Portimonense

Full name	Portimonense Sporting Clube
Nickname(s)	Alvinegros Marafados
Founded	14 August 1914 (14 August 1914)
Ground	Estádio Municipal, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Capacity	9,544
President	Rodiney Sampaio
Head coach	Paulo Sérgio
League	Primeira Liga
2022–23	Primeira Liga, 15th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It also fields various youth teams and a veterans team in football, as well as teams in basketball.

Located in Algarve's second largest city, its stadium, the Estádio Municipal de Portimão, has a capacity of 9,544 spectators after undergoing renovation in early 2011. The club has never won any major trophies, but it participated in the Primeira Liga for several seasons.

Portimonense's zenith was in the 1980s, a decade in which the club only played its football in the top division, also competing in the UEFA Cup in 1985–86. They have reached the semifinals of the Taça de Portugal three times, in 1983, 1987 and 1988.

History

Portimonense was a regular presence in the Portuguese first division, even finishing fifth in 1984–85 – highlights included 0–0 home draws against Benfica and Sporting Lisbon – which led to participation in the UEFA Cup in the 1985–86 season. The team were eliminated in the first round of that competition by FK Partizan of Yugoslavia.^[1]

In the 1990s and 2000s, however, the club primarily played in the Segunda Liga, while also having a brief spell in the third level. In 2009–10, Portimonense started with Angolan Lito Vidigal at the helm, but when he left for União de Leiria, former Sporting midfielder Litos took charge, and led the team to a final second place, behind S.C. Beira-Mar, thus returning it to the top flight after exactly 20 years of absence; substitute Wilson Eduardo scored the only goal away to U.D. Oliveirense to guarantee the promotion.^[2]

Midway through the 2010–11 campaign, Litos was fired due to bad results,^[3] as Portimonense eventually ranked second from bottom and was relegated back.^[4] The team met the same fate in the following season, even managing to rank in a worse position; however, after Varzim S.C. was not allowed to promote from division three due to financial irregularities, Portimonense was reinstated.^[5]

Portimonense won the 2016–17 LigaPro to return to the top flight after six years; the campaign was managed by Vítor Oliveira, who had begun his coaching career with the club three decades earlier and had won promotion for the fifth consecutive time.^[6] The team went down on the last day of the 2019–20 season, as competitors C.D. Tondela and Vitória de Setúbal also won their games,^[7] however, Portimonense remained in the division due to issues off the pitch at both Vitória de Setúbal and C.D. Aves meaning these two were relegated and the Algarve side would stay up.^[8]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 January 2024^[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Gabriel Souza (on loan from Bahia) 6 MF  POR Ricardo Sousa 7 FW  BUL Sylvester Jasper 8 MF  BRA Maurício 9 FW  POR Paulinho (on loan from Viborg) 10 FW  CPV Hildeberto Pereira 11 MF  BRA Carlinhos (captain) 12 GK  BRA Vinícius Silvestre 13 MF  BRA Dener 14 DF  SEN Moustapha Seck 17 MF  BRA Davis Silva 18 DF  POR Gonçalo Costa 19 FW  ECU Ronie Carrillo 20 MF  POR Paulo Estrela 22 DF  POR Filipe Relvas 23 DF  KOR Lee Ye-chan

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  BRA Lucas Ventura 27 DF  POR Guga 28 FW  BRA Luan Campos (on loan from América Mineiro) 30 FW  KOR Kim Yong-hak 32 GK  JPN Kosuke Nakamura 33 DF  BRA Igor Formiga 43 DF  BRA Alemão 44 DF  BRA Pedrão 70 FW  POR Tamble Monteiro 71 MF  ENG Dennis Adeniran 76 DF  POR Rafael Alcobia 77 FW  CPV Hélio Varela 85 FW  GNB Midana Cassamá 88 GK  BRA João Victor 99 MF  BRA Zinho (on loan from Grêmio)

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Luquinha

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  JPN Shuhei Kawasaki (to Vissel Kobe until 31 December 2023) 24 MF  FRA Mohamed Diaby (to Sheffield Wednesday until 30 June 2024) 35 FW  HON Bryan Róchez (to União Leiria until 30 June 2024) 39 FW  COL Wilinton Aponzá (to Chungnam Asan until 30 June 2024) 70 FW  POR Rui Gomes (to Tondela until 30 June 2024) 99 FW  BRA Yago Cariello (to Gangwon until 30 June 2024) — GK  BRA Matheus Nogueira (to Paysandu until 31 December 2023) — DF  BRA Pedro Casagrande (to Covilhã until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Bruno Reis (to Covilhã until 30 June 2024) — MF  BRA Ewerton (to Vegalta Sendai until 31 December 2023) — MF  BRA Felipe Dini (to Belenenses until 30 June 2024) — MF  BRA Gustavo Klismahn (to Santa Clara until 30 June 2024) — MF  BRA Rômulo (to Criciúma until 31 December 2023) — FW  NGA Adewale Sapara (to Farense until 30 June 2024) — FW  POR Ricardo Matos (to Belenenses until 30 June 2024)

League and cup history

Honours

• LigaPro: 2016–17
• Portuguese Second Division: 1978–79, 2000–01

Europe

1985–86 UEFA Cup – 1st Round
Date	Home	Result	Away	City
18/09/1985	Portimonense	1–0	Partizan	Portimão
2/10/1985	Partizan	4–0	Portimonense	Belgrade

Club officials

On 13 July 2011, Portimonense elected its body of officials, for a three-year term.^[10]

• President: José Fernando Teixeira da Rocha
• Deputy president: António Alexandre Soares Rocha da Silveira
• Vice-presidents: Luís Manuel de Andrade Rodrigues Batalau, José Cândido Rebelo Rodrigues, Nuno Miguel Lopes da Silva, João Carlos Pinhota Martins Santana, Francisco José de Matos Viegas Gouveia Coutinho, Luís Carlos da Costa Paiva

Managerial history

Dates	Name
1985–1986	Vítor Oliveira
1988–1989	José Torres
1990–1991	Carlos Alhinho
1991–1994	Amílcar Fonseca
1994–1995	José Torres
1995–1997	Amílcar Fonseca
1999–2001	Mário Nunes
2001–2002	Amílcar Fonseca
2003–2004	Dito
2004–2005	António Pacheco
2005–2006	Diamantino Miranda
2006–2007	Luís Martins
2007–2009	Vítor Pontes
2009	Lito Vidigal
2009–2010	Litos
2010–2011	Carlos Azenha
2012–2014	Lázaro Oliveira
2014–2015	Vítor Maçãs
2015–2016	José Augusto
2016–2018	Vítor Oliveira
2018–2020	António Folha
2020–present	Paulo Sérgio

Futsal

Portimonense has a futsal team that plays top tier futsal in the Liga Sport Zone.

Basketball

Portimonense has a basketball team that plays in the Proliga (Portugal) basketball league.^[11]

Supporters and rivalries

Portimonense has its own club song: "Portimonense, expoente algarvio".^[12] Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Portimonense, although this is more common in Iberia than in much of Europe.

The club has rivalries with fellow Algarve clubs Farense and Olhanense.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Team profile at Zerozero