Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (), is a Portuguese
sports club from
Matosinhos
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...
. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as
football
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,
boxing,
karate
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,
volleyball,
swimming and
billiards. It is most well known for its professional football 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.
This qualified Leixões to the
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
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Bracket ...
, in which they reached the quarter-finals before losing 4–2 on aggregate to East German side
Motor Jena.
Leixões had their best top-flight league performance in
1962–63, finishing fifth, 12 points behind champions
Benfica.
Present in the top-flight since
1959–60, Leixões were relegated on goal difference in the
1976–77 season. Apart from the
1988–89 season, 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
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, losing out to
Desportivo das Aves
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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
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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
Leixões' home ground, the
Estádio do Mar, was inaugurated on 1 January 1964 with a match against
Benfica, who won 4–0.
Honours
*
Taça de Portugal: 1
:*
1960–61
*
Segunda Liga: 1
:*
2006–07
*
Segunda Divisão: 1
:*1937–38
*
Segunda Divisão B: 1
:*
2002–03
*
Campeonato do Porto: 1
:* 1939–40
*
Taça AF Porto: 1
:* 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
Out on loan
Notable former players
*
António Frasco
*
Álvaro Magalhães
*
Frederico Rosa
*
Joel Dias
*
Ricardo Nascimento
*
Rui Duarte
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*
Jorge Gonçalves
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He appeared in 98 Primeira Liga games over five seasons, scoring a total of eight goals for Leixões, Vitória de Guimarães, ...
*
Diogo Valente
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Vieirinha
*
Filipe Oliveira
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João Moreira
*
Vítor Castanheira
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Nuno Laranjeiro
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Fernando Alexandre
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Nelson Benítez
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Nail Besirović
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Brasília
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Élvis
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Leandro Tatu
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Roberto
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Jaime
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Ezequias
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Derick Poloni
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Tales Schutz
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Wesley
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Roberto Souza
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Chumbinho
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Wênio
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Herve Xavier Zengue
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Christian Pouga
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Brayan Angulo
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Amine Oudhiri
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Phil Walker
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Rubén Belima
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Edmond Tapsoba
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Dionisio Mendes
*
Jean Sony
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Udo Nwoko
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Brandon Poltronieri
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Detinho
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Anastasios Tsoumagas
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Bill Roffey
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(1957–1958)
* Óscar Marques (1960)
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José Valle
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(1960–1961)
* Filpo Nunez (1961)
* António Teixeira (1967–1970)
* António Teixeira (1972–1974)
* José Rachão (1982–1984)
*
Acácio Casimiro
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(1986–1987)
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Henrique Calisto (1990–1991)
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Amândio Barreiras
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* Vieira Nunes (1993–1994)
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Henrique Calisto (1994)
* Ruben Cunha (1994)
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(1994–1995)
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Álvaro Carolino (1995)
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António Caldas (1996–1997)
* Ruben Cunha (1997–1998)
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Eduard Eranosyan (1998)
* Rúben Cunha (1998–1999)
* José Alberto Torres (1999–2000)
* António Pinto (June, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001)
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(Jan 25, 2001 – May 26, 2001)
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Carlos Carvalhal (June 8, 2001 – Dec 9, 2002)
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Abílio Novais
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(Dec 12, 2002 – Nov 5, 2003)
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João Alves (Nov 5, 2003 – Jan 12, 2004)
* António Pinto (Jan 12, 2004 – May 12, 2004)
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José Gomes (June, 2004–May, 2005)
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Rogério Gonçalves (June 11, 2005 – Feb 21, 2006)
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Vítor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira (born 15 March 2000), also known as Viti ...
(Feb 22, 2006 – May 20, 2007)
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Carlos Brito (May 26, 2007 – Feb 9, 2008)
* António Pinto (Feb 9, 2008 – May 21, 2008)
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José Mota (May 21, 2008 – Feb 9, 2010)
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Fernando Castro Santos (Feb 9, 2010 – May 8, 2010)
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Horácio Gonçalves
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(Feb 15, 2012 – Nov 6, 2012)
* Pedro Correia (Nov 6, 2012 – Mar 3, 2014)
* Jorge Casquilha (Mar 6, 2014 – May 11, 2014)
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Horácio Gonçalves
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(July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
* Manuel Monteiro (July 1, 2015 – Nov 22, 2015)
* Pedro Miguel (Nov 29, 2015 – Jun 30, 2016)
* Filipe Coelho (July 1, 2016 – Oct 30, 2016)
* Daniel Kenedy (Nov 13, 2016 – Aug 19, 2017)
*
João Henriques (Aug 23, 2017 – Jan 6, 2018)
* Ricardo Malafaia (Jan 14, 2018 – Apr 7, 2018)
* Francisco Chaló (Apr 11, 2018 – Jun 30, 2018)
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Filipe Gouveia
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(Jul 1, 2018 – Dec 23, 2018)
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(Dec 30, 2018)
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Jorge Casquilha (Jan 6, 2019 – Jun 30, 2019)
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Carlos Pinto (Jul 1, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020)
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Manuel Cajuda (Feb 2, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020)
* Tiago Fernandes (Jul 1, 2020 – Oct 4, 2020)
* João Eusébio (Oct 7, 2020 – Jan 6, 2021)
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José Mota (Jan 11, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022)
* Vitor Martins (Jul 1, 2022 – )
European record
League and cup history
The club has played 25 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football.
*CL: Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions)
*1D: Primeira Liga and predecessors (1st level)
*2H: Liga de Honra and successors (2nd level)
*2D.DL1:
Segunda Divisão, Douro Litoral Zone, Group 1 (2nd level)
*2D.A.2.1:
Segunda Divisão, Zone A, Group 2, Sub-Group 1
(2nd level)
*2D.A:
Segunda Divisão, Zone A (2nd level)
*2DN:
Segunda Divisão, Northern Zone (until 1990: 2nd level; post-1990: 3rd level)
*CWC:
Cup Winners' Cup
*FC:
Fairs Cup
*UC:
UEFA Cup
* R1: 1st round
* QF: Quarter-final
Other sports
In addition to football, Leixões also competes in
boxing,
karate
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,
volleyball,
swimming and
billiards.
See also
*
Leixões SC (volleyball)
Leixões Sport Club is the volleyball team of Leixões Sport Club, based in Matosinhos, Portugal. It plays in Portuguese Volleyball League A1.
Honours
* Portuguese Volleyball League A1: 8
1963–64, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 197 ...
References
External links
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FPF
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Football clubs in Portugal
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