C.F. Os Belenenses

Belenenses

Full name	Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses
Nickname(s)	O Belém Azuis do Restelo (The Blues from Restelo) Pastéis de Belém
Founded	23 September 1919
Ground	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon (Restelo Stadium)
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	António Soares
Manager	Mitchell van der Gaag
League	Primeira Liga
2012–13	Segunda Liga, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known simply as Belenenses (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ]), is a Portuguese multi-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 quarter 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. 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 then the other three clubs (Benfica, Porto, and Sporting).

The club won its only Primeira Liga title in 1945–46, beating Benfica by a point 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. The club came runner-up in the league for the first time in the 1954–55 season, level on 39 points with Benfica. It was not until 1973 that Belenenses finished runner-up again, 18 points behind Benfica, and they never have since.

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 powerhouse 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 last Taca de Portugal on 28 May 1989, beating Benfica 2–1. Also that season, they ousted holders Bayer Leverkusen from Cup-Winners' Cup.

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 Taca de Portugal final since their 1989 triumph, and most recent to date, but were beaten 1–0 by Sporting.

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

Honours

National

• Primeira Liga: 1

• 1945–46

• Championship of Portugal: 3

• 1926–27, 1928–29, 1932–33

• Portuguese Cup: 3

• 1941–42, 1959–60, 1988–89

• Segunda Liga: 2

• 1983–84, 2012–13

• Lisbon Championship: 6

• 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1945–46

• Lisbon Honour Cup: 11

• 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1975–76, 1989–90, 1993–94

International

• Intertoto Cup: 1

• 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			Only League title
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	1st round
1962–63	1D	4	26	16	4	6	47	30	36	semi-final	FC	1st round
1963–64	1D	6	26	12	6	8	46	36	30		FC	2nd round
1964–65	1D	8	26	12	2	12	39	40	26		FC	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	1st round
1988–89	1D	7	38	13	14	11	44	35	40	winner	UC	2nd round
1989–90	1D	6	34	16	4	14	32	33	36	semi-final	CWC	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	2H	2	34	17	10	7	55	28	61				promoted
1999–00	1D	12	34	9	13	12	36	38	40	last 64
2000–01	1D	7	34	14	10	10	43	36	52	last 32
2001–02	1D	5	34	17	6	11	54	44	57	last 16
2002–03	1D	9	34	11	10	13	47	48	43	last 32
2003–04	1D	15	34	8	11	15	35	54	35	semi-final
2004–05	1D	9	34	13	7	14	38	34	46	quarter-final
2005–06	1D	15	34	11	6	17	40	42	39	last 64
2006–07	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 Winners' Cup; UC=UEFA Cup
FC=Fairs Cup; LAT=Latin Cup

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

Season	Team1	Team2	Result1	Result2	Result3
1961–62	Hibernian	Belenenses	3–3	3–0
1962–63	Belenenses	Barcelona	1–1	1–1	2–3
1963–64	Trešnjevka Zagreb	Belenenses	0–2	1–2
	Roma	Belenenses	2–1	1–0
1964–65	Belenenses	Shelbourne	1–1	0–0	1–2
1973–74	Belenenses	Wolves	0–2	1–2
1976–77	Belenenses	Barcelona	2–2	2–3
1987–88	Barcelona	Belenenses	2–0	0–1
1988–89	Bayer Leverkusen	Belenenses	0–1	0–1
	Velež Mostar	Belenenses	0–0	0–0	4–3 (pen.)
2007–08	Bayern Munich	Belenenses	1–0	2–0

Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Team1	Team2	Result1	Result2
1989–90	Belenenses	Monaco	1–1	0–3

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Matt Jones
2	DF	POR	André Teixeira
3	DF	CPV	Kay
4	DF	POR	Duarte Machado
5	MF	POR	Ricardo Alves
6	DF	POR	João Meira
7	MF	POR	Arsénio
8	MF	POR	Ruizinho
9	FW	POR	Tiago Caeiro
10	MF	HAI	Yves Desmarets
11	FW	POR	Fredy
13	DF	POR	João Afonso
14	MF	POR	Fernando Ferreira
18	MF	ALG	Yacine Si Salem
19	FW	CPV	Rambé

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	POR	Filipe Ferreira
21	DF	POR	Nelson
23	FW	POR	Luís Zambujo
24	DF	GNB	Eridson
25	FW	BRA	Paulo Roberto
26	MF	SEN	Zazá
28	MF	POR	Tiago Silva
39	FW	FRA	Mamadou Diawara
55	DF	POR	Daniel Martins
70	FW	POR	Rodrigo Parreira
76	GK	POR	Rafael Veloso
77	GK	POR	Filipe Mendes
80	MF	MLI	Mourtala Diakité
94	MF	POR	Fábio Sturgeon
—	FW	NED	Jordan Botaka

Notable former players

• António Mendonça
• Wilson
• Alejandro Scopelli
• Batista
• Emerson
• Fábio Januário
• Marco Aurélio
• Weldon
• Borislav Mikhailov
• Stoycho Mladenov
• David Embé
• Albert Meyong
• Celestino
• Dady

• José Rui
• Pelé
• Henry Antchouet
• Edgaras Jankauskas
• Armando Sá
• José Luis Garcés
• Gabriel Gómez
• Dariusz Adamczuk
• António Morato
• Félix Mourinho
• Fernando Chalana
• Jaime Mercês
• Jorge Martins
• José António

• José Mourinho
• Juanico
• Luís Sobrinho
• Matateu
• Paulo Madeira
• Pepe
• Rolando
• Ruben Amorim
• Silas
• Anders Andersson
• Freddy Adu
• Nick Sakiewicz
• Tomislav Ivković

Former coaches

• John Mortimore
• Fernando Riera
• Helenio Herrera
• Marinho Peres
• Jorge Jesus
• José Mota (Nov 2010–Feb 12)
• Marco Paulo (Feb 2012–May 12)
• Mitchell van der Gaag (July 2012–)

See also

• CF Belenenses (basketball)
• CF Belenenses (futsal)
• CF Belenenses (handball)
• C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby)

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese).