Clube Futebol Os Belenenses is an amateur futsal team based in Lisbon, Portugal. It plays in Liga Placard .
Their nickname comes from the fact that in their first two seasons they won two trophies (Campeonato Nacional da 3ª Divisão and Campeonato Nacional da 2ª Divisão). In 2009-10 they win their most important title, the Taça de Portugal de Futsal for the first time, beating Benfica in the final. Benfica scored first, but Diego Sol equalized in the second half, Marcelinho in the final seconds of Extra time scored the decisive goal. Notable players included Marcão, Diego Sol, Pedro Cary, Paulinho and Marcelinho.
More recently, Belenenses encountered some financial problems, including a request for insolvency after unpaid salaries to former futsal player Formiga and a pledge of the clubs trophies for unpaid construction work done to Estádio do Restelo. Belenenses was relegated in 2011/2012 after a play-out.
Current squad
#PositionNameNationality1 Goalkeeper Marcão 3 Winger Jota Ramos 4 Universal Tiago Correia 7 Winger João Marques 8 Winger João Pires 9 Winger Yulián Díaz 10 Winger Mamadu Turé 11 Winger Bruno Pinto 12 Goalkeeper Paulo Pimenta 15 Winger Cláudio Ferreira 16 Goalkeeper André Carrola 16 Goalkeeper Sandro Azenha 19 Defender Sandro Noronha 19 Universal Wilson Tavares 23 Pivot Jardel 23 Universal Daniel Pinto 38 Goalkeeper Márcio Santos 38 Goalkeeper Pedro Mónica 48 Pivot José Varela 94 Winger Rodrigo Lolatto 96 Winger Ygor Mota
Honours National Liga Portuguesa de Futsal: Runner-up (2): 2007–08, 2008–09 Taça de Portugal de Futsal: Winner (1): 2009–10 Runner-up (1): 2008–09 SuperTaça de Futsal de Portugal: Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010
References
External links Official Website Futsal website