Magriços
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Os Magriços was the nickname of the Portugal national football team which reached 3rd place in the 1966 World Cup in England.
It was based on the SL Benfica team that won the European Cup in 1961 and 1962, and included Mário Coluna, Eusébio, José Augusto, José Augusto Torres and António Simões. It was selected by Manuel da Luz Afonso and coached by Brazilian trainer Otto Glória.
| Américo Lopes | FC Porto | ||
| Joaquim Carvalho | Sporting CP | ||
| José Pereira | Belenenses | ||
| Vicente Lucas | Belenenses | ||
| Germano de Figueiredo | SL Benfica | ||
| Fernando Peres | Sporting CP | ||
| Ernesto Figueiredo | Sporting CP | ||
| João Lourenço | Sporting CP | ||
| Hilário Conceição | Sporting CP | ||
| Mário Coluna | SL Benfica | ||
| António Simões | SL Benfica | ||
| José Augusto | SL Benfica | ||
| Eusébio da Silva Ferreira | SL Benfica | ||
| Fernando Cruz | SL Benfica | ||
| Manuel Duarte | Leixões | ||
| Jaime Graça | Vitória de Setúbal | ||
| João Morais | Sporting CP | ||
| José Augusto Torres | SL Benfica | ||
| Custódio Pinto | FC Porto | ||
| Alexandre Baptista | Sporting CP | ||
| José Carlos | Sporting CP | ||
| Alberto Festa | FC Porto |
The nickname is based on Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, nicknamed O Magriço, a 14th century Portuguese knight, who, together with eleven colleagues, travelled to England to take in a tournament to defend the honour of twelve English ladies who couldn't find knights in England willing to do so. The story is famously told by Luís de Camões in Os Lusíadas, but is of dubious veracity.
