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| Full name | Associação Atlética Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Lusa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Capacity: 30,000) |
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| Chairman | Antônio Augusto de Abreu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Associação Atlética Portuguesa, or Portuguesa as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, founded on December 17, 1924.
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History
The club was founded on December 17, 1924 by a group of empty bags businessmen. After travelling to Santos, they played there a football match against a Santos' group of empty bags businessmen. The match ended 1-1. After returning to Rio de Janeiro, they decided to found a football club.
Titles
- Campeonato Carioca Second Division: 1996, 2000, 2003
- Copa Rio: 2000
Stadium
Portuguesa's home stadium is Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, built in 1965, with a maximum capacity of 30,000 people. Portuguesa's stadium is sometimes used by two first division teams from Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo and Botafogo.
Trivia
- The team mascot is a zebra.
- Portuguesa is named after Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista, a football club from Santos.
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