G.D. Fabril

Infobox Football club
clubname = Fabril Barreiro


fullname = Grupo Desportivo Fabril
nickname = "none"
founded = January 27 1937
ground = Complexo Desportivo Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro
capacity = 22,000
chairman = flagicon|Portugal Faustino Mestre
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league = Portuguese Third Division
season = 2007-08
position = Portuguese Third Division - Serie F; 4th
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Grupo Desportivo Fabril is a Portuguese sports club formerly known as Grupo Desportivo da CUF (or CUF Barreiro) and Grupo Desportivo Quimigal, best known for its football section. It was founded in the southern city of Barreiro, In the District of Setúbal, on January 27, 1937, its greatest achievement being a third place in the 1964/1965 Liga. The club's current football home ground is the Alfredo da Silva Stadium which was inaugurated on June, 1965.

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Sports

*Athletics
*Football
*Futsal
*Gymnastics
*Rink Hockey
*Judo
*Rowing
*Tennis

History

*1937 - "Grupo Desportivo da CUF" (CUF Sporting Club) is founded on January 27. CUF was a soap and chemical manufacturer founded by Alfredo da Silva.

*1939 - Joaquim Fernandes, a GD CUF cyclist wins the Volta a Portugal.

*1942/43 - The senior soccer team participates for first time in the first division, only managing to stay one season. Also that year, Alfredo da Silva dies.

*1953/54 - The soccer team wins the second division and is promoted to the first division again, ushering a golden era for the club. The most important players were Barriga, Vasques, Luís, Sérgio, Aureliano, André, Carreira (cap.), Orlando, Matos, Vale and Velhinho and the coach was João Mário. The club would remain in the first division for the next 22 years. That same year, the junior team became vice-champions of the first division losing in the final against Academica de Coimbra.

*1964/65 - The soccer team achieved its highest position to date in the first division reaching the third place among 14 teams, qualifying for a European competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now UEFA Cup), the first time. The rink hockey would perform even better, becoming national champions.

*1965/66 - The Alfredo da Silva stadium is inaugurated leaving their former stadium, Santa Bárbara. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after a walkover in the first round, the team is eliminated by AC Milan after three games (2-0, 0-2, 0-1). The team would make two more appearances in the competition in 67/68 (1R) and in 72/73 (2R). The rink hockey team was eliminated from the Champions League in the first round by Reus Deportiu with a 1-4, 0-3 score.

*1972 - Víctor Domingos, the CUF and rink hockey national team goalkeeper is considered the best player in the world in that position.

*1975/76 - After 22 consecutive years in the first division, GD CUF is relegated to the second division after finishing in the 16th and last position. From then on, the soccer club would disappear into the lower divisions, never returning to the first division.

*1980/81 - The club changes its name to "Grupo Desportivo da Quimigal".

*1991/92 - After decades in the professional divisions, the club fell into the Setúbal District Division.

*1999/00 - Quimigal wins the Setúbal District Championship, but would be relegated again in the next year. At the end of the season the club's name changed to its current name, "Grupo Desportivo Fabril".

*2002/03 - The club wins the Setúbal District Championship again, only to be relegated again.

*2006/07 - The club once again wins the Setúbal District Championship.

Football

Honours

* Portuguese Liga: 3rd place - 1964/65
* Portuguese Cup: Semi-Final - 1968/69 and 1972/73
* Portuguese Second Division: Champion - 1953/54
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup: 2nd Round - 1965/66 and 1972/73

League and cup history

1D = First Division

3D = Third Division

FC = Fairs Cup

UC = UEFA Cup

International Performance

As CUF Barreiro, the club has made three official appearances in international football competitions:

External links

* [http://www.grupodesportivofabril.pt/ Official Website (portuguese)]