18 June 1922: FC Porto beat Sporting CP, first Portuguese champions | OneFootball

On June 18, 1922, FC Porto won the first national championship title in Portuguese football by defeating Sporting CP 3-1 after extra time in the deciding match of the Campeonato de Portugal, played at Campo do Bessa.

The decision came after each side had won one of the first two matches of the final. In the tie-breaker, Balbino Silva put Porto ahead in the 51st minute, but Emílio Ramos equalized for Sporting CP in the 70th minute, taking the battle for the trophy into extra time. In that period, João Nunes and João Brito scored the goals that sealed the blue-and-white victory and made FC Porto the first Portuguese champion.

The team used by FC Porto throughout the competition consisted of Lino Moreira, João Brito, Alexandre Cal, Balbino Silva, João Nunes, Júlio Cardoso, Artur Augusto, Tavares Bastos, José Mota, Floriano Pereira, and Velez Carneiro.

The 1922 triumph remains a landmark in the club’s history and also in the history of Portuguese football, as it was the first edition of an official nationwide competition. Years later, in 1938/39, the competition kept the same format but was renamed the Portuguese Cup, a name it has retained to this day.

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