Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional

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club based in

Moreira de Cónegos Moreira de Cónegos is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and town in the municipality of Guimarães which is in the Braga District in northern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 4,652, in an area of 4.72 km². Sports The town is ...

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. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the

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, holding home games at

Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas is a multi-use stadium in Moreira de Cónegos, Braga, Portugal. It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Moreirense F.C., Moreirense. The stadi ...

, with a capacity for 6,150 spectators. The team first played in the second tier in 1995 and the Primeira Liga in 2002. It won the

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and the second division championship in

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and

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History

Moreirense was founded in 1938. It first reached the

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in 1995, where they stayed five seasons. After being relegated to

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, manager Manuel Machado took the team and, in two years, managed two promotions, getting the team for the first time to the top flight. He led the northerners for two more seasons, in which Moreirense achieved two mid-table positions, finishing ninth in the latter season. After Machado departed for neighbouring Vitória de Guimarães, the club suffered two consecutive relegations, only returning again to the second level in 2010, and the first in 2012. After an immediate relegation, the team won the

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under manager Toni Conceição. Moreirense achieved its first top level national title on 29 January 2017, winning the League Cup (

) by defeating S.C. Braga in the

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. In 2018–19, manager

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led Moreirense to a best-ever sixth place, missing out on the fifth place only on goal difference to Vitória de Guimarães, who Vieira left the club for. Following two 8th-place finishes, the team were relegated in 2021–22, a season in which they had three managers: João Henriques, Lito Vidigal and

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. Relegation was confirmed with a 2–1 aggregate playoff loss to G.D. Chaves. Under Paulo Alves, Moreirense instantly returned to the top flight by winning the

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. The team took 79 points from a possible 102, the highest in an 18-team season of the league, and the highest percentage taken from any season of it. Alves left at the end of the season.

Honours

National

**Winners: 2016–17 * Segunda Liga **Winners: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2022—23 *

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**Winners: 1994–95, 2000–01

Regional

* AF Braga Second Division **Winners: 1942–43

Recent league history

Players

Current squad

(''on loan from

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'') (''on loan from Benfica B'')

Out on loan

Managerial history

* Armindo Cunha (1991–92) * Ferreirinha (1993–94) * Carlos Garcia (1994 – May 30, 1999) * Bernardino Pedroto (May 30, 1999 – Dec 9, 1999) * João Cavaleiro (Dec 9, 1999 – May 14, 2000) * Manuel Machado (June 2, 2000 – June 5, 2004) * Vítor Oliveira (June 7, 2004 – April 3, 2005) * Jorge Jesus (April 5, 2005 – May 22, 2005) *

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(May 23, 2005 – Oct 17, 2005) *

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(Oct 17, 2005 – Feb 27, 2006) * José Gomes (March 1, 2006 – May 5, 2006) * Dito (June 15, 2006 – Nov 13, 2007) * Daniel Ramos (Nov 13, 2007 – May 4, 2008) * Nicolau Vaqueiro (2008 – May 12, 2009) * Jorge Casquilha (2009 – Jan 30, 2013) *

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(Jan 30, 2013 – May 19, 2013) * Vítor Oliveira (May 20, 2013 – March 10, 2014) * Toni Conceição (March 10, 2014 – May 15, 2014) * Miguel Leal (July 1, 2014 – May 19, 2016) *

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(May 20, 2016 – November 21, 2016) * Leandro Mendes (November 22, 2016 – November 28, 2016) *

(November 28, 2016 – March 20, 2017) *

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(March 20, 2017 – May 26, 2017) * Manuel Machado (May 27, 2017 – October 28, 2017) * Sérgio Vieira (October 31, 2017 – February 13, 2018) *

(February 12, 2018 – May 13, 2018) *

(May 29, 2018 – May 19, 2019) * Vítor Campelos (May 27, 2019 – December 16, 2019) * Ricardo Soares (December 18, 2019 – November 9, 2020) *

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(November 10, 2020 - January 2, 2021) * Vasco Seabra (January 6, 2021 – June 5, 2021) * João Henriques (June 5, 2021 – December 2, 2021) * Lito Vidigal (December 4, 2021 – January 5, 2022) *

(January 7, 2022 – May 31, 2022) * Paulo Alves (June 8, 2022 – June 30, 2023) * Rui Borges (July 5, 2023 – ''present'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreirense Association football clubs established in 1938 Football clubs in Portugal 1938 establishments in Portugal Primeira Liga clubs Liga Portugal 2 clubs