Index : P : Portugal

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Portugal

Which Portuguese star was a former Sporting player?

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Figo. Figo started his professional career on Sporting before he moved to Barcelona. He moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000. It was a polemic transfer.



Which player did Sporting sell to Manchester United in 2003?

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Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo played in United with jersey 7. Ronaldo was sold to the team.



Which Cup did Sporting win in 1960s?

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Cup Winners Cup. Sporting beat MTK from Hungary 1-0 after a 3-3 draw.



Which Argentinian player set the record of goals in the same championship?

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Yazalde. Yazalde played in Sporting and scored 46 goals in the same season.



Where is the Sporting academy?

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Alcochete. Alcochete is located 20 minutes south of Lisbon. The Sporting's academy is mainly responsible by the quality of youth teams of Sporting.



When Sporting won the Portuguese Championship in 2002, it marked how many Portuguese Championships for them?

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18. They won their 18th in 2002. The 17th was in 2000. Benfica had 30 titles, FC Porto 20, Boavista and Belenenses one each.



What was the name of the stadium of Sporting in 2004?

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Alvalade XXI. Alvalade XXI was built for the UEFA European football championship 2004. It was the first of 10 stadiums to EURO 2004.



What was the main colour of Sporting's jersey in 2004?

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Green. Green and White stripes like Celtic Glasgow. The others Sporting jerseys were green and yellow.



In which city did Sporting play their home games in 2004?

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Lisbon. Sporting played in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Sporting was one of three big teams in Portugal. The others were FC Porto and Benfica.



In 2002, who was the topscorer of Sporting CP in the Portuguese League?

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Jardel. Jardel scored 42 goals, and won the Golden Boot (European topscorer). Also won five times the best scorer in the Portuguese league.

• What is the highest recorded temperature in Portugal? ( goto )



• What strange event happened in Portugal in 1357? ( goto )



• What was unusual about King John VI of Portugal's hearing aid? ( goto )



• If it's Peru in Portugal, Ethiopian in Arabic, French in Greek and Indian in Hebrew, what is it in English? ( goto )



• Who was the sports person from Portugal who was the first person to die during an Olympic event? ( goto )



• Which Italian composer who spent much of his life in Portugal and Spain wrote over 500 harpsichord sonatas? ( goto )



• Since acheiving independence from Portugal, what Southwest African nation has endured years of civil war, exacerbated by Cuban interference? ( goto )



• Dusting off a quiz which I compiled some months ago, I have discovered the following question: Which country is Britain's oldest ally, with no conflicts in over 900 years? The choices were Holland, Portugal and Belgium. Now I cannot find the correct answer. Which is it? ( goto )



• In 1961, the London Observer, a British newspaper, launches "Appeal for Amnesty, 1961," a campaign that calls for the release of all people imprisoned because of the peaceful expression of their beliefs. This was the brainchild of what Catholic lawyer who had advocated publicizing the plight of prisoners of conscience after learning of a group of students in Portugal who were jailed for raising a toast to "freedom" in a public restaurant? ( goto )