S.C. Farense

Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2020–21 season in the Primeira Liga after promotion from the LigaPro.

Farense

Full name	Sporting Clube Farense
Nickname(s)	Leões de Faro (Lions of Faro)
Founded	1 April 1910
Ground	Estádio de São Luís
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	João Rodrigues
Manager	Sérgio Vieira
League	Primeira Liga
2019–20	LigaPro, 2nd (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

In its entire history, the club has won nine major trophies: the AF Algarve Championship five times, the Portuguese Second Division twice, and the Portuguese Third Division and AF Algarve First Division once. Aside from its major trophies, the club as of 2013, has played 23 seasons in the Primeira Liga of which their highest league table classification came in the 1994–95 season where they managed a fifth-place finish.[1]

On the back of that best-ever finish, Farense qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time, losing in the first round to Olympique Lyonnais by a single goal in each game.[2][3][4] The club also reached the final of the Taça de Portugal in 1990 where they lost to Estrela da Amadora.[5][6] Among the mainstays of their 1990s teams were the Moroccan attacking duo of Hajry Redouane and Hassan Nader.[7]

The 2001–02 season saw the club relegated to the second tier of Portuguese football.[8] The 2012–13 season saw the Faro side promoted to the Segunda Liga.[9] In 2019–20, after the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club were promoted back to the top flight after 18 years, under manager Sérgio Vieira.[10]

Stadium

Estádio Algarve – View from the south side of the stadium.

Estádio de São Luís – Current stadium.

The Leões de Faro played at the Estádio de São Luís for 94 years from 1910.[11] The club moved stadium in 2004 to the newly constructed Estádio Algarve which was built for the purpose of hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2004.[12] The Faro side moved back to the Estádio de São Luís in 2013 after it gained promotion to the Segunda Liga. As a result of their promotion, the Estádio de São Luís underwent major renovations to improve its facilities.

Rivalries

The club has rivalries with fellow Algarve clubs S.C. Olhanense and Portimonense S.C.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Players

Current squad

As of 16 August, 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ANG Hugo Marques 6 MF  POR Filipe Melo 13 MF  GNB Bura 14 MF  BRA Fabrício Isidoro 17 DF  POR Miguel Bandarra 19 FW  CPV Patrick 23 MF  SCO Ryan Gauld 41 DF  BRA Cássio Scheid 46 DF  BRA Jorge Fellipe 47 MF  BRA Jonatan Lucca

No. Pos. Nation Player 70 MF  POR Hugo Seco 77 FW  POR Alvarinho 92 FW  POR Fábio Nunes — GK  BRA Rafael Defendi — GK  POR Ricardo Velho — DF  BRA Matheus Dantas — MF  FRA Amine Oudrhiri — MF  BRA Claudio Falcão — MF  POR Pedro Simões — FW  BRA Pedro Henrique

Notable former players

Players that have played more than 50 league matches:

Bruno Alves Carlos Alhinho Carlos Fernandes Hélder Baptista Hélder Rosário Jacques Pereira João Fajardo João Oliveira Pinto Jorge Jesus Jorge Martins Manuel Cajuda Manuel José Quim Ricardo Vaz Tê Rui Esteves

Skoda Tozé Tulipa Zé Tó Nail Beširović Zé Carlos Marco Aurélio King Pelé Laurence Batty Peter Barnes Peter Eastoe Ted Kelton Agasson Dimitrios Konstantopoulos

Ferenc Mészáros Hajry Redouane Hassan Nader Carlos Fumo Henry Makinwa Peter Rufai Uche Okafor Lucian Marinescu Ilshat Faizulin Dragan Punišić Goran Stevanović Milonja Đukić Tueba Menayane Perry Mutapa

Managerial history

José Augusto (1987–1989) Malcolm Allison (1989) Paco Fortes (1989–1998) João Alves (1998–2000) Nicolau Vaqueiro (2000) Manuel Balela (Jun 14, 2000 – May 27, 2001) Alberto Pazos (Jun 7, 2001 – Nov 27, 2001, 2001) Hajry Redouane (Nov 28, 2001 – Dec 4, 2001) Jorge Castelo (Dec 4, 2001 – Mar 18, 2002) Paco Fortes (Mar 18, 2002 – Dec 3, 2002) Manuel Balela (Dec 4, 2002 – Mar 8, 2003) Hajry Redouane (Mar 8, 2003 – Jun 1, 2003) Manuel Balela (2003 –2004) Joaquim Sequeira (2004 – Jan 3, 2005)

Manuel Balela (Jan 3, 2005 – May 5, 2005) Hassan Nader (May 5, 2005 – 2006) Carlos Costa (Sep 30, 2006 – Feb 4, 2008) Jorge Portela (Feb 6, 2008 – Aug 31, 2008) Ivo Soares (Sep 2, 2008 – Nov 18, 2008) António Barão (Nov 18, 2008 – Jun 7, 2009) Edinho (Jul 16, 2009 – Dec 22, 2009) Rui Esteves (Dec 22, 2009 – Mar 16, 2010) Joaquim Mendes (Mar 16, 2010 – Nov 29, 2010) Joaquim Sequeira (Nov 29, 2010 – Dec 29, 2010) João de Deus (Jan 2, 2011 – Apr 30, 2011) Manuel Balela (2011 – May 30, 2012) Bruno Ribeiro (June 2, 2012 – Jan 15, 2013) Mauro de Brito (Jan 2013 – Sept 9, 2013)

Jorge Paixão (Sept 13, 2013 – Feb 25, 2014) Antero Afonso (Caretaker) (Feb 25, 2014 – Jun 2, 2014) Pedro Correia (Jun 2, 2014 – Nov 24, 2014) Abel Xavier (Dec 2, 2014 – May 28, 2015) Jorge Paixão (Jun 6, 2015 – Dec 14, 2015) Horácio Gonçalves (Dec 14, 2015 – Apr 7, 2016) Antero Afonso (Caretaker) (Apr 7, 2016 – Jul 22, 2016) Lázaro Oliveira (Jul 22, 2016 – Apr 3, 2017) Rui Duarte (Apr 3, 2017 – Feb 5, 2019) Álvaro Magalhães (Fev 5, 2019 – May 22, 2019) Sérgio Vieira (May 22, 2019 – )

Honours

• Portuguese Second Division: 1939–40, 1982–83
• Portuguese Third Division: 2011–12
• AF Algarve Championship: 1914–15, 1917–18, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1937–38
• AF Algarve First Division: 2007–08

European cup history

• Q = Qualifying
• PO = Play-off

UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995–96	R1		Olympique Lyonnais	0–1	0–1	0–2

League and cup history

Season	Tier	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1989–90	2	1	34	25	5	4	80	23	55	Runners-up		Promoted
1990–91	1	11	38	14	6	18	46	47	34	Round 6
1991–92	1	6	34	12	11	11	35	33	35	Round 5
1992–93	1	6	34	11	13	10	41	36	35	Round 5
1993–94	1	8	34	13	7	14	44	46	33	Round 4
1994–95	1	5	34	16	5	13	44	38	37	Round 6
1995–96	1	13	34	10	6	18	36	45	36	Round 6
1996–97	1	11	34	10	12	12	34	34	42	Round 4
1997–98	1	14	34	8	13	13	41	50	37	Round 4
1998–99	1	11	34	10	9	15	39	54	39	Round 5
1999–00	1	14	34	8	11	15	35	60	35	Round 5
2000–01	1	13	34	10	9	15	37	47	39	Round 6
2001–02	1	17	38	7	7	20	29	63	28	Round 5		Relegated
2002–03	2	12	34	11	11	12	32	32	44	Round 4		Relegated
2003–04	3	14	34	11	8	15	41	49	41	Round 3
2004–05	4	14	34	11	8	15	41	49	41	Round 1
2005–06	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Round 1		Relegated
2006–07	6	1	31	24	6	1	72	15	78			Promoted
2007–08	5	1	30	22	4	4	73	20	70			Promoted
2008–09	4	4	26	12	6	8	40	35	42	Round 1
2009–10	4	4	22	9	9	4	31	22	36	Round 1		Promoted
2010–11	3	12	30	8	12	10	28	37	36	Round 3		Relegated
2011–12	4	1	22	17	5	0	52	17	56	Round 1		Promoted
2012–13	3	1	30	19	8	3	38	21	65	Round 4		Promoted
2013–14	2	10	42	15	12	15	45	44	57	Round 3	Round 2
2014–15	2	11	46	16	14	16	51	54	62	Round 2	Round 1
2015–16	2	20	46	15	11	20	49	56	54	Round 4	Round 1	Relegated
2016–17	3	3	32	18	8	6	54	22	62	Round 3
2017–18	3	2	35	28	4	3	74	18	81	Round 6		Promoted
2018–19	2	10	34	11	10	13	39	35	43	Round 3	Round 2
2019–20	2	2	24	15	3	6	35	22	48	Round 4	Round 1	Promoted, LigaPro suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
2020–21	1

References

1. "Campeonato Nacional da I Divisão 1994/95" [National Championship of the I Division 1994/95]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
2. "Farense vai vender Estádio S. Luís para recuperar passado glorioso" [Farense will sell the Estádio S. Luís to recover the glorious past]. Público (in Portuguese). 4 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. "Farense 0–1 Lyon". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
4. "Lyon 1–0 Farense". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
5. "Est. Amadora 1–1 (a.p.) Farense" [Est. Amadora 1–1 (a.e.t.) Farense]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
6. "Est. Amadora 2–0 Farense". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
7. "O fim de uma era com «perfume» marroquino no Farense" [The end of an era of Morccan "perfume" at Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2000. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
8. "Liga Portuguesa 2001/02" [Portuguese League 2001/02]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
9. "Chaves e Farense sobem à 2.ª Liga" [Chaves and Farense rise to the 2.ª League]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
10. "Sérgio Vieira renova com o Farense por mais 3 anos" [Sérgio Vieira renews with Farense for 3 more years] (in Portuguese). Sul Informação. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
11. "Estádio de São Luís" [Stadium of São Luís]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
12. "Estádio do Algarve" [Stadium of Algarve]. ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
13. "Olhanense e Farense reeditam o derby mais "quente" do Algarve esta quarta-feira". sulinformacao.pt. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
14. "Derby no Algarve: Olhanense empatou com Farense (1-1) - Maisfutebol.iol.pt". iol.pt. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
15. http://portugalresident.com/capital-‘punishment’-for-portimonense-fans
16. portugalpress (2 March 2016). "Bragging rights". portugalresident.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
17. "Portimonense vence Olhanense no segundo derby algarvio da II Liga 2015/16". sulinformacao.pt. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
18. "Derby entre Portimonense e Olhanense acaba empatado a um golo (com fotos)". sulinformacao.pt. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
19. algarveresident (10 September 2010). "Big Algarve Derby next week". portugalresident.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)