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{{short description|Portuguese football club}}
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| fullname = Leça Futebol Clube |
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| fullname = Leça Futebol Clube |
| shortname = Leça FC |
| nickname = |
| shortname = Leça FC |
| founded = 1912 |
| founded = 1912 |
| ground = [[Estádio do Leça FC]], [[Leça da Palmeira]], [[Matosinhos]] |
| ground = [[Estádio do Leça FC]], [[Leça da Palmeira]], [[Matosinhos]] |
| capacity = 12,000 |
| capacity = 12,000 |
| chairman = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Fernando Monteiro |
| chairman = {{flagicon|Portugal}} António Pinho |
| manager = {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Milic Jovanović]] |
| manager = {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Domingos Barros]] |
| league = [[Portuguese Second Division|Portuguese Second Division Serie B]] |
| league = [[Portuguese District Championships]] – Divisão de Elite da [[Porto Football Association|Porto FA]], Série 1
| season = 2007/08 |
| season = [[2022–23 Campeonato de Portugal|2022–23]]
| position = 9th of 14 in Serie B of [[Campeonato de Portugal (league)|Campeonato de Portugal]] (relegated)
| position = [[Portuguese Second Division|Portuguese Second Division Serie B]], 10th |
| website = https://lecafutebolclube.com/
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'''Leça Futebol Clube''', better known as '''Leça FC''' or simply '''Leça''', is a Portuguese football club located in the town of [[Leça da Palmeira]], [[Matosinhos]]. Founded in 1912, they currently play in the [[Portuguese Second Division]] and, in the previous season of 2007-08, they finished 10th in the division. They currently play their home games at the ''Estádio do Leça FC'', which holds a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The current chairman is Fernando Monteiro and their current manager is [[Serbia]]n Milic Jovanović. The club's shirt and socks are white while their shorts are green. Their kit manufacturer is [[Umbro]].
'''Leça Futebol Clube''', better known as '''Leça FC''' or simply '''Leça''', is a Portuguese football club located in the town of [[Leça da Palmeira]], [[Matosinhos]]. Founded in 1912, it had a spell in the top-flight [[Primeira Liga]] in 1941–42 and between 1995 and 1998, when it was relegated for financial irregularities. In the 2022–23 season they played in the [[Campeonato de Portugal (league)|Campeonato de Portugal]]. The club currently play their home games at the ''Estádio do Leça FC'', which holds a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The current chairman is António Pinho and their current manager is João Crespo. The club's shirt and socks are white while their shorts are green.


==History==
==History==
Founded in 1912, Leca participated in the [[Campeonato de Portugal (1922–1938)|Portuguese championships]], held in cup format, from the 1927–28 to 1931–32 season, reaching the quarter-finals in 1928–29.<ref name="his" />
The club is most known for its football team that now competes in the [[Liga de Honra]], the second highest level of football in [[Portugal]]. The team participated in the [[Portuguese Liga]] from 1995 to 1998 but a decision taken by the [[Portuguese Football Federation]] based on past acts of corruption decided to relegate Leça to the Liga de Honra for 1998-99 season. The team was expected to fight for promotion but the efforts were not enough to bring the team to the top level again. In the upcoming years, the club was affected by financial problems that cut some of the desire of wanting the team back to the top. Because of the team's lower budget, new goals where set. The main goal was now to make the club financially secure and then try to put the team back on the first division.


In 1941, the team achieved promotion to the top division – [[Primeira Divisão]], where they played for one season [[1941–42 Primeira Divisão|1941-42]]. The next participation at this level occurred more than 50 years later.<ref name="his" />
However, after a series of events of bad management of the financial status by the presidents, it has been related that some of the presidents stole money from the club to use for their own benefit, which was unpaid wages to the team professionals, unqualified team coaches and other sporting factors. Since then, they've been dubbed as strong candidates to promotion but never confirmed the expectations, finishing in mid-table and surprisingly sometimes near the bottom of the table. In the most recent season of 2007-08, they finished 10th in the division with management by manager Milić Jovanović

Leca participated in the [[Portuguese Liga]] from 1995 to 1998 but a decision taken by the [[Portuguese Football Federation]] based on past acts of corruption decided to relegate Leça to the Liga de Honra for 1998–99 season. The team was expected to fight for promotion but the efforts were not enough to bring the team to the top level again. In the upcoming years, the club was affected by financial problems that cut some of the desire of wanting the team back to the top. Because of the team's lower budget, new goals were set. The main goal was now to make the club financially secure and then try to put the team back on the first division.<ref name="leca" />

However, after a series of events of bad management of the financial status by the presidents, it has been related that some of the presidents stole money from the club to use for their own benefit, which was unpaid wages to the team professionals, unqualified team coaches and other sporting factors. Since then, they've been dubbed as strong candidates to promotion but never confirmed the expectations, finishing in mid-table and surprisingly sometimes near the bottom of the table.

In the 2002–03 season they were relegated from the [[Segunda Liga]], a year later and from the third league (Segunda Divisão B). Since then they have made one appearance in the third tier of the league system - in the 2007/08 season, playing in the lower leagues, including at regional level. In the 2020–21 season of [[Campeonato de Portugal (league)|league Campeonato de Portugal]] they achieved promotion, but due to the inability to obtain a license due to debt to tax authorities, a place in the new [[Liga 3 (Portugal)|Liga 3]] was given to the team that took the next place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leça falha licenciamento e é substituído pela Sanjoanense na Liga 3 |url=https://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=327295 |date=21 June 2021 |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=zerozero.pt |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231937/https://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=327295 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since June 7, 2021 registered as Leça Futebol [[Sociedade Anónima Desportiva|SAD]] (Leça Futebol Clube - Futebol SAD)<ref>{{cite news |title=Leça Futebol SAD |url=https://afporto.pt/clube/leca-futebol-sad/ |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=afporto.pt |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123121856/https://afporto.pt/clube/leca-futebol-sad/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2022–23 season, the team finished 9th out of 14 in Serie B of the league Portuguese Championship, and since the last 6 teams were relegated, Leca moved to the Championship of [[Porto Football Association|Porto FA]].<ref name="leca">{{cite news |title=Leça FC mergulha nos distritais |url=https://www.leca-palmeira.com/leca-fc-mergulha-nos-distritais/ |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=leca-palmeira.com |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505131841/https://www.leca-palmeira.com/leca-fc-mergulha-nos-distritais/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Badge==
The club's badge is in green and white, the club colours. The castle on top of it represents [[Leça da Palmeira]], the city which the club was in on its foundation in 1912.

==Rivalries==
* [[Leixões S.C.]]<ref name="his">{{cite news |title=História |url=https://lecafutebolclube.com/sobre-o-clube/historia/ |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=lecafutebolclube.com |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221144808/https://lecafutebolclube.com/sobre-o-clube/historia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Famous players==
* [[Sérgio Conceição]]<ref name="leca" />
* [[Ricardo Carvalho]]<ref name="leca" />

==Stadium==
Leça play their games at the ''Estádio do Leça FC''. The current stadium has played host to many matches down the years in the [[Portuguese Liga]] or in the [[Liga de Honra]]. It currently has a capacity of 12,000 spectators and has two big stands in green and white which symbolizes the club's colours. The stands also feature the name of the club on both sides of the pitch. The club built the stadium in 1992 as Leça were ready to go into the top flight of Portuguese football.

==Honours==
* '''[[Segunda Liga]]''' (Tier 2)
:*'''Winners (1):''' [[1994–95 Segunda Divisão de Honra|1994–95]]

* '''[[Segunda Divisão]]''' (Tier 2)
:*'''Runners-up (1):''' 1940–41

* '''[[Segunda Divisão B]]''' (Tier 3)
:*'''Winners (1):''' [[1992–93 Segunda Divisão B|1992–93]] (zona Norte)

* '''[[Terceira Divisão]]''' (Tier 4)
:*'''Winners (1):''' [[2006–07 Terceira Divisão|2006–07]] (Série B)

* '''[[Campeonato de Portugal (league)]]''' (Tier 4)
:*'''Runners-up (1):''' [[2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal|2020–21]] (Serie C and Serie 3 of qualification Series)

* '''[[Taça de Portugal]]'''
:* '''Quarter-finals (2)''': [[1994–95 Taça de Portugal|1994–95]], [[2021–22 Taça de Portugal|2021–22]]

* '''[[Campeonato de Portugal (1922–1938)]]'''
:* '''Quarter-finals (1)''': 1928–29

===League Cup and History===
{{Update section|date=February 2024}}
''As of April 14, 2009''
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Division

!Pos.
!Pl.
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!Pts
!Portuguese Cup
!Notes
|-
| '''1968–69''' || II Divisão || '''7th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1969–70''' || II Divisão || '''14th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1970–71''' || II Divisão || '''7th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1971–72''' || II Divisão || '''5th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1972–73''' || II Divisão || '''8th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1973–74''' || III Divisão || '''9th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1974–75''' || III Divisão || '''12th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1975–76''' || III Divisão || '''9th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1976–77''' || III Divisão || '''14th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''1977–78''' || 1º Escalão Dist. || '''1st''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''1978–79''' || III Divisão || '''4th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1979–80''' || III Divisão || '''10th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1980–81''' || III Divisão || '''1st''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''1981–82''' || II Divisão || '''10th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1982–83''' || II Divisão || '''14th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''1983–84''' || III Divisão || '''15th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''1984–85''' || Distritais&nbsp;– 1ª Divisão || '''8th''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''1985–86''' || Distritais&nbsp;– 1ª Divisão || '''2nd''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''[[1986–87 Terceira Divisão|1986–87]]''' || III Div. || 6th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1987–88 Terceira Divisão|1987–88]]''' || III Div. || 6th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1988–89 Terceira Divisão|1988–89]]''' || III Div. || 7th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1989–90 Terceira Divisão|1989–90]]''' || III Div. || 4th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1990–91 Segunda Divisão B|1990–91]]''' || II Divisão B || 17th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[1991–92 Segunda Divisão B|1991–92]]''' || II Divisão B || 2nd || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[1992–93 Segunda Divisão B|1992–93]]''' || II Divisão B || '''1st''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''[[1993–94 Liga de Honra|1993–94]]''' || Liga de Honra || 8th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[1994–95 Liga de Honra|1994–95]]''' || Liga de Honra || '''1st''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''[[1995–96 Primeira Liga|1995–96]]''' || Primeira Liga || 14th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[1996–97 Primeira Liga|1996–97]]''' || Primeira Liga || 14th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1997–98 Primeira Liga|1997–98]]''' || Primeira Liga || 12th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[1998–99 Liga de Honra|1998–99]]''' || Liga de Honra || 6th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[1999–2000 Liga de Honra|1999–2000]]''' || Liga de Honra || 11th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2000–01 Liga de Honra|2000–01]]''' || Liga de Honra || 13th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2001–02 Liga de Honra|2001–02]]''' || Liga de Honra || 11th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2002–03 Liga de Honra|2002–03]]''' || Liga de Honra || 17th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2003–04 Segunda Divisão|2003–04]]''' || II Div. || 19th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| '''[[2004–05 Terceira Divisão|2004–05]]''' || III Div. || 5th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2005–06 Terceira Divisão|2005–06]]''' || III Div. || 9th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| '''[[2006–07 Terceira Divisão|2006–07]]''' || III Div. || '''1st''' || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Promoted
|-
| '''[[2007–08 Segunda Divisão|2007–08]]''' || III Div. || 13th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– || Relegated
|-
| ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||
|-
| '''[[2008–09 Segunda Divisão B|2008–09]]''' || III Div. || 7th || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||&nbsp;–
|-
| ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||&nbsp;– ||
|}


==Current squad==
==Current squad==
{{Updated|22 April 2020}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Cláudio|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Portugal|name=Joel Mateus|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Festas|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Portugal|name=Manuel Lopes|pos=DF|other = on loan from [[Gil Vicente F.C.|Gil Vicente]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Magalhães|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Portugal|name=Cláudio Borges|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Tiago Madalena|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Portugal|name=[[João Pedro (footballer, born May 1987)|João Pedro]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Chambey|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Cape Verde|name=João Paulino|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Carlos Pinto|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Portugal|name=[[Nelsinho (footballer, born 1979)|Nelsinho]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=José Augusto|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Portugal|name=Adilson Silva|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Soares|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Cape Verde|name=[[João Paulo Fernandes (footballer)|João Paulo Fernandes]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=João Pedro|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Portugal|name=[[João Van Zeller]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=[[Nuno Sequeira]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Brazil|name=Jair|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=André|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Portugal|name=Samuel Teles|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Ivory Coast|name=[[Isaac Cissé]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Canada|name=Ishwar Bhatti|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Benício|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Ghana|name=Isaac Boakye|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Rui Ramos|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Ukraine|name=[[Maksym Lapushenko]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Miguel Lima Pereira|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Portugal|name=[[Bruno Simões (Portuguese footballer)|Bruno Simões]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Domingos|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Brazil|name=Guilherme Henrique|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Magano|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Brazil|name=Gustavo Galil|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=João André|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Cape Verde|name=[[Péricles Pereira|Pecks]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Oliveira|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=Portugal|name=Paulo Lopes|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Sérgio Silva|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=SWE|name=Lucas Gomes|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Armenia|name=Lutchindo|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=Portugal|name=Pedro Prazeres|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Álvaro|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Portugal|name=Rafael Cardoso|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|name=Sencadas|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=Portugal|name=Cristiano Magalhães|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=— |nat=Portugal|name=Afonso Saldanha|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}


==Notable former players==
==Former players==
* {{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} {{flagicon|TRI}} Wesley John – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago international who played in Portugal for 23 years, including for clubs Ribeira Brava and Porto da Cruz, both below the Portuguese fourth tier)<ref>{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7968/Wesley_John.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Wesley John|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=28 January 2024|archive-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514091245/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7968/Wesley_John.html|website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Jaime Magalhães]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sérgio Conceição]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Ricardo Carvalho]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Zé António]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Bruno Teixeira]]
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Miguel Reisinho]]
*{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Jordão (footballer born 1971)|Jordão]]
*{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} [[Earl Jean]]
*{{flagicon|VIN}} [[Wesley John]]


==The Club==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
The clubs badge signifys a lot of things; for example, the green and white shows the clubs colours and the castles symbolizes the city that they are from, which was the power of their city when the club was established in 1912 in [[Leça da Palmeira]]. The crucifix on the badge signifies the club's togetherness and religion. The crucifix has stirred controversy because many people who are of other religions criticised the club, such as the [[Turkish Football Federation]], who fought it was disrespecting their country with that religion. Leça is not the only club with religious features on their badges: [[C.F. Os Belenenses]], [[FC Paços de Ferreira]] and other clubs from different countries, like the old badge of [[F.C. Internazionale Milano]] and [[FC Barcelona]], all feature or featured religious aspects on their badge.

==Stadium==
Leça plays their games at the ''Estádio do Leça FC''. The current stadium has played host to many matches down the years in the [[Portuguese Liga]] or in the [[Liga de Honra]]. It currently has a capacity of 12,000 spectators and has two big stands in green and white which symbolizes the clubs colours. The stands also feature the name of the club on both sides of the pitch. The club constructed the stadium in 1992 were in that time Leça were ready to go in the top flight of Portuguese football.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lecaf.pt Leça FC official site (Portuguese)]
*[https://www.zerozero.pt/equipa.php?id=24 Leça F.C.] at Zerozero
* {{cite news |title=Website |url=https://lecafutebolclube.com/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=lecafutebolclube.com }}
*[http://www.lecasempre.com LeçaSempre - Leça F.C. fans site (Portuguese)]
* {{cite news |title=Old Website |url=http://www.lecafc.pt/ |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=lecafc.pt |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221135007/https://lecafc.pt/ }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230801000000*/http://www.lecafc.pt/ in web.archive.org])
*[http://www.footballzz.co.uk/team/portugal/leca/2009_10/profile/139/default/24 Squad at Zerozero]


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{{Primeira Liga teamlist}}
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 4 July 2024

Leça FC
Full nameLeça Futebol Clube
Founded1912
GroundEstádio do Leça FC, Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos
Capacity12,000
ChairmanPortugal António Pinho
ManagerPortugal Domingos Barros
LeaguePortuguese District Championships – Divisão de Elite da Porto FA, Série 1
2022–239th of 14 in Serie B of Campeonato de Portugal (relegated)
Websitehttps://lecafutebolclube.com/

Leça Futebol Clube, better known as Leça FC or simply Leça, is a Portuguese football club located in the town of Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos. Founded in 1912, it had a spell in the top-flight Primeira Liga in 1941–42 and between 1995 and 1998, when it was relegated for financial irregularities. In the 2022–23 season they played in the Campeonato de Portugal. The club currently play their home games at the Estádio do Leça FC, which holds a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The current chairman is António Pinho and their current manager is João Crespo. The club's shirt and socks are white while their shorts are green.

History

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Founded in 1912, Leca participated in the Portuguese championships, held in cup format, from the 1927–28 to 1931–32 season, reaching the quarter-finals in 1928–29.[1]

In 1941, the team achieved promotion to the top division – Primeira Divisão, where they played for one season 1941-42. The next participation at this level occurred more than 50 years later.[1]

Leca participated in the Portuguese Liga from 1995 to 1998 but a decision taken by the Portuguese Football Federation based on past acts of corruption decided to relegate Leça to the Liga de Honra for 1998–99 season. The team was expected to fight for promotion but the efforts were not enough to bring the team to the top level again. In the upcoming years, the club was affected by financial problems that cut some of the desire of wanting the team back to the top. Because of the team's lower budget, new goals were set. The main goal was now to make the club financially secure and then try to put the team back on the first division.[2]

However, after a series of events of bad management of the financial status by the presidents, it has been related that some of the presidents stole money from the club to use for their own benefit, which was unpaid wages to the team professionals, unqualified team coaches and other sporting factors. Since then, they've been dubbed as strong candidates to promotion but never confirmed the expectations, finishing in mid-table and surprisingly sometimes near the bottom of the table.

In the 2002–03 season they were relegated from the Segunda Liga, a year later and from the third league (Segunda Divisão B). Since then they have made one appearance in the third tier of the league system - in the 2007/08 season, playing in the lower leagues, including at regional level. In the 2020–21 season of league Campeonato de Portugal they achieved promotion, but due to the inability to obtain a license due to debt to tax authorities, a place in the new Liga 3 was given to the team that took the next place.[3]

Since June 7, 2021 registered as Leça Futebol SAD (Leça Futebol Clube - Futebol SAD)[4]

In the 2022–23 season, the team finished 9th out of 14 in Serie B of the league Portuguese Championship, and since the last 6 teams were relegated, Leca moved to the Championship of Porto FA.[2]

Badge

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The club's badge is in green and white, the club colours. The castle on top of it represents Leça da Palmeira, the city which the club was in on its foundation in 1912.

Rivalries

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Famous players

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Stadium

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Leça play their games at the Estádio do Leça FC. The current stadium has played host to many matches down the years in the Portuguese Liga or in the Liga de Honra. It currently has a capacity of 12,000 spectators and has two big stands in green and white which symbolizes the club's colours. The stands also feature the name of the club on both sides of the pitch. The club built the stadium in 1992 as Leça were ready to go into the top flight of Portuguese football.

Honours

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  • Runners-up (1): 1940–41
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21 (Serie C and Serie 3 of qualification Series)
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1928–29

League Cup and History

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As of April 14, 2009

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS Pts Portuguese Cup Notes
1968–69 II Divisão 7th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1969–70 II Divisão 14th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1970–71 II Divisão 7th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1971–72 II Divisão 5th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1972–73 II Divisão 8th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1973–74 III Divisão 9th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1974–75 III Divisão 12th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1975–76 III Divisão 9th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1976–77 III Divisão 14th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1977–78 1º Escalão Dist. 1st ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
1978–79 III Divisão 4th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1979–80 III Divisão 10th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1980–81 III Divisão 1st ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
1981–82 II Divisão 10th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1982–83 II Divisão 14th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1983–84 III Divisão 15th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1984–85 Distritais – 1ª Divisão 8th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1985–86 Distritais – 1ª Divisão 2nd ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
1986–87 III Div. 6th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1987–88 III Div. 6th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1988–89 III Div. 7th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1989–90 III Div. 4th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1990–91 II Divisão B 17th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
1991–92 II Divisão B 2nd ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
1992–93 II Divisão B 1st ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
1993–94 Liga de Honra 8th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
1994–95 Liga de Honra 1st ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
1995–96 Primeira Liga 14th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
1996–97 Primeira Liga 14th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1997–98 Primeira Liga 12th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
1998–99 Liga de Honra 6th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
1999–2000 Liga de Honra 11th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
2000–01 Liga de Honra 13th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
2001–02 Liga de Honra 11th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
2002–03 Liga de Honra 17th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
2003–04 II Div. 19th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
2004–05 III Div. 5th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
2005–06 III Div. 9th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
2006–07 III Div. 1st ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Promoted
2007–08 III Div. 13th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  – Relegated
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –
2008–09 III Div. 7th ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??  –  –
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Current squad

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As of 22 April 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Portugal POR Joel Mateus
3 DF Portugal POR Manuel Lopes (on loan from Gil Vicente)
4 DF Portugal POR Cláudio Borges
5 DF Portugal POR João Pedro
7 FW Cape Verde CPV João Paulino
8 MF Portugal POR Nelsinho
9 FW Portugal POR Adilson Silva
10 MF Cape Verde CPV João Paulo Fernandes
11 FW Portugal POR João Van Zeller
12 MF Brazil BRA Jair
13 MF Portugal POR Samuel Teles
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Isaac Cissé
16 DF Canada CAN Ishwar Bhatti
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Boakye
19 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Lapushenko
20 MF Portugal POR Bruno Simões
21 FW Brazil BRA Guilherme Henrique
22 GK Brazil BRA Gustavo Galil
25 DF Cape Verde CPV Pecks
37 DF Portugal POR Paulo Lopes
47 FW Sweden SWE Lucas Gomes
70 FW Portugal POR Pedro Prazeres
77 FW Portugal POR Rafael Cardoso
88 GK Portugal POR Cristiano Magalhães
— GK Portugal POR Afonso Saldanha

Former players

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  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Wesley John – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago international who played in Portugal for 23 years, including for clubs Ribeira Brava and Porto da Cruz, both below the Portuguese fourth tier)[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "História". lecafutebolclube.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Leça FC mergulha nos distritais". leca-palmeira.com. 19 April 2023. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Leça falha licenciamento e é substituído pela Sanjoanense na Liga 3". zerozero.pt. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Leça Futebol SAD". afporto.pt. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Wesley John". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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