C.D. Feirense

For the Brazilian club, see Feirense Futebol Clube.

Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairman is Rodrigo Nunes and their manager is Filipe Martins. The club plays its home matches at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro, with a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

Feirense

Full name	Clube Desportivo Feirense
Nickname(s)	Azuis da Feira (Blues from the Feira) Fogaceiros Billas
Founded	18 March 1918; 107 years ago (1918-03-18)
Ground	Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Capacity	5,600
Chairman	Rodrigo Nunes
Manager	Vítor Martins
League	Liga Portugal 2
2023–24	Liga Portugal 2, 16th
Website	www.cdfeirense.pt
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Founded in 1918, Feirense played only three Primeira Liga seasons in the 20th century – 1962–63, 1977–78 and 1989–90 – being relegated in each one. In 2009–10, the club came close to ending a two-decade exile but missed out on the last day, as local rivals S.C. Beira-Mar went up with Portimonense SC.^[1]

The following year, Feirense went one better by coming second, missing out on the title on goal difference to Gil Vicente F.C. and winning promotion under Quim Machado in May 2011.^[2] However, a year later they were relegated.^[3] A four-season spell in the second tier ended with promotion in third place in May 2016, under manager José Mota.^[4]

Mota left in December 2016 and was succeeded by his assistant Nuno Manta Santos, who took the team to a best-ever eighth place.^[5] After just staying up in 2018, Feirense went down in April 2019 with four games to play.^[6]

Stadium

The Estádio Marcolino de Castro is a multi-use stadium in the town of Santa Maria da Feira. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Feirense, who play in the Portuguese Liga. The stadium is capable of holding other sporting events. Its capacity for a football match is 5,500 spectators. Estádio Marcolino de Castro was built in 1962 when Feirense was promoted for the first time to the top-flight Portuguese Liga.

Players

Current squad

As of 30 July 2025^[7]

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 Francisco Meixedo 2 DF  BRA Luiz Gustavo 3 DF  BRA Robinho 4 DF  ESP Antonio Leal 5 DF  BRA Bruno Silva 6 MF  BRA Washington 7 FW  POR Leandro Antunes 8 MF  ENG Nile John 9 FW  RUS Kirill Klimov 10 MF  POR Tiago Ribeiro 11 FW  GHA Desmond Nketia 12 DF  BRA Zé Ricardo 15 FW  BRA Miguel Correia

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  COL Neneco 19 FW  ESP Jonny Arriba 20 DF  POR João Fernandes 21 DF  POR Emanuel Fernandes 22 MF  NGA Samad Popoola 23 FW  BRA Pedrinho 26 GK  ESP Diego Altube 32 DF  GNB Edgar Ié 33 DF  POR Gabriel Costa 70 FW  POR Ivo Almeida 77 MF  BRA Gui Meira — FW  NGA Basit Ahmed

Managerial history

• Alfredo Valadas (1959–60)
• Henrique Nunes (1987–90)
• Álvaro Carolino (1991)
• Henrique Nunes (1991–93)
• Amândio Barreiras (1993–95)
• Henrique Nunes (1995–97)
• António Jesus (1997)
• José Dinis (1997–98)
• Henrique Nunes (1998–99)
• Chiquinho Carioca (2000)
• Gabriel Mendes (2000)
• Edmundo Duarte (2000–01)
• António Caetano (2000–01)
• Henrique Nunes (2001–03)
• Francisco Chaló (2003–06)
• Henrique Nunes (2006–07)
• Luís Miguel (2007–08)
• Álvaro Magalhães (2008)
• Henrique Nunes (2008)
• Francisco Chaló (2008–09)
• Carlos Garcia (2009–10)
• Quim Machado (2010–12)
• Henrique Nunes (2012)
• Bruno Moura (2012)
• Quim Machado (2012–13)
• Pedro Miguel (2013–15)
• Pepa (2015–16)
• José Mota (2016)
• Nuno Manta Santos (2016–19)
• Filipe Martins (2019)
• Filó (2019–)

Honours

• Segunda Liga
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Portuguese Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 1993–94
• AF Aveiro First Division
  • Winners (3): 1959–60, 1965–66, 1967–68