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| Nickname(s) | Os Gansos (The Geese) Casapianos (The ones from Casa Pịa) | |||
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| Short name | Casa Pia | |||
| Founded | 3 July 1920; 104 years ago (3 July 1920) | |||
| Ground | Estádio Pina Manique,Lisbon (currently playing inEstádio Municipal de Rio Maior) | |||
| Capacity | 2,574 | |||
| Owner | Robert Platek | |||
| Chairman | Victor Franco | |||
| Manager | João Pereira | |||
| League | Primeira Liga | |||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga, 9th of 18 | |||
| Website | casapiaac | |||
 Current season | ||||
Casa Pia Atlético Clube, commonly known asCasa Pia, is a Portuguese multi-sports club founded in 1920 and based inLisbon, Portugal, best known for its professionalfootball team, that competes in thePrimeira Liga. The club is named afterCasa Pia, a Portuguese children'scharity, and many of its athletes come from that institution. Its football stadium isEstádio Pina Manique, named in honor ofPina Manique, the founder of Casa Pia children's charity. Casa Pia AC was one of the most versatile Portuguese clubs, having played 25 sports, with the curiosity of having been the only one who practicedBaseball regularly, beating the strong team of the American Colony on 4 July 1923 atCampo das Laranjeiras by 25–24.[1]
On 18 December 1921, whenPortugal made their international debut againstSpain inMadrid, Casa Pia FC provided the squad with four players in a 1–3 loss, includingCândido de Oliveira, who was theteam captain. Casa Pia promoted from Serie E ofTerceira Divisão to Centre Group ofPortuguese Second Division in 2009–10 season as champions.[2][3] They were promoted again toLigaPro in 2019. After a hiatus of 83 years, the team were promoted to thePrimeira Liga in the 2022–23 season.
Although Casa Pia A.C. was officially founded on 3 July 1920, at the initiative of Cândido de Oliveira, Ricardo Ornelas and David Ferreira (among others), the club's history dates back to 1893, when the Real Casa Pia de Lisboa football team was formed, the first team to defeat the so-called "invincible" teamCarcavelos Club in 1898 in a historic victory that forever cemented the practice offootball in Portugal.[1]
On 3 October 1920, just a few months after its foundation, Casa Pia FC won its first-ever piece of silverware after beatingBenfica 2–1, thus winning theBronze Herculano Santos. The team was captained by Cândido de Oliveira, and the game wasrefereed byCosme Damião.[4]
In its debut season, Casa Pia FC won theLisbon Regional Championship and theLisbon Cup without registering a single defeat. And to these titles, Casa Pia added the triumph in the confrontation with thechampion of the North,FC Porto, in the then-calledTaça 27 de Julho. This game was the final rehearsal for the start of the Portuguese Championship which began in the following year.[5]
At 17 months of age, Casa Pia had already participated in three tournaments abroad:Paris,San Sebastián, andSeville. TheCasapianos was the first Portuguese team to play in Paris, playing at thePershing Stadium in the city's Tournament atChristmas 1920, together with theCercle Athlétic de Paris,Cercle Athlétic de Vitry,FC Cantonal (fromSwitzerland) andFC Espanya de Barcelona, who headed therankings in the championships of their countries. In the opening game, Cercle de Paris beat Casa Pia 2–1, with the Casapian goal scored by Cândido de Oliveira. The trip to Seville took place on 16 October 1921, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Campo de Sports on Avenida de la Reina Victoria, facingSevilla FC, who was wearing its current emblem on their chests for the first time, and despite the injury suffered bySpencer, who was forced to leave the pitch for much of the match, Sevilla FC achieved a clear victory over theCasapianos, prevailing by three goals to nil, goals scored byLeón,Kinké and Escobar.[6]
The team's best player was Cândido de Oliveira, one of the founders of the club and the captain, who had grown up in Casa Pia since he was delivered there at the age of nine as an orphan, and who had previously played for Real Casa Pia de Lisboa, founded at the end of the 19th century.[5] Oliveira was the main architect of the team's rise to football power in Lisbon, competing head-to-head against the likes of Benfica andSporting CP, and largely thanks to his quality, the immediate impact of Casa Pia continued to be felt in the following seasons. In the first four years they competed, the 'Gansos' won the Lisbon Championship three times.[5]
The reputation grew and, on 13 December 1925, the club was invited to face Benfica on the occasion of the inauguration ofEstádio das Amoreiras, which was considered at the time the best stadium in theIberian Peninsula.[5] The Casapians faced Benfica in the 4 categories in front of 15 thousand people, and although it is defeated in theQuartas by 8–1, inTerceiras by 11–0, inSegundas by 4–2, they won inPrimeiras by 3–1.[1] Casa Pia FC was also the first team on the continent to travel to theAzores doing it so for free after being invited byFayal S.C. to play 3 games there in favor of the victims of the1922 earthquake in that archipelago.[1]
In 1938–39, Casa Pia FC played in the inaugural editions of theNational Championship andTaça de Portugal, which still today are the most important football competitions in Portugal. However, its participation in the National Championship in the 1938–39 season was the only one in which the club played in theFirst Division.[1] Their ground,Campo do Restelo, was expropriated in 1939–40 by theEstado Novo for the exhibition of the Portuguese World. Without its own pitch until 29 August 1954, when thePina Manique Stadium in Benfica was inaugurated, far fromBelém and Casa Pia, the club wandered from one field to another, achieving a brilliant record in National Championships.
In the 2020–21 season, Casa Pia registered its 71st participation in National Championships, starting in the 1938–39 season.
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The club has a single presence at the top level of Portuguese football.
2019–2020 season cut short due to COVID-19 global pandemic
| Season | I | II | III | IV | V | Pts. | Pl. | W | T | L | GS | GA | Diff. | Notes |
| 1938–39 | 8 | 2 pts | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 56 | −44 | Relegated | ||||
| 1995–96 | 11 | 44 pts | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −13 | |||||
| 1996–97 | ... | 29 pts | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 54 | −25 | |||||
| 1997–98 | 17 | 29 pts | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 54 | −25 | Relegated | ||||
| 1998–99 | 5 | 61 pts | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 37 | +38 | |||||
| 2002–03 | 18 | 34 pts | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 65 | −19 | Relegated | ||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | 75 pts | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 73 | 28 | +45 | Promoted | ||||
| 2004–05 | 5 | 59 pts | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 44 | +12 | |||||
| 2005–06 | 13 | 41 pts | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 50 | −5 | Relegated | ||||
| 2006–07 | 12 | 34 pts | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | Relegated | ||||
| 2007–08 | 1 | 67 pts | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 31 | +26 | Promoted | ||||
| 2008–09 | 4 | 41 pts | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 28 | +14 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Promoted | ||||||||||||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 11 pts | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 47 | -28 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 43 pts | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 46 | -5 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 68 pts | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 22 | +28 | Promoted |
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager |  João Pereira |
| Assistant Coach | Alexandre Santana |
| Assistant Coach | Fernando Costa |
| Assistant Coach | Gonçalo Brandão |
| Goalkeeping Coach | João Santos |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Stefan Olímpio |
