Portimonense S.C. (football)

Portimonense S.C.

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Full name	Portimonense Sporting Club
Founded	1914
Ground	Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
Capacity	9,544
Chairman	Fernando Rocha
Manager	Luis Martins
League	Liga de Honra
2006-07	Liga de Honra, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Portimonense Sporting Clube (IPA: [purtimu'nẽs(ɨ) s'pɔɾtĩg 'klub(ɨ)]) is a Portuguese football team. It was a regular presence at the I Division during the 1980's, but since then it's been relegated to the lower Divisions. It's best result was the 5th place at the I Division, during the 1984/85 season, which allowed them a place in the UEFA Cup. However, they failed to pass the first round, being eliminated by Partizan Belgrade.

The History

Historical and Recent Seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup		Europe	Notes
1984-1985	1D	5	30	14	8	8	51	41	36				best classification ever
1985-1986	1D	7	30	11	6	13	29	32	28		UC	1st round	internacional presence
2000-2001	2DS	1	38	25	3	10	70	43	78				promoted
2006-2007	LV	14	30	7	9	14	28	42	30	4th round			last season
2007-2008	LV	13	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	last 62			ongoing

The Team

The Coach

Luis Martins is 43 years old (1963-11-29) and is main coach only at two years. However, his carreer started earlier, in Sporting Clube de Portugal. There, he was second coach of José Peseiro and was part of the Uefa Cup final against CSKA Moscow. On the table up you can see the performance of Luis Martins in the last two seasons in Portimonense S.C..

2007/2008 Squad

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
1	GK	POR	Nuno Ricardo
22	GK	URU	Michael Etulain
24	GK	POR	Mário Felgueiras
2	DF	POR	João Vitor
4	DF	POR	Miguel Ângelo
5	DF	POR	Ricardo Pessoa
6	DF	SEN	N'Diaye
13	DF	POR	Nuno André
17	DF	POR	Emídio Rafael
3	MF	POR	Rui Ferreira
7	MF	POR	Carlos Manuel
8	MF	BRA	Diogo
10	MF	BRA	Thiago Coimbra

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BRA	Diego Vicente
20	MF	POR	Nuno Coelho
25	MF	BRA	Douglas Codó
26	MF	SEN	Malick Cissé
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Marronkle
11	FW	BRA	Raphael
14	FW	ANG	Osvaldo
16	FW	POR	Pimenta
19	FW	ARG	Maxi
27	FW	POR	Tarantini
29	FW	POR	Carlitos
--	DF	BRA	Wellington

Recent Transfers

• Mário Felgueiras from Sporting Lisbon

• Miguel Ângelo from Sporting Lisbon after a loan on Trofense

• N'Diaye from Vitória de Setúbal

• Gonzalo Marronkle from Desportivo de Chaves

• Carlos Manuel from C.D. Fátima

• Osvaldo from Naval

• Tarantini from Gondomar S.C.

• Pimenta from Naval

• Thiago Coimbra from Flamengo

• Diogo from Marília

• Nuno Coelho from F.C. Porto after a loan on Standard

• Raphael from Botafogo

• Malick Cissé from AS Douanes

• Wellington from Sp. Braga after a loan on OFI Creta

• Vargas Fernandes to Gondomar S.C.

• Rodolfo Lima to Vihren after loan return to S.L. Benfica

• Marco Abreu to Sporting de Espinho

• Pascal to Desportivo das Aves

• Miran to Vihren

• João Pedro to Penafiel

• Kazeem to Sp. Braga

• Eriverton Lima to Vihren

The History

Historical and Recent Seasons

The club has 13 presences at the top level of Portuguese football.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup		Europe	Notes
1984-1985	1D	5	30	14	8	8	51	41	36				best classification ever
1985-1986	1D	7	30	11	6	13	29	32	28		UC	1st round	internacional presence
2000-2001	2DS	1	38	25	3	10	70	43	78				promoted
2006-2007	LV	14	30	7	9	14	28	42	30	4th round			last season
2007-2008	LV	13	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	last 62			ongoing

External links

• Official Web Site:
  • http://www.portimonensesc.pt