Club Lisbonense was founded in 1892 by a group of footballing pioneers in the city, which consisted of the Pinto Basto brothers (Eduardo, Guilherme, and Frederico), Carlos and Afonso Villar, Carlos Paiva Raposo, Edgar Plantier, Mariano Cardoso, Herculano Moura, Valentim Machado, Ernesto da Fonseca and A. Silva.

[3] The meeting was organized by the then FC Porto president, António Nicolau de Almeida, and by the then Club Lisbonense president, Guilherme Pinto Basto, who managed to have the King Carlos present, who traveled to Porto to witness the event and present a trophy to the winners.

Rankin, and Arthur Paiva Raposo contributed to Lisbon's victory, and that the game was refereed by Guilherme's brother, Eduardo.

[6] At that time, Lisbonense had three black players in its ranks: Alfredo Silva, Pascoal and Valentim Machado.

The patronage and sponsorship of the King were pivotal to attract a significant number of spectators, as football was practically an unknown sport in Portugal at the time.