Eduardo Pinto Basto

From around 1870, the Portuguese Royal family began to spend part of the summer in the coastal town of Cascais.

At first, the Cascais multi-sports club had no football in its ranks, but the three Pinto Basto brothers (Guilherme, Eduardo and Frederico) soon changed that, being the fundamental heads behind its spread in mainland Portugal.

[2] On the other hand, his brother Guilherme organized what is now considered to be the playing in the first match on mainland Portugal in Cascais in October 1888.

[5][6] The first football club to have been founded in Portugal was Club Lisbonense in 1892, which was founded by the Pinto Basto brothers together with other football pioneers in the city such as the Vilar brothers (Carlos and Afonso) and Paiva Raposo.

[7][2] 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.