Leixões S.C.

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Leixões S.C.
Full name	Leixões Sport Club
Nickname(s)	The Babies, Sea Heroes
Founded	1907
Ground	Estádio do Mar, Matosinhos (Capacity 8,035)
Chairman	José Fonseca Carlos Oliveira
Manager	José Mota
League	BWINLIGA
2007-08	BWINLIGA, 14th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Leixões Sport Club, or simply Leixões, is a sports club from Matosinhos, Portugal. It is organized into several specialized departments for many events like football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming, and billiards. Its professional football team is its most well known department.

Contents 1 History 2 Squad 2007-2008 3 Famous Players 4 Honours 5 League and Cup History 6 Trivia 7 Notes 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] History

Leixões Sport Club was formed in 1907, this makes them one of Portugal's most historic sports clubs. Although not known to many clubs in Europe in the modern game, in the 1960s they managed to win the Cup of Portugal (against F.C. Porto 1n 1961) and featured regularly in the European Competitions. They then disappeared in the late 70's into the lower echelons of Portuguese football and were seemingly forgotten, but in 2002 they returned to the main stage with a tremendous Cup run, defeating Sporting Braga 3-1 away to secure a place in the final and the UEFA Cup next season. They lost 1-0 to Sporting CP, who also became national champions that year. The following season they lost 5-3 on aggregate to Greek side PAOK Salonika after winning the first leg 2-1 at home, being eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup. That same year, they romped to the Segunda Divisão (Division Two) title with 94 points and with it, they gained promotion to the Liga de Honra. In 2004 they just avoided relegation back to Division Two and finished 14th. A year later they battled to finish 7th in the League. And finally in 2006 they almost reached the Portuguese Liga, losing out to Desportivo das Aves in the Promotion chase, finishing 3rd, 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.

[edit] Squad 2007-2008

No. Position Player 1 GK Beto 2 DF Rúben Ribeiro 3 DF Ezequias 4 DF Élvis 5 DF Nuno Diogo 6 MF Paulo Machado 7 MF Hugo Morais 8 MF Pedro Cervantes 9 FW Roberto 10 MF Ricardo Jorge 11 MF Diogo Valente 13 DF Joel 14 MF Bruno China 16 FW Brandon Voronen 17 MF Vieirinha

No. Position Player 18 FW Udo Nwoko 19 MF Jorge Gonçalves 20 DF Marco Cadete 21 MF António Livramento 22 MF Vítor Castanheira 23 FW Filipe Oliveira 24 GK Marco 25 MF Jorge Duarte 26 DF Nuno Amaro 27 DF Nuno Silva 38 Gonçalo 39 Ângelo Cacheira 77 GK Jorge Baptista MF Jaime Júnior

[edit] Famous Players

• Diogo Valente
• Filipe Oliveira
• Paulo Machado
• Vieirinha
• Castanheira
• Ezequias
• Roberto
• Henry Antchouet
• Udo Nwoko

[edit] Honours

• Portuguese Liga: 5th place - 1962/63
• Portuguese Cup: Champion - 1960/61, Finalist - 2001/02
• Portuguese Supercup: Finalist - 2001/02
• Portuguese Liga de Honra: Champion - 2006/07
• Portuguese Second Division: Champion (Northern Zone) - 2002/03
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup: 1st Round - 1964/65, 1968/69 and 2002/03
• UEFA Cup Winner's Cup: Quarter-final - 1961/1962

[edit] League and Cup History

The club has 22 presences at the top level of Portuguese football, and was present at two cup finals, one of which it won, beating FC Porto on the latter's home ground (Estádio das Antas).

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Europe		Notes
1936-1937	CL	8	14	2	0	12	19	69	4
2 season(s) at lower levels
1939-1940	1D	9	18	1	5	12	26	70	7	last 16
1 season(s) at lower levels
1941-1942	2H	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	quarter-final
1942-1943	1D	10	18	0	2	16	19	81	2	last 16
16 season(s) at lower levels
1959-1960	1D	8	26	8	7	11	48	56	23	1st round
1960-1961	1D	8	26	10	3	13	38	44	23	winner
1961-1962	1D	7	26	10	3	13	47	55	23	quarter-final		CWC	quarter-final
1962-1963	1D	5	26	10	10	6	34	33	30	last 16				best classification ever
1963-1964	1D	8	26	8	9	9	34	44	25	2nd round
1964-1965	1D	9	26	8	5	13	50	51	21	1st round		FC	1st round
1965-1966	1D	12	26	7	4	15	28	39	18	quarter-final
1966-1967	1D	7	26	8	8	10	23	29	24	quarter-final
1967-1968	1D	8	26	10	4	12	29	39	24	quarter-final
1968-1969	1D	11	26	7	7	12	21	30	21	last 16		FC	1st round
1969-1970	1D	11	26	10	1	15	33	47	21	semi-final
1970-1971	1D	13	26	7	5	14	22	44	19	last 16
1971-1972	1D	14	30	7	7	16	26	51	21	quarter-final
1972-1973	1D	9	30	11	8	11	32	45	30	quarter-final
1973-1974	1D	14	30	9	3	18	36	56	21	last 32
1974-1975	1D	9	30	10	9	11	29	42	29	last 16
1975-1976	1D	12	30	8	6	16	30	65	22	last 32
1976-1977	1D	15	30	4	15	11	15	31	23	2nd round				relegated
1977-1978	2DN	7	30	12	6	12	43	37	30	2nd round
1978-1979	2DN	5	30	14	8	8	53	43	36	last 32
1979-1980	2DN	5	30	14	4	11	54	29	34	last 32
1980-1981	2DN	2	30	17	6	7	58	29	40	3rd round
1981-1982	2DN	6	30	11	9	10	36	35	31	quarter-final
1982-1983	2DN	5	30	15	7	8	45	25	37	last 32
1983-1984	2DN	3	29	16	5	8	47	29	37	last 32				see notes[1]
1984-1985	2DN	4	30	14	10	6	38	29	38	3rd round
1985-1986	2DN	10	30	12	6	12	43	37	30	2nd round
1986-1987	2DN	6	30	9	3	8	23	26	31	2nd round
1987-1988	2DN	2	38	22	9	7	70	32	53	last 16				promoted[2]
1988-1989	1D	19	38	7	14	17	29	46	28	3rd round				relegated
1989-1990	2DN	8	34	13	9	12	46	42	35	1st round
1990-1991	2H	7	38	15	13	10	49	41	43	4th round
1991-1992	2H	7	34	12	11	11	31	26	35	semi-final
1992-1993	2H	12	34	11	9	14	34	39	31	4th round
1993-1994	2H	18	34	8	8	18	24	41	24	last 32				relegated
8 season(s) at lower levels
2001-2002	2DN	2	38	25	8	5	73	27	83	final
2002-2003	2DN	1	38	29	7	2	73	27	94	2nd round		UC	1st round	promoted
2003-2004	2H	14	34	9	15	10	44	48	14	4th round
2004-2005	2H	6	34	14	8	12	40	33	50	4th round
2005-2006	2H	3	34	17	11	6	47	19	62	4th round
2006-2007	2H	1	30	18	6	6	45	21	60	4th round				promoted
2007-2008	1D	9	3	0	3	0	4	4	3	4th round	3rd round			ongoing

• CL: Campeonato da Liga (winners weren't considered Portuguese champions)
• 1D: Portuguese Liga and predecessors (1st level)
• 2H: Liga de Honra (2nd level)
• 2DN: Portuguese Second Division, Northern Zone (pre-1991: 2nd level; post 1991: 3rd level)

• CWC: Cup Winners' Cup
• FC: Fairs Cup
• UC: UEFA Cup

[edit] Trivia

• Leixões holds the record for the best comeback in a tie of the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup. In the 1961/62 season, in the first round, Leixões lost 6-2 away against Switzerland's FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. At home, they recovered to win 5-0, winning the tie 7-6 on aggregate.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.
2. ^ Famalicão, who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.

[edit] See also

• Leixões SC (volleyball)

[edit] External links

• Official site of Leixões Sport Club
• Fan Site
• Fan Blog

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