# Grupo Desportivo Direito

Grupo Desportivo Direito, nicknamed Os Advogados (The Lawyers), is an amateur Portuguese rugby union team based in Lisbon. Since its foundation in 1952, Direito has been one of the most successful teams in Portugal, having won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock 12 times, the Taça de Portugal de Rugby 9 times and the Taça Ibérica 4 times.

## Honours

* Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock:
** Winner (12): 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2022/23
* Taça de Portugal de Rugby:
** Winner (9): 1975/76, 1980/81, 1981/82, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2013/14 and 2015/16
* Taça Ibérica:
** Winner (4): 2000, 2003, 2013, 2015
* Supertaça de Portugal de Rugby:
** Winner (12): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023

## Squad 2023/24

According to Portuguese Rugby Federation
The Direito squad for the 2023–24 TOP 10 season :
| Props David Costa António Prim Francisco Bruno José Lupi Guillermo Durán Luis Lopes Afonso Tapadinhas Lourenço Moita Hookers Duarte Diniz Afonso Bento Locks Duarte Torgal Rui D'Orey João Vital António Peixoto Guilherme Valente Pedro Ferreira Luis Semedo Henrique Cortes Duarte Pedro Nunes | Backrow Manuel Picão João Granate Vasco Fragoso Mendes Pedro Afra Rosa Nuno Peixoto Tama Faitotonu Mateus Ferreira Sebastião Silva Diogo Matos Miguel Romero Rodrigues Luis Pina Scrum-halves João Dias Manuel Queirós António Amaral Duarte Cortes Afonso Castiñeira Fly-halves Jerónimo Portela Frederico Filipe Manuel Vareiro | Centres José Maria Vareta Francisco Nobre João Afra Rosa Tomás Cary Wingers João Vaz Antunes Duarte Portela Duarte Matos Diogo Custódio João Burnay Francisco Pinto Fullbacks Manuel Vilela Pereira João Maria Silva Francisco Perloiro Frederico Roquette |
| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. |||

## History

| Season | Manager | Championship | Cup | Super Cup | Iberian Cup |
| 1996/97 | Tomaz Morais | Second tier CH | QF |
| 1997/98 | Tomaz Morais | RU | SF |
| 1998/99 | Tomaz Morais | CH | QF |
| 1999/00 | Tomaz Morais | CH | SF | CH | CH |
| 2000/01 | Tomaz Morais | RU | RU | CH | RU |
| 2001/02 | Dídio de Aguiar | CH | CH |
| 2002/03 | José Mendes da Silva | RU | RU | CH | CH |
| 2003/04 | José Mendes da Silva | 3rd | CH |
| 2004/05 | Daniel Hourcade | CH | CH | CH |
| 2005/06 | Daniel Hourcade | CH | SF | RU | RU |
| 2006/07 | Daniel Hourcade | RU | QF | RU | RU |
| 2007/08 | Daniel Hourcade | 5th | CH | | RU |
| 2008/09 | Frederico Sousa | CH | QF | CH |
| 2009/10 | Frederico Sousa | CH | SF | CH |
| 2010/11 | Aaron Jones | CH | RU | CH |
| 2011/12 | Aaron Jones | 3rd | SF | RU |
| 2012/13 | Martim Aguiar | CH | 1/8F |
| 2013/14 | Martim Aguiar | RU | CH | CH | CH |
| 2014/15 | Martim Aguiar | CH | 1/8F | CH |
| 2015/16 | Martim Aguiar | CH | CH | CH | CH |
| 2016/17 | Francisco Aguiar | 3rd | QF | RU | RU |
| 2017/18 | Miguel Leal | 4th | QF |
| 2018/19 | Miguel Leal | 5th | QF |
| 2019/20 | Miguel Leal | cancelled | cancelled |
| 2020/21 | Miguel Leal | RU | SF |
| 2021/22 | António Aguilar | RU | QF |
| 2022/23 | Enrique Pichot | CH | 1/8F |
| 2023/24 | Enrique Pichot | 4th | RU | CH | RU |
| 2024/25 | Bernardo Mota | | |