S.C. Olhanense

Olhanense

Full name	Sporting Clube Olhanense
Founded	1912
Ground	José Arcanjo, Olhão (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Isidoro Sousa
Manager	Daúto Faquirá
League	Primeira Liga
2010–11	Primeira Liga, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Sporting Clube Olhanense (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ˈklub(ɨ) oʎɐˈnẽs(ɨ)]) is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.

Its football team was founded on April 27, 1912, and currently plays in the Portuguese first division, holding home matches at Estádio José Arcanjo, with a 10,000-seat capacity.

Brief history

Olhanense became the first team from the Algarve region to reach the top level of Portuguese football, after winning the Algarve Football Association in 1941. Among its achievements was a fourth place finish in the 1945–46 season, and the title of Portuguese Champion in the 1923–24 Campeonato de Portugal, at that time the most important national competition; in 1951, after ten consecutive seasons, the club returned to the second division.

Having been out of the top division since 1975, and after the relegation of neighbouring S.C. Farense to the lower leagues (including regional levels), Olhanense became the region's most important team, competing for the honour with Portimonense SC. In May 2009, after beating Gondomar SC 1–0, it returned to the top flight after a 34-year absence, led by former F.C. Porto central defender Jorge Costa.

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 Bruno Veríssimo 3 DF André Micael 4 MF Paulo Regula 5 DF Maurício 6 MF Nuno Piloto 7 MF Ismaily 8 MF Mateus 9 FW Toy 10 FW Ivanildo 11 FW Djalmir 12 DF Vítor Vinha 13 MF Jander 14 MF Luis Figueroa 16 MF Rui Duarte

No. Position Player 17 FW Wilson Eduardo (on loan from Sporting) 18 MF Cauê 19 FW Victor Meza 20 FW Dady 21 DF Luís Filipe 22 GK Fabiano 23 FW Salvador Agra 24 GK Hugo Ventura (on loan from Porto) 26 DF André Pinto (on loan from Porto) 28 DF João Gonçalves 30 DF Mexer (on loan from Sporting) 65 MF Fernando Alexandre 99 FW Jean Yontcha

League and cup history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1941–42	1D	8	22	6	2	14	42	83	14	Quarterfinals
1942–43	1D	5	18	8	2	8	44	48	18	Last 16
1943–44	1D	5	18	10	2	6	65	34	22	Last 16
1944–45	1D	6	18	6	4	8	41	41	16	Final
1945–46	1D	4	22	13	1	8	65	39	27	Last 16	Best classification ever
1946–47	1D	6	26	11	4	11	69	73	26	Not held
1947–48	1D	11	26	5	7	14	48	66	17	Last 32
1948–49	1D	7	26	10	4	12	51	55	24	Last 32
1949–50	1D	9	26	8	8	10	48	57	24	Not held
1950–51	1D	14	26	7	3	16	31	77	17	Last 16	Relegated
...
1961–62	1D	8	26	8	6	12	33	41	22
1962–63	1D	8	26	7	7	12	29	38	21
1963–64	1D	13	26	2	8	16	20	57	12		Relegated
...
1973–74	1D	11	30	8	6	16	35	69	22
1974–75	1D	15	30	6	5	19	41	70	17		Relegated
...+
1996–97	2DS	7	34	14	8	12	34	36	50
1997–98	2DS	13	34	10	14	10	47	42	44	5th round
1998–99	2DS	4	34	15	13	6	51	34	58
1999–00	2DS	5	38	17	13	8	55	34	64
2000–01	2DS	11	38	13	14	11	45	44	53
2001–02	2DS	11	38	13	9	16	40	44	48	2nd round
2002–03	2DS	10	38	14	13	11	60	50	55	2nd round
2003–04	2DS	1	38	26	8	4	77	29	86	3rd round	Promoted
2004–05	2H	9	34	11	11	12	32	31	44	Last 128
2005–06	2H	5	34	13	13	8	41	28	52	Last 64
2006–07	2H	9	30	10	10	10	29	31	40	4th round
2007–08	2H	5	30	12	9	9	33	33	45	5th round
2008–09	2H	1	30	18	4	8	52	32	58	3rd round	Promoted

1D: First Division

2H: Second Division

2DS: Third Division, Southern Zone (pre–1991: 2nd level; post–1991: 3rd level)

Honours

• Portuguese Championship (*extinct): 1923–24
• Portuguese Cup: Runners-up 1944–45
• Liga de Honra: 2008–09 (2nd Tier)
• Portuguese Second Division: 1935–36, 1940–41 (2nd Tier), 2003–04 (3rd Tier)
• Portuguese Third Division: 1969–70 (3rd Tier)

Notable players

• Vinicius
• Loukima
• Moses Sakyi
• Fumo
• André Carvalhas
• Fernando Cabrita
• Paulo Renato
• Paulo Ribeiro
• Pedro Correia
• Ricardo Silva
• Steven Vitória
• Racine Diouf

Notable managers

• Iosif Fabian (1964–65)
• Jorge Costa (2008–10)
• Daúto Faquirá (2010–)

Other activities

• Futsal
• Basketball
• Cycling
• Boxing

References

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)
• Unnoficial website (Portuguese)