Football in Portugal

Football is probably the most popular sport in Portugal. During the Portuguese national team has been able to achieve a few successes, were the club teams, including FC Porto, Sporting and Benfica, as well as the juniors, much more successful. The most successful years of the Portuguese football was the 1960s and the 1990s until today.

National Football Association is the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, which was founded on 31 March 1914.

The country hosted the 2004 European Football Championship.

In addition to the "normal " Football Futsal in Portugal has a large spread, so regular tournaments and championships are held, in 2007 the European Championship was held in Porto and Matosinhos.

7.1 Books and Movies
7.2 Newspapers
7.3 television
7.4 fan culture

The Leagues

The Portuguese first professional league ( Primeira Liga )

The 2nd Liga - Segunda Liga

The 3rd League - Campeonato Nacional de Seniores

Since 2013

Since the 2013/14 season, the third League Campeonato Nacional de Seniores means (Eng. about: National Championship of seniors and adults ) and is in the eight, played by latitudes regionally assembled groups Série A to Série H with ten teams. Clubs from Madeira to the north series, associations of the Azores assigned to the southern series. The former, underlying fourth division III ª Divisão was dissolved and merged with the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores. The Campeonato Nacional de Seniores is thus the lowest nationwide discharged league in Portugal, above the divisions of the district associations. In the first group stage of the ten teams playing in return game from a final table. The two top ranked qualify for the promotion round, the remaining eight of the individual groups are grouped into eight new groups of eight teams in the relegation round.

The promotion round is played in two groups of eight teams in the return game, ascend at the end of each winners directly in the Segunda Liga, while each runner calculate the third climber in a further return game.

In the eight groups of the relegation round available after return game in its two lowest, so the eight - and seventh-placed teams in each group as losers in the game highest class of district associations fixed, while the respective sixth-placed play another relegation round to the other four relegated to be determined. This change is intended to reduce further the cost of the clubs by the shorter paths in the play mode.

Before 2013

The third division was called until 2012/13 II ª Divisão and was divided into three groups, Norte, Centro, and Sul. In the groups were respectively 16 teams fought out the championship in a round-trip round. Then each The respective winners of the three groups played against each in return game. The so played out first place winner was a master of the Segunda Divisão, and rose along with the runner- up in the Segunda Liga.

The 4th League - III ª Divisão

After completion of the Saision 2012/2013 III ª Divisão was dissolved and with the previous third tier (II ª Divisão ) summarizes the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores. This third division is now the lowest nationwide division in the country.

Until then, the fourth division into groups A, B, C, D, E, F, Azores and Madeira was divided. In the groups of continental Portugal ( A to F) and Madeira played twelve teams, while in the Azores group competed ten teams.

After a round-trip round a relegation round in each group was continental Portugal (A-F ) from the top six finishers a promotion round, and the six last placed formed, the teams with the halved number of points of the season Final Level started in the promotion round. After return of the game as played out Getting the promotion round rose in each of the six groups in the Segunda Divisão, while the last placed the relegation round descent into highest regional league of the Association in each district ( Campeonato Distrital ). For each of the groups AF accordingly rose at the end of each season on a team, and one from.

In the Madeira group III ª Divisão a promotion round was determined by the round-trip round among the top six finishers also played ( also with half score at the beginning ), the winners of which rose only directly in the II ª Divisão if there is not already six teams from Madeira played. In the case of the rise of candidate of Madeira group III ª Divisão played in a relegation match against the lowest-ranked representatives of Madeira II ª Divisão in return game. The winner came in the following season in the II ª Divisão. The number of climbers from the III ª Divisão in the II ª Divisão also determined the relegated from the Madeira group III ª Divisão: after the six placed on the worst teams in the III ª Divisão had discharged return games in a relegation round at the end of the season, increased at least the two most worst -placed from, with each relegated from the II ª Divisão another club rose to the highest regional league in Madeira in the Madeira group III ª Divisão from.

In the Azores group played after round-trip round the top four a promotion round out ( with the assumption of the full number of points at the end of the season ), the winners of which rose to the II ª Divisão, if there is not already six teams played from the Azores. There were here the same rules as in the case of Madeira. The six in the worst -placed played from the relegation round, and also the rules here as in the case of Madeira were: it increased both the worst -placed from, plus one additional team for each relegated from the II ª Divisão in the Azores group III ª Divisão.

With the end of this fourth national league and the introduction of the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores as a third League and lowest nationwide division is aimed at further reducing the cost of the clubs in the league play.

Junior

Almost traditionally operates Portugal, a successful junior work, which expresses itself in the one gained titles at major tournaments, the other, through the making of, and internationally sought-after individual players.

The junior made the following achievements:

U20 World Champion (2) - 1989, 1991
U18 European Champion ( 2) - 1994, 1999
U17 European Champion ( 1) - 2003
U16 European Championship ( 4) - 1989, 1995, 1996, 2000

Women's Soccer

After 1985, the Taça Nacional (English: National Cup ) has been played, it led in 1993 the nationwide league play. Since then, the Campeonato Nacional (English: National Championship), the top flight of football club of women in Portugal.

The Portuguese national football team of the women could not even qualify for the finals of a World Cup or European Championship since its inception in the early 1980s. See also the list of matches of the Portuguese national football team of women.

National Title

Portuguese Football Champion
Portuguese Cup winners
Portuguese Super Cup
Portuguese League Cup

Clubs

The three clubs FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica are the dominant clubs in the world of football in the country. Belenenses Lisbon (1946) and Boavista Porto ( 2001) succeeded as the only clubs in addition to the three, winning the national championship since the introduction of the Premier League 1934. The Lisbon derby (Benfica -Sporting ) and the Derby FC Porto- Benfica are considered the most explosive derby in Portuguese club football. But Sporting Postage and derbies between northern clubs, especially from Braga, Guimarães and Porto, are considered particularly tense, as well as the matches between clubs from Madeira and mainland Portugal, and the local derbies of Funchal, especially between Nacional Funchal and Marítimo Funchal.

Académica Coimbra won the 1939 inaugural played National Cup, and was able to repeat in 2012. In addition to the five clubs that won also championship, have except the Académica only six other teams so far (as of 2013) to win the National Cup: Vitória Setúbal (3x), Leixões SC (1961 ), SC Braga (1966 ), CF Estrela Amadora (1990 ), SC Beira- Mar ( 1999), and Vitória Guimarães ( 2013).

→ See also: Overview of Portuguese football clubs

Personalities

Among the best known names among the numerous internationally become known players in the history of Portuguese football include Eusébio as top scorer in the World Cup 66, Luís Figo World Player 2001 and known as World Player of 2008 and as a permanent guest of the gossip columns become Cristiano Ronaldo.

→ See also: Overview of Portuguese football players

The polarizing success coach Jose Mourinho and the international referee Pedro Proença are more internationally known names of Portuguese football.

Culture

Books and Movies

A variety of book publications of the subject area football are available in the Portuguese market. Among the many Portuguese titles, while join regularly Brazilian title.

In addition to DVD releases, especially the three big clubs to their history, and each season flashbacks and records of important games, also the Portuguese cinema dedicated repeatedly football. Among the many films can be exemplified:

O Leão da Estrela (English: The Lion of the Estrela district; 1947), directed by Arthur Duarte - The film of the former UFA - actor Arthur Duarte is one of the most successful comedies of the Portuguese film of the 1940s and waits with rare original recordings of the Cup final Porto -Sporting on.
O Nosso Futebol (German: Our football; 1984), directed by Ricardo Costa - documentary on the history of football in Portugal, with music by renowned composer António Victorino de Almeida, who performs as a speaker through the film.
Football With a Cause (2009), directed by Ricardo Antunes Martins - The History of the Student Association Académica Coimbra, in particular its role in the resistance against the authoritarian Estado Novo regime, is the subject of the award-winning documentary.
Star Crossed (2009 ) Director: Mark Heller - The British- Portuguese feature film based the classic Romeo and Juliet motif Shakespeare at the poles of two rival football clubs in Porto.

Newspapers

In Portugal, three daily newspapers are published soccer. The Benfica related A Bola is the largest circulation newspaper in the country, and maintains the website abola.pt also a major Internet presence. The Sporting related record and the FC Porto attributable to O Jogo are the other daily football newspapers. In addition, all regional and national newspapers entertain some comprehensive editorial coverage of the world of football in the country.

TV

Depending on the current contract for the transmission rights are to be seen on one of the four national free channels to be received major league games and international team and national team games. These shows the cable channel Sport TV on its channels a variety sports coverage with a strong emphasis on football.

On all four national television football is an integral part of coverage in the daily newscasts, which are in the evening up to two hours. These football discussions will be shown with alternating celebrities and fixed commentators especially after game days.

Fan culture

At least since the 1930s ( Azul e Branco Esquadrão of FC Porto, 1934) are organized fan groups known in Portugal. In particular, from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, there were frequent riots by hooligans in league play. Especially at the Lisbon derby and the meeting among the major clubs from Porto and Lisbon, as well as various North Derbys, such as participation of Vitória Guimarães, this made a talking point. The organized groups of supporters of the ultra movement, from whose ranks came many times, hooligans and come, but are to this day the dominant factor in the fan culture of the country. They gained with growing membership and through its own membership dues, merchandise sales and publications economically and politically club now has some influence in the clubs, though not as strong as. , In some other countries, such as Italy

As the oldest ultra group applies Portugal in 1976, founded Juventude leonina (German: Youth of the lions, with reference to the emblem of Sporting Lisbon ), called short Juve Leo. Already 10,000 members with over 5,000, according to other sources: As most members grouping the Super Dragões apply (Super Dragon, in allusion to the heraldic animal of FC Porto German ). These groupings are called in Portugal Claque, however also a native of Brazil concept of Torcida is known. The fan club Torcida Verde, founded by Sporting- Ultras 1984 is probably the best known example in the country. The phenomenon of right-wing political football fans in the fan groups is also known in Portugal. Especially among the violent fans of the three big clubs and some North Portuguese clubs it is present. Among the followers of Vitória Setúbal above average number of left-wing fan groups, however, are known.

The Portuguese police in 2010 resulted in its register of violent football fans 4,150 names, of which at least 600 have been identified as particularly violent.

Académica Coimbra: Mancha Negra
Belenenses: Fúria Azul
Benfica: Diabos Vermelhos, No Name Boys
Boavista Porto: Panteras Negras - Ultras 84
FC Porto: Super Dragões, Força Azul Azul Esquadra, Colectivo Ultras 95
Salgueiros: Alma Salgueirista
Sporting Lisbon: Juve Leo, Torcida Verde, Directivo Ultras XXI
Vitória Guimarães: Insane Guys, White Angels, Galáticos do Minho
Vitória Setúbal: VIII Exército

Among the most famous all-female fan groups include:

Benfica: Benfica Cheers
Sporting Lisbon: Leoa Verde
Nacional Madeira: Claque feminines

S.L. Benfica Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino Derby de Lisboa Local derby SC Beira-Mar Cinema of Portugal Universum Film AG Estado Novo (Portugal) Record (newspaper) Hooliganism

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