G.D. Estoril Praia

Estoril

Full name	Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia
Nickname(s)	Canarinhos (Canaries) Equipa da Linha Estorilistas
Founded	17 May 1939
Ground	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota
Capacity	8,015
Owner	Traffic Sports Europe
Chairman	Miguel Pisco
Manager	Hugo Leal and Fabiano
League	Primeira Liga
2014–15	12th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (Portuguese pronunciation: [(ɨ)ʃtuˈɾiɫ ˈpɾajɐ]), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon.^[1] The club was founded on 17 May 1939.^[2] They play at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota which holds a seating capacity of 8015.^[3] As a sports club, Estoril Praia has departments for football, futsal and basketball.^[2]

Estoril plays in the Primeira Liga.^[4] Since the club's establishment it has won nine trophies in its senior football department, the most recent being the 2011–12 Liga de Honra.^[5] As a result of this, several personnel of the club were awarded awards in relation to their performances in the 2011–12 season, of which they include Licá who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year, Vagner who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year and Marco Silva who won the LPFP Liga de Honra Coach of the Year.^[6][7] The club is sponsored by Danish sports manufacturer Hummel.

History

Early beginnings

The club was founded on 17 May 1939 as Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia by, among others, Joaquim Cardim, José Ereia, João Rebelo, Armando Vilar, Ernesto Tomás, and Joaquim Nunes.^[2] The club's principal promoter was Fausto Cardoso de Figueiredo, the wealthy owner of the Lisbon-Cascais railway, the English hotels of the city, Paris and the Palace, the bath building, and the Estoril Casino.^[2] The team's badge and kit colours were inspired by Estoril's many beaches, considered the best in all of Portugal. The yellow symbolizes the colour of the sun, while the blue symbolizes the colour of the neighbouring Atlantic Ocean.^[2]

When the club was initially established it began to play in the Campeonato de Lisboa which was a league competition contested by teams from Lisbon. It also began to compete in the Taça de Portugal. Four years after its establishment, the club has reached the Taça de Portugal final in the 1943–44 season in which they lost to Benfica 8–0 at the Campo das Salésias in Lisbon.^[8]

Following that season the club reached for the Primeira Liga in the 1944–45 season where they finished seventh in their very first season in Portugal's top flight division.^[9] The next season saw the club play in the 1945–46 Segunda Divisão and the 1945–46 Campeonato de Lisboa.^[10] The club remained in the top flight until the 1952–53 Primeira Divisão season where they finished last and were relegated to the Portuguese Second Division.^[11]

Decline and revival

The next season saw them begin their football life in the Segunda Divisão. Estoril played in the division for 22 years before gaining promotion to the top flight again. Following the appointment of experienced English manager Jimmy Hagan in 1973 who prior to being appointed as manager of Estoril had managed Benfica to three consecutive league titles in 1970–71, 1971–72 and 1972–73 as well as a Taça de Portugal in the 1971–72 season he helped the club achieve promotion to Primeira Liga. The club's return saw them finish an impressive eighth place in the league as well as a quarter-finalist in the cup competition. The next ten years saw the club remain in a stable position finishing in mid-table positions up until the mid-1980s.

In the late 1980s, the club appointed Fernando Santos as manager. A young coach who had played for the club during his professional career in the 1970s who had retired due to several injuries. He helped the club rebuild itself and improve its players and after three years in charge he helped them gain promotion once again to the top flight at the age of 36. During his time he helped the club establish themselves as a Primeira Liga club up until the 1993–94 season where he left the club for Estrela da Amadora and Estoril in that very season were relegated to the second tier.

Since the departure of Fernando Santos as manager in 1994 the club has been lurking around the Liga de Honra. Since the Liga de Honra's establishment the club has participated in fourteen seasons in that division. In the 1998–99 Liga de Honra season, the club suffered relegation to the third tier of Portuguese football for the first time in their history.^[12] Since then the club has suffered several promotions and relegation.

Recent years

At the beginning of the millennium, the club was playing in the Portuguese Second Division. Ulisses Morais took over in 2002 and led the club to back to back promotions leading the club to the top flight. Litos took over for the 2004–05 Primeira Liga season where the club finished seventeenth and were relegated after one season.^[13]

In the 2011–12 season, the club was promoted to first division by winning the Liga de Honra five points ahead of second place Moreirense. With new owners and under the management of Marco Silva who half way through the season took over from Vinícius Eutrópio,the team claimed the second Liga de Honra title in club history. The main players on the title roster were João Coimbra, Licá, Steven Vitória and Vagner.^[14][15] The 2012–13 season marked the return of the club to the Primeira Liga and saw them finish in an impressive fifth place in the league, from the position of newly promoted, and also qualify for the third qualifying round of Europa League, marking its first presence in the European competitions.^[16] Estoril reached Europa League group stages after defeating Hapoel Ramat Gan and Pasching. They finished fourth place in a group against Sevilla, Freiburg and Slovan Liberec, with only three points in three draws against Sevilla and Freiburg (twice). In the 2013–14 season, Estoril finished in fourth place, marking it's best performance ever in the Portuguese first division, qualifying directly to Europa League's Group Stage, thanks to Benfica's victory over Rio Ave in the Taça de Portugal.

In the last 5 years, the club has changed sponsorship from Gelpeixe to the Portuguese bank Banco BIC. The club was formerly sponsored by Gelpeixe. Also, the club's kit supplier has changed from Joma to Hummel in the 2011–12 season, and changed again to Nike for the 2015–16 season.

Stadium

Estoril currently play at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota which holds a seating capacity of 8,015.^[17] The stadium also plays host to Estoril's reserve team home games.^[18]

The Swedish national football team used the stadium as a training ground in preparation for UEFA Euro 2004.^[19][20] The stadium has also played host to matches of Portuguese youth team games most notably the Portuguese national under-21 football team.^[21]

The stadium has also played host to games involving the Portuguese national rugby union team, most recently being against Ukraine in a 2006 European Nations Cup First Division match and against Uruguay in a 2007 Rugby World Cup repechage qualification match.

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Play-off	Pasching	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Group H	Sevilla	1–2	1–1	4th place
			Slovan Liberec	1–2	1–2
			Freiburg	0–0	1–1
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	Group E	PSV Eindhoven	3–3	0–1	3rd place
			Panathinaikos	2–0	1–1
			Dynamo Moscow	1–2	0–1

Players

As of 31 July 2015^[22]

Current squad

As of 18 January, 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Pawel Kieszek 2 DF Yohan Tavares 4 DF Bruno Miguel (Captain) 5 DF Ânderson Luís 6 MF Afonso Taira 7 DF Mano 9 FW Léo Bonatini 10 FW Gerso 11 FW Tijane 12 GK Georgemy (on loan from Cruzeiro) 13 MF Anderson Esiti 14 FW Michael (on loan from Fluminense) 15 DF Oumar Diakhite (on loan from Olhanense) 17 MF Gladestony (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)

No. Position Player 21 FW Frédéric Mendy 22 FW Marion (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 23 DF Lucas Farias (on loan from São Paulo) 25 MF Diogo Amado 26 DF Pedro Botelho (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) 27 MF Mattheus (on loan from Flamengo) 30 FW Dieguinho (on loan from Desportivo Brasil) 33 DF Dankler 34 DF Diego Carlos 37 GK Rúben Dionísio 55 MF Babanco 91 MF Leandro Chaparro (on loan from Desportivo Brasil) 92 FW Felipe Augusto (on loan from Tupi) 93 MF Matheuzinho

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Alex Kakuba (at Feirense) 8 MF Billal Sebaihi (at Tondela) -- MF Lucas Morelatto (at Olhanense)

No. Position Player -- MF Douglas Cordeiro (at Olhanense) -- FW João Falque (at Olhanense)

Honours

Domestic honours Portuguese Cup Runners-up (1): 1943–44 Segunda Liga Winners (2): 2003–04, 2011–12 Portuguese Second Division Winners (5): 1941–42, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1974–75, 2002–03 Liga Intercalar Winners (1): 2009–10 "FPF" Cup (First Division) Runners-up (1): 1976–77 AF Lisbon First Division Winners (1): 1968–69

Personnel honours LPFP Liga de Honra Player of the Year 2011–12 : Licá LPFP Liga de Honra Goalkeeper of the Year 2011–12 : Vagner LPFP Liga de Honra Coach of the Year 2011–12 : Marco Silva

Notable former players

Former Portuguese international footballer Pauleta played for Estoril between 1995 and 1996.

Portugal Amoreirinha António Barros António Pacheco Carlos Freire Carlos Manuel David Caiado Diogo Amado Fernando Santos Filipe da Costa Hélder Cristóvão Hugo Santos Jorge Baptista José António José Mota José Torres Licá Luís Andrade Luís Carlos Luís Norton de Matos Márcio Ramos Marinho Pauleta Paulo Ferreira Paulo Sousa Rui Duarte Sérgio Barge Toni Vidigal

Europe Stoycho Mladenov Tomislav Ivković Jari Rantanen Yannick Quesnel Dejan Ognjanović Miroslav Ćurčić Ibón Pérez Hans Eskilsson Kasper Schmeichel

Africa Karim Fellahi Lázaro Marco Paulo Quinzinho Jérémie N'Jock Dady Fernando Varela Paulo Pina Henry Antchouet Djamal Mahamat Aziz Bouderbala Oussama Souaidy David Byrne

Americas Andrés Aimar Erwin Sánchez André Barreto Dorival Euzébio Neto Evandro Goebel Everton Giovanella Jardel Jefferson Leandro Paulo Sérgio Reinaldo Yuri Steven Vitória Bryan Arguez Greg Garza Tony Taylor

Managerial history

Augusto Silva (1942–45) Lippo Hertzka (1946–47) János Biri (1947–49) Jimmy Hagan (1973–75) António Medeiros (1975–77) José Torres (1979–81) Jimmy Hagan (1981–82) Mário Wilson (1983–84) António Medeiros (1984) Mário Wilson (1984–86) António Fidalgo (1986–87)

Fernando Santos (1987–94) Carlos Manuel (1994–96) Isidro Beato (1996–98) Rui Águas (1998–99) Minervino Pietra (1999–00) José Rachão (2000–01) José Morais (2001–02) Ulisses Morais (Nov 1, 2002 – Aug 23, 2004) Litos (Aug 24, 2004 – June 30, 2005) Daúto Faquirá (July 1, 2005 – Jan 5, 2006) Marco Paulo (Jan 6, 2006 – Jan 27, 2006)

Litos (Jan 28, 2006 – May 24, 2007) Tulipa (May 28, 2007 – Sept 24, 2008) Manuel Pinho (interim) (Sept 25, 2008 – Sept 29, 2008) João Carlos Pereira (Sept 30, 2008 – May 25, 2009) Hélder Cristóvão (July 1, 2009 – Sept 28, 2009) Neca (Sept 29, 2009 – May 10, 2010) Vinícius Eutrópio (May 14, 2010 – Sept 27, 2011) Marco Silva (Sept 28, 2011 – May 12, 2014) José Couceiro (May 24, 2014–)

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1944–45	1D	7	18	6	4	8	44	34	16	Round 1		^[A]
1945–46	2D	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Round 1		^[B]
1946–47	1D	5	26	16	1	9	96	55	33	not held		^[C]
1947–48	1D	4	26	16	4	6	91	49	36	Quarter-final		^[D]
1948–49	1D	5	26	12	5	9	76	54	29	Round 1
1949–50	1D	12	26	7	7	12	50	59	21	not held		^[E]
1950–51	1D	11	26	10	1	15	53	58	21	Quarter-final
1951–52	1D	9	26	8	5	13	49	61	21	Round 1
1952–53	1D	14	26	5	4	17	28	64	14	Round 1		Relegated
1975–76	1D	8	30	10	8	12	31	45	28	Quarter-final
1976–77	1D	11	30	6	13	11	26	36	25	Round 4
1977–78	1D	11	30	8	9	13	25	36	25	Round 4
1978–79	1D	11	30	8	10	12	24	42	26	Round 5
1979–80	1D	14	30	5	11	14	18	37	21	Round 4		Relegated
1980–81	2D.S	1	30	17	9	4	48	20	43	Round 4		Promoted
1981–82	1D	12	30	7	10	13	30	41	24	Round 5
1982–83	1D	11	30	9	8	13	26	39	26	Round 6
1983–84	1D	14	30	6	9	15	22	51	21	Quarter-final
1990–91	2H	2	38	17	12	9	48	28	46	Round 4		Promoted
1991–92	1D	10	34	10	10	14	34	54	30	Round 4
1992–93	1D	13	34	9	12	13	29	41	30	Round 4
1993–94	1D	18	34	5	8	21	22	57	18	Round 4		Relegated
1994–95	2H	5	34	16	9	9	39	20	41	Round 4
1995–96	2H	12	34	12	8	14	52	42	44	Round 5
1996–97	2H	7	34	13	8	13	34	35	47	Quarter-final
1997–98	2H	7	34	11	13	10	40	39	46	Round 6
1998–99	2H	18	34	6	10	18	23	50	28	Round 3		Relegated
1999–00	2DS	4	38	18	3	7	67	40	67	Round 4
2000–01	2DS	12	38	14	11	13	45	46	53	Round 6
2001–02	2DS	5	38	17	8	13	46	44	59	Round 2
2002–03	2DS	1	38	25	8	5	74	29	83	Round 3		Promoted
2003–04	2H	1	34	20	7	7	63	40	67	Quarter-final		Promoted
2004–05	1D	17	34	8	6	20	38	55	30	Round 5		Relegated
2005–06	2H	9	34	11	12	11	44	43	45	Round 5
2006–07	2H	10	30	10	7	13	30	35	37	Round 4
2007–08	2H	7	30	11	8	11	41	38	41	Round 3	Round 2
2008–09	2H	4	30	12	8	10	41	37	44	Round 3	Round 2
2009–10	2H	11	30	7	14	9	26	29	35	Round 2	Second Group Stage
2010–11	2H	10	30	9	11	10	36	31	38	Round 3	Second Group Stage
2011–12	2H	1	30	16	9	5	40	20	57	Round 5	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2012–13	1D	5	30	13	6	11	47	37	45	Round 3	Second Group Stage	Qualified to Europa League
2013–14	1D	4	30	15	9	6	42	26	54	Quarter-final	Second Group Stage	Qualified to Europa League
2014–15	1D	12	34	9	13	12	38	56	40	Round 3	Second Group Stage

A. ^A Also participated in the 1944–45 Campeonato de Lisboa.

B. ^B Did not participate in the 1945–46 Primeira Divisão but instead participated in the 1945–46 Segunda Divisão despite not being relegated in the previous season. Also participated in the 1945–46 Campeonato de Lisboa.

C. ^C The Taça de Portugal was not held due to the end of the regional championships. As a result of this, a new format and scheduling scheme was introduced for the competition.

D. ^D Best league classification finish in the club's history.

E. ^E The Taça de Portugal was not held due to the Latin Cup being held at the Estádio Nacional.

Last updated: 18 July 2014
Div. = Division; 1D = Portuguese League; 2H = Liga de Honra; 2DS/2D = Portuguese Second Division
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; P = Points

References

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External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Club Profile at LPFP (Portuguese)
• ZeroZero team profile