Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
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The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (in English
: Portuguese Basketball League) is the top men’s basketball
league in Portugal
. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol
after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial problems, which was a professional league. The league is now semi-professional.
SL Benfica has been the dominant force since 2008, winning 58 of the 60 regular season games played by the team since the beginning of the 2008/2009 season and becoming champions twice.
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Basketball
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league in Portugal
Portugal
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. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol
The Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the ruling body of basketball in Portugal. It was established on 17 August 1927. It became a member of International Basketball Federation in 1932, as part of the eight founding members.-External links:*...
after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial problems, which was a professional league. The league is now semi-professional.
SL Benfica has been the dominant force since 2008, winning 58 of the 60 regular season games played by the team since the beginning of the 2008/2009 season and becoming champions twice.
Portuguese Champions
- 1932/1933: Conimbricense
- 1933/1934: União de Lisboa
- 1934/1935: Carnide
- 1935/1936: Carnide (2)
- 1936/1937: Carnide (3)
- 1937/1938: Carnide (4)
- 1938/1939: CF Belenenses
- 1939/1940: SL Benfica
- 1940/1941: Carnide (5)
- 1941/1942: Vasco da Gama AC
- 1942/1943: Carnide (6)
- 1943/1944: Carnide (7)
- 1944/1945: CF Belenenses (2)
- 1945/1946: SL Benfica (2)
- 1946/1947: SL Benfica (3)
- 1947/1948: Vasco da Gama AC (2)
- 1948/1949: Académica
- 1949/1950: Académica (2)
- 1950/1951: Vasco da Gama AC (3)
- 1951/1952: FC Porto
- 1952/1953: FC Porto (2)
- 1953/1954: Sporting CP
- 1954/1955: Académica (3)
- 1955/1956: Sporting CP (2)
- 1956/1957: Barreirense
- 1957/1958: Barreirense (2)
- 1958/1959: Académica (4)
- 1959/1960: Sporting CP (3)
- 1960/1961: SL Benfica (4)
- 1961/1962: SL Benfica (5)
- 1962/1963: SL Benfica (6)
- 1963/1964: SL Benfica (7)
- 1964/1965: SL Benfica (8)
- 1966/1967: Benfica de LuandaSport Luanda e BenficaSport Luanda e Benfica, usually known as Benfica de Luanda or simply as Benfica, is a football club from Luanda, Angola. The club is named after Sport Lisboa e Benfica, of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one...
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) - 1967/1968: Sporting L. MarquesClube de Desportos do MaxaqueneClube de Desportos do Maxaquene, usually known simply as Maxaquene, is a football club based in Maputo, Mozambique. The club is nicknamed Maxaca. Maxaquene won its first post-independence title, the Taça de Moçambique, in 1978...
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) - 1968/1969: Sporting CP (4)
- 1969/1970: SL Benfica (9)
- 1970/1971: Sporting L. Marques (MOZMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
) (2) - 1971/1972: FC Porto (3)
- 1972/1973: Sporting L. Marques (MOZMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
) (3) - 1973/1974: Malhangalene (MOZMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
) - 1974/1975: SL Benfica (10)
- 1975/1976: Sporting CP (5)
- 1976/1977: Ginasio Figueirense
- 1977/1978: Sporting CP (6)
- 1978/1979: FC Porto (4)
- 1979/1980: FC Porto (5)
- 1980/1981: Sporting CP (6)
- 1981/1982: Sporting CP (7)
- 1982/1983: FC Porto (6)
- 1983/1984: CA QueluzCA QueluzQueluz Sintra Património Mundial is a professional basketball team based in Queluz, Portugal. It plays in LCB.-Achievements:* Portuguese Basketball League: 21983/84, 2004/05* Portuguese Basketball Cup: 21982/83, 2004/05-Current Squad 2006/07:...
- 1984/1985: SL Benfica (11)
- 1985/1986: SL Benfica (12)
- 1986/1987: SL Benfica (13)
- 1987/1988: OvarenseOvarense (basketball)Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the...
- 1988/1989: SL Benfica (14)
- 1989/1990: SL Benfica (15)
- 1990/1991: SL Benfica (16)
- 1991/1992: SL Benfica (17)
- 1992/1993: SL Benfica (18)
- 1993/1994: SL Benfica (19)
- 1994/1995: SL Benfica (20)
Liga de Clubes de Basquetebol Champions (Professional League - From 1995 to 2008)
| Year | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-Up | |
| 1995/1996 | FC Porto (7) | 3-1 | SL Benfica |
| 1996/1997 | FC Porto (8) | 3-1 | Oliveirense Oliveirense (basketball) Oliveirense Basquetebol is an amateur basketball team based in Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal. It plays in CNB2, but formerly played in the Portuguese LCB where it won the Portuguese Cup, the Portuguese Supercup and the League Cup twice, before disbanding due to claimed financial distress by the... |
| 1997/1998 | Estrelas Avenida | 3-2 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... |
| 1998/1999 | FC Porto (9) | 3-1 | Illiabum |
| 1999/2000 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... (2) |
3-0 | FC Porto |
| 2000/2001 | Portugal Telecom | 3-1 | Oliveirense Oliveirense (basketball) Oliveirense Basquetebol is an amateur basketball team based in Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal. It plays in CNB2, but formerly played in the Portuguese LCB where it won the Portuguese Cup, the Portuguese Supercup and the League Cup twice, before disbanding due to claimed financial distress by the... |
| 2001/2002 | Portugal Telecom (2) | 3-0 | Oliveirense Oliveirense (basketball) Oliveirense Basquetebol is an amateur basketball team based in Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal. It plays in CNB2, but formerly played in the Portuguese LCB where it won the Portuguese Cup, the Portuguese Supercup and the League Cup twice, before disbanding due to claimed financial distress by the... |
| 2002/2003 | Portugal Telecom (3) | 3-2 | Oliveirense Oliveirense (basketball) Oliveirense Basquetebol is an amateur basketball team based in Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal. It plays in CNB2, but formerly played in the Portuguese LCB where it won the Portuguese Cup, the Portuguese Supercup and the League Cup twice, before disbanding due to claimed financial distress by the... |
| 2003/2004 | FC Porto (10) | 3-1 | CA Queluz CA Queluz Queluz Sintra Património Mundial is a professional basketball team based in Queluz, Portugal. It plays in LCB.-Achievements:* Portuguese Basketball League: 21983/84, 2004/05* Portuguese Basketball Cup: 21982/83, 2004/05-Current Squad 2006/07:... |
| 2004/2005 | CA Queluz CA Queluz Queluz Sintra Património Mundial is a professional basketball team based in Queluz, Portugal. It plays in LCB.-Achievements:* Portuguese Basketball League: 21983/84, 2004/05* Portuguese Basketball Cup: 21982/83, 2004/05-Current Squad 2006/07:... (2) |
3-0 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... |
| 2005/2006 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... (3) |
3-0 | Casino Ginásio |
| 2006/2007 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... (4) |
3-2 | FC Porto |
| 2007/2008 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... (5) |
4-3 | FC Porto |
Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol Champions
| Year | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-Up | |
| 2008/2009 | SL Benfica (21) | 4-0 | Ovarense Ovarense (basketball) Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the... |
| 2009/2010 | SL Benfica (22) | 4-1 | FC Porto |
| 2010/2011 | FC Porto (11) | 4-3 | SL Benfica |
Trivia
- Benfica was the last team to win the title before the professional era and also the first to win after professionalism was ended.
- Benfica became the second team in basketball history to achieve a perfect regular season (100% wins) in the 2008/2009 season, after Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 70's.