The Belenenses Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Romualdas Jansonas scores twice — 8.23
Two goals and a mark of 8.23 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for João Caiado at that price
Belenenses offered $1.7M; Pacos de Ferreira said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Belenenses
Evandro Barros and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Belenenses
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Belenenses rebuffed over Nuno Félix
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Benfica have kept their man, and Belenenses go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Romualdas Jansonas
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 Aug 2026
Romualdas Jansonas the difference as Belenenses beat 1º Dezembro
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Romualdas Jansonas. 2‑0 against 1º Dezembro, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Neves joins the Belenenses first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Neves is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tarzan is a square peg at Belenenses
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Market Belenenses and Tarzan are talking past each other
- Squad Belenenses are still strangers to each other
- Market Belenenses sign Lagartinho, one for the future