- C.F. Os Belenenses
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Belenenses 
Full name Clube de Futebol
Os BelenensesNickname(s) O Belém
Azuis do Restelo
(The Blues from Restelo)
Pastéis de BelémFounded 23 September 1919 Ground Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
(Restelo Stadium)
(Capacity: 25,000[1])Chairman 
João de AlmeidaManager José MotaLeague Liga de Honra 
Home coloursAway coloursThird coloursClube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known simply as Belenenses (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ]) or Belenenses Lisbon, 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."
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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.
By 1933, the club was the most successful in 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. They have won less honours since than the other three clubs.
They won the Portuguese Liga once (1945–46), the only team, together with Boavista (in 2001), to do so outside the Big Three: (Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting Clube de Portugal).
It was 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 UEFA Cup 1987–88 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 Bulgarian international Stoycho Mladenov 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, who served as president of Belenenses from 2005 until 2008, died on 26 February 2008, of a long illness.[2]
Belenenses were relegated in 2011 to the Liga de Honra.
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
- Intertoto Cup — 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 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 Winner's Cup; UC=UEFA Cup
FC=Fairs Cup; LAT=Latin CupUEFA Cup (formerly Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, now Europa League)
Season Team1 Team2 Result1 Result2 Result3 1961–62 
Hibernian Belenenses3–3 3–0 1962–63 Belenenses
Barcelona1–1 1–1 2–3 1963–64 
Trešnjevka Zagreb Belenenses0–2 1–2 1963–64 
Roma Belenenses2–1 1–0 1964–65 Belenenses
Shelbourne1–1 0–0 1–2 1973–74 Belenenses
Wolverhampton Wanderers0–2 1–2 1976–77 Belenenses Barcelona2–2 2–3 1987–88 Barcelona Belenenses2–0 0–1 1988–89 
Bayer Leverkusen Belenenses0–1 0–1 1988–89 Velež Mostar Belenenses0–0 0–0 4–3 (pen.) 2007–08 Bayern Munich Belenenses1–0 2–0 Cup Winner's Cup
Season Team1 Team2 Result1 Result2 1989–90 Belenenses
Monaco1–1 0–3 Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Coelho 2 
MF Victor Lemos 4 DF Duarte Machado 5 DF Pedro Ribeiro 6 FW Ricardo Viegas 7 MF Miguel Rosa 8 MF Sidnei 9 FW Tomané 11 FW Fredy 14 MF Fernando Ferreira 15 FW Rui Varela 16 FW Tiago Almeida 17 MF Fábio Sturgeon 20 
MF Zazá No. Position Player 21 DF André Pires 24 
MF Djiman Koukou (on loan from Beira-Mar) 25 GK Paulo César 27 MF Rodrigo Antônio 29 DF Igor Pita 30 
FW Abel Camará 33 DF Léo Kanu 77 FW Waldir 81 FW Dani 83 DF Rafael Santos 92 GK Adolfo Leite 97 MF Victor Silva 99 FW Geovane Maranhão Notable former players
- Fernando Chalana
- Jorge Martins
- José António
- Jose Mourinho
- Juanico
- Paulo Madeira
- Matateu
- Félix Mourinho
- António Morato
- Pepe
- Ruben Amorim
- Silas
- Luís Sobrinho
- Jaime Mercês
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Rolando 
António Mendonça- Wilson
- Batista
- Marco Aurélio
- Emerson
- Weldon
- Fábio Januário
Borislav Mikhailov- Stoycho Mladenov
Albert Meyong- David Embé
- José Rui
- Dady
- Pelé
- Celestino
- Tomislav Ivković
Henry Antchouet
Edgaras Jankauskas
Armando Sá
Gabriel Gómez- José Luis Garcés
Dariusz Adamczuk
Anders Andersson
Nick Sakiewicz- Owen Holley
- Freddy Adu
Former coaches
Trivia
Belenenses played the inaugural football match at the Santiago Bernabéu on 14 December 1947, against Real Madrid.
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 vencerIllustrating 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 victoryBasketball
Main article: CF Belenenses (basketball)Futsal
Main article: CF Belenenses (futsal)Handball
Main article: CF Belenenses (handball)Rugby
Main article: C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby)References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Passings: Morreu Cabral Ferreira". Jornal de Notícias. 2008-02-28. http://jn.sapo.pt/2008/02/26/ultimas/Morreu_Cabral_Ferreira.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
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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