Associação de Futebol de Lisboa - Brazil 1913

Some team photographs of the Portuguese XI taken during their visit to Brazil. 

In 1913 Botafogo moved into their new ground, Estádio General Severiano. The first game at the stadium was played on 13.05.13, a 1-0 win over Flamengo with a goal from Mimi Sodre.
Botafogo were keen to celebrate the acquisition of their new home with a special eve. This is what prompted them (in 1912) to invite the Football Association of Lisbon to send a touring party to Rio. The arrangements were handled by journalist Duarte Rodrigues of Lisbon's Tiro e Sport magazine.
Football in Portugal was amatuer and the trip required a large commitment in terms of time and expense. 
Several players who would have featured on merit were unavailable. The Football Association of Lisbon assembled the following squad for the tour: 

GK	Eduardo Luís Pinto Basto (secretary)	Internacional
HB	Boaventura Belo	Internacional
F	João Bentes	Sporting
D	Henrique Costa	Benfica
D	Amadeu Cruz	Sporting
HB	Cosme Damião  (captain)	Benfica
F	José Domingos Fernandes	Benfica
D/HB	Carlos Figueiredo	Benfica
F/ HB	Álvaro Gaspar	Benfica
F	Artur José Pereira	Benfica
F	Cândido Rosa Rodrigues	Sporting
GK	Augusto Paiva Simões	Benfica
F	Carlos Sobral	Internacional
F	António Stromp	Sporting
F	Francisco Stromp	Sporting
F	Luís Vieira	Benfica

Cosme Damião 

Liga Metropolitana XI ('Brazil') 17.07.13

Botafogo 1913

13.07.13	British XI (Rio Cricket/ Paysandu)	3	1	Portugal XI	Estádio General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro
14.07.13	Combinado Carioca	1	0	Portugal XI
17.07.13	Brazil XI (Liga Metropolitana de Sports Atléticos)	0	0	Portugal XI
20.07.13	Botafogo	0	1	Portugal XI
24.07.13	Palmeiras	2	2	Portugal XI	Velódromo de São Paulo
25.07.13	Mackenzie	5	1	Portugal XI
27.07.13	Paulistano	0	1	Portugal XI

P	W	D	L	F	A
7	2	2	3	6	11

Goals: Artur José Pereira (3), Carlos Sobral (2) , António Stromp (1) 

Botafogo vs Portuguese XI

Paulistano 27.07.13

Vieira

Benfica's Luis Vieira stayed on in Rio and  played for Botafogo, their first overseas player.

He remained in Brazil until 1916.

Leônidas

Leônidas da Silva (in the hoops of CR Flamengo) causes 'Panic in the defence of Botafogo'. Seemingly eccentric headgear was relatively commonplace in Brazilian football.

Leônidas has been referred to as the first Brazilian superstar. This photograph shows him as if he was an exotic exhibit screened from his adoring public.
His playing career stretched from 1929-1950, and in 19 internationals he scored 21 goals. 

Medgyessy Jenő

The Danubian influence on the football of South America predates Dori Kruschner (Dori Kürschner) and his work in Brazil. It also predates the Ferencvaros tour that allegedly influenced the style of Argentine football. 
Eugênio Medgyessy arrived in Brazil in 1926 and managed Botafogo, where in true Brazilian style he picked up a nickname-Marineti. Medgyessy later managed  Fluminense (1927-28) and  São Paulo (1932-33) before moving  to Argentina where he had spells with Racing (Club de Avellaneda), San Lorenzo and River Plate. 
As Medgyessy Jenő he had played for Ferencvaros from 1907-1919, making 80 first team appearances. Medgyessy was a League championship winner with Fradi on 4 occasions (1909-10, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13) and a Cup winner in 1913. 
Despite these achievements his personal career was described as unspectacular. He received injuries whilst fighting for the central powers in 1918. Whilst in South America Medgyessy was instrumental in organizing Ferencvarosi's tour of 1929. 

Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio-São Paulo

Brazilian championships were run by city or state. It was not possible to have a national championship. However, in 1910 a competition was introduced in which the reigning champions of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo played each other for a trophy. The 1910 fixture is seen as a forerunner of the later matches, and Botafogo's victory is generally not considered 'official'. In 1911 the  Taça Salutaris was insituted. During the competition's history a succession of trophies were contested.

Taça Salutaris 1911-16
Taça Ioduran 1917-19
Torneio dos Campeões 1920-31
Torneio Rio-São Paulo 1933-

The matches tended to take place in the following season (so that, for example, the 1910 championship was decided in 1911. 1937 was an exception to this rule).

	Rio			São Paulo	Venue
1910	Botafogo	7	2	Palmeiras	Velódromo Paulistano(São Paulo)
1910	Botafogo	2	4	Palmeiras	Rua Voluntários da Pátria (Rio)
		6	1		Rua Voluntários da Pátria (Rio)
		0	2		Parque Antarctica (SP)
1912	Botafogo	0	3	SC Americano	Campo Público de São Cristóvão (Rio)
1913	América	2	3	Paulistano	Velódromo Paulistano
		-	-		Second leg not played
1914	Flamengo	0	1	AA São Bento	Velódromo Paulistano  (São Paulo)
1916	América Walk over	-	-	Paulistano	Campos Salles (Rio)
1917	Fluminense	2	3	Paulistano	General Severiano (Rio)
1918	Fluminense Walk over	-	-	Paulistano	Velódromo Paulistano (SP)
1919	Fluminense	1	4	Paulistano	Laranjeiras (Rio)
1922	América	0	2	Corinthians	N.K (SP)	No decider played
		4	2		Campos Salles (Rio)
1923	Vasco da Gama	0	2	Palestra Italia	N.K (SP)
		1	1		N.K (Rio)
1926	São Cristóvão	0	2	Palestra Italia	Palestra Italia (SP)	Aggregate win
		3	2		Laranjeiras (Rio)
1928	América	2	2	Corinthians	N.K (SP)
		-	-		Second leg not played
1929	Vasco da Gama	2	4	Corinthians	Parque São Jorge(SP)
		2	3		São Januário (Rio)
1930	Botafogo	0	2	Corinthians	Floresta (SP)
		7	1		General Severiano (Rio)
1931	América	1	3	São Paulo	Floresta (SP)
1934	Vasco da Gama	1	1	Palestra Italia	N.K Shared
1935	Botafogo	9	2	Santos	General Severiano (Rio)		Best of 3 decided on goal difference
		1	2		Vila Belmiro (Santos)
		2	2		Vila Belmiro (Santos)
1937	Vasco da Gama	0	0	Palestra Italia	Pacaembu (SP)
		3	1		São Januário (Rio)

Rio de Janeiro	5
São Paulo	10
Shared	1
Not completed	2

Palmeiras 1910

Paulistano 1917

Botafogo 1930

Vasco da Gama 1934