Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa

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CDUL
Full nameCentro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Ground(s)Estádio Universitário de Lisboa (Capacity: 8,000)
ChairmanFrancisco Figueiredo
Coach(es)Julio Farias
League(s)Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2022–2023Quarter-Finals & Cup Winners
1st kit
2nd kit

Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa, or CDUL, is a Portuguese multisports club originally created for Lisbon's university students that evolved into a club for all ages, its prime sport being rugby. CDUL is the most decorated Portuguese rugby union team and was represented by four players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. In 31/01/14 the senior rugby team won the 2014 main championship title after defeating GD Direito 19-15[1][2][3] While studying economics, the former Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva was an athlete of CDUL athletics department from 1958 to 1963.[4]

On 6 January 2013, CDUL defeated Quesos Entrepinares by 24–13, winning their third Iberic Cup.[5]

Honors[edit]

According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[6]

The CDUL squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season
Props
  • Brazil Matheus Rocha
  • Argentina Cristian Zurita
  • Portugal Gonçalo Madaleno
  • Portugal José Almeida
  • Portugal Gonçalo Alves
  • Portugal Manuel Magriço

Hookers

  • Portugal Duarte Foro
  • Portugal Francisco Pedro
  • Portugal Isaías Camará
  • Portugal Samuel Marques

Locks

  • Portugal Francisco Almeida
  • Portugal António Stilwell
  • Portugal Diogo D'Almeida
 Backrow
  • Portugal Sebastião Villax
  • Portugal Xavier Cerejo
  • Portugal José Roque
  • Portugal Eduardo Queiroz
  • Portugal Rodrigo Oliveira
  • Portugal Francisco Figueiredo
  • Portugal José Libano Monteiro

Scrum-halves

  • Portugal Francisco Magalhães
  • France Reymond Dorian

Fly-halves

  • Portugal Jorge Abecasis
  • Portugal Nuno Penha Costa
  • Portugal Pedro Neiva
  • Portugal Pedro Anahory
  • Portugal Lourenço Cardoso
 Centres
  • Portugal Tomás Appleton
  • Portugal Francisco Appleton
  • Argentina Ignacio Albornoz
  • Portugal Nuno Macedo
  • Portugal Bernardo Matos
  • Portugal Guilherme Vasconcelos
  • Portugal Martim Faro
  • Portugal Francisco Teiga Vieira
  • Portugal Afonso Alvarez

Wingers

  • Portugal Fabio Conceiçao
  • Portugal Tomás Noronha
  • Portugal Bernardo Canas
  • Portugal Hussein Sacoor
  • Portugal Manuel Fati
  • Portugal Tomás Passaro
  • Portugal João Cardoso

Fullbacks

  • New Zealand Sam Aitken
  • Portugal Manuel Salgado
  • Portugal Diogo Cardoso
  • Portugal Sebastião Stilwell
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CDUL sagra-se campeão nacional pela 19.ª vez | Outras Modalidades | PÚBLICO".
  2. ^ ".: CDUL sagra-se campeão nacional - Jornal Record :". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Resumo Final Direito-CDUL. YouTube.
  4. ^ (in Portuguese) Ás nas barreiras, Record
  5. ^ "El Universitario de Lisboa se adjudica la Copa Ibérica". MARCA.com (in Spanish). 6 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Registered players on FPR".

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