Portuguese Football in English
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Iconic kits: Salgueiros 1998/99, graced by the great Deco
Few football clubs define the 1990s in Portugal like Sport Comércio e Salgueiros do. They were almost everyone’s second or third team, a side...
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Iconic kits: Estrela da Amadora 1993/94
They were back at the very top and it was fabulous. The 1993/94 season was a golden year for the Amadora-based club, which returned to the first...
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Iconic kits: Benfica’s two-strip 1989/90 season
During the 1960s, SL Benfica were the greatest football club in Europe, period. The Eagles played a total of five European Cup finals and won...
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Iconic kits: Beira-Mar in the early 1990s
1999 was a year of mixed feelings for the people of Aveiro. Yes, they celebrated the local club’s first major silverware as Beira-Mar came out on...
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Iconic kits: FC Porto 2001/02
It was a bombshell at the time, but then it turned into a cult classic. For the only time in history, FC Porto decided to ditch their famous blue...
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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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Iconic kits: Varzim 1982/83
Sporting CP may have been the first Portuguese club ever to wear a sponsor in their main shirt, but that was due to a friendly tournament played in...
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Iconic kits: Gil Vicente 1999/2000
Nobody knew it then, but when the 1999/2000 season kicked off, Gil Vicente were about to experience their most memorable campaign ever. And who...
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Iconic kits: Sporting 1987/88 – Hummel’s brief but lasting impression
A new dawn began in the summer of 1987. For the very first time in the history of Sporting Clube de Portugal, the club would play an entire season...
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Iconic kits: Farense 1992/93 - the invincible Faro Lions
Football in the Algarve was always a big thing, but not until the 1990s did it truly feel like it. Although Olhanense famously won a Campeonato de...
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Iconic kits: Campomaiorense, the small-town team that made the Portuguese Cup final
Campomaiorense is one of the most heartwarming stories of Portuguese football folklore. A club from a very small town on the eastern border with...
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Iconic kits: Boavista 2000/01
How can you forget the shirt that made you believe in miracles? Boavista are facing the greatest threat to their centennial existence, but the...