Grupo Desportivo Direito, nicknamed Os Advogados (The Lawyers), is an amateur Portuguese rugby union team based in Lisbon. Since its foundation in 1952, Direito has been one of the most successful teams in Portugal, having won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock 12 times, the Taça de Portugal de Rugby 9 times and the Taça Ibérica 4 times.
Honours Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock: Winner (12): 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2022/23 Taça de Portugal de Rugby: Winner (9): 1975/76, 1980/81, 1981/82, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2013/14 and 2015/16 Taça Ibérica: Winner (4): 2000, 2003, 2013, 2015 Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby: Winner (12): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023
Squad 2023/24 According to Portuguese Rugby Federation +The Direito squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 seasonProps David Costa António Prim Francisco Bruno José Lupi Guillermo Durán Luis Lopes Afonso Tapadinhas Lourenço Moita
Hookers
Duarte Diniz Afonso Bento
Locks
Duarte Torgal Rui D'Orey João Vital António Peixoto Guilherme Valente Pedro Ferreira Luis Semedo Henrique Cortes Duarte Pedro NunesBackrow Manuel Picão João Granate Vasco Fragoso Mendes Pedro Afra Rosa Nuno Peixoto Tama Faitotonu Mateus Ferreira Sebastião Silva Diogo Matos Miguel Romero Rodrigues Luis Pina
Scrum-halves
João Dias Manuel Queirós António Amaral Duarte Cortes Afonso Castiñeira
Fly-halves
Jerónimo Portela Frederico Filipe Manuel VareiroCentres José Maria Vareta Francisco Nobre João Afra Rosa Tomás Cary
Wingers
João Vaz Antunes Duarte Portela Duarte Matos Diogo Custódio João Burnay Francisco Pinto
Fullbacks
Manuel Vilela Pereira João Maria Silva Francisco Perloiro Frederico Roquette(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
History Season Manager Championship Cup Super Cup Iberian Cup 1996/97 Tomaz Morais Second tier CH QF 1997/98RU SF 1998/99CH QF 1999/00CH SFCHCH 2000/01RURUCHRU 2001/02 Dídio de AguiarCHCH 2002/03 José Mendes da SilvaRURUCHCH 2003/04 3rdCH 2004/05 Daniel HourcadeCHCHCH 2005/06CH SFRURU 2006/07RU QFRURU 2007/08 5thCHRU 2008/09 Frederico SousaCH QFCH 2009/10CH SFCH2010/11 Aaron JonesCHRUCH2011/12 3rd SFRU2012/13 Martim AguiarCH R162013/14RUCHCHCH2014/15CH R16CH2015/16CHCHCHCH2016/17 Francisco Aguiar 3rd QFRURU2017/18 Miguel Leal 4th QF2018/19 5th QF2019/20 cancelled cancelled2020/21RU SF2021/22 António AguilarRU QF2022/23 Enrique PichotCH R162023/24 4thRUCHRU2024/25 Bernardo Mota 3rd SF2025/26 Gonçalo Malheiro 3rd SF
References
External links Official site Grupo Desportivo Direito at Blogspot