[FM23] Battleground Portugal

[TerminalPortugal]

Portuguese football has been dominated by three clubs since the Portuguese League was formalised into a national league system. Those three clubs will be well known to football fans as Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP. There have been other clubs that have had their moment in almost 100 years of competitive national football in Portugal. Belenenses were unlucky to peak just before the national championship began but would themselves win a league title at the end of World War II. They would be only team to have ever won a league title apart from the big three until rather remarkably Boavista did it in the new millennium. Since then, no one else has ever done it.

In the cups there has been a little more variety, but not a huge amount. Sporting Braga have won a few Portuguese Cups and League Cups. Vitoria de Guimaraes and Vitoria de Setubal have done the same. Moreirense were surprise winners of the League Cup a few years ago and even more surprising was Desportivo de Aves who won the cup.

Having said all this, you might be forgiven for thinking that the game revolves around the big three and few minnows occasionally win the odd trophy. But even this does not quite do justice to just how unfair and one-sided Portuguese football is. Even the likes of Boavista and Belenenses are just Porto and Lisbon clubs. Moreirense are from the north a few miles from Porto, the same for Aves. Guimaraes are from the north as well and Braga again is not too far from Porto as well. The Portuguese football system is mostly one where the top three clubs win all the trophies, but even when they don’t it’s normally a club from the local locality.

There were two real exceptions to this. Academica de Coimbra from the Central region of Portugal have won a few cups, and Beira-Mar won one. They are from bigger cities in that region of Portugal. Every other cup and title have gone to a club from Lisbon locality or Porto and North locality.

Why am I telling you this?

I am telling you this because this is the crux of the challenge that we will be attempting in this save. We will be attempting to overturn this advantage that is had by clubs from the big metropolitan areas. More specifically we will be looking to benefit the region of Portugal that I would argue has most underperformed since football became a popular sport in the country.

The regions of Portugal have changed a lot since the country was formed almost 1,000 years ago, but broadly speaking they can be described as the following

Norte – The area to the north that contains Porto and Braga

Centro – The area immediately south of Norte that contains as its biggest cities Coimbra, Leiria and Aveiro.

Lisboa – The area surrounding Lisbon both north and south of the city.

Alentejo – The area of land that lies between the Tagus and Guadiana rivers, it is a large expanse of territory broadly east of Lisbon stretching down to the Algarve. The area is sparsely populated, and the largest city is probably Evora.

Algarve – A strip of land in the very south of the countries, with Faro, Portimão and Lagos as some of its biggest cities.

Madeira – An island archipelago to the south of the continental Portugal, off the coast of Morocco, its capital is Funchal.

The Azores Islands – A group of islands about one third of the way to the United States of America, the largest city there is Ponta Delgada.

While Norte and Lisboa have won pretty much everything, Centro has won just a few cups and the rest have won absolutely nothing in their history.

So which region will we be representing?

I wanted to represent the worst region in Portugal, so immediately it left only Alentejo, Algarve, Madeira, and The Azores available for selection.

Madeira despite having never won anything does have big clubs on the island. The likes of Maritimo and Nacional da Madeira have a long history of playing top division football, and they have been in Europe before. They have reached a few finals despite never winning one of them, so they were immediately discounted from contention.

Algarve has never won a competition, but they do have Portimonense in the top division and the likes of Farense have spent long periods in the top division in the last 20-30 years. So, it would seem that the Algarve is eliminated from contention.

So that left a straight fight between Alentejo and the Azores. First the reasons for the Azores. The Azores have only ever had one team in the top division of Portugal, Santa Clara and that is lowest total of any of the regions, but they are in the top division now and while not being one of the biggest clubs around they are a decent enough side.

The second reason is one that one might describe as mostly geographical, but they have a big disadvantage in playing on islands that are in the middle of the Atlantic. Well having said that it goes both ways. It is a long way to go every time you must play an away game in the league. However, every other club they play must travel to The Azores to play them so you can argue that there is a double-edged sword with that arrangement.

Now the reasons for Alentejo and I think they are compelling. Alentejo is a very big piece of land in Portugal, yet only three clubs have ever reached the top division of Portugal. Luistano de Evora in the 1940s to 50s, Elvas in 1960’s and briefly again in 1986 and Campomaiorense in the late 1990s to early 2000’s but the latter do not even exist anymore as the club essentially went bankrupt when were relegated from the top division.

Campomaiorense were also the only side from Alentejo to get to a cup final, playing Beira Mar in 1998/99, they would lose that final 1-0. It was apparently quite an event for Alentejo, as people from across the region went to the Estadio Nacional to watch the game.

Added to the record of clubs from Alentejo, there is good reasoning in where the clubs find themselves now. They are the only regions whose highest team sits in the fourth division – The Campeonato de Portugal. Every other region has at least two teams that sit in the Third Division or better.

So having decided we will represent Alentejo. What is the Alentejo?

As previously mentioned, the Alentejo region is broadly speaking the region in between two rivers, the Tagus River, and the Guadiana River. It is a land that in the modern day is mostly an area of agriculture.

Alentejo's area extends to 27,272 square kilometres (10,530 square miles) (29.6% of the country) and has a population of 537,556 (5.1% of the country).

Topographically, the countryside varies from the open rolling plains of the south of Alentejo to the granite hills that border Spain in the northeast. To feed the water needs of this considerable area, several public dams have been constructed, most notably the Alqueva Dam.

The landscape is primarily one of soft rolling hills and plains, with conspicuous shrubs and the native cork oaks and holly/holm oaks, the established olive trees, and grapevines, as well as eucalyptus trees and some native trees. Managed oak landscapes are locally known as montados.

In the north, traditional economic activity may be more livestock-based as typified by cattle, sheep, and pig (both white and black) farming. To the south, agriculture may be more predominant.

The Alentejo region has a Mediterranean climate, typically warm-to-hot and dry for a large part of the year, with summer temperatures regularly reaching up to 40 °C (104 °F), while winters are relatively mild and wet. The climate is not uniform throughout the region, however: mid-summer temperatures in coastal areas are usually much lower (often around 25 °C (77 °F)) than inland ones (which frequently hover around 35 °C (95 °F)). This resembles the contrast between Casablanca and the Moroccan interior, where the presence of the nearby Atlantic Ocean gives rise to marked temperature differences between coastal and even nearby inland zones.

Usually, the warmest temperatures can be found in the southernmost inland parts of the region, along the Guadiana valley between Mértola and Juromenha, particularly in the areas close to Moura. However, the hottest days tend to deviate from the usual pattern and will arise when the winds are east or southeast and very hot air with temperatures reaching 25 °C (77 °F) or more at 850 mbar level (usually around 1,500 m.a.s.l.) enter Iberia from Africa. If the winds are strong enough, the deep and low-lying valley of the Sado river becomes extremely warm by European standards. Places like Alvalade do Sado and Alcácer do Sal and others below 100 metres (330 ft) can reach 45 °C (113 °F) under extreme circumstances, and 40 °C (104 °F) in the summer is regularly reached each year even though they are relatively close to the coast.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Portugal was measured on 1 August 2003 in Amareleja and reached 47.4 °C (117.3 °F). Since the meteorological station is about 100 metres (330 ft) above the nearby valley near Moura, it is very likely that temperatures above 48 °C (118 °F) were reached there but no measurements were taken. What is most impressive and unique in Europe was a stretch of no less than seventeen consecutive days at Amareleja with a maximum temperature of 40 °C (104 °F) or more (reaching an average over the period of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F)). This was only equalled over the same period in Córdoba, Spain; although slightly lower over the same period at 42.4 °C (108.3 °F). Finally, the average daytime maximum temperatures reach 35 to 36 °C (95 to 97 °F) in July and August near Moura, 33 to 34 °C (91 to 93 °F) in the Sado Valley (and other inland valleys away from the coast). Many parts, however, are above 200 or 300 metres (660 or 980 ft) altitude, which leads to lower average temperatures also in summer. It is very likely that the Guadiana River valley away from the coast is the hottest on average in Europe, along with the inland part of the Spanish Guadalquivir region, especially near Córdoba. The extremes in this valley, however, are somewhat lower (most just above 46 °C (115 °F)).

Portugal, including the Alentejo region, is affected by climate change and average temperatures are clearly on the rise. Some climate models indicate daytime average maximum temperatures nearing 40 °C (104 °F) in the Guadiana River valley by 2100.

The area is commonly known as the "breadbasket" of Portugal, a region of vast open countryside with undulating plains and rich fertile soil. With very few exceptions, all the major towns are mainly reliant on agriculture, livestock, and forestry. There are several types of traditional cheeses, wines, and smoked hams and sausages made in the Alentejo region, including Queijo Serpa, Queijo de Évora, and Queijo de Nisa (PDO cheeses); Vinho do Alentejo and Vinho do Redondo (wines); and presunto (smoked ham). Marble, cork, olive oil, and mining industries are other important activities in the region and tourism is expected to have growth potential. The Alqueva Dam is an important irrigation and hydroelectricity generation facility that supports part of Alentejo's economy.

The region is home to the world's most important area for the growing of cork. Cork oak, known in Portugal as "sobreiro", has been grown commercially in the region for the past 300 years, with the areas between the trees typically given over to grazing, or on the more productive soils, to the growing of citrus fruit, vines, or olives. Therefore, a uniquely rich and varied ecosystem has developed. The bark of the cork oak is still harvested by teams of men using locally made hand-axes. No mechanical method has yet been invented that will allow the harvest to be achieved as effectively. The stripping of the bark is performed only in midsummer when the bark can be removed more easily. The cork oak is the only tree known that will allow this regular stripping of bark without damage. The harvest of one mature tree provides sufficient bark to produce about 4,000 wine bottle corks. The industry provides employment for about 60,000 workers.

Clubs in Each Region

Norte

Centro

Lisboa

Alentejo

Algarve

Azores

Madeira

Clubs By Division

Premier League

Second Division

Third Division

 

Campeonato de Portugal

Regional District Premier Divisions

It should be noted that there are divisions below the Premier Divisions which we could manage teams from but this at least shows up to the District Leagues the clubs that are available to us.

The Challenge

The challenge for this save is as stated. I will manage sides from Alentejo looking to overcome the rest of the country. Every season I will be recording the winners of the trophies and updating a table that records two things, the number of trophies per region and the points (a relative amount of points dependant on the trophy) that each region has won.

Our goal is to eventually become the region that had the most trophies and the most points, somewhere a long way down the line.

The Rules

1.       I must start with a manager with no badges or experience at the best club in the Alentejo region.

2.       I have unlimited seasons at the club, until I reach the top division. From that first season I then have 15 seasons at the club, before I much resign and take a new job in the Alentejo region.

3.       My manager must retire at a reasonable age, I can then start a new manager following rule one however they must be unemployed instead. Each manager can only manage a specific team once in their career.

4.       All trophy wins count towards the figures, whether I win them or not (as long as a club from Alentejo wins). Realistically this is a game as much to do with building a club up to be competitive once I have left as much as being competitive when I am at the club.

5.       I am allowed to implement unorthodox strategies to help the cause of the Alentejo (explained a bit more below)

Strategies and Tactics

Early Game

• Try and achieve promotions, and build a style of play
• Work with loans and get players that will help the club move forward no matter the age

Mid Game

• Start attempting to improve facilities
• Start building up a profile of player specifically looking at age, that can blossom at the club going forward in the long term
• Find ways to make money, buy or use the youth facilities to sign youngsters, develop them and sell them.

Late Game

• Develop affiliates with other Alentejo clubs
• Send loan players to other Alentejo clubs, in the hopes that they can better their chances of promotion
• Maximise facilities to the maximum possible
• Look to build fanbase and stadium facilities
• Utilise spare money to redistribute wealth to smaller clubs in the Alentejo, by buying players at inflated rates, allowing those clubs to outcompete their division rivals.

Current Trophy Standings

What’s Next and What’s the post schedule

Post Schedule – Likely be of each month of the campaign with an end of season update on who won what and update of the tables

Game Data – We will be loading, all the district leagues of Portugal, as well as the top five European top divisions (English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1). I am loading the non-Portuguese leagues to keep the Champions League as competitive as possible.

Next up we reveal the manager and the club we will be starting at.

[LazgoNNO2000]

3 hours ago, TerminalPortugal said:

Portuguese football has been dominated by three clubs since the Portuguese League was formalised into a national league system. Those three clubs will be well known to football fans as Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP. There have been other clubs that have had their moment in almost 100 years of competitive national football in Portugal. Belenenses were unlucky to peak just before the national championship began but would themselves win a league title at the end of World War II. They would be only team to have ever won a league title apart from the big three until rather remarkably Boavista did it in the new millennium. Since then, no one else has ever done it.

In the cups there has been a little more variety, but not a huge amount. Sporting Braga have won a few Portuguese Cups and League Cups. Vitoria de Guimaraes and Vitoria de Setubal have done the same. Moreirense were surprise winners of the League Cup a few years ago and even more surprising was Desportivo de Aves who won the cup.

Having said all this, you might be forgiven for thinking that the game revolves around the big three and few minnows occasionally win the odd trophy. But even this does not quite do justice to just how unfair and one-sided Portuguese football is. Even the likes of Boavista and Belenenses are just Porto and Lisbon clubs. Moreirense are from the north a few miles from Porto, the same for Aves. Guimaraes are from the north as well and Braga again is not too far from Porto as well. The Portuguese football system is mostly one where the top three clubs win all the trophies, but even when they don’t it’s normally a club from the local locality.

There were two real exceptions to this. Academica de Coimbra from the Central region of Portugal have won a few cups, and Beira-Mar won one. They are from bigger cities in that region of Portugal. Every other cup and title have gone to a club from Lisbon locality or Porto and North locality.

Why am I telling you this?

I am telling you this because this is the crux of the challenge that we will be attempting in this save. We will be attempting to overturn this advantage that is had by clubs from the big metropolitan areas. More specifically we will be looking to benefit the region of Portugal that I would argue has most underperformed since football became a popular sport in the country.

The regions of Portugal have changed a lot since the country was formed almost 1,000 years ago, but broadly speaking they can be described as the following

Norte – The area to the north that contains Porto and Braga

Centro – The area immediately south of Norte that contains as its biggest cities Coimbra, Leiria and Aveiro.

Lisboa – The area surrounding Lisbon both north and south of the city.

Alentejo – The area of land that lies between the Tagus and Guadiana rivers, it is a large expanse of territory broadly east of Lisbon stretching down to the Algarve. The area is sparsely populated, and the largest city is probably Evora.

Algarve – A strip of land in the very south of the countries, with Faro, Portimão and Lagos as some of its biggest cities.

Madeira – An island archipelago to the south of the continental Portugal, off the coast of Morocco, its capital is Funchal.

The Azores Islands – A group of islands about one third of the way to the United States of America, the largest city there is Ponta Delgada.

While Norte and Lisboa have won pretty much everything, Centro has won just a few cups and the rest have won absolutely nothing in their history.

So which region will we be representing?

I wanted to represent the worst region in Portugal, so immediately it left only Alentejo, Algarve, Madeira, and The Azores available for selection.

Madeira despite having never won anything does have big clubs on the island. The likes of Maritimo and Nacional da Madeira have a long history of playing top division football, and they have been in Europe before. They have reached a few finals despite never winning one of them, so they were immediately discounted from contention.

Algarve has never won a competition, but they do have Portimonense in the top division and the likes of Farense have spent long periods in the top division in the last 20-30 years. So, it would seem that the Algarve is eliminated from contention.

So that left a straight fight between Alentejo and the Azores. First the reasons for the Azores. The Azores have only ever had one team in the top division of Portugal, Santa Clara and that is lowest total of any of the regions, but they are in the top division now and while not being one of the biggest clubs around they are a decent enough side.

The second reason is one that one might describe as mostly geographical, but they have a big disadvantage in playing on islands that are in the middle of the Atlantic. Well having said that it goes both ways. It is a long way to go every time you must play an away game in the league. However, every other club they play must travel to The Azores to play them so you can argue that there is a double-edged sword with that arrangement.

Now the reasons for Alentejo and I think they are compelling. Alentejo is a very big piece of land in Portugal, yet only three clubs have ever reached the top division of Portugal. Luistano de Evora in the 1940s to 50s, Elvas in 1960’s and briefly again in 1986 and Campomaiorense in the late 1990s to early 2000’s but the latter do not even exist anymore as the club essentially went bankrupt when were relegated from the top division.

Campomaiorense were also the only side from Alentejo to get to a cup final, playing Beira Mar in 1998/99, they would lose that final 1-0. It was apparently quite an event for Alentejo, as people from across the region went to the Estadio Nacional to watch the game.

Added to the record of clubs from Alentejo, there is good reasoning in where the clubs find themselves now. They are the only regions whose highest team sits in the fourth division – The Campeonato de Portugal. Every other region has at least two teams that sit in the Third Division or better.

So having decided we will represent Alentejo. What is the Alentejo?

As previously mentioned, the Alentejo region is broadly speaking the region in between two rivers, the Tagus River, and the Guadiana River. It is a land that in the modern day is mostly an area of agriculture.

Alentejo's area extends to 27,272 square kilometres (10,530 square miles) (29.6% of the country) and has a population of 537,556 (5.1% of the country).

Topographically, the countryside varies from the open rolling plains of the south of Alentejo to the granite hills that border Spain in the northeast. To feed the water needs of this considerable area, several public dams have been constructed, most notably the Alqueva Dam.

The landscape is primarily one of soft rolling hills and plains, with conspicuous shrubs and the native cork oaks and holly/holm oaks, the established olive trees, and grapevines, as well as eucalyptus trees and some native trees. Managed oak landscapes are locally known as montados.

In the north, traditional economic activity may be more livestock-based as typified by cattle, sheep, and pig (both white and black) farming. To the south, agriculture may be more predominant.

The Alentejo region has a Mediterranean climate, typically warm-to-hot and dry for a large part of the year, with summer temperatures regularly reaching up to 40 °C (104 °F), while winters are relatively mild and wet. The climate is not uniform throughout the region, however: mid-summer temperatures in coastal areas are usually much lower (often around 25 °C (77 °F)) than inland ones (which frequently hover around 35 °C (95 °F)). This resembles the contrast between Casablanca and the Moroccan interior, where the presence of the nearby Atlantic Ocean gives rise to marked temperature differences between coastal and even nearby inland zones.

Usually, the warmest temperatures can be found in the southernmost inland parts of the region, along the Guadiana valley between Mértola and Juromenha, particularly in the areas close to Moura. However, the hottest days tend to deviate from the usual pattern and will arise when the winds are east or southeast and very hot air with temperatures reaching 25 °C (77 °F) or more at 850 mbar level (usually around 1,500 m.a.s.l.) enter Iberia from Africa. If the winds are strong enough, the deep and low-lying valley of the Sado river becomes extremely warm by European standards. Places like Alvalade do Sado and Alcácer do Sal and others below 100 metres (330 ft) can reach 45 °C (113 °F) under extreme circumstances, and 40 °C (104 °F) in the summer is regularly reached each year even though they are relatively close to the coast.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Portugal was measured on 1 August 2003 in Amareleja and reached 47.4 °C (117.3 °F). Since the meteorological station is about 100 metres (330 ft) above the nearby valley near Moura, it is very likely that temperatures above 48 °C (118 °F) were reached there but no measurements were taken. What is most impressive and unique in Europe was a stretch of no less than seventeen consecutive days at Amareleja with a maximum temperature of 40 °C (104 °F) or more (reaching an average over the period of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F)). This was only equalled over the same period in Córdoba, Spain; although slightly lower over the same period at 42.4 °C (108.3 °F). Finally, the average daytime maximum temperatures reach 35 to 36 °C (95 to 97 °F) in July and August near Moura, 33 to 34 °C (91 to 93 °F) in the Sado Valley (and other inland valleys away from the coast). Many parts, however, are above 200 or 300 metres (660 or 980 ft) altitude, which leads to lower average temperatures also in summer. It is very likely that the Guadiana River valley away from the coast is the hottest on average in Europe, along with the inland part of the Spanish Guadalquivir region, especially near Córdoba. The extremes in this valley, however, are somewhat lower (most just above 46 °C (115 °F)).

Portugal, including the Alentejo region, is affected by climate change and average temperatures are clearly on the rise. Some climate models indicate daytime average maximum temperatures nearing 40 °C (104 °F) in the Guadiana River valley by 2100.

The area is commonly known as the "breadbasket" of Portugal, a region of vast open countryside with undulating plains and rich fertile soil. With very few exceptions, all the major towns are mainly reliant on agriculture, livestock, and forestry. There are several types of traditional cheeses, wines, and smoked hams and sausages made in the Alentejo region, including Queijo Serpa, Queijo de Évora, and Queijo de Nisa (PDO cheeses); Vinho do Alentejo and Vinho do Redondo (wines); and presunto (smoked ham). Marble, cork, olive oil, and mining industries are other important activities in the region and tourism is expected to have growth potential. The Alqueva Dam is an important irrigation and hydroelectricity generation facility that supports part of Alentejo's economy.

The region is home to the world's most important area for the growing of cork. Cork oak, known in Portugal as "sobreiro", has been grown commercially in the region for the past 300 years, with the areas between the trees typically given over to grazing, or on the more productive soils, to the growing of citrus fruit, vines, or olives. Therefore, a uniquely rich and varied ecosystem has developed. The bark of the cork oak is still harvested by teams of men using locally made hand-axes. No mechanical method has yet been invented that will allow the harvest to be achieved as effectively. The stripping of the bark is performed only in midsummer when the bark can be removed more easily. The cork oak is the only tree known that will allow this regular stripping of bark without damage. The harvest of one mature tree provides sufficient bark to produce about 4,000 wine bottle corks. The industry provides employment for about 60,000 workers.

Clubs in Each Region

Norte

Centro

Lisboa

Alentejo

Algarve

Azores

Madeira

Clubs By Division

Premier League

Second Division

Third Division

 

Campeonato de Portugal

Regional District Premier Divisions

It should be noted that there are divisions below the Premier Divisions which we could manage teams from but this at least shows up to the District Leagues the clubs that are available to us.

The Challenge

The challenge for this save is as stated. I will manage sides from Alentejo looking to overcome the rest of the country. Every season I will be recording the winners of the trophies and updating a table that records two things, the number of trophies per region and the points (a relative amount of points dependant on the trophy) that each region has won.

Our goal is to eventually become the region that had the most trophies and the most points, somewhere a long way down the line.

The Rules

1.       I must start with a manager with no badges or experience at the best club in the Alentejo region.

2.       I have unlimited seasons at the club, until I reach the top division. From that first season I then have 15 seasons at the club, before I much resign and take a new job in the Alentejo region.

3.       My manager must retire at a reasonable age, I can then start a new manager following rule one however they must be unemployed instead. Each manager can only manage a specific team once in their career.

4.       All trophy wins count towards the figures, whether I win them or not (as long as a club from Alentejo wins). Realistically this is a game as much to do with building a club up to be competitive once I have left as much as being competitive when I am at the club.

5.       I am allowed to implement unorthodox strategies to help the cause of the Alentejo (explained a bit more below)

Strategies and Tactics

Early Game

• Try and achieve promotions, and build a style of play
• Work with loans and get players that will help the club move forward no matter the age

Mid Game

• Start attempting to improve facilities
• Start building up a profile of player specifically looking at age, that can blossom at the club going forward in the long term
• Find ways to make money, buy or use the youth facilities to sign youngsters, develop them and sell them.

Late Game

• Develop affiliates with other Alentejo clubs
• Send loan players to other Alentejo clubs, in the hopes that they can better their chances of promotion
• Maximise facilities to the maximum possible
• Look to build fanbase and stadium facilities
• Utilise spare money to redistribute wealth to smaller clubs in the Alentejo, by buying players at inflated rates, allowing those clubs to outcompete their division rivals.

Current Trophy Standings

What’s Next and What’s the post schedule

Post Schedule – Likely be of each month of the campaign with an end of season update on who won what and update of the tables

Game Data – We will be loading, all the district leagues of Portugal, as well as the top five European top divisions (English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1). I am loading the non-Portuguese leagues to keep the Champions League as competitive as possible.

Next up we reveal the manager and the club we will be starting at.

wow that it very cool

[Pasta n Sauce]

Looking forward to this mate

[TerminalPortugal]

Season 2022/23

The best club in the Alentejo region ended up being Juventude de Evora, as they were predicted to finish the highest in the Campeonato de Portugal, which is the fourth tier of Portuguese football. The board are pretty ambitious and that might not be a good thing, since they want us to be promoted this season, but across all the groups there are probably thirteen or so clubs that are arguably better than us. The club has a fierce rivalry with Lusitano, who as you can see play right next door. Although for our purposes we are allies.

Manager

Our manager is above, the name is Luis Ramos, and at 28 years of age, we should have plenty of time to affect the fortunes of the Alentejo.

Squad

Best Players

Welisson Santos

Marcos Soares

Goncalo Batista

Geraldo Matsimbe

Harlem Salas

Current Facilities

Honours

Supporter Profile

Edited January 5, 2023 by TerminalPortugal

[TerminalPortugal]

4 hours ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

wow that it very cool

 

3 hours ago, Pasta n Sauce said:

Looking forward to this mate

Cheers thanks very much for the interest in the thread. I hope it will be a good one.

[LazgoNNO2000]

19 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

 

Cheers thanks very much for the interest in the thread. I hope it will be a good one.

so bet it gonna be Lusitano de Evora or Portalegrense

[TerminalPortugal]

4 minutes ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

so bet it gonna be Lusitano de Evora or Portalegrense

close Juventude de Evora, were the best team according to the season preview, so they are our club. I think Lusitano were very close and I think Portalegrense are in the division below at the start

[TerminalPortugal]

July 2022

Transfers

Stefano Zarantonello - We did not have much wage budget space so, we could either get in a few different signings of this Argentinian striker, and I opted to bring him in because I felt he was better than what we already had, and it was an area of the pitch where we could use some improvement.

Results

It was just friendlies this month and they went about to form. We tried a couple of different tactics, and we have more or less decided on our approach now. The results mostly went to form I would expect to lose against the better Spanish sides and beat C. Industria, so we got exactly what we expected.

[DaNascimento]

Interesting Challenge! Évora is a beatiful spot, but i remember that it is much too hot there to play football

[TerminalPortugal]

August 2022

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

It would be two more friendly games which we managed to win before we faced our first competitive game, in the 1st Round of the Portuguese Cup and we came through against Condeixa. We would then our first two games of the season to start perfect in our group. Lusitano and Serpa did the same as we sit third. They are both clubs from Alentejo so that is a pretty good thing that they have started well. Zarantonello has had an impressive start to the season with 3 goals in 3 games, as has Goncalo Batista and Ezio Pinto, with some good stats at this early juncture.

[TerminalPortugal]

2 hours ago, DaNascimento said:

Interesting Challenge! Évora is a beatiful spot, but i remember that it is much too hot there to play football

Yeah super hot. There are hotter places, the south of Alentejo around Beja is horrifically hot in the summer.

[TerminalPortugal]

September 2022

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We continued our perfect record this month as we picked up three more league wins and got through the 2nd and 3rd Round of the Portuguese Cup. Stefano Zarantonello continued to be the main man up front with three goals in the month but RIvaldo Semedo also got on the scoresheet three times as well. Ezio Pinto continues to put up pretty amazing work rate numbers down the left wing as does Goncalo Batista as the two men have built up a nice understanding. At the moment we are playing out of skins across the board, so I can't really argue with that. The cup was quite a performance as we beat Third Division Felgueiras in the Second Round, so that was a little bit of upset we managed to cause.

[TerminalPortugal]

October 2022

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

It has been another good month for us as we remain undefeated, but it was a tougher month as we had to make our way to Madeira to open things up. We would end needing to travel twice to Madeira, as we would play Camacha later in the month as well, but this time we managed to win. In between we drew to Fabril before, winning the remainder of our league games. In the cup 4th Round,  we had a tough test against Uniao de Leiria, and we were close to exiting the competition, down 2-1 in the final minutes but we got an equaliser and would go one to win a mad extra time 4-3. Stefano Zarantonello looks the real deal with 14 goals now in the league and 8 of those coming this month as we upped the ante in month. Rivaldo Semedo gets important goals but he is a bit wasteful, his XG is higher than Zarantonello, but he has almost half the goals. Ezio Pinto and Goncalo Batista continue to be a force down the left, but tiredness is beginning to creep in and we really don't have an alternative to Ezio at the moment, so if he does go down injured we will be in a bit of a pickle.

[phnompenhandy]

Wow, super-interesting. Another narrative that will be decades in the telling. I just hope you don't have the same bad luck as last time!

[TerminalPortugal]

November 2022

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

A short month of games would see us lose our first game of the season to Angrense. It was a heavy defeat and it coincided with us having to rest a few players for the game, as it just was not possible to play them for this fixture. Left back is a real issue for us with only Pinto able to play there with any kind of competence. We would win the other two games this month and we actually extended our lead at the top of the table to seven points over Serpa. Zarantonello again had a great month as he picked up four goals including a hat-trick against Olhanense. Semedo continued to be a little disappointing in terms of goal scoring output but he has actually played decently over the past few games.

[TerminalPortugal]

30 minutes ago, phnompenhandy said:

Wow, super-interesting. Another narrative that will be decades in the telling. I just hope you don't have the same bad luck as last time!

Yeah, I suspect it will take a very long time to complete this challenge.

[TerminalPortugal]

December 2022

Youth Intake

Transfers

In

Rui Faria - came in to replace the exiting Digas. He is probably not a starter but should fill the role that Digas left in the squad.

Out

Digas - The centre back exits the club, we did not want him to leave but he got annoyed when a bid was rejected and so we decided to allow him to leave

Francisco Ganco - He is a player that has a lot of potential and having reached 18, I wanted him to go out on loan, and eventually Uniao 1919 came in to at least give him some game time on loan.

Badges

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

A great month for us as we racked up another three wins and we now extend the lead at the top of the league to 11 points clear of Serpa. We are looking good value to go into the playoff stage of the Campeonato. The defence has to take the plaudits this month as we found three clean sheets. Santos and Monteiro have been a rock at the back and Monteiro got himself a goal as well to win the game at Rabo de Peixe.

[LazgoNNO2000]

2 hours ago, TerminalPortugal said:

December 2022

Youth Intake

Transfers

In

Rui Faria - came in to replace the exiting Digas. He is probably not a starter but should fill the role that Digas left in the squad.

Out

Digas - The centre back exits the club, we did not want him to leave but he got annoyed when a bid was rejected and so we decided to allow him to leave

Francisco Ganco - He is a player that has a lot of potential and having reached 18, I wanted him to go out on loan, and eventually Uniao 1919 came in to at least give him some game time on loan.

Badges

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

A great month for us as we racked up another three wins and we now extend the lead at the top of the league to 11 points clear of Serpa. We are looking good value to go into the playoff stage of the Campeonato. The defence has to take the plaudits this month as we found three clean sheets. Santos and Monteiro have been a rock at the back and Monteiro got himself a goal as well to win the game at Rabo de Peixe.

so anyways what is your tactic

[TerminalPortugal]

1 minute ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

so anyways what is your tactic

[TerminalPortugal]

January 2023

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We drew Premier League opposition in the cup and duly bowed out to Estoril after a 3-0 loss. We would also lose at home to Maritimo B 3-0, in what was a bit of a shocker, although I suspect they had a few first teamers down for a bit of football. We won the remainder of the games and we remain on course to win our group, as we still have an 11 point lead to the Madeiran side. The team has gone a bit off the boil over the last few games. Rodrigo Monteiro at centre back has probably been the best player this month.

[LazgoNNO2000]

wo

4 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

wow very cool

[TerminalPortugal]

February 2023

Transfers

Out

Matheus Pranke - We did not want to sell him but again, he wanted to leave and I did not want him upsetting the applecart. To be honest we should be able to replace him quite easily whenever we can eventually do that.

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

When we beat Camacha, we secured ourselves a playoff place, and the month went pretty well with three wins and a draw. It was particularly pleasing to beat Angrense 6-2 after they inflicted our first defeat of the season. There has been a return to form for many of the players as we had no problems finding the net. The pick of the players this month has been Harlem Salas. he has had a few injury problems over the year but this month he really upped his game and scored in every game in the month. At the moment we have an issue where we cannot renew any contracts because we simply don't have any budget and the board is pretty remorseless in not allowing us to renew any contracts at all. It has meant that Welisson Santos for example has an agreement to leave the club already and others will follow. it's not a massive issue, because we can probably replace every single player in the side without too many issues, it is just a little annoying not to be able to tie anyone down to a new contract at the moment.

Edited January 6, 2023 by TerminalPortugal

[TerminalPortugal]

March 2023

Youth Candidates

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We won our group by quite a margin and we moved onto the second stage, and while it was not the worst start ever, it was not the best as we only managed a draw against Maria da Fonte. We need to finish in the top two spots if we are to be promoted to the next phase. The youth candidates came in and there appear to be a few good prospects in the bunch, but we are at a low level here so whether they ever really contribute anything to the club will remain to be seen. I think this month Goncalo Batista has been the best player for us, he scored in both games in the month and continues his impressive season with us.

 

[TerminalPortugal]

April 2023

Record Goalscorer

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We returned to some lovely form this month and just when we needed it at the business end of the season. Xande who had mostly been coming in off the bench got himself the goals to become the all time top goalscorer for the club. In terms of our form we to win all but one of the games this month, and the only draw was away to fellow Alentejo side Serpa. We look good value to be promoted at this stage as Maria da Fonte have to make up a mountain of points on us. Although if we want to win this phase we will need to stay ahead of Vila Mea who are just a couple of points behind us in the league. In terms of performances this month it is hard to look past Harlem Salas who has been superb this month, he's got himself goals and assists this month and almost been mesmeric on the right wing.

[TerminalPortugal]

May 2023

Results

League Table

New Contract

Badges

Squad

Thoughts

We were on the verge of gaining promotion and despite a pretty brutal defeat to Vila Mea, we would manage to gain promotion and we would also manage to over the month get back in front of Vila Mea to qualify for the Champions Playoff, the end of season finale. Fortunately the board have massively increased the wage budget, which has meant we have been able to get some of the players we wanted to sign new contract, although the likes of Zarantonello is still holding out at the moment and I am unsure we will be able to get him in. We have also started the early work of scouting for new players for the coming season. I think this month we have to give the props to Rivaldo Semedo, who has been really coming into his own and Harlem Salas has continued to impress me with his end of season form. Marcos Soares also deserves a mention this month as he has been excellent from right back.

We are promoted to the Third Division and it is just the Champions Playoff Final to go which happens early next month.

 

[TerminalPortugal]

Campeonato de Portugal Champions Playoff Final - June 2023

Thoughts

Well we managed to win the Fourth tier of Portuguese football against the pre-season favourites. It was a much closer game than the scoreline would suggest as going into the final ten minutes the scoreline was 3-2, but we then managed to just keep scoring to take the score to a rather flattering 6-2 scoreline. Rivaldo Semedo who started the season as a bit of a misfits, ends it with the man of the match performance in the final for his goal and two assists on the night.

[TerminalPortugal]

Season 2022/23 Update

Trophy Updates

The league was won by FC Porto as they made it 31st league title.

The Portuguese Cup was won by Sporting CP as they beat FC Porto 2-0 in the final. That is Portuguese Cup number 18 for the Lisbon side.

The Portuguese League Cup was won by FC Porto, it was their first time lifting that trophy

The Portuguese Super Cup was won by FC Porto.

The Champions League is yet to take place and is between Manchester City vs Red Bull Leipzig, and thus features no Portuguese side

The Europa League was won by Manchester United as they beat Arsenal in the final 1-0.

The Europa Conference League has yet to take place and is between Real Sociedad and Fiorentina and again does not involve any Portuguese side.

The updated points table is below.

Alentejo Update

The Portuguese Championship

Juventude de Evora are promoted as league champions

Serpa, Arronches de Benfica will remain in the division

Lusitano de Evora and Vasco Gama Vidigueira have been relegated to the district leagues

District Leagues

Beja Division - Castrense have been promoted from the Beja area as league champions.

Evora Division - Atletico Reguengos have been promoted from the Evora area as league champions.

Portalegre Division - O Elvas have been promoted from the Portalegre area as league champions.

[TerminalPortugal]

June 2023

Supporter Profile Update

Club Awards

Professional Status

New Contract

[TerminalPortugal]

July 2023

Transfers

Brian - the young right back comes in from Sao Paulo, as a cover option but possibly he could force his way into the team.

Juan Balanta - The Colombia versatile midfielder comes into the club. I like the fact that he can play both right and left wing, and so he should be a great option off the bench for us or to cover for any injuries

Miguel Abreu - A player that I felt would add a lot defensively as he can play both centre back and defensive midfield for us.

Andre Dias - Left back cover, or could possibly start. 

Mario Correia - We needed options up front and I think Correia has all the hallmarks of someone who can contribute to our cause this season.

Carlos Kameni - A player many will know from his time at Espanyol. He is very old now at 39 years old, but with goalkeepers the drop off is not as extreme as with outfield players, so I would not be surprised if he did a good job for us. I expect him to start for us.

Chico - Another striker competing for a starting role, can also effectively play off either wing.

Wallisson Bahia - He looked like one of the best pieces of business we did, but his wages are pretty high too. He can play strike, right wing and right back. I expect him to play off the wing, but the added versatility is helpful.

Carlos Mosquera - Another Colombian, who can play centre back and defensive midfield. Looks a good player, but has got a bad injury since arriving and will not feature for at least 3 months.

Luis Sanchez - Another striker into the fold and another Colombia. He looks like he has some very good physical attributes if we need to beat the opposition with pace and strength.

Victor Hugo - Left winger, the Brazilian looks a handful to play against. We could have signed him last season if we had the money, but we didn't. This season I decided to bring him in.

Team of the Year

Awards

Results

Thoughts

A lot of signings during the window as might be expected from a club that has just been promoted. I think we have done a decent enough job, but our morale is a little shot at the moment, I suspect from players leaving and coming into the club and that has not helped. Our first friendlies have been frankly dreadful results and we will need to pull our finger out.

[TerminalPortugal]

August 2023

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

It has been a great start to the league campaign as we bagged ourselves 3 wins and loss. The loss to Estrela da Amadora was to be honest quite unlucky I would say, we led the game and they were fortunate to get their goals so I won't dwell too much on that loss but elsewhere we have been great and got the results. A big opening day win against Belenenses, and the wins against Lank and Caldas. It's also very nice to see that we have some very nice attendances at the games, getting close to sellouts for both home games. In terms of the squad the first guy who needs to be mentioned is Chico, who already has five goals to his name and has been brilliant early on in the season. His strike partner Sanchez has also had a nice start to season. Abreu, Brian and Monteiro can also be proud of their efforts so far in this early season.

[TerminalPortugal]

September 2023

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

It has been another decent enough month, where we played some of the top sides in the division such as Benfica B, Varzim and Sporting Braga B. We won none of those ties but we did win the others and that keeps us up near the top of the table. This month Geraldo Matsimbe has been pretty good from defensive midfield and prime reason we managed to draw the games against Benfica B and Varzim. Correia has also been pretty good this month, he bagged two against Paredes in a very fine performance.

 

[TerminalPortugal]

October 2023

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

Another good month for us, moves us up into the promotion spots and we are slowly building a little challenge for promotion. We did get knockout out in the cup to Second Division Farense, in what was to be honest quite an unlucky loss overall. In the league we have produced some very nice displays and winning every game but the Sporting B game is a great set of results. Goncalo Batista has been back in the team and he has been on a rampage this month producing goals and assists. Chico, Correia and Sanchez have both been very good this month as well. Whether this form can last, is still to be seen but so far it has been so good.

[TerminalPortugal]

November 2023

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We had an unexpected loss this month to Oliveira do Hospital but the remainder of the results were good enough to keep us in the hunt. Luis Sanchez and Juan Balanta have been the best two players this month, with Mario Correira not too far behind.

[TerminalPortugal]

December 2023

Youth Intake Preview

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

A tough month sees us drop a bit of ground and now the league table is very much as close as it gets. I was disappointed to lose at home Varzim and we were unlucky against Benfica B. Varzim are still undefeated this season but have a ton of draws. There are ten games to go and we are still in the hunt but we can afford very few mess up from here on in. In terms of performances Correia has probably been our best player but it's not been the best month.

[TerminalPortugal]

January 2024

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

A pretty perfect month brings us as close to promotion as we have been this season. We did not concede a goal all month and it is credit to the likes of Rodrigo Monteiro that that was the case. We now sit 8 points clear of Varzim and 10 clear of Sporting B.

[TerminalPortugal]

February 2024

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

We managed to get the job done and get promoted with our final game of the month. Despite losing to Uniao de Leiria, the fact that we managed to beat Sporting B, really gave us a massive chance to secure promotion and we managed to do that when we beat Moncarapachense. Juan Balanta, Andre Dias and Marco Correia have done the best this month.

[TerminalPortugal]

March 2024

Youth Intake

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

Just a couple more games to complete the season and we finished with a draw and a win to finish things off. It has been a great season for us, the three main strikers really done a good job this season with 25 goals for Correia, 17 for Sanchez and 18 for Chico. It's been an all round great performance from the side, there were times when we relied on the attack to outscore the opposition and then their were months where clean sheets were the main factor in our success. Hopefully we can survive our first season in the Second Division next time around.

[LazgoNNO2000]

52 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

March 2024

Youth Intake

Results

League Table

Squad

Thoughts

Just a couple more games to complete the season and we finished with a draw and a win to finish things off. It has been a great season for us, the three main strikers really done a good job this season with 25 goals for Correia, 17 for Sanchez and 18 for Chico. It's been an all round great performance from the side, there were times when we relied on the attack to outscore the opposition and then their were months where clean sheets were the main factor in our success. Hopefully we can survive our first season in the Second Division next time around.

Damn congrats for you helping Juventude Evora for Promotion from CNS to Terceira Liga to now Segunda Liga

now they need it to reach Primeira Liga and became the second evora team after Lusitano and they almost so close to get promoted in 1980-1981 season

and after Juventude Evora you need to take over Coruchense or maybe another Portalegre Team

[TerminalPortugal]

30 minutes ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

Damn congrats for you helping Juventude Evora for Promotion from CNS to Terceira Liga to now Segunda Liga

now they need it to reach Primeira Liga and became the second evora team after Lusitano and they almost so close to get promoted in 1980-1981 season

and after Juventude Evora you need to take over Coruchense or maybe another Portalegre Team

Cheers, I am not counting Coruchense as Alentejo. I think by the old districts they were Ribatejo. I know it is close inbetween area between Lisbon and Alentejo. Only clubs I can manage are clubs from the Alentejo region. Plus still a long way to go with Juventude. It is all good getting to the second division but there is a long way to go to getting to the Primeira.

[LazgoNNO2000]

28 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

Cheers, I am not counting Coruchense as Alentejo. I think by the old districts they were Ribatejo. I know it is close inbetween area between Lisbon and Alentejo. Only clubs I can manage are clubs from the Alentejo region. Plus still a long way to go with Juventude. It is all good getting to the second division but there is a long way to go to getting to the Primeira.

if case you get them promoted to Primeira Liga it gonna be first time since 2001 that Alentejo team playing in primeira liga right

[TerminalPortugal]

Just now, LazgoNNO2000 said:

if case you get them promoted to Primeira Liga it gonna be first time since 2001 that Alentejo team playing in primeira liga right

Yeah, pretty sure it was Campomaiorense the last side from the Alentejo to be in the top division, and that was because there was some coffee baron who bankrolled the club for a while.

[LazgoNNO2000]

10 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

Yeah, pretty sure it was Campomaiorense the last side from the Alentejo to be in the top division, and that was because there was some coffee baron who bankrolled the club for a while.

and the team who almost became an alentejo team to qualify UEFA Cup

ah what could have been

and that why i replaced the disgrace club in portugal Belenenses SAD with Campomaiorense in Segunda Liga

[TerminalPortugal]

May 2024

Overall Best Team

Supporter Profile Update

Stadium Plans

Thoughts

The club is growing slowly and the interesting news is that due to the big crowds we had last season we are now looking at potentially getting a new stadium. That was part of the general strategy so I definately endorse this move, although it could be some time until we know the actual formalised plans.

 

[TerminalPortugal]

3 minutes ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

and the team who almost became an alentejo team to qualify UEFA Cup

ah what could have been

and that why i replaced the disgrace club in portugal Belenenses SAD with Campomaiorense in Segunda Liga

Think they only have an Under 19 team now.

[LazgoNNO2000]

8 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

Think they only have an Under 19 team now.

nah in my editor i replace Belenenses SAD with Campomaiorense and no longer been an under 19 team

[TerminalPortugal]

Season 2023/24 Update

FC Porto narrowly won the Premier League from SL Benfica, to make it league title number 32.

FC Porto beat Estoril in the Portuguese Cup final to make it Portuguese Cup number 19 for the club from the north.

SL Benfica beat cross town rivals Sporting 1-0 in the League Cup final to make it an 8th League Cup triumph.

FC Porto won the Super Cup at the start of the season beating Sporting 2-0 to make it Super Cup number 24

The Champions League final is between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, so no involvement from Portuguese Clubs

The Europa League final is between RB Leipzig and Inter Milan, so no involvement from Portuguese Clubs

The Europa Conference League final is between Rennes and Borussia Moenchengladbach, so no involvement from Portuguese clubs.

Honours Board

Alentejo Update

Third Division

Juventude de Evora were promoted to the Second Division

Campeonato de Portugal

No teams from the Alentejo were promoted from the division

Serpa and O Elvas stayed in the division

Atletico Reguengos, Castrense and Arroches Benfica were relegated to the District Leagues

District Leagues

Beja - Despertar were promoted to the Third Division as league champions.

Evora - Lusitano de Evora were promoted to the Third Division as league champions.

Portalegre - Villa Athletic were promoted to the Third Division as league champions.

[TerminalPortugal]

Just now, LazgoNNO2000 said:

nah in my editor i replace Belenenses SAD with Campomaiorense and no longer been an under 19 team

Lol. fair enough. I know there are quite a few people who don't like what happened with the Belenenses split.

[LazgoNNO2000]

10 minutes ago, TerminalPortugal said:

Lol. fair enough. I know there are quite a few people who don't like what happened with the Belenenses split.

so what happened with Belenenses

did it got dissolved or just there is some board war between people 

[TerminalPortugal]

1 minute ago, LazgoNNO2000 said:

so what happened with Belenenses

did it got dissolved or just there is some board war between people 

There was some sort of disagreement between the SAD which is the company that owns the club and the supporters which I think had ownership over the stadium, rights to the club etc. There was some sort of deal done back in like 1999 or something which meant they sold a controlling interest in the club to another company which meant that the SAD and the club were beholden to this other company. The relationship between the board and this third party turned sour. At some point the relationship between the SAD and the club turned sour and they took each other to court concerning the right to purchase back the controlling interest, the court judged in favour of the SAD. The contract that resulted from that judgement expired in 2018, and when that ended they both went their seperate ways. The SAD kept the team and their league affiliation in the top division at the time. The board and the club started a new club, and kept the stadium and the rights to the name etc.

[LazgoNNO2000]

1 minute ago, TerminalPortugal said:

There was some sort of disagreement between the SAD which is the company that owns the club and the supporters which I think had ownership over the stadium, rights to the club etc. There was some sort of deal done back in like 1999 or something which meant they sold a controlling interest in the club to another company which meant that the SAD and the club were beholden to this other company. The relationship between the board and this third party turned sour. At some point the relationship between the SAD and the club turned sour and they took each other to court concerning the right to purchase back the controlling interest, the court judged in favour of the SAD. The contract that resulted from that judgement expired in 2018, and when that ended they both went their seperate ways. The SAD kept the team and their league affiliation in the top division at the time. The board and the club started a new club, and kept the stadium and the rights to the name etc.

imagine in alternate timeline have the Court Judged in favour of the Supporters who had ownership over the stadium

so what SAD would do build an new club or buy the club