''O Jogo'' (;

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: ''The Game'') is a

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daily

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published in

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History and profile

''O Jogo'' was first published on 22 February 1985 by the Jornal de Notícias company in

, and it is seen as appealing mainly to supporters of

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, being publicly criticized by Benfica, suppressing the gap of the two other national sports newspapers, ''

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'' and '' Record''. ''O Jogo'' has also a

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edition. ''O Jogo'' is published in

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. The paper was sold in 1995 to

Lusomundo NOS Audiovisuais (formerly ZON Lusomundo) is a Portuguese integrated media corporation founded in 1953, which has major interests in movie distribution, cinema theaters and media assets. It was founded with the purpose of movie distribution, and ...

Media subsidiary Jornalinveste, which was later absorbed into Controlinveste in 2005 after Lusomundo Media merged with Olivedesportos, before renaming itself as

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in 2015.

Circulation

The circulation of ''O Jogo'' was 34,837 copies in 2002, 40,677 copies in 2003 and 49,809 copies in 2004. The circulation of the paper was 44,878 copies in 2005, 41,473 copies in 2006 and 35,976 copies in 2007. Its 2010 circulation was 28,900 copies.Imprensa: Circulation Portugal 2010
Retrieved 22 August 2011 (pt)

Player of the Year

Teams of the Year

Since 2012, ''O Jogo'' has organised the ''Team of the Year'' award, which distinguishes the best 11 players of the calendar year of the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

References

External links

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