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Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known simply as Belenenses (bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ) or Belenenses Lisbon, founded in 1919, is one of the oldest Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

sports clubs. It is based in the Belém quarter of Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, hence the club name, which translates as "The ones from Belém."

History

The main activities of the club are football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

, athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

, and rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

. The club has won major national championships in all these sports, but remains best known for its original activity, football.

By 1933, the club was the most successful in Portugal

Portugal

with 3 pre-Liga tournaments and finishing as runner-up on two other occasions. Beleneneses was one of Portugal's "Big Four" from the advent of the Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

. They have won less honours since than the other three clubs.

They won the Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

once (1945–46), the only team, together with Boavista (in 2001), to do so outside the Big Three

Big Three (Portugal)

The Big Three is the nickname of the three most successful sports clubs in Portugal. The football teams of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Futebol Clube do Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal have a great rivalry, and are usually the main contenders for the title. They share all but two of the Portuguese...

: (Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting Clube de Portugal). On 14 December 1947, they were the first team to face Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

at their newly inaugurated Santiago Bernabéu

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is an all-seater football stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. It has a current capacity of 85,454 spectators....

stadium (then called Nuevo Estadio Chamartín), a friendly match that they lost 3-1 to Los Blancos.

It was the first club to compete in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

in a two-legged 3–3 draw with Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

(at the time one of Scotland

Scotland

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's biggest teams) at the Estádio do Restelo

Estádio do Restelo

The Estádio do Restelo is a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1956.It is situated behind the world-renowned Jerónimos Monastery in the Lisbon district of Santa Maria de Belém....

in Belém

Belém

Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

.

The club has also played in the European Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...

, as well as the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

. In the UEFA Cup 1987–88 season, the club played powerhouse Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

; in the first leg, they lost 2–0 in the Camp Nou

Camp Nou

Camp Nou , sometimes called "the Nou Camp" in English, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the west of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957....

, winning 1–0 in Lisbon

Lisbon

at the Estádio do Restelo

Estádio do Restelo

with Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n international Stoycho Mladenov

Stoycho Mladenov

Stoycho Mladenov is a Bulgarian former football player and as of recently the manager of ENPPI Club.-Career:...

scoring. In the following season, they ousted holders Bayer Leverkusen out of the same competition.

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.

Cabral Ferreira

Cabral Ferreira

Cabral Ferreira was the Portuguese President of the C.F. Os Belenenses soccer club from April 2005 until 2008....

, who served as president of Belenenses from 2005 until 2008, died on 26 February 2008, of a long illness.

Belenenses were relegated in 2011 to the Liga de Honra.

Honours

Portuguese League
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

Champions — 1945–46
Champions of Portugal (prior to creation of modern league) — 1926–27, 1928–29, 1932–33
Portuguese Cup Winners — 1941–42, 1959–60, 1988–89
Portuguese 2nd Division
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

Champions — 1983–84
Lisbon Championship Winners — 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1943–44, 1945–46
Lisbon Honour Cup Winners — 9 times
Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

— 1975

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1934–35	CL	4	14	8	2	4	45	20	18
1935–36	CL	4	14	7	3	4	28	22	17
1936–37	CL	2	14	11	1	2	46	17	23
1937–38	CL	5	14	5	0	9	29	28	10
1938–39	1D	4	14	6	1	7	38	29	13	quarter-final
1939–40	1D	3	18	11	3	4	58	21	25	final
1940–41	1D	3	14	9	1	4	59	22	19	final
1941–42	1D	3	22	12	6	4	66	32	30	winner
1942–43	1D	3	18	14	0	4	78	20	28	quarter-final
1943–44	1D	6	18	9	3	6	41	32	21	quarter-final
1944–45	1D	3	18	13	1	4	72	29	27	quarter-final
1945–46	1D	1	22	18	2	2	74	24	38	last 16			best classification ever
1946–47	1D	4	26	14	5	7	66	31	33	not held
1947–48	1D	3	26	16	5	5	76	30	37	final
1948–49	1D	3	26	16	3	7	68	36	35	last 16
1949–50	1D	4	26	10	7	9	36	41	27	not held
1950–51	1D	9	26	10	4	12	45	48	24	semi-final
1951–52	1D	4	26	14	8	4	60	28	36
1952–53	1D	3	26	15	6	5	60	29	36
1953–54	1D	4	26	13	5	8	43	39	31	semi-final
1954–55	1D	2	26	17	5	4	63	28	39		LAT	4th place
1955–56	1D	3	26	16	5	5	67	25	37	semi-final
1956–57	1D	3	26	13	7	6	74	50	33
1957–58	1D	4	26	12	4	10	54	42	28
1958–59	1D	3	26	16	6	4	65	27	38
1959–60	1D	3	26	15	6	5	58	25	36	winner
1960–61	1D	5	26	12	4	10	45	37	28	semi-final
1961–62	1D	5	26	12	7	7	51	35	31	semi-final	FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961-62 The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain...	1st round
1962–63	1D	4	26	16	4	6	47	30	36	semi-final	FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1962-63 The fifth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1962–63 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, four of which lost out in the first round...	1st round
1963–64	1D	6	26	12	6	8	46	36	30		FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963-64 The sixth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1963-64 season. The competition was won by Real Zaragoza in a one game final at the Nou Camp in Barcelona against fellow Spaniards and defending champions Valencia CF...	2nd round
1964–65	1D	8	26	12	2	12	39	40	26		FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 The seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1964-'65 season. The competition was won by Ferencváros in a one game final against Juventus, despite the game taking place at the Italian's home ground, the Stadio Comunale...	1st round
1965–66	1D	7	26	9	7	10	28	29	25
1966–67	1D	11	26	7	6	13	26	34	20
1967–68	1D	7	26	10	5	11	38	40	25
1968–69	1D	8	26	8	10	8	31	33	26
1969–70	1D	7	26	9	5	12	23	34	23	semi-final
1970–71	1D	7	26	7	8	11	20	27	22
1971–72	1D	7	30	11	7	12	35	33	29	semi-final
1972–73	1D	2	30	14	12	4	53	30	40
1973–74	1D	5	30	17	6	7	56	34	40		UC	1st round
1974–75	1D	6	30	14	7	9	45	37	35	semi-final
1975–76	1D	3	30	16	8	6	45	28	40
1976–77	1D	10	30	7	12	11	29	40	26		UC	1st round
1977–78	1D	5	30	14	8	8	25	21	36
1978–79	1D	8	30	10	9	11	47	43	29
1979–80	1D	5	30	13	8	9	33	38	34
1980–81	1D	11	30	8	10	12	24	39	26	semi-final
1981–82	1D	15	30	5	10	15	28	48	20				relegated
1982–83	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1983–84	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?				promoted
1984–85	1D	6	30	11	8	11	40	46	30
1985–86	1D	8	30	7	14	9	27	30	28	final
1986–87	1D	6	30	13	4	13	52	40	30
1987–88	1D	3	38	18	12	8	52	38	48		UC UEFA Cup 1987-88 The UEFA Cup 1987-88 was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Espanyol.It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985...	1st round
1988–89	1D	7	38	13	14	11	44	35	40	winner	UC UEFA Cup 1988-89 The UEFA Cup 1988-89 was won by Napoli over Stuttgart.It was the fourth season for which English clubs were banned from European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster in May 1985...	2nd round
1989–90	1D	6	34	16	4	14	32	33	36	semi-final	CWC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90 The season 1989-90 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won for the only time by Sampdoria in the final against Anderlecht, 2-0 at Nya Ullevi in Göteborg, on 9 May 1990...	1st round
1990–91	1D	19	38	10	9	19	27	38	29				relegated
1991–92	2H	2	34	19	10	5	53	25	48				promoted
1992–93	1D	7	34	11	12	11	42	40	34
1993–94	1D	13	34	12	6	16	39	51	30
1994–95	1D	12	34	10	7	17	30	39	27
1995–96	1D	6	34	14	9	1	53	33	51
1996–97	1D	13	34	10	10	14	37	50	40	last 32
1997–98	1D	18	34	5	9	20	22	52	24	last 64			relegated
1998–99 1998-99 in Portuguese football The 1998/99 season of the Portuguese First Division began on August 21 and ended on May 30. FC Porto became champions for the fifth time in a row.-Promoted teams:These teams were promoted from the Portuguese Second Division of Honour at the start of the season:...	2H	2	34	17	10	7	55	28	61				promoted
1999–00 1999-00 in Portuguese football -Portuguese Liga:The 1999/2000 season of the Portuguese First Division began on August 20, 1999 and ended on May 14. Sporting CP became champions for the first time in eighteen years.-Promoted teams:...	1D	12	34	9	13	12	36	38	40	last 64
2000–01 2000-01 in Portuguese football The 2000/01 Portuguese football season saw a new champion: Boavista FC became the 5th club ever to win the championship, surprising many by securing the title in the 33rd of 34 rounds.-Final league table:-External links:*...	1D	7	34	14	10	10	43	36	52	last 32
2001–02 2001-02 in Portuguese football List of Portuguese football statistics for the 2001 to 2002 Season.- Portuguese League - Season 2001/02 final table :-References:*...	1D	5	34	17	6	11	54	44	57	last 16
2002–03 2002-03 in Portuguese football In 2002–03, José Mourinho's FC Porto won the championship, the Portuguese Cup and the UEFA Cup.-Winning roster:FC PORTO: Alenichev, Bruno, Buszáky, Cândido Costa, Capucho, César Peixoto, Clayton, Costinha, Deco, Derlei, Elias, Hélder Postiga, Hugo Luz, Jankauskas, Jorge Costa, Maniche, Marco...	1D	9	34	11	10	13	47	48	43	last 32
2003–04 2003-04 in Portuguese football The 2003-2004 football season in Portuguese football was dominated by FC Porto. Although Porto did not manage to win the Portuguese Double, the club won the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Portuguese team to do so in the current form of the competition, and complete the European...	1D	15	34	8	11	15	35	54	35	semi-final
2004–05 2004-05 in Portuguese football The 2004-05 season saw SL Benfica clinch the SuperLiga Galp Energia title after almost 11 years. The SuperLiga had one of the most competitive years with both Sporting C. de Braga and Boavista FC, fighting for the title, for a reasonable amount of time, and closing the gap on the "big three"...	1D	9	34	13	7	14	38	34	46	quarter-final
2005–06 2005-06 in Portuguese football The 2005–06 season in Portuguese football saw Futebol Clube do Porto, led by Co Adriaanse, clinch their 21st title and win the Portuguese Cup. Sporting Clube de Portugal secured second place, which gives them a direct entrance into next season's UEFA Champions League...	1D	15	34	11	6	17	40	42	39	last 64
2006–07 2006-07 in Portuguese football The 2006–07 season of the Portuguese Liga started after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The professional competitions, Portuguese Liga and Liga de Honra) started on 27 August 2006, a week after the Portuguese SuperCup, won by the national champions FC Porto against Cup of Portugal runners-up...	1D	5	30	15	4	11	36	29	49	final
2007–08	1D	8	30	8	12	10	32	41	40	last 64
2008–09	1D	15	30	5	9	16	28	52	24	last 32
2009–10	1D	15	30	4	11	15	23	44	23	last 16			relegated

CL=Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions); 1D=First Division/League
2D=Second Division/League; 2H=Liga de Honra
CWC=Cup Winner's Cup; UC=UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

FC=Fairs Cup; LAT=Latin Cup

Latin Cup

The Latin Cup was an international football tournament for club sides from the Latin European nations of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and launched their own club competition...

UEFA Cup (formerly Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, now Europa League)

Season	Team1	Team2	Result1	Result2	Result3
1961–62	Hibernian Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...	Belenenses	3–3	3–0
1962–63	Belenenses	Barcelona	1–1	1–1	2–3
1963–64	Trešnjevka Zagreb	Belenenses	0–2	1–2
1963–64	Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...	Belenenses	2–1	1–0
1964–65	Belenenses	Shelbourne Shelbourne F.C. Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....	1–1	0–0	1–2
1973–74	Belenenses	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	0–2	1–2
1976–77	Belenenses	Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....	2–2	2–3
1987–88	Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....	Belenenses	2–0	0–1
1988–89	Germany Bayer Leverkusen	Belenenses	0–1	0–1
1988–89	Velež Mostar Velež Mostar FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....	Belenenses	0–0	0–0	4–3 (pen.)
2007–08	Germany Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Belenenses	1–0	2–0

Cup Winner's Cup

Season	Team1	Team2	Result1	Result2
1989–90	Belenenses	Early Modern France Monaco AS Monaco FC Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...	1–1	0–3

Current squad

Notable former players

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José António

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Matateu

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Trivia

Belenenses played the inaugural football match at the Santiago Bernabéu

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

on 14 December 1947, against Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

The club's anthem

Ilustrando o nosso emblema

Consagrado e popular

Vê-se a cruz que foi um tema

nas conquistas de além mar

Hoje, como antigamente

Nada temos que temer

Belenenses para a frente!

Com a certeza de vencer

Illustrating our emblem

Established and popular

There is the cross that was a symbol

of the conquests overseas

Today, like yesterday

We have nothing to fear

Go forward Belenenses!

Certain of the victory

External links

Official website (in Portuguese).
Detailed up-to-date Belenenses news (in English)
CF Belenenses
Blog do Belenenses
Canto Azul ao Sul
Armada Azul
Daily Portuguese futebol news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English

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