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2019–20 Campeonato Nacional Feminino
The 2019–20 Campeonato Nacional Feminino (also known as Liga BPI for Banco Português de Investimento, sponsorship reasons) is the 35th edition of Campeonato Nacional Feminino. On 8 April 2020 the Portuguese Football Federation cancelled all non-professional competitions in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. No titles were awarded, and no teams will be promoted or relegated. S.L. Benfica (women's football), Benfica was later appointed to the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League#Qualifying round, UEFA Champions League qualifying round as table leaders at the time of interruption. On 19 October 2019 S.L. Benfica (women's football), Benfica hosted the first official female Derby de Lisboa on Estádio da Luz against Sporting CP (women's football), Sporting CP. The game ended 3–0 for the home team and established a new attendance record of 12,812 people on a women's football match in Portugal. Teams Twelve teams compete in the league – ten teams from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 20th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 12th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. The final was held at the Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League automatically qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, which will be the first edition to feature a 16-team group stage. Lyon were the defending champions, having won the previous five editions, but were eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals. Barcelona won their first title by beating Chelsea in the final, becoming the first club to have won both men's and women's Champions League titles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators. Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino
The Campeonato Nacional II Divisão de Futebol Feminino () is the second-highest division of the Portuguese women's football league system, after the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. It is run by the Portuguese Football Federation and began in 2008. The current champions are Benfica, who won their first title in 2019. Competition As of 2017–18 there were 56 clubs in the Campeonato Promoção. During the first phase, clubs are divided into seven regionalised groups (Séries A–F and a four-club Série Madeira). The second phase comprises two groups of four teams (Série Norte and Série Sul). Each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for six games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, goal difference, matches won, and goals scored. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Sporting
The Academia Sporting ( en, Sporting Academy) or ''Academia Cristiano Ronaldo'' is the name given to Sporting's training facilities located outside Alcochete, Portugal. History The Sporting Academy was inaugurated in 2002 in Portugal. The academy was one of the training grounds for the Portugal national football team during Euro 2004. A number of European clubs choose the Sporting's ''Academia'' for training in the off-season. The Academy (known as the ''Academia de Alcochete'') was renamed Sporting/Puma Academy (''Academia Sporting/Puma'') to reflect the sponsorship and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand Puma in 2006; the contract lasted until 2012. Sporting's Academy was the first sports academy in Europe to receive the ISO9001:2008. – a quality certification awarded by EIC, a Portuguese anonymous society responsible for this type of reward. In June 2010, the Sporting signed the first contract for consultancy in sports training at the internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcochete
Alcochete () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,569, in an area of 128.36 km². The municipality is composed of three parishes and is located in Setúbal District. Alcochete is known for its bullfighting tradition and its proximity to the second-longest bridge in Europe, the Vasco da Gama Bridge. The actual site of present-day Alcochete was already occupied during Ancient Rome, Roman times with a clay production facility. Its name is thought to derive from the Arabic word for oven for reasons not yet understood. It became a vacation site preferred by the Portuguese royalty and the future king Manuel I of Portugal, D. Manuel I was born in the village. It has experienced major development due to the construction of the Vasco da Gama Bridge. On January 10, 2008, Portuguese prime minister José Sócrates announced that Alcochete had been selected as the site of the new Lisbon Airport, new airport serving Lisbon, Portugal's capital. The existing Portel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovar
Ovar ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, in an area of 147.70 km2. It had 42,582 eligible voters (2006). The municipality includes two cities: Ovar (16,849 inhabitants in 2001) and Esmoriz (11,020 inhabitants in 2001). The present Mayor is Salvador Malheiro, elected by the Portuguese Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is July 25. Ovar is home to the football team A.D. Ovarense who play at the Estádio Marques da Silva. The main beach area is Furadouro, and Ovar is located in the northern point of the Ria de Aveiro (Aveiro Lagoon) Demographics Cities and towns There are two cities and three towns in the municipality. * Esmoriz (city) * Ovar (city) * Cortegaça (town) * São João (town) * Válega (town) Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Cortegaça * Esmoriz * Maceda * Ovar, São João, Arada e Sã ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funchal
Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of its high cultural and historical value, Funchal is one of Portugal's main tourist attractions; it is also popular as a destination for New Year's Eve, and it is the leading Portuguese port on cruise liner dockings. Etymology The first settlers named their settlement Funchal after the abundant wild fennel that grew there. The name is formed from the Portuguese language, Portuguese word for fennel, ''funcho,'' and the suffix ''-al'', to denote "a plantation of fennel": History This settlement began around 1424, when the island was divided into two ''Captaincy, captaincies.'' The zones that would become the urbanized core of Funchal were founded by João Gonçalves Zarco who settled there with members of his family. Owing to its geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estoril
Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has hosted a number of high-profile events, such as the Estoril Open and the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival. Estoril is one of the most expensive places to live in Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula. It is home to a sizable foreign community and known for its luxury restaurants, hotels, and entertainment. Cascais is consistently ranked for its high quality of living, making it one of the most livable places in Portugal. Etymology ''Estoril'' may derive from the Old Portuguese ''estorga'' ( heather) - a common plant in the area – with the final meaning of "place where heather grows or is abundant", or from the Old Portuguese ''astor'' (Northern goshawk), meaning a place where such birds live. History The territory of Estoril has been inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albergaria-a-Velha
Albergaria-a-Velha () is a town and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality in the Aveiro District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 25,252, in an area of 158.83 km². It had 19,687 eligible voters in 2006. History In 1117, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, D. Teresa, Countess of Portucale, and mother of Afonso Henriques the first king of Portugal, donated to the nobleman Gonçalo Eriz the lands that constitute Albergaria-a-Velha. As part of the donation the nobleman was obligated to maintain open a hospice for poor travels. The document referred to this shelter for the travelling poor, or ''albergaria'', and thus the area was known as ''Albergaria''. Later, the ''Carta do Couto de Osselôa'' was discovered that definitely identified both the first document to refer to Portugal as a ''monarchy, Kingdom'' and at the same figured in the identification of Albergaria-a-Velha as an administrative unit of the country. The Bishop of Coimbra, D. Egas, in 1258, ordered this docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantanhede, Portugal
Cantanhede () is a city and municipality in the Coimbra District, in the Centro Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 36,595, in an area of 390.88 km². Location Cantanhede is located in the Coimbra District, in the Baixo Mondego subregion of the Centro Region, halfway between the cities of Coimbra and Aveiro, in Portugal. This small town is located just 25 km from the very popular beaches of Mira and Tocha on the Atlantic coast. History The name "Cantanhede" comes from the Celtic ''cant'', which means "great stone", and refers to the quarries in the region. It was the original ''Cantonieti'', mentioned in the documentation of the centuries 11th, 12th and 13th also with the spellings ''Cantoniedi'', ''Cantonidi'' and ''Cantonetu''. Its first historical references dating back to 1087, date on which Sisnando Davides, governor of Coimbra, provided the village with fortification and promoted its repopulation. With a well-preserved urban area elevated to city ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio 1º De Maio
The 1 May Stadium ( pt, Estádio Primeiro de Maio/Estádio 1.º de Maio) is a multi-purpose stadium in civil parish of Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto) in the municipality of Braga, in the district of the same name. Built in 1950 to host mostly football matches, the stadium has the capacity to seat 28,000 spectators. History In 1921, a group of youth formed the Sporting Clube de Braga, with the formal institutions being organized the following year, including official statutes. The "team" rented time in the ''Campo do Raio'' in order to practice and play competitive matches. By the second half of the 20th century, the club rented various fields including successively the ''Campo da Ponte'', ''Campo dos Peões'' and the new ''Campo da Ponte''. In 1946, construction began on the stadium that would be known as ''1º Maio'', under the direction of Travassos Valdez, with the intent of commemorating the 21st anniversary of the 28 May Revolution. It was const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braga
Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in 2021), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal (by population). Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends from the Cávado River to the Este River. It is the most populated urban area in Portugal outside Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas. It is host to the oldest Portuguese archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Braga of the Catholic Church and it is the seat of the Primacy of the Spains. During the Roman Empire, then known as Bracara Augusta, the settlement was the capital of the province of Gallaecia and later of the Kingdom of the Suebi that was one of the first to separate from the Roman Empire. Inside of the city there is also a castle tower that can be visited. Nowadays, Braga is a major hub for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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