C.F. Os Unidos Explained

Clubname:Unidos de Lisboa
Fullname:Clube de Futebol os Unidos
Founded:1936 (May 1, 1940 as CF Unidos)
Ground:Estádio Dr. Agostinho Lourenço, Pontinha, Lisbon, Portugal
Capacity:1,000
Chairman:Joaquim Cabeça
Website:https://sites.google.com/site/cfosunidos/
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Clube de Futebol Os Unidos, or more commonly Unidos de Lisboa, is a Portuguese football club established as Grupo Desportivo CUF de Lisboa (commonly known as CUF Lisboa, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril) in 1936.[1]

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History

Established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF Lisboa (CUF Lisboa, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril) in 1937, it was one of three football clubs created by the parent company, whose players were also workers (the other clubs were CUF Barreiro, founded in 1937 and the most successful of the three, and the short-lived CUF Porto that existed between 1945 and 1950). In 1940, the Estado Novo forced the club to change its name, as it didn't allow sports teams with corporate names. Thus the club changed its name to Clube de Futebol Os Unidos or Unidos de Lisboa (CUF Barreiro, meanwhile changed to Unidos Futebol Clube or Unidos do Barreiro). It was during this period that the club had its most successful spell, playing three consecutive seasons, from 1940–41 to 1942–43, in the Primeira Divisão, when qualification was obtained through the district championships. They also reached the national cup semi-finals in 1941 and 1942. In 1944, the prohibition of corporate names ended, and Unidos reverted to CUF Lisboa. In 1945, they were runners-up in the Segunda Divisão, back then the second-tier national league. The club dissolved in 1947 for lack of a ground, but returned to the Lisbon FA district championships in 1954, under the Unidos de Lisboa name,[2] seemingly choosing to ignore its CUF connections. The last senior team to play was on the 2008–09 in the Lisbon FA First Division (district second tier). Nowadays, they only run junior teams.

League and cup history

SeasonLeagueCupNotes
Div.Pos.PlWDLGSGAPtsResult
1939–402ndalign=right 1st10901421418DNQ
1940–411stalign=right 7th14221028506SF
1941–421stalign=right 7th227411534918SF
1942–431stalign=right 4th18927704620QF
1943–442ndalign=right 1st18901501518R1
1944–452ndalign=right 1st10100075820R1
1945–462ndalign=right 2nd10712571915DNQ
1946–472ndalign=right 1st8611421113n/a
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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://futebolsaudade-victor.blogspot.pt/2010/11/lisboa-e-os-unidos.html Lisbon and the Unidos
  2. http://www.afutebollisboa.org/afl_clubes/res_bd_clubes.php?Codigo=376 Lisbon FA affiliation file