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Águias Do Moradal
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" clubs in Portugal that have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from Primeira Liga, along with Derby de Lisboa, rivals Sporting CP and O Clássico, FC Porto. Benfica are nicknamed (The Eagles), for the symbol atop the club's crest, and (The Reds), for the shirt colour. Since 2003, their home ground has been the Estádio da Luz, which replaced the larger, Estádio da Luz (1954), original one, built in 1954. Benfica is the most supported Portuguese club and the European club with the highest percentage of supporters in its own country. In 2006, Benfica had an estimated 14 million supporters worldwide, and in February 2025 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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In heraldry, supporters, sometimes referred to as ''attendants'', are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. Historically, supporters were left to an individual's free choice and were assumed and changed at will, not always having any meaning whatsoever. In more modern times, restrictions have been put in place in certain countries and nowhere more prevalent than in the United Kingdom. Early forms of supporters are found in medieval seals. However, unlike the coronet or helmet and crest, supporters were not part of early medieval heraldry. As part of the heraldic achievement, they first become fashionable towards the end of the 15th century, but even in the 17th century were not necessarily part of the full heraldic achievement (being absent, for example, in ''Siebmachers Wappenbuch'' of 1605). The figures used as supporters may be based on real or imaginary animals, human figures, and in rare cases plants or other inani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
