Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese

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club based in

Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,LigaPro The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Prim ...

, the second tier of

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. Their chairman is Kunle Soname and their manager is Filipe Martins. The club plays its home matches at the

Estádio Marcolino de Castro Estadio Marcolino de Castro is a multi-use stadium in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Segunda Liga club CD Feirense. The stadium is able to hold 5,600 people. The stadium was b ...

, with a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

History

Founded in 1918, Feirense played only three

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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 Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

went up with

Portimonense SC Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It a ...

. The following year, Feirense went one better by coming second, missing out on the title on goal difference to

Gil Vicente F.C. Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

and winning promotion under

Quim Machado Joaquim Machado Gonçalves (born 10 October 1966), known as Quim Machado, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right back, and is a current manager of Saudi club Al-Orobah. In his playing days, he achieved Primeira Liga totals of ...

in May 2011. However, a year later they were relegated. A four-season spell in the second tier ended with promotion in third place in May 2016, under manager José Mota. Mota left in December 2016 and was succeeded by his assistant

Nuno Manta Santos Nuno Miguel Manta Ribeiro Santos, known as Nuno Manta or Nuno Manta Santos (born 25 July 1978) is a Portuguese football manager and a former player. Playing career Born in Santa Maria da Feira, he was known as Melão in his playing career as a mi ...

, who took the team to a best-ever eighth place. After just staying up in 2018, Feirense went down in April 2019 with four games to play.

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 very first time to the top-flight Portuguese Liga.

Players

Current squad

Managerial history

Alfredo Valadas Alfredo Valadas Mendes (16 February 1912 – 1994) was a Portuguese footballer who played as outside forward. Over the course of 10 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 136 games and eighty six goals, all at Benfica, winning nine major t ...

(1959–60) * Henrique Nunes (1987–90) *

Álvaro Carolino Álvaro Carolino Nascimento (born 7 April 1951 – 10 August 2001), known as Carolino, was a Portuguese football central defender and manager. Playing career Born in Palmela, Setúbal District, Carolino amassed Primeira Liga totals of 149 gam ...

(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) *

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(2003–06) * Henrique Nunes (2006–07) * Luís Miguel (2007–08) *

Álvaro Magalhães Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães (born 3 January 1961), known simply as Álvaro, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left back, and a current manager. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 224 matches and six goals over 11 seasons, mainl ...

(2008) * Henrique Nunes (2008) *

(2008–09) * Carlos Garcia (2009–10) *

(2010–12) * Henrique Nunes (2012) * Bruno Moura (2012) *

(2012–13) * Pedro Miguel (2013–15) *

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(2015–16) * José Mota (2016) *

(2016–19) *

Filipe Martins Filipe Gonçalo Pinto Martins (born 29 May 1978) is a Portuguese former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back, and the current Manager (association football), manager of Casa Pia A.C ...

(2019) *

Filó Filipe André Paula da Rocha (born 19 May 1972), known as Filó, is a Portuguese former Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back, and a current manager. He played mostly for S.C. Espinho, Espinho, while also representing F.C ...

(2019–)

Honours

* Segunda Liga **''Runners-up (1):''

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**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

References

External links

CD Feirense Official Site

ZeroZero Profile & Squad

ForaDeJogo Profile & Squad
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