C.F. Os Belenenses (rugby union)

Belenenses Rugby

Full name	Clube de Futebol «Os Belenenses»
Union	Portuguese Rugby Federation location = Lisbon, Portugal
Founded	December 30, 1928
Ground(s)	Belenenses Rugby Park
Chairman	André Cunha
League(s)	Campeonato Português de Rugby
2023-24	1st
Team kit

Belenenses is a professional Portuguese rugby union team. Apart from winning several titles as a team, they have also provided five players to the National Team that played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Their most recent title was the victory in the National Championship of the 2023/2024 season.

Honours

• Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock:
  • Winner (9): 1955/56, 1957/58, 1962/63, 1972/73, 1974/75, 2002/03, 2007/08, 2021/22, 2023/24
• Portuguese Cup:
  • Winner (6): 1958/59, 1963/64, 2000/01, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22
• Portuguese Super Cup:
  • Winners (8): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
• Taça Ibérica:
  • Winner (1): 2022/23

Current squad

Current squad for 2024/25 season according to Portuguese Rugby Federation[1]

The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby season
Props Anthony Kent Joaquin Dominguez Lucas Bordigoni Manuel Worm Frederico Simões Pedro Braga Bernardo Veiga Hookers Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes Locks Salvador da Cunha Manuel Lima José Moreira Francisco Simões António Andrade Tomás da Cunha Martim Ferreira	Backrow Rafael Simões David Wallis André Cunha Manuel Pinto Pedro Cunha Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo Scrum-halves Duarte Azevedo Francisco Macedo Fly-halves Francisco Menéres Manuel Menéres	Centres Rodrigo Fruedenthal Alex Thrupp Lourenço Pedras António Cunha António Claro Gonçalo Santos Tomás Monteiro Wingers José Paiva dos Santos Duarte Moreira Owen Jenkins Diogo Rodrigues Francisco Galveias Lourenço Pedras Tomás Reis Fullbacks Francisco Murta Salvador da Cunha Jr.
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

Previous squads

Information based on Portuguese Rugby Federation[2] and Belenenses Rugby social media.[3]

The Belenenses squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season
Props Anthony Kent Joaquin Dominguez António Machado dos Santos Israel Otunuku Frederico Simões Manuel Worm Hookers Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes Locks Salvador da Cunha Manuel Lima José Moreira Francisco Simões António Andrade Tomás da Cunha	Backrow Rafael Simões David Wallis Manuel Pinto André Cunha Pedro Cunha Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo Scrum-halves Duarte Azevedo Fly-halves Manuel Menéres João Freudenthal Francisco Menéres	Centres Rodrigo Fruedenthal Alex Thrupp António Cunha António Claro Wingers José Paiva dos Santos Duarte Moreira Owen Jenkins Diogo Rodrigues Francisco Galveias Lourenço Pedras Fullbacks Manuel Marta Francisco Murta Salvador da Cunha Jr.
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

References

1. "Registered players on FPR".
2. "Registered players on FPR".
3. "Official website".

External links

• Official site
• C.F. Os Belenenses rugby section