Big Three (Portugal)
The Big Three (Portuguese: Os Três Grandes) 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 Football Championships ever played and generally end up sharing the top three positions. The only two clubs outside the big three to have won the Portuguese league are Belenenses in the 1945-46 season and Boavista in the 2000-01 season, now the most powerful objector is SC Braga, maybe the fourth of the big three.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Ahead of the start of the 2011-12 season, Phil Town of When Saturday Comes announced that the Big Three would dominate the forthcoming season.[7]
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- ^ Rupert Metcalf (15 May 2001). "Boavista poised to end rule of Portugal's big three". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/boavista-poised-to-end-rule-of-portugals-big-three-684787.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Sergio Santos (2 March 2011). "What next for Portugal's Europa League trio?". FourFourTwo. http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/theportugeezer/archive/2011/03/02/what-next-for-portugal-s-europa-league-trio.aspx. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Jonathan Clegg (28 April 2011). "How Braga Climbed a Mountain". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704187604576289240821194106.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Jonathan Clegg (18 May 2011). "True Champions of Europe". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703509104576329183247807282.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Rui Miguel Tovar (23 May 2011). "FC Porto, 69 - Benfica, 68. É a pronúncia do Norte" (in Portuguese). iOnline. http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/124997-fc-porto-69---benfica-68-e-pronuncia-do-norte. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ John Brewin (18 May 2011). "Red, Green and Royal Blue". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=920989&root=uefaeuropaleague&cc=null. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ Phil Town (18 August 2011). "Promise of a big three battle in Portugal". When Saturday Comes. http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/7604/38/.
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