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1940 Taça De Portugal Final
The 1940 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1939–40 Taça de Portugal, the 2nd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese Association football, football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 7 July 1940 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: C.F. Os Belenenses, Belenenses and S.L. Benfica, Benfica. Benfica defeated Belenenses 3–1 to claim their first Taça de Portugal. Match Details References Taça de Portugal finals, 1940 1939–40 in Portuguese football, Taca S.L. Benfica matches C.F. Os Belenenses matches {{Portugal-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939–40 Taça De Portugal
The 1939–40 Taça de Portugal was the second season of the Taça de Portugal (English: ''Portuguese Cup''), the premier Portuguese football knockout competition, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Académica de Coimbra was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Boavista. The final was played on 7 July 1940 between S.L. Benfica and Belenenses. Participating Teams Primeira Divisão (10 Teams) * Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol * Académico Futebol Clube "do Porto" * Futebol Clube Barreirense * Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses * Sport Lisboa e Benfica * Carcavelinhos Football Club * Leixões Sport Club * Futebol Clube do Porto * Sporting Clube de Portugal * Vitória Futebol Clube "de Setúbal" Segunda Divisão (4 Teams) * Casa Pia Atlético Clube * Boavista Futebol Clube * Sporting Clube Farense * Sporting Clube da Covilhã Madeira Championship (1 Team) * Clube Sport Marítimo First round In this rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Biri
János Biri (21 July 1901 – 29 March 1983) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. Biri played as a goalkeeper for a number of clubs, most notably Padova and MTK Budapest FC, also representing Hungary in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He is best known for his coaching career in Portugal which spanned more than three decades. Career Born in Budapest, Biri career in football started in a hometown club, Kispest AC at the age of 19. His performances earned him a place in the Hungary squad for the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1925, he moved to Italy, representing Padova in the early days of what was to known as Serie A. After two seasons in Italy, he returned to Hungary, passing through several teams, without much success, having short spells in France and Portugal, retiring in 1936, at age 35. Shortly after, Biri started coaching Porto, winning Campeonato de Porto and coming runner-up in Primeira Liga in his only season there. After a brief spell with Académico Porto, he was then h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Teixeira
Joaquim Teixeira (born 18 March 1917, date of death unknown) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward. Over the course of eleven seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals 169 matches and 93 goals, mainly at Benfica, where he won six major titles. Career Born in Horta, in the Azorean island of Faial. Teixeira joined Angústias AC in his youth, debuting for the first team in 1934. At 21 years of age, he travelled to Lisbon for a tryout at Benfica. After impressing, he was immediately signed and joined the reserves team for short period, before manager János Biri tested him on with the main squad, in a friendly against Belenenses on 5 October 1939. His official debut came on 14 January 1940 against Académico do Porto, in a season that ended with the conquest of the Taça de Portugal and Campeonato de Lisboa. Deployed as an inside forward, behind Julinho and Valadas, over the next six seasons, he bagged three league titles, including two consecutive, scoring 19 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Alves Albino
Francisco Alves Albino (2 November 1912 – 25 February 1993), best known as Albino, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and twelve goals, spending the all of his career at Benfica, winning nine major titles. Career Club Born in Tortosendo, a village in the vicinity of the Serra da Estrela, Albino arrived at Benfica at the age of 17, under Arthur John reign, to represent the youth teams. A slender, but hard-working footballer; at 20 years old, manager Ribeiro dos Reis gave him, an opportunity with the first team, when they faced Braga Regional team in a friendly on 26 December 1932. His official debut came twelve days later, in a home win against F.C. Barreirense. Over the next decade, he assumed a vital role in the midfield of Benfica, first at the right, and later at the middle, playing side by side with Gaspar Pinto and Francisco Ferreira. His teammates nicknamed him ''Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José César Ferreira
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Ferreira (Portuguese Footballer)
Francisco "Xico" Ferreira (23 August 1919 – 14 February 1986) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder. Over the course of 15 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 278 games and twenty-three goals, mainly at Benfica, winning ten major titles. He is also notable for ill-fated reasons, after a friendly in his honor between Benfica and Torino, as the Italian team returned home, their plane crashed into the Basilica of Superga, killing all aboard and ending the Grande Torino team. Club career Born in Guimarães, Ferreira arrived at Porto at 17, he made his debut for the ''northerners'' in the 1937 Campeonato de Portugal Final, against Sporting on 4 July 1937. In the following year, in a match against Benfica on 20 February 1938, he crashed with Rogério de Sousa and broke his foot, needing three months to recover, only reappearing in another match against Benfica, on 10 April 1938. After a disagreement with Porto's over a wage increase, in which he was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Gaspar Pinto
Álvaro Gaspar Pinto (27 February 1912 – 27 April 1969), known as Gaspar Pinto, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender. Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 games and four goals, spending the majority of his career at Benfica, winning nine major titles. Career Born in Oeiras, Gaspar Pinto started in Carcavelinhos, where by the age of 21 he received his first call-up for the national team. After a short spell at Belenenses, he joined Benfica in 1934, making his debut on 3 February 1935, in a 1–2 loss against Porto, at the Estádio do Lima. Capable of operating either as full back or half back, for the first part of his career, he played as half back, alongside Álvaro Pina, Albino, Baptista and Francisco Ferreira, and then descending down to full back, where his matches against Peyroteo from Sporting and Pinga from Porto gave him greater notability. He made his last official match in a 2–3 loss against Atlético on 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Martins (footballer)
António Rodrigues Martins (27 July 1913 – deceased) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Lisbon, Martins arrived at Sporting CP in 1934, as a 21-year-old, spending the first two seasons in the reserve squad. With Azevedo as undisputed starter, and four league matches in two seasons, he left the ''Lions'' in 1938, to join Benfica. In his first season, he beat Amaro for the keeper position, debuting on 2 October 1938 in a loss against his former team. Over the course of nine seasons, he added more than 140 appearances, winning three league titles, until he lost his place to Rosa in 1946, after representing the club on 265 matches. He received one cap, in a 3–0 win against Switzerland on 1 January 1942. Honours *Primeira Liga: 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45 *Taça de Portugal: 1939–40, 1942–43, 1943–44 *Campeonato de Lisboa The Campeonato de Lisboa (English: Championship of Lisbon) was a regional football league in Portugal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Quaresma
Artur da Silva Quaresma (27 June 1917 – 2 December 2011) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Quaresma started playing with local F.C. Barreirense in the second division. In the summer of 1936 he moved to the Primeira Liga with C.F. Os Belenenses, where he would remain for the following 13 seasons, working as an electrician after training. In 1945–46, as the Lisbon-based team won their first and only national championship, Quaresma scored 14 goals in 22 matches. He retired on 5 October 1948 at only 30 years of age following a game against neighbouring Sporting CP (4–1 home win, two goals), then acted as his main club's coach during the same campaign, leading it to the third position. He worked with the youth sides in the following years. International career Quaresma earned five caps for Portugal, appearing in as many friendlies over the course of eight years. He made his debut on 28 November 1937, against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
