Portuguese Football in English
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Belenenses’ best ever season: 1945/46
There was a time when the Big Three wasn’t actually a thing. The celebrated Club Futebol “Os Belenenses” were considered by everyone in the game as...
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Stadiums gone and missed: Belenenses’s Campo das Salésias
It was once Portugal’s greatest and most modern football ground. The best grass pitch in the land, a statement of intent for a footballing nation...
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Iconic kits: Belenenses 1988/89
For a club that spent decades being considered one of the big names in Portugal, 1988/89 was more than just a special season. It was a sort of last...
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Porto excel with Evanilson hat-trick as Benfica drop more points
Porto have held onto their three-point-lead at the top of the Primeira Liga after coming back from a one-goal-deficit to beat Belenenses SAD 4-1...
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Porto stall after wins for rivals Sporting and Benfica
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Sporting set the trend in series of opening wins for the Top Four
Sporting have begun the defence of their Primeira Liga title with a 3-0 win at home to Vizela, opening up their 2021/22 campaign in style against...
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Santa Clara relegate Farense to secure European football on final day, with Rio Ave in play-off limbo
Big Three close out season with convincing wins Santa Clara have guaranteed European football for the first time in their history after qualifying...
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Sporting in stuttering form prior to key wins from rivals Porto and Benfica
Sporting were made to battle from two goals down to snatch a late draw at home to Belenenses, this Wednesday, as their six-point lead at the top of...
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Porto and Benfica turn up the heat on Sporting after consecutive draws for the Lions
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Benfica leave it late and close in on first-placed Sporting
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FC Porto bounce back in week of wins for Portugal’s Top Four
FC Porto returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at home to Gil Vicente prior to Benfica’s 2-0 win against Belenenses at the Luz, prolonging the...
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Back in Business: A brief insight into the 2020/21 Primeira Liga season
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Benfica keep FC Porto celebrations waiting as Braga slip up versus Belenenses
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Porto blitz past Belenenses following Benfica’s long-awaited victory
FC Porto are just two wins away from clinching the Primeira Liga title after dismantling Belenenses with a 5-0 score-line at home, replying to...
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Braga and Sporting star in local derbies
A 3-1 win away to Belenenses was enough to keep Sporting in third place after Sporting de Braga came out on top in a five-goal Minhoto Derby...
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The potential effects of post-lockdown football awaiting Primeira Liga clubs
After months of extensive talks and cautious planning, fans of the Portuguese Primeira Liga can finally begin to countdown the hours ahead of its...
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PortuGOAL’s Pearls of Portugal: Part Four
With the Belgian, Dutch and French authorities definitively cancelling the 2019/20 football season due to the COVID-19 outbreak, things in Portugal...
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Benfica edge past Vitória with narrow win following dream debut for Rúben Amorim's Braga
Benfica have moved seven points clear, ahead of second-placed FC Porto, prior to Sunday’s ‘Clássico’ against Sporting after defeating Vitória de...
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The ten new signings keen to make waves in the Primeira Liga
This summer’s transfer window was as active as ever and this weekend - the first domestic fixtures after deadline day courtesy of the intersecting...
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Benfica draw sees FC Porto level table-toppers as Braga and Sporting claim narrow wins in race for third
Benfica surrendered a two-point advantage at the top of the table after a 2-2 draw at home to Belenenses enabled FC Porto to draw level on the...