THE RANGERS OF PORTUGAL!!! The sad story of OS Belenenses
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2022
- Much like Rangers FC, OS Belenenses were once champions of their country but got demoted to the lowest tier of football.
C.F. Os Belenenses, from the Belem region of Lisbon in Portugal, won the Portuguese football top division in 1946. In recent years, the club split in two. OS Belenenses kept the stadium (Estádio do Restelo), badge & history but lost the squad and place in the Primeira Liga. Belenenses SAD in the Primeira Liga are the lesser supported club.
C.F. Os Belenenses have more fans depsite having to restart in the non leagues and rise their way back to the top of Portuguese football! WHAT A STORY!!!
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Thank you for the Portugal vlogs. We are loving it! Hopefully you're enjoying it and that you will come back soon
Muito obrigado! I'm loving Portugal so far!
@@FootyAdventures you would love it even more in the summer lmao. But in the summer there's no football so i guess we're good
Get back to Scotland we miss you at Partick Thistle
@@andrewsmith2399 more interested in Rangers than anything. Seems the "Gerrard era" atracts him more understand hes a LFC fan but dosnt seem it from mpov
Liverpool supporter I can change that
Sadly there won't be a belenenses derby next season because the portugese league decided to add a new 3rd national division, forcing the campeonato de portugal to become the 4th division and slowing the climb of the real belenenses back to the top division. Also the Belenenses SAD( legally called B SAD because they don't have naming rights) is hated by portuguese fans and is seen more as a company than a club, everyone i know is going to celebrate when they get relegated lol
The Portuguese FA is the one who created the liga 3. The liga Portugal is only responsible for professional football, so first two division and league cup, and fa is responsible for non professional football, so all the lower divisions, Portuguese cup, liga revelação (U23 league) and youth level football
Next season we'll have another derby against casa pia
Shame. They will get back to where they belong soon. Just like us Rangers fc Champions.🤜🤛🇬🇧
@@raibeartthehairypict4696 Yeah, it's a matter of 4/5 years max
Actually B-sad won the case in court for the naming rights. The court said they can use the name Belenenses but not Os Belenenses
Hey! I'm a Belenenses fan, thanks for your visit mate. Campeonato de Portugal actually corresponds to the 4th tier due to the creation of Liga 3 this season but sooner than later we'll be back to our place in the Primeira Liga. Moreover, Vicente, Matateu and José Manuel Soares are the 3 biggest players in our history! Matateu and Vicente were brothers, Matateu was a forward, nicknamed by the English press in the 1966 World Cup as the "Eight Wonder" and Vicente was a defender, described by Pelé as the best he faced! José Manuel Soares was the first idol in Portuguese football, who unfortunately died with just 23 years old, accidentally poisoned by his mother. Great video!
O pastel!!
Na muche. Força Belém, vence por nós!
não vão voltar não,sou adepto do sad,vocês são todos uns idiotas
Love Portugal, great people amazing cities and just a fantastic country
If u going to Porto take a look at boavista FC if u have time they are also former champions of Portugal and where relegated and played in lower leagues for some years but are now back in the first league,they lost to Celtic in the 2003 uefa cup semi finals
As a Sporting fã, I admire and respect a lot the great C. F. "Os Belenenses". True Lisbon origin. And they got one of the most beautiful Stadiuns, Estádio do Restelo.
Thank you bud. We are coming back up...just sit tight!
The statues outside the stadium were from Vicente Lucas, Matateu and José Manuel Soares "Pepe" they were some of the best football players to ever play for Belenenses and the Portuguese National Team. Unfortunately the club doesn't care that much and they don't even try to promote the historic presence that Belenenses has in the Belém/Ajuda zone, but there are many points of interest in that area related to Belenenses. Some examples are the bench where the club was founded located in the Afonso de Albuquerque Garden next to the Belém Palace and Campo das Salésias, located in the middle of Ajuda and where Belenenses played until 1956, when the club was forced to go to Estádio do Restelo.
I am a Belenenses supporter and I thank you for your visit and for the video.
Oh wow thanks for the extra info. I'll return one day and visit the historic bench and see Belenenses play! Hopefully they'll be back in the top league by then. Muito obrigado!
Just one more trivia about Pepe, the player in the statue next to Matateu and Vicente (who were brothers). Pepe died young and everytime FC Porto plays at Restelo, right before kickoff, the team steps outside the pitch and goes to the statue to pay tribute to Pepe leaving a crown of flowers. I watched this happen a few times.
Love this - my son lived in Lisbon for a year as part of his degree. We're season ticket holders at Southend United and so instead of watching Benfica or Sporting, he adopted the unfashionable team that plays in blue! He took me over to see the stadium when I was over for a visit. I guess this is a bit of an MK Dons/AFC Wimbledon situation. Hope the original Belenenses club rises again as I have a real soft spot for them!
i would say its more like that than a rangers situation. this is more wimbledon related, i did follow the two stories closely. the difference was that the owner did no go with the football team further away, but the club expelled the team from this stadium (due to a lot of stuff the company who owned the team did not comply on their contract) and the football team started to play in our national one (renting it) - which is around 10 km from this stadium. Belenenses the club refunded and their biggest luck was that this stadium was theirs and not from the company who owned the football team. they had the infraestructure and all the young squads.
Thank you Sam, I'm really enjoying the Portugal visits. I lived just outside Lisbon from 1986 to 1989. I went to watch Belenenses a few times and they were definitely Lisbon's 3rd team in those days although supporters of Estrella Amadora might argue. When I first went to Lisbon, Belenenses had a British manager - Jimmy Melia - who had previously coached Brighton to an FA Cup Final. When I left, John Mortimore, another Englishman, was the manager. He had previously managed Benfica during which time I got to know him a little. He lived near me and used to bump into one another in a pub in Cascais.
One last thing. The group I worked for had an annual football match at the Estadio National so I got to play there 3 times. It wasn't huge but great to play in a proper stadium with 'history'. Unfortunately I can't remember who we played against in that fixture but I guess it will have been a local amateur side.
Great days.
Keep up the good work. I love watching your Vlogs whether they are from Annan or Alvalade, Perth or Porto.
Another historic club you have to visit is called Vitoria futebol clube. Is situated in Setúbal nearby Lisbon. They are now in 3rd league due to economic and financial problems although they are one of the best teams in terms of cups, they won several portuguese cup and league cups as well
YES! This is the true and historic Belenenses and soon we will be in the 1st division! Thank you for this excellent video - fantastic work and a wonderful narrative.
I'd love to see this Belenenses back where they belong!
You should also get to know Vitória SC, from Guimarães. It's basically the club that has more local supporters here in Portugal. As you noticed before, the majority supports one of the big three, and the city of Guimarães is like an oasis in our Country cause everyone there supports Vitoria. Thank you for your videos in here!
Yeah, and if you're going to Braga, recommend Vitória as its really close
Comparing Guimaraes with Belenenses. One needs medical attention.
@@alvarodasilva5566 quê caralho
Great stuff man!
CF Os Belenenses is such an historical club in Portugal, some people call them the "fourth" bigger club, because they were really next to Benfica, Sporting and Porto in the 40s and 50s. The first time they got relegated was back in 1982 and just for a season so you can see how historical they are. Sad to see what happened to them.
This stadium brings me memories of old sunday afternoon first division matches with 30.000 people or more in the stands. Such an old school stadium.
I've been following them close since the "relegation" to the last division. They have potential to go back to the Primeira Liga in 6 or 7 years from now. The support of their fans is incredible.
@@juliuscaesar8163 4th tier isnt last division
@@generalpotato6124 True.
I went there last year and it was one of the greatest times. The area of belenenses is beautiful and I wish more of the locals went to support their local team instead of the Big 3 clubs of Portugal.
I'm an American who grew up in Portugal and I can tell you that there is so much rich football history throughout the country so I thank you so much for putting it on display. If there is a day that you have the time to keep exploring Portuguese football, I would HIGHLY recommend going up north, beyond Porto, and visit the football stadium in Braga. From an architectural standpoint it is one of the most unique football stadiums in the country and Europe because of where the structure is built. If you really want to dig into Portuguese football I would also suggest taking a visit to Boa Vista.
He's going there to see the Europa League match against Monaco.
I was in Estádio do Restelo 3 weeks ago and it is really amazing. Greetings for you from a SL Benfica fan 💪🏻
The division that Os Belenenses are right now is the 4th tier, if they go up, in the Next season they would be in the Liga 3 (3rd tier), because the federation of football made a few changes in the leagues system.
But nice content !
Greetings from Portugal, loving your videos in Portugal.
Very interesting as usual mate. I will be rooting for Belenenses original from now on.
Me too. I'll be checking on their progress from now on!
A great video and interesting story of Belenenses. It is similar to Wimbledon FC and the two clubs that came from it, AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons did eventually meet in the league.
I played basketball for Os Belenenses last season as one of the two American import players (we were near the end of our season around the time you filmed this, surprised I didn’t see this video then or even that we didn’t cross paths on the campus). You can just sense the pride the club and community has in its history as well as the respect the name Os Belenenses garners throughout Portugal. I feel fortunate to have been involved in such a club and they will continue to have my support!
My godfather - originally from Braga- was a season ticket holder (sócio) at Beleneses for decades. In the late 80's and early 90's I remember going with him to many games. Mladenov, José António, Chiquinho Conde were some of their best players then. Great memories! I remember my father staying on the visitors stand (the ones with a great view over them) when Benfica came to play at Restelo. I'm a Benfica fan even before I was born, but Beleneses (o Belém) is in my heart. I always wanted a draw between Benfica and Beleneses, as I didn't want my godfather to be sad about them losing. The same man who smoked 2 packs of cigarettes at Goodison Park in 1966 before Eusebio came on to do what he did best. My godfather used to say that Everton was his 'English club'! Great video. Made me a bit nostalgic to be honest!
Brooo!! Thanks for sharing the story of my club!! Actually all of this process brought the fans together even more and the support is even bigger than when we were in the first league! Also, in game day, we probably have more fans in the stands than most of the clubs in the first and second division.
Hey, here's another cool fact about us: If we win the title this season (4th league) and if we win it next season (as some people have told you, the new 3rd league) we will be the only club in Portugal that won every single league competition. Since we already have the Premier one and a few of Second League titles, and also won the divisions below.
Oh and you made a mistake and it wasn't football related. You threw the metal can in the green container and it is only for glass 😂😂 Metal and plastic are meant to go in the yellow one!!! HAHAHA! You'll know it next time when you hopefully come back to see our team in action!!!
Respect from CSA Steaua Bucharest suporter, We are in same situation with fc fcsb and now We are in 2nd league.
Fun fact: Legally the SAD team aren’t allowed to use the Belenenses name.
Os Belenenses are one of Portugal’s finest club’s in comparison to the SAD who are one of the most hated clubs in Portugal and everyone can’t wait to see them relegated.
But sadly there would be no Belém derby next season. Should Os Belenenses get promoted they will go into Liga 3, whereas if the SAD get relegated they go down to the Segunda Liga - which is the league above Liga 3. So we may never see that gane unfortunately.
The Campeonato used to be the 3rd tier, however there were changes made to the football pyramid in Portugal and when Liga 3 was introduced the Campeonato then became the 4th tier.
It's very likely that Os Belenenses will face B-SAD in Liga 3 in the future.
@@juliuscaesar8163 Oh for sure, we can’t guarantee that Os Belenenses will continue to get straight promotions from each league. I can’t see BSAD doing very good things in the Segunda either. I hope we see it one day though.
Very good video. Situation feels somewhat similar to what has happened re Steaua Bucharest.
I'd have thought that they are more like Wimbledon in that the original club still exists and started at the bottom despite the new club retaining the higher league standing. With Rangers the original club is now defunct and the new club started in the bottom league, making an amazing story of a modern club winning their 1st ever top flight title within 10 years of formation 👏
Unaware but videos have helped Promote Scottish Football .More & more football fans from down South are making journey up to Scotland to experience various Clubs & Sam take a bow your videos seem to get across special atmospheres Scottish Fans create ,learning each clubs history. Sams done more for Scottish Football than the SFA . Perhaps could hire Sam to bring investment because they ain't . Cheers mate .
You're killing it with these vlogs in Portugal!!!🔥
Every video i see it's amazing but seeing my country, my team and other Portugueses teams from your perspective it's a breath of fresh air ! Hope you like your stay in Portugal mate !
Great video, thank you for showing other realities than the big clubs. 2 or 3 things about the Belenenses club: There is only one belenenses club, the other club can not call themselves that, that's why they are the Bsad and are going to continue to be, they have no rights to the name Belenenses and can't legally use it; the Belenenses pitch was once the biggest in Portugal, they where the only ones that played with the maximum permited dimensions for a football field; those people in the walls outside where famous ex-players for the club that contributed for it's rich history. Keep up the good work 👍
6:22 good intention, but Cans are in the yellow one, not the green one ahaha
Not a bad gig eh Sam? Brilliant informative vlog as ever. Looking forward to the next one.
Hi bro, I work over there in Belenenses stadium, the Jorge is my friend as well. I was on vacation but Jorge told me about your video, well done man. I m Liverpool fan too. I like so much Gerrard, klopp, mo salah, mane, van dick, and especially BOB FIRMINO because I m a Brazilian man Abroad. I will watch more video by your channel. See ya
Jorge was a legend. Such a friendly guy to chat to! Thank you so much for watching my videos. I'll come back for a Belenenses game soon :D
Fascinating insight into the fortunes of the club. Loving these shots of Lisbon!
Bro you know so much about our history it's awesome!
That was really enjoyable😌 thank you for doing this video. 👏
#respect
Great video, Im a Belenenses fan and Im very glad you did this amazing presentation. Keep the good work, and you will be very welcome to watch a Belenenses game in Estádio do Restelo.
Matateu and Vicente were two big club legends.
You're a legend. As a Portuguese-Canadian, these videos are beautiful to watch and a very insightful look into Portugal's smaller clubs. Hope you have the opportunity to go back to some other smaller stadiums in Portugal during your next visit, cheers!
These videos are so addictive. Thank you!
Great video. Didn't know about the club having split in two, so again I learnt something new today. 😉
Its good to see someone talking about our other clubs, outside Porto, Benfica and Sporting. Thank you!
I recently stumbled across your channel and have been loving the content you are making. Keep up the good work 👍 (I'm a Porto fan and I hope we win the league and Europa league)
Loved the history you always give us. You brought me home. I’m a Benfica fan but really enjoyed all the history, next time I visit home I will visit the Belenenses stadium 🏟. When you’re in Portugal and you see ç vs c, the former is pronounced as an s sound the ladder as a q sound. Also love that you enjoy speaking Portuguese.
Really enjoyed that history of the club, superb, best footy blogger on the tube by a mile, from a Rangers Fan, love the foreign trips.
Mon the gers
Loved the video!
You have to come here more often!
Cheers
Fantastic video. Fantastic channel. Just been approached by the club (football manager 😂) and wanted to do my research.
Thanks Sam for the vlog of a team outside the big 3 in Portuguese football
Really insightful! You teach me so many things 👏
Massive! Great thanks and hails from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Fun fact! In 1947, os Belenenses was one of the best teams in Portugal and it was the club that was invited to the inauguration of Real Madrid's stadium, which says a lot about the quality of the team at that time :-)
Great video. Hope to see you in Restelo Stadium on the end of this season to celebrate with us the Champions title.
Absolutely smashed this video man, keep it up.
We are on the 4th nacional division (1st non-professional), and the game they won right before you went there sealed our classification to the promotion-phase for the 3rd division. It'll be the 4th promotion in a row, the goal is to reach the top flight as quickly as possible - that was the first thing I talked about when I got to start my internship here. About the other club, we in Portugal are used to call them B-SAD rather than Belenenses-SAD, for obvious respect reasons.
Love your vlogs, and thank you for visiting Portugal! Cheers from a Sporting and Belenenses fan :)
You should see the stadium today!! I went there a week ago, the stadium is in a way better shape now, and the shop was open so I went in and got some nice stuff.
And the construction of the Lidl is done, and its the best Lidl I've ever been to.
Loved it. Can't wait for the next 1 👍
Brilliant vlog!..Full of information. Brilliant!
I think that looks more like the Wimbledon story .Thanks for the videos about the Portuguese clubs , such rich history .Many other clubs were close to win titles in many occasions , like Academica Coimbra , Vitoria FC (Setubal) ,etc .
very good video, i see you as an up and coming youtuber, keep it up!
Great video and very good knowledge! By the way, at 6:22 that's for glass, not cans 🤣🤣
Thanks again Sam really appreciate your videos. I’ve learned so much about football through watching your channel. Best football channel on UA-cam. Best Regards
Thanks Peter. Really appreciate you still watching after all this time. Lots more weird & wonderful football vids coming soon :)
Thanks again Sam for the reply, I’ve followed you from the start. My team Rangers 😂
17:07 Sam like you said yes in the 2023/24 season of the second division of portugal there will be a belenenses derby since Belenenses just got promoted to the second division and B-SAD survived relegation
Awesome vlog again pal keep them coming 👍
Reading through the comments, I´m a little bit sad that no one said anything about him throwing a can into the glass trash can 😅
i was searching for it as well loool 6:21
same here!
been enjoying a lot all of the vlogs on portuguese land!
fun fact, both os Belenenses and Sport Salgueiros (which you covered on a different video) are playing the Campeonato de Portugal play-offs (equivalent to the fourth tier) and are currently well placed to play in the Liga 3 (third league) next year, and with B SAD looking like going relegated from the Liga bwin, we could have the fake and the original Belenenses teams only separated by one division...
Wonderful video! If you have the opportunity, a visit to Braga's ground is a must! Two stands and a quarry face!
really cool Sam! great vids
Unbelievable again mate, that’s my new FM save sorted
By the way...the stadium has near to 20,000 seats so imagine the income potential in FM!
Once again, cheers for the research Sam.
I like the stadium
I am a Belenenses fan. Thank you for your reporting. The club is known as Belém by their supporter (aproximative pronounciation: Blane). Did you know Belenenses is also Portuguese rugby national champion? Did you know Mourinho played for its amateur team whilst his father was goalkeeper coach? Did you know Belenenses was the team invited by Real Madrid to the inauguration of Santiago Bernabeu?
Wow, as a benfica and beleneses official member I am suprised and very happy that you made this video. keep up with the good work
Amazing blog...keep the god work up Sam.....YNWA⚽🏆🍺💪
You just threw your can on the glass recycle bin 😅 massive thanks for sharing some of our Portuguese football story!
Mate, if you sit on the north stand you can have an amazing view over the Tagus River and some of the Belém monuments (btw, Belém is still within Lisbon border).
Oh, try their Pastéis de Nata when returning to Praça do Império.
Thanks Footy Adventures!!!
I'm going to Lisbon next month for the Lisbon derby but I'll try pay a visit to the Belem area as they're a fascinating club and located at a lovely area too 🔵
Loved this one Sam!!
Another top vlog, Sam.
Great display my friend.
If you wish to have a more in-depth meet of the club, and get to know more, reach out if you are ever back in Lisbon!
loving the vlogs !! Really hope you`re enjoying Portugal and that you become a benfica supporter😄🔴⚪
This guy has got to be the least cynical football man there is. It's pretty cool.
Matateu and vicente(still alive and supporting in stadium games) are two portuguese brothers international players among the best of their time. Vicente marked pele in 1966 wcup in england allowingportugal to beat brasil
Another way of thinking is that all the champions from Portugal come from two cities: Lisbon and Porto
And they say our leagues a farmer league
@@cew3104 what? Don't compare scottish league with the portuguese... We have at least 4 to 6 teams every year in European competitions, we are the best 5th league in Europe, all of the 3 grandes won European titles in their respective history...
@@xpto41 Unlike Portugal, Scotland doesn't have access to a whole continent of EX SLAVES to bring in from Africa and Brazil to make our teams better/richer. We have a population of 5.5 million and have had 4 of our Clubs win UEFA Trophy's, it not for Porto's cheating in Seville, Celtic would've won in 2003 and Porto would never have won the Champions League in 04
Recently the rangers have beaten Braga, beaten Porto and got two 3-3 draws with Benfica so...what does that say about being number 5?
You may have 4/5 teams in Europe each season but they are not doing much in those competitions, you should be in finals every year or every couple of years.
@@Daviebhoy25cfc since 2000 we had Porto winning the 03 Uefa cup 04 champions league and 2011 Europa league, sporting reached 2005 Uefa cup and went to the 2012 Europa league semis, Benfica went to 2013 2014 Europa league finals and some semis, Braga went to the 2011 Europa league final against porto...
Even boavista went to the 2003 Uefa cup semis
Enjoy your time in Portugal! If you ever have a chance to visit Barcelos and Gil Vicente that'd be awsome.
Could also help with some translating if you needed that.
Lovely region of Portugal. Was there on holidays in the early 90's and passed by Belem every day and night on the train from Estoril to Lisboa and if I remember correctly (some nights were a bit blurry) we even ended up at a nightclub (of sorts) somewhere in the outskirts of Belem.
NO AYAW I leave in Sydney, Bondi is my day work job , and Woollahra, cheers,, it's awesome to see home , thank you
Absolutely fascinating! Will you be visiting Boasvista? I remember when they played Celtic in 2003.
Beautiful stadium! Did that same tour myself 10 years ago....someone just let me in off the streets haha. I got the chills walking through there because I know the team. My hometown is Almada! Right across that bridge where the Jesus statue is
Fun Fact!! Belenenses is known nowadays for having one of the best portuguese rugby teams, if not the best rugby team in the last 3 years. We have 7 national championships, 5 portuguese cups (taças de portugal) and 5 national super cups. This year we are in the 1st position of the regular phase of the portuguese championship and therefore qualified for the semi-final of the championship as well as in the semi-final of the "Taça de Portugal". Really like your videos, cheers!
Estádio do Restelo also received the 2014 Women Champions League final
Hey man, love your videos!!! Now let me just explain something. From 21/22 till 37/38 the National champion was decided in a a knockout format(equal to the cup), we had no national league, just regional leagues. During this time Belenenses was national champion 3 times. The national league started in 34/35 but the 1st 4 editions where like a test run, only in 38/39 it's champion was considered the true National champion. So since (in 38/39) the cup competition lost its status as the most important competition it was renamed Portuguese Cup (Taça de Portugal) in which Belenenses was the winner 3 times. So Belenenses even tho he only won one league he is actually a 4 times national champion (1 time via the league and 3 times via the extinct campeonato that was in a cup format) and 3 times cup champion. I hope this explains things a bit.
Sporting fan detected 😂😂 Give it up mate. You have 19 championship titles, not 23.
Just a joke, mate. Don't get offended. But still... 19, not 23.
@@juliuscaesar8163 I only have one team, my local one. My family is Benfica tho so I end up supporting them too. What happened between 34/35 and 38/39 doesn't really affect Belenenses so what I said stands. About Sporting, the thing is they are kinda right, the change to declare the league champion as national champion officially only happened in 38 when the competitions changed names. The federation, in it's right, upped the value of the 1st 4 editions (and that's fair, if we look at them, despite the "experimental" they are fairly legit) but it doesn't take away the value of the campeonato competition till 38. Long story short, the intention was to have the league champion has national champion from day one but it only became official before the 5th season. So I say, count as you like, it's not really wrong in any way
Oi Jimmy, ya chucked yer Portuguese Irn Bru can in the glass recycling bin. Love yer videos! Used to live in Lisbon in the late 70s. Saw them play. Not as good as the Hibees.
Some cool Restelo highlights in the 80s:
Vs Bayer Leverkusen: ua-cam.com/video/ruGKgbFY6KE/v-deo.html
Vs Barcelona: ua-cam.com/video/ELHL_gslspE/v-deo.html
"No Restelo, Rosa Santos, Francisco Silva e Fortunato Azevedo ..." ua-cam.com/video/ilEJ9AjWISM/v-deo.html
"Um sol radioso, pouca relva e um terreno cheio de buracos ... "ua-cam.com/video/EkibKdLdckM/v-deo.html
Portuguese Cup Final at Estádio do Jamor 1989 ua-cam.com/video/oek1HeA-jWM/v-deo.html
we lvoe these vids cheers sam
Legend, thanks Joe!!!
@@FootyAdventures your welcome 🤗
0:23 my grandmother 🤣🤣 I swear 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've been to that ground about 10 years ago. There was a load of National Embassy houses within the area. Lovely little ground back then.
This kind of club split happened in many instances in Eastern Europe, more so with the former state-funded clubs that have been become private after the fall of communism. From what I know, in Bulgaria this happened to CSKA Sofia, in Romania to Steaua Bucharest (now FCSB + a new club Steaua, plus many more in Romania) and in other places as well.
In Italy with messina also.
That "olá" at the beginning was smooth
Hi, I'm from Os Belenenses, and those statues are from 3 players. The big one is from "Pepe" (José Manuel Soares), a very good player who played in Belenenses a few years but was poisoned and died, so Belenenses did that statue in the old stadium "Campo das Salésias" in Ajuda and when Estádio do Restelo was build they trasfer the statue to the new stadium. The other two statues, Matateu and Vicente, they played for Belenenses in the 50's and they're the biggest players from Belenenses. They're brothers, Matateu already died unfortunately, but Vicente is still alive and sometimes he goes to the stadium. Pele once said that the hardest defender he played was Vicente when Brasil played against Portugal in 56. I hope to see you soon in the stadium, because we have a big support and we're very proud about our journey, starting from the bottom to the top! Thank you for you video. Cheers mate!
i saw Queen + Paul Rodgers at Estádio do Restelo on 2nd July 2005, same day as Live 8.... amazing :D :D
Once you come to the North of Portugal, you should take a look at CD Aves. Similar story to Belenenses, but instead of being one of the Portuguese Champions, we are one of the few clubs that won the Taça de Portugal without being based on a city.
Started last year from the bottom after winning the Cup in 17/18, in the equivalent of the 8th Portuguese Football Tier.
Estamos juntos companheiro. O que vos aconteceu é de bradar aos céus e só acontece a quem não tem poder no futebol, a quem joga o jogo pelo amor ao jogo, e não quer ganhar a todo o custo mas apenas e só justamente. Muita coragem e paciência é o que vos desejo. Do inferno ao céu é um tirinho, nós estamos a meu. Saudações Azuis!
I used to work as a mailman in Belém when I was younger. Best days of my life. Imagine wanting to go to work every day. That's how beautiful the place is 😭😭😭