Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
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| Full name | Associação Portuguesa de Desportos | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Lusa | |||
| Founded | August 14, 1920 | |||
| Stadium | Canindé, São Paulo, Brazil | |||
| Capacity | 21,004 | |||
| President | Leandro Teixeira Duarte | |||
| Head coach | Márcio Ribeiro | |||
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Campeonato Paulista Série A2 | |||
| 2015 2015 |
Série C, Quarter-finals Paulista A1, 18th (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city. Portuguesa is the fifth most popular team in the city of São Paulo (behind Corinthians, Palmeiras, São Paulo and Santos) and the fourth located within the city proper.
History
Foundation
On August 14, 1920 (the same day of the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota), the five Paulista clubs representing the Portuguese community of São Paulo (Lusíadas Futebol Club, Portugal Marinhense, Associação Cinco de Outubro, Associação Atlética Marquês de Pombal and Esporte Club Lusitano) met at Salão da Câmara Portuguesa de Comércio to merge, and founded Associação Portuguesa de Esportes. They chose the colors of Portugal: green and red. The club merged with Mackenzie College in 1920, and was then renamed Mackenzie-Portuguesa.[1]
The 1940s and the 1950s
In 1940, the club changed its name to Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, its current name. In 1956, Portuguesa bought from São Paulo a big piece of land located in the limits between the northeast and center of the city. In the land, the Canindé stadium was built, as well as the official headquarters, offices and social club.
2011 Série B
In the 2011 season Portuguesa participated on the São Paulo State Championship Série A1 (first division) when they were eliminated in the Quarterfinals by São Paulo, in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (second division) and in the Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup), when they were eliminated in the First Round by Bangu.
After a comeback victory against Americana, on October 22, 2011, the club achieved promotion to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2012.[2] On November 8, 2011, after a 2–2 draw against Sport Recife, the club won the 2011 Série B, the first national title won by the club. The title crowned a strong campaign by the Lusa side, with 23 Wins, 12 Draws and only 3 losses. The offensive and fast-paced style of play implemented by the team's coach, Jorginho, and the great amount of 82 goals scored led to the nickname of "Barcelusa", referring to FC Barcelona's style of playing.[3] Lusa ended the 2011 Season with a 2–0 win over Icasa, finishing 21 straight games undefeated.
2012: Awful start, relegation and Nelson Dida
In 2012, the "Barcelusa" squad struggled in the Campeonato Paulista following the losses of players Marco Antonio and Edno, which led to the relegation to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 [4] after a 4–2 loss to Mirassol and combined results on other games. The chairman disappointment with the awful campaign in a much considered easy tournament led to the dismissal of the team's coach, Jorginho, after 14 months working for the Lusa side.[5]
The team then turned sights on Geninho, and confirmed the former Brazilian champion as their new manager.[6] The team mounted a good campaign in the Copa do Brasil, but fell through at the Round of 16 after a 2–0 defeat to Bahia.
Lusa started the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with their goalkeeper Wéverton Pereira da Silva negotiating with his departure to play for Atlético Paranaense. Without a good replacement at the Youth Squad nor the recently added Glédson, Lusa then started negotiating with the two-time UEFA Champions League champion and former A.C. Milan goalkeeper Dida, and signed the 38-year-old keeper to wear their colors until the end of the "Brasileirão" tournament.[7] The keeper started for the first time for Lusa in a match against São Paulo FC, and had a good showing in a 1–0 win for the Lusa side.[8] Lusa then played against Neymar's Santos, again at home, and with amazing saves by the veteran goalkeeper and losing several clear scoring chances at the first half, the game ended 0–0,[9] with Lusa mounting two wins, three losses and two draws starting the tournament.
Lusa then pulled off a trade with Clube Atlético Paranaense, bringing aboard striker Bruno Mineiro. The negotiation proved to be extremely positive, since the new number 9 started scoring goals at will: in 12 games, he scored 11 times, becoming one of the top scorers in the league, pursuing closely the likes of Vagner Love, Fred and Luís Fabiano.
After twenty-seven games in the Brasileirão, Lusa survived a series of difficult games to maintain its spot out of the relegation zone. Playing against Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras and Coritiba Football Club, Lusa won both games by three goals to none at home. Playing Fluminense, São Paulo, Santos and Atlético Mineiro, Lusa lost the first two games, but benefited from the absence of superstar Neymar to beat Santos away by 3–1 [10] and then allowed Atlético Mineiro to escape out of Canindé with a draw.[11] Despite having Brazilian international and former Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldinho, the Atlético side struggled to get out of the strong midfield pressure and ball possession imposed by Lusa, which had played the majority of the second half with a one-man advantage after defender Leonardo Silva was sent off.
Playing against Sport Club do Recife, Bruno Mineiro scored a hat-trick in a turnaround win by 5–1,[12] becoming the new league scoring leader, trespassing Fred. Fred and BM9 are close friends, having played with Fluminense's striker at the youth level in América Mineiro.[13]
2013: Promotion back to A1, STJD issues and relegation to Série B
In December 2012, Péricles Chamusca was announced as the new manager, with a one-year contract.[14] He was fired in April 2013.[15] A day after Chamusca's dimissal, the club announced a Colonel, Edson Pimenta, as new coach.[16]
On April 16, 2013, Portuguesa was eliminated by Naviraiense (the same club which suffered in 2010 a 10–0 routing by Santos) in 2013 Copa do Brasil's first round.[17] Only nine days later, Lusa won promotion to Campeonato Paulista Série A1, after a 2–1 victory against Capivariano.[18]
Although Portuguesa finished the championship just above the relegation positions (precisely in 12th), it was punished by the Superior Court of Sport Justice for irregularly calling in a player during a match against Grêmio – Héverton, who was suspended for a red card received at his previous Copa do Brasil match.[19] With the punishment, the team lost four points – three for the irregular usage of a player and a fourth one which the team won due to the game resulting in a tie – and ended up being relegated.[19] This way, Fluminense managed to finish the championship above the relegation positions and was spared from having to compete in the next year's second division for the third time on the last 2 decades.[19]
2014: Late reaction in Paulistão, another relegation
On 10 January 2014, a supporter from the club won a lawsuit in São Paulo's courts, which determines the points would be returned to Portuguesa, relegating Fluminense.[20] However, CBF refused to accept the lawsuit, and published the 2014 Série A table without Lusa, placing the club in Série B instead.
In 2014 Campeonato Paulista, Lusa was placed in the Group C, with Santos, Ponte Preta, São Bernardo and Paulista. The club failed to win in their first five games, and saw Guto Ferreira's resignation as manager. Under Argel Fucks, the club fared better and finished fourth in the group, only four points behind second-placed Ponte.
In April, the club was again knocked out of Copa do Brasil, this time by lowly Potiguar Mossoró; also in the same month, the club left the pitch in the 16th minute of a match against Joinville, and was later punished by STJD due to disbandment.
Argel left Lusa in the following month, and after short-reign terms of Marcelo Veiga and Silas, the club announced the arrival of Vágner Benazzi in mid-September, highly-known for his abilities to guide a team out of the relegation places. However, he was also dimissed in the following month, after failing to achieve a single win. During that time, the club also saw a host of players coming and going out, with the squad surpassing the 40 players mark.
Portuguesa was relegated to Série C (first time in the club's history) on 28 October, after losing 0–3 to Oeste.
2015–2016: Série C and Série A2
Portuguesa started the year's Paulistão well, defeating Ponte Preta by 3–2. On 4 March 2015 the club finally reached the second stage of Copa do Brasil, after a 3–1 away win against Santos-AP.
On 20 March, after being highly pressured, president Ilídio Lico resigned as a president, being replaced by Jorge Manuel Marques Gonçalves.[21] Two weeks later, the club was again relegated to Série A2, after a 0–3 away loss against São Paulo.
During the year's Série C, Portuguesa qualified to the final rounds as second in its group, but missed out promotion after losing to eventual champions Vila Nova. The following year, the club narrowly avoided relegation in Série A2 after finishing 13th.
Portuguesa suffered another relegation in the end of the 2016 season, after a 0–2 away loss against Tombense, being demoted to Série D ahead of the 2017 campaign.
Honours
- 1935, 1936, 1973
- 2007, 2013
- 1952, 1955
- 1991, 2002
- 1999-00
- 1998, 2000
Rivals
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, São Paulo Futebol Clube, Santos Futebol Clube and Clube Atlético Juventus.
Stadium
Portuguesa's stadium is the Estádio do Canindé, built in 1956, with a maximum capacity of 27,500. Following current FIFA safety rules the maximum capacity is 25,470 people.[22]
Logo history
The club's first logo, introduced on August 14, 1920 during the club's foundation, was a Portuguese shield. This logo was chosen to honor Portugal.
The club's second logo, introduced in 1923, had a Cross of Avis bordered by a red outline. The Cross of Avis represents Portuguese independence from the Kingdom of Castille, which happened after the Battle of Aljubarrota on August 14, 1385.
In 2005, the club's logo design was modernized, and golden trim was added around the red outline.
In 2015, Portuguesa returned to the badge used between 1923 and 2005.
Team colors
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Portuguesa's first kit, introduced on September 20, 1920, was an all-red shirt, white shorts, and red socks with two horizontal green lines. The goalkeeper kit was completely white.
On March 26, 1923, the club's kit was changed to red and green vertically striped shirts.
The team kit was later changed again, with the red and green stripes changed to horizontal ones, and the away kit became an all-white shirt, red shorts and red socks.
Mascots
Portuguesa's first mascot was a Portuguese girl named Severa. She was named after the 1930s fado singer Dima Tereza who was nicknamed A Severa, after the Portuguese fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana.
In 1994, Portuguesa changed its mascot. The club's unique original mascot was replaced by a lion wearing the club's home kit. The lion is one of the most common Brazilian football club's mascots.
Anthems
There are two club's anthems. The first anthem, called Hino Rubro-verde (Portuguese for Red and Green Anthem) is the old one, and was composed by Archimedes Messina and Carlos Leite Guerra.
The second anthem, called Campeões (Portuguese for Champions) is the current club's anthem, and was composed by Roberto Leal and Márcia Lúcia.
Current squad
First-team squad
- As of 7 August 2016[23]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
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Managers
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References
- ↑ "Associação Portuguesa de Desportos" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. July 7, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Portuguesa vira sobre o Americana, é ajudada por revés do Sport e sela acesso" [Portuguesa completes the comeback against Americana, is helped by Sport defeat and achieves promotion]. UOL (in Portuguese). October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Barça, espejo del 'Barcelusa'" [Barça, mirror of 'Barcelusa']. MARCA (in Spanish). November 11, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Portuguesa: de 'Barcelusa' ao rebaixamento no Estadual" [Portuguesa: from 'Barcelusa' to relegation]. LANCE! (in Portuguese). April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Jorginho volta atrás e pede demissão da Portuguesa" [Jorginho takes step back and is out of Portuguesa]. Terra (in Portuguese). April 20, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Portuguesa anuncia Geninho como substituto de Jorginho" [Portuguesa announces Geninho as Jorginho's substitute]. Terra (in Portuguese). April 20, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Portuguesa anuncia acordo com Dida e tira goleiro da aposentadoria" [Portuguesa inks Dida and lure goalkeeper out of retirement]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). May 24, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Na estréia de Dida, Lusa vence no Canindé e aumenta crise no Tricolor" [In Dida's first start, Lusa wins at home and raises worries on Tricolor]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). June 26, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Portuguesa encurrala o Santos, mas clássico no Canindé termina zerado" [Portuguesa harasses Santos, but the rivalry game at Canindé ends scoreless]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Os gols de Portuguesa 3 x 1 Santos pelo Campeonato Brasileiro" [The recap of Portuguesa 3 x 1 Santos]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). September 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Portuguesa e Atlético não atingem objetivos e ficam no empate no Canindé" [Portuguesa and Atlético can't accomplish missions and end up with a draw]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Bruno Mineiro faz três, vira artilheiro, e Lusa goleia o desesperado Sport" [Bruno Mineiro scores three, becomes the new scoring leader and Lusa thrashes the desperate Sport]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). October 4, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Ídolo da Lusa, Bruno Mineiro recorda momentos ao lado do 'parceiro' Fred" [Lusa's idol, Bruno Mineiro reminisces moments with partner Fred]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). September 21, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Péricles Chamusca é o novo técnico da Portuguesa" [Péricles Chamusca is new Portuguesa's manager] (in Portuguese). Lance. December 13, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Demitido, Chamusca usa números para provar bom trabalho na Lusa" [Fired, Chamusca use numbers to prove good work in Lusa] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Portuguesa efetiva Coronel como técnico até o fim da Série A2" [Portuguesa hire Colonel as coach until Série A2's end] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. April 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ↑ "'Rumo a Tóquio 2025', Naviraiense surpreende e elimina a Portuguesa" ['Towards Tokyo 2025', Naviraiense raises eyebrows and eliminates Portuguesa]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). April 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Jogadores da Lusa festejam acesso: 'Missão dada é missão cumprida'" [Lusa's players celebrate promotion: 'Mission given is accomplished mission']. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). April 25, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Rodrigues, Renan; Paradella, Rodrigo (16 December 2013). "STJD pune Portuguesa e mantém Fluminense na Série A; ainda cabe recurso" [STJD punishes Portuguesa and mantains Fluminense in Série A; still subject to appeal]. UOL Esportes (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ Justiça de SP determina que CBF devolva os quatro pontos à Lusa (SP's court determines that CBF give back four points to Lusa); Globo Esporte, 10 January 2014 (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Ilídio Lico entrega carta e renuncia ao cargo de presidente da Portuguesa" [Ilídio Lico delivers letter and resigns to Portuguesa's president role] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "Portuguesa" (in Portuguese). Pelé.net. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ↑ Elenco; Portuguesa (Portuguese)
- Lusa, uma História de Amor – Orlando Duarte, Livraria Teixeira, 2000.