Portuguese Outdoor Men's Athletics Championship Explained

Sport:	Athletics
Founded:	1939
Teams:	8
Champion:	Benfica (35th title)
Most Successful Club:	Sporting (48 titles)

The Portuguese Outdoor Men's Championship is the top division of men's team's in Athletics. It is a competition organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The league consists of 8 teams that are selected after a playoff. Benfica are the current champions, having won a record 13 consecutive titles in a total of 35 wins.^[1]

Champions by year

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• 1939: Benfica
• 1940: Benfica
• 1941: Sporting
• 1942: Benfica
• 1943: Sporting
• 1944: Benfica
• 1945: Sporting
• 1946: Sporting
• 1947: Sporting
• 1948: Sporting
• 1949: Benfica
• 1950: Sporting
• 1951: Benfica
• 1952: Porto
• 1953: Benfica
• 1954: Benfica
• 1955: Benfica

• 1956: Sporting
• 1957: Sporting
• 1958: Sporting
• 1959: Sporting
• 1960: Sporting
• 1961: Sporting
• 1962: Sporting
• 1963: Sporting
• 1964: Sporting
• 1965: Sporting
• 1966: Sporting
• 1967: Benfica
• 1968: Sporting
• 1969: Sporting
• 1970: Sporting
• 1971: Sporting
• 1972: Sporting

• 1973: Sporting
• 1974: Sporting
• 1975: Sporting
• 1976: Sporting
• 1977: Sporting
• 1978: Sporting
• 1979: Sporting
• 1980: Benfica
• 1981: Sporting
• 1982: Benfica
• 1983: Benfica
• 1984: Benfica
• 1985: Sporting
• 1986: Benfica
• 1987: Sporting
• 1988: Sporting
• 1989: Benfica

• 1990: Benfica
• 1991: Benfica
• 1992: Benfica
• 1993: Benfica
• 1994: Benfica
• 1995: Sporting
• 1996: Benfica
• 1997: Sporting
• 1998: Sporting
• 1999: Sporting
• 2000: Sporting
• 2001: Porto
• 2002: Sporting
• 2003: Sporting
• 2004: Sporting
• 2005: Sporting
• 2006: Sporting

• 2007: Sporting
• 2008: Sporting
• 2009: Sporting
• 2010: Sporting
• 2011: Benfica
• 2012: Benfica
• 2013: Benfica
• 2014: Benfica
• 2015: Benfica
• 2016: Benfica
• 2017: Benfica
• 2018: Benfica
• 2019: Benfica
• 2020: Benfica
• 2021: Benfica
• 2022: Benfica
• 2023: Benfica

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Years won
Sporting	48	1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Benfica	35	1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Porto	2	1952, 2001

See also

Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship

External links

• Portuguese Athletics Federation official website

Notes and References

1. https://desporto.sapo.pt/modalidades/atletismo/artigos/benfica-exalta-novo-recorde-de-exitos-seguidos-nos-nacionais-de-clubes-de-atletismo Benfica exalta novo recorde de êxitos seguidos nos Nacionais de clubes de atletismo
2. Web site: Campeonatos de Portugal - Ar Livre . pt . Championships of Portugal - Outdoor . fpatletismo.pt . . PDF . 2 . 25 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112231/http://www.fpatletismo.pt/Cache/Campeonatos_de_Portugal__-_Ar_Livre-18606.pdf . 28 January 2015 . dead .
3. News: Maslak breaks Czech 200m record in Trinec. EAA. 12 June 2017. 13 June 2017.