S.C. Olhanense

Sporting Clube Olhanense (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾtĩ ˈkluβɨ ɔʎɐˈnẽsɨ]), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.

Olhanense

Full name	Sporting Clube Olhanense
Nickname(s)	Leões de Olhão (Lions of Olhão)
Founded	27 April 1912; 113 years ago (27 April 1912)
Ground	Estádio José Arcanjo
Capacity	5,661
Chairman	Isidoro Sousa
Manager	Miguel Serôdio
League	Algarve FA First Division
2022–23	Campeonato de Portugal, 13th of 14
Website	www.scolhanense.com
Home colours Away colours

Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association First Division, the fifth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the 5,661-spectator capacity Estádio José Arcanjo.

Olhanense won the Campeonato de Portugal (now Taça de Portugal) in 1924, their most prestigious honour in history. They most recently played in the Primeira Liga in 2014 and the second tier in 2017.

History

Founded on 27 April 1912, it became the branch number 4 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP).^[1]

Olhanense's earliest major honour was winning the 1923–24 Campeonato de Portugal (now Taça de Portugal), the largest football cup competition in Portugal. It also 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. In 1951, after ten consecutive seasons, the club returned to the second division.

Following this descent, the team only returned to the top flight for five seasons in the rest of the 20th century – three in the early 1960s and two in the mid-1970s – at time when rivals Farense and Portimonense had their most successful years. Managed by former Portugal international defender Jorge Costa, the team returned to the Primeira Liga as champions of the 2008–09 Liga de Honra by defeating Gondomar 1–0.^[2]

After five years in the top flight, Olhanense were relegated in May 2014 by finishing last in a season in which they had three managers. The result left the Algarve without a top-flight team.^[3] Three years later, the team finished last in the LigaPro, therefore falling out of the professional leagues for the first time in 13 years.^[4] For the first half of 2021, former Netherlands international Edgar Davids was the manager.^[5] The team missed out on promotion to the new Liga 3 that year, thus falling into the fourth tier.^[6] The 2022–23 season ended with relegation to the Algarve FA's First Division, a first such descent.^[7]

Rivalries

The club has rivalries with fellow Algarve clubs Farense and Portimonense.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 November 2023^{[update][15][16]}

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 Tiago Maia 2 MF  NED Nicolas Pinto 3 DF  POR Hugo Matias 4 DF  POR Nuno Pires 5 DF  BRA Raurison Dias 6 MF  POR Pirika 7 FW  BRA Yaggo Gomes 8 MF  NED Danilson Silva 9 MF  CAN Philip-Joseph Tavares 10 FW  POR Januário Jesus 11 FW  BRA Peterson Flausino 13 FW  POR Rafael Sousa

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  POR Miguel Serôdio 15 DF  POR Iuri Santos 16 MF  ANG Virgílio Menezes 17 DF  POR Gonçalo Domingues 19 DF  BRA Rafa Santos 20 FW  POR Leandro Pinto 21 MF  FRA Alexandre Dias 22 DF  FRA Marco Jesus 23 DF  FRA Afonso Lopes 30 GK  POR Rodrigo Mestre 40 GK  POR Francisco Lameirão

Honours

Domestic honours Campeonato de Portugal Winners: 1923–24 Taça de Portugal Runners-up: 1944–45 Segunda Liga Winners: 2008–09 Segunda Divisão Winners: 1935–36, 1940–41, 2003–04 Terceira Divisão Winners: 1969–70 AF Algarve First Division Winners (16): 1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47

Personnel honours LPFP Breakthrough Coach of the Year 2008–09: Jorge Costa SJPF Young Player of the Month André Castro: September 2009, January 2010, February 2010 Wilson Eduardo: September 2011 André Pinto: November 2011 Salvador Agra: March 2012

League and cup history

Season	League									Cup	Notes
	Tier	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1941–42	1	8	22	6	2	14	42	83	14	Quarterfinals
1942–43		5	18	8	2	8	44	48	18	Last 16
1943–44		5	18	10	2	6	65	34	22	Last 16
1944–45		6	18	6	4	8	41	41	16	Final
1945–46		4	22	13	1	8	65	39	27	Last 16	Best classification ever
1946–47		6	26	11	4	11	69	73	26	Not held
1947–48		11	26	5	7	14	48	66	17	Last 32
1948–49		7	26	10	4	12	51	55	24	Last 32
1949–50		9	26	8	8	10	48	57	24	Not held
1950–51		↓ 14	26	7	3	16	31	77	17	Last 16	Relegated
...
1961–62	1	8	26	8	6	12	33	41	22
1962–63		8	26	7	7	12	29	38	21
1963–64		↓ 13	26	2	8	16	20	57	12		Relegated
...
1973–74	1	11	30	8	6	16	35	69	22
1974–75		↓ 15	30	6	5	19	41	70	17		Relegated
...+
1996–97	3	7	34	14	8	12	34	36	50
1997–98		13	34	10	14	10	47	42	44	5th round
1998–99		4	34	15	13	6	51	34	58	4th round
1999–00		6	38	17	13	8	57	34	64
2000–01		11	38	13	14	11	45	44	53
2001–02		12	38	13	9	16	40	44	48	2nd round
2002–03		10	38	14	13	11	60	50	55	2nd round
2003–04		↑ 1	38	26	8	4	77	29	86	3rd round	Promoted
2004–05	2	9	34	11	11	12	32	31	44	Last 128
2005–06		5	34	13	13	8	41	28	52	Last 64
2006–07		9	30	10	10	10	29	31	40	4th round
2007–08		5	30	12	9	9	33	33	45	5th round
2008–09		↑ 1	30	18	4	8	52	32	58	3rd round	Promoted
2009–10	1	13	30	5	14	11	31	46	29	3rd round
2010–11		11	30	7	13	10	24	34	34	5th round
2011–12		8	30	9	12	9	36	38	39	Quarterfinals
2012–13		14	30	5	10	15	26	42	25	4th round
2013–14		↓ 16	30	6	6	18	21	49	24	4th round	Relegated
2014–15	2	16	46	13	16	17	51	56	55	3rd round
2015–16		8	46	19	12	15	42	39	69	3rd round
2016–17		↓ 22	42	7	7	28	45	83	28	4th round	Relegated
2017–18	3	3	30	18	4	8	42	30	58	3rd round
2018–19		5	34	19	6	9	68	32	63	1st round
2019–20		1	25	17	6	2	57	19	57	2nd round
2020–21		3	26	12	6	8	29	21	42	1st round
2021–22	4	5	26	11	10	5	37	29	43	4th round
2022–23		↓ 13	26	5	2	19	18	50	17	3rd round	Relegated

Managerial history

• Júlio Costa (1923–1925)
• Cassiano (1936–1940)
• Cassiano (1944–1945)
• Cassiano (1948–1949)
• Pepe Lopez (1950–1951)
• Armando Martins (1953–1954)
• Javier Mascaró (1954–1955)
• Rafael Pineda (1955–1956)
• José João (1957–1958)
• Joaquim Paulo (1958–1959)
• Artur Quaresma (1959–1960)
• Cassiano (1960–1961)
• Francisco André (1961)
• Chinita (1961–1962)
• Casaca (1962)
• Joaquim Paulo (1962–63)
• Armando Carneiro (1963)
• Chinita (1963–1964)
• Ruperto Garcia (1963–1964)
• Iosif Fabian (1964–1965)
• José Mendes (1964–1965)
• Severiano Correia (1965–1967)
• Genê (1967)
• Veríssimo Alves (1967–1968)
• Ruperto Garcia (1968–1969)
• Osvaldo Silva (1969–71)
• Orlando Ramín (1971–1972)
• Artur Santos (1972–1973)
• Jim López (1973)
• Manuel de Oliveira (1973–1974)
• Joaquim Paulo (1974)
• Gonzalito (1974–1975)
• Alexandrino (1975)
• Marçal (1975–1976)
• Basora (1976)
• Milton Trinidad (1976–1977)
• János Hrotkó (1976–1977)
• Miguel Vinuesa (1977–1978)
• Carlos Sério (1978)
• János Hrotkó (1978–1979)
• Hélder Pereira (1979–1980)
• Miguel Vinuesa (1980)
• Júlio Amador (1980)
• Carlos Silva (1980–1984)
• Mário Lino (1984–1985)
• Manuel Cajuda(1985–1987)
• Álvaro Carolino (1987–1988)
• José Dinis (1988)
• Manuel Cajuda (1988–1989)
• Mário Wilson (1989–1990)
• Pedro Gomes (1990)
• Ademir Vieira (1990)
• Benvindo Assis (1990–1991)
• Ricardo Formosinho (1991)
• José Rocha (1991)
• Alberto Vivas (1991–1992)
• Ricardo Formosinho (1992)
• Carlos Silva (1992)
• Ademir Vieira (1992–1993)
• Stoycho Mladenov (1993–96)
• Fernando Mendes (1996)
• Plamen Lipenski (1996–1997)
• Zinho (1997)
• Manuel Balela (1997–99)
• Floris Schaap (1999–2000)
• Fanã (2000)
• Pitico (2000–2001)
• Horácio Gonçalves (2001)
• Vítor Urbano (2001–Mar, 2003)
• Rui Gorriz (Mar, 2003 – May 18, 2003)
• Paulo Sérgio (July 1, 2003 – May 16, 2006)
• Manuel Balela (July 15, 2006 – Oct 24, 2006)
• Álvaro Magalhães (Oct 24, 2006 – Dec 28, 2007)
• Diamantino Miranda (Jan 1, 2008 – May 26, 2008)
• Jorge Costa (June 16, 2008 – May 9, 2010)
• Daúto Faquirá (June 4, 2010 – Dec 30, 2011)
• Sérgio Conceição (Jan 2, 2012 – Jan 7, 2013)
• Manuel Cajuda (Jan 8, 2013 – May 1, 2013)
• Bruno Saraiva (May 1, 2013 – June 29, 2013)
• Abel Xavier (July 6, 2013 – Oct 28, 2013)
• Paulo Alves (Oct 29, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014)
• Giuseppe Galderisi (Jan 7, 2014 – July 7, 2014)
• Toni Conceição (July 7, 2014 – Oct 8, 2014)
• Jorge Paixão (Oct 8, 2014 – Feb 2, 2015)
• Cristiano Bacci (Feb 2, 2015 – Oct 27, 2016)
• Bruno Baltazar (Oct 28, 2016 – Feb 6, 2017)
• Bruno Saraiva (Feb 8, 2017 – Nov, 2017)
• Nilton Terroso (Nov 22, 2017 – June, 2018)
• Ivo Soares (July, 2018 – Feb, 2019)
• Vasco Faísca (Feb 5, 2019 – Dec 26, 2019)
• Bruno Ribeiro (Dec 31, 2019 – Feb 24, 2020)
• Filipe Moreira (Feb 25, 2020 – June 30, 2020)
• José Carvalho Araújo (July 9, 2020 – Dec 29, 2020)
• Edgar Davids (Jan 4, 2021 – Jul 19, 2021)
• Carlo Perrone (Jul 24, 2021 – Apr 20, 2022)
• Jorge Dias Viegas (Apr 20, 2022 – Nov 8, 2022)
• Hélio Pinto (Nov 8, 2022 – Present)