C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby union) explained
| Teamname: | Belenenses |
| Fullname: | Clube de Futebol
«Os Belenenses» |
| Founded: | December 30, 1928 |
| Ground: | Belenenses Rugby Park |
| Chairman: | André Cunha |
| Season: | 2021-22 |
| Position: | 1st |
| Pattern B1: | _thinbluesides |
| Leftarm1: | 0000FF |
| Body1: | 0000FF |
| Rightarm1: | 0000FF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | 0000FF |
Belenenses is a professional Portuguese rugby union team. Apart from winning several titles as a team, they have also provided five players to the National Team that played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Their most recent title was the victory in the National Championship of the 2007/2008 season.
Honours
- Winner (8): 1955/56, 1957/58, 1962/63, 1972/73, 1974/75, 2002/03, 2007/08, 2021/22
- Portuguese Cup
- Winners (7): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Taça Ibérica
Squad 2023/24
According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[1]
The Belenenses squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 seasonProps- Anthony Kent
- Joaquin Dominguez
- António Machado dos Santos
- Frederico Simões
- Manuel Worm
- Israel Otunuku
Hookers
- Guillermo Lawrie
- Miguel Nunes
Locks
- Salvador da Cunha
- Manuel Lima
- José Moreira
- Francisco Simões
- António Andrade
- Tomás da Cunha
| Backrow- Rafael Simões
- David Wallis
- Manuel Pinto
- André Cunha
- Pedro Cunha
- Tomás Sequeira
- Sebastião da Cunha
- Diogo Raposo
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
- Francisco Menéres
- Manuel Menéres
- João Freudenthal
| Centres- José Paiva dos Santos
- Rodrigo Fruedenthal
- Alex Thrupp
- Lourenço Pedras
- António Cunha
- António Claro
Wingers
- Diogo Rodrigues
- Duarte Moreira
- Owen Jenkins
- Francisco Galveias
- Lourenço Pedras
Fullbacks
- Manuel Marta
- Francisco Murta
- Salvador da Cunha Jr.
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| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. | |
Squad 20017/18
- Fernando Murteira
- Facundo Borelli
- Hamish Haika
- Hugo Valente
- William Hafu
- José Fraga
- Pedro Jorge
- Julio Farías
- Anthony Kent
- Ariel Berriño
- Francisco Nogueira
- Sebastião da Cunha
- André da Cunha
- Diogo Jorge Ferreira
- Mateus Souza
- Francisco Cabral
- João Uva
- Miguel Fernandes
- Salvador da Cunha
- Christopher McLean
| | - Valter Jorge Ferreira
- Manuel Machado
- António Vieira de Almeida
- Henrique Morato
- Bruno Nifo
- Manuel Costa
- Tomás Toulson
- Diogo Pinheiro
- Pedro Silva
- João Mirra
- Diogo Miranda
- Francisco Moreira
- David Mateus
- Marcos Vallejo
- Duarte Bravo
- Pedro Rocha e Melo
- Miguel Onofre
- Diogo Castro
- Diogo Mateus (captain)
| | - Duarte Moreira
- Tiago Cabral
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Registered players on FPR.
