C.F. Os Belenenses

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Belenenses

Full name	Clube de Futebol «Os Belenenses»
Nickname(s)	O Belém Azúis do Restelo (The Blues from Restelo)
Founded	23 September 1919
Ground	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon (Restelo Stadium) (Capacity: 32,500)
Manager	João Carlos Pereira
League	Portuguese Liga
2007-08	Portuguese Liga, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Belenenses (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ]), founded in 1919, is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the Belém quarter of Lisbon, hence the club name, which translates as "The ones from Belém".

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 League and cup history 3.1 UEFA Cup (formerly known as Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) 3.2 Cup Winner's Cup 4 Current Squad 5 Notable former players 6 Former Coaches 7 Trivia 8 The club's anthem 9 Basketball 10 Futsal 11 Handball 12 Rugby 13 References 14 External links

[edit] History

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. They have won the Portuguese Liga once (1945/1946), the only team, together with Boavista F.C., to do so outside the Big Three: (F.C. Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal and S.L. Benfica).

When the Portuguese Liga started Beleneneses was one of Portugal's "Big four". The year after, the club lost its fame and glory and sank straight down the ranking. It was the first club to compete in the UEFA Cup in a back-and-forth 3-3 draw with Hibernian F.C. (at the time one of Scotland's biggest teams) at the Estádio do Restelo in Belém.

Like many Portuguese clubs, fan clubs can be found in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Belgium, Canada, and the United States of America.

In 1933, the club was the most successful in Portugal with the most titles and Cups.

The 2005/2006 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 F.C. down instead. With this reprieve, the team played in the top level of Portuguese football again, for the 69th of 73 seasons - the team with most presences at top level after the "Big Three". This reprieve allowed them to finish fifth in the league, giving them access to the UEFA Cup.

In the Portuguese Cup 2007, fans from Switzerland, Canada, United States, and several Portuguese cities were at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to see the final against Sporting CP, one of the "Big Three", where they lost 1-0.

Cabral Ferreira, who served as president of C.F. Os Belenenses from 2005 until 2008, died on 26 February 2008, of a long illness.^[1]

The club has also played in the European Cup Winners' Cup as well as the UEFA Cup. In the UEFA Cup 1987-88 season the club played powerhouse FC Barcelona; in the first leg they lost 2-0 in the Camp Nou, winning 1-0 in Lisbon at the Estádio do Restelo with Bulgarian international Stoycho Mladenov scoring. In the following season they ousted holders Bayer Leverkusen out of the same competition.

[edit] Honours

• Portuguese League 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 Champions - 1983/84
• Lisbon Championship Winners - 1925/26, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1943/44, 1945/46
• Lisbon Honour Cup Winners - 9 times
• Group Winners of UEFA Intertoto Cup 1974/75

[edit] League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1934-1935	CL	4	14	8	2	4	45	20	18
1935-1936	CL	4	14	7	3	4	28	22	17
1936-1937	CL	2	14	11	1	2	46	17	23
1937-1938	CL	5	14	5	0	9	29	28	10
1938-1939	1D	4	14	6	1	7	38	29	13	quarter-final
1939-1940	1D	3	18	11	3	4	58	21	25	final
1940-1941	1D	3	14	9	1	4	59	22	19	final
1941-1942	1D	3	22	12	6	4	66	32	30	winner
1942-1943	1D	3	18	14	0	4	78	20	28	quarter-final
1943-1944	1D	6	18	9	3	6	41	32	21	quarter-final
1944-1945	1D	3	18	13	1	4	72	29	27	quarter-final
1945-1946	1D	1	22	18	2	2	74	24	38	last 16			best classification ever
1946-1947	1D	4	26	14	5	7	66	31	33	not held
1947-1948	1D	3	26	16	5	5	76	30	37	final
1948-1949	1D	3	26	16	3	7	68	36	35	last 16
1949-1950	1D	4	26	10	7	9	36	41	27	not held
1950-1951	1D	9	26	10	4	12	45	48	24	semi-final
1951-1952	1D	4	26	14	8	4	60	28	36
1952-1953	1D	3	26	15	6	5	60	29	36
1953-1954	1D	4	26	13	5	8	43	39	31	semi-final
1954-1955	1D	2	26	17	5	4	63	28	39		LAT	4th place
1955-1956	1D	3	26	16	5	5	67	25	37	semi-final
1956-1957	1D	3	26	13	7	6	74	50	33
1957-1958	1D	4	26	12	4	10	54	42	28
1958-1959	1D	3	26	16	6	4	65	27	38
1959-1960	1D	3	26	15	6	5	58	25	36	winner
1960-1961	1D	5	26	12	4	10	45	37	28	semi-final
1961-1962	1D	5	26	12	7	7	51	35	31	semi-final	FC	1st round
1962-1963	1D	4	26	16	4	6	47	30	36	semi-final	FC	1st round
1963-1964	1D	6	26	12	6	8	46	36	30		FC	2nd round
1964-1965	1D	8	26	12	2	12	39	40	26		FC	1st round
1965-1966	1D	7	26	9	7	10	28	29	25
1966-1967	1D	11	26	7	6	13	26	34	20
1967-1968	1D	7	26	10	5	11	38	40	25
1968-1969	1D	8	26	8	10	8	31	33	26
1969-1970	1D	7	26	9	5	12	23	34	23	semi-final
1970-1971	1D	7	26	7	8	11	20	27	22
1971-1972	1D	7	30	11	7	12	35	33	29	semi-final
1972-1973	1D	2	30	14	12	4	53	30	40
1973-1974	1D	5	30	17	6	7	56	34	40		UC	1st round
1974-1975	1D	6	30	14	7	9	45	37	35	semi-final
1975-1976	1D	3	30	16	8	6	45	28	40
1976-1977	1D	10	30	7	12	11	29	40	26		UC	1st round
1977-1978	1D	5	30	14	8	8	25	21	36
1978-1979	1D	8	30	10	9	11	47	43	29
1979-1980	1D	5	30	13	8	9	33	38	34
1980-1981	1D	11	30	8	10	12	24	39	26	semi-final
1981-1982	1D	15	30	5	10	15	28	48	20				relegated
1982-1983	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1983-1984	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?				promoted
1984-1985	1D	6	30	11	8	11	40	46	30
1985-1986	1D	8	30	7	14	9	27	30	28	final
1986-1987	1D	6	30	13	4	13	52	40	30
1987-1988	1D	3	38	18	12	8	52	38	48		UC	1st round
1988-1989	1D	7	38	13	14	11	44	35	40	winner	UC	2nd round
1989-1990	1D	6	34	16	4	14	32	33	36	semi-final	CWC	1st round
1990-1991	1D	19	38	10	9	19	27	38	29				relegated
1991-1992	2H	2	34	19	10	5	53	25	48				promoted
1992-1993	1D	7	34	11	12	11	42	40	34
1993-1994	1D	13	34	12	6	16	39	51	30
1994-1995	1D	12	34	10	7	17	30	39	27
1995-1996	1D	6	34	14	9	1	53	33	51
1996-1997	1D	13	34	10	10	14	37	50	40	last 32
1997-1998	1D	18	34	5	9	20	22	52	24	last 64			relegated
1998-1999	2H	2	34	17	10	7	55	28	61				promoted
1999-2000	1D	12	34	9	13	12	36	38	40	last 64
2000-2001	1D	7	34	14	10	10	43	36	52	last 32
2001-2002	1D	5	34	17	6	11	54	44	57	last 16
2002-2003	1D	9	34	11	10	13	47	48	43	last 32
2003-2004	1D	15	34	8	11	15	35	54	35	semi-final
2004-2005	1D	9	34	13	7	14	38	34	46	quarter-final
2005-2006	1D	15	34	11	6	17	40	42	39	last 64
2006-2007	1D	5	30	15	4	11	36	29	49	final
2007-2008	1D	8	30	8	12	10	32	41	40	last 64

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
FC=Fairs Cup; LAT=Latin Cup

[edit] UEFA Cup (formerly known as Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)

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
1963/64	Roma	Belenenses	2-1	1-0
1964/65	Belenenses	Shelbourne	1-1	0-0	1-2
1973/74	Belenenses	Wolverhampton Wanderers	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
1988/89	Velež Mostar	Belenenses	0-0	0-0	4-3 (pen.)
2007/08	Bayern Munich	Belenenses	1-0	2-0

[edit] Cup Winner's Cup

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

[edit] Current Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Assis Giovanaz 2 DF Fernando Horácio Ávalos 3 DF Carciano 6 MF Gabriel Enrique Gómez 8 MF Maykon Araújo 10 MF Silas 11 MF José Pedro 13 DF Rodrigo Arroz 15 DF Baiano 17 FW Marcelo 18 MF Mano 19 FW Richard Porta

No. Position Player 20 MF Sergio Organista 21 FW Evandro Roncatto 26 MF Vinicius Pacheco 27 DF Cândido Costa 28 DF Alex von Schwedler 30 DF Miguel Tininho 73 GK Paulo Costinha 80 DF Mourtala Diakité 82 FW Saulo 95 DF Kheireddine Zarabi 99 GK Júlio César

[edit] Notable former players

Fernando Chalana Jorge Martins José António Paulo Madeira Matateu Félix Mourinho Morato Pepe Rolando Ruben Amorim Silas Sobrinho António Mendonça Wilson Marco Aurélio Emerson Weldon

Borislav Mikhailov Stoycho Mladenov Albert Meyong David Embé José Rui Dady Pelé Tomislav Ivković Henry Antchouet Edgaras Jankauskas Armando Sá Gabriel Gómez José Luis Garcés Dariusz Adamczuk Anders Andersson Nick Sakiewicz

[edit] Former Coaches

• John Mortimore

[edit] Trivia

C.F. Os Belenenses played the inaugural football match at the Santiago Bernabéu on 14 December 1947, against Real Madrid.

[edit] 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

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Futsal

[edit] Handball

[edit] Rugby

[edit] References

[edit] 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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