Grupo Sportivo de Loures is a Portuguese

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located in

Loures Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the Lisbon District, District and Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201, ...

, Portugal.

History

Loures was founded on 13 August 1913 by local footballers who used to play in a plot of land called ''Casaréus'' in

. Their first ever game was a 3–1 friendly win over

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

. In the 1950s, the club added facilities for cycling, athletics, table tennis, and roller hockey. In 1978 they added

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, and in 2004

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Colours and badge

Castrense's colours are yellow and black.

References

External links

Official website

Soccerway Profile

FPF Profile

Fora de Jogo Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loures Football clubs in Portugal Association football clubs established in 1913 1913 establishments in Portugal