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Leixões S.C.

Sports club in Portugal

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Heróis do Mar (Heroes of the Sea)
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ground	Estádio do Mar
capacity	6,000
chairman	João Ribeiro
manager	Fernando Valente (caretaker)
league	Liga Portugal 2
season	2024–25
position	Liga Portugal 2, 13th of 18
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Heróis do Mar (Heroes of the Sea)

Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, 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, which hosts a B reserve team called Leixões S.C. B.

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 the 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 article: Estádio do Mar

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

Honours

Taça de Portugal: 1 :*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

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
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
Hong Kong Detinho
Malta Udo Nwoko
Vietnam Lê Công Vinh

Managerial history

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

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	European Cup Winners' Cup	PR	SUI 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	SCO 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	MKD Belasica	2–2	2–1	4–3
1R	GRE 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
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
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 first 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	14	34	6	8	20	28	59	37	3rd round	group stage
2024–25	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.

References

"Modalidades".
"Portugal - List of Cup Winners".
"Portugal 1962-63".
"Portugal 1976-77".
"Portugal 1988-89".
"Infraestruturas - Leixões SC Futebol SAD".
"Estádio do Mar em Matosinhos".
[[:pt:Taça de Honra da AF Porto]]
The game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.
[[F.C. Famalicão. Famalicão]], who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.
"Leixões e Académica começam 2022/23 com menos 1 ponto".

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