C.F. Os Belenenses

Belenenses
Full name Clube de Futebol
Os Belenenses
Nickname(s) O Belém
Os Azuis do Restelo
(The Blues from Restelo)
Founded 23 September 1919 (23 September 1919)
Ground Estádio do Restelo
Ground Capacity 19,856[1]
President Patrick Morais de Carvalho
Manager Júlio Velásquez
League Primeira Liga
2014–15 6th
Website Club home page

Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Belenenses (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ]), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Restelo in the Belém parish of Lisbon, hence the club name, which translates as "The ones from Belém".

Belenenses won the 1945–46 Primeira Liga, making them the first of two clubs aside from the Big Three to win the league title, the other club being Boavista FC. The club also have 6 Championship of Portugal/Portuguese Cup titles.

The main activities of the club are football, handball, basketball, futsal, athletics, and rugby union. The club has won major national championships in all these sports, but remains best known for its original activity, football.

History

Early years

Founded in 1919, it reached its first Campeonato final in 1926, losing 2–0 to Maritimo, and won the title the next season with a 3–0 win over Vitória de Setúbal and picking up a second championship in 1929. The club lost the 1932 title to Porto 2–1 in a replay after a 4–4 draw. The club won its third and final Campeonato in 1933 by beating Sporting 3–1.[2] With three Campeonato wins, Beleneneses was one of Portugal's "Big Four" from the advent of the Primeira Liga, but have now won significantly fewer honours since than the other three clubs (Benfica, Porto and Sporting).

League Champions

The club won its only Primeira Liga title in 1945–46, beating Benfica by a point[3] on the first occasion which a club outside the Big Three won the title. On 14 December 1947, they were the first team to face Real Madrid at their newly inaugurated Santiago Bernabéu Stadium (then called Nuevo Estadio Chamartín), in a friendly match which was won 3–1 by the Spanish club.[4] The club came runner-up in the league for the first time in the 1954–55 season, level on 39 points with Benfica.[5] It was not until 1973 that Belenenses finished runner-up again, 18 points behind Benfica, and they never have since.[6]

European forays

Belenenses were the first club to compete in the UEFA Cup in a two-legged 3–3 draw with Hibernian (at the time one of Scotland's biggest teams) at the Estádio do Restelo in Belém.

The club has also played in the European Cup Winners' Cup, as well as the UEFA Cup. In the 1987–88 UEFA Cup season, the club played Barcelona; in the first leg, they lost 2–0 in the Camp Nou, winning 1–0 in Lisbon at the Estádio do Restelo with Mapuata scoring. Belenenses won their sixth, and to date last, Taça de Portugal on 28 May 1989, beating Benfica 2–1.[7] Also that season, they ousted holders Bayer Leverkusen from Cup-Winners' Cup.

Downfall and recovery

Belenenses were relegated from the Primeira Liga for the first time in 1981–82, and have been relegated three other times since then.

21st century

The 2005–06 season saw the football team finishing fourth from bottom, which would mean relegation for the team. However, the team won a subsequent appeal that sent Gil Vicente down instead. With this reprieve, the team played in the top level of Portuguese football once again. On 27 May 2007 Belenenses reached their first Taça de Portugal final since their 1989 triumph, and most recent to date, but were beaten 1–0 by Sporting.[8]

Cabral Ferreira, who served as president of Belenenses from 2005 until 2008, died on 26 February 2008, of a long illness.[9] Belenenses were relegated in 2010 to the Segunda Liga, and secured promotion back to the Primeira Liga in March 2013, their longest stint out of the top division.

The 2014-15 season Belenenses finished the championship in sixth place, and returned to European Competitions, Europa League.

Honours

Domestic

Winners (1): 1945–46
Winners (3): 1941–42, 1959–60, 1988–89
Runners-up (5): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1947–48, 1985–86, 2006–07
Runners-up (1): 1989
Winners (3): 1926–27, 1928–29, 1932–33
Runners-up (3): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1935–36
Winners (2): 1983–84, 2012–13
Winners (6): 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1945–46
Winners (6): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1989–90, 1993–94
Runners-up (6): 1964–65, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86

European

Winners (1): 1975

League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1934–35 CL 4 14824 452018 quarter-final
1935–36 CL 4 14734 282217 final
1936–37 CL 2 141112 461723 quarter-final
1937–38 CL 5 14509 292810
1938–39 1D 4 14617 382913 quarter-final
1939–40 1D 3 181134 582125 final
1940–41 1D 3 14914 592219 final
1941–42 1D 3 221264 663230 winner
1942–43 1D 3 181404 782028 quarter-final
1943–44 1D 6 18936 413221 quarter-final
1944–45 1D 3 181314 722927 quarter-final
1945–46 1D 1 221822 742438 last 16 Only League title
1946–47 1D 4 261457 663133 not held
1947–48 1D 3 261655 763037 final
1948–49 1D 3 261637 683635 last 16
1949–50 1D 4 261079 364127 not held
1950–51 1D 9 2610412 454824 semi-final
1951–52 1D 4 261484 602836
1952–53 1D 3 261565 602936
1953–54 1D 4 261358 433931 semi-final
1954–55 1D 2 261754 632839 LAT4th place
1955–56 1D 3 261655 672537 semi-final
1956–57 1D 3 261376 745033
1957–58 1D 4 2612410 544228
1958–59 1D 3 261664 652738
1959–60 1D 3 261565 582536 winner
1960–61 1D 5 2612410 453728 semi-final
1961–62 1D 5 261277 513531 semi-final FC1st round
1962–63 1D 4 261646 473036 semi-final FC1st round
1963–64 1D 6 261268 463630 FC2nd round
1964–65 1D 8 2612212 394026 FC1st round
1965–66 1D 7 269710 282925
1966–67 1D 11 267613 263420
1967–68 1D 7 2610511 384025
1968–69 1D 8 268108 313326
1969–70 1D 7 269512 233423 semi-final
1970–71 1D 7 267811 202722
1971–72 1D 7 3011712 353329 semi-final
1972–73 1D 2 3014124 533040
1973–74 1D 5 301767 563440 UC1st round
1974–75 1D 6 301479 453735 semi-final
1975–76 1D 3 301686 452840 ICGC
1976–77 1D 10 3071211 294026 IC
UC		2nd Gr
1st round
1977–78 1D 5 301488 252136
1978–79 1D 8 3010911 474329
1979–80 1D 5 301389 333834
1980–81 1D 11 3081012 243926 semi-final
1981–82 1D 15 3051015 284820 relegated
1982–83 2D.S 4 3012108 351934
1983–84 2D.S 1 301884 491344 promoted
1984–85 1D 6 3011811 404630
1985–86 1D 8 307149 273028 final
1986–87 1D 6 3013413 524030
1987–88 1D 3 3818128 523848 UC1st round
1988–89 1D 7 38131411 443540 winner UC2nd round
1989–90 1D 6 3416414 323336 semi-final CWC1st round
1990–91 1D 19 3810919 273829 relegated
1991–92 2H 2 3419105 532548 promoted
1992–93 1D 7 34111211 424034
1993–94 1D 13 3412616 395130
1994–95 1D 12 3410717 303927
1995–96 1D 6 341491 533351
1996–97 1D 13 34101014 375040 last 32
1997–98 1D 18 345920 225224 last 64 relegated
1998–99 2H 2 3417107 552861 promoted
1999–2000 1D 12 3491312 363840 last 64
2000–01 1D 7 34141010 433652 last 32
2001–02 1D 5 3417611 544457 last 16
2002–03 1D 9 34111013 474843 last 32 IC2nd round
2003–04 1D 15 3481115 355435 semi-final
2004–05 1D 9 3413714 383446 quarter-final
2005–06 1D 15 3411617 404239 last 64
2006–07 1D 5 3015411 362949 final
2007–08 1D 8 3011109 353340 last 64 UC1st round 3 points deducted
2008–09 1D 15 305916 285224 last 32
2009–10 1D 15 3041115 234423 last 16 relegated
2010–11 2H 13 3081111 333635 last 64
2011–12 2H 5 3010119 343241 last 16
2012–13 2H 1 422976 754194 semi-final promoted
2013–14 1D 14 3061014 193328 last 64
2014–15 1D 6 34121210 343548 quarter final
2015–16 1D last 32 ELGroup stage

CL=Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1D=First Division/League
2D=Second Division/League; 2H=Liga de Honra
CWC=Cup Winners' Cup; UC=UEFA Cup
FC=Fairs Cup; LAT=Latin Cup; IC=Intertoto Cup

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Scotland Hibernian 1–3 3–3 4–6
1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 1–1 1–1 2–21
1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tresnjevka Zagreb 2–0 2–1 4–1
2R Italy Roma 0–1 1–2 1–3
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–1 0–0 1–12
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R England Wolves 0–2 1–2 1–4
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 2–2 2–3 4–5
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 1–0 0–2 1–2
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 1–0 2–0
2R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar 0–0 0–0 0–03
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R France AS Monaco 1–1 0–3 1–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1R Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 0–1 0–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 3Q Sweden Göteborg 2–1 0–0 2–1
PO Austria Altach 0–0 1–0 1–0
Group I Switzerland Basel 0–2 2–1 4th place
Italy Fiorentina 0–4 0–1
Poland Lech Poznań 0–0 0–0
Notes

1 Barcelona progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 3–2.
2 Shelbourne progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 2–1.
3 Velež Mostar progressed to the Third round after winning a penalty shoot-out 4–3.

Current squad

As of 18 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Portugal GK Ricardo Ribeiro
2 Portugal DF João Amorim
4 Portugal DF Tonel
6 Portugal MF Rúben Pinto
7 Portugal MF Miguel Rosa
8 Portugal MF André Sousa
9 Portugal FW Tiago Caeiro
10 Portugal MF Tiago Silva
17 Portugal FW Fábio Sturgeon
18 Portugal MF Ricardo Dias
19 Portugal DF André Geraldes (on loan from Sporting CP)
20 Portugal DF Filipe Ferreira
No. Position Player
21 Cape Verde FW Tiago Almeida
22 Portugal MF Carlos Martins
23 Spain FW Juanto Ortuño
24 Portugal GK Hugo Ventura
26 Colombia MF Abel Aguilar (on loan from Toulouse)
28 Portugal DF Gonçalo Brandão
36 Argentina FW Lucas Pugh
37 Portugal DF Gonçalo Silva
44 Brazil DF Rafael Amorim
77 Portugal GK Filipe Mendes
88 Montenegro MF Marko Bakic (on loan from Fiorentina)
92 Portugal FW Fábio Nunes

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— Portugal DF Palmeira (at Casa Pia)
— Cape Verde DF Fred Lopes (at Mafra)
— Portugal DF André Teixeira (at Mafra)
— Portugal GK Rafael Veloso (at Oriental)
— Portugal FW Abel Camará (at Al-Faisaly)
— Portugal FW Betinho (at Sporting B)
 


Notable former players

Former coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/clube/20152016/liganos/106
  2. ↑ Portugal – List of Champions
  3. ↑ Portugal 1945–46
  4. ↑ Real Madrid C.F. – Official Web Site – Real Madrid play 1,500th official clash at the Santiago Bernabeu
  5. ↑ Portugal 1954–55
  6. ↑ Portugal 1972–73
  7. ↑ Portugal Cup Full Results 1938–1990
  8. ↑ Portugal Cup 2006/07
  9. ↑ "Passings: Morreu Cabral Ferreira". Jornal de Notícias. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  10. ↑ From 1922 to 1938, the Portuguese champion was determined in a knock-out competition called Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese Championship). With the formation of the league, this competition later became the national cup.

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