Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão was a Portuguese footballer.
Alberto da Costa Pereira was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Mário Esteves Coluna was a Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder.
José Augusto Pinto de Almeida, known as José Augusto, is a Portuguese retired football winger and manager.
António Simões da Costa, known as Simões, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.
José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres, nicknamed "O Bom Gigante", was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach. Most of his 21-year senior career was spent at Benfica, with great individual and team success. With the Portugal national team, he participated in two World Cups separated by 20 years, one as player and the other as manager.
Germano Luís de Figueiredo, simply known as Germano, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.
Hilário Rosário da Conceição, OM, known as Hilário, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left-back.
Os Magriços was the nickname of the Portugal national football team which finished third at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. The team were based on the Benfica team that won two consecutive European Cups in 1961 and 1962, which included Mário Coluna, Eusébio, José Augusto, José Augusto Torres and António Simões. They were selected by Manuel da Luz Afonso and coached by Otto Glória. The nickname is derived from a 15th-century Portuguese chivalric legend - The Twelve of England. It was made famous by the poet Luís de Camões in his 1572 Os Lusíadas. It tells the story of twelve Portuguese knights who travelled to England at the request of twelve English women to avenge their insult by a group of English knights. One of these Portuguese knights, Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, was nicknamed O Magriço.
Association football, the most popular sport in Portugal, has a long and storied history in the country, following its introduction in 1875 in cities such as Funchal, Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra by English merchants and Portuguese students arriving back home from studying in England. This led to the establishment of local clubs dedicated to the practice of the sport.
Fernando da Conceição Cruz is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Fernando Peres da Silva, known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.
José Costa PereiraMPIH is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed Pássaro Azul.
Joaquim da Silva Carvalho was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
João Pedro Morais was a Portuguese footballer. He started playing as a winger and later became a full-back.
Custódio João Pinto was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.
José Alexandre da Silva Baptista was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender.
José Carlos da Silva José, known as José Carlos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a central defender.
Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right-back.
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei", was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of all time as well as Benfica's best player ever. He was known for his speed, technique, athleticism and right-footed shot, making him a prolific goalscorer, accumulating 733 goals in 745 matches.
