Duarte António Borges Coutinho
Mário Lampreia de Gusmão Madeira
João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
Eng. Alfredo Silveira Ávila de Melo
José Antunes dos Santos Junior
António Nunes de Almeida Guimarães
The “Benfiquista” Sports golden years (and Portuguese), the stadium appreciation and the conquer of the
European championship.
He was the one who, probably, the more had financed the club, not only during his first management but also
after his retirement. In Football, in 1961, we won the first European Champions Cup and in 1962 was crucial
in the second. He hired the manager Béla Guttmann (1959) and Eusébio (1960). He became a national
bi-champion (1960 and 1961). Was responsible for the stadium works: Illumination (1958) and the third “ring”
first phase (1960, with 75 thousand seats), all changes financed by himself. He was elected “Sócio
Benemérito” (1958) and “Águia de Ouro” (1960).
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