Associação Atlética Portuguesa

After a long tour of Rio de Janeiro and Portugal, Constantino Paiva and Joaquim Martins Leal, businessmen in the empty and used bag business, were invited to play a football match at the organized Portuguesa Santista against their colleagues and employees from the Santos area. The result was 1-1 and the two Cariocas, who had Portuguese ancestry and were passionate about Portugal, returned to Rio de Janeiro and told other businessmen about their journey. After this trip, Constantino and Joaquim convinced Rio de Janeiro's bag traders to such an extent that they decided to create Associação Atlética Portuguesa. Bosses and employees came together and formed the sports club. On 17 December 1924, in the home of Luís Gomes Teixeira, the Associação Atlética Portuguesa was founded. Luiz Gomes Teixeira is known as Portuguesa's first president. Its first headquarters were at Rua Visconde de Itaúna, 201, in the city center, a street that would be demolished in the 1940s for the opening of Avenida Presidente Vargas. As a result of the demolition of its first headquarters, Portuguesa went in search of a new home. It would found its new headquarters in the Ilha do Governador with its address at Rua Haroldo Lobo. At the chosen location, already on the island, there was a jockey stadium, with horse racing. Years later, the jockey stadium would go bankrupt and become the permanent home of Portuguesa. The stadium would take on the traditional name of Luso-Brasileiro, which years later would…

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

International

Brazil-Angola International Tournament (1): 2002

National

Copa Rubro–Verde (2): 2018, 2019

State

Taça Santos Dumont (1): 2015 Torneio Extra Capital (1): 2015

Runners-up

Copa Rio (3): 2015, 2019, 2022 Campeonato Carioca Série A2 (5): 1981, 1984, 1990, 1997, 2015