Belenenses SAD

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Belenenses SAD
Belenenses SAD logo.svg
Full nameOs Belenenses – Sociedade Desportiva de Futebol, SAD
Founded30 June 2018; 3 years ago (30 June 2018)
GroundEstádio Nacional
Capacity37,593
PresidentRui Pedro Soares
Head coachFranclim Carvalho
LeaguePrimeira Liga
2020–21Primeira Liga, 10th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Os Belenenses – Sociedade Desportiva de Futebol, SAD, also known as B–SAD,[a] is a Portuguese football club from Lisbon founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity.[2] A rebel offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they play in the Primeira Liga.

History[]

Historic football club C.F. Os Belenenses created its SAD (Sociedade Anónima Desportiva - Public limited sports company) on 1 July 1999, to run its professional football section. In 2012, with both club and SAD facing enormous financial troubles, club members voted to sell 51% of its SAD to an investor, Codecity, led by Rui Pedro Soares. Added to the stock purchase, a parasocial deal was struck where the founding club could keep special rights, such as veto power over certain SAD decisions and the power to buy its stock back. Also a protocol was agreed upon that would regulate relations between Club and SAD. The club would keep 10% of SAD stocks.[3][4]

Meanwhile, Codecity terminated the parasocial deal, alleging contractual violations by the Club. In 2017, the Court of Arbitration for Sport deemed the termination of the deal valid, ending the possibility of the Club being able to reacquire the 51% of SAD stocks, in order to regain control of its professional football section.[5]

With tensions mounting between Club and SAD, the protocol that regulated relations between both entities expired on 30 June 2018, ceasing any relationship between both parties. This included the use of Estádio do Restelo (property of the Club) by the SAD's professional football team. Thus was born B-SAD as an autonomous football club, founded on 1 July 2018, after the secession of the SAD from the club.[6] They joined the Lisbon Football Association as member number 1198 (the original Belenenses is member number 64).

Belenenses' historic achievements, such as the victories in the 1945–46 Campeonato Nacional, its 3 Taças de Portugal and 3 Campeonatos de Portugal, solely belong to the Club, since they were won before the creation of the SAD in 1999. The Club created its own football team that started playing in the Lisbon FA regional leagues from 2018–19 season.

B-SAD meanwhile claimed the place of the Club in the Primeira Liga. Given that Estádio do Restelo was property of the Club, B-SAD was left without its own stadium. As a consequence, B-SAD started playing home games at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, paying rent to the state to use it. In February 2019, due to a temporary unavailability of the Estádio Nacional, B-SAD rented Estádio do Bonfim, around sixty kilometres away in Setúbal, for two home games. The game against Moreirense F.C. at this ground on 4 February was attended by 298 spectators, the lowest in the history of the league.[7]

In October 2018, B-SAD was prohibited from using the name, cross and symbols of the original Belenenses by an intellectual property court decision.[8] As such, after a judicial confirmation of this decision in March 2019, B-SAD presented a new club badge to differentiate itself from the original club.[9]

In November 2021, Belenenses fielded just 9 available players including two goalkeepers in a league match against Benfica, due to an outbreak of Omicron variant in the team.[10] This resulted to a 7-0 loss at halftime and the match was eventually abandoned in the early minutes of the second half.[11]

League and cup history[]

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Europe Notes
2018–19 1D 9 34 10 3 11 42 51 43 Fourth round Third round
2019–20 1D 15 34 9 8 17 27 54 35 Fourth round Second round
2020–21 1D 10 34 9 13 12 25 25 40 Quarter-finals Didn't participate

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 8 September 2021

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 Brazil BRA Luiz Felipe
2 DF Portugal POR Diogo Calila
5 DF Portugal POR Nilton Varela
7 MF Portugal POR Pedro Nuno
8 MF South Africa RSA Sphephelo Sithole
10 MF Portugal POR Afonso Sousa
11 MF Serbia SRB Andrija Luković
13 DF Portugal POR Jójó
14 DF Netherlands NED Danny Henriques
15 FW Portugal POR Luís Mota
16 MF Angola ANG César Sousa
17 DF Portugal POR Carraça (on loan from Porto)
18 FW Senegal SEN Alioune Ndour
19 MF Portugal POR Chico Teixeira
20 MF Portugal POR Rafael Santos
21 DF South Africa RSA Thibang Phete
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Portugal POR Henrique Pires
23 MF Netherlands NED Jordan van der Gaag
24 DF Portugal POR Christian Marques (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
25 FW Brazil BRA Safira (on loan from Londrina)
27 DF Nigeria NGA Chima Akas
29 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Abel Camará
30 MF Brazil BRA Sandro
31 GK Portugal POR João Monteiro
32 DF Portugal POR Yohan Tavares
33 DF Burkina Faso BFA Trova Boni
34 DF Portugal POR André Lopes
38 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Agrelos
42 MF Portugal POR António Montez
44 DF Brazil BRA Eduardo Kau
64 MF Portugal POR Rafael Camacho (on loan from Sporting)
99 GK Portugal POR Álvaro Ramalho

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Portugal POR Kikas (at Mafra until 30 June 2022)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The club initially formed as Belenenses SAD, but C.F. Os Belenenses obtained an injunction to prevent them from using Belenenses as part of their name. The club then switched names to B–SAD while fighting the injunction. They won a preliminary victory in 2021 to use the name, but the appeal process is not finalized and, until it is, the injuction stands.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Tribunal diz que Belenenses SAD pode utilizar nome, marcas e símbolos do clube
  2. ^ "Belenenses SAD".
  3. ^ "O Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses vai criar uma equipa sénior e vai jogar no Restelo". 2 February 2018.
  4. ^ "A SAD ficou com o futebol profissional, o Belenenses quer ficar com tudo". Público (in Portuguese). 30 September 2018.
  5. ^ "O Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses vai criar uma equipa sénior e vai jogar no Restelo". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Divórcio litigioso entre SAD e Clube". A Bola (in Portuguese). 30 June 2018.
  7. ^ Gonalves, André (6 February 2019). "Belenenses x Moreirense bate recorde negativo de assistência na Liga" (in Portuguese). One Football. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ "SAD do Belenenses impedida de utilizar nome, emblema e símbolos do clube". Observador (in Portuguese). 29 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Tribunal da Relação confirma que Belenenses SAD não pode usar emblema nas camisolas". Record (in Portuguese). 7 March 2019.
  10. ^ "'Dark chapter': Portugal Liga descends into farce". ESPN.com. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  11. ^ "Portugal's shame: The game that should have never been played". MARCA. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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