Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, water polo and billiards. 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 Taça de Portugal.
History Leixões Sport Club was founded in 1907, making them one of Portugal's oldest sports clubs in continuous operation. In 1961, they won their only Taça de Portugal, defeating Porto 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 Braga 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 Sporting CP. The club, however, lost 1–0, but nonetheless secured a spot in the following season's UEFA Cup and Portuguese Supercup after Sporting had also finished as national champions for the year. The following season, Leixões lost the Portuguese Supercup against Sporting CP by 5–1. That same year, Leixões lost 5–3 on aggregate to Greek side PAOK after winning the first leg 2–1 at home, thus suffering elimination in the first round of the UEFA Cup. 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 Primeira Liga, 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 Taça de Portugal: 1 1960–61
Segunda Liga: 1 2006–07
Segunda Divisão: 1 1937–38
Segunda Divisão B: 1 2002–03
Campeonato do Porto: 1 1939–40
Taça AF Porto: 1:pt:Taça de Honra da AF Porto 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 Álvaro Magalhães Frederico Rosa Ricardo Nascimento Rui Duarte Beto Jorge Gonçalves Diogo Valente Vieirinha Filipe Oliveira João Moreira Vítor Castanheira Nuno Laranjeiro Zé Manel Fernando Alexandre José Maria Pedroto (youth) Nelson Benítez Hans-Peter Berger Nail Besirović Brasília Élvis Leandro Tatu Roberto Jaime Ezequias Derick Poloni Wesley Roberto Souza Chumbinho Wênio Tales Schutz Hervé Zengue Christian Pouga Brandon Poltronieri Brayan Angulo Amine Oudrhiri Phil Walker Bill Roffey Rubén Belima Edmond Tapsoba Anastasios Tsoumagas Dionisio Mendes Jean Sony Detinho Udo Nwoko Lê Công Vinh
Managerial history
József Szabó (1957–1958) Óscar Marques (1960) José Valle (1960–1961) Filpo Nunez (1961) José Maria Pedroto (1964–1965) 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) Daniel Kenedy (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 (2019–2020) Manuel Cajuda (2020) Tiago Fernandes (2020) João Eusébio (2020–2021) José Mota (2021–2022) Vítor Martins (2022–2023) Pedro Ribeiro (2023–2024) Carlos Fangueiro (2024–2025) José Mota (2025) Cristiano Brito (2025) João Nuno Fonseca (2025) Fernando Valente (2025) Carlos Fangueiro (2025–)
European record Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate1961–62European Cup Winners' Cup PR Chaux Fonds 5–0 2–6 7–6 1R Progresul București 1–1 1–0 2–1 QF Motor Jena 1–3 1–1 2–41964–65Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Celtic 1–1 0–3 1–41968–69Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Argeș Pitești 1–1 0–0 1–12002–03UEFA Cup QR Belasica 2–2 2–1 4–3 1R PAOK 2–1 1–4 3–5
League and cup history The club has played 25 seasons at the top level of Portuguese football.
SeasonDiv Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA PCupLeague CupEuropeNotes1936–37CL8142012196941st round the cup-style competition played was still the Portuguese Championship; until 1938, the
league-style competitions were still experimental1937–382D.216510234111st roundwent on to beat CUF in the finals of Segunda Divisão1938–392D.DL310514301811did not competePortuguese Cup and official leagues were created1939–401D9181512267071st round relegated; won the Campeonato do Porto1940–412D.DL11 8 6 11 29 1313did not compete lost the Douro Litoral Zone final1941–422D.A.2.11 13 12 10 80 1225quarter-final lost the Segunda Divisão overall final; promoted1942–431D1018021619812last 16 relegated1943–442D.A.2.31 14 12 11 71 1625did not compete lost on the round of 16 in the Segunda Divisão final phase1944–452D.A.41 10 9 01 42 1218did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase1945–462D.A.11 10 7 21 45 916did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase1946–472D.A.211090164818not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase1947–482D.A2149143523191st round lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase1948–492D.A414608373212did not compete 1949–502D.A.21181422572830not held lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase1950–512D.A1181224503026did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão 2nd phase1951–522D.A4181107462922did not compete 1952–532D.A318945463422did not compete 1953–542D.A1261655573837did not compete lost on the Segunda Divisão final phase1954–552DN82694134858222nd round 1955–562DN52612687845301st round 1956–572DN52614396750312nd round 1957–582DN4 26 10 610 46 3926did not compete 1958–592DN1 26 18 53 55 22412nd round lost the Segunda Divisão overall final (2nd); promoted1959–601D8 26 8 711 48 56231st round 1960–611D8 26 10 313 38 4423WINNERS 1961–621D72610313475523quarter-finalCWC - QF1962–631D526101063433303rd round best league position ever1963–641D8268993444252nd round 1964–651D92685135051211st roundFairs Cup - R11965–661D12267415283918quarter-final 1966–671D7268810232924quarter-final 1967–681D82610412293924quarter-final 1968–691D11267712213021last 16Fairs Cup - R11969–701D112610115334721semi-final 1970–711D13267514224419last 16 1971–721D14307716265121quarter-final 1972–731D93011811324530quarter-final 1973–741D14309318365621last 32 1974–751D93010911294229last 16 1975–761D12308616306522last 32 1976–771D1530415111531232nd round relegated1977–782DN430136114337323rd round1978–792DN5301488534136last 321979–802DN53015411542934last 321980–812DN2301767582940last 64were 2nd on the promotion group (not promoted)1981–822DN63011910363531quarter-final1982–832DN5301578452537last 16won the Taça AF Porto1983–842DN3291658472937last 32see notesThe game Leixões-Gil Vicente was suspended due to a field invasion.1984–852DN43014106382938last 641985–862DN103012612433730last 1281986–872DN6309138232631last 1281987–882DN1382297703353last 16promotedFamalicão, who had finished first was demoted to the third division for charges of bribery.1988–891D193871417294628last 64 relegated1989–902DN834139124642351st roundqualified for the first Liga de Honra (2nd level)1990–912H7381513104941434th round1991–922H734121111312635semi-final1992–932H1234119143439314th round1993–942H183488182441245th roundrelegated1994–952DN7 34 13 1110 44 28373rd round1995–962DN10 34 14 614 47 42482nd roundfrom this season, wins = 3 points1996–972DN2 34 20 95 59 26693rd round1997–982DN5 24 15 18 48 32563rd round1998–992DN2 34 19 96 62 35662nd round1999–002DN4 34 14 911 52 46514th round2000–012DN6 38 14 186 60 46605th round2001–022DN2382585732783Runners-Up2002–032DN13829727327942nd roundUEFA Cup - R1lost the Portuguese Supercup; promoted2003–042H1434915104448424th round2004–052H634148124033504th round2005–062H334171164719624th round2006–072H13018664521605th roundpromoted2007–081D1430414122737266th round3rd round2008–091D6301299303145quarter-finalgroup stage 12009–101D16305619255121last 32group stage 2relegated2010–112H63010128352742last 162nd round2011–122H113011712323437last 16group stage 12012–132H342181410493668last 642nd round2013–142H174213821425747last 16group stage 22014–152H20461311225367502nd roundgroup stage 12015–162H1846141319455655last 64group stage2016–172H1842101616444846quarter-final1st roundwon the relegation play-offs to stay in Segunda Liga2017–182H838141410504356last 32group stage2018–192H73412913353645quarter-final2nd round2019–202H924897232233last 322nd roundleague suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–212H1034101014354340last 32did not compete2021–222H83413912424048last 321st round2022–232H153410915384938last 16group stagestarted with -1 points due to failure to pay wages in the 2021–22 season2023–242H1434716112938373rd roundgroup stage2024–252H1334101113374241
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: Segunda Divisão, Douro Litoral Zone, Group 1 (2nd level) 2D.A.2.1: Segunda Divisão, Zone A, Group 2, Sub-Group 1 (2nd level) 2D.A: Segunda Divisão, Zone A (2nd level) 2DN: Segunda Divisão, Northern Zone (until 1990: 2nd level; post-1990: 3rd level) CWC: Cup Winners' Cup FC: Fairs Cup UC: UEFA Cup
R1: 1st round QF: Quarter-final
Other sports In addition to football, Leixões also competes in boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards.
See also Leixões SC (volleyball)
References
External links
Club Profile at LPFP Club Profile at FPF