G.D. Fabril
Encyclopedia
Grupo Desportivo Fabril is a Portuguese
sports club
established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril
) in 1937.
) in 1937, it also was known as CUF Barreiro and, was renamed Grupo Desportivo Quimigal after a military coup in April 1974
. A multisports club
best known for its football
section, it was founded as a works team
in the city of Barreiro, District of Setúbal, on 27 January 1937. G.D. CUF greatest achievement was a third place in the 1964-65 Portuguese Liga
season. The club's football home ground is the Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva, which was inaugurated in June 1965 and named after Alfredo da Silva, an entrepreneur who was the founder of CUF.
1D = First Division
3D = Third Division
FC = Fairs Cup
UC = UEFA Cup
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União Fabril
Companhia União Fabril
The Companhia União Fabril is a Portuguese chemical corporation and a part of Grupo José de Mello.-History:The company was founded by Alfredo da Silva in 1871 and managed by his descendents, including José Manuel de Mello as a family-run business conglomerate. CUF was one of the largest and most...
) in 1937.
History
Established as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (G.D. CUF, with CUF standing for the company Companhia União FabrilCompanhia União Fabril
The Companhia União Fabril is a Portuguese chemical corporation and a part of Grupo José de Mello.-History:The company was founded by Alfredo da Silva in 1871 and managed by his descendents, including José Manuel de Mello as a family-run business conglomerate. CUF was one of the largest and most...
) in 1937, it also was known as CUF Barreiro and, was renamed Grupo Desportivo Quimigal after a military coup in April 1974
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
. A multisports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
best known for its football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
section, it was founded as a works team
Works team
A works team is a sports team that is financed and run by a manufacturer or other business. Sometimes, works teams contain or are entirely made up of employees of the supporting company.-Africa:...
in the city of Barreiro, District of Setúbal, on 27 January 1937. G.D. CUF greatest achievement was a third place in the 1964-65 Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
season. The club's football home ground is the Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva, which was inaugurated in June 1965 and named after Alfredo da Silva, an entrepreneur who was the founder of CUF.
Timeline
- 1937 - Grupo Desportivo da CUF (CUF Sporting Club) is founded on 27 January. CUF (Companhia União FabrilCompanhia União FabrilThe Companhia União Fabril is a Portuguese chemical corporation and a part of Grupo José de Mello.-History:The company was founded by Alfredo da Silva in 1871 and managed by his descendents, including José Manuel de Mello as a family-run business conglomerate. CUF was one of the largest and most...
) was a soap and chemical manufacturer founded by Alfredo da SilvaAlfredo Da SilvaAlfredo Da Silva is a painter, graphic artist, and photographer, known for his abstract expressionism. He came to international prominence in 1959.- Biography :...
.
- 1939 - Joaquim Fernandes, a G.D. CUF cyclist, wins the Volta a PortugalVolta a PortugalThe Volta a Portugal em bicicleta is a long distance road bicycle race for professionals held in Portugal. The competition takes place annually during a two-week span.- History :...
.
- 1942-43 - The senior football team participates for first time in the first division, only managing to stay one season. Also that year, Alfredo da Silva dies.
- 1953-54 - The football team wins the second division and is promoted to the first division again, ushering a golden era for the club. The most important players were Barriga, Vasques, Luís, Sérgio, Aureliano, André, Carreira (captain), Orlando, Matos, Vale and Velhinho and the coach was João Mário. The club would remain in the first division for the next 22 years. That same year, the junior team became vice-champions of the first division losing in the final against Academica Coimbra.
- 1964-65 - The football team achieved its highest position to date in the first division reaching the third place among 14 teams, qualifying for a European competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs CupInter-Cities Fairs CupThe Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
(now UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
), the first time. The rink hockey would perform even better, becoming national champions.
- 1965-66 - The Alfredo da Silva stadium is inaugurated leaving their former stadium, Santa Bárbara. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after a walkover in the first round, the team is eliminated by A.C. MilanA.C. MilanAssociazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
after three games (2-0, 0-2, 0-1). The team would make two more appearances in the competition in 67/68 (1R) and in 72/73 (2R). The rink hockey team was eliminated from the Champions LeagueRink Hockey Champions LeagueThe European League is an annual roller hockey club competition organized by CERH with the most successful teams of Europe. It is the most prestigious club competition in this sport...
in the first round by Reus DeportiuReus DeportiuReus Deportiu is a Spanish professional roller hockey team based in Reus, Catalonia, and plays in the OK LigaThe club was founded in 1909 and their pavilion is Palau d'Esports Reus Deportiu with capacity of 2,500 seats.-Current Squad 2011–12:...
with a 1-4, 0-3 score.
- 1972 - Víctor Domingos, the CUF and rink hockey national team goalkeeper, is considered the best player in the world in that position.
- 1974 - Carnation RevolutionCarnation RevolutionThe Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
. During the communist-inspired period known as PREC, the company CUF, one of the largest conglomerates of Portugal, is nationalized.
- 1975-76 - After 22 consecutive years in the first division, G.D. CUF is relegated to the second division after finishing in the 16th and last position. From then on, the football club would disappear into the lower divisions, never returning to the first division.
- 1980-81 - The club changes its name to Grupo Desportivo da Quimigal.
- 1991-92 - After decades in the professional divisions, the club fell into the Setúbal District Division.
- 1999-00 - Quimigal wins the Setúbal District Championship, but would be relegated again in the next year. At the end of the season the club's name changed to its current name, Grupo Desportivo Fabril.
- 2002-03 - The club wins the Setúbal District Championship again, only to be relegated again.
- 2006-07 - The club once again wins the Setúbal District Championship.
Sports
- AthleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
- FootballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
- FutsalFutsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
- GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
- Rink Hockey
- JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
Honours
- Portuguese LigaPortuguese LigaThe Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
: 3rd place - 1964/65 - Portuguese Cup: Semi-Final - 1968/69 and 1972/73
- Portuguese Second DivisionPortuguese Second DivisionThe Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...
: Champion - 1953/54 - Inter-Cities Fairs CupInter-Cities Fairs CupThe Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
/UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
: 2nd Round - 1965/66 and 1972/73 - Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
: 1974
League and cup history
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-1943 | 1D | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 77 | 11 | QF | |||
| ... | |||||||||||||
| 1947-1948 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/8 | |||
| 1948-1949 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/8 | |||
| ... | |||||||||||||
| 1954-1955 | 1D | 7 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 52 | 25 | 1/16 | |||
| 1955-1956 | 1D | 10 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 58 | 20 | 1/16 | |||
| 1956-1957 | 1D | 9 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 69 | 21 | 1/8 | |||
| 1957-1958 | 1D | 12 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 59 | 19 | 1/8 | |||
| 1958-1959 | 1D | 11 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 55 | 21 | ||||
| 1959-1960 | 1D | 5 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 25 | 1/32 | |||
| 1960-1961 | 1D | 6 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 26 | 1/8 | |||
| 1961-1962 | 1D | 4 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 33 | 1/16 | |||
| 1962-1963 | 1D | 12 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 40 | 18 | 1/16 | |||
| 1963-1964 | 1D | 5 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 30 | QF | |||
| 1964-1965 | 1D | 3 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 35 | 1/8 | best classification ever | ||
| 1965-1966 | 1D | 9 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 46 | 24 | 1/8 | FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66 The eighth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1965-'66 season. The competition was won by FC Barcelona over two legs in an all-Spanish final against Real Zaragoza... |
|2nd Round | |
| 1966-1967 | 1D | 8 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 23 | 1/16 | |||
| 1967-1968 | 1D | 11 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 1/32 | FC Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous... |
|1st Round | |
| 1968-1969 | 1D | 7 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 27 | SF | |||
| 1969-1970 | 1D | 8 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 23 | 1/16 | |||
| 1970-1971 | 1D | 8 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 1/16 | |||
| 1971-1972 | 1D | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 37 | 1/16 | |||
| 1972-1973 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 30 | SF | UC | |2nd round | |
| 1973-1974 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 25 | QF | |||
| 1974-1975 | 1D | 8 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 29 | 1/8 | |||
| 1975-1976 | 1D | 16 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 18 | 1/16 | |relegated | ||
| 1976-1977 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | QF | |||
| 1977-1978 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/32 | |||
| 1978-1979 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/32 | |||
| 1979-1980 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/64 | |||
| 1980-1981 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1981-1982 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/64 | |||
| 1982-1983 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/16 | |||
| 1983-1984 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1984-1985 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1985-1986 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1986-1987 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1987-1988 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/64 | |||
| 1988-1989 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1989-1990 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/32 | |||
| 1990-1991 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/128 | |||
| 1991-1992 | 3D | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/256 | |||
| ... | |||||||||||||
| 2000-2001 2000-01 in Portuguese football The 2000/01 Portuguese football season saw a new champion: Boavista FC became the 5th club ever to win the championship, surprising many by securing the title in the 33rd of 34 rounds.-Final league table:-External links:*... |
3D | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1/256 | |||
| ... | |||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | 3D | 4 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 40 | 1/128 | |||
1D = First Division
3D = Third Division
FC = Fairs Cup
UC = UEFA Cup
International Performance
As CUF Barreiro, the club has made three official appearances in international football competitions:| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965/66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66 The eighth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1965-'66 season. The competition was won by FC Barcelona over two legs in an all-Spanish final against Real Zaragoza... |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
1R | None | Walkover | |
| 2R |  |
AC Milan | 2-0, 0-2, 0-1 | ||
| 1967/68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous... |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R |  |
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| 1972/73 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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Racing White | 1-0, 2-0 |
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