Coach Roger Schmidt extends long-term at Benfica Lisbon

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Roger Schmidt has extended his contract as coach of Benfica on a long-term basis. As the Portuguese record champions announced on Friday evening, the 56-year-old signed a new working paper that is valid until June 30, 2026. The former Bundesliga coach’s original contract would have expired in the summer of 2024.

Benfica had been trying to expand the cooperation for a long time. In addition to the new term, the negotiations this week were primarily about the future amount of the exit clause and an increase in the basic salary. Benfica has had an exceptionally strong season under Schmidt so far.

With Núñez and Witsel: Benfica’s most expensive departures

21 Luka Jovic | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer fee: €22.34 million

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2019/20
Status: March 08, 2023

20 Raúl de Tomas | Espanol Barcelona | Transfer fee: €22.5 million

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2019/20

15 Enzo Perez | Valencia FC | Transfer fee: €25 million

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2014/15

15 Nicolás Gaitán | Atlético Madrid | Transfer fee: €25 million

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2016/17

15 Nemanja Matic | Chelsea FC | Transfer fee: €25 million

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2013/14

15 David Luis | Chelsea FC | Transfer fee: €25 million

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2010/11

15 Lazar Markovic | Liverpool FC | Transfer fee: €25 million

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2014/15

12 Rodrigo | Valencia FC | Transfer fee: €30 million

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2015/16

12 Fabio Coentrão | Madrid | Transfer fee: €30 million

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2011/12

12 Gonçalo Guedes | PSG | Transfer fee: €30 million

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2016/17

11 Angel Di Maria | Madrid | Transfer fee: €33 million

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2010/11

9 Renato Sanches | Bayern Munich | Transfer fee: €35 million

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2017/18

9 Victor Lindelöf | United | Transfer fee: €35 million

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2017/18

8 Nelson Semedo | FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €35.7 million

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2017/18

7 Raúl Jiménez | Wolves | Transfer fee: €38 million

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2019/20

5 Axel Witsel | FC Zenit | Transfer fee: €40 million

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2012/13

5 Ederson | Man City | Transfer fee: €40 million

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2017/18

4 Ruben Dias | Man City | Transfer fee: €71.6 million

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2020/21

3 Darwin Nunez | Liverpool FC | Transfer fee: €80 million

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2022/23

2 Enzo Fernandez | Chelsea FC | Transfer fee: €121 million

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2022/23

In the league, the traditional club leads the table by a large margin and is about to win its first championship title since 2019. Schmidt and his team have reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League, where they meet Inter Milan. In general, Benfica has only lost two competitive games this season. So far, according to media reports, Schmidt had an exit clause of 10 million euros in his contract for the coming summer. Benfica initially gave no information about the details of the new contract.

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