FC Benfica Ileanda is a football club in Salaj County, Romania, playing in the 4th tier. The team was founded in 2008 by several young Romanian workers whom at the time were making a living in Portugal. They became Benfica fans and when they returned to Ileanda, their village, decided to create a team and named it Benfica.

The club recently received a notification from Portuguese side SL Benfica to change their name due to “the violation of SLB’s intellectual property rights”. As a result, the little team from Ileanda will no longer use Benfica as their club name starting with next season. (click on See more for English).

The team is searching for a new name now. Someone proposed them to change it to Sporting Ileanda. Currently the team ranks 10th in the Liga IV – Salaj with 6 points after 10 matches.

# Team M W D L Pts 1 Unirea Mirsid 10 9 1 0 28 2 C.S. Dumbrava Galgau-Almasului 10 9 1 0 28 3 Rapid Jibou 10 8 0 2 24 4 Olimpic Bocsa 9 7 0 2 21 5 Sportul Simleu Silvaniei 10 6 1 3 19 6 Real Criseni 10 5 0 5 15 7 CS Barcau Nusfalau 10 4 2 4 14 8 CS Crasna 10 4 2 4 14 9 Cetatea Buciumi 10 3 3 4 12 10 Benfica Ileanda 10 1 3 6 6 11 AS Chiesd 10 2 0 8 6 12 Silvania Cehu Silvaniei 10 1 2 7 5 13 Flacara Halmasd 9 1 1 7 4 14 CS Hida 10 0 2 8 2