S.C. Campomaiorense

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Sporting Clube Campomaiorense is a Portuguese football club, founded in 1926, and based in Campo Maior.

The club had a professional football section that played five seasons at the top level of Portuguese football, and reached the Cup of Portugal final in 1999. However, the section was closed in 2002, and the club currently fields only youth teams.

Campomaiorense was first promoted to the Portuguese major league in 1995 under the guidance of former Sporting Club de Portugal star striker Manuel Fernandes. The club was only the third club in the Alentejo region to reach the top division (others were Lusitano de Évora in the sixties and CAD O Elvas in the eighties).

Their spell in the 1995/96 was a deception, starting the league with an away defeat against Sporting Clube de Portugal by 7-0. Further poor results eventually lead João Manuel Nabeiro, the club chairman, to sack Fernandes. New players arrived in the mid season, among them Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink who had just quit AZ Alkmaar.

Former Portugguese international Diamantino Miranda was given the job with the aim of soon getting the club back into the first league. They finished 17th in the league. 1996/97 Season in the League of Honor earned them a first ever champions title, with former Chaves and Paços de Ferreira striker Rudi being the top goal scorer.

Diamantino´s start of first division football however, was no better that the first and we was also sacked by Nabeiro. Christmas brought coach João Alves (Cup of Portugal winner with Estrela Amadora in 1990) along with Brazilian players like Isaías (previously with Benfica and Coventry City) and Demetrios. Alves great finish earned Campomaiorense a superb 11th place and the durability among the great clubs. The club started an ambitious change of image and marketing campaign changing its symbol to a greyhound and form green colors to Bordeaux.

Managers seem to only be fortunate in Campo Maior at the end of the season, and João Alves faith was no different its predecessors. José Pereira has the honor to conduce the team to Portuguese cup final in 1999. Campomaiorense benefited from FC Porto's shock elimination by 3rd league side Torreense, Sporting by Gil Vicente and Benfica agains Vitória Setúbal.

In the final, people from all around the region of Alentejo went to the Jamor National Stadium where a free banquet was offered by millionaire Rui Manuel Nabeiro, father of Campomaiorense chairman João Manuel Nabeiro, whose company Delta coffees was the club’s main sponsor. A late dramatic goal by FC Porto on-loan Ricardo Sousa finished the dream for Campomaiorense.

The club managed to hold for two extra seasons in the first league, but following relegation in 2001 and inability to return the following year lead to the decision of extinguishing professional football. The situation of having more available seats in the stadium, than habitants in the village, was one the reasons for considering the club to be unworthy of the effort by its sponsors. The club now dedicates to find new talents and competes in the youth championships. Great Players from the past

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink [Roberto Severo “Beto”] Litos Laelson Demetrios Isaías Paulo Sérgio Nuno Luís Paulo Torres Abílio Carlos Martins Instvan Vincze Stanimir Stoilov Rogério Matias Carlos Fernandes Poejo

Coaches

Manuel Fernandes Diamantino Miranda João Alves José Pereira Carlos Manuel

[edit] League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1992-1993	2H	15	34	10	5	19	40	53	25
1993-1994	2H	9	34	13	7	14	43	46	33
1994-1995	2H	2	34	19	8	7	58	27	46		promoted
1995-1996	1D	17	34	10	13	11	32	69	33		relegated
1996-1997	2H	1	34	18	8	8	51	32	62	last 64	promoted
1997-1998	1D	11	34	11	7	16	53	58	40	last 64
1998-1999	1D	13	34	10	7	17	41	51	37	final
1999-2000	1D	13	34	10	6	18	31	51	36	last 32
2000-2001	1D	16	34	7	11	16	29	58	32	last 64	relegated
2001-2002	2H	10	34	13	6	15	48	50	45	last 64	folded