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Appendix: Spanish/Portuguese club sides.

Both these countries produced their own ranges at the beginning of the 1980s. Some details of these teams can be found on the International Team Production page.

Spain.

The famous red and blue stripes of Barcelona first appeared in the Subbuteo charts in the early 1960s when it replaced Bradford Park Ave at 019. The other Spanish giants, Real Madrid, wore their classic all white strip - so they didn't need a special kit to be added to the catalogues in the 1960s. However, the rest of Spain was strangely overlooked. The big 1978 team increases only added Atletico Madrid at 226. 

The Spanish teams only started appearing in 1982 - to coincide with them hosting the World Cup. Even then, not many teams make it into the British catalogues. What is interesting to me is that these teams are in the 400-440 range, which remained incomplete in the UK catalogues. We know that more Spanish teams were produced for their internal market. Was this a planned range that fell victim to the Subbuteo cut backs of the early 1980s?

Name

Pre-1981

Post-1981

   Name Pre-1981 Post-1981
Algeciras CF   440   Real Betis   036
Athletic Bilbao 009 440   Real Madrid 021 691
Atlético Madrid 226 424, 004, 424   Real Murcia   001
(FC) Barcelona 019 472   Real Sociedad   003, 431, 003
Cádiz CF   425, 009, 424   Real Zaragoza 021 018, 674, 018
Deportivo La Coruña   487   Santander   036
Español or Espanyol   003, 424, 487   Sevilla FC    144, 183
Gijón (Sporting Gijón)   226, 424, 009, 424   (CD) Tenerife   018
Las Palmas   047, 425, 047, 577   Valencia CF   401, 021, 156
Málaga    431, 464, 278   Valladolid CF*   439, 003
(CA) Osasuna   048, 433, 214      
             

*Valladolid should have purple stripes not blue - so ref 003 is not actually correct. 

Portugal.

Unlike Spain, Portugal was well supported during the 1978 expansion, with ten teams being added. I'm not too sure how accurate the names are on these teams however. Most of the long running Portuguese sides remain faithful to one number.

Name

Pre-1981

Post-1981

    Name Pre-1981 Post-1981
Académica (Coimbra) 272     (CS) Marítimo 064  
Atletico (Atletico Clube Portugal Lisbon) 275     Montijo 134, 174  
Barreirense 004     Olhanense 280  
(SC) Beira Mar 006     (FC) Penafiel    147
CF Os Belenenses 002     Portimonense    246, 579, 496
(SL) Benfica 001, 138     (FC) Porto 278 464, 278
Boavista FC 273     Quimigal 274  
Sporting Braga 244 232, 138   Rio Ave FC 036  
C.U.F. 274     (SC) Salgueiros   001, 138
(GD) Chaves   472   Vitória Setúbal 036  
Sporting Espinho   287   Sporting Lisbon 277  
Estoril 198 047   Tomar 276  
Famalicao   293, 018   União Coimbra 299  
SC Farense 178 010, 021   União Leiria 303  
(Vitória) Guimarães 021     Varzim SC 287  
Leça FC   277   AC Viseu   156
Leixões 004          

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