Associação Naval 1º de Maio

Naval 1º de Maio

Full name	Associação Naval 1º de Maio
Short name	Naval
Founded	1893
Ground	José Bento Pessoa, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Capacity: 12,630)
Chairman	Aprígio Santos
Manager	Daniel Ramos
League	Liga de Honra
2010–11	Primeira Liga, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.

Naval is one of the main teams from the Centro Region, alongside Académica de Coimbra, S.C. Beira-Mar and União de Leiria.

History

After several years in the second division, Naval first promoted to the first level in 2005, after finishing in second position behind F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In its first season in the top flight, the club finished in 13th position, finally moving up to 12th after the resolutions on the Mateus Affair, which involved Gil Vicente F.C. and C.F. Os Belenenses.

In the following three years, Naval ranked between places 11–13, also reaching the Portuguese Cup quarterfinals twice. In 2009–10, former Sporting Clube de Portugal, F.C. Porto and Portugal great Augusto Inácio led the Figueira da Foz team to its best season ever, an eight-place finish in the league and the semifinals of the domestic cup, a 1–3 aggregate loss against G.D. Chaves.

Naval returned to division two at the end of the 2010–11 season, after two coaching changes. Useless highlights included a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica and a 3–3 draw at Sporting.

Current 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 Guilherme 3 DF Ricardo Ehle 5 MF Delson 6 DF Júnior Pereira 7 DF Carlitos 8 DF Leomar 9 FW Michel Simplício 10 FW Robin Previtali 11 FW Edivaldo Rojas 13 DF Carlos Fernandes 16 MF Sandro 17 FW João Pedro 18 MF Nuno Frechaut

No. Position Player 20 MF Leandrinho 24 FW Roberto 26 MF Williams 30 MF Giuliano 31 DF José Mário 45 MF Godinho 70 MF Hugo Santos 78 GK Ricardo Neves 82 MF José Rui 89 FW Fabiano 91 DF Rogério 99 GK Pedro Taborda

Backroom staff

• Fernando Mira — Assistant manager
• Neca Gomes — Assistant manager
• Marco Leite — Fitness coach
• Pedro Santos — Doctor
• Emanuel Alves — Nurse
• Luís Pinto — Physiotherapist
• Filipe Abreu — Physiotherapist
• Eurico Vieira — Director of football
• Aprígio Santos — Chairman
• Carlos Beja — Vice-chairman
• Joaquim Parente — Vice-chairman
• Rui Trafaria — Financial director

Notable former players

Henrique Hilário Mário Sérgio João Fajardo Hugo Almeida Pedro Taborda Wender Marcelinho Leandro Tatu Fernando Nei Sekou Baradji

Nicolas Godemèche Alexandre Hauw Romuald Peiser Jérémy Sopalski Damien Tixier Wandeir Mamary Traoré Nabil Baha Hamid Rhanem Abiodun Agunbiade

Portuguese international Hugo Almeida played youth football for Naval for several years, before moving to Porto.

Managers

• Ulisses Morais (1995–97, 2007–09)
• Guto Ferreira (2003)
• Toni (2003–04)
• Rogério Gonçalves (2004–05, 2006, 2010)
• Manuel Cajuda (2005)
• Álvaro Magalhães (2005–06)
• Mariano Barreto (2006–07)
• Francisco Chaló (2007)
• Augusto Inácio (2009–10)
• Victor Zvunka (2010)
• Carlos Mozer (2011)

League and cup history

Season	Tier	Finish	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Portuguese Cup	Notes
1998–99	2	13	34	9	11	14	34	54	38	Round 4
1999–00	2	13	34	11	9	14	53	55	42	Round 5
2000–01	2	9	34	16	6	14	49	45	48	Round 3
2001–02	2	12	34	10	12	12	54	50	42	Round 4
2002–03	2	4	34	13	16	5	40	25	55	Semi-final
2003–04	2	7	34	12	10	12	46	42	46	Quarter-final
2004–05	2	2	34	17	11	6	52	30	62	Round 3	Promoted
2005–06	1	13	34	11	6	17	35	48	39	Round 4
2006–07	1	12	30	7	11	12	28	37	32	Round 4
2007–08	1	11	30	9	7	14	26	47	34	Quarter-final
2008–09	1	13	30	7	8	15	25	39	29	Quarter-final
2009–10	1	8	30	10	6	14	20	35	36	Semi-final	Best league finish
2010–11	1	16	29	5	8	16	25	49	23	Round 3	Relegated

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• ZeroZero team profile
• Detailed up-to-date club news
• Unofficial website (Portuguese)