Grupo Desportivo Direito

Direito
Full name	Grupo Desportivo Direito
Founded	1952
Ground(s)	Monsanto (Capacity: 1500)
Chairman	Antonio Aguilar
Coach(es)	Enrique Pichot
League(s)	Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock
2022/23	Champions
	Team kit
	Team kit

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


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.

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

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