Leixões S.C.

Leixões
Full name Leixões Sport Club
Nickname(s) Os Bebés (The Babies)
Heróis do Mar (Sea Heroes)
Founded 1907
Ground Estádio do Mar
Capacity 6,798
Manager Filipe Gouveia
League LigaPro
2017–18 8th
Website Club website

Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐjˈʃõj̃ʃ]), 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 most well known department.

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.[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 East German side Motor Jena.[1] Leixões had their best top-flight league performance in 1962–63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions Benfica.[2]

Present in the top-flight since 1959–60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the 1976–77 season.[3] Apart from the 1988–89 season,[4] 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 after Sporting had also finished as national champions for the year. The following season, 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. 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. 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

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.[5]

Honours

  • 1960–61
  • 1939-40
  • 1982–83

Players

Current squad

As of 22 July 2018

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 Fábio Matos
2 Portugal DF Jorge Silva
3 Portugal DF Bura
4 Brazil DF Matheus Costa
5 Morocco MF Amine Oudrhiri
6 Portugal MF André Ceitil
7 Cape Verde FW Kukula
9 Brazil FW Pedro Henrique
10 Venezuela MF Breitner
11 Albania MF Agim Zeka (on loan from Lille)
12 Brazil GK Tony Batista
15 Angola FW Erivaldo
17 Brazil DF Derick Poloni
No. Position Player
18 Portugal DF Anthony Correia
20 Portugal MF Bernardo Martins
21 Portugal DF Tiago Moreira
27 Portugal MF Luís Silva
31 Portugal FW Ricardo Barros
34 Portugal DF Ricardo Alves
47 Angola FW Evandro Brandão
57 Burkina Faso DF Stéphane Dasse
66 Cape Verde MF Sérgio Semedo
80 Ghana MF Lawrence Ofori
81 Angola FW Chico Banza
France FW King Udoh (on loan from Juventus U23)

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 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 Scotland 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 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 142012 19694
2 season(s) at lower levels
1939–40 1D 9 181512 26707 last 16
1 season(s) at lower levels
1941–42 2H ? ???? ??? quarter-final
1942–43 1D 10 180216 19812 last 16
16 season(s) at lower levels
1959–60 1D 8 268711 485623 1st round
1960–61 1D 8 2610313 384433 winner
1961–62 1D 7 2610313 475523 quarter-final CWCquarter-final
1962–63 1D 5 2610106 343330 last 16 best classification ever
1963–64 1D 8 26899 344425 2nd round
1964–65 1D 9 268513 505121 1st round FC1st round
1965–66 1D 12 267415 283918 quarter-final
1966–67 1D 7 268810 232924 quarter-final
1967–68 1D 8 2610412 293924 quarter-final
1968–69 1D 11 267712 213021 last 16 FC1st round
1969–70 1D 11 2610115 334721 semi-final
1970–71 1D 13 267514 224419 last 16
1971–72 1D 14 307716 265121 quarter-final
1972–73 1D 9 3011811 324530 quarter-final
1973–74 1D 14 309318 365621 last 32
1974–75 1D 9 3010911 294229 last 16
1975–76 1D 12 308616 306522 last 32
1976–77 1D 15 3041511 153123 2nd round relegated
1977–78 2DN 7 3012612 433730 2nd round
1978–79 2DN 5 301488 534336 last 32
1979–80 2DN 5 3014411 542934 last 32
1980–81 2DN 2 301767 582940 3rd round
1981–82 2DN 6 3011910 363531 quarter-final
1982–83 2DN 5 301578 452537 last 32
1983–84 2DN 3 291658 472937 last 32 see notes[7]
1984–85 2DN 4 3014106 382938 3rd round
1985–86 2DN 10 3012612 433730 2nd round
1986–87 2DN 6 30938 232631 2nd round
1987–88 2DN 2 382297 703253 last 16 promoted[8]
1988–89 1D 19 3871417 294628 3rd round relegated
1989–90 2DN 8 3413912 464235 1st round
1990–91 2H 7 38151310 494143 4th round
1991–92 2H 7 34121111 312635 semi-final
1992–93 2H 12 3411914 343931 4th round
1993–94 2H 18 348818 244124 last 32 relegated
8 season(s) at lower levels
2001–02 2DN 2 382585 732783 final
2002–03 2DN 1 382972 732794 2nd round UC 1st round promoted
2003–04 2H 14 3491510 444814 4th round
2004–05 2H 6 3414812 403350 4th round
2005–06 2H 3 3417116 471962 4th round
2006–07 2H 1 301866 452160 4th round promoted
2007–08 1D 14 3041412 273726 6th round 3rd round
2008–09 1D 6 301299 303145 quarter final 2nd round
2009–10 1D 16 305619 255121 Last 32 3rd round relegated
2010–11 2H 6 3010128 352743 Last 16 2nd round
2011–12 2H 11 3011712 323437 Last 16 1st round
2012–13 2H 3 42181410 493668 3rd round 2nd round
2013–14 2H 17 4213821 425747 Last 16 3rd round
2014–15 2H 20 46131122 536750 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

In addition to football, Leixões also competes in boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Portugal - List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com.
  2. ↑ "Portugal 1962-63". Rsssf.com.
  3. ↑ "Portugal 1976-77". Rsssf.com.
  4. ↑ "Portugal 1988-89". Rsssf.com.
  5. ↑ "Estádio do Mar em Matosinhos". Igogo.pt.
  6. ↑ pt:Taça de Honra da AF Porto
  7. ↑ The game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.
  8. ↑ Famalicão, who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.
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