Due to the success and popularity of their football team and other sports such as athletics, basketball, cycling, futsal, roller hockey and others, Benfica has built the biggest fanbase in Portugal with an estimated 5,8 million fans, and one of the biggest in the world with an estimated 14 million fans spread across different countries such as Andorra, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, United Kingdom and the United States. Since 2006, Benfica holds the Guinness World Record for the football club with most members with a total of 235,000 sócios, surpassing Bayern Munich (223.985) and Barcelona (177.246). The club has the 25th highest average attendance of European football clubs. The Sport Lisboa e Benfica win the Portuguese Championship in 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14.
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