NOTE: for this calculation, zerozero only took into account the coaches who guided their respective teams in the Portuguese Cup final
O last Saturdayin Sines, was a party for the SC Braga. In rapid growth in recent years, the Minho team finally achieved the first title for the sectionbecoming the tenth team to win the Queen Test of Portuguese futsal.
The feat, for the size of the Gverreiros, is remarkable. The achievement of the first trophy in the sport is combined with the interruption of a large hegemony of Sporting It is Benfica in national tests – from 2013/14 that all national trophies were won by Lisbon’s rivals.
Let us then go back to 2014 To begin this story that will end with just one man: Joel Rocha. The man who, 10 years later, once again took a Portuguese title from the greats of national futsal and who made history by becoming the first coach to win three Portuguese Cups… for three different clubs.
AD Fundão, Benfica… and SC Braga
| Joel Rocha 12 official titles |
Even today, 10 years later, the winning the Portuguese Cup on the part of AD Fundão It is a remarkable achievement for Portuguese futsal. Leaving along the way Sporting (16th)Desportiva entered the final four of Oliveira de Azeméis as outsider due to the presence of Benfica… who were going to lose end in extra time.
Who led a team that, at the time, had names like André Sousa, Nuno Couto, Mario Freitas or Pany Varela He was a young coach who had taken over the technical command of the Beira team three seasons earlier. This 2013/14 season, where won the Cup and would arrive at end of play-offwould end up being the last at the club, later heading to Benfica.
In the light, Joel Rocha He was immediately happy. In 2015 he would win Portuguese League and Cupwhereas, in the case of Queen Testit would be the second consecutive one for his palmares. This year, it equaled Adil Amarante, coach who also won two Portuguese Cups. And, more than that, it would reach the achievements of Paulo Fernandes It is Alipio Matoswho won Cups with two different clubs.
In 2017, Joel Rocha would go on to win, once again with Benfica, a new Portuguese Cup and now, in 2024, made history. After leaving Luz, the coach took on the ambitious project of SC Braga. With the symbol of Gverreiros chest, the manager won his fourth Portuguese Cup – only Nuno Diaswith six, won more -… by three different clubs. Nobody had done it. Until Joel Rocha lift – literally – the Queen Test.
@SC Braga
