BC RGB: (16, 116, 188) CMYK: (86, 51, 0, 0) YELLOW PANTONE: PMS 810 C HEX: #FFD432 RGB: (255, 212, 50) CMYK: (1, 15, 89, 0) GRAY PANTONE: PMS COOL GRAY 4 C HEX: #B5B5B5 RGB: (181, 181, 181) CMYK: (30, 24, 24, 0)

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