S.C. Espinho

Espinho

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Full name	Sporting Clube de Espinho
Founded	1914
Ground	Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas, Espinho, Portugal
Ground Capacity	7.500
Chairman	Rodrigo Nunes dos Santos
Manager	P. Barny-P. Martins-Filó
League	Aveiro FA Division One
2014–15	10th, Serie C CNS (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Sporting Clube de Espinho, also known as Sporting de Espinho, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Espinho in the Aveiro district. Besides football, the club has volleyball and handball departments that usually compete in the major Portuguese top leagues. Other sport departments are those in athletics, swimming and futsal.

History

Founded in 1914, it is one of the oldest clubs in Portugal. In 1925, SC Espinho's football team reached the semifinals of the Campeonato de Portugal, their highest round to date. The team also played 11 seasons in the Portuguese First Division between 1975 to 1997. They currently compete in the Aveiro FA Division One.

They play their home games at Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas in Espinho.

Current squad

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 Marcelo Galvão 2 DF Bruno Lucas 3 MF Rui Gomes 4 DF Rui Raínho 4 DF Tavares 5 DF Pedro Dimas 7 FW Pedro Mendes 8 MF Nuno Coelho 9 FW Moreira 10 MF Fábio Espinho 12 GK Teixeira 13 MF Queirós

No. Position Player 15 MF Valença 16 MF Hugo Ferreira 17 FW Carela 18 FW Leandro Rodrigues 19 DF Amorim 20 FW Milton 21 DF Hélder Vasco 22 MF Flávio Casal 23 FW Nuno Silva 24 GK Tiago Borges 25 FW Pinho

Notable former players

• Marco Abreu
• Helder Vasco
• Péter Lipcsei
• Mickey Walsh
• Ivan Pudar
• Mário Felgueiras
• Carlos Carvalhal
• Fábio Espinho
• Rui Raínho
• László Répási

Honours

• Segunda Liga: 1

• 1991–92

• Portuguese Second Division: 1

• 2003–04

• Taça Ribeiro dos Reis: 1

• 1966–67

• AF Aveiro Championship: 10

• 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1944–45

• AF Aveiro First Division: 3

• 1947–48, 1950–51, 1960–61

• Taça de Honra do Porto: 1

• 1917–18

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1974-1975	1D	16	30	4	7	19	25	64	15		Relegated
1977-1978	1D	14	30	8	6	16	30	52	22		Relegated
1979-1980	1D	7	30	11	6	13	29	42	28
1980-1981	1D	9	30	9	9	12	26	35	27
1981-1982	1D	10	30	7	11	12	32	42	25
1982-1983	1D	13	30	9	7	14	23	37	25
1983-1984	1D	16	30	5	7	18	19	45	17		Relegated
1987-1988	1D	6	38	13	14	11	42	38	40		Best Classification Ever
1988-1989	1D	17	38	12	8	18	45	57	32		Relegated
1992-1993	1D	17	34	9	10	15	38	55	28		Relegated
1996-1997	1D	16	34	9	6	19	27	56	33		Relegated
2007-2008	2DH	2	24	11	9	4	38	26	42	Round 3

External links

• Official website