The big three (os três grandes) is the nickname of the three most powerful sports clubs in Portugal. The football (soccer) teams of FC Porto, Sporting CP and SL Benfica have a great rivalry, and are usually the natural contenders for the title. Between them they share all but two of the Portuguese Football Championships ever played and generally end up sharing the three top positions. The two champion outsiders were Belenenses (in 1945/46 season) and Boavista FC (in 2000/01 season). In other sports, the rivalry between the "big three" is also enormous and it usually leads to arguments between the fans and players. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ... Sporting Clube de Portugal, often known outside Portugal as Sporting Lisbon, is a sports club that is best known for having one of the best football teams in Portugal. ... Benfica redirects here. ... The SuperLiga or Liga betandwin. ... Clube de Futebol «Os Belenenses» is one of the most important and historical Portuguese sports club. ... Boavista Futebol Clube (pron. ...

The expression the fourth big one (o quarto grande) is often applied to whatever club appears to challange that domination. Lately it has been mostly applied to Boavista, but during the 1980s and 1990s if was often applied to Vitória de Guimarães or Sporting de Braga. Vitória Sport Clube is a Portuguese football club based in the city of Guimarães, located 40 km north of Oporto. ... Sporting Clube de Braga (pron. ...

Number of Portuguese championships by club

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Benfica is the team with most titles won but FC Porto has been the dominating force in the last two decades with 12 championships. During that period, Benfica has won five, Sporting two, and Boavista one championship.