Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese

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. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics,

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. It is most well known for its professional football department, which hosts a B reserve team called Leixões S.C. B. Leixões won the 1960–61

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History

Leixões Sport Club was founded in 1907, making them one of Portugal's oldest

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in continuous operation. In 1961, they won their only

, defeating

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2–0. 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 the 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

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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

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. The club, however, lost 1–0, but nonetheless secured a spot in the following season's

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and Portuguese Supercup after Sporting had also finished as national champions for the year. The following season, Leixões lost the Portuguese Supercup against

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by 5–1. That same year, Leixões lost 5–3 on aggregate to Greek side

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after winning the first leg 2–1 at home, thus suffering elimination in the first round of the

. 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

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, 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

Leixões' home ground, the Estádio do Mar, was inaugurated on 1 January 1964 with a match against Benfica, who won 4–0.

Honours

: 1 :* 1960–61 * Segunda Liga: 1 :* 2006–07 *

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: 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 *

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Managerial history

* József Szabó (1957–1958) * Óscar Marques (1960) * José Valle (1960–1961) * Filpo Nunez (1961) * António Teixeira (1967–1970) * António Teixeira (1972–1974) * José Rachão (1982–1984) * Acácio Casimiro (1986–1987) * Henrique Calisto (1990–1991) * Amândio Barreiras (1991) * Manuel Barbosa (1991–1993) * Nicolau Vaqueiro (1993) * Vieira Nunes (1993–1994) * Henrique Calisto (1994) * Ruben Cunha (1994) * Acácio Casimiro (1994–1995) * Álvaro Carolino (1995) * António Caldas (1996–1997) * Ruben Cunha (1997–1998) * Eduard Eranosyan (1998) * Rúben Cunha (1998–1999) * José Alberto Torres (1999–2000) * António Pinto (June, 2000 – Jan 25, 2001) * Adelino Teixeira (Jan 25, 2001 – May 26, 2001) * Carlos Carvalhal (June 8, 2001 – Dec 9, 2002) * Abílio Novais (Dec 12, 2002 – Nov 5, 2003) * João Alves (Nov 5, 2003 – Jan 12, 2004) * António Pinto (Jan 12, 2004 – May 12, 2004) * José Gomes (June, 2004–May, 2005) * Rogério Gonçalves (June 11, 2005 – Feb 21, 2006) * Vítor Oliveira (Feb 22, 2006 – May 20, 2007) * Carlos Brito (May 26, 2007 – Feb 9, 2008) * António Pinto (Feb 9, 2008 – May 21, 2008) * José Mota (May 21, 2008 – Feb 9, 2010) * Fernando Castro Santos (Feb 9, 2010 – May 8, 2010) * Augusto Inácio (May 21, 2010 – Feb 13, 2011) * Litos (Feb 16, 2011 – Feb 14, 2012) * Horácio Gonçalves (Feb 15, 2012 – Nov 6, 2012) * Pedro Correia (Nov 6, 2012 – Mar 3, 2014) * Jorge Casquilha (Mar 6, 2014 – May 11, 2014) * Horácio Gonçalves (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) *

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(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) * Filipe Gouveia (Jul 1, 2018 – Dec 23, 2018) * Bruno China (Dec 30, 2018) * Jorge Casquilha (Jan 6, 2019 – Jun 30, 2019) * Carlos Pinto (Jul 1, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020) *

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(Feb 2, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020) * Tiago Fernandes (Jul 1, 2020 – Oct 4, 2020) * João Eusébio (Oct 7, 2020 – Jan 6, 2021) * José Mota (Jan 11, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022) * Vitor Martins (Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023) * Pedro Ribeiro (Jul 1, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024) * Carlos Fangueiro (Jan 24, 2024 – )

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:

, Douro Litoral Zone, Group 1 (2nd level) *2D.A.2.1:

, Zone A, Group 2, Sub-Group 1 (2nd level) *2D.A:

, Zone A (2nd level) *2DN:

, Northern Zone (until 1990: 2nd level; post-1990: 3rd level) *CWC: Cup Winners' Cup *FC: Fairs Cup *UC:

* R1: 1st round * QF: Quarter-final

Other sports

In addition to football, Leixões also competes in

and

References

External links

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