S.C. Farense

Farense
Full name Sporting Clube Farense
Nickname(s) Leões de Faro (Lions of Faro)
Founded 1 April 1910
Ground Estádio de São Luís
Ground Capacity 15,000
Chairman António Barão
Manager Jorge Paixão
League LigaPro
2014–15 11th
Estádio Algarve - View from the south side of the stadium.
Estádio de São Luís - Current stadium.

Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of Faro,[1] who play in the LigaPro after promotion They were promoted from the Segunda Divisão at the end the 2012–13 season.[2] The Leões de Faro played at the Estádio de São Luís for 94 years from 1910.[3] The club moved stadium in 2004 to the newly constructed Estádio Algarve which was built for the purpose of hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2004.[4] The Faro side moved back to the Estádio de São Luís in 2013 after it gained promotion to the Segunda Liga. As a result of their promotion, the Estádio de São Luís underwent major renovations to improve its facilities.

In its entire history, the club has won nine major trophies: the AF Algarve Championship five times, the Portuguese Second Division twice, and the Portuguese Third Division and AF Algarve First Division once. Aside from its major trophies, the club as of 2013, has played 23 seasons in the Primeira Liga of which their highest league table classification came in the 1994–95 season where they managed a fifth-place finish which granted European football in the following season.[5][6][7] The club also reached the final of the Taça de Portugal in 1990 where they lost to Estrela da Amadora.[8][9] The 2001–02 season saw the club relegated to the second tier of Portuguese football.[10] Since then the club has struggled to reach the success that it had during the 1980s and 1990s, which have been primarily caused by financial problems. Despite living some of its darkest years in recent times, the 2012–13 season saw the Faro side promoted to the Segunda Liga.[11]

Stadium

SC Farense stadium Estádio Algarve is a UEFA 4-star rating and was built for UEFA Euro 2004 where it had the likes of Spain, Greece, Russia, the Netherlands and Sweden played there which was a sellout of tickets with the stadium capacity full up with 30,000 people watching the game. Portugal has also played 2 matches there, a friendly with England and a qualifying game for the world cup 2006 against Luxembourg. Usually the stadium holds important Portuguese matches like the Portuguese SuperCup and the Carlsberg Cup Final. The stadium has also been used for other important events as Algarve Summer Festival and Rally de Portugal.

Rivalries

The club has rivlaries with fellow Algarve clubs S.C. Olhanense and Portimonense S.C.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Players

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 Portugal GK Ricardo Neves
2 Saudi Arabia DF Saeed Al Mowalad
3 Cape Verde DF Rony Cruz
4 Portugal DF Diogo Silva (captain)
5 Ghana MF Thomas Agyiri
7 Portugal DF Celsinho
8 Iraq MF Osama Rashid
11 São Tomé and Príncipe FW Harramiz (on loan from Benfica)
13 Cape Verde DF Delmiro
14 Brazil DF Felipe Barros
15 Portugal DF Diogo Coelho
16 Portugal GK Vítor São Bento
18 Portugal MF André Afonso
20 Portugal MF Gualter Bilro
No. Position Player
21 Nigeria FW Femi Balogun (on loan from Ermis Aradippou)
22 Portugal GK Miguel Carvalho
23 Portugal MF Márcio Sousa
24 Portugal DF Hugo Ventosa
28 Portugal MF Jota
29 Cape Verde FW Rambé
30 Spain DF Ubay Luzardo
33 Nigeria MF Sunday Akinbule
34 Nigeria FW Christian Irobiso
43 Brazil MF Paulinho
45 Portugal MF Bruno Carvalho
50 Portugal MF Tiago Jogo
-- Ivory Coast MF Momo Coulibaly

Notable former players

Players that have played more than 50 league matches;

Managerial history

  • Portugal Manuel Balela (2003–2004)
  • Portugal Joaquim Sequeira (2004–Jan 3, 2005)
  • Portugal Manuel Balela (Jan 3, 2005–May 5, 2005)
  • Morocco Hassan Nader (May 5, 2005 – 2006)
  • Portugal Carlos Costa (Sept 30, 2006–Feb 4, 2008)
  • Portugal Jorge Portela (Feb 6, 2008–Aug 31, 2008)
  • Portugal Ivo Soares (Sept 2, 2008–Nov 18, 2008)
  • Portugal António Barão (Nov 18, 2008–June 7, 2009)
  • Brazil Edinho (July 16, 2009–Dec 22, 2009)
  • Portugal Rui Esteves (Dec 22, 2009–Mar 16, 2010)
  • Portugal Joaquim Mendes (Mar 16, 2010–Nov 29, 2010)
  • Portugal Joaquim Sequeira (Nov 29, 2010–Dec 29, 2010)

Honours

European cup history

UEFA Cup
Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1995–96 R1 France Olympique Lyonnais 0–1 0–1 0–2

League and cup history

Season Tier Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Notes
1989–90 2 1 342554 802355 Runners-up Promoted
1990–91 1 11 3814618 464734 Round 6
1991–92 1 6 34121111 353335 Round 5
1992–93 1 6 34111310 413635 Round 5
1993–94 1 8 3413714 444633 Round 4
1994–95 1 5 3416513 443837 Round 6
1995–96 1 13 3410618 364536 Round 6
1996–97 1 11 34101212 343442 Round 4
1997–98 1 14 3481313 415037 Round 4
1998–99 1 11 3410915 395439 Round 5
1999–00 1 14 3481115 356035 Round 5
2000–01 1 13 3410915 374739 Round 6
2001–02 1 17 387720 296328 Round 5 Relegated
2002–03 2 12 34111112 323244 Round 4 Relegated
2003–04 3 14 3411815 414941 Round 3
2004–05 4 14 3411815 414941 Round 1
2005–06 4 Round 1 Relegated
2006–07 6 1 312461 721578 Promoted
2007–08 5 1 302244 732070 Promoted
2008–09 4 4 261268 403542 Round 1
2009–10 4 4 22994 312236 Round 1 Promoted
2010–11 3 12 3081210 283736 Round 3 Relegated
2011–12 4 1 221750 521756 Round 1 Promoted
2012–13 3 1 301983 382165 Round 4 Promoted
2013–14 2 10 42151215 454457 Round 3 Round 2
2014–15 2 11 46161416 515462 Round 1 Round 1

References

  1. "Faro". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. "II Divisão Zona Sul 2012/13" [II Division South Zone 2012/13]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. "Estádio de São Luís" [Stadium of São Luís]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. "Estádio do Algarve" [Stadium of Algarve]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1994/95" [National Championship of the I Division 1994/95]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. "Farense 0-1 Lyon". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. "Lyon 1-0 Farense". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  8. "Est. Amadora 1-1 (a.p.) Farense" [Est. Amadora 1-1 (a.e.t.) Farense]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  9. "Est. Amadora 2-0 Farense". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  10. "Liga Portuguesa 2001/02" [Portuguese League 2001/02]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  11. "Chaves e Farense sobem à 2.ª Liga" [Chaves and Farense rise to the 2.ª League]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  12. http://www.sulinformacao.pt/2014/10/olhanense-e-farense-reeditam-o-derby-mais-quente-do-algarve-esta-quarta-feira/
  13. http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/derby-no-algarve-olhanense-empatou-com-farense-1-1
  14. http://portugalresident.com/capital-‘punishment’-for-portimonense-fans
  15. http://portugalresident.com/bragging-rights
  16. http://www.sulinformacao.pt/2015/11/portimonense-vence-olhanense-no-segundo-derby-algarvio-da-ii-liga-201516/
  17. http://www.sulinformacao.pt/2015/03/derby-entre-portimonense-e-olhanense-acaba-empatado-a-um-golo/
  18. https://portugalresident.com/big-algarve-derby-next-week

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