Os Magriços was the nickname of the Portugal national football team

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...

 which reached third place in the 1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup

The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as...

 in England

England

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.

It was based on the Benfica team that won the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 in 1961 and 1962, and included Mário Coluna

Mário Coluna

Mário Esteves Coluna is a former Portuguese and Mozambican footballer. He was primarily a left-half and was nicknamed the "O Monstro Sagrado" .-Career:...

, Eusébio

Eusébio

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...

, José Augusto

José Augusto

José Augusto |Barreiro]]) is a former Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He was one of the top players in the legendary S.L. Benfica "Dream Team" and the Portuguese national football team during the 1960s.- Player:...

, José Augusto Torres

José Augusto Torres

José Augusto da Costa Séneca Torres was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach.Nicknamed O Bom Gigante , most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success...

, and António Simões

António Simões

António José Simões da Costa ; born Corroios, 14 December 1943) is a Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He played as a left winger for Benfica, from 1961/62 to 1974/75. With only 1.58 m of height, he is seen as the first "Giant Gnome" of Portuguese football, before Rui Barros...

. It was selected by Manuel da Luz Afonso

Manuel da Luz Afonso

Manuel da Luz Afonso was a Portuguese football manager.He was the Head of the Football Departament of Benfica, during their 1960s Golden Era, until 1964 when he was called to work for the Portugal national football team as seleccionador , with Otto Glória as the coach...

 and coached by Brazilian trainer Otto Glória

Otto Glória

Otto Martins Glória was a Brazilian football coach. He had his greatest successes with SL Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, which he guided to nine national trophies...

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Américo Lopes Américo Lopes Américo Lopes , known as Américo, was a Portuguese football goalkeeper.He played most of his career for FC Porto, from 1958/59 to 1968/69...	Porto
Joaquim Carvalho Joaquim Carvalho Joaquim da Silva Carvalho was a Portuguese football goalkeeper.He played for Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he won several titles of National Champion and the Cup of Portugal...	Sporting CP
José Pereira José Pereira José Costa Pereira was a Portuguese goalkeeper. He is mostly remembered for being the World Cup 1966 goalkeeper in all but one games....	Belenenses
Vicente Lucas Vicente Lucas Vicente da Fonseca Lucas, known in the football world as Vicente was a Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer, who played as a central-defender...	Belenenses
Germano de Figueiredo	Benfica
Fernando Peres Fernando Peres Fernando Peres da Silva was a Portuguese footballer. He played as offensive midfielder for Belenenses, Sporting CP and Académica....	Sporting CP	|
Ernesto Figueiredo Ernesto Figueiredo Ernesto Figueiredo was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a forward for GD Viação de Sernache , Sporting Clube de Portugal and Vitória Setúbal...	Sporting CP	|
João Lourenço João Lourenço João de Matos Moura Lourenço was a Portuguese footballer.He played as a forward for Sporting CP, where he won the Portuguese Liga in 1966 and 1970....	Sporting CP	|
Hilário Conceição	Sporting CP	|
Mário Coluna Mário Coluna Mário Esteves Coluna is a former Portuguese and Mozambican footballer. He was primarily a left-half and was nicknamed the "O Monstro Sagrado" .-Career:...	Benfica
António Simões António Simões António José Simões da Costa ; born Corroios, 14 December 1943) is a Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He played as a left winger for Benfica, from 1961/62 to 1974/75. With only 1.58 m of height, he is seen as the first "Giant Gnome" of Portuguese football, before Rui Barros...	Benfica
José Augusto José Augusto José Augusto |Barreiro]]) is a former Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He was one of the top players in the legendary S.L. Benfica "Dream Team" and the Portuguese national football team during the 1960s.- Player:...	Benfica
Eusébio Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...	Benfica
Fernando Cruz Fernando Cruz Fernando da Conceição Cruz was a Portuguese footballer. He played for SL Benfica as a left-back, from 1959/60 to 1969/70.-Club career:...	Benfica
Manuel Duarte Manuel Duarte Manuel Duarte is a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward for Leixões for ten seasons in the 1960s and 1970s....	Leixões
Jaime Graça	Vitória de Setúbal Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...
João Morais João Morais João Pedro Morais was a Portuguese international footballer.-Club career:He played as a defender for Sporting Clube de Portugal, from 1958/59 to 1968/69, where he won several national championships as well as the Portuguese Cup...	Sporting CP
José Augusto Torres José Augusto Torres José Augusto da Costa Séneca Torres was a Portuguese football centre forward and coach.Nicknamed O Bom Gigante , most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success...	Benfica
Custódio Pinto Custódio Pinto Custódio João Pinto is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.-Club career:Pinto made his professional debuts with F.C. Porto, first appearing in the first division at the age of 19...	Porto
Alexandre Baptista Alexandre Baptista José Alexandre da Silva Baptista was a Portuguese footballer.He played as a central-defender for Sporting CP, were he won several titles of National Champion and the Cup of Portugal...	Sporting CP
José Carlos	Sporting CP
Alberto Festa Alberto Festa Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa was a Portuguese footballer. He played mostly as a right-defender for FC Porto....	Porto

The nickname is based on Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, nicknamed O Magriço, a 14th century Portuguese knight, who, together with 11 colleagues, travelled to England to take in a tournament to defend the honour of twelve English ladies who couldn't find knights in England willing to do so. The story is famously told by Luís de Camões

Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas...

 in Os Lusíadas

Os Lusíadas

Os Lusíadas , usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões ....

, but is of dubious veracity.