C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby union) explained
| Teamname: | Belenenses Rugby |
| Fullname: | Clube de Futebol
«Os Belenenses» |
| Founded: | December 30, 1928 |
| Union: | Portuguese Rugby Federation location = Lisbon, Portugal |
| Ground: | Belenenses Rugby Park |
| Chairman: | André Cunha |
| Season: | 2023-24 |
| 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 2023/2024 season.
Honours
- Winner (9): 1955/56, 1957/58, 1962/63, 1972/73, 1974/75, 2002/03, 2007/08, 2021/22, 2023/24
- Portuguese Cup
- Winners (8): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
- Taça Ibérica
Current squad
Current squad for 2024/25 season according to Portuguese Rugby Federation[1]
The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps- Anthony Kent
- Joaquin Dominguez
- Lucas Bordigoni
- Manuel Worm
- Frederico Simões
- Pedro Braga
- Bernardo Veiga
Hookers
- Guillermo Lawrie
- Miguel Nunes
Locks
- Salvador da Cunha
- Manuel Lima
- José Moreira
- Francisco Simões
- António Andrade
- Tomás da Cunha
- Martim Ferreira
| Backrow- Rafael Simões
- David Wallis
- André Cunha
- Manuel Pinto
- Pedro Cunha
- Tomás Sequeira
- Sebastião da Cunha
- Diogo Raposo
Scrum-halves
- Duarte Azevedo
- Francisco Macedo
Fly-halves
- Francisco Menéres
- Manuel Menéres
| Centres- Rodrigo Fruedenthal
- Alex Thrupp
- Lourenço Pedras
- António Cunha
- António Claro
- Gonçalo Santos
- Tomás Monteiro
Wingers
- José Paiva dos Santos
- Duarte Moreira
- Owen Jenkins
- Diogo Rodrigues
- Francisco Galveias
- Lourenço Pedras
- Tomás Reis
Fullbacks
- Francisco Murta
- Salvador da Cunha Jr.
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(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. - denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
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Previous squads
Information based on Portuguese Rugby Federation[2] and Belenenses Rugby social media. [3]
| The Belenenses squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season |
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Props- Anthony Kent
- Joaquin Dominguez
- António Machado dos Santos
- Israel Otunuku
- Frederico Simões
- Manuel Worm
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
- Manuel Menéres
- João Freudenthal
- Francisco Menéres
| Centres- Rodrigo Fruedenthal
- Alex Thrupp
- António Cunha
- António Claro
Wingers
- José Paiva dos Santos
- Duarte Moreira
- Owen Jenkins
- Diogo Rodrigues
- Francisco Galveias
- Lourenço Pedras
Fullbacks
- Manuel Marta
- Francisco Murta
- Salvador da Cunha Jr.
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Registered players on FPR.
- News: Registered players on FPR.
- Web site: Official website.
