Portuguese sport flags

Last modified: 2003-09-13 by antonio martins
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• Clubs’
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  • Associação Académica de Coimbra
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  • Boavista Futebol Clube
  • Ginásio Clube Português
  • Clube Sport Marítimo
  • Estoril-Praia Futebol Clube
  • Futebol Clube do Porto
  • Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • Clube Desportivo de Santa Clara
  • Sporting Clube de Portugal
  • Clube «Unidos do Cacém»
• Others’
  • Portuguese Olympic Committee
  • Portuguese Football Federation
  • Portuguese Rollerskating Federation

Some portuguese sport flags are described by Adolf Durán in “Portugal: Banderas Corporativas (II)” Banderas 43 (1992.06): 26-27 [drn92], not without error.
António Martins, 26 Jul 1999

These flags can be seen at the clubs’ facilities, where competitions are being held and flown by adepts in many other locations throughout the country (and beyond it — seems that portuguese emmigrant abroad, some 3 or 4 million, may not know who’s the President of Portugal, but they sure know who’s on the “11” of their favourite soccer team...)
António Martins, 26 Jul 1999

Municipal flag influence

Sport club’s emblems in Portugal usually resemble partially or completely the arms of the places where they come from. An example of these is Rio Ave (Vila do Conde).
Jorge Candeias, 04 Mar 1999

But there are much worse examples, some even hard to distinguish from the respective municipal flag, like Gupo Desportivo de Lagoa. (Lagoa municipality)
António Martins, 06 Mar 1999

This is also a common phenomenon: the permanence in the club’s emblems of obsolete municipal coats of arms of which the most evident is that of Futebol Clube do Porto.
Jorge Candeias, 04 Mar 1999

Trophies on clubs’ flags

Concerning the flag the flag of Boavista (for example), and considering its recent victory, I would have expected some charge added to highlight it — a golden star or something like this.
Ivan Sache, 25 Oct 2001

That’s not in our tradition. Probably because the “usual suspects” have some tens of titles and it would clutter their flags and symbols, or probably because nobody thought of that, the fact is that nobody adds stars or other design elements to their symbols when winning titles around here...
Jorge Candeias, 25 Oct 2001

Portuguese Rollerskating Federation
Federação Portuguesa de Patinagem

In the white background is a Christ Knights’ Order cross with the national arms in center and two crossed hockey-sticks. Above the emblem semicircular legend that says: «Federação Portuguesa de Patinagem».
Jaume Ollé and Jorge Candeias, 15 Jun 1999