Moreirense F.C.

Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, with a capacity for 9,000 spectators.

Moreirense

Full name	Moreirense Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Os verdes e brancos (The Green and whites) Os homens de Moreira de Cónegos (The Men from Moreira de Cónegos)
Founded	November 1, 1938 (November 1, 1938)
Ground	Parque Moreira de Cónegos Guimarães, Braga District
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Vítor Magalhães
Manager	Vítor Campelos
League	Primeira Liga
2019–20	Primeira Liga, 8th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Moreirense was founded in 1938. It first reached the second division in 1995, returning again six years later, and immediately promoting to the top flight. Manager Manuel Machado lead the northerners for two consecutive seasons, from 2002–04, in which Moreirense achieved two mid-table positions, finishing ninth in the latter season.

After Machado departed for neighbouring Vitória de Guimarães, the club suffered two consecutive relegations, only returning again to the second level in 2010, and the first in 2012.[1] After an immediate relegation, the team won the 2013–14 Segunda Liga under manager Toni Conceição.[2]

Moreirense achieved its first top level national title on 29 January 2017, winning the League Cup (Taça da Liga) by defeating S.C. Braga in the final.[3]

In 2018–19, manager Ivo Vieira led Moreirense to a best-ever sixth place, missing out on the UEFA Europa League only on goal difference to Vitória de Guimarães, who Vieira left the club for.[4]

Honours

National

Taça da Liga

• Winners (1): 2016–17

Segunda Liga

• Winners (2): 2001–02, 2013–14

Portuguese Second Division

• Winners (2): 1994–95, 2000–01

Regional

AF Braga Second Division

• Winners (1): 1942–43

Recent league history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	League Cup	Notes
1999–2000	2H	16	34	6	11	17	29	49	29	Semi-final	Not held	Relegated
2000–01	2DN	1	38	23	8	7	62	31	77	Quarter-final	Not held	Promoted
2001–02	2H	1	34	19	7	8	55	35	64	Last 32	Not held	Promoted
2002–03	1D	12	34	9	12	13	42	46	39	Last 32	Not held
2003–04	1D	9	34	12	10	12	33	33	46	Last 16	Not held
2004–05	1D	16	34	7	13	14	30	43	34	Last 32	Not held	Relegated
2005–06	2H	13	34	11	9	14	36	37	42	Last 128	Not held	Relegated
2006–07	2DN	3	26	12	9	5	30	20	45	3rd round	Not held
2007–08	2DN	8	26	11	6	9	33	25	39	Quarter-final	Not entered
2008–09	2DN	3	22	11	4	7	30	19	37	First round	Not entered
2009–10	2DN	1	28	21	3	4	49	19	66	Last 128	Not entered	Promoted
2010–11	2H	7	30	10	10	10	36	41	40	Last 32	First Group Stage
2011–12	2H	2	30	15	7	8	47	32	52	Quarter-final	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2012–13	1D	15	30	5	9	16	30	51	24	Last 32	Second Group Stage	Relegated
2013–14	2D	1	42	21	16	5	65	25	40	Last 32	Second Group Stage	Promoted
2014–15	1D	11	34	11	10	13	33	42	43	Last 32	Second Group Stage
2015–16	1D	12	34	9	9	16	38	54	36	Last 64	Second Group Stage
2016–17	1D	15	34	8	9	17	33	48	33	Last 64	Winners
2017–18	1D	15	34	8	8	18	29	50	32	Last 8	Third Round
2018–19	1D	6	34	16	4	14	39	44	52	Last 16	Second Round

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 2019

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  POR Nuno Macedo 2 DF  POR João Aurélio 3 DF  SRB Lazar Rosić 5 DF  COD Anthony D'Alberto 6 MF  POR Fábio Pacheco 7 FW  BRA Nenê 8 MF  GUI Ibrahima Camará 9 FW  URU David Texeira 11 FW  ARG Patito Rodríguez 14 GK  BRA Mateus Pasinato 16 MF  GNB Sori Mané 19 DF  CAN Steven Vitória

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  BRA Djavan 21 MF  POR Filipe Soares 22 FW  RSA Luther Singh (on loan from Braga) 23 DF  ALG Rafik Halliche 26 MF  POR Alex Soares 27 MF  POR Pedro Nuno 29 FW  ANG Fábio Abreu 70 FW  POR Luís Machado 75 DF  POR Abdu Conté 88 GK  POR Pedro Trigueira 90 FW  BRA Gabrielzinho 97 MF  BRA Luiz Henrique -- DF  VEN Nahuel Ferraresi (on loan from Manchester City)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Lucas Rodrigues (at Mafra)

Managerial history

Armindo Cunha (1991–92) Ferreirinha (1993–94) Carlos Garcia (1994 – May 30, 1999) Bernardino Pedroto (May 30, 1999 – Dec 9, 1999) João Cavaleiro (Dec 9, 1999 – May 14, 2000) Manuel Machado (June 2, 2000 – June 5, 2004) Vítor Oliveira (June 7, 2004 – April 3, 2005) Jorge Jesus (April 5, 2005 – May 22, 2005) Vítor Paneira (May 23, 2005 – Oct 17, 2005)

João Carlos Pereira (Oct 17, 2005 – Feb 27, 2006) José Gomes (March 1, 2006 – May 5, 2006) Dito (June 15, 2006 – Nov 13, 2007) Daniel Ramos (Nov 13, 2007 – May 4, 2008) Nicolau Vaqueiro (2008 – May 12, 2009) Jorge Casquilha (2009 – Jan 30, 2013) Augusto Inácio (Jan 30, 2013 – May 19, 2013) Vítor Oliveira (May 20, 2013 – March 10, 2014) Toni Conceição (March 10, 2014 – May 15, 2014)

Miguel Leal (July 1, 2014 – May 19, 2016) Pepa (May 20, 2016 – November 21, 2016) Leandro Mendes (November 22, 2016 – November 28, 2016) Augusto Inácio (2016–2017) Petit (2017) Manuel Machado (2017) Sérgio Vieira (2017–2018) Petit (2018) Ivo Vieira (2018–2019) Vítor Campelos (2019–)

References

1. Honra: Moreirense sobe à Liga (Second Division: Moreirense promotes to top division); Mais Futebol, 13 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
2. "Moreirense é o campeão da II Liga" [Moreirense is the champion of the II Liga] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
3. "Moreirense: Vitória histórica para um troféu com 'pouca história'" [Moreirense: Historic victory for a trophy with 'little history'] (in Portuguese). Sapo. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
4. "Ivo Vieira é o novo treinador do Vitória de Guimarães" [Ivo Vieira is the new manager of Vitória de Guimarães]. Observador (in Portuguese). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Zerozero team profile