Leixões S.C.

Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]), 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.[1] It is most well known for its professional football department. Its football department has hosted a B reserve team called Leixões S.C. B[2] and also a C reserve team (Leixões S.C. C)[3] playing in lower leagues.

For volleyball team, see Leixões S.C. (volleyball).
Leixões
Full nameLeixões Sport Club
Nickname(s)Os Bebés (The Babies)
Heróis do Mar (Heroes of the Sea)
Founded28 November 1907 (1907-11-28)
GroundEstádio do Mar
Capacity6,798
ManagerVitor Martins
LeagueLiga Portugal 2
2022–2315th of 18
WebsiteClub website

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.[4] 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.[4] Leixões had their best top-flight league performance in 1962–63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions Benfica.[5]

Present in the top-flight since 1959–60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the 1976–77 season.[6] Apart from the 1988–89 season,[7] 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
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.[8]

Honours
  • 1937–38
  • 1939–40
  • 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
As of 28 July, 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Ricardo Moura
2 DF Portugal POR Fábio Baptista
3 DF Nigeria NGA Bright Godwin
4 DF Brazil BRA Léo Bolgado
5 DF Brazil BRA Isaque Gavioli
6 MF Portugal POR Paulinho
7 FW Portugal POR Moisés Conceição
8 MF Brazil BRA Rafa Freitas
9 FW Spain ESP César Gómez
10 FW Portugal POR Paulité
11 FW Portugal POR Manuel Namora
13 MF Ivory Coast CIV Evrard Zag
17 FW Nigeria NGA Lawrence Adeniyi
19 FW Nigeria NGA Morufdeen Moshood
22 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Ivaldo Rufé
25 MF Ghana GHA Alhassan Wakaso
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Portugal POR Fabinho
31 GK Portugal POR Fábio Matos
33 FW Portugal POR Ricardo Valente
43 DF Brazil BRA Danrlei
44 FW Georgia (country) GEO Avto
45 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Silva
51 GK Serbia SRB Igor Stefanović
61 DF Portugal POR João Amorim
66 DF Portugal POR Fernando Almeida
80 MF Brazil BRA Renato Luís
81 GK Portugal POR Ricardo Ribeiro
84 FW Brazil BRA Adriano
85 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Teixeira (on loan from Benfica B)
90 FW Nigeria NGA Arome Idache
92 DF Portugal POR Rafael Vieira

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Portugal POR Fábio Matos (at Salgueiros until 30 June 2023)
— DF Portugal POR Abel Folha (at Salgueiros until 30 June 2023)
— DF Portugal POR Rui Bruno (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Portugal POR Rodrigo Ferreira (at Montalegre until 30 June 2023)
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Ben Traoré (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2023)
— MF Portugal POR Rúben Araújo (at Vitória de Setúbal until 30 June 2023)

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 North 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 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 142012 19694 1st round the cup-style competition played was still the

Portuguese Championship; until 1938, the

league-style competitions were still experimental

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 181512 26707 1st round relegated; won the Campeonato do Porto
1940–41 2D.DL1 1 8611 291313 did not compete lost the Douro Litoral Zone final
1941–42 2D.A.2.1 1 131210 801225 quarter-final lost the Segunda Divisão overall final; promoted
1942–43 1D 10 180216 19812 last 16 relegated
1943–44 2D.A.2.3 1 141211 711625 did not compete lost on the round of 16 in the

Segunda Divisão final phase

1944–45 2D.A.4 1 10901 421218 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1945–46 2D.A.1 1 10721 45916 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1946–47 2D.A.2 1 10901 64818 not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1947–48 2D.A 2 14914 352319 1st round lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1948–49 2D.A 4 14608 373212 did not compete
1949–50 2D.A.2 1 181422 572830 not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1950–51 2D.A 1 181224 503026 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase
1951–52 2D.A 4 181107 462922 did not compete
1952–53 2D.A 3 18945 463422 did not compete
1953–54 2D.A 1 261655 573837 did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase
1954–55 2DN 8 269413 485822 2nd round
1955–56 2DN 5 261268 784530 1st round
1956–57 2DN 5 261439 675031 2nd round
1957–58 2DN 4 2610610 463926 did not compete
1958–59 2DN 1 261853 552241 2nd round lost the Segunda Divisão overall final (2nd); promoted
1959–60 1D 8 268711 485623 1st round
1960–61 1D 8 2610313 384423 WINNERS
1961–62 1D 7 2610313 475523 quarter-final CWC - QF
1962–63 1D 5 2610106 343330 3rd round best league position ever
1963–64 1D 8 26899 344425 2nd round
1964–65 1D 9 268513 505121 1st round Fairs Cup - R1
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 Fairs Cup - R1
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 4 3013611 433732 3rd round
1978–79 2DN 5 301488 534136 last 32
1979–80 2DN 5 3015411 542934 last 32
1980–81 2DN 2 301767 582940 last 64 were 2nd on the promotion group (not promoted)
1981–82 2DN 6 3011910 363531 quarter-final
1982–83 2DN 5 301578 452537 last 16 won the Taça AF Porto
1983–84 2DN 3 291658 472937 last 32 see notes[10]
1984–85 2DN 4 3014106 382938 last 64
1985–86 2DN 10 3012612 433730 last 128
1986–87 2DN 6 309138 232631 last 128
1987–88 2DN 1 382297 703353 last 16 promoted[11]
1988–89 1D 19 3871417 294628 last 64 relegated
1989–90 2DN 8 3413912 464235 1st round qualified for the 1st ever Liga de Honra (2nd level)
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 5th round relegated
1994–95 2DN 7 34131110 442837 3rd round
1995–96 2DN 10 3414614 474248 2nd round from this season, wins = 3 points
1996–97 2DN 2 342095 592669 3rd round
1997–98 2DN 5 241518 483256 3rd round
1998–99 2DN 2 341996 623566 2nd round
1999–00 2DN 4 3414911 524651 4th round
2000–01 2DN 6 3814186 604660 5th round
2001–02 2DN 2 382585 732783 Runners-Up
2002–03 2DN 1 382972 732794 2nd round UEFA Cup - R1 lost the Portuguese Supercup; promoted
2003–04 2H 14 3491510 444842 4th round
2004–05 2H 6 3414812 403350 4th round
2005–06 2H 3 3417116 471962 4th round
2006–07 2H 1 301866 452160 5th round promoted
2007–08 1D 14 3041412 273726 6th round 3rd round
2008–09 1D 6 301299 303145 quarter-final group stage 1
2009–10 1D 16 305619 255121 last 32 group stage 2 relegated
2010–11 2H 6 3010128 352742 last 16 2nd round
2011–12 2H 11 3011712 323437 last 16 group stage 1
2012–13 2H 3 42181410 493668 last 64 2nd round
2013–14 2H 17 4213821 425747 last 16 group stage 2
2014–15 2H 20 46131122 536750 2nd round group stage 1
2015–16 2H 18 46141319 455655 last 64 group stage
2016–17 2H 18 42101616 444846 quarter-final 1st round won the relegation play-offs to stay in Segunda Liga
2017–18 2H 8 38141410 504356 last 32 group stage
2018–19 2H 7 3412913 353645 quarter-final 2nd round
2019–20 2H 9 24897 232233 last 32 2nd round league suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 2H 10 34101014 354340 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[12]
2023–24 2H current season
  • R1: 1st round
  • QF: Quarter-final

Other sports

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

See also

References
  1. "Modalidades". www.leixoessc.pt. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. "Leixões Sport Club - B :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: História :: Golos :: Próximos Jogos :: Resultados :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Plantel :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. "Leixões Sport Club - C :: Estatísticas :: Títulos :: Palmarés :: História :: Golos :: Próximos Jogos :: Resultados :: Notícias :: Videos :: Fotos :: Plantel :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. "Portugal - List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com.
  5. "Portugal 1962-63". Rsssf.com.
  6. "Portugal 1976-77". Rsssf.com.
  7. "Portugal 1988-89". Rsssf.com.
  8. "Estádio do Mar em Matosinhos". Igogo.pt.
  9. pt:Taça de Honra da AF Porto
  10. The game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.
  11. Famalicão, who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.
  12. "Leixões e Académica começam 2022/23 com menos 1 ponto". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  13. "II Divisão Douro Litoral Série I 1940/41 :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  14. "II Divisão Grupo A Série 2 Sub-Série 1 1941/42 :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
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