Leixões S.C.

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Leixões
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Full name Leixões Sport Club
Nickname(s) Os Bébés (The Babies)
Heróis do Mar (Sea Heroes)
Founded 1907
Ground Estádio do Mar
Ground Capacity 6,798
Chairman Sílvia Carvalho
Manager Pedro Correia
League Segunda Liga
2014–15 20th

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

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Main article: Estádio do Mar
File:Estádio do Mar 00006.jpg
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

  • 1960–61
  • 1942–43
  • 1982–83

Current squad

As of 1 August, 2015.

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 Moura
12 Iran GK Taha Zareei
24 Portugal GK Nuno Pereira
4 Portugal DF Diogo Nunes
5 Portugal DF João Pedro
7 Portugal DF Gonçalo Graça
14 Portugal DF Pedro Pinto
15 China DF Pan Ximing
16 Ukraine DF Maksym Lapushenko
21 Guinea-Bissau DF Banjai
22 Brazil DF Caio
78 France DF Jean-Claude Billong
6 Portugal MF Rui André
9 Brazil MF Bruno Lamas
No. Position Player
10 Portugal MF Cadinha
17 Portugal MF Ricardo Malafaia
-- Portugal MF Bruno China
-- China MF Wei Shihao
25 Gabon MF Merlin Tandjigora
28 Portugal MF Rui Cardoso
29 China MF Guo Yi
8 Portugal FW Pedras
11 Portugal FW Miguel Ângelo
23 Portugal FW Jorginho
31 Portugal FW Ricardo Barros
33 Brazil FW Alemão
77 Portugal FW André Rateira
80 Senegal FW Thierno Niang

Notable former players

Managerial history

European record

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

Other sports

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

Notes

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

See also

External links

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