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 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 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.
On 6 January 2013, CDUL defeated Quesos Entrepinares by 24–13, winning their third Iberic Cup.
Honors Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock: Winners (20): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2017 Taça de Portugal de Rugby: Winners (10): 1968, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2013, 2015, 2023, 2025 Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby: Winners (3): 1989, 1990, 2012 Taça Ibérica: Winners (3): 1984, 1985, 2012
According to Portuguese Rugby Federation +The CDUL squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 seasonProps 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'AlmeidaBackrow 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 GamaCentres 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.
History Season Manager Championship Cup Super Cup Iberian Cup 2007/08 Salvador Amaral 3rd QF 2008/09 Craig Sandland 3rd SF 2009/10 3rdRU2010/11 Pedro Melo e Castro 4th SF2011/12 Luís Cassano NevesCH QF2012/13 Manuel Sommer RibeiroRUCHCHCH2013/14 Damian SteeleCHRURU2014/15RUCHRURU2015/16RU SFRU2016/17 Jack FarrerCH R162017/18 João Pedro Varela 5th QFRURU2018/19 4th SF2019/20 Gonçalo Foro cancelled cancelled2020/21 4th SF2021/22 4th R162022/23 Julio Farías 6thCH2023/24 6th QFRU2024/25 Kane Hancy 5thCH
References
External links CDUL website