S.C. Farense

SC Farense
Full name Sporting Clube Farense
Nickname(s) Os Leões do Algarve
(Algarve Lions)
Founded 1910
Ground Estádio Algarve, Faro
(Algarve Stadium)
(Capacity: 30,305)
Chairman António Manuel Gomes Ferreira
Manager António Barão
League Portuguese Third Division, Group F
2011-2012 Group F, 1st
Home colours
Away colours

SC Farense is a Portuguese association football club from Faro founded in 1910. SC Farense is the most successful club in the Algarve. The home colours are white and black.

Since competing in the UEFA Cup during season 1995/1996, the club suffered a series of misfortunes on and off the field. This culminated in ejection from the League in season 2005/2006. The club, unable to pay professional players, tried to fulfil its League fixtures with junior players. Several heavy defeats resulted in the club not fulfilling three fixtures. Under League rules this meant disqualification.The club re-formed at the lowest level, Algarve League Division Two. This was won handsomely and the club promoted to Algarve Division One in 2006/2007 season. In 2007/2008 season the club was promoted again, this time to Portuguese Third Division.Most home matches are played at the 30,000 seater Estádio Algarve, some six miles from Faro. Attendances reached 2,000 towards the end of 2006/2007 season, in a league where a crowd of 50 is generally considered good. In season (2009/2010) SC Farense granted another promotion and next season it will be playing in Portuguese Second Division and is looking forward to another promotion. The club shares the stadium with Louletano.

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Stadium

SC Farense stadium Estádio Algarve is a UEFA's 4-star rating and was built for UEFA Euro 2004 were it had the likes of Spain, Greece, Russia, Holland and Sweden played there which was a sellout of tickets with the stadium capacity full up with 30,000 people watching the game. Portugal has also played 2 matches there, a friendly with England and a qualifying game for the world cup 2006 against Luxembourg. Usually the stadium holds important Portuguese matches like the Portuguese SuperCup and the Carlsberg Cup Final.The stadium has also been used for other important events as Algarve Summer Festival and Rally de Portugal.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Serginho
3 DF Arlindo
4 DF Né
5 DF Wilson
6 MF Márcio
7 MF Calquinhas
8 MF André
9 MF Barão
10 FW Everson
11 FW Rodolfo Miranda
12 GK Costa
14 MF Ricardo
16 FW Bruno
No. Position Player
17 MF Ivan Litera
18 FW Paulinho
19 DF Hernani
20 DF Amilcar
21 FW Edinho
22 DF Caras
23 FW Galinha
24 GK André Luís
25 MF Pintassilgo
26 MF Roque
28 DF Ricardo Sousa
30 MF Jeremias

Notable Famous Players

League and Cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1950–1951 2D 6 16 6 1 9 27 37 13
1951–1952 2D 7 18 6 1 11 24 44 13
1952–1953 3D 1 10 5 3 2 29 16 13 Promoted
1953–1954 2D 6 22 9 6 7 43 40 24
1954–1955 2D 4 26 13 5 7 47 38 31
1955–1956 2D 6 26 9 8 9 56 61 26
1956–1957 2D 1 26 16 6 4 58 32 38
1957–1958 2D 1 26 18 3 5 67 31 39
1958–1959 2D 3 26 13 5 7 63 32 31
1959–1960 2D 5 26 14 4 8 51 29 32
1960–1961 2D 2 26 19 2 5 50 23 40
1961–1962 2D 3 26 14 6 6 55 36 34
1962–1963 2D 9 26 10 6 10 36 38 26
1963–1964 2D 5 26 11 4 11 42 43 26
1964–1965 2D 14 26 8 4 14 29 51 20
1965–1966 3D 2 10 ? ? ? ? ? 14
1966–1967 3D 1 10 ? ? ? ? ? 17
1967–1968 3D ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1968–1969 3D 1 22 17 3 2 59 8 37 Last 64
1969–1970 2D 1 26 13 8 5 47 20 34 Last 64
1970-1971 1D 11 26 7 6 13 15 33 20 Last 32
1971-1972 1D 9 30 9 7 14 34 48 25 Last 16
1972-1973 1D 11 30 8 8 14 27 53 24 Semi final
1973-1974 1D 7 30 9 8 13 35 38 26 Last 8
1974-1975 1D 11 30 11 3 16 38 52 25 Last 16
1975-1976 1D 15 30 8 3 19 33 65 19 Relegated
1976–1977 2D 7 30 13 5 12 34 29 31 Last 8
1977–1978 2D 9 30 9 10 11 40 43 28 Last 8
1978–1979 2D 7 30 11 7 2 47 37 29 Last 64
1979–1980 2D 6 30 11 9 10 43 45 31 Last 16
1980–1981 2D 11 30 8 11 10 29 29 28 Last 32
1981–1982 2D 2 30 16 7 7 46 25 39 Last 32
1982–1983 2D 1 30 21 7 2 75 19 49 Last 16 Promoted
1983-1984 1D 12 30 5 11 14 29 54 21 Last 32
1984-1985 1D 14 30 7 8 15 21 49 22 Last 64
1985-1986 2D 1 30 21 5 4 59 22 47 Last 32
1986-1987 1D 15 30 7 7 16 33 47 21 Last 8
1987-1988 1D 12 38 12 10 16 36 50 34
1988-1989 1D 18 38 10 11 17 34 51 31 Last 64
1989-1990 2D 1 34 24 5 4 76 22 53 Final Promoted/Best Cup Record
1990-1991 1D 11 38 14 6 18 46 47 34 Last 32
1991-1992 1D 6 34 12 11 11 35 33 35 5th Round
1992-1993 1D 6 34 11 13 10 41 36 35 5th Round
1993-1994 1D 8 34 13 7 14 44 46 33 4th Round
1994-1995 1D 5 34 16 5 13 44 38 37 Last 16 Best classification ever
1995-1996 1D 13 34 10 16 8 36 45 36 Last 16 UC 1st round
1996-1997 1D 11 34 10 12 12 34 34 42 4th Round
1997-1998 1D 14 34 8 13 13 41 50 37 4th Round
1998-1999 1D 11 34 10 9 15 39 54 39 Last 64
1999-2000 1D 14 34 8 11 15 35 60 35 5th Round
2000-2001 1D 13 34 10 9 15 37 47 39 Last 16
2001-2002 1D 17 34 7 7 20 29 63 28 5th Round Relegated
2002-2003 2H 12 34 11 11 12 32 32 44 4th Round Relegated
2003-2004 2D 17 38 11 8 19 40 57 41 3rd Round Relegated
2004-2005 3D 14 34 11 8 15 41 49 41 1st Round
2005–2006 3D - - - - - - - - 1st Round Disqualified
2006–2007 2Dist. 1 31 24 6 1 72 15 78 Promoted
2007–2008 1Dist. 1 28 21 4 3 67 19 66 Promoted
2008–2009 3D 3 10 3 5 2 13 15 35 1st Round
2009–2010 3D 2 10 5 2 3 9 7 35 1st Round Promoted
2010–2011 2D 12 30 8 12 10 28 37 36  ? Relegated

1D: Portuguese Liga and predecessors (1st level)

2H: Liga de Honra (2nd level)

2D: Portuguese Second Division, Southern Zone (pre-1991: 2nd level; post-1991: 3rd level)

3D: Portuguese Third Division, Group F (pre-1991: 3rd level; post-1991: 4th level)

1Dist: Portuguese 1st Regional Championship, Algarve FA championship (5th level)

2Dist: Portuguese 2nd Regional Championship, Algarve FA championship (6th level)

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