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As Barreiro's contract was expiring, rumours that Barreiro would become a Benfica player were confirmed when Benfica's club president Rui Costa claimed "O Leandro também é jogador do Benfica" which translates to "Leandro [Barreiro] is also a Benfica player" on 23 May 2024. [6]
In the channel's early years, Benfica focused on expanding the availability of Benfica TV, broadcasting through the Cabovisão, AR Telecom and Clix cable providers in January 2009. [13] ZAP was added in March 2009, [14] and the Dish Network in July 2010. [15] By end of its second year, Benfica TV was available in more than 1 million homes.
Established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril) in 1937, it also was known as CUF Barreiro, it was one of three football clubs created by the parent company, whose players were also workers (the other clubs were CUF Lisboa, founded in 1936 and now known as Unidos de Lisboa, and the short-lived CUF Porto, that existed between 1945 and ...
They managed to win 2–0 against Dinamo Zagreb in Barreiro, but lost in the away game with 6–1 and were immediately eliminated. Barreirense's major rival is Fabril , formerly Quimigal, with whom they have shared many seasons from the Primeira Liga all the way down to the Setúbal FA League .
Thus the club changed its name to Clube de Futebol Os Unidos or Unidos de Lisboa (CUF Barreiro, meanwhile changed to Unidos Futebol Clube or Unidos do Barreiro). It was during this period that the club had its most successful spell, playing three consecutive seasons, from 1940–41 to 1942–43, in the Primeira Divisão , when qualification was ...
As a Benfica player he achieved the nickname of "Barreiro locomotiv", he was the first wing defender doing the entire corridor. He had 15 caps for the Portugal national team , scoring 1 goal, and played with the team that reached second place at the Brazil Independence Cup final in 1972, losing only in an epic final with Brazil (1–0), being ...
The 1999–2000 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 96th season in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It ran from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal.
Benfica won 3–1 with goals from Eusébio and Artur Jorge. [15] Three days later, Benfica started their European Cup campaign with a 4–0 win against Wacker. [16] On the 19, Benfica dropped their first points in the league after a surprising 1–1 draw with CUF.