The supporters of Benfica, who are called ', have played an important part in the club's growth during its -year existence. One of those cases was in the early days of the construction of the original Estádio da Luz, when club president Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho asked them for free concrete to build the stadium. They responded by offering 900,000 tons. During the Portuguese Estado Novo, the Censorship Services prohibited newspapers from referring to the football team as ' (Reds) so it was not confused with communism, instead being referred as "" (Flesh-coloured), which is still used, even after the transition to democracy.