Leixões S.C.

Leixões

Full name

Leixões Sport Club

Nickname(s)

Os Bébés (The Babies)
Heróis do Mar (Sea Heroes)

Founded

1907

Ground

Estádio do Mar

Capacity

6,798

Chairman

Sílvia Carvalho

Manager

Pedro Correia

League

LigaPro

2014–15

20th

Home colours

Away colours

Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many events such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming, and billiards. Its professional football team is its best known department.

Leixões won the 1960–61 Portuguese Cup.

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 Cup of Portugal, defeating FC Porto 2-0.^[1] 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 Motor Jena of East Germany.^[2] Leixões had their best league performance in 1962-63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions Benfica.^[3]

Present in the top-flight since 1959-60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the 1976-77 season.^[4] Apart from the 1988-89 season,^[5] 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 Portuguese Cup final (the first and only third division club to play a final) and the UEFA Cup next season. They lost 1–0 to Sporting Clube de Portugal, who also became national champions that year. The following season, Leixões lost 5–3 on aggregate to Greek side PAOK after winning the first leg 2–1 at home, being eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup. That same year, they 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. And finally in 2006, they almost reached the Portuguese Liga, losing out to Desportivo das Aves in the promotion chase, 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 3 seasons, their best result was a 6th-place finish in 2008-2009. Their last match in the Portuguese Liga was a 1-0 away loss to Olhanense on 2 May 2010.

Stadium

Main article: Estádio do Mar

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.^[6]

Honours

Portuguese Cup: 1

1960–61

Segunda Liga: 1

2006–07

Segunda Divisão: 2

1937–38, 2002–03

Campeonato do Porto: 1

1942–43

Taça de Honra do Porto: 1^[7]

1982–83

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	Ricardo Moura
2	MF	Bruno China
4	DF	Diogo Nunes
5	DF	João Pedro
6	MF	Rui André
7	DF	Gonçalo Graça
8	FW	Pedras
9	MF	Bruno Lamas
10	MF	Cadinha
11	FW	Miguel Ângelo
12	GK	Taha Zareei
14	DF	Pedro Pinto
16	DF	Maksym Lapushenko

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Ricardo Malafaia
18	MF	Sunday Abalo (on loan from Rio Ave)
21	DF	Banjai
22	DF	Caio
23	FW	Jorginho
24	GK	Nuno Pereira
28	MF	Rui Cardoso
31	FW	Ricardo Barros
33	FW	Alemão
70	MF	Wei Shihao
77	FW	André Rateira
78	DF	Jean-Claude Billong
80	FW	Thierno Niang

Notable former players

Managerial history

József Szabó (1957–1958)
Óscar Marques (1960)
José Valle (1960–1961)
Filpo Nunez (1961)
António Teixeira (1967–1970)
António Teixeira (1972–1974)
José Rachão (1982–1984)
Acácio Casimiro (1986–1987)
Henrique Calisto (1990–1991)
Amândio Barreiras (1991)
Manuel Barbosa (1991–1993)
Nicolau Vaqueiro (1993)
Vieira Nunes (1993–1994)
Henrique Calisto (1994)

Ruben Cunha (1994)
Acácio Casimiro (1994–1995)
Álvaro Carolino (1995)
António Caldas (1996–1997)
Ruben Cunha (1997–1998)
Eduard Eranosyan (1998)
Rúben Cunha (1998–1999)
José Alberto Torres (1999–2000)
António Pinto (June, 2000–Jan 25, 2001)
Adelino Teixeira (Jan 25, 2001–May 26, 2001)
Carlos Carvalhal (June 8, 2001–Dec 9, 2002)
Abílio Novais (Dec 12, 2002–Nov 5, 2003)
João Alves (Nov 5, 2003–Jan 12, 2004)
António Pinto (Jan 12, 2004–May 12, 2004)

José Gomes (June, 2004–May, 2005)
Rogério Gonçalves (June 11, 2005–Feb 21, 2006)
Vítor Oliveira (Feb 22, 2006–May 20, 2007)
Carlos Brito (May 26, 2007–Feb 9, 2008)
António Pinto (Feb 9, 2008–May 21, 2008)
José Mota (May 21, 2008–Feb 9, 2010)
Fernando Castro Santos (Feb 9, 2010–May 8, 2010)
Augusto Inácio (May 21, 2010–Feb 13, 2011)
Litos (Feb 16, 2011–Feb 14, 2012)
Horácio Gonçalves (Feb 15, 2012–Nov 6, 2012)
Pedro Correia (Nov 6, 2012–Mar 3, 2014)
Jorge Casquilha (Mar 6, 2014–May 11, 2014)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	European Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Chaux Fonds	5–0	2–6	7–6
		1R	Progresul Bucureşti	1–1	1–0	2–1
		QF	Motor Jena	1–3	1–1	2–4
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Celtic	1–1	0–3	1–4
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Argeş Piteşti	1–1	0–0	1–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Belasica	2–2	2–1	4–3
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1R	PAOK	2–1	1–4	3–5

League and cup history

The club has played 22 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Europe		Notes
1936–37	CL	8	14	2	0	12	19	69	4
2 season(s) at lower levels
1939–40	1D	9	18	1	5	12	26	70	7	last 16
1 season(s) at lower levels
1941–42	2H	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	quarter-final
1942–43	1D	10	18	0	2	16	19	81	2	last 16
16 season(s) at lower levels
1959–60	1D	8	26	8	7	11	48	56	23	1st round
1960–61	1D	8	26	10	3	13	38	44	33	winner
1961–62	1D	7	26	10	3	13	47	55	23	quarter-final		CWC	quarter-final
1962–63	1D	5	26	10	10	6	34	33	30	last 16				best classification 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		FC	1st round
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		FC	1st round
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	7	30	12	6	12	43	37	30	2nd round
1978–79	2DN	5	30	14	8	8	53	43	36	last 32
1979–80	2DN	5	30	14	4	11	54	29	34	last 32
1980–81	2DN	2	30	17	6	7	58	29	40	3rd round
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 32
1983–84	2DN	3	29	16	5	8	47	29	37	last 32				see notes^[8]
1984–85	2DN	4	30	14	10	6	38	29	38	3rd round
1985–86	2DN	10	30	12	6	12	43	37	30	2nd round
1986–87	2DN	6	30	9	3	8	23	26	31	2nd round
1987–88	2DN	2	38	22	9	7	70	32	53	last 16				promoted^[9]
1988–89	1D	19	38	7	14	17	29	46	28	3rd round				relegated
1989–90	2DN	8	34	13	9	12	46	42	35	1st round
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	last 32				relegated
8 season(s) at lower levels
2001–02	2DN	2	38	25	8	5	73	27	83	final
2002–03	2DN	1	38	29	7	2	73	27	94	2nd round		UC	1st round	promoted
2003–04	2H	14	34	9	15	10	44	48	14	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	4th 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	2nd round
2009–10	1D	16	30	5	6	19	25	51	21	Last 32	3rd round			relegated
2010–11	2H	6	30	10	12	8	35	27	43	Last 16	2nd round
2011–12	2H	11	30	11	7	12	32	34	37	Last 16	1st round
2012–13	2H	3	42	18	14	10	49	36	68	3rd round	2nd round
2013–14	2H	17	42	13	8	21	42	57	47	Last 16	3rd round
2014–15	2H	20	46	13	11	22	53	67	50	2nd round	1st round

CL: Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions)
1D: Portuguese Liga and predecessors (1st level)
2H: Liga de Honra (2nd level)
2DN: Portuguese Second Division, Northern Zone (pre–1991: 2nd level; post–1991: 3rd level)
CWC: Cup Winners' Cup
FC: Fairs Cup
UC: UEFA Cup

Other sports

Leixões SC competes in boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming, and billiards.

Notes

↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/portcuphist.html
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/portcuphist.html
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porthist196263.html
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porthist197677.html
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porthist198889.html
↑ http://www.igogo.pt/estadio-do-mar/
↑ pt:Taça de Honra da AF Porto
↑ The game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.
↑ Famalicão, who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.

External links

Official website (Portuguese)
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