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.