Belenenses is a professional Portuguese rugby union team. Apart from winning several titles as a team, they have also provided five players to the National Team that played at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Their most recent title was the victory in the National Championship of the 2024/2025 season.
Honours Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock: Winner (10): 1958/59, 1962/63, 1972/73, 1974/75, 2002/03, 2007/08, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2023/24, 2024/25 Portuguese Cup: Winner (6): 1958/59, 1963/64, 2000/01, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22 Portuguese Super Cup: Winners (10): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Taça Ibérica: Winner (2): 2022/23, 2025/26
Current squad Current squad for 2024/25 season according to Portuguese Rugby Federation
+The Belenenses squad for the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Rugby seasonProps Anthony Kent Joaquin Dominguez Lucas Bordigoni Manuel Worm Frederico Simões Pedro Braga Bernardo Veiga
Hookers
Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes
Locks
Salvador da Cunha Manuel Lima José Moreira Francisco Simões António Andrade Tomás da Cunha Martim FerreiraBackrow Rafael Simões David Wallis André Cunha Manuel Pinto Pedro Cunha Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo
Scrum-halves
Duarte Azevedo Francisco Macedo
Fly-halves
Francisco Menéres Manuel MenéresCentres Rodrigo Fruedenthal Alex Thrupp Lourenço Pedras António Cunha António Claro Gonçalo Santos Tomás Monteiro
Wingers José Paiva dos Santos Duarte Moreira Owen Jenkins Diogo Rodrigues Francisco Galveias Lourenço Pedras Tomás Reis
Fullbacks
Francisco Murta Salvador da Cunha Jr.(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Portugal on residency or dual nationality.
Previous squads Information based on Portuguese Rugby Federation and Belenenses Rugby social media.
The Belenenses squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 seasonProps Anthony Kent Joaquin Dominguez António Machado dos Santos Israel Otunuku Frederico Simões Manuel Worm
Hookers
Guillermo Lawrie Miguel Nunes
Locks
Salvador da Cunha Manuel Lima José Moreira Francisco Simões António Andrade Tomás da CunhaBackrow Rafael Simões David Wallis Manuel Pinto André Cunha Pedro Cunha Tomás Sequeira Sebastião da Cunha Diogo Raposo
Scrum-halves
Duarte Azevedo
Fly-halves
Manuel Menéres João Freudenthal Francisco MenéresCentres Rodrigo Fruedenthal Alex Thrupp António Cunha António Claro
Wingers
José Paiva dos Santos Duarte Moreira Owen Jenkins Diogo Rodrigues Francisco Galveias Lourenço Pedras
Fullbacks
Manuel Marta Francisco Murta Salvador da Cunha Jr.(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
References
External links Official site C.F. Os Belenenses rugby section