GWR DAY - PORTUGAL
A Team Effort
The most widely supported football club is Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal, which has
160,398 paid-up members. The record was acknowledged on 9 November 2006 during the celebrations
for Guinness World Records Day.
The team, better known as just Benfica or, by fans, SLB, has supporters in most municipalities
of Portugal and in cities throughout the world, namely Andorra, Angola, Australia, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, England, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Macao, South
Africa, Switzerland, and the United States.