Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional

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club based in

Moreira de Cónegos Moreira de Cónegos is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") and town in the municipality of Guimarães which is in the Braga District in northern Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, link ...

Guimarães Municipality Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...

, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the

Liga Portugal 2 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 ...

, holding home games at

Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas is a multi-use stadium in Moreira de Cónegos, Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the ...

, with a capacity for 9,000 spectators.

History

Moreirense was founded in 1938. It first reached the

Liga de Honra 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 ...

in 1995, where they stayed five seasons. After being relegated to

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, manager Manuel Machado took the team and in two years managed two promotions, getting the team for the first time to

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. 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

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, the club suffered two consecutive relegations, only returning again to the second level in 2010, and the first in 2012. After an immediate relegation, the team won the 2013–14 Segunda Liga under manager

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. Moreirense achieved its first top level national title on 29 January 2017, winning the League Cup (

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) by defeating

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in the

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. In 2018–19, manager

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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.

Honours

National

**Winners (1): 2016–17 * Segunda Liga **Winners (2): 2001–02, 2013–14 *

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**Winners (2): 1994–95, 2000–01

Regional

* AF Braga Second Division **Winners (1): 1942–43

Recent league history

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Managerial history

* Armindo Cunha (1991–92) * Ferreirinha (1993–94) * Carlos Garcia (1994 – May 30, 1999) *

Bernardino Pedroto António Carlos Bernardino Pedroto (born 19 October 1953) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is a manager. Playing career Born in Lisbon, Pedroto started playing football with local S.L. Benfica. He beg ...

(May 30, 1999 – Dec 9, 1999) * João Cavaleiro (Dec 9, 1999 – May 14, 2000) * Manuel Machado (June 2, 2000 – June 5, 2004) *

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(June 7, 2004 – April 3, 2005) *

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(April 5, 2005 – May 22, 2005) *

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(May 23, 2005 – Oct 17, 2005) *

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(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) *

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(2009 – Jan 30, 2013) *

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(Jan 30, 2013 – May 19, 2013) *

(May 20, 2013 – March 10, 2014) *

(March 10, 2014 – May 15, 2014) *

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(July 1, 2014 – May 19, 2016) *

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(May 20, 2016 – November 21, 2016) * Leandro Mendes (November 22, 2016 – November 28, 2016) *

(November 28, 2016 – March 20, 2017) *

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(March 20, 2017 – May 26, 2017) * Manuel Machado (May 27, 2017 – October 28, 2017) * Sérgio Vieira (October 31, 2017 – February 13, 2018) *

(February 12, 2018 – May 13, 2018) *

(May 29, 2018 – May 19, 2019) * Vítor Campelos (May 27, 2019 – December 16, 2019) *

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(December 18, 2019 – November 9, 2020) * César Peixoto (November 10, 2020 - January 2, 2020) *

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(January 6, 2021 – June 5, 2021) * João Henriques (June 5, 2021 – December 2, 2021) *

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(December 4, 2021 – January 5, 2022) *

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(January 7, 2022 – May 31, 2022) * Paulo Alves (June 8, 2022 – )

References

External links

Official website

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