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 Liga Portugal 2, 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; 84 years ago (November 1, 1938)
Ground	Parque Moreira de Cónegos Guimarães, Braga District
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Vítor Magalhães
Manager	Paulo Alves
League	Liga Portugal 2
2021–22	Primeira Liga, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Moreirense was founded in 1938. It first reached the Liga de Honra in 1995, where they stayed five seasons. After being relegated to Segunda Divisão, manager Manuel Machado took the team and in two years managed two promotions, getting the team for the first time to top flight. He led the northerners for two more seasons, 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 fifth place 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
2019–20	1D	8	34	10	13	11	42	44	43	Last 32	Second Round
2020–21	1D	8	34	10	13	11	37	43	43	Last 16

Players

Current squad

As of 3 February 2023

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 Sérgio Dutra 3 DF   BRA Hugo Gomes (on loan from Rio Ave) 4 DF   BRA Rafael Santos 6 MF   POR Fábio Pacheco 7 FW   BRA Walterson 9 FW   BRA André Luis 10 MF   POR Pedro Aparício 11 MF   BRA Alan (on loan from Palmeiras) 13 DF   POR Luís Rocha 16 MF   GNB Sori Mané 18 DF   POR Pedro Amador 19 FW   POR João Camacho 20 DF   SEN Alhassane Sylla

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   RSA Kobamelo Kodisang (on loan from Braga) 22 DF   POR David Bruno 23 DF   NED Godfried Frimpong 31 FW   BRA Madson 40 GK   BRA Kewin 41 GK   POR Ricardo Silva 42 DF   VEN Víctor García 43 DF   BRA Lucas Freitas (on loan from Palmeiras) 80 DF   GHA Lawrence Ofori (on loan from Famalicão) 88 MF   POR Gonçalo Franco 95 FW   BUL Steven Petkov 99 FW   BRA Platiny

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 — MF   BRA Luiz Henrique (at Brusque until 31 December 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   POR Rúben Ramos (at Nacional until 30 June 2023)

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 (November 28, 2016 – March 20, 2017)
•   Petit (March 20, 2017 – May 26, 2017)
•   Manuel Machado (May 27, 2017 – October 28, 2017)
•   Sérgio Vieira (October 31, 2017 – February 13, 2018)
•   Petit (February 12, 2018 – May 13, 2018)
•   Ivo Vieira (May 29, 2018 – May 19, 2019)
•   Vítor Campelos (May 27, 2019 – December 16, 2019)
•   Ricardo Soares (December 18, 2019 – November 9, 2020)
•   César Peixoto (November 10, 2020 - January 2, 2020)
•   Vasco Seabra (January 6, 2021 – June 5, 2021)
•   João Henriques (June 5, 2021 – December 2, 2021)
•   Lito Vidigal (December 4, 2021 – January 5, 2022)
•   Ricardo Sá Pinto (January 7, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
•   Paulo Alves (June 8, 2022 – )

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

 

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