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Leixões
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Full name Leixões Sport Club
Nickname(s) Os Bebés (The Babies)
Heróis do Mar (Heroes of the Sea)
Founded 28 November 1907; 116 years ago (1907-11-28)
Ground Estádio do Mar
Ground Capacity 6,798
Manager Carlos Fangueiro
League Liga Portugal 2
2022–23 15th of 18


Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]), is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, water polo and billiards. It is most well known for its professional football department. Its football department has hosted a B reserve team called Leixões S.C. B and also a C reserve team (Leixões S.C. C) playing in lower leagues.

Leixões won the 1960–61 Taça de Portugal.

History

Leixões Sport Club was founded in 1907, making them one of Portugal's oldest sports clubs in continuous operation. In 1961, they won their only Taça de Portugal, defeating Porto 2–0. This qualified Leixões to the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup, in which they reached the quarter-finals before losing 4–2 on aggregate to East German side Motor Jena. Leixões had their best top-flight league performance in 1962–63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions Benfica.

Present in the top-flight since 1959–60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the 1976–77 season. Apart from the 1988–89 season, Leixões did not play in the top-flight again until 2007.

In 2002, Leixões beat Braga 3–1 away to secure a place in the Taça de Portugal final (the first and only third division club to play a final) against Sporting CP. The club, however, lost 1–0, but nonetheless secured a spot in the following season's UEFA Cup and Portuguese Supercup after Sporting had also finished as national champions for the year. The following season, Leixões lost the Portuguese Supercup against Sporting CP by 5–1. That same year, Leixões lost 5–3 on aggregate to Greek side PAOK after winning the first leg 2–1 at home, thus suffering elimination in the first round of the UEFA Cup. They also romped to the Segunda Divisão B title with 94 points and with it they gained promotion to the Segunda Liga.

In 2004, they just avoided relegation back to Division Two and finished 14th. A year later, they battled to finish seventh in the league. Finally in 2006, they nearly reached the top-flight Primeira Liga, losing out to Desportivo das Aves in the promotion chase by finishing third, two points behind Aves. Third place used to merit a promotion, but due to a re-construction to all leagues, it meant only the top two would go up (Beira-Mar as champions and Aves as runners-up). Finally, in 2007, they gained promotion to the Liga, 18 years after their relegation. During this stint, which lasted three seasons, their best result was a sixth-place finish in 2008–09. Their last match in the Primeira Liga was a 1–0 away loss to Olhanense on 2 May 2010.

Stadium

Main page: Estádio do Mar
Estádio do Mar 00006
Estádio do Mar – Main stand.

Leixões' home ground, the Estádio do Mar, was inaugurated on 1 January 1964 with a match against Benfica, who won 4–0.

Honours

  • 1960–61
  • Segunda Liga: 1
  • 2006–07
  • Segunda Divisão: 1
  • 1937–38
  • Segunda Divisão B: 1
  • 2002–03
  • Campeonato do Porto: 1
  • 1939–40
  • Taça AF Porto: 1
  • 1982–83

Youth honours

  • Nacional Juniores A 1ª Divisão(U19): 1
    • 1941–42
  • AF Porto Jun.A 1ª Divisão(U19 B): 3
    • 2009–10, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • AF Porto Juniores D T. Joaquim Piedade(U13): 1
    • 2010–11

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Portugal GK Ricardo Moura
2 Brazil DF Gabriel Noga (on loan from Flamengo)
4 Brazil DF Léo Bolgado
5 Brazil DF Isaque Gavioli
6 Portugal MF Paulinho
7 Portugal FW Moisés Conceição
8 Brazil MF Rafa Freitas
9 Brazil FW João Marcos (on loan from Santa Clara)
10 Portugal FW Paulité
11 Portugal MF Bruno Ventura (on loan from Rio Ave)
13 Ivory Coast MF Evrard Zag
14 Portugal MF Tomás Reymão
15 Portugal DF Simãozinho
16 Portugal MF André Simões (on loan from Famalicão)
17 Nigeria FW Lawrence Adeniyi
18 Portugal MF Vitó
19 Nigeria FW Morufdeen Moshood
23 Brazil DF Henrique Gelain
24 Ivory Coast FW Mozino
No. Position Player
27 Portugal MF Fabinho
33 Portugal FW Ricardo Valente
43 Brazil DF Danrlei
44 Georgia (country) FW Avto
45 Netherlands FW Djenairo Daniels
51 Serbia GK Igor Stefanović (captain)
61 Portugal DF João Amorim
70 Portugal DF João Oliveira
77 Portugal DF Paulinho
84 Brazil FW Adriano Amorim (on loan from Coimbra)
85 Portugal DF Ricardo Teixeira (on loan from Benfica B)
87 Portugal GK Ricardo Ribeiro
88 Guinea-Bissau FW Agostinho
90 Nigeria FW Arome Idache
92 Portugal DF Rafael Vieira
94 Portugal DF João Ferreira (on loan from Famalicão)
96 Brazil DF Marquinhos Carioca
99 Nigeria DF Bright Godwin

Out on loan

No. Position Player
21 Ivory Coast MF Benjamin Traoré (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2024)
22 Guinea-Bissau MF Ivaldo Rufé (at Ribeirão until 30 June 2024)

Notable former players

  • Portugal António Frasco
  • Portugal Álvaro Magalhães
  • Portugal Frederico Rosa
  • Portugal Ricardo Nascimento
  • Portugal Rui Duarte
  • Portugal Beto
  • Portugal Jorge Gonçalves
  • Portugal Diogo Valente
  • Portugal Vieirinha
  • Portugal Filipe Oliveira
  • Portugal João Moreira
  • Portugal Vítor Castanheira
  • Portugal Nuno Laranjeiro
  • Portugal Zé Manel
  • Portugal Fernando Alexandre
  • Argentina Nelson Benítez
  • Austria Hans-Peter Berger
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nail Besirović
  • Brazil Brasília
  • Brazil Élvis
  • Brazil Leandro Tatu
  • Brazil Roberto
  • Brazil Jaime
  • Brazil Ezequias
  • Brazil Derick Poloni
  • Brazil Wesley
  • Brazil Roberto Souza
  • Brazil Chumbinho
  • Brazil Wênio
  • Brazil Tales Schutz
  • Brazil Portugal Detinho
  • Burkina Faso Hervé Zengue
  • Cameroon Christian Pouga
  • Costa Rica Brandon Poltronieri
  • Colombia Brayan Angulo
  • France Amine Oudrhiri
  • England Phil Walker
  • England Bill Roffey
  • Equatorial Guinea Rubén Belima
  • Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba
  • Greece Anastasios Tsoumagas
  • Guinea-Bissau Dionisio Mendes
  • Haiti Jean Sony
  • Malta Udo Nwoko
  • Vietnam Lê Công Vinh

Managerial history

  • Hungary József Szabó (1957–1958)
  • Portugal Óscar Marques (1960)
  • Argentina José Valle (1960–1961)
  • Argentina Filpo Nunez (1961)
  • Portugal António Teixeira (1967–1970)
  • Portugal António Teixeira (1972–1974)
  • Portugal José Rachão (1982–1984)
  • Portugal Acácio Casimiro (1986–1987)
  • Portugal Henrique Calisto (1990–1991)
  • Portugal Amândio Barreiras (1991)
  • Portugal Manuel Barbosa (1991–1993)
  • Portugal Nicolau Vaqueiro (1993)
  • Portugal Vieira Nunes (1993–1994)
  • Portugal Henrique Calisto (1994)
  • Portugal Ruben Cunha (1994)
  • Portugal Acácio Casimiro (1994–1995)
  • Portugal Álvaro Carolino (1995)
  • Portugal António Caldas (1996–1997)
  • Portugal Ruben Cunha (1997–1998)
  • Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan (1998)
  • Portugal Rúben Cunha (1998–1999)
  • Portugal José Alberto Torres (1999–2000)
  • Portugal António Pinto (June, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001)
  • Portugal Adelino Teixeira (Jan 25, 2001 – May 26, 2001)
  • Portugal Carlos Carvalhal (June 8, 2001 – Dec 9, 2002)
  • Portugal Abílio Novais (Dec 12, 2002 – Nov 5, 2003)
  • Portugal João Alves (Nov 5, 2003 – Jan 12, 2004)
  • Portugal António Pinto (Jan 12, 2004 – May 12, 2004)
  • Portugal José Gomes (June, 2004–May, 2005)
  • Portugal Rogério Gonçalves (June 11, 2005 – Feb 21, 2006)
  • Portugal Vítor Oliveira (Feb 22, 2006 – May 20, 2007)
  • Portugal Carlos Brito (May 26, 2007 – Feb 9, 2008)
  • Portugal António Pinto (Feb 9, 2008 – May 21, 2008)
  • Portugal José Mota (May 21, 2008 – Feb 9, 2010)
  • Spain Fernando Castro Santos (Feb 9, 2010 – May 8, 2010)
  • Portugal Augusto Inácio (May 21, 2010 – Feb 13, 2011)
  • Portugal Litos (Feb 16, 2011 – Feb 14, 2012)
  • Portugal Horácio Gonçalves (Feb 15, 2012 – Nov 6, 2012)
  • Portugal Pedro Correia (Nov 6, 2012 – Mar 3, 2014)
  • Portugal Jorge Casquilha (Mar 6, 2014 – May 11, 2014)
  • Portugal Horácio Gonçalves (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
  • Portugal Manuel Monteiro (July 1, 2015 – Nov 22, 2015)
  • Portugal Pedro Miguel (Nov 29, 2015 – Jun 30, 2016)
  • Portugal Filipe Coelho (July 1, 2016 – Oct 30, 2016)
  • Portugal Daniel Kenedy (Nov 13, 2016 – Aug 19, 2017)
  • Portugal João Henriques (Aug 23, 2017 – Jan 6, 2018)
  • Portugal Ricardo Malafaia (Jan 14, 2018 – Apr 7, 2018)
  • Portugal Francisco Chaló (Apr 11, 2018 – Jun 30, 2018)
  • Portugal Filipe Gouveia (Jul 1, 2018 – Dec 23, 2018)
  • Portugal Bruno China (Dec 30, 2018)
  • Portugal Jorge Casquilha (Jan 6, 2019 – Jun 30, 2019)
  • Portugal Carlos Pinto (Jul 1, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020)
  • Portugal Manuel Cajuda (Feb 2, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020)
  • Portugal Tiago Fernandes (Jul 1, 2020 – Oct 4, 2020)
  • Portugal João Eusébio (Oct 7, 2020 – Jan 6, 2021)
  • Portugal José Mota (Jan 11, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022)
  • Portugal Vitor Martins (Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023)
  • Portugal Pedro Ribeiro (Jul 1, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024)
  • Portugal Carlos Fangueiro (Jan 24, 2024 – )

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup PR Switzerland Chaux Fonds 5–0 2–6 7–6
1R Romania Progresul București 1–1 1–0 2–1
QF East Germany Motor Jena 1–3 1–1 2–4
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Scotland Celtic 1–1 0–3 1–4
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Romania Argeș Pitești 1–1 0–0 1–1
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR North Macedonia Belasica 2–2 2–1 4–3
1R Greece PAOK 2–1 1–4 3–5

League and cup history

The club has played 25 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season Div Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Europe Notes
1936–37 CL 8 14 2 0 12 19 69 4 1st round the cup-style competition played was still the

Portuguese Championship; until 1938, the

league-style competitions were still experimental
1937–38 2D.2 1 6 5 1 0 23 4 11 1st round went on to beat CUF in the finals of Segunda Divisão
1938–39 2D.DL 3 10 5 1 4 30 18 11 did not compete Portuguese Cup and official leagues were created
1939–40 1D 9 18 1 5 12 26 70 7 1st round relegated; won the Campeonato do Porto
1940–41 2D.DL1 1 8 6 1 1 29 13 13 did not compete lost the Douro Litoral Zone final
1941–42 2D.A.2.1 1 13 12 1 0 80 12 25 quarter-final lost the Segunda Divisão overall final; promoted
1942–43 1D 10 18 0 2 16 19 81 2 last 16 relegated
1943–44 2D.A.2.3 1 14 12 1 1 71 16 25 did not compete lost on the round of 16 in the

Segunda Divisão final phase
1944–45 2D.A.4 1 10 9 0 1 42 12 18 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1945–46 2D.A.1 1 10 7 2 1 45 9 16 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1946–47 2D.A.2 1 10 9 0 1 64 8 18 not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1947–48 2D.A 2 14 9 1 4 35 23 19 1st round lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1948–49 2D.A 4 14 6 0 8 37 32 12 did not compete
1949–50 2D.A.2 1 18 14 2 2 57 28 30 not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1950–51 2D.A 1 18 12 2 4 50 30 26 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1951–52 2D.A 4 18 11 0 7 46 29 22 did not compete
1952–53 2D.A 3 18 9 4 5 46 34 22 did not compete
1953–54 2D.A 1 26 16 5 5 57 38 37 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1954–55 2DN 8 26 9 4 13 48 58 22 2nd round
1955–56 2DN 5 26 12 6 8 78 45 30 1st round
1956–57 2DN 5 26 14 3 9 67 50 31 2nd round
1957–58 2DN 4 26 10 6 10 46 39 26 did not compete
1958–59 2DN 1 26 18 5 3 55 22 41 2nd round lost the Segunda Divisão overall final (2nd); promoted
1959–60 1D 8 26 8 7 11 48 56 23 1st round
1960–61 1D 8 26 10 3 13 38 44 23 WINNERS
1961–62 1D 7 26 10 3 13 47 55 23 quarter-final CWC - QF
1962–63 1D 5 26 10 10 6 34 33 30 3rd round best league position ever
1963–64 1D 8 26 8 9 9 34 44 25 2nd round
1964–65 1D 9 26 8 5 13 50 51 21 1st round Fairs Cup - R1
1965–66 1D 12 26 7 4 15 28 39 18 quarter-final
1966–67 1D 7 26 8 8 10 23 29 24 quarter-final
1967–68 1D 8 26 10 4 12 29 39 24 quarter-final
1968–69 1D 11 26 7 7 12 21 30 21 last 16 Fairs Cup - R1
1969–70 1D 11 26 10 1 15 33 47 21 semi-final
1970–71 1D 13 26 7 5 14 22 44 19 last 16
1971–72 1D 14 30 7 7 16 26 51 21 quarter-final
1972–73 1D 9 30 11 8 11 32 45 30 quarter-final
1973–74 1D 14 30 9 3 18 36 56 21 last 32
1974–75 1D 9 30 10 9 11 29 42 29 last 16
1975–76 1D 12 30 8 6 16 30 65 22 last 32
1976–77 1D 15 30 4 15 11 15 31 23 2nd round relegated
1977–78 2DN 4 30 13 6 11 43 37 32 3rd round
1978–79 2DN 5 30 14 8 8 53 41 36 last 32
1979–80 2DN 5 30 15 4 11 54 29 34 last 32
1980–81 2DN 2 30 17 6 7 58 29 40 last 64 were 2nd on the promotion group (not promoted)
1981–82 2DN 6 30 11 9 10 36 35 31 quarter-final
1982–83 2DN 5 30 15 7 8 45 25 37 last 16 won the Taça AF Porto
1983–84 2DN 3 29 16 5 8 47 29 37 last 32 see notes
1984–85 2DN 4 30 14 10 6 38 29 38 last 64
1985–86 2DN 10 30 12 6 12 43 37 30 last 128
1986–87 2DN 6 30 9 13 8 23 26 31 last 128
1987–88 2DN 1 38 22 9 7 70 33 53 last 16 promoted
1988–89 1D 19 38 7 14 17 29 46 28 last 64 relegated
1989–90 2DN 8 34 13 9 12 46 42 35 1st round qualified for the 1st ever Liga de Honra (2nd level)
1990–91 2H 7 38 15 13 10 49 41 43 4th round
1991–92 2H 7 34 12 11 11 31 26 35 semi-final
1992–93 2H 12 34 11 9 14 34 39 31 4th round
1993–94 2H 18 34 8 8 18 24 41 24 5th round relegated
1994–95 2DN 7 34 13 11 10 44 28 37 3rd round
1995–96 2DN 10 34 14 6 14 47 42 48 2nd round from this season, wins = 3 points
1996–97 2DN 2 34 20 9 5 59 26 69 3rd round
1997–98 2DN 5 24 15 1 8 48 32 56 3rd round
1998–99 2DN 2 34 19 9 6 62 35 66 2nd round
1999–00 2DN 4 34 14 9 11 52 46 51 4th round
2000–01 2DN 6 38 14 18 6 60 46 60 5th round
2001–02 2DN 2 38 25 8 5 73 27 83 Runners-Up
2002–03 2DN 1 38 29 7 2 73 27 94 2nd round UEFA Cup - R1 lost the Portuguese Supercup; promoted
2003–04 2H 14 34 9 15 10 44 48 42 4th round
2004–05 2H 6 34 14 8 12 40 33 50 4th round
2005–06 2H 3 34 17 11 6 47 19 62 4th round
2006–07 2H 1 30 18 6 6 45 21 60 5th round promoted
2007–08 1D 14 30 4 14 12 27 37 26 6th round 3rd round
2008–09 1D 6 30 12 9 9 30 31 45 quarter-final group stage 1
2009–10 1D 16 30 5 6 19 25 51 21 last 32 group stage 2 relegated
2010–11 2H 6 30 10 12 8 35 27 42 last 16 2nd round
2011–12 2H 11 30 11 7 12 32 34 37 last 16 group stage 1
2012–13 2H 3 42 18 14 10 49 36 68 last 64 2nd round
2013–14 2H 17 42 13 8 21 42 57 47 last 16 group stage 2
2014–15 2H 20 46 13 11 22 53 67 50 2nd round group stage 1
2015–16 2H 18 46 14 13 19 45 56 55 last 64 group stage
2016–17 2H 18 42 10 16 16 44 48 46 quarter-final 1st round won the relegation play-offs to stay in Segunda Liga
2017–18 2H 8 38 14 14 10 50 43 56 last 32 group stage
2018–19 2H 7 34 12 9 13 35 36 45 quarter-final 2nd round
2019–20 2H 9 24 8 9 7 23 22 33 last 32 2nd round league suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 2H 10 34 10 10 14 35 43 40 last 32 did not compete
2021–22 2H 8 34 13 9 12 42 40 48 last 32 1st round
2022–23 2H 15 34 10 9 15 38 49 38 last 16 group stage started with -1 points due to failure to pay wages in the 2021–22 season
2023–24 2H current season
  • CL: Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions)
  • 1D: Primeira Liga and predecessors (1st level)
  • 2H: Liga de Honra and successors (2nd level)
  • 2D.DL1: Segunda Divisão, Douro Litoral Zone, Group 1 (2nd level)
  • 2D.A.2.1: Segunda Divisão, Zone A, Group 2, Sub-Group 1 (2nd level)
  • 2D.A: Segunda Divisão, Zone A (2nd level)
  • 2DN: Segunda Divisão, Northern Zone (until 1990: 2nd level; post-1990: 3rd level)
  • CWC: Cup Winners' Cup
  • FC: Fairs Cup
  • UC: UEFA Cup
  • R1: 1st round
  • QF: Quarter-final

Other sports

In addition to football, Leixões also competes in boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Leixões Sport Club para niños

  • Leixões SC (volleyball)
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