Centro Desportivo Universitário de Lisboa

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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]

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
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2nd kit

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

Honors

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According to Portuguese Rugby Federation[6]

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

Hookers

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

Locks

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

Scrum-halves

  •   Francisco Magalhães
  •   Reymond Dorian
  •   Martim Domingues

Fly-halves

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

Wingers

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

Fullbacks

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

* denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.

References

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  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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