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

On June 18, 1922, FC Porto won the first national championship title in Portuguese football by beating 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 one win for each side in 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 fight for the trophy into extra time. During 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 FC Porto team used 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 founding milestone 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 tournament kept the same format but was renamed the Taça de Portugal, a name it still retains to this day.

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