Grupo Desportivo Direito

Grupo Desportivo Direito, nicknamed Os Advogados (The Lawyers), is an amateur Portuguese rugby union team based in Lisbon. Since its foundation in 1952, Direito has been one of the most successful teams in Portugal, having won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock 12 times, the Taça de Portugal de Rugby 9 times and the Taça Ibérica 4 times.

Direito

Full name	Grupo Desportivo Direito
Founded	1952 (1952)
Ground	Monsanto (Capacity: 1500)
Chairman	Antonio Aguilar
Coach	Enrique Pichot
League	Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2024/25	3rd Place
Team kit

Honours

• Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock:
  • Winner (12): 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2022/23
• Taça de Portugal de Rugby:
  • Winner (9): 1975/76, 1980/81, 1981/82, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2013/14 and 2015/16
• Taça Ibérica:
  • Winner (4): 2000, 2003, 2013, 2015
• Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby:
  • Winner (12): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023

Squad 2023/24

According to Portuguese Rugby Federation

The Direito squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season
Props David Costa António Prim Francisco Bruno José Lupi Guillermo Durán Luis Lopes Afonso Tapadinhas Lourenço Moita Hookers Duarte Diniz Afonso Bento Locks Duarte Torgal Rui D'Orey João Vital António Peixoto Guilherme Valente Pedro Ferreira Luis Semedo Henrique Cortes Duarte Pedro Nunes	Backrow Manuel Picão João Granate Vasco Fragoso Mendes Pedro Afra Rosa Nuno Peixoto Tama Faitotonu Mateus Ferreira Sebastião Silva Diogo Matos Miguel Romero Rodrigues Luis Pina Scrum-halves João Dias Manuel Queirós António Amaral Duarte Cortes Afonso Castiñeira Fly-halves Jerónimo Portela Frederico Filipe Manuel Vareiro	Centres José Maria Vareta Francisco Nobre João Afra Rosa Tomás Cary Wingers João Vaz Antunes Duarte Portela Duarte Matos Diogo Custódio João Burnay Francisco Pinto Fullbacks Manuel Vilela Pereira João Maria Silva Francisco Perloiro Frederico Roquette
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

History

Season	Manager	Championship	Cup	Super Cup	Iberian Cup
1996/97	Tomaz Morais	Second tier CH	QF
1997/98		RU	SF
1998/99		CH	QF
1999/00		CH	SF	CH	CH
2000/01		RU	RU	CH	RU
2001/02	Dídio de Aguiar	CH	CH
2002/03	José Mendes da Silva	RU	RU	CH	CH
2003/04		3rd	CH
2004/05	Daniel Hourcade	CH	CH	CH
2005/06		CH	SF	RU	RU
2006/07		RU	QF	RU	RU
2007/08		5th	CH		RU
2008/09	Frederico Sousa	CH	QF	CH
2009/10		CH	SF	CH
2010/11	Aaron Jones	CH	RU	CH
2011/12		3rd	SF	RU
2012/13	Martim Aguiar	CH	R16
2013/14		RU	CH	CH	CH
2014/15		CH	R16	CH
2015/16		CH	CH	CH	CH
2016/17	Francisco Aguiar	3rd	QF	RU	RU
2017/18	Miguel Leal	4th	QF
2018/19		5th	QF
2019/20		cancelled	cancelled
2020/21		RU	SF
2021/22	António Aguilar	RU	QF
2022/23	Enrique Pichot	CH	R16
2023/24		4th	RU	CH	RU
2024/25	Bernardo Mota	3rd	SF
2025/26	Gonçalo Malheiro	3rd	SF

External links

• Official site
• Grupo Desportivo Direito at Blogspot