Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese football club based in

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. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at the 4,000-capacity Complexo Desportivo do SC Freamunde.

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, who later achieved fame with

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and the Portugal national team, began his professional career at Freamunde.

History

Freamunde started when cardinal António Filipe watched a group of children playing in the streets of

, and decided to start a club, arranging for kits gratuitously. It was first called Freamunde Sport Clube. Another clergyman, Padre Castro, was the main responsible for the club's early professional foundations. In 1933, the team started playing matches in a field owned by him, the Campo do Carvalhal. Two years later, the club started competing in ''Liga Invicta'' – known in later years as the

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– doning the colours which would last for the following decades: blue shirt and socks and white shorts. The league folded however two years later, and the team started playing in ''Campeonato da Promoção'', after joining

's Football Association. In 1944, Freamunde's first status were outlined – five years later, Castro died. In 1999, after two consecutive promotions, the club first reached the new second level, lasting two seasons, and returning again for the 2007–08 campaign after being crowned champions of the third division (Northern Zone); during the early 1990s and the 2000s,

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served as team manager for several seasons.

Current squad

''As of 27 January 2017.''

Honours

;*Third-tier leagues: ;*

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: 1998–99, 2006–07 ;* Campeonato Nacional de Seniores: 2013–14

League and cup history

Last updated: 30 July 2015
Div. = Division; ; 2H =

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 ...

; 2DS =

Segunda Divisão The Segunda Divisão Portuguesa (English language, English: ''Portuguese Second Division'') was a association football, football league situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system. The division had previously been the secon ...

; 3DS =

Terceira Divisão The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portugue ...

; CN = Campeonato Nacional
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal scored; GA = Goal against; P = Points

Managerial history

(1989–1992) *

(1997–1998) * Sá Pereira (1998) *

(1998–1999) *

Carlos Carvalhal Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal (; born 4 December 1965) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back, currently manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo. As a player, he totalled 197 Primeira Liga appearances in ...

(2000) * Sá Pereira (2001–2002) * João Mário (2002–2003) * Nicolau Vaqueiro (2003–2004) * Antero Nunes (2004–2005) *

(2006–2010) * Nicolau Vaqueiro (2010 – June 2012) * Nuno Sousa (June 2012 – October 2012) * João Eusébio (October 2012 – February 2013) *

(February 2013 – May 2013) * Carlos Pinto (June 2013– January 2016) *

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(January 2017)

References

External links

Official website

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