Portimonense S.C.

Portimonense

Full name	Portimonense Sporting Clube
Founded	1914
Ground	Estádio Municipal, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Capacity	9,544
President	Fernando Rocha
Head coach	António Folha
League	Primeira Liga
2017–18	Primeira Liga, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It also fields various youth teams and a veterans team in football, as well as teams in basketball.

Located in Algarve's second largest city, its stadium, the Estádio Municipal de Portimão, has a capacity of 9,544 spectators after undergoing renovation in early 2011. The club has never won any major trophies, but it participated in the Primeira Liga for several seasons.

Portimonense's zenith was in the 1980s, a decade in which the club only played its football in the top division, also competing in the UEFA Cup in 1985–86. They have reached the semifinals of the Taça de Portugal three times, in 1983, 1987 and 1988.

History

Portimonense was a regular presence in the Portuguese first division, even finishing fifth in 1984–85 – highlights included 0–0 home draws against Benfica and Sporting Lisbon – which led to participation in the UEFA Cup in the 1985–86 season.

In the 90's and 2000's, however, the club primarily played in the Segunda Liga, while also having a brief spell in the third level. In 2009–10, Portimonense started with Angolan Lito Vidigal at the helm, but when he left for União de Leiria, former Sporting midfielder Litos took charge, and led the team to a final second place, behind S.C. Beira-Mar, thus returning it to the top flight after exactly 20 years of absence.

Midway through the 2010–11 campaign, Litos was fired due to bad results, being replaced by Carlos Azenha, who presented his resignation a few weeks after being appointed, only to have his wish refused by the board of directors, as Portimonense eventually ranked second from bottom and was relegated back. The team met the same fate in the following season, even managing to rank in a worse position; however, after Varzim S.C. was not allowed to promote from division three due to financial irregularities, Portimonense was reinstated.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 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 GK Ricardo Ferreira 2 MF Theo Ryuki 3 DF Lucas Possignolo 4 DF Jadson 5 MF Marcel 6 DF Emmanuel Hackman 7 MF Dener 8 MF Paulinho (on loan from Porto) 9 FW Jackson Martínez (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande) 10 MF Shoya Nakajima 11 FW Bruno Tabata 13 DF Felipe Macedo 14 FW Taofiq Jibril 16 MF Ewerton (on loan from Porto) 17 FW João Carlos (on loan from Sampaio)

No. Position Player 19 FW Wilson Manafá 20 MF Iago Oliveira 21 MF Pedro Sá 22 GK Leonardo Navacchio 23 MF Pepê (on loan from Flamengo) 25 MF Lucas Fernandes (on loan from São Paulo) 26 DF Rúben Fernandes 27 FW Wellington 28 DF Guilherme Lazaroni 29 MF Rafael Barbosa (on loan from Sporting) 30 DF Tormena (on loan from Gil Vicente) 31 MF Matheus Jesus (on loan from Estoril) 33 DF Jubal (on loan from Arouca) 94 GK Nedeljko Stojišić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — GK Carlos Henriques (to Paços de Ferreira) — DF Brendon (to Académica) — DF Jean Felipe (to Académica)

No. Position Player — MF Fernandinho (to Penafiel) — MF Gustavo (to Estoril) — FW Pires (to Penafiel)

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 18 MF Bruno Reis 32 MF Felipe Dini 36 DF Edward Sarpong 40 MF Pedro Guilherme 42 MF Marlon Costa 44 DF Maycon 45 DF Alex 49 FW Chico Cardoso 50 FW Fali 53 DF Filipe Maio 57 FW Sibu 69 FW Sérgio Neto

No. Position Player 70 FW Chidera Ezeh 72 DF Pedro Branco 74 GK Daniel Marinho 77 MF Freddy Gonçalves 78 FW Luís Henrique (on loan from Ferroviária) 79 MF Sérgio Santos 80 DF Bernardo 83 DF Jamerson 88 MF Rui Neta 96 MF Gustavo Hebling 97 FW André Clóvis 98 FW Paulo Bóia (on loan from São Paulo)

League and cup history

Honours

• LigaPro: 2016–17
• Portuguese Second Division: 1978–79, 2000–01

Europe

1985–86 UEFA Cup – 1st Round
Date	Home	Result	Away	City
18/09/1985	Portimonense	1–0	Partizan	Portimão
2/10/1985	Partizan	4–0	Portimonense	Belgrade

Club officials

On 13 July 2011, Portimonense elected its body of officials, for a three-year term.^[1]

• President: José Fernando Teixeira da Rocha
• Deputy president: António Alexandre Soares Rocha da Silveira
• Vice-presidents: Luís Manuel de Andrade Rodrigues Batalau, José Cândido Rebelo Rodrigues, Nuno Miguel Lopes da Silva, João Carlos Pinhota Martins Santana, Francisco José de Matos Viegas Gouveia Coutinho, Luís Carlos da Costa Paiva

Managerial history

Dates	Name
1985–1986	Vítor Oliveira
1988–1989	José Torres
1990–1991	Carlos Alhinho
1991–1994	Amílcar Fonseca
1994–1995	José Torres
1995–1997	Amílcar Fonseca
1999–2001	Mário Nunes
2001–2002	Amílcar Fonseca
2003–2004	Dito
2004–2005	António Pacheco
2005–2006	Diamantino Miranda
2006–2007	Luís Martins
2007–2009	Vítor Pontes
2009	Lito Vidigal
2009–2010	Litos
2010–2011	Carlos Azenha
2012–2014	Lázaro Oliveira
2014–2015	Vítor Maçãs
2014–2015	José Augusto

Supporters and rivalries

Portimonense has its own club song: "Portimonense, expoente algarvio".^[2] Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Portimonense, although this is more common in Iberia than in much of Europe.

The club has rivlaries with fellow Algarve clubs SC Farense and S.C. Olhanense^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Zerozero team profile