C.F. Os Belenenses (basketball)

Belenenses
Leagues	Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol 1ª Divisão
Founded	23 September 1919
Arena	Pavilhão Acácio Rosa (Capacity: 1,683[1])
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Team colors	Blue, White
Head coach	Nuno Tavares
Championships	2
Website	osbelenenses.com
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate

Os Belenenses Basquetebol is the professional basketball team of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, based in Lisbon, Portugal. The team plays in the 1ª Divisão of the Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol,^[2] the third tier of Portuguese competitions, a league organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol. Established in 1919, at the same time as the Belenenses football team, its greatest achievements occurred between the late 1930s and 1950s, where it won two league championships and two cup competitions.^[3] It was the first Portugueses Women´s League champion in 1934.

In 2004 the team played in FIBA CUP making the European competitions debut and in 2007 reached the Portuguese Cup Final against FC Porto. In the 2008–09 season, Belenenses was suspended from the professional Basketball leagues due to financial problems.^[4][5] The club was reinstated a season later.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol: 2
  • 1938–39, 1944–45
• Taça de Portugal: 2
  • 1944–45, 1958–59

Current roster

Source:^[6][7]

Pos.	#	Nationality	Name	Birthdate	Height	Previous club
PG			Alexandre Catarino	1992	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Física Torres Vedras
SF			Bruno Roxo	1985	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
PF			Eneyde Ferreira	1990	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
SF			Gonçalo Carvalho	1990	6 ft 1 in (1.84 m)
SG			Helder Oliveira	1991	5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)
PG			Idrissa Silá		6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
PG			João Carvalho	1985	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
PF			Marcelo Pires	1992	6 ft 7 in (2.00 m)	Física Torres Vedras
C			Ricardo Alpuim		6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
SG			Ricardo Ferreira	1992	6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)	Física Torres Vedras
			Rui Mendes	1987	6 ft 8 in (2.02 m)	Algés
			Tomás Machado

References

1. "Pavilhão Acácio Rosa". FootballZZ. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
2. "Sorteio da segunda fase da 1ª Divisão" [Draw of the second phase of the 1ª Division] (in Portuguese). Os Belenenses. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
3. "Palmarés" [Honours] (in Portuguese). Os Belenenses. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
4. "Belenenses - Basquetebol profissional suspenso" [Belenenses - Professional basketball suspended] (in Portuguese). Planeta Basket. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
5. "Basquetebol profissional suspenso" [Professional basketball suspended] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
6. "Plantel Belenenses" [Squad Belenenses – House of Lock] (in Portuguese). Os Belenenses. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
7. "CF BELENENSES basketball team". Euro Basket. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)