C.F. Os Belenenses

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Belenenses
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Full nameClube de Futebol
Os Belenenses
Nickname(s)O Belém
(The Bethlehem)
Os Azuis do Restelo
(The Blues from Restelo)
Pastéis (Pastries)
A Cruz de Cristo
(The Order of Christ Cross)
Founded23 September 1919; 101 years ago (23 September 1919)
GroundEstádio do Restelo
Capacity19,856[1]
PresidentPatrick Morais de Carvalho
Head coachNuno Oliveira
LeagueCampeonato de Portugal
2020–21Lisbon FA 1st Division: Champion
WebsiteClub website
Active sport sections of C.F. Os Belenenses
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AthleticsBasketball
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(Women's)
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Beach soccerFootball
(Men's)		Football
(Women's)
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Futsal
(Men's)		Futsal
(Women's)		Handball
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Rugby unionSwimmingTriathlon
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Volleyball

Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Belenenses (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨlɨˈnẽsɨʃ]), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Restelo in the Belém parish of Lisbon, hence the club name, which translates as "The ones from Belém". Among its fanbase, the club is commonly nicknamed O Belém, in reference to the neighborhood; Os Pastéis (The Pastries), in reference to a traditional Portuguese pastry originated in the parish; Azuis (Blues) or Azuis do Restelo (The Blues from Restelo), in reference to the club's color and its home stadium; and A Cruz de Cristo (The Order of Christ Cross), for its emblem, or also "Os Rapazes da Praia" (The Boys of the Beach), a reference to the zone of Belém in the earlier 20 Century.

Belenenses won the 1945–46 Primeira Liga, making them the first club other than the Big Three to win the league title. Belenenses has also won six Championship of Portugal/Portuguese Cup trophies, and is the fifth most decorated team in Portuguese football.

Until 1982, Belenenses was one of four teams that had never been relegated from the first division. Nowadays, it is the team with the fourth most seasons in the Primeira Liga as well as the team with the fifth most points in the championship's history.[citation needed]

Belenenses was the first Portuguese team with a turf pitch and artificial lighting, and was also the first Portuguese club to participate in the UEFA Europa League.[citation needed]

The main sports of the club are football, handball, basketball, futsal, athletics, and rugby union. The club has won national championships in all these sports, but it remains best known for football, its original activity. In the club's history, Belenenses has won more than 10,000 trophies, including the first divisions of football, handball, basketball, rugby, and the Portuguese Cup in football and futsal, among other sports.

History[]

Early years[]

Founded in 1919, it reached its first Campeonato final in 1926, losing 2–0 to Marítimo, and won the title the next season with a 3–0 win over Vitória de Setúbal and winning 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 after defeating Sporting CP 3–1.[2] With three Campeonato wins, Belenenses was one of Portugal's "Big Four". Since the advent of the Primeira Liga, Os Belenenses has failed to keep up with the other three clubs (Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP).

League champions[]

The club won its only Primeira Liga title in 1945–46, edging Benfica by one point,[3] the first time that 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 the Nuevo Estadio Chamartín) in a friendly match won 3–1 by Madrid.[4] The club were runners-up in the league for the first time in the 1954–55 season, level on 39 points with Benfica.[5] It was not until 1973 that Belenenses finished runner-up again, 18 points behind Benfica, and they never have since.[6]

European forays[]

Belenenses were the first club to compete in the UEFA Cup in a two-legged 3–3 draw with Hibernian at the Estádio do Restelo in Belém.

The club has also played in the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, the club played Barcelona. In the first leg, they lost 2–0 in the Camp Nou, winning 1–0 at the Estádio do Restelo with Mapuata scoring. Belenenses won their sixth (and to date last) Taça de Portugal on 28 May 1989, defeating Benfica 2–1.[7] Also that season, they knocked out the holders Bayer Leverkusen from the Cup Winners' Cup.

Downfall and recovery[]

Belenenses were relegated from the Primeira Liga for the first time in 1981–82, and have been relegated three other times since then.

21st century[]

The 2005–06 season saw Belenenses finishing fourth from bottom, which would mean relegation for the team. However, the club won a subsequent appeal which sent Gil Vicente down instead. With this reprieve, the club played in the top level of Portuguese football once again. On 27 May 2007, Belenenses reached their first Taça de Portugal final since their 1989 triumph, but were defeated 1–0 by Sporting CP.[8]

Cabral Ferreira, who served as club president of Belenenses from 2005 until 2008, died on 26 February 2008 after a long illness.[9] Belenenses were relegated in 2010 to the Segunda Liga, but secured promotion back to the Primeira Liga in March 2013, their longest stint out of the top division.

During the 2014–15 season, Belenenses finished the championship in sixth place, thereby returning to European competition, qualifying for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.

They reached the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League after eliminating IFK Göteborg (2–1 on aggregate) and Rheindorf Altach (1–0 on aggregate). They finished fourth and last in their group, recording a surprising 2–1 away win against Basel, but drawing 0–0 twice against Lech Poznań, losing the return match against Basel, and losing both matches to Fiorentina.

Club split[]

At the end of 2017–18 season, CF os Belenenses (Club) and Belenenses SAD went their separate ways, as the "Protocol on the use of Estádio do Restelo" ended and the SAD refused to negotiate a new contract with the club. So from the 2018–19 season, Belenenses SAD (the professional team) play their Primeira Liga home games at Estádio Nacional, whereas CF os Belenenses registered an amateur team in 1ª Divisão Distrital de Lisboa, the equivalent to the Sixth Division (lowest Portuguese division), with the support of the majority of fans and club members.

As a consequence, Belenenses SAD was legally forbidden from using Belenenses' Logo and name and now uses a new logo.[10] In the first games of the season, the professional team saw home attendances of only a few hundred, whereas the new, amateur team saw home attendances of approximately 5,000, reversing a long decline in attendance figures.[11]

Honours[]

Domestic[]

Winners (1): 1945–46
Winners (3): 1941–42, 1959–60, 1988–89
Runners-up (5): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1947–48, 1985–86, 2006–07
Runners-up (1): 1989
Winners (3): 1926–27, 1928–29, 1932–33
Runners-up (3): 1925–26, 1931–32, 1935–36
  • Segunda Divisão / Segunda Liga
Winners (2): 1983–84, 2012–13
Winners (1): 2018–19; 2020–21
Winners (6): 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1943–44, 1945–46

European[]

Winners (1): 1975

League and cup history[]

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Europe Notes
CL 4 14 8 2 4 45 20 18 quarter-final The Cup-style competition played in

Portugal was still the Portuguese

Championship, while the league

worked as an experimental competition.

CL 4 14 7 3 4 28 22 17 final
CL 2 14 11 1 2 46 17 23 quarter-final
CL 5 14 5 0 9 29 28 10 quarter-final
1D 4 14 6 1 7 38 29 13 quarter-final First season of both the Portuguese Cup

and Primeira Liga.

1D 3 18 11 3 4 58 21 25 final
1D 3 14 9 1 4 59 22 19 final
1D 3 22 12 6 4 66 32 30 winner
1D 3 18 14 0 4 78 20 28 quarter-final
1D 6 18 9 3 6 41 32 21 quarter-final
1D 3 18 13 1 4 72 29 27 quarter-final
1D 1 22 18 2 2 74 24 38 last 16 Only League title
1D 4 26 14 5 7 66 31 33 not held
1D 3 26 16 5 5 76 30 37 final
1D 3 26 16 3 7 68 36 35 last 16
1D 4 26 10 7 9 36 41 27 not held
1D 9 26 10 4 12 45 48 24 semi-final
1D 4 26 14 8 4 60 28 36 quarter-final
1D 3 26 15 6 5 60 29 36 last 16
1D 4 26 13 5 8 43 39 31 semi-final
1D 2 26 17 5 4 63 28 39 quarter-final LAT 4th place
1D 3 26 16 5 5 67 25 37 semi-final
1D 3 26 13 7 6 74 50 33 last 16
1D 4 26 12 4 10 54 42 28 last 16
1D 3 26 16 6 4 65 27 38 quarter-final
1D 3 26 15 6 5 58 25 36 winner
1D 5 26 12 4 10 45 37 28 semi-final
1D 5 26 12 7 7 51 35 31 semi-final FC 1st round
1D 4 26 16 4 6 47 30 36 semi-final FC 1st round
1D 6 26 12 6 8 46 36 30 semi-final FC 2nd round
1D 8 26 12 2 12 39 40 26 quarter-final FC 1st round
1D 7 26 9 7 10 28 29 25 2nd round
1D 11 26 7 6 13 26 34 20 3rd round
1D 7 26 10 5 11 38 40 25 quarter-final
1D 8 26 8 10 8 31 33 26 quarter-final
1D 7 26 9 5 12 23 34 23 semi-final
1D 7 26 7 8 11 20 27 22 quarter-final
1D 7 30 11 7 12 35 33 29 semi-final
1D 2 30 14 12 4 53 30 40 last 32
1D 5 30 17 6 7 56 34 40 last 16 UC 1st round
1D 6 30 14 7 9 45 37 35 semi-final
1D 3 30 16 8 6 45 28 40 last 16 IC GC
1D 10 30 7 12 11 29 40 26 2nd round IC
UC		 2nd Gr
1st round
1D 5 30 14 8 8 25 21 36 last 32
1D 8 30 10 9 11 47 43 29 last 16
1D 5 30 13 8 9 33 38 34 last 16
1D 11 30 8 10 12 24 39 26 semi-final
1D 15 30 5 10 15 28 48 20 last 16 relegated
2D.S 4 30 12 10 8 35 19 34 last 64
2D.S 1 30 18 8 4 49 13 44 last 16 promoted
1D 6 30 11 8 11 40 46 30 last 64
1D 8 30 7 14 9 27 30 28 final
1D 6 30 13 4 13 52 40 30 last 64
1D 3 38 18 12 8 52 38 48 last 128 UC 1st round
1D 7 38 13 14 11 44 35 40 winner UC 2nd round
1D 6 34 16 4 14 32 33 36 semi-final CWC 1st round
1D 19 38 10 9 19 27 38 29 last 64 relegated
2H 2 34 19 10 5 53 25 48 5th round promoted
1D 7 34 11 12 11 42 40 34 6th round
1D 13 34 12 6 16 39 51 30 quarter-final
1D 12 34 10 7 17 30 39 27 4th round
1D 6 34 14 9 1 53 33 51 6th round
1D 13 34 10 10 14 37 50 40 5th round
1D 18 34 5 9 20 22 52 24 4th round relegated
1998–99 2H 2 34 17 10 7 55 28 61 3rd round promoted
1999–00 1D 12 34 9 13 12 36 38 40 4th round
2000–01 1D 7 34 14 10 10 43 36 52 5th round
2001–02 1D 5 34 17 6 11 54 44 57 6th round
2002–03 1D 9 34 11 10 13 47 48 43 5th round IC 2nd round
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 4th round
2006–07 1D 5 30 15 4 11 36 29 49 final
2007–08 1D 8 30 11 10 9 35 33 40 4th round last 16 UC 1st round 3 points deducted; Taça da Liga 1st edition
2008–09 1D 15 30 5 9 16 28 52 24 last 32 group stage 2
2009–10 1D 15 30 4 11 15 23 44 23 last 16 group stage 1 relegated
2010–11 2H 13 30 8 11 11 33 36 35 last 64 group stage 1
2011–12 2H 5 30 10 11 9 34 32 41 last 16 1st round
2012–13 2H 1 42 29 7 6 75 41 94 semi-final group stage 1 promoted; Liga 2 champions
2013–14 1D 14 30 6 10 14 19 33 28 last 64 group stage 2
2014–15 1D 6 34 12 12 10 34 35 48 quarter final group stage 2
2015–16 1D 9 34 10 11 13 44 66 41 last 32 group stage EL Group stage
2016–17 1D 14 34 9 9 16 27 45 36 last 64 group stage
2017–18 1D 12 34 9 10 15 33 46 37 last 64 group stage separation from Belenenses SAD
2018–19 L.1D 1 30 27 1 2 143 17 82 did not compete did not compete won group 2 of the Lisbon FA 1st Division

and then became overall champions

2019–20 L.2D 1 20 18 0 2 62 16 54 did not compete did not compete promoted; league was concluded at

20 games due to COVID-19 pandemic

2020–21 L.1D 1 18 15 2 1 38 10 47 did not compete did not compete promoted; Lisbon FA 1st Division champions
2021–22 CP did not compete Group E of Campeonato de Portugal

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; IC=Intertoto Cup

CP=Campeonato de Portugal (4th tier of Portuguese football); L.1D=Lisbon FA 1st Division (Lisbon's 2nd level in 2018-19 and 1st level in 2020-21);

L.2D=Lisbon FA 2st Division (Lisbon's 2nd level in 2019-20);

European record[]

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Scotland Hibernian 1–3 3–3 4–6
1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 1–1 1–1 2–21
1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tresnjevka Zagreb 2–0 2–1 4–1
2R Italy Roma 0–1 1–2 1–3
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–1 0–0 1–12
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 1–2 1–4
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 2–2 2–3 4–5
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1R Spain Barcelona 1–0 0–2 1–2
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 1–0 2–0
2R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar 0–0 0–0 0–03
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R France Monaco 1–1 0–3 1–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1R Germany Bayern Munich 0–2 0–1 0–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 3Q Sweden IFK Göteborg 2–1 0–0 2–1
PO Austria Rheindorf Altach 0–0 1–0 1–0
Group I Switzerland Basel 0–2 2–1 4th place
Italy Fiorentina 0–4 0–1
Poland Lech Poznań 0–0 0–0
Notes
  • 1R: First round
  • 2R: Second round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

1 Barcelona progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 3–2.
2 Shelbourne progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 2–1.
3 Velež Mostar progressed to the Third round after winning a penalty shoot-out 4–3.

Former coaches[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/clube/20152016/liganos/106
  2. ^ Portugal – List of Champions
  3. ^ Portugal 1945–46
  4. ^ Real Madrid C.F. – Official Web Site – Real Madrid play 1,500th official clash at the Santiago Bernabeu
  5. ^ Portugal 1954–55
  6. ^ Portugal 1972–73
  7. ^ Portugal Cup Full Results 1938–1990
  8. ^ Portugal Cup 2006/07
  9. ^ "Passings: Morreu Cabral Ferreira". Jornal de Notícias. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  10. ^ https://ionline.sapo.pt/638547
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ From 1922 to 1938, the Portuguese champion was determined in a knock-out competition called Campeonato de Portugal (Portuguese Championship). With the formation of the league, this competition later became the national cup.

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