G.D. Fabril

Fabril Barreiro

Full name

Grupo Desportivo Fabril

Founded

27 January 1937

Ground

Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro
(Capacity: 22,000)

Chairman

Faustino Mestre

League

Portuguese Third Division

2007-08

Portuguese Third Division - Serie F; 4th

Home colours

Away colours

Grupo Desportivo Fabril is a Portuguese sports club established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril) in 1937.

History

Established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril) in 1937, it also was known as CUF Barreiro and, was renamed Grupo Desportivo Quimigal after a military coup in April 1974. A multisports club best known for its football section, it was founded as a works team in the city of Barreiro, District of Setúbal, on 27 January 1937. G.D. CUF greatest achievement was a third place in the 1964-65 Portuguese Liga season. The club's football home ground is the Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva, which was inaugurated in June 1965 and named after Alfredo da Silva, an entrepreneur who was the founder of CUF.

Timeline

1937 - Grupo Desportivo da CUF (CUF Sporting Club) is founded on 27 January. CUF (Companhia União Fabril) was a soap and chemical manufacturer founded by Alfredo da Silva.

1939 - Joaquim Fernandes, a G.D. CUF cyclist, wins the Volta a Portugal.

1942-43 - The senior football team participates for first time in the first division, only managing to stay one season. Also that year, Alfredo da Silva dies.

1953-54 - The football team wins the second division and is promoted to the first division again, ushering a golden era for the club. The most important players were Barriga, Vasques, Luís, Sérgio, Aureliano, André, Carreira (captain), Orlando, Matos, Vale and Velhinho and the coach was João Mário. The club would remain in the first division for the next 22 years. That same year, the junior team became vice-champions of the first division losing in the final against Academica Coimbra.

1964-65 - The football team achieved its highest position to date in the first division reaching the third place among 14 teams, qualifying for a European competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now UEFA Cup), the first time. The rink hockey would perform even better, becoming national champions.

1965-66 - The Alfredo da Silva stadium is inaugurated leaving their former stadium, Santa Bárbara. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after a walkover in the first round, the team is eliminated by A.C. Milan after three games (2-0, 0-2, 0-1). The team would make two more appearances in the competition in 67/68 (1R) and in 72/73 (2R). The rink hockey team was eliminated from the Champions League in the first round by Reus Deportiu with a 1-4, 0-3 score.

1972 - Víctor Domingos, the CUF and rink hockey national team goalkeeper, is considered the best player in the world in that position.

1974 - Carnation Revolution. During the communist-inspired period known as PREC, the company CUF, one of the largest conglomerates of Portugal, is nationalized.

1975-76 - After 22 consecutive years in the first division, G.D. CUF is relegated to the second division after finishing in the 16th and last position. From then on, the football club would disappear into the lower divisions, never returning to the first division.

1980-81 - The club changes its name to Grupo Desportivo da Quimigal.

1991-92 - After decades in the professional divisions, the club fell into the Setúbal District Division.

1999-00 - Quimigal wins the Setúbal District Championship, but would be relegated again in the next year. At the end of the season the club's name changed to its current name, Grupo Desportivo Fabril.

2002-03 - The club wins the Setúbal District Championship again, only to be relegated again.

2006-07 - The club once again wins the Setúbal District Championship.

1 History
- 1.1 Timeline
2 Sports
3 Football
4 See also
5 External links

Sports

Football

Honours

Portuguese Liga: 3rd place - 1964/65
Portuguese Cup: Semi-Final - 1968/69 and 1972/73
Portuguese Second Division: Champion - 1953/54
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup: 2nd Round - 1965/66 and 1972/73
Intertoto Cup: 1974

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1942-1943	1D	9	18	5	1	12	46	77	11	QF
...
1947-1948	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/8
1948-1949	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/8
...
1954-1955	1D	7	26	10	5	11	45	52	25	1/16
1955-1956	1D	10	26	6	8	12	33	58	20	1/16
1956-1957	1D	9	26	9	3	4	35	69	21	1/8
1957-1958	1D	12	26	8	3	15	40	59	19	1/8
1958-1959	1D	11	26	8	5	13	34	55	21	-
1959-1960	1D	5	26	10	5	11	36	39	25	1/32
1960-1961	1D	6	26	10	6	10	38	28	26	1/8
1961-1962	1D	4	26	14	5	7	44	34	33	1/16
1962-1963	1D	12	26	6	6	14	37	40	18	1/16
1963-1964	1D	5	26	12	6	8	46	33	30	QF
1964-1965	1D	3	26	15	5	6	49	29	35	1/8			best classification ever
1965-1966	1D	9	26	8	8	10	37	46	24	1/8	FC	2nd Round
1966-1967	1D	8	26	9	5	12	27	43	23	1/16
1967-1968	1D	11	26	7	7	12	28	37	21	1/32	FC	1st Round
1968-1969	1D	7	26	8	11	7	32	30	27	SF
1969-1970	1D	8	26	9	5	12	24	38	23	1/16
1970-1971	1D	8	26	8	5	13	28	37	21	1/16
1971-1972	1D	4	30	12	13	5	43	28	37	1/16
1972-1973	1D	8	30	11	8	11	38	37	30	SF	UC	2nd round
1973-1974	1D	8	30	8	9	13	33	44	25	QF
1974-1975	1D	8	30	10	9	11	41	41	29	1/8
1975-1976	1D	16	30	4	10	16	15	50	18	1/16			relegated
1976-1977	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	QF
1977-1978	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/32
1978-1979	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/32
1979-1980	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/64
1980-1981	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1981-1982	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/64
1982-1983	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/16
1983-1984	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1984-1985	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1985-1986	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1986-1987	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1987-1988	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/64
1988-1989	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1989-1990	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/32
1990-1991	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/128
1991-1992	3D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/256
...
2000-2001	3D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1/256
...
2007-2008	3D	4	26	12	8	6	38	25	40	1/128

1D = First Division

3D = Third Division

FC = Fairs Cup

UC = UEFA Cup

International Performance

As CUF Barreiro, the club has made three official appearances in international football competitions:

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1965/66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	None	Walkover
		2R	AC Milan	2-0, 0-2, 0-1
1967/68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Vojvodina Novi Sad	0-1, 1-3
1972/73	UEFA Cup	1R	Racing White	1-0, 2-0
		2R	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1-3, 1-0

External links

Official Website (portuguese)